Chapter 1147: Opinion

Seeing Little An secretly look over again, Mu Yangling couldn’t help but be a little curious.

A group of children were talking around Qi Wenqian and Qi Wenmi, telling them all sorts of strange habits and appearances of Westerners. Only Little An sat quietly at the side and steal a few glances at her from time to time while seemingly paying attention to the other kids.

Seeing that the children were really noisy, Mu Yangling simply chased them out. “Andre and the others aren’t here yet. Go to the garden to play first. When they come, I’ll send someone to call them. They’re making such a din here that my head hurts.”

Mu Yangling stopped Little An and said gently, “Can you stay and help Fourth Aunt pack my things?”

Little An lowered his head and stayed behind, too embarrassed to look at her.

Mu Yangling pulled him to the side. “Come and talk to Fourth Aunt.”

This child was still perfectly fine when he left yesterday afternoon. Why did he suddenly become like this after a night?

Mu Yangling was worried that Fan Siwen was up to no good again. Although Fan Zijin was indeed very capable, with Fan Siwen’s status, it was easy for him to suppress Fan Zijin.

Worried about Fan Zijin, Mu Yangling couldn’t help but ask, “Is your father angry with your grandfather?”

Looking at the worried Fourth Aunt, Little An felt ashamed on behalf of his father. Fourth Aunt was clearly such a wonderful woman, so why was his daddy belittling her like this?

Little An grew up by Mu Yangling’s side and received guidance from her alongside Tiger Head and the others. It should be said that other than sleeping, he spent almost all his time with Tiger Head and the others. Whenever he encountered a problem, he habitually looked for Mu Yangling to resolve it.

Even though Mu Yangling was his fourth aunt, she was actually more like his mother.

Little An felt ashamed and told her everything that happened last night.

After saying that, Little An regretted it. If Fourth Aunt knew that her daddy belittled her like this, would she quarrel with him? Would the two families become enemies?

Little An’s imagination ran wild while Mu Yangling was a little speechless. She rubbed Little An’s head and said, “Alright, it’s not a big deal. Go out and play with Tiger Head and the others.”

It was just an Oedipus complex and was indeed not a big deal. When he grew up a little more, he would probably feel annoyed by old ladies like them.

Little An widened his eyes and asked, “Fourth Aunt, aren’t you angry with me?”

Mu Yangling was curious. “Why would I be angry with you?”

“Then are you angry with my daddy? H—he said that about you…”

Mu Yangling waved her hand nonchalantly. “I’m already used to it. With your father’s mouth, if I really want to be calculative, I’ll be the one who gets hurt. I only have a heart, liver, spleen, and lungs, so I’d better not be calculative with him for the sake of my own health.”

Little An stole a glance at Fourth Aunt and asked softly, “Are you really not angry? He said that about you…”

Could it be that she was pretending to be nonchalant in front of him but went on to quarrel with his father behind his back? Would he still be able to come over and play in the future?

Mu Yangling looked at his worried expression and found it amusing. “Alright, I said I’m not angry and I truly mean it. If I were to get mad at something like this, I’d have cut ties with your father 800 years ago. These days he’s just a tad mean. In the past…” Mu Yangling shook her head.

Little An became interested and pestered her. “Fourth Aunt, I know that you and Fourth Uncle grew up with my father. Back then, were you guys playmates like Tiger Head and I? Why is my father so good to Fourth Uncle and so mean to you?”

Mu Yangling laughed out loud and rubbed his head. “How is that the same? Your father and your Fourth Uncle knew each other when they were still infants, but I only met them a long time later.” Mu Yangling sighed and said, “Your father is extremely smart. His sincerity has been used on your Fourth Uncle, which leaves him only with a suspicious heart when facing other people. Unless that person has an eternally passionate heart, he won’t be able to warm up your father, let alone win his heart.”

“When I first met them, your father had a smile on his face, but in fact, he was like a hedgehog inside. Your Fourth Uncle looked like a hedgehog on the surface, but his heart was smooth. At that time, he was on guard against me and kept feeling that I was deliberately getting close to them and had other motives.” Mu Yangling said with a smile, “That’s why I didn’t like to play with your father at that time. Whenever I encountered a problem, I would look for your Fourth Uncle. Later on, when we wanted to set up a factory together, he always followed your Fourth Uncle to my house to have a meal. Only then did we slowly get to know each other.”

Little An widened his eyes and listened to her seriously.

“At that time, I only didn’t chase him out for your Fourth Uncle’s sake. Despite eating at my house, he acted as if I owed him 500 taels of silver…”

Fan Zijin felt that he accepted Mu Yangling as a friend on account of Qi Haoran. Likewise for Mu Yangling, she was willing to accept Fan Zijin as a friend also on account of Qi Haoran.

Little An pondered and said, “Fourth Uncle is great.”

To be able to make two people who were hostile to each other become friends was also a kind of ability.

Mu Yangling sighed. “Actually, it’s difficult for your father too.” Mu Yangling hesitated for a moment and decided to explain to Little An. “Because your grandfather is too biased, your father suffered since he was young. On the other hand, your Fourth Uncle is a big fool. Other than being good at fighting, he’s always been bullied. Due to the fact that your father is older than your Fourth Uncle and is protective of him, his personality gradually became crooked.”

“But he’s kind to you and Little Fu, and he’s also willing to sacrifice himself for his brothers. In addition, he’s doing his best for the country.” Mu Yangling concluded against her conscience, “He’s a good person.”

Little An’s eyes lit up. “My father is so brilliant?”

Mu Yangling nodded. Although Fan Zijin’s character was not good, he was smart and capable. Because of Qi Haoran, he had been working hard in the right direction so far and had never done anything wicked.

From what he had done, he was indeed a good person and a great contributor to Great Qi.

At this thought, Mu Yangling felt that she had not betrayed her conscience by praising him.

Seeing Fourth Aunt mention his grandfather, Little An couldn’t help but say to her, “Grandpa always asked me to bring my (male) cousins out to play, but Father didn’t allow me to interact with them. I didn’t like to play with them either. They looked so obedient in front of the adults, but as soon as the adults left, they looked at me with hateful eyes and even teased me. Hmph, they thought I didn’t know, but in fact, these were all toys discarded by me and Tiger Head a few years ago. I schemed to let the adults see through it, screwing them over. Seeing my father throw a tantrum on the spot, my uncle grabbed my cousins and beat them up. Like, seriously beat them up.”

At this point, Little An’s face was still a little pale. “He spanked them so hard that their butts bled from the beating, and my eldest cousin’s face was swollen from the slap. But isn’t he their father? How can he hit his children like this?”

Little An had also been beaten up by Qi Haoran before. When they were at their most naughty, Qi Haoran would hold them on his lap and spank their butts. However, it was always loud but actually didn’t hurt that much, only causing some brief numbness.

The most serious incident was when they helped the Crown Prince escape from the capital a few years ago. That time, they were flogged. But although their butts hurt at that time, they didn’t bleed.

After getting into such serious trouble, their butts only hurt two days from the beating. On the other hand, his cousins had been beaten until they bled. Ever since, Little An would hide whenever he saw them, afraid that they would blame him.

Qi Haoran would beat him up, but Fan Zijin had never beaten his children. Whenever Little An got into trouble, he would be punished to copy text and kneel in the ancestral hall. However, due to his lackluster health, Fan Zijin typically didn’t make him kneel in the ancestral hall for long. Thus, Little An could not understand why a child would be beaten up so severely over a small mistake.

Little An had too many things he didn’t understand. Mu Yangling felt that it wasn’t good to hide it from the child, but it wasn’t good to let him get involved in the feud between adults either.

Therefore, she could only tell him that his grandfather and uncle had not treated his father well in the past, but this was a grudge between adults. He did not need to care about it now, as long as he grew up well.

As for marrying a wife, he could think about it when he grew up.

Mu Yangling said, “If you still fancy someone like Fourth Aunt when you grow up, I’ll be your matchmaker.”

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