Chapter 130 Teaching and Response

Mr. Fan’s order, coupled with Chu Ci’s personal involvement, was quite intimidating to the younger generations of the Fan family.

Look, in just a few minutes, everyone was gathered.

Mr. Fan and Mrs. Fan, who were sitting at the top, looked at each other when they saw everyone arrived.

Without any prelude, Mr. Fan spoke directly, "I'm sure you've all heard about Qian Lan's affairs these days, whether true or false. Although you're not yet adults, you're not three-year-old children anymore. Can you all speak openly?"

Although Fan Qilin was a bastard, he had a very good relationship with Qian Lan. Furthermore, he had some understanding of Chu Ci's style of doing things, so he was the first to step forward.

"Grandpa, can I ask what the truth is about Fourth Sister?"

As soon as Fan Qilin finished speaking, Fan Jingyu, the only male in the fourth house, seemed to be staying out of the matter. He seemed to be sure that no matter what happened, he would not be implicated.

On the contrary, Qian Bai and Qian Xiao, who were both under ten years old, had expressions of fear on their faces.

Although they are small, they are not stupid. On the contrary, they know what their parents are doing better than anyone else.

So when the sisters Qianbai and Qianxiao saw their parents kneeling, they knew that something was wrong, but they still wanted to fight for themselves.

"Sixth brother, the truth is no longer important. What's important is how to resolve Fourth Sister's marriage."

"Yes, I believe grandpa and grandma think so too."

The two sisters cooperated very well under the guise of playing the big game. It seems that they cooperated a lot in private!

Chu Ci turned around and glanced at Mr. Fan and Mrs. Fan sitting at the top of the table. Sure enough, their expressions were extremely ugly.

Madam Fan even questioned directly, "You two sisters, apart from paying respects to us on weekdays, are rarely seen. Yet, you seem to understand our thoughts very well?"

Even though Mr. Fan is a great scholar, he is also a human being, and as a human being, he has selfish desires.

Moreover, in Mr. Fan's mind, the fourth son, Fan Zengzhi, had almost no flaws except for his indecisiveness. Naturally, he blamed the sisters' faults on his daughter-in-law, Liu Yinzhang.

"Fourth Brother, are you the one who will answer your nephew's question, or should I, your father, answer it for you?"

Fan Zengzhi knew that there was no room for maneuver, so he could only tell everything he knew without hiding anything.

Fan Qilin summarized the numerous messages with a single sentence: "So, Fourth Sister's alleged reputational damage never happened? This was all due to Fourth Aunt's schemes?"

Being questioned so bluntly by a junior, Fan Zengzhi felt as if his heart had been thrown into a frying pan, aching and angry. But due to the current situation, he had to endure it and nodded.

The shock brought by guessing and seeing it with your own eyes and hearing it with your own ears is completely different.

Uncle Fan erupted again. He could no longer hold back and slapped Fan Zengzhi twice.

"So you knew everything, you knew everything, yet you watched us suffer. Do you really think of me as your second brother?"

Everyone else, including Chu Ci, watched Uncle Fan vent his anger.

It wasn't until Fan Zengzhi turned into a pig's head and Uncle Fan was tired that Chu Ci's father-in-law pretended to pull them apart. "Second brother, second brother, the important thing now is Qian Lan."

Chu Ci held his forehead with his hand. Could it be more fake?

Fan Qilin was also speechless about the fake acting of his father and uncle.

So he simply ignored them, learning and applying what he learned, and turned his gaze to Mr. Fan at the top: "Grandpa, my opinion is that Fourth Sister cannot marry Miao Shiguang."

"That's right." Old Master Fan nodded and turned his gaze to Jing Zhu and Jing Ruo from the third room.

At this moment, Mr. Fan has adjusted his mindset and simply regards today's events as a teaching opportunity.

Jing Zhu and Jing Ruo looked at each other and said in unison, "We agree with Sixth Brother's opinion."

Unfortunately, Mr. Fan was not satisfied with this answer. "Why? Is it because your fourth uncle and fourth aunt are kneeling here?"

Fan Jingrui was still young, and his expression changed slightly when he heard this.

Mr. Fan pretended not to see it and shifted his attention to Fan Jingzhu's face.

Fan Jingzhu secretly glanced at his father, Uncle Fan San, and received an affirmative look from Uncle Fan San.

Fan Jingzhu took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to speak. "I... As a junior, I can't influence Fourth Sister's marriage. I can't change Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt's minds either. But I know that if Fourth Sister's marriage is truly plotted successfully, no daughter of our Fan family will ever be able to leave the courtyard freely again."

Having said this, Fan Jingzhu paused before continuing, "If Grandpa compromises again because of Fourth Sister and accepts Miao Shiguang as his apprentice, then Third Brother, me, Sixth Brother, even Jingzhu, Jingyu, and even the entire Fan family will be targeted. I am selfish and don't want to be someone else's stepping stone."

Chu Ci didn't believe that Fan Zengzhi and his wife would not understand this fact that even a child could understand.

Mr. Chu has always been optimistic about everything, but he is also not ignorant of the dark side of human nature.

Therefore, Mr. Fan's voice became much deeper.

Even so, Mr. Fan didn't stop teaching. "What about Jingyu? Your older sister and younger sister have expressed their thoughts. What about you? What do you think?"

If it were before, Fan Jingyu would definitely stand on the side of his parents.

But now, Fan Jingyu was unsure. After a long while, he actually said, "Grandpa, can't we really help Grandpa's family? As long as Grandpa's family gets better, Mom won't make the same mistake again."

What kind of weird logic is this?

Even Fan Zengzhi lost his composure. He stared at his son in surprise and asked, "Jingyu, did you come up with this idea yourself, or did someone teach you?"

Fan Jingyu didn't know what was wrong: "Isn't it possible? Mother clearly said that with our Fan family's current situation, it would be easy to help Grandpa's family."

Fan Zengzhi was stunned when he heard this and finally realized the consequences of indulging his wife.

I don’t know what others think, but in Chu Ci’s mind, only the three big words “retribution in this life” are playing in a loop.

She even poked Fan Jingrui beside her with her elbow in a cheerful mood: "Husband, do you think that Fourth Uncle will continue to be a wife slave and indulge Fourth Aunt endlessly in the future?"

Chu Ci's voice is very soft, but it's so close!

Fan Zengzhi's expression was even more interesting than changing his face.

Fan Zengzhi's reaction was also very quick when it came to himself. He kowtowed firmly to Old Man Fan and said, "Father, I was wrong. I will go to the Miao family right now to cancel Qianlan's marriage and then return the Yinzhang to the Liu family."