Chu Xinran’s Hunger Strike Protest

While the Qin family was in turmoil, the Chu family was no different.

The entire household was silent due to the argument between the mistress and her headstrong daughter.

The servants worked with bated breath, afraid of making any mistakes.

No one wanted to be the scapegoat and get fired in the heat of the moment.

But someone had to be the unlucky one to deliver food to the young lady upstairs.

A newly hired girl was pushed forward, her seniors coaxing her like a child.

“The young lady is usually very easygoing. Just go ahead, and leave the rest to us.”

“As long as she eats, the mistress won’t blame us. Don’t worry.”

“Just deliver the food; you don’t have to do anything else.”

So, the girl reluctantly carried the tray to Chu Xinran’s room on the second floor.

She recalled the intense argument between the mistress and the young lady that morning.

The young lady, who had never defied her mother, suddenly seemed to lose her mind, her eyes red and face pale, shouting at her.

The usually doting mistress had turned cold, her expression indifferent as she watched her daughter rage.

Not only did she refuse her daughter’s request, but she also had her locked back in her room.

The argument had shattered all the vases in the living room.

Even the flowers the mistress had personally picked from the garden were thrown to the ground, trampled and ruined.

As she was taken away, the young lady’s resolute face looked as if she was ready to go on a hunger strike for three days.

Thinking of this, the girl nervously knocked on the door, about to speak when a loud ‘bang!’ came from inside, as if something had been thrown at the door.

The usually composed young lady shouted, “Get out!”

The young maid was startled, stepping back and looking at the closed door with a conflicted expression.

She was there to deliver food, and she couldn’t leave without doing so.

So, she placed the tray at the door and knocked again, calling out to Chu Xinran inside.

“Miss, this is your dinner. If you get hungry, you can take it in and eat it!”

“If it gets cold and you don’t want it, you can call me to make a fresh one!”

After saying this, the young maid quickly ran downstairs, as if chased by a wild beast.

Even as she hurried away, she heard Chu Xinran’s loud protest from inside.

“I won’t eat it! Take it away!”

Of course, the girl couldn’t take the food away. If she did, it would mean her task was incomplete, and she’d have to come back again.

She sighed, leaving the tray there.

She couldn’t help but press her wildly beating heart, taking a deep breath.

Thinking to herself: Earning money is hard, and serving a rich family’s young lady is even harder.

Back downstairs, the other kitchen staff looked at her expectantly, as if asking if the young lady had eaten.

She shook her head with a bitter smile, softly telling them, “The young lady refuses to eat.”

This news quickly reached Chu Xuan.

The elegant lady was enjoying a delicious dinner in the dining room.

Usually, her daughter would be sitting across from her, chatting about the company or the latest art exhibitions and flower varieties.

But now, she was dining alone.

Hearing that Chu Xinran refused to eat, Chu Xuan coldly smiled, cutting a piece of steak and putting it in her mouth.

After finishing, she elegantly instructed the butler beside her.

“If she won’t eat, don’t send her any food for the next two days.”

The butler, who had watched Chu Xinran grow up and was almost like family, felt a pang of sympathy and couldn’t help but speak up for her.

“The young lady is just kind-hearted, wanting to help someone.”

Chu Xuan chuckled, finding the steak tasteless and no longer enjoyable.

She put down her knife and fork, wiping her mouth with a napkin.

Then she replied, “Kind-hearted? There are so many patients; why hasn’t she donated bone marrow or a kidney before?”

Not to mention donating a kidney, Chu Xinran probably hadn’t even donated blood.

She was afraid of pain, and it took great courage for her to harm herself before.

Let alone drawing blood for others.

Chu Xuan knew her daughter well.

Chu Xinran wasn’t that kind or eager to meddle in others’ affairs.

She was doing this only to help that man’s sister.

The butler, with graying hair, smiled awkwardly, knowing that the mistress’s harsh words were just to vent her anger.

Chu Xuan was furious that the daughter she had raised was willing to harm herself for a stranger, wanting to undergo kidney matching tests.

If successful, she would donate her kidney.

To Chu Xuan, who always prioritized her own interests, this was a joke.

The future heir of the Chu family, the head of the Chu Group, was someone who was selfless and altruistic.

Thinking only of others and not herself—how could she lead the Chu Group to greater heights?

She’d probably hand it over to someone else soon.

This was Chu Xuan’s biggest concern.

The butler tried to comfort Chu Xuan, “The young lady is emotional and doesn’t want to see her loved ones sad. That’s why she wants to try.”

“Why stop her? The test results are up to you. Even if the match is successful, you can say it wasn’t. Why fight with her?”

The butler understood Chu Xuan’s mind well, knowing how to ease her worries.

Chu Xuan knew this too.

But hearing her daughter say she wanted to do a blood type match that afternoon had made her lose her mind, leading to the argument.

Chu Xuan was furious and didn’t have the patience to comfort her, only showing her dominance as the head of the family.

She had Chu Xinran locked in her room, forbidding her from leaving or going to the hospital for tests.

Chu Xuan’s eyes darkened, realizing the butler had a point.

After all, her daughter was raised by her. It wasn’t worth straining their relationship over this.

But a lesson had to be taught.

Otherwise, the young bird would think it could fly out of the Chu family.

That was a dangerous misconception.

Without the Chu family, she was nothing.