Chapter 77: There is someone my mother fears
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Iris patted her stomach and expressed her satisfaction. Ye Li called for the maid to clean up the dining table.

"Dear Mother! I have something to talk to Iris !"

"Mm-hmm!" Ye Li nodded.

Lilia bowed and took Iris by the hand and led her to her bedroom.

"Clang!"

The door was locked by Lilia, and Iris was mercilessly thrown onto the bed. Iris did not resist in any way, because all was expected.

"Why did you come here?" Lilia questioned.

Iris told Lilia the whole story.

Lilia read the relevant information through the discipline seal. She feels that her daughter is much better than before. This time Iris did not tell a little lie, which Lilia is still very satisfied. Perhaps it is because of the discipline seal on her back.

"According to the contents of the contract, you shall not leave me without my permission in the future, otherwise do not blame me for locking you up."

Lilia's originally stern face gradually eased up.

"I know! I will stay well by your side." Iris said calmly.

"Next let's talk about your punishment!"

"Punishment? Why is there a punishment? I'm willing to stay by your side, aren't I? Why do you punish me, Lilia?" Iris looked at Lilia in confusion.

Iris covered her mouth, and suddenly realized something wrong. She also understood the reason why Mavis and others did not eat a few bites and then left during the lunch.

“My Dear Mother, could you forgive me?” Iris smiled reluctantly, but her smile was no different from crying.

"I can forgive you this time, of course!"

Iris was a little surprised that Lilia could actually forgive her, "Thank you, dear mother. You are no less than ..."

Lilia interrupted Iris : "Don’t thank me early. I indeed forgive you this time, but just this time."

Iris was scared suddenly, because Lilia started playing games with her again.

Then Lilia took out the whip with thorns from nowhere, and Iris gulped and looked at the whip in Lilia's hand, "No ...there is no need for that! I never dare to do again, I promise ..."

Iris did not even finish the sentence, and then the whip fell on her. Iris wanted to dodge, but she had to lie on the bed obediently because of the discipline mark, allowing Lilia to whip her .

Lilia hit Iris with ten whips, and the blood on her back stained her black nightgown red, and her hair was also stained with some blood.

"Ooo! Woo!"

"That's enough for today. I hope you'll learn from this lesson, or I won't let you off easily next time." Lilia left the bedroom with her hands behind her back.

As soon as Lilia left, the wounds on Iris' body had already started to heal, and the punishment was much lighter than before.

A few moments later, Iris got up from the bed and seemed that nothing had happened. Then Iris took some clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

...

Iris sat in front of the mirror and tied her long hair with a black ribbon, with a few strands of silver wire hanging down the side of her face. The slender hand pinched her face to make herself a little more spirited. If she was as sloppy as before, she would have been beaten by Lilia.

No! It should be the Dear Mother. Iris knows that disaster emanates from careless talk. In the future, Iris has to call Lila as Dear Mother.

Iris is wearing a black woolen jacket, a pair of black stockings, and a pair of black boots on her feet. For Iris, it is too much trouble to wear formal dress , especially the waist, cuffs and so on.

As long as Lilia didn't have a hard requirement, Iris would never wear that kind of formal dress.

"Pah!" Iris lightly smacked her mouth. She muttered, "Disaster emanates from careless talk!"

After packing up, Iris intended to find her grandmother or her mother, intending to get some cultivation resources from them. Now that Iris was already in the intermediate level 3. For Iris, breaking through to the high level is just around the corner.

"Hey, hey! I'm really a cultivation genius! I'll directly raise two cultivation levels during this winter vacation."

Wait! Would I be able to get a refund for the six months' rent I paid? With that money I could buy something good for myself.

Iris took a step into the living room and found her grandmother sitting on the couch with her mother talking. Iris padded over and curtsied toward the two: "Dear Mother! Dear Grandma! Good noon."

"Uh-huh! Good noon, Little Iris." Ye Li had a hint of joy on her face.

“Dear Mother, when my contract with you ends, can you have some of the rent refunded to me!"

"What contract? What rent?" Ye Li looked at Lilia with a puzzled face.

Just when Iris was about to explain, suddenly she couldn't speak. Obviously Lilia did it through the disciplinary seal.

"Eh? Why can't Iris talk anymore?"

"Ahem! Iris may not feel well. I will help her later." Lilia took Iris 's hand and tried to leave the hall.

Ye Li could see that Xiao Ya was hiding something, and her original amiable look disappeared completely. Now she was looking at the two seriously, like an elder.

"Stop! Xiao Ya, you are not in a hurry usually! And you are Queen of the Blood, so you should not do so. And why Iris suddenly can not speak, but you say she is not feeling well. These two days Iris slept with me, why did I not find Iris didn’t feel well? Why did Iris get sick as soon as you arrived? And what does that mean about rent and contract? "

Ye Li looked at Lilia with a scrutinizing gaze.

"No! I don’t dare to hide anything from you!" Lilia smiled playfully. Then she looked at Iris and asked, "Good girl, am I right?"

Iris nodded silently. There was no way. Lilia's hand was gesturing behind her. If Iris made an improper move, she would be beaten, and she could not stay by her grandmother's side for the rest of her life.

"Huh!" Ye Li laughed. She snatched Iris into her arms, checking whether she felt not well or not.

After checking, Ye Li was a little puzzled, because the skin on Iris 's back was not smooth enough. There was always some sense of undulation, and there appeared to be tattoos on the back.

"Little Iris, you come to my room. Xiao Ya, you also come in. I would like to know what you have done to Iris."

The three then came to Ye Li's room. At Ye Li's command, Iris had to take off her jacket, leaving half of her body naked.

"The seal of discipline??"

"Xiao Ya! How could you do this to Iris ? No matter how naughty and mischievous you were as a child, I didn't apply the Seal of Discipline on you!"

"Oops! Dear Mother, it's okay. I have my ways of teaching." Lilia said playfully.

"What the hell is your education method! If I do wrong, you punish me. If I make serious mistakes, you directly cut my hands." Iris muttered in her heart. If she tells the truth to her grandmother, will her grandmother defend for her? Perhaps the seal of discipline on her back could be removed. If the seal of discipline is not removed, Lilia still has a way to torture her. At the moment, Iris can only wait and see. She will not make a sound without certainty.

"Your way of education? Is this the way of education? Do you think I do not know what role of a discipline seal? You just want to force Iris to do something that does not want to do."

"It's not what you think, Iris is with the humans! This just allows me to accurately grasp Iris 's location. Once Iris is in danger I can go to help her in time."

"There are many ways to locate. Why would you choose to use the discipline seal? Does the blood race not have some locating magic weapon?"

"I didn't think of it for a while!" Lilia replied calmly.

"Hey! Lying is not a good habit."

"I am not lying. Absolutely not."

"You just said that the discipline seal is to know the location of Iris , and said that this is your so-called education method. But Iris stays in the territory of human, and how can you teach her with your education method? About the rent that Iris said earlier, is it not that villa Iris is living in by paying at a high price? Is that contract that Iris has to return to the Blood Kingdom if she cannot pay the rent, right?"

Ye Li's voice became more serious. Although she did not show a trace of anger, in fact she was already burning with rage.

In any case, Iris is her granddaughter, with the same bloodline. According to Lilia’s teaching method, it is strange for Iris to have no rebellious psychology.

"Little Iris, you first go out. I have something to 'chat' with your mother."

Iris looked at Lilia, and seems to be seeking the consent of the mother, otherwise Iris dares not leave the bedroom.

Lilia and Iris looked at each other and then left the bedroom.