Chapter 181 Ah Nuan, please don't abandon us.
The children were initially surprised that their father could stand up, but when they saw that their father and mother seemed to be arguing, they stared blankly for a moment.
Ping'er listened to Jiang Nuanzhi's words and followed her directly. When they passed by, she couldn't help but take a closer look at her father's legs, and her eyes eventually reddened.
"Anuan, I'm sorry."
Once they were a little further away, Ping'er couldn't help but look at Jiang Nuanzhi and ask, seeing her shoulders shaking. She grabbed Jiang Nuanzhi's hand anxiously, "Nuanzhi, please don't abandon your father. He actually knows he was wrong. If you don't believe me, look back; he's still following us from a distance. Please, please don't cry!"
He was speaking halfway through when he met Jiang Nuanzhi's smiling eyes. Li Junping was momentarily stunned.
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and raised an eyebrow: "Don't be afraid, I didn't cry."
Ping'er nodded blankly: "Anuan, are we going to run away from home now? Can't we not leave?"
Li Junping was filled with mixed emotions. She had never imagined that A Nuan would leave with only her. So, in A Nuan's heart, she was more important than her younger siblings?
He heard what Anuan and his father said. No one had ever defended him like this before, even though he had already made a mistake.
He couldn't help but glance at Jiang Nuanzhi. Her flowing black hair accentuated her calm and carefree demeanor, making her seem as if she might leave at any moment. Li Junping instinctively grabbed Jiang Nuanzhi's sleeve. However, his hands were too dirty, and he accidentally touched her sleeve, leaving a stain. He hurriedly wiped it clean.
"I'm sorry, Ah Nuan, I'm so sorry. Please don't abandon us. I'll talk to Father. It's his fault for lying to you. I'll make him apologize to you. I promise, it will never happen again."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked into Ping'er's worried eyes and couldn't help but rub his head: "Silly child, aren't you angry with your father? He has such a bad temper, punishing you without even asking what happened. Aren't you angry?"
Li Junping was taken aback: "I was a little angry at first, but after hearing what Anuan and Father said, I'm not angry anymore."
After thinking for a moment, he looked at Jiang Nuanzhi and said, "Nuanzhi, thank you."
His voice was low, but Jiang Nuanzhi heard it all. She stopped and looked at him with a smile: "Your father is wrong, and I'll settle accounts with him later. But have you thought about where you went wrong?"
Li Junping lowered his eyes, his fists clenched tightly: "I'm sorry, Anuan, I've disappointed you. I won't fight anymore. I'll go and earn money to support my younger brother's education. He's only three years younger than me. In a couple of years, he'll definitely be able to pass the imperial examinations and earn a degree for you. I'll definitely encourage him. Just give him a little more time, Anuan, don't go."
Jiang Nuanzhi found it amusing: "You little rascal, you don't actually think I'm staying here because I want a son to help me pass the imperial examinations, do you?"
Li Junping pursed his lips, his dark eyes fixed on Jiang Nuanzhi.
Besides this, he couldn't think of any other reason why Ah Nuan would stay.
The only similarity between him and Xie Liangchen's family was that they were both students at Gu Kui Academy, and both were quite accomplished in their studies.
Ah Nuan's past treatment of Xie Liangchen was evident to all. It couldn't be that Ah Nuan treated them differently just because they were exiled.
So there's only one answer: Ah Nuan wants someone who can help her win an imperial title.
Jiang Nuanzhi sensed the child's thoughts and immediately squatted down.
“Ping’er, I won’t leave. And even if you don’t pass the imperial examination, you will still be my child. And Xiao’er, Baozhu, you are all my treasures. We are a family, a family that will always be together.”
Seeing Ping'er standing there blankly, Jiang Nuanzhi solemnly added, "Also, if anyone bullies you in the future, you should still fight back. My child, Jiang Nuanzhi's child, must not be a coward who doesn't fight back. I will find a way to help you with your quiz. Next February, I will make sure you can take the test with dignity. Believe me, this may seem like a huge deal to you children, but it's actually not that difficult for adults."
"Ping'er, now you need to tell me, do you know where you went wrong?"
The young boy gripped his clothes tightly, and the wound on his hand from the previous fight reopened in a daze, seeping blood. He seemed unaware, only frowning and deep in thought.
Jiang Nuanzhi gently squeezed his hand and slowly smoothed it out: "Ping'er, your biggest mistake is that you keep everything to yourself and don't tell your family."
After saying that, she sighed, "You're too tense. A lot of things aren't really a big deal when you talk about them. If your clothes are dirty, I'll wash them for you. If you got into a fight, as long as you weren't hurt, it's fine. It's really nothing serious."
But if you hit someone and are afraid of being found out, threatening them will backfire and add to the sin of threatening others.
Just like this wound, the tighter you squeeze it, the harder it is to heal; the looser you hold it, the more slowly it will heal.
As she said this, Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and added, "However, it's not too late now, because your Anuan already knows everything. I will help you clean up the mess. But Ping'er, next time, I hope to hear these things from you."
Ping'er vaguely realized that his nose was slightly sore. He blinked a couple of times, not wanting Jiang Nuanzhi to see his embarrassment, and turned his face away, saying in a slightly trembling voice, "...I understand."
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled upon hearing this and continued walking while holding Ping'er's hand.
"Anuan, can I really still go to the quiz?"
Ping'er's voice still carried an undisguised worry.
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "Of course. The preliminary exam won't be until next February, so there's plenty of time. Besides, there's more than one academy. We can just enroll in another one. I have three hundred taels of silver in my pocket right now. I can just use some of that money to buy you a letter of recommendation. Don't worry."
Li Junping's eyes welled up with tears in a daze, as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted from his shoulders, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably: "Anuan."
He cried out this in a tearful voice, and didn't look up for a long time.
"Yes, I'm here," Jiang Nuanzhi replied, leaving the child to process her emotions on her own without saying anything more.
After a while, Li Junping calmed down, sniffed, and said, "Anuan, you're not angry with me, are you?"
"nature."
"Are you angry with Daddy? Daddy is still following behind us, where are we going now?"
Jiang Nuanzhi turned around to look and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"I wasn't angry at all; on the contrary, I was very glad that I had actually cured him! I just said, 'Can you do it?' I cured a kitten that was paralyzed on one side using the same method."
To be honest, she was a little unsure before, but now that Li Rong is much better, she can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
In fact, Jiang Nuanzhi noticed that there was something wrong with his pulse. Logically speaking, his toes could move before, and even if he couldn't walk, he should have regained all sensation. It turned out that Li Rong was just fooling her. She wondered how he could even change his pulse.
Behind him, Li Rong's wheelchair was stuck. He quietly got up, moved himself out, sat in it, and then hurriedly chased after them again, his movements truly comical. Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but shake her head and laugh again.
Seeing Ping'er's confused expression, he said, "I'm not that angry, but I still need to be firm. Let him think he's so clever, keeping it from even me, his attending physician. He deserves to be anxious. He'll learn his lesson this time and know what to do next time."
Jiang Nuanzhi thought to herself that she would give him a good scolding when she got home.
Otherwise, this bad habit won't be easy to break in a short time!
As he spoke, he ruffled Ping'er's hair haphazardly: "Come on, I'll take you to the village head's house first."
(End of this chapter)
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