At dawn, the sky got brighter.

And the light went through the curtains and shone into the dim room.

The woman who had been sleeping suddenly woke up.

She sat on the bed in a cold sweat, panting.

She became quiet for a few seconds.

Then she got out of her bed and opened her door with bare feet.

Outside the door, Han Lu bedecked with jewels was about to knock on the door.

She saw Xiao You who was in a cold sweat and looked messy.

Han Lu smiled in surprise, "You're awake?"

Xiao You ignored her and tried to calm herself down from the nightmare she just had.

"Move!"

Xiao You pushed Han Lu away with her shoulder.

Han Lu lost her balance but didn't seem to be mad.

She smiled weirdly and tidied up her new hairstyle before she followed Xiao You downstairs calmly.

In the old mansion of the Xiao Family, there were only three servants except for Xiao Chengye and his wife and daughter.

They used to have ten servants.

But Xiao Chengye didn't feel well lately and felt annoyed at being surrounded by so many servants, so he transferred some of the servants to clean his other houses and do the gardening.

Han Lu followed Xiao You into the kitchen.

After Xiao You drank up her glass of water, Han Lu asked, "Did you just have a nightmare?"

"None of your business."

Xiao You didn't want to discuss it with her.

In her family, Han Lu was her biggest enemy without Xiao Rong.

Han Lu wasn't a big threat to her because she didn't have any children.

So, she never took her seriously.

She would only pretend to respect her when Xiao Chengye was around.

But Han Lu didn't know who she really was and started to pester Xiao You after Xiao Rong went to Gui Town.

"You're my daughter and it's my duty to comfort you whenever you have a nightmare."

Xiao You put her water cup on the table with a loud noise.

She turned around and looked at Han Lu coldly, "Stop flattering yourself. Who do you think you are? How dare you say that?"

Xiao You had made fun of Han Lu multiple times.

So she was used to it and didn't even get mad this time.

And she even smiled at Xiao You, "I'm your father's legal wife. What about you? What about your biological mother?"

Xiao You's face suddenly turned red.

Her biggest insecurity was her mother.

Han Lu could come up with the best comeback after being made fun of for so long.

"Your mother was just a social butterfly who tried to fit into the upper class. She was pretty and smart. But guess what? No man would marry her because she was nobody."

Slap!

Xiao You slapped Han Lu.

Han Lu lost her balance and stepped back a bit due to the slap.

The slap was too hard.

Xiao You was in a bad mood because of the nightmare.

Now she was furious because Han Lu insulted her mother.

Xiao You pointed at Han Lu and shouted at her, "You have no right to insult my mother, idiot!"

Although the slap got Han Lu unprepared, she became smug after seeing how angry Xiao You was.

"Are you angry because I told the truth?" Han Lu touched her face, "Youyou, you do mind about your mother's upbringing too, don't you?"

Xiao You squinted her eyes fiercely.

She glanced at the knife holder in the kitchen.

Han Lu looked at the knife holder as well, but she kept talking smilingly, "The reason why you could be accepted by the Xiao Family is all thanks to that madam. You can't even talk to me now if not because of her. You're not even as good as Xiao Rong. His mother was Chengye's first wife and your mother was just a secret that he wanted to hide. You're just his illegitimate daughter and you even try to..."

"You're done!"

Xiao You rushed to the knife holder, pulled the knife out quickly, and tried to attack Han Lu.

Han Lu was frightened and fell to the ground while rushing out of the kitchen.

Xiao You was so furious about what Han Lu said.

When she saw Han Lu fall to the ground, she tried to stab her.

Suddenly, Xiao Chengye's solemn voice sounded.

"Stop!"

Xiao Chengye's voice suddenly came from the living room.

Xiao You shivered while hearing Xiao Chengye's voice.

Han Lu got up and ran to Xiao Chengye in tears, "Chengye, you're finally home! Youyou vented on me because she had a nightmare! She even tried to kill me!"

Han Lu cried beautifully.

She was more than 10 years younger than Xiao Chengye and was only a few years older than Xiao You.

She was still as pretty as a flower.

And she had a nice figure.

So, Xiao Chengye really felt sorry for her when she cried.

After Xiao Chengye held her up, she got into his arms.

Xiao Chengye looked at the knife in Xiao You's hand and shouted, "Why haven't you put the knife down?"

Xiao You didn't dare to take liberties with Xiao Chengye.

He was an authoritative figure.

He owned all the properties of the Xiao Family.

Her future depended on her father's attitude.

Xiao You slowly put down the knife.

The knife fell on the floor with a noise.

Han Lu looked at Xiao You sideways in Xiao Chengye's arms and smiled at her triumphantly.

When Xiao You looked at her smile, she froze.

And then she suddenly realized it.

"You did that on purpose!"

Yes, it must've been designed by Han Lu.

She said those words to irritate her and lead her on grabbing the knife.

Han Lu calculated the time when Xiao Chengye would come back from his morning running and made sure that he would witness the scene where she tried to kill her.

She was a bi*ch.

Han Lu ignored Xiao You's accusation and cried in Xiao Chengye's arms, "Chengye, how can I live here anymore? Youyou vents on me all the time and she even tried to kill me! I'm so scared!"

Xiao Chengye's heart melted when he heard Han Lu's cry.

He patted her on the back gently.

He then comforted her, "It's fine. I'll teach her a lesson. Don't worry."

Xiao You knew that she had to act appropriately.

It wouldn't help if she tried to explain to her father now.

The only thing she could do was to redeem her image.

"Sorry, dad. It's because she said..."

"Who is she? Show some respect."

Xiao Chengye looked at Xiao You unhappily.

Xiao You nodded and had to compromise although she didn't want to.

"It's because mother talked about my biological mother, so I..."

Xiao Chengye frowned when he heard Xiao You said "biological mother".

He looked at Han Lu and asked, "Did you talk about her?"

He started to blame her.

Han Lu said in an injured tone, "When I went downstairs in the morning, I found Youyou had a nightmare and was in a bad mood. Then I asked her about the nightmare. Why would I talk about her biological mother?"

Xiao Chengye frowned and looked at Xiao You.

Han Lu stirred things up, "I think Youyou hasn't quite woken up and she thought about her biological mother herself. I swear that I didn't bring it up, Chengye!"

Han Lu and Xiao You both knew that Xiao Chengye refused to marry Xiao You's biological mother because he despised her.

So, Xiao You's biological mother was a taboo to Xiao Chengye.

Now the reason why Xiao You said that Han Lu brought up this topic on purpose was that she wanted him to know that Han Lu used it to irritate her.

Unexpectedly, Han Lu played the fool and put the blame on her.

Xiao You ground her teeth angrily and argued, "Dad, it happened in real life! She said that my mother was nobody..."

"Enough! Shut up and go back to your room!"

Xiao Chengye shouted at Xiao You when he heard her last sentence.

Xiao You didn't dare to carry on after seeing her father's angry face.

She had to glare at Han Lu and walk back to her room on the second floor.

Han Lu smiled smugly when she watched her leaving.

Xiao You wanted to rip her mouth when she saw Han Lu in her father's arms with a smug smile.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do so because her father would protect Han Lu.

Han Lu understood that she needed Xiao Chengye's protection to stay at this place.

If Xiao Chengye was dead, no one could protect her.

Xiao You would kill her in the cruelest way then.

Han Lu felt worried about her future whenever she thought about it.

Xiao Chengye let go of Han Lu after Xiao You went upstairs.

Han Lu sat on the sofa pitifully with Xiao Chengye. And the maid witnessed all these.

She hurried to pick up the knife and put it back in the kitchen.

A servant brought Xiao Chengye a cup of water.

Han Lu passed the cup to Xiao Chengye. After Xiao Chengye took a sip of it, Han Lu said, "Youyou has been having nightmares lately. She dreams about her mother very often."

Xiao Chengye looked down, "She shouldn't have tried to hurt you with a knife even if she dreamt about her mother."

"Maybe there's still hatred inside her heart." Han Lu suspected and kept going after observing Xiao Chengye's facial expression carefully, "I know mothers and daughters have very special bonds. I know that I can never replace her real mother. After so many years, Youyou still misses her biological mother although she doesn't talk about it. You didn't marry her mother because of me, so I understand why she hates me. But if she hates you too..."

As expected, Xiao Chengye's face started to change.

He looked solemn.