Obsessively Raised by My Doll 56

Chapter 56

Zuo Xiaoya’s way of speaking was truly shocking. After just two sentences, Lu Dieqing, who had just caught her breath, was choked up again.

However, what surprised her even more was that Xinxin was still there.

Usually, by this time, the sky outside was already bright, but today Xinxin hadn’t left.

From just that one sentence, “Make her shut up,” Lu Dieqing knew that her little doll was angry.

She didn’t even have the strength to explain anymore, only looking at Zuo Xiaoya opposite her and waving her hand weakly.

All her past imaginings of the Caiyun Academy had been defeated by Zuo Xiaoya alone.

The Caiyun Academy seemed to be different from what she had previously thought.

Now, when Lu Dieqing looked at Zuo Xiaoya, her eyes held a trace of imperceptible helplessness.

Zuo Manzhi, who had arrived a step behind, saw this scene and roughly guessed what had happened.

She strode forward, her face full of apology as she looked at Lu Dieqing, and at the same time, she covered her sister’s mouth and pulled her up from the chair.

“I’m sorry, my sister sometimes speaks without thinking. She’s straightforward, but she means no harm.”

It’s all that stinky boy Gu Shuyuan’s fault for delaying me, which is why I didn’t catch up in time.

This hostage from the Shan Kingdom is the hope of the entire Zuo family to get close to the Crown Princess. No amount of careful treatment is too much. I absolutely cannot let my sister ruin things.

Seeing Zuo Manzhi’s sincere apology, and Zuo Xiaoya being held back with her mouth covered, looking at her with grievance, Lu Dieqing pressed her lips together and said softly, “Xiaoya saw that I had just come to the academy and was afraid I wouldn’t be used to it, so she was just joking with me. I don’t mind.”

Zuo Xiaoya’s face instantly lit up. She struggled hard from her sister’s grasp, trying to break free.

“See, it has to be me. Miss Lu is already calling me Xiaoya. Our relationship has already become closer!”

Seeing Zuo Xiaoya about to rush over like a happy puppy, Lu Dieqing subconsciously took a step back, one hand not forgetting to protect the little wooden doll in her sleeve.

Her Xinxin seemed to be getting angrier and angrier, constantly moving in her sleeve.

She had no doubt that if she didn’t protect Xinxin, the little doll would jump out of her sleeve and bump its face against Zuo Xiaoya a few times.

Lu Dieqing herself didn’t know why she had such a feeling.

Her Xinxin was not the mischievous or impulsive type, but after not seeing her for a few days, she seemed to get angry particularly easily.

Zuo Manzhi was, after all, more composed. Seeing the reserve in Lu Dieqing’s eyes, she knew that her sister’s enthusiasm had probably scared the other.

She calmly stood between her sister and Lu Dieqing and turned her head to give her sister a threatening look. “Behave.”

Zuo Xiaoya was immediately stuck behind her sister, just looking at Lu Dieqing eagerly, almost staring a hole through her.

Why won’t she let me get close to Miss Lu?

Since Miss Lu and the Crown Princess are not in that kind of relationship, just friends, then as long as I seize the opportunity to show my worth, I might have a chance to win the beauty’s heart.

Looking all over the capital, Zuo Xiaoya had never found anyone who made her heart flutter so much.

She was naturally fond of gentle people. And compared to women, men simply lacked that gentle touch.

But the noble ladies of the Chaoying Kingdom rarely had such a gentle and watery nature.

Zuo Xiaoya had always dreamed of protecting a weak but dependent beautiful girl. When she read romance novels, she wished she could write a story of a hero saving a beauty herself.

The people in the Caiyun Academy, even the women, were all high-spirited and had their own opinions. Zuo Xiaoya had always found it difficult to find someone who made her heart flutter.

Previously, she had thought that Lu Dieqing was the Crown Princess’s person. Then, no matter how much she liked her, she would have to consider her own life and the Zuo family and restrain herself a little.

But since Miss Lu had no beloved and would not marry the Crown Princess in the future, their meeting like this might be a kind of fate. It was destined that they should be together.

This was called “the person on the waterfront gets the moon first”!

And so, for the rest of the journey, Zuo Xiaoya always followed behind Lu Dieqing. Although she was blocked by her sister Zuo Manzhi whenever she tried to get close, her eager enthusiasm to approach made the other academy students who passed by very surprised.

In the past, the Zuo family was part of the Second Prince’s faction. In the Caiyun Academy, the Zuo sisters’ personalities were not very cold, but they were definitely not so approachable and enthusiastic.

Especially Zuo Manzhi. In the past, there were even rumors that she might become the Second Prince’s consort in the future, so she had kept an even greater distance from people.

Now that the Second Prince had fallen and was crippled, even though the current Son of Heaven had flown into a rage and sent people to search for the assassin everywhere, there was no follow-up to the matter.

In fact, when the Second Prince woke up, he was spouting nonsense, even blaming the Crown Princess for the assassination, saying that she had personally stabbed him.

Everyone knew that when the Second Prince was attacked by the assassin, the Crown Princess was in the sky prison, committing suicide by taking poison.

The Second Prince’s move, trying to drag the Crown Princess down with him, was extremely foolish.

Although this news was kept under wraps, how could there not be spies from the various clans in the palace? With a little effort, one could get some wind of it.

And the Second Prince clearly knew that the Crown Princess held the hostage from the Shan Kingdom in high regard, yet after waking up, he had pushed the blame onto her, even saying that his assassination was not unrelated to the Little Princess of Shan. Who would believe such a thing?

Everyone suspected that the Second Prince had gone mad after the incident, which was why he was biting everyone like a mad dog.

The old emperor flew into a rage and ordered the Second Prince not to leave the palace for half a month.

Although he still sent imperial physicians to check on his injuries, from the looks of it, the future throne probably had nothing to do with the Second Prince anymore.

The Crown Princess had fought an extremely beautiful comeback.

Lu Dieqing was unaware of these raging rumors.

The little girl followed the Zuo sisters and Gu Shuyuan, walking in the Caiyun Academy. Everything looked new and interesting, but she tried her best to control her gaze.

Everyone was now extremely curious about Lu Dieqing.

Looking back from the founding of the Chaoying Kingdom, for more than two hundred years, the Caiyun Academy had always stood in the vortex of meritorious nobles, but there had never been a hostage who had entered the Caiyun Academy.

As the first person to eat the crab, how could Lu Dieqing not be the subject of discussion?

“Look, look, that person looks so unfamiliar. She must be that Princess of Shan, right?”

“How did the Gu family and the Zuo sisters end up together?”

“Ai, don’t say it, but with this Little Princess of Shan here, I’m afraid our academy is going to get lively.”

Lu Dieqing pressed her lips together, trying her best to keep her eyes on her nose and her nose on her heart, and not to pay too much attention to the gazes of the passersby.

There were not a few students in the academy. All the people passing by were wearing the uniform of the Caiyun Academy, and their eyes held a certain aristocratic arrogance.

But their gazes towards her were only curious, with no malice or rejection.

With her past experience of living in fear in the palace, compared to being bullied by palace staff like Matron Li, Lu Dieqing actually felt that the people in the Caiyun Academy were extremely amiable.

It was just… a little too amiable.

Lu Dieqing felt as if there were three little tails behind her.

Led by Zuo Xiaoya, with Zuo Manzhi next, and Gu Shuyuan at the very back, the three of them followed her without leaving her side.

When they reached the lecture hall, Lu Dieqing secretly touched the wooden doll in her sleeve, wanting to comfort Xinxin, but found that the other was no longer moving.

For a moment, Lu Dieqing didn’t know if Xinxin had left as usual when the time came, or if she was so angry that she didn’t want to speak.

She secretly touched the doll’s cheek, stroking every feature, but the little wooden doll didn’t move an inch, and it didn’t even speak to her in her mind.

Lu Dieqing had just sat down with the Zuo sisters.

Zuo Manzhi was worried that her sister was too enthusiastic and would scare Lu Dieqing, causing some trouble, so she rushed to the front and said to Lu Dieqing, “Miss Lu, how about you sit with me?”

Zuo Xiaoya behind her was so angry she was fuming, although she had no beard.

My sister is not being fair, rushing to be attentive in front of the girl I have my eyes on.

Lu Dieqing nodded. “Okay.”

Compared to Zuo Xiaoya, the quieter Zuo Manzhi indeed made her feel more at ease.

The two of them sat down together.

Zuo Xiaoya, however, insisted on coming over to whisper a few words.

“Like these classes at the Caiyun Academy, the Crown Princess stopped coming a few years ago, so we can…”

Before she could finish, her words were cut short. The expression on her face slowly stiffened, and even a trace of fear appeared.

Lu Dieqing followed her gaze.

She saw someone who hadn’t been to the Caiyun Academy for several years, wearing the uniform of the Caiyun Academy, standing at the door.

The Crown Princess’s looks were outstanding, but what was more eye-catching was her aura and her gaze.

When she looked over with her expressionless eyes, a coldness was hidden within.

Zuo Xiaoya’s heart lurched. For some reason, she felt the guilt of having stolen someone’s wife and being caught red-handed.

Zuo Manzhi also rarely showed a trace of panic in her eyes, unable to meet the Crown Princess’s gaze directly.

Lu Dieqing, however, had her small cherry lips slightly parted. She clenched the wooden doll in her small hands, feeling a little like crying in her heart.

I didn’t provoke the Crown Princess, did I?

Why does Her Highness look so menacing, as if she wants to swallow me whole as she walks towards me, step by step?

Sob, sob, sob. Lu Dieqing couldn’t explain why she was so guilty and afraid. It was as if she had been thrown into a Shura field.

The whole field was full of wolves, and she was the only sheep.