Chapter 190: One Day's Mother

"yes."

After receiving the order, the guard asked, "General, how will the midwives deal with it?"

The midwife was so frightened that she trembled with fear. She cried out, "General, please spare my life, General, please spare my life. I confess everything, I confess everything..."

General Pang said coldly: "Lock them up, don't let them die, and wait for the general to come back and deal with them."

"yes."

"Send a message to tell the general about the progress." General Pang said with a smile, "When the general hears the good news, he should return victorious soon."

They want to find this child quickly.

Houfu key class.

Bailixi was speaking incessantly at the podium about the Battle of Red Cliffs, from Huang Gai's self-torture tactic, to borrowing arrows with straw boats, to the burning of Red Cliffs, describing in detail the most famous battle in history.

The three kids below were dumbfounded.

The little devil was listening attentively, and then he quickly took the lead in clapping: "Great, they are all great!"

“You have to understand human hearts, intelligence, and even celestial phenomena in order to win.” Bailixi’s classes are not long, and they leave after the lecture. Most of the time, they are accompanied by three private instructors.

The little devil ran to Xu Wan's courtyard as soon as school was over.

He had been coming to have lunch with her at noon recently, either to show off how much progress he had made in the quizzes, or to show off how many red circles Pan Hongzhi had given him for his calligraphy practice. Anyway, he was the best in the world and was making crazy progress every day.

Xu Wan listened to him bragging, picked up some food for him, and encouraged him, "Not bad. With your progress, it won't be long before you get a top score."

The little devil happily ate the food she picked up, kicking his legs under the table. He said proudly, "What first-class? I don't care. The class training is for them. I want to be the top scorer!"

Xu Wan said with a smile: "So you mean that they also want to defeat Qin Ye?"

"Of course," the little devil said as a matter of course, "Qingbo Academy is not as good as our key class in teaching."

Although this class was run by Xu Wan, they were on a truce now, so it was not impossible to praise her in disguise.

Xu Wan thought with a smile, and thought to herself that you are too optimistic.

But she didn't want to hit him at this moment, so she continued to serve him another dish and said softly, "Let's discuss something."

"What?" The little devil paused while picking up food, and immediately glared at her, using his eyes to warn her not to say anything he didn't like to hear.

Xu Wan said with a smile: "I said it was a discussion, why do you have that expression, as if I would set a trap for you."

"Haven't you buried enough?" the little devil asked resentfully.

"Didn't we have a truce before? Now we are not quarreling, I won't cheat you."

The little devil subconsciously asked, "Do you still want to cheat me when something happens?"

Xu Wan: “…”

It’s hard to say. It depends on the situation.

But seeing that the kid was angry, she said, "If you keep making trouble, I won't say anything."

"I'm not being rude, that's what you meant. Otherwise, why did you leave that gap in your answer?" The little devil said anxiously, "I listened to you and practiced my calligraphy, can't you be a little nicer to me?"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I won't blame you even if I have something to do, okay?" Xu Wan raised her hands in surrender.

"That's good enough..." The little devil started to eat his meal with satisfaction, and his little feet began to shake under the table again.

Xu Wan couldn't help but said, "The way you sit, the wind from your kicking feet is blowing towards me."

The little devil quickly replied, "Then why don't you sit next to me instead of across from me?"

“…”

Xu Wan thought about it for a while and actually sat down. This action startled the little devil and made him shrink to the side, but he quickly shrank back.

The young man was still mumbling: This is more like it...

"What did you say?" Xu Wan didn't hear clearly.

The little devil blushed and said, "Nothing. What did you just say you wanted to discuss with me?"

Xu Wan quickly said, "Oh, there will be a flower viewing party in a few days. There will be a lot of people there. Can you stay with me then? And don't call me by my name."

"Then what are you shouting?" The little devil raised his head and asked seriously.

Xu Wan took a deep breath and patiently explained to him: "You are my legitimate son, and I am your legitimate mother. You should call me mother. Don't you remember this?"

You little rascal, you have a photographic memory, why are you pretending to be ignorant?

The little devil was already so happy in his heart. Every time he heard her say, "You are my son and I am your mother," he felt particularly happy.

But the proud little brat refused to admit it. He lowered his head to hide his smile, then raised his head and said seriously: "Then what did you call me? I want a fair name."

"Is this a fair title?" Xu Wan frowned. "Do I call you son?"

The little devil tilted his head and thought about it. It seemed a bit strange to call him son. Just calling him Jincheng would make him no different from the others.

Cheng'er?

Xiao Cheng?

The more the little devil thought about it, the more he couldn't accept it. He pouted and said, "Forget it. I'll tell you when I think of something suitable later."

"So you agreed?" Xu Wan asked with bright eyes.

"Just one day." The little devil buried his head in his meal, and the sound of his response was almost as loud as a mosquito.

Xu Wan was relieved: "One day is enough."

After a while, the little devil belatedly asked, "Why did you suddenly ask me to follow you at the banquet and call you by a different name? Did someone bully you?"

So she wants him to protect her?

When the little devil thought of this possibility, he felt happy, but his brows furrowed.

Xu Wan had offended many people for him. Those people couldn't do anything to a child like her, so they would definitely make things difficult for Xu Wan.

The little devil stood up and shouted, "I'll ask my grandmother to come and join us. She can support you."

"No, no, no, no, that's not necessary." Xu Wan pulled him, "Don't bother your mother-in-law all day long. She's busy going out to play with my father-in-law recently."

The little devil pouted and said, "Playing is not important. Grandma loves you and definitely doesn't want you to be bullied."

Xu Wan denied: "I was not bullied, what are you thinking?"

It was to this banquet that her younger sister and brother-in-law also came. I heard that there had been fierce turmoil in the Duke of Jin's mansion in recent months. Xu Lian'er and that prostitute's mistress each lost a child. In the end, the Duke of Jin's wife, for the sake of her reputation, asked Chen Yunyu to break up with the prostitute.

But before Xu Lian'er had a few days of good life, a second prostitute came to her house, and this time she brought a concubine with her. This was Chen Yunyu's first son. He and the wife of the Duke of Jin were discussing welcoming the mother and son into the house, but he did not mention giving her the housekeeper key at all. Xu Lian'er was so angry that she fell ill for several days.

Xu Wan had been deliberately avoiding meeting them, fearing that Xu Lian'er would vent her anger on her, but the host of this banquet was a close friend of the Crown Princess, and the Crown Princess specifically asked her to come over, and she couldn't refuse.

Xu Wan was used to dealing with children and didn't want to get involved in the dirty business of the Duke of Jin's Mansion, so she wanted Zong Jincheng to follow her so that Xu Lian'er wouldn't have the chance to come over and talk to her about nonsense.