For Xie Si, this answer meant only one possibility: Aunt Zhang was not the issue. Therefore, the problem must lie with this sneaky Mrs. Liu.
"Mrs. Liu, I wonder what you were sneakily trying to do when you attempted to leave just now?"
Mrs. Liu’s panic had subsided. Upon hearing Xie Si’s question, she sneered coldly.
"When was I sneaking around? I was just passing the back door. When I saw people guarding it, I wanted to see what was going on. Who knew they’d grab me and falsely accuse me of sneaking around?"
Mrs. Liu had a sharp, malicious face; the whites of her eyes were more prominent than her pupils. When she rolled her eyes, it made her look utterly ridiculous.
Xiaosuisui looked at Mrs. Liu’s eyes, a sudden doubt arising. Why are her eyes like that? Could it be she has some hidden eye condition?
With that thought, the little girl broke away from Madam Ji’s arms, her little short legs pattering as she ran up to Mrs. Liu.
She craned her neck to look at Mrs. Liu’s eyes. "Why are your eyes like this?"
Mrs. Liu’s mouth twitched, and everyone around her did the same. The Princess, however, had done just that. As the old saying goes, "When scolding, don’t expose shortcomings; when fighting, don’t hit the face!" She had targeted the very thing that pained Mrs. Liu the most—her eyes. What could Mrs. Liu do? They were a gift from her parents.
Madam Ji and Nanny Zhang also thought that Xiaosuisui’s behavior was inappropriate. They simultaneously coughed. "Suisui!" called Madam Ji. "Princess!" called Nanny Zhang.
Xiaosuisui didn’t grasp the subtle warning in Madam Ji’s and Nanny Zhang’s coughs. Instead, she remembered the image she had seen that morning in the eyes of the pretty sister’s father. So, she decided to try her great maternal uncle’s exclusive technique, the Heart-seizing Technique.
Ah Ling had said that as long as her power was sufficient and she used it correctly, she could see the secrets in ordinary people’s hearts even without Ah Ling’s help.
Xiaosuisui circulated her power for a good while but achieved nothing, leaving her confused. Eh, that’s strange. Why can’t I see anything in your eyes?
See nothing in her eyes? Everyone present was taken aback by this, then they all broke into derisive laughter. Nanny Zhang helplessly lifted her hand and massaged her temples. "Princess, there shouldn’t be anything in a person’s eyes."
If there really was something in a person’s eyes, wouldn’t they be blind?
"No, that’s not right! There should be something in a person’s eyes," Xiaosuisui blurted out without a second thought.
"What would that be?" Nanny Zhang asked.
Xiaosuisui remembered the tear in the eye of the pretty sister’s father. She balled her hand into a fist and punched Mrs. Liu just below her left breast.
The punch landed with a CRACK! Mrs. Liu saw stars, her vision blurring!
"AH..." With a cry, Mrs. Liu crumpled to the ground, tears of pain streaming from her eyes as she curled up.
Nanny Zhang and Madam Ji both flinched, their eyes snapping towards Xiaosuisui.
"Princess! Are you alright? Quick, let Nanny see, is your hand hurt?"
Nanny Zhang paused for an instant, her heart lurching in shock. If word got out that the Princess had struck someone without reason, it would reflect poorly on her, no matter the explanation. So she quickly changed the topic.
"Nanny, don’t worry, I’m not hurt."
Xiaosuisui didn’t understand Nanny Zhang’s well-meaning intentions and instead kept staring at Mrs. Liu’s eyes.
Only when she saw the tears welling in Mrs. Liu’s eyes did she once again use her great maternal uncle’s special technique, the Heart-seizing Technique.
As soon as she began to use the Heart-seizing Technique, small beads of sweat began to form on her forehead. Then, she saw a small vortex appear in Mrs. Liu’s eyes.
Within the vortex appeared one dark night after another, and in those nights, she saw Mrs. Liu, all alone, silently entering and exiting the Xie Mansion.