Watching the normally elegant Duke Cecilia lose all her composure in her anger at her daughter, Lu Xiao couldn't help but think that both her aunt and her grandmother were quite adorable.
'If Cecilia hadn't given Selena so much love and a sense of security, she never would have raised an aunt like her—so confident and bold. She was nothing like some of the other females in the Empire, who were all bluster on the outside but brittle within.'
Watching Cecilia chase Selena out, looking as though she wouldn't rest until she had disciplined her personally, Lu Xiao couldn't help but laugh.
'The Duke Garieldo Mansion is a wonderful place,' she thought. 'It really feels like a home here. Everyone is so loving and kind.'
Lu Xiao didn't disturb the mother-daughter "interaction." Instead, she returned to her room, changed her clothes, and went straight to the kitchen.
