Chapter 6: The Prodigy Becomes a Fool
"Okay, I hope you can do what you say." Qin Yunshuang said.
"Of course." Shen Zongguang held Qin Yunshuang's hand, "Yunshuang, I was blinded before. I will definitely treat you well in the future. No matter how much I say, it will be useless. Just wait and see how I perform."
"Okay." Qin Yunshuang sighed, and she would give him another chance for Xiao Tangbao's sake.
They have been married for more than 20 years. They met each other when they were young and now, and the feelings she has for him over the years cannot be broken off for a while.
Let's see what he does.
"Let me hold my daughter." Shen Zongguang took the little Tangbao from Qin Yunshuang's arms, carefully hung Ping'anfu on the pearl button of her little clothes, and buttoned it up.
"My daughter looks so much like me." Shen Zongguang held the little Tangbao lovingly in his arms, his eyes full of love.
[I don’t know who said I was the groom’s child. Ha, you big pig hoof stinky daddy! ]
Shen Zongguang: ...
My dear girl, I was wrong, can't I change?
Shen Zongguang played with Shen Tang for a while and then went to handle official business.
Qin Yunshuang played with Xiao Shentang for a long time. When the sun set, a boy about ten years old, wearing clothes embroidered with silver patterns, ran towards them. He staggered as he ran, a bit like a funny little penguin. His clothes were dirty and the original color could no longer be seen. There were purple bruises on his little face, which looked extremely ugly.
"Mother, mother..."
"Yuan Bai, what happened to your face?" Qin Yunshuang looked at the boy distressedly, holding his face, "Does it hurt now?"
Shen Yuanbai shook his head. "No one hit me. I just fell accidentally. Now it doesn't hurt at all."
[Third brother is lying! It is clearly the students in the private school who bully Third brother. They often ride on Third brother and treat him like a horse.]
Qin Yunshuang felt a tightness in her chest.
[Third brother is so pitiful. He told such a lie because he didn't want to make mother worry.]
What?!
His son was actually bullied like this in school?! Did they really think that there was no one in the Shen family?
[Even if mom asks, third brother won't tell. Everyone in the private school is bullying third brother. Sigh.]
Qin Yunshuang felt a pain in her chest. "Yuanbai, when you go to school next time, your mother will arrange for a few servants to protect you, so that you won't fall again."
To prevent her son from being bullied by those little hooligans again.
If anyone dares to bully her son again, the servant can tell her, and she will settle the score with these people!
"Yuanbai, it's not time to go home yet, why are you running back?" Qin Yunshuang touched Shen Yuanbai's head.
"I couldn't understand those books..." Shen Yuanbai's dark eyes were dull and lifeless. He shook his head, feeling a little frustrated. "The private school teacher was very strict. He called me stupid and hit my palm... I ran away secretly... I wanted to stay at home with my mother and sister."
Qin Yunshuang felt distressed when she saw Shen Yuanbai's white and tender hands covered with red marks from being beaten with a ruler, but she could do nothing about it. "The teacher asked you to study hard for your own good. Although it was a bit harsh, jade cannot be made into a useful object without being polished..."
[Alas, it is so pitiful that my genius third brother has become like this. ]
genius?
Qin Yunshuang's eyes darkened slightly.
While other children could crawl on the ground when they were eight months old, Yuanbai could stand up and walk when he was eight months old. While other children were still babbling when they were one year old, Yuanbai could already recite Three Character Classic and Rules for Being a Good Pupil and Child. When he was three or four years old, he could even compose his own poems. His poems were so elegant that even the local scholars could not write as good as his. When he was five years old, he could write articles. Even the teachers in private schools were full of praise for his articles, and they all thought he was a talented person with great potential.
Many people around him praised Yuanbai as a little genius, saying that he would definitely take the imperial examination and become the top scorer in the future. The teacher said that Yuanbai would definitely achieve something when he grew up, and perhaps his name would be recorded in history. She was very happy and had high hopes for Yuanbai. However, since he was five years old, Yuanbai's talent seemed to be taken away by God bit by bit. His mind gradually became stiff and he was no longer as smart as other children. The older he got, the less he could write. When he was seven years old, he could not write more than a few words in an hour.
Gradually, children of the same age have surpassed him.
Now, he can't even understand the articles written in the private school.
The teacher of the private school euphemistically said that this child was "a lost Zhongyong". Not only was he "indistinguishable from the crowd", but his intelligence was even lower than that of students of the same age.
Qin Yunshuang didn't know what to do. She could only try her best to find a teacher for Yuanbai and force him to study and learn. But the more she did this, the more counterproductive it became. Gradually, Yuanbai became unwilling to study and often skipped classes and even sneaked out of school.
Judging from Yuanbai's dusty appearance, he must have crawled out of the school's dog hole again.
This child...
Qin Yunshuang felt sorry for his misfortune and angry at his lack of resistance.
[What a pity! My third brother was originally a scholar who had come down to earth. He was originally very smart and would have been the top scholar in the imperial examination, a great poet, a great official, and a man of great reputation. It's a pity that he was harmed by a traitor and has become the foolish and stupid person he is now.]
[Third brother is so pitiful. 】
Victimized by a villain?
Who is it?
Who wants to harm her son?
Qin Yunshuang's heart was tightly pulled up and twisted into a ball.
[In fact, we can’t blame the third brother for skipping school. His IQ has been lowered by the bad guys. He can’t understand those books at all. The teachers in the school laugh at him, and his classmates bully him. The third brother is so miserable...]
Qin Yunshuang felt a pain in her heart.
Her Yuanbai used to be a smart and clever little prodigy, but now he has become so foolish and silly that he can't even protect himself and can only be bullied by others. Seeing her son become like this is like cutting out her heart and flesh!
She was careless and actually let Yuanbai go to school alone. The funny thing is that her son had been bullied for so many years, but she knew nothing about it. It was her failure as a mother!
At the same time, Shen Yuanbai's dark eyes, which were devoid of light, looked blankly at the little sister in her mother's arms.
Was it the little sister who was speaking just now?
But the little girl clearly didn't open her mouth!
Could this be the sound coming from my sister's belly?
Originally he had many friends since he was a child. Everyone liked him and praised him as a child prodigy. Everyone said he had a bright future. But later he became less and less smart, and people around him gradually disliked him, and even began to hate him and laugh at him.
In the private school, everyone called him a fool.
Even his teacher, who had always liked him, saw him shaking his head and sighing.
He became unable to read, and the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't understand. Even a book that a seven-year-old child could recite by heart, he couldn't understand the meaning.
Gradually, he became dislike of studying. He was terrified and resistant to the thought of studying. He even gave up on himself and hated himself.
But now, my sister said that someone harmed him?
Who is harming him? !
At this moment, the butler came hurriedly to report——
"Madam, the second mistress has arrived with the young master and is waiting in the hall."
"Okay, I'll go take a look." Qin Yunshuang held the little Tangbao in her arms and walked towards the hall step by step.
At this time, a woman dressed in a light green Hundred Flowers Butterfly coat and a goose yellow long skirt, dressed in a seductive and luxurious manner, was sitting on a pear wood chair in the hall. Sitting next to her was a boy about ten years old, wearing a mountain green waisted gown.
"Sister, I heard something happened in the Marquis' Mansion, so I came to see you." When the woman saw Qin Yunshuang coming, she stood up with a smile on her face.
This is Qin Yunshuang’s half-sister, and now also Xiao Tangbao’s second uncle, and the wife of the second master of the Shen family, Qin Hanyan.
Originally they were sisters before they got married, and now they have married into the Shen family together and become sisters-in-law. It is indeed fate.
Therefore, Qin Yunshuang has always been very kind to Qin Hanyan and treats her like her own sister.
"Greetings to my aunt." Standing next to Qin Hanyan was her legitimate son, Shen Fangcheng, who, like Shen Yuanbai, was ten years old.
Qin Yunshuang sat down holding little Tangbao.
"I heard..." Qin Hanyan looked at the little Tangbao in Qin Yunshuang's arms with a concerned look on her face, "The Marquis suspects that you and the child..."
"It's all Zixu Wu's fault." Qin Yunshuang held the little Tangbao in her arms, her face slightly cold, "The Marquis didn't know people well and believed in slander... and I was caught off guard at the time and was harmed by the concubine in the mansion. I fell into her trap."
"But now it's all right. Lord Hou has found out the truth and cleared my mother and I of the injustice."
"Is that so?" Qin Hanyan said with a smile, "I knew that you are a dignified and serious person, how could you do such a ridiculous thing! The same is true for the Marquis. If he didn't find out the truth, he would almost kill you and your mother. Isn't this chilling to my heart?"
[Hmph! Stop pretending to be sympathetic here! ]