Chapter 61 Caught on the Spot

Cuizhi covered her face and dared not look at it.

Master Cheng has gone too far this time. Not only does he want to use bad lychees to harm his wife, he also wants Master Xiu to deliver them.

This is clearly the rhythm of her butt being spanked.

Zong Wenxiu didn't know what was going on yet, so he stood up to defend his brother: "Madam, my brother knew he was wrong, but he didn't bear a grudge against you. He even asked me to give you the lychees that were taken by mistake."

Zong Jincheng was so nervous that he kept scratching his hands.

But my hands were still in a radish state and it hurt when I pinched them.

He hissed, subconsciously stood up from the table and looked at her defensively.

Xu Wan looked at the lychees and said with a smile, "The lychees are all growing well this year. I think this one is quite big. Let's pick one out and let Jincheng taste it."

Zong Jincheng's face turned green.

Who wants to eat that bad lychee? It’s the biggest one!

Zong Wenxiu responded, "Okay, I'll pick this out and peel it for my brother to eat later."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Don't wait any longer, peel it now, I'll watch him eat it."

Zong Jincheng: “!”

This woman...does she know?

The air was condensed, the atmosphere was tense, and the room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Zong Jincheng watched his brother peel the largest and damaged lychee and put it to his mouth.

The little devil refused to open his mouth.

Xu Wan smiled and asked, "Why don't you eat? Do you think Wen Xiu is not feeding you well? Do you want me to feed you?"

Zong Jincheng glanced at it and threw the bad lychee far away with one arm. He said in annoyance, "I don't want to eat that lychee. I don't like big ones. Is that okay?"

"Sure, why not, Wenxiu, peel a small one for him." Xu Wan specifically reminded him, "By the way, only peel the one that is to be served to me."

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did the Little Devil understand, but even Zong Wenxiu sensed that something was wrong.

He looked at his brother and wife in surprise: "What's wrong with this plate of lychees?"

In his opinion, there was no difference between the two plates of lychees. They looked the same and had no different taste.

Xu Wan smiled and said, "I'm asking about your good brother who serves you well."

Zong Jincheng saw that the truth had been revealed, and he didn't want Zong Wenxiu to take the blame for him, so he said fiercely but honestly: "Yes, this plate of bad lychees I prepared for you, you can't eat it!"

Zong Wenxiu looked at him in shock and asked, "Bad lychees... do you want your wife to have a stomachache?"

Xu Wan snorted and said, "It's fine if you're unhappy with me, but why did you ask Wen Xiu to deliver it for you? Do you know what kind of life he lives in the mansion? If something really happened to me, do you know what kind of rumors he would face?"

Zong Jincheng said angrily, "Why are you so fierce? I wanted to do this. I knew you wouldn't eat the lychees I gave you, so I tricked him into giving them to you. Everyone has their own share of responsibility. You can punish him or punish him as you like. Don't bother him!"

"You lied to me?" Zong Wenxiu looked at him.

The ten-year-old boy was taller than him, but his clear eyes were filled with a hint of hurt. He found it hard to accept that he was being used by his younger brother.

Zong Wenxiu lowered his head and apologized to Xu Wan with red eyes: "I'm sorry, Madam, I almost hurt you...Please punish me, whether it's a spanking or a beating, I have no complaints."

Xu Wan patted his shoulder and soothed him, "You were deceived only because you were too honest. It's not your fault. Go back and stay away from this guy, so as not to be deceived by him again."

"Yeah." Zong Wenxiu choked a little, and without looking at Zong Jincheng again, he turned around and left.

"I... I didn't mean to let you take the blame!" Zong Jincheng wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Cuizhi.

Madam hasn't settled the accounts with Master Cheng yet.

Zong Jincheng said fiercely: "Why do you ask him to stay away from me? He is my brother, not your brother!"

Xu Wan snorted and said, "Come on, you take advantage of him like this, and you still have the nerve to call him brother. I feel ashamed for you when I hear it."

"you!"

"Zong Jincheng, I know you are smart, and I also know you have a lot of evil intentions. I also know that you were conditioned to do this, and no one told you this. Today I will tell you clearly: you have hurt Wen Xiu."

"What did I do?" Zong Jincheng didn't understand and said aggrievedly, "I didn't ask him to take the blame for me. How many times do I have to tell you..."

"But you took advantage of him." Xu Wan said, "He treated you as a relative, but you treated him as a tool, tricking him into doing things you hated in order to achieve your own goals."

"I...I didn't."

Xu Wan ordered the bad lychees to be thrown away and continued, "People are different. What you think is just a small prank may be a serious violation of their conscience and morality in the eyes of others. You have been studying the books of saints for several months, and it is no longer all rote memorization. Don't you understand it?"

Zong Jincheng didn't understand.

In other words, he only thinks that books are books and people are people. He is used to acting recklessly and without considering other people's feelings. As long as he gets emotional, he will make a fuss and doesn't care whether others will be unhappy or not. He just wants to be happy.

He only half understood what Xu Wan said, and felt both unhappy and uncomfortable.

The brat stared at her unconvincedly, "Have you said enough? If you want to fight, just fight. Why are you nagging?"

Xu Wan smiled: "Hit? Are you not afraid of being beaten now?"

The little devil snorted, "Because I have a strong will and a strong mind, you can only defeat my body, but not my mind! I will write down all these accounts one by one. Just wait, I will settle them all in the future!"

Xu Wan stared at the boy's fearless expression, not afraid at all. He was bound to be beaten today, but Xu Wan felt that he couldn't be beaten anymore.

Once a child becomes accustomed to being beaten, the beating itself will no longer be intimidating, and he cannot be educated by force alone.

So, she smiled again, patted the little devil's face and smiled like a vicious queen: "Boy, I won't hit you today, but you have to learn to bear the consequences."

The little devil shook off her hand and rolled his eyes, "Tsk, stop pretending to be a good person. You can't get away with it in front of me!"

Xu Wan snorted and said, "Cuizhi, let's go."

"Ah? Ah... okay." Cuizhi was confused.

Didn't we say that even if we don't fight, Master Cheng must learn to take responsibility?

How to learn?

Now that the madam has left, who is Mr. Cheng going to learn from?

However, Cuizhi's doubts were soon resolved because a servant came to report: Master Xiu has volunteered to kneel in the ancestral hall.

Zong Jincheng was a little confused to see Xu Wan leave so easily, but as soon as they left, Shunzi and Buyan came back with charcoal-black scallion cakes, "Sir, the cakes are ready."

Zong Jincheng took a look at the black mass and said in an annoyed voice, "Who do you two want to poison?"

Without saying: “…”

Shunzi said aggrievedly: "Master, neither of us has ever been to the kitchen, this is at least cooked..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking," Zong Jincheng stood up and said, "Zong Wenxiu is angry, I'm going to find him."

"Ah?" Shunzi looked at the only plate of lychees left on the table and asked hurriedly, "Master Xiu found it before we sent it over?"