Chapter 299: Courage
Although it was only for a moment, Yuan Siyin still caught a glimpse of the bruise on the corner of his mouth.
Yuan Siyin waved the servants away and sat down on the steps with him: "Were you fighting?"
Yuan Fuqing gave a soft "hmm" and unconsciously turned his head away, not wanting Yuan Siyin to see the injury on his face.
Did we win?
Yuan Fuqing, who was still trying to figure out how to explain, was stunned when he heard this: "What?"
"Did you win? I can't have taught you all those moves for nothing."
Yuan Siyin straightened his still childish face, looked at the bruises from left to right, and spoke in a very natural tone, which did not seem like a sign of anger at all.
"We won..."
"What's there to be unhappy about when you've already won?"
Yuan Fuqing pouted, looking somewhat aggrieved: "They were talking about my elder sister!"
What did you say about me?
Yuan Siyin was somewhat surprised.
I thought it was just kids fighting over something; everyone gets into a fight when they're young. But it turned out to be a verbal argument.
"They said, sister, you..."
Yuan Fuqing gritted his teeth, then turned his head away and refused to speak again.
"It's alright, go ahead and speak, your older sister is listening."
Yuan Siyin found it somewhat amusing and gently patted his back.
“They say that my elder sister is absurd and domineering, bullying others, and is a stain on the Yuan family. They also say that I was born of a mother but not raised by one, and that my father has not returned to the capital for so many years because of my elder sister.”
Why are you bringing this up out of the blue?
"The Master asked us to talk about what is of utmost importance to a nation."
"What did you say?"
“I said that the most important thing for the country is to ensure the well-being of the people and stabilize their hearts, and then they started to make a fuss, saying that it was a joke to have an elder sister to ensure the well-being of the people.”
"You...didn't lay a hand on the Master, did you?"
Yuan Siyin belatedly asked a question.
"No, I only beat up the person who spoke ill of my sister."
"That's good." She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It's not to the point that they'd be accused of disrespecting their teachers.
“The only one in the entire school who didn’t hit me was the teacher, so they all fought back and hit me.”
Yuan Siyin: "..."
The implication was that everyone in the school was gossiping about her.
Isn't this just like rubbing cumin powder into her wound?
"Do you think your sister gets angry when she hears these words?"
"Don't be angry."
Yuan Fuqing shook his head and then said, "But I just can't stand hearing anyone say a bad word about my sister. In my heart, my sister is the best."
If they say it again next time, I'll hit them again!
"It's because of your older sister that you've been dragged into this."
Yuan Siyin gently stroked the back of his head, feeling very sorry for him: "Your elder sister will send you to the Northern Border."
"Go to the North? Will I be able to see Father then?"
His eyes suddenly brightened, but that sparkling light quickly dimmed again: "No, I'm not going."
"Why?"
“Fang Ming is with Father. If I leave, there will be no one to keep my sister company.”
“My sister still has her aunt, and besides, hasn’t Aqing always wanted to see her father?”
Yuan Fuqing lowered his head and unconsciously twisted the hem of his clothes, feeling utterly helpless. "Why can't our family be together?"
"With my sister being so beautiful, Ah Qing being so smart, and Father and Si Fangming being so capable, how can our family have all the good things?"
Yuan Fuqing, who was originally so sad that he was sniffling, immediately stopped crying and smiled upon hearing this.
"Isn't life all about having both bitterness and sweetness, and having the courage to keep going?"
Alright, I've learned my lesson this time. I won't lower myself to this level for such things again.
What others think or say is their business; we should just be ourselves.
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