Chapter 41: Kneeling down and begging his wife to slap him
Yan Yan stopped sobbing for a moment. He poked his round head out from Nan Jiao's embrace, his voice soft and gentle. Because there was no need to maintain a distance, his voice was full of affection and love for Nan Jiao.
"Hmm...I'm listening..."
"I hate you because of the difficult childbirth, and I started a new family—who told you all this?"
"Kids these days have very complicated minds, so let's not dwell on these things. Holding onto painful issues is torture for them."
Feng Ran suddenly interrupted.
Nan Jiao looked over with some doubt; Feng Ran's behavior was quite unusual.
With a vague suspicion in her mind, Nan Jiao asked Yan Yan again to confirm: "Yan Yan, tell Mommy, who told you those things?"
Yan Yan was stunned for a moment. Feng Ran's voice woke him up. He remembered that he had made a pinky promise with Aunt Feng. After making a pinky promise, one cannot break the promise. But he didn't want to lie to his mother...
Yan Yan's little face instantly scrunched up. He didn't know how to answer, and his big, watery eyes looked around, seemingly at a loss.
Nan Jiao didn't want to make things difficult for him anymore, so she patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay, then we won't say anything more."
Her gaze swept over Feng Ran's relieved expression, and she already had a vague guess in her heart, but she didn't have any evidence to prove it.
With the servant's reminder, Feng Ran had no choice but to leave first. She was in a terrible mood, but she still tried her best to smile when facing the butler.
"Then I'll leave now. I'll come pick up Yan Yan tomorrow to go horseback riding."
"This... Your Highness, please forgive me." The steward looked somewhat troubled: "The Marshal has given orders; I'm afraid we should consult him on this matter..."
Feng Ran understood his unspoken meaning, closed her eyes briefly, and left.
Nan Jiao held Yan Yan for a long time, pressing her face against Yan Yan's forehead with a gentle smile, listening to Yan Yan's rambling.
Yasuo came over midway, checked on Yan Yan's condition, and then handed her some pills: "She's much better now, but she should still take the medicine first."
Nan Jiao took the medicine and saw Yan Yan shake her head in resistance: "I don't like taking medicine..."
"You'll get better faster if you take the medicine. How about Mom does you a magic trick?"
Yan Yan's attention was drawn to it, her eyes sparkling: "Okay!"
Nan Jiao opened her palm to indicate that her hand was empty, then waved it twice to the left and twice to the right, as if by magic, producing a candy.
"Ta-da, Yan Yan, look what this is!"
"...Candy!" Yan Yan's eyes lit up even more, his gaze towards Nan Jiao filled with admiration. He gently shook Nan Jiao's arm with his little hand: "Mommy, you're so amazing! Do you know magic, like in the movies!"
Nan Jiao chuckled: "And this isn't an ordinary candy, it's a magical candy. It's extra sweet and can help you take your medicine."
This is definitely not your average interstellar candy; it's homemade by Nan Jiao, and it contains five kinds of fruit, making it taste absolutely delicious!
"Really...?" Yan Yan asked, still somewhat doubtful.
"Sure, shall we give it a try?"
Under Nan Jiao's gentle gaze, Yan Yan still frowned and swallowed the pill. Before his little face was about to be distorted by the bitterness, Nan Jiao quickly stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth.
"How about it?"
Looking into Nan Jiao's gentle and caring eyes, Yan Yan felt the candy in her mouth getting sweeter and sweeter, completely suppressing the bitterness of the pill, leaving only a mouthful of sweetness.
"Sweet...it's so sweet!"
Nan Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.
As footsteps sounded, Lu Xiao walked in, looking travel-worn. He paused involuntarily as he gazed at the heartwarming scene before him.
"Dad, you're back!" Yan Yan said excitedly. "Mom just did a magic trick for me! Mom is so amazing!"
Lu Xiao's Adam's apple bobbed slightly as he slowly walked over.
Nan Jiao looked at him: "How's your investigation going?"
A glint of something unsettling flashed in Lu Xiao's eyes as he said, "Yes, it's all taken care of."
"Lu Xiao, explain to me why Yan Yan ran away from home alone, and why he hasn't eaten for half a day? Is this how you act as a father?"
The room fell silent instantly.
The two new servants inside the room were dumbfounded, and they were worried for the female.
Because Lu Xiao is really not an easy person to get along with; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a cold-faced devil.
Yan Yan was also a little flustered, his little hands clutching Nan Jiao's clothes tightly. Since he was old enough to understand, no one had ever dared to speak to his father like that. In his memory, although his father loved him, he was a cold and taciturn man who would never tolerate his misbehavior.
To everyone's astonishment, Lu Xiao lowered his head in shame and walked up to Nan Jiao, admitting his mistake: "It was my fault for not watching the child properly. Don't be angry, it was my fault. You can hit me or scold me, just don't keep it to yourself. Or, you can slap me?"
[Where did your aloofness go? Hahaha, I'm worried I'll just slap you and feel good.]
[It's so nice to see the family of three together in one photo.]
[It feels like Lu Xiao is about to kneel down before Jiaojiao.]
[Wouldn't it be better to kneel down? Hahaha, kneeling down and begging your wife to slap you, it's kind of exciting!]
...
Nan Jiao read the comments and her earlobes turned slightly red: "I won't fight."
"Mom, actually I was wrong that day..." Yan Yan suddenly said.
Nan Jiao realized that this was not a simple matter, so she asked, "What exactly is going on?"
The butler coughed twice: "Let me explain, Madam."
“I am not your wife.”
"Yes, future madam."
The housekeeper recounted the events of that day.
Lu Xiao looked at Yan Yan in Nan Jiao's arms and bent down slightly: "Can you tell Daddy now? Why were you so reluctant to meet Mommy back then?"
Nan Jiao understood: "I know, Yan Yan thinks I don't want him anymore and that I have a new family, so he doesn't want to disturb my life..."
Lu Xiao was stunned. He hadn't expected Yan Yan to think about something so profound, considering he was only a four-year-old child.
Looking again at Yan Yan, who was nestled in Nan Jiao's arms, Lu Xiao squatted down, took his small hand in his big hand, and said with a guilty voice, "Yan Yan, Daddy is sorry for sending you to reflect without asking clearly. It was Daddy's fault. Please forgive Daddy, okay? At the same time, Daddy also hopes that Yan Yan can communicate with me next time and not hide things from me, okay?"
Yan Yan's eyes were slightly red, and she also grasped Lu Xiao's hand: "Dad, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you like that..."
The minor conflict between father and son was successfully resolved.
Nan Jiao stared blankly at the scene before her. She remembered her father; he was short-tempered, domineering, and never admitted his mistakes. He habitually ordered his wife and daughter around. In his view, elders were inviolable deities who would never bow down to their children.
Seeing the father and son apologizing to each other, Nan Jiao couldn't help but smile.
Because of her unhappy childhood, she hopes that her children can receive lots and lots of love.
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