"Second brother, were you sleepwalking in the middle of the night?"

Upon hearing what the second brother, Li Muchen, said, the eldest brother, Li Muxing, immediately glared at him and said righteously, "My sister goes to her room to sleep around nine o'clock every night. Her schedule is very regular. How could she possibly have the lights on in the early hours of the morning?"

Li Muxing greatly admired Xiao Xinyan for this; he himself had never been so self-disciplined.

The third brother, Li Muhao, couldn't help but complain to Li Muchen, "Second brother, even if you don't like your sister, you can't just lie through your teeth!"

The fourth sister, Li Muhan, also clearly couldn't stand it and said, "Second brother, you've really gone too far this time! How could you say that about your little sister? She's just a good girl!"

The fifth brother, Li Mufeng, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and seized upon a new key point: "Second brother, you weren't asleep at dawn?"

The sixth brother, Li Mushen, said with absolute certainty, "Second brother, you must have been playing video games again!"

The seventh sister, Li Mujun, snorted and said with complete disdain, "Hmph! All he does is play games and deliberately nitpick at his sister. He doesn't do anything productive!"

"You...you lot, believe it or not! I'm too lazy to explain anything to you!"

Anyway, his brothers always unconditionally believed in that little girl and always stood on the opposite side of him.

Li Muchen angrily shoveled a few mouthfuls of white rice into his mouth and then couldn't eat anymore.

Although his memory of what happened in the early hours of the morning was somewhat hazy, he clearly remembered that the light in Li Xinyan's room was indeed on.

He thought he saw a completely black creature floating outside the little girl's window.

Floating...a ghost...

Unconsciously recalling everything that happened on the Ghost Festival, Li Muchen shivered and quickly took out his phone to play a game to calm his nerves.

As soon as the game interface lit up, Li Muchen felt a chilling gaze fall upon him.

He was startled and subconsciously looked in the opposite direction of the gaze, only to see that the old master of the Li family had finished his meal and stood up.

"Second son, come to the study with me."

The old man gently tapped his cane on the floor, and Li Muchen immediately stood up from the sofa, legs together, back straight, in a standard military posture.

"Grandpa, is there something you need to tell me?"

In front of the old man of the Li family, the rebellious Li Muchen became as obedient as a puppy, showing the utmost respect.

The old man of the Li family glanced at him with indifferent eyes and didn't say anything more. "You'll know once you come with me."

Upon hearing this, Li Muchen's heart skipped a beat, and he began to have a bad feeling.

Grandpa isn't planning to call him into his study and punish him, is he?!

Li Muchen's eyes flickered involuntarily, and he asked cautiously:

"Can...can I refuse?"

The old man of the Li family raised an eyebrow and asked in return, "What do you think?"

As the head of the Li family, the old man possessed a powerful aura and commanded respect without needing to be angry.

Li Muchen was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head: "I don't think that's okay."

Grandpa is so scary, I'm scared, scared...

Although he didn't know what he was about to face, Li Muchen still gritted his teeth and followed the old man of the Li family toward the study.

Just before he was about to enter the study, he finally put aside his pride and looked pleadingly at the other members of the Li family, hoping they could save him.

However, everyone acted as if they hadn't seen anything and selectively ignored his plea for help.

After all, they didn't dare to offend the old man!

Seeing her second brother being called into the study by their grandfather, Xiao Yanbao's brow furrowed slightly, and she asked her older brother, Li Muxing, with some concern:

"Big brother, Grandpa won't hit second brother, will he?"

Although her second brother's attitude towards her was still not good, he was, after all, her second brother.

If Grandpa really wants to beat my second brother, she'll have to plead for him at least a little bit!

However, the eldest brother, Li Muxing, remained completely calm and said, "Yanbao, don't worry, your second brother is very resilient. Even if Grandpa hits him, nothing serious will happen."

The second kid has really been asking for a beating lately.

As the eldest brother, Li Muxing hoped that his grandfather would give the second brother a good beating, hoping it would enlighten him and teach him what he should and shouldn't do.

If you can't kill him, beat him to death.

The second son is stubborn and won't listen to reason; you have to beat him into submission.

The third brother, Li Muhao, seemed to also sense that his second brother would get beaten, so he moved closer to Liang Xunling and whispered a reminder:

"Mom, it looks like my second brother is about to get a beating from Grandpa. Why didn't you stop him?"

In the past, whenever Grandpa wanted to beat my second brother, Mom was always the first to stand up and protect him, even if it meant having a big argument with Grandpa.

However, even though the old man had already brought Li Muchen into the study, Liang Xunling seemed unmoved, still sitting in her seat, elegantly eating her meal.

It was as if Li Muchen's affairs had nothing to do with her.

"Why should I stop him? The old man didn't say he was going to beat him up!"

Liang Xunling spoke calmly, "Besides, even if the old man really wants to beat him, it must be because he did something he shouldn't have done and deserves to be punished. I can't stop him!"

That makes a lot of sense.

But it successfully left everyone present speechless.

Because they never expected that such reasonable words could come from Liang Xunling's mouth.

Since that car accident, her personality has changed drastically, as if she has been completely transformed.

Li Muhao exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, you've changed! You've really changed!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Xunling was visibly taken aback, her brow furrowing slightly: "Have I... changed?"

Li Muxing picked up where Li Muhao left off, nodding firmly: "Yes, you've become even more impressive to us!"

She's becoming more and more like the mother they've always dreamed of...

Liang Xunling pursed her lips and said nothing more.

She seems to have forgotten what kind of person she used to be?

The trauma of the car accident may have been too great, causing her to forget some things, but she doesn't intend to dwell on the past.

Surviving such a serious car accident is like being reborn.

Meanwhile, Li Muchen, who was led into the study by the old man of the Li family, also thought that his grandfather was going to beat him up.

He had made ample mental preparations.

However……

"Second brother, I have a new calligraphy copybook here. You will sit in my study today and practice copying the calligraphy. You can come out of the study when you have finished copying the entire copybook."

As they were talking, the old master of the Li family put down a calligraphy copybook and turned to leave the study.

Li Muchen was left standing there, petrified and utterly bewildered.

Making him copy calligraphy is less effective than giving him a good beating!

(End of this chapter)