"Waaaah—" A sudden cry sliced through the tension. Li Qingchen stood at the top of the stairs, seemingly out of nowhere, howling. The maid froze. Although Bai Yuanyuan was hardly affectionate toward Li Qingchen, she was still his mother and didn't want him to witness such a scene. "What are you all doing?" she commanded, her face hardening. "Get him out of here." The maids scrambled toward the boy