The usually careless General Xiao had made a point of remembering his granddaughter's return home. He reminded his family almost every day, "The two children will be home in a few days. Remember to have someone clean Yaoyuan Tower carefully. Ping'an is afraid of the cold, so light the charcoal fire early and prepare some fresh Yixiang Garden snacks for Ruyi."
The happier General Xiao was, the more confused his family became.
"Why don't we tell Father the truth? Didn't Nanny Ruan say we should stay at the Hot Spring Villa for a while longer? It's only been less than a month, how much can it possibly help Ping An's condition?" Xiao Jingkang had tried everything in recent days, but to no avail. He sometimes wished his daughter weren't so favored; he wouldn't be so exhausted, and things might be much easier to resolve.
Tong Mingyu is also very conflicted. On the one hand, her daughter has not recovered yet and needs the cooperation of her family to have a chance of recovery; on the other hand, her youngest son is not strong enough to withstand the anger of her father-in-law, and she doesn't know what kind of punishment he will accept when he is furious. What's more, Xiao Qi, who is also very young, is involved. How should she, as a mother, choose in this situation?
Just as the couple was in a dilemma, Qin came to Yayuan and said to them straight out, "I don't want you to tell your father the truth at this time. Ping'an is already ill, and this is an unchangeable fact. Even if you tell the truth now, will she recover all of a sudden?
Jun and Qi are still children. Aren't you worried that they won't be able to withstand the punishment? You can't just ignore them for the sake of safety.
My mother is already old, I don’t know how many more blows she can withstand.”
Qin was worried about her granddaughter and felt even more sorry for her grandson. She also noticed the hesitation of her son and daughter-in-law, and was afraid that they would tell the truth to her husband in order to treat Ping An's illness, so she had to come and dissuade them.
Xiao Jingkang, who was originally hesitant, had to give up the idea of confessing to his father after hearing what his mother said.
Tong Mingyu asked someone to deliver a letter to Nanny Ruan, explaining the cause and effect of the matter in detail, and told her very apologetically to prepare to go home in a few days.
Nanny Ruan looked at the letter in her hand and felt a little amused. She had never seen anyone doting on a child like General Xiao. The more he doted on Ping An, the more his family dared not tell him the truth. She really couldn't imagine what the scene would be like if something happened one day.
General Xiao, who had finally made it to the tenth day, was very helpless to find that he had to go to the Imperial College to deal with those hooligans before he could spare time to pick up his granddaughter. No wonder he disliked these people so much. They always wasted his time. It would be strange if he liked them!
"Xiao Zhuangzhuang, Xiao Pangpang, long time no see." Mu Fengwu ran towards Xiao Jun and Xiao Qi as if he had met long-lost relatives.
These two guys haven't been here for a long time, and the Yun brothers looked at them curiously.
Xiao Jun planned to pick up his sister with his grandfather, otherwise he didn't want to appear here again.
"Long time no see." Xiao Qi greeted several people with a smile on his face. His grandfather once said that he should not confront them face to face, so he would just deal with it.
"Are you here to practice martial arts together? You don't look like it!" Xiao Jun and Xiao Qi were dressed for an outing and didn't look like they were going to practice martial arts at all.
"We are going out." Xiao Jun was afraid that his brother would say something wrong again, so he spoke first.
Mu Fengwu was just about to ask some questions when he heard General Xiao say loudly: "First, you guys demonstrate the shooting skills I taught you last time, and then I will teach you the next two moves." Don't dawdle, after I finish teaching you, I still have to go pick up my granddaughter.
Just as General Xiao was teaching the three new moves, Butler Feng hurried over. General Xiao thought unhappily that his son or daughter-in-law might be coming up with some new way to prevent him from picking up his granddaughter.
"You guys practice on yourselves first." After saying that, he called Butler Feng to the tree nearby.
"General, the second young lady sent someone to bring back a letter saying that there is a rare flower in the hot spring villa and it will bloom in the next few days. The two young ladies wanted to ask you if it is okay for you to come back in a few days." Butler Feng asked anxiously.
"Here's the letter! Show it to me." He's not trying to trick me again, is he?
As expected, Butler Feng took out a letter from his arms. General Xiao did not trust Butler Feng and snatched it away. His grandson was not safe either. What should he do?
"Yun boy, come here." This boy would never lie to me.
Yun Yichen walked over in confusion. The old man actually called him. Did the sun rise from the west today?
"Come here and help me look at this letter."
Housekeeper Feng wanted to step forward and stop them. "These were letters written by the two young ladies. How could anyone read them?" But then he thought of the young ladies' ages and gave up. One was five, the other four, too young for the proper sex. Besides, the general didn't trust his own family. If he dared to speak again, it would be hard to say whether he could even walk home.
Yun Yichen unfolded the letter paper. The upper part was a series of crooked words, and there were a few in the middle that were obviously not written by the same person. Perhaps the writer didn't know how to write it, so he asked someone else to write it for him.
There is a separate line of words at the bottom, which is neater than the ones above. The funny thing is that there is a picture of a child bending down and bowing next to it, and the words "Grandpa, please don't be angry" are written next to it.
"Read it!" General Xiao gestured.
It turned out that he was asked to be a servant. Yun Yichen snorted secretly, knowing that he was the one being asked to do something bad, but why did this task fall on him? He was really puzzled!
Yun Yichen read it slowly, and after finishing, he folded the letter and returned it to the old man, then returned to the training ground.
"Go home! I said I would pick up my granddaughter today, and I must go." General Xiao said firmly.
"Yes," Butler Feng shook his head slightly and agreed with a smile. For a general like him now, he probably wouldn't listen to anyone. "Master, Madam, I've tried my best, but my words carry no weight, so they didn't make any difference."
General Xiao felt that the two hours today passed very slowly. When he finally waited until the time to leave, General Xiao hurriedly said to a few people, "Go back." Then he picked up one of his grandsons in each hand and strode away.
"What on earth happened?" Mu Fengwu was extremely curious.
"What did the old man ask you to read just now?" Yun Yifan was curious for once.
"It seems to be a letter, probably written by the old man's granddaughter."
"What did he write? I saw that the old man looked unhappy." Mu Fengwu asked.
"Let the old man pick them up." Yun Yichen didn't want to tell the truth to Mu Fengwu, otherwise this guy would ask him endless questions.
After spending more than three years with the old man, Yun Yichen finally understood what he cared about most. If he met the two little granddaughters of the Xiao family in the future, he must not offend them, otherwise the old man might really find someone to fight for them.
The child on the letter was quite well drawn; the one who could have done such a thing must have been a mischievous little girl. No wonder my father wanted me to interact more with the younger generation of the Xiao family; they were indeed quite interesting people.
"Hey, what are you laughing at!" This is a strange thing. Someone who always has a stern face would actually laugh secretly. Mu Fengwu's old habit of getting to the bottom of things came back again.
Yun Yifan also cast a curious look at his cousin. This man must be hiding something from him and Mu Fengwu, and it seemed to be something quite interesting, otherwise he would never have such an expression.
"You must have seen it wrong. When did I smile?" Yun Yichen's expression quickly returned to normal. Did he smile? No way! The two of them must have been dazzled. It was all because of that letter and that little girl. They had caused him to lose his focus.
Mu Fengwu and Yun Yifan exchanged a glance. This kid was acting a little strangely today. Did he know some secret? Why wasn't he willing to share it with his brothers?
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