[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-doted-by-the-regent-king":3,"chapter-doted-by-the-regent-king-doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-207":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Doted By The Regent King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1325198,1760,"Chapter 207 - 207 207 The Mind of a Petty Person","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-207",207,"\u003Cp>207: Chapter 207 The Mind of a Petty Person 207: Chapter 207 The Mind of a Petty Person Zhou Xiuer just ran away like that, which caused Old Lady Zhou’s fingers to tremble with anger, pointing at the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It took a good while before she managed to get her words out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s turned against me, completely against me, what kind of attitude is that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an unfilial girl.” How dare she act petulant with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu thought to herself that her daughter wasn’t foolish, so why would she just sit there and let you hit her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But although she thought this, she didn’t dare to voice it out loud and only nudged Zhou Xuennian with her elbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian was just pondering over a math problem and felt displeased to be interrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his mother’s face contorted with rage, he said impatiently, “Mother, it’s just about a pair of earrings, what’s it worth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It won’t be worth it if you ruin your health over them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you had bought them for her, I wouldn’t have said a word, but those came from Wufu’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you all forgotten the scene that girl made at our house before?” Old Lady Zhou sneered, glancing at Madam Lu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xuennian furrowed his eyebrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu quickly said, “Mother, since Xiuer said that Ying Mei gave them to her, then it must be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s been so long, and we haven’t seen Wufu coming to claim them, so it certainly must not be wrong!” Otherwise, that wretched girl would have already chased us down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Lady Zhou’s anger subsided somewhat upon hearing this, and Madam Lu, seeing this, hurriedly took the opportunity to sneak away, saying, “I’m going to the outhouse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t wait for her mother-in-law to respond and quickly went out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for going to the outhouse, that wasn’t the case; instead, she went to Zhou Xiuer’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Old Zhou family, Zhou Xiuer was the only young lady, and as the eldest, she had her own room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu still thought her daughter would be in tears, but who would have thought the girl was hugging a copper mirror, admiring herself nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at you, being pleased with yourself, you little stinker, I thought you were crying your eyes out.” Madam Lu snorted as she approached her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiuer put down the mirror, pouted, and said, “Why would I cry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn’t run out crying just now, grandma would probably have forced me to return these earrings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu leaned in to look at the earrings, bright and red, quite fetching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked, “You tell me the truth, did your aunt really give them to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiuer rolled her eyes and replied, “Of course it’s true.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is she that generous?” Madam Lu scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she really were so kind, she wouldn’t have taken back the hairpin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who knows?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasted a lot of breath flirting with her to get these,” Zhou Xiuer declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a pity though, they’re just a pair of earrings.” It would have been better if it were other, finer jewelry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is being greedy and biting off more than one can chew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a peasant’s home, such a pair of earrings would be considered exceptionally fine jewelry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take herself for example; in the past, owning a pair of silver clove earrings was already quite impressive, as many girls only wore red strings in their earlobes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Zhou Xiuer couldn’t conceive such reasoning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wasn’t Wufu there at the time?” Madam Lu asked, still not relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that she was being overly cautious; it’s just that Wufu made her somewhat apprehensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiuer replied, “If she had been there, would I have gotten away with it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not oblivious to what’s good or bad,” and added, “Mother, she shouldn’t come over to reclaim them, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she really wanted to, she would have come yesterday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lu frowned and said, “How would I know that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damned girl doesn’t play by the rules.” After a pause, she suggested, “Why don’t you go stay with your uncle for a few days?” If Wufu came looking, she wouldn’t find anyone here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Xiuer thought it over and agreed that it might be better to avoid confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, if she really demanded them back, all her scheming would have been for naught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was both mother and daughter suspecting others baselessly, for Wufu hadn’t thought about coming over at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the previous matter involving Madam Lu, there’s a difference between something being snatched away and willingly given away, right?\u003C\u002Fp>",766,"2026-06-05T19:25:17.772Z",1,"novelbin.me","c7d21087cf3dd6b4d610c98a252d5fb864c406291d79148b0ba6c2206f117871","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-208","doted-by-the-regent-king-chapter-206",1685,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdoted-by-the-regent-king-cover.jpg"]