Chapter 101: Concern and confusion
Zhao Yuanxi was so angry that he slapped his forehead and said, "Don't spoil him!"
It is one thing for the two brothers to have a good relationship, but it is absolutely not okay to help him slack off.
Zhao Yuanxi felt that he had doted on Ziying enough, but he didn't expect that there was another one who was just as doting.
Fusu covered his head and muttered in grievance, "Grandmother only asked me if I would be happy, but didn't ask me if I would help him with his homework!"
Zhao Yuanxi felt a little embarrassed after being caught in the loophole in his words. He could only ask, "Then tell me, can you do it?"
Fusu glanced at Ziying secretly, and Ziying understood, "I won't let my elder brother copy my homework! My elder mother looks down on me!"
Unfortunately, Zhao Yuanxi still caught the eye contact between the two children.
"So, you have copied homework for him?" Zhao Yuanxi narrowed his eyes and looked serious.
"No!" Ziying said immediately.
"Ha! Do you think I can't find evidence?" Zhao Yuanxi sneered, and then asked Jang Geum to get the homework of Fusu and Ziying these days.
Ziying turned his face away guiltily, his two little hands nervously tugging at Fusu's robe, and hid behind him.
Fusu was also a little nervous, with his head hung, not daring to look at his eldest mother.
The two little guys felt that there was a chill coming out of their mother's body, which was more frightening than the north wind blowing outside.
Zhao Yuanxi placed their homework books on the table, tapped them with his fingers, and said calmly, "I'll give you one last chance. If you point out the homework you did for me, I can still give you a lighter sentence."
"Mother..." Ziying tried to fool her by acting coquettishly, his big watery eyes looked pitiful and cute.
Zhao Yuanxi just glanced at him and scared him so much that he dared not speak anymore.
"It's not what you think," Fusu argued softly. "Ziying's homework was accidentally burned in the fire. I was afraid the teacher would punish him, so I copied part of it for him."
This reason is very similar to not finishing the summer homework and then telling the teacher that the homework is lost.
Zhao Yuanxi still had a stern face and asked, "Then tell me how it was burned?"
Fusu said timidly, "When we were playing chess last night, we accidentally knocked over the lamp, and the lamp oil fell on Ziying's homework, burning it!"
Hearing about the near fire, Zhao Yuanxi's eyelids couldn't help but twitch, "How come I didn't know about this?"
Ziying straightened his back with some pride, "Of course it's because I reacted quickly and put out the fire immediately!"
He put out the fire himself, so of course there was no need to let anyone else know.
Zhao Yuanxi was so angry when he saw him like this that he felt a pain in his heart. None of them were easy to deal with!
"Have you ever thought about what you would do if the fire burns you?" Zhao Yuanxi said with gritted teeth, resisting the urge to spank him.
She didn't dare to think about what would happen if the fire got bigger and the two children not only failed to put out the fire but burned themselves instead!
"But..." Ziying wanted to say something, but saw his mother's eyes reddened, she grabbed Zhao Yuanxi's clothes, tears welling up in her eyes, she was in a panic, "I was wrong! I know I was wrong!"
Ziying was so scared that he burst into tears.
Fusu hugged Zhao Yuanxi's thighs, afraid and worried, and explained incoherently, "It's my fault! Don't cry, mother, it's my fault!"
If he had asked a palace maid to watch nearby, perhaps the lamp would not have been knocked over. Even if it had been knocked over, Ziying would not have had to put out the fire himself.
Zhao Yuanxi's nose felt sore. She hugged the two little guys and felt their bodies trembling. She hugged them tighter and said, "It's not your fault, it's my fault!"
They were so young and had never given her any worries. Whenever they encountered problems, they would find ways to solve them on their own. It was her fault that she was not doing well enough.
Zhao Yuanxi pressed Ziying's shoulder and checked him. "Is he really not burned?"
"I jump so high that the fire can't burn me!"
Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but twitch his eyelids, and angrily slapped Ziying on the butt.
The burning feeling on his buttocks made Ziying open his eyes wide in disbelief!
"Then dance again and let me see." Zhao Yuanxi said with a dark face.
It turns out that children should not be spoiled. If they are spoiled, they will fly to the sky and jump high. How high can he jump with his short legs?
He won't cry until he sees the coffin.
Ziying pouted and cried even harder. He immediately let go of Fusu and started howling while holding him, "Grandmother, you are bullying me!"
Fusu was hugged by Ziying around the neck and could only look at Zhao Yuanxi eagerly, not knowing where to put his hands.
Zhao Yuanxi calmed down and spoke slowly, "There's no point in pretending to be pitiful. If I find out you dare to take risks like this again, it won't be as simple as a spanking."
He was lucky this time, but what about next time? Will he be so lucky next time?
Ziying lowered his head and sobbed, rubbing his little butt in grievance.
Fusu was so frightened that he dared not utter a word, fearing that his grandmother would do the same to him. He could only hold Ziying in his arms and comfort him silently, just like his grandmother did before.
"And about this homework—"
Fusu's body stiffened slightly, and he blinked his eyes and begged for forgiveness from his mother.
Zhao Yuanxi ignored his cuteness and said ruthlessly, "No matter what happens, Fusu cannot do his homework for him. If there really is something wrong, he should go and explain it to the teacher, not cover up for him."
Fusu nodded obediently, and Ziying pouted, not daring to complain.
Zhao Yuanxi sighed softly and rubbed the two little guys' heads. "Grandma only hopes that you can grow up healthy and not forget your original intentions."
If possible, Zhao Yuanxi even hopes that they can grow up to be upright and kind people. Unfortunately, in this age of the survival of the fittest, being overly kind does not seem to be a good thing.
While she longed for her two children to grow up healthily, she was also afraid that they would grow up to be unrecognizable to her.
Zhao Yuanxi felt as if his heart was being pulled back and forth.
Fusu took Zhao Yuanxi's hand, her figure reflected in his clear eyes. "Grandmother, we will all take good care of ourselves and won't let you worry! And no matter what happens, I will always be Fusu, and Ziying will always be Ziying. We are still your children!"
Zhao Yuanxi's heart beat faster, and then she burst into laughter. She never thought that one day she would need a child to enlighten her.
She was worried and confused.
In the final analysis, they have to walk their own steps in life, and she should believe that Fusu and Ziying will not let her down.
"I understand." Zhao Yuanxi leaned over and kissed his forehead. Seeing Ziying secretly looking at her, she couldn't help but chuckle. She held his little head and kissed him as usual.
"Grandmother, are you not angry anymore?" Ziying tried in a low voice.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at him helplessly. She would not always have a headache if Ziying would just show some color.
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