Only then did everyone notice Qin Qing's presence. Mu Yang and Qin Zifeng hadn't seen Qin Qing for a while, and their eyes lit up with joy as they quickly walked over.
"Grandma... what brings you here? Did Xingxing come with you? Tell me, she's been too reckless!"
Mu Yang still hadn't forgotten what had just happened, and his first words were to complain. After all, his friend and brother were no longer reliable, and he believed that his grandmother, being so sensible, would definitely give little Mu Xing a good scolding!
Not to mention him, even the students and teachers who hadn't left yet thought the same way!
Qin Qing nodded upon seeing this, then his face darkened as he looked at Xiao Muxing with a very serious expression.
Xiao Muxing's originally stubborn and proud face couldn't help but tense up, and she even slowly lowered her head, her eyes reddening again.
Qin Zifeng couldn't help but plead for mercy.
"Grandma, there's a reason why Xingxing acted so impulsively..."
Before he could finish speaking, Mu Yang stopped him, so he had to give up!
The next second, Qin Qing reached out and tapped Mu Xing's forehead.
"Did you hear that? Your brother is only doing this for your own good! You can't talk to your brother like that next time!"
That's it?! That's all?!
Mu Yang stared blankly at Qin Qing, then couldn't help but continue.
"Grandma, is there anything else? She just injured someone with a dagger. Such impulsiveness could lead to trouble!"
Qin Zifeng and Xiao Muxing's relaxed expressions lasted only a few seconds before they heard Mu Yang's sarcastic words and glared at him at the same time.
Qin Qing was taken aback upon hearing this, and then suddenly realized what he meant.
"Oh, I see!"
Then, as Mu Yang looked on expectantly, Qin Qing patted Xiao Mu Xing's head again.
"Did you hear that? You can't be so impulsive in the future! What if that person has too much backing and even Grandma can't protect you? It's the capital, so it's better to be careful, understand?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Muxing immediately smiled, nodded obediently, and shook her little head rapidly, looking incredibly cute!
"Okay, Xingxing understands! Xingxing will definitely think things through before making any moves in the future... um... I'll think it through before deciding!"
The contrast between his unrepentant look and Qin Qing's doting expression left Mu Yang in despair, rubbing his forehead in exasperation.
"Forget it! I don't care anymore!"
Qin Qing was amused by his appearance and reached out to rub his face again.
"What are you doing, a teenager pretending to be so profound?"
After a flurry of pinching, Mu Yang's face quickly turned bright red. Mu Yang hurriedly pulled Qin Qing's hand away. Although she felt a warm glow in her heart, she still had to consider the gazes of others, and a hint of shyness flashed in her eyes as she spoke.
"Grandma...there are still people watching over me! And I'm all grown up now, I can participate in the scientific expedition next year!"
Qin Qing smiled.
"Good, good, good... My grandson is amazing!"
Qin Zifeng also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his grandmother was reasonable, otherwise Xiao Muxing would have been in big trouble! He knew all too well how much she cared about her family during their days of wandering!
Many students who witnessed this scene cast envious glances. After all, in ancient times, the Three Cardinal Guides and Five Constant Virtues were emphasized, along with strict moral conduct. Not to mention families like theirs, even ordinary people rarely had such an atmosphere, let alone royalty and nobility…
Meanwhile, Chen Zilong quickly returned to the Minister's residence and, as expected, saw the seal on it. After spending some money to inquire, he finally learned where Imperial Censor Chen and his entourage were currently staying.
As soon as he entered the door, he heard bursts of crying. Before he could panic and rush over, he saw his younger sister crying her eyes out in the yard...
Meanwhile, Imperial Censor Chen looked furious!
"You unfilial daughter! Is this how you speak to your father?"
Upon hearing this, the woman on the ground burst into tears, looking at him with a desolate expression.
"Attitude? Is this how you talk to your daughter? You're completely obsessed with this jinx! I told you we shouldn't have taken her in, and now look what's happened. Because of her wet nurse, Father lost his job and Mother left. Was I wrong? She's a jinx!"
"Smack!"
The Imperial Censor Chen was trembling with anger. He rushed forward and slapped the girl hard across the face. The girl seemed not to have expected him to do this and was knocked to the ground without warning. Half of her face swelled up at a visible speed.
This scene, witnessed by Chen Zilong, deeply pierced his heart!
Having just witnessed the harmonious atmosphere of Mu Yang's family, he was met with the opposite scene when he returned home. How could he not feel heartbroken and isolated?
At this moment, the girl on the ground also came to her senses from the slap. She looked up at Imperial Censor Chen in disbelief. After a long while, she finally burst into tears, covered her mouth, and ran to the door, where she saw Chen Zilong standing there...
"Brother! Waaah..."
Listening to his younger sister's desperate cries, Chen Zilong felt distressed and confused. When did his family become like this?
It wasn't like this before!
In a daze, he heard Imperial Censor Chen shouting, and then he looked up.
"Why did you come back? The imperial examination is in a few months. Why aren't you studying at the academy? What are you doing back here?"
Chen Zilong was taken aback, then glanced at the little girl next to Imperial Censor Chen who looked frightened and innocent, and still responded.
"I heard something happened at home, so..."
Before he could finish speaking, Imperial Censor Chen suddenly became furious and embarrassed.
"How could things not go wrong? It's already bad enough that I've been demoted, but your mother still refuses to go back to her family to plead for him. His Majesty will definitely give face to the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and it's only a matter of time before he's reinstated. But your mother actually refused! Does she even have any respect for me as her husband?!"
Chen Zilong was stunned. Just because of this? So he drove his mother away? And even hit his sister? He laughed in anger. This was his father! How incompetent and ironic!
Looking at the little girl beside him, he remembered that when this girl named Lianhua first arrived, she quickly won the favor of him and his father, and announced that she was the second young lady of the Minister's Mansion against her mother's wishes!
Later, he became so busy with the academy that he rarely came home, and now this has happened, all because of the wet nurse that the little girl brought...
Thinking about it carefully, everything was perfectly fine before she came to this family!
"Father... Sister Lian'er really doesn't belong in this house anymore! Father, please think carefully. If it weren't for her, none of this would have happened!"
Before he could finish speaking, Imperial Censor Chen became furious again! He roared.
"You unfilial son! I am the head of the family! I decide who lives and who dies! You have no right to speak!"
Chen Zilong looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and felt a sense of unfamiliarity for a moment…
He only snapped out of his daze when his younger sister, who was firmly pulling him along, insisted on leaving with him. He looked at Imperial Censor Chen with a complicated expression.
“Since Father insists on this, I will say no more! However, the three of us, mother and son, will not return until Father makes up his mind.”
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