If You Could Hear My Heart

“Wealth, Wealth…”

While calling the dog’s name, she walked toward the hall, but she didn’t see her little dog.

After asking a servant, she found out they had taken Wealth to bathe.

Just then, the bath was done, and a young servant carried the dog out.

“Woof woof woof… Woof woof…” The dog cried pitifully, struggling and constantly trying to jump out.

The servant couldn’t calm it down and, afraid of being bitten, complained, “This dog is so annoying, not likable at all.”

Another servant, also troubled by the dog, couldn’t help but agree, “Yeah, it doesn’t listen at all, and it scratches people, look at my hand, scratched with several claw marks.”

“Hurry up and get the rabies vaccine.”

“I’ll go to the hospital early tomorrow morning.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“This dog isn’t some precious breed, it’s just a mutt, isn’t it? Although it looks cute, it caught the Fourth Young Master’s eye.”

“What caught the Fourth Young Master’s eye? It’s the Fourth Young Master’s grandmother who kept thinking about it and insisted that the Fourth Young Master bring the dog back.”

“Really? The Fourth Young Master really dotes on his grandmother. But honestly, this dog that was born without a proper owner would better be thrown out. Even if it looks good now, it will still grow boring eventually.” The servant sneered, his tone full of complaints.

The other servant knew what he meant, wasn’t he implying something about the Fourth Young Master’s grandmother?

Everyone knew that Xu Chaomu, the Fourth Young Master’s grandmother, had lost her parents from a young age and was even said to be illegitimate.

The irritable servant, with nowhere to vent his anger, simply hit the dog, “This kind of dog, just eating, drinking, and sleeping, occasionally acting cute. The Fourth Young Master keeps it just because he pities it, but once he doesn’t want it anymore, he’ll just kick it aside without a care whether it lives or dies.”

Xu Chaomu was on her way to find Wealth when she just happened to overhear the two servants talking.

She stopped in her tracks, standing behind a pillar, and didn’t move any further.

Her face was very calm, without even a ripple of emotion.

After the servant hit the dog, it kept crying out miserably.

Xu Chaomu leaned against the pillar, her heart tight with distress.

“What are you barking for, aren’t you just a mutt? We are already honoring you by giving you a bath, and you dare to bite?” The servant hit it again.

The other servant added, “Yeah, this dog is pretty wild, scratching and biting people, it can do it all.”

“A dog that no one cares for will of course be wild. This dog can’t even compare to a single toe of those precious breeds. Does it think that because the Fourth Young Master noticed it, its value has multiplied by several times?! No matter what, a mutt is just a mutt, a sparrow can’t change into a phoenix.”

“Right, with dogs like this, who knows, maybe one day it’ll go out and get pregnant.”

“The Fourth Young Master is probably just bored and looking for a change of pace. This kind of dog, if thrown into the street, nobody would want it.”

“Yeah, the Fourth Young Master probably will get bored of it in two days. This kind of dog, it might even bite the Fourth Young Master if he’s not careful.”

“Oh, if it really bites the Fourth Young Master, would this dog have any chance of survival?”

“Of course not, it will definitely die, and it will die miserably…”

Xu Chaomu didn’t make a sound; she just stood behind the pillar, listening.

They didn’t notice her, so she also didn’t step forward.

If it had been before, with her temper, she would’ve gone and scolded them already.

But now, she thought, perhaps, it didn’t matter much…

She lowered her head, no longer planning to pick up Wealth. She decided to go back to her room to sleep.

However, that spot over her heart just kept on aching.

She bit her lip and pressed her left hand to her chest, as if that would ease the pain a bit.

Just as she turned around, she suddenly saw Shen Chi, who was standing behind her without her knowing when he arrived.

Her heart fluttered for a moment, but soon calmed down.

“Mumu, this doesn’t seem like the you from before,” Shen Chi said with a furrowed brow, his voice low and deep.

Her little dog was being hit by two servants, and she herself was being indirectly insulted by them, yet she appeared completely indifferent.

He had been standing behind her for quite some time; he couldn’t stand to hear those words anymore, yet she showed no reaction.

He watched her to see when she would go and deal with those two maids, but to his surprise, she turned to leave.

“What?” Xu Chaomu pretended not to know.

“You just let them insult you?”

“They’re just blowing off steam,” Xu Chaomu said lightly.

“Xu Chaomu, where is your pride? You’re the mistress of the entire Waterside Pavilion. If you say ‘no’, who would dare to defy you?!” Shen Chi said coldly, not letting her leave.

“I’m not in the mood,” Xu Chaomu said with her head down.

It wasn’t that she had changed, it was just that she truly wasn’t in the mood to bother with two servants.

“When someone bullies you, you have to fight back. I’ve always been teaching you that!”

“Then you go and take my revenge…” Xu Chaomu’s face was devoid of much emotion.

Perhaps Shen Chi’s voice was too loud, the two servants heard it! They were so frightened that their hairs stood on end!

Shen Chi… Did Shen Chi hear everything?

Their legs trembled, especially the one holding the dog, her face turned white in an instant, just like a piece of paper!

Her hands loosened, and she threw the dog onto the ground!

The dog yelped in pain, crying out tragically as it ran about, breaking several flower pots in the process.

Xu Chaomu ran after it, finally catching it, “Wealth, Wealth!”

Wealth acted as if it hadn’t heard her, running chaotically and even knocking down a few flower pots.

Chasing after it, Xu Chaomu finally grabbed hold of it!

“Wealth, be good, don’t you recognize me anymore? I am Chaomu…”

Xu Chaomu hugged Wealth, gently stroking its fur with one hand.

As if understanding Xu Chaomu’s words, Wealth calmed down and stopped fussing.

It obediently nestled in Xu Chaomu’s arms, initially watching its surroundings with wary eyes, but soon it curled up comfortably in her embrace, closing its eyes.

Xu Chaomu held it, her face filled with contentment.

Xu Chaomu might let things slide, but Shen Chi certainly wouldn’t!

He approached the two maids with tightly pursed lips, his gaze cold, emitting a frigid air from head to toe, the chilling light in his eyes as if emanating from Hell itself.

The two maids were so frightened they were trembling, even struggling to speak.

They had said all those things, and Shen Chi had heard everything!

To think that even if Xu Chaomu were to fall out of favor in the future, at least now, Shen Chi’s dearest beloved was still Xu Chaomu!

“Fourth… Fourth Young Master…” The two of them stammered, tremblingly spoke.

The maids were too scared to even breathe too loudly, nor did they dare to raise their heads. They trembled with fear, feeling the intense coldness emanating from Shen Chi!

This chill, like a frigid wind, seemed to make the temperature around them drop sharply!