Chapter 1156: Beaten Up

Fan Zijin stood in the back garden of his house. The water flowing down the mountain had been transformed into a mini waterfall, and the water vapor spraying over his face made his head completely calm down.

Once he calmed down, Fan Zijin was extremely vexed. Why did he run away?

Who knew what that scoundrel Qi Haoran now thought of him? Who would believe that he ran out just because he didn’t want him to see the aggrieved and touched tears in his eyes?

Fan Zijin scratched his head, wondering if Qi Haoran would pretend that nothing had happened if he went out now as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, Qi Haoran was squatting behind a flower tree and observing Fan Zijin while blaming himself for not being smart enough. He wondered if Zijin would jump into the river out of embarrassment if he stepped out and showed himself now.

Because of this uncertainty, Qi Haoran could only continue to squat behind the flower tree and feed the mosquitoes.

By the time Mu Yangling found out about this from the guards who had rushed back, it had already been an hour.

Mu Yangling thought for a moment and simply carried Little An to Prince An’s Residence to look for him.

Little An was heartbroken. “Fourth Aunt, I misunderstood Daddy. Will he be very sad?”

“Then apologize to him.” Mu Yangling stroked his head and said, “Smart people like you like to complicate simple things.”

Little An sniffed and said with red eyes, “Will my father be here?”

“Didn’t the guard say that they didn’t leave the inner city? This is the only place he can go to in the inner city. It’s quiet and is his own territory. When you see your father later, run up to him and wheedle. You can roll around and beg for forgiveness, but you mustn’t make your father sad anymore, understand?”

Little An’s delicate eyebrows furrowed. As he imagined himself rolling around and begging for forgiveness like a round leopard cub, he felt that life was too difficult and couldn’t help but feel apprehensive.

However, when he thought about how his father was sad because of their misunderstanding, he quickly became determined. He bit his lip and said, “Fourth Aunt, don’t worry. We’ll definitely try our best.”

Mu Yangling’s intuition told her that something was wrong, but she didn’t have time to think because at that time, she caught sight of someone standing by the river.

Seeing that Fan Zijin was nursing his sadness alone, Mu Yangling could not help but wonder where Qi Haoran was.

Didn’t they say that he was chasing after Fan Zijin with his qinggong?

With his martial arts skills, even if he couldn’t catch up immediately, he shouldn’t have lost track of him, right?

Mu Yangling looked around and her sights quickly set upon a flower tree. She looked at it strangely and was about to go up and drag Qi Haoran out when Little An slid down from the horse and ran towards his father.

Hugged from behind by his son, Fan Zijin was speechless. “Why are you here?”

“Fourth Aunt brought me here.” Little An looked up and said with teary eyes, “Daddy, I’m sorry that I misunderstood you. I won’t do this again.”

Fan Zijin’s expression darkened even more. He really did not expect his son to also be among those who misunderstood him.

Under the moonlight, Mu Yangling saw that his expression had darkened and immediately sensed that something was wrong. She couldn’t care less about Qi Haoran, who was hiding in the flower tree, and hurriedly pleaded on Little An’s behalf. “Don’t be sad. Actually, all smart people have a tendency to overthink things. Little An merely inherited this trait from you.”

Fan Zijin did not at all feel any pressure firing at Mu Yangling. He snorted coldly and said, “So you’re saying it’s wrong to be smart? They clearly didn’t use their intelligence in the right place. Did I deliberately arrange for those two idiots? How stupid do I have to be to deliberately arrange for them to mess up the negotiation? Don’t tell me that they’re smart. This is an insult to smart people!”

Mu Yangling hesitated. “But Haoran and I can’t possibly be smarter than Big Brother and the ministers in the court, right? We firmly believe in you. Oh, there’s Tiger Head and Little Lion, too. Are they smarter than Little An?”

When Tiger Head heard about this, he immediately jumped up from the ground and waved his wooden saber. “Second Uncle will definitely be scolded for misjudging people. How tragic!”

Little Lion added, “Even screwed over his son. Second Uncle will definitely fly into a rage out of humiliation. I wonder how those two officials caught Second Uncle’s eye.”

“It’s alright.” Tiger Head waved his small hand and said happily, “Knowing Second Uncle seeks revenge for the smallest grievance, he definitely won’t let them off. They’ll have to suffer for deceiving Second Uncle.”

Although they weren’t singing praises of Fan Zijin, it was enough to show that the two boys believed that Fan Zijin was deceived and did not do it on purpose.

That made him one of the few people who believed in Fan Zijin.

Fan Zijin looked at Mu Yangling speechlessly and could not help but look up at the sky and sigh. How much of a failure was he? In the end, not a single smart person believed him!

Looking at his father’s “heartbroken” face, Little An’s eyes turned red and tears fell. He hugged his waist and shouted, “Father, don’t take things too hard. I believe you, Mother believes you, and Brother believes you. I won’t think that way of you in the future.”

Fan Zijin’s melancholy disappeared in an instant. He tried to endure it, but in the end, he could not hold it in anymore. He smacked the back of Little An’s head and snapped, “What are you shouting about? What’s up with all that talk about taking things too hard? Get lost!”

Also sensing that something was wrong, Fan Zijin looked at Mu Yangling with red eyes. “Why did you bring Little An here?”

Mu Yangling hurriedly said, “A guard came back and said that you ran away on a horse. I was worried so I brought Little An out to look for you.”

Fan Zijin suppressed his anger and asked, “What about Qi Haoran?”

Mu Yangling paused for a moment and said, “The guard said that he ran after you.”

Fan Zijin’s eyes turned even redder. He scanned the surroundings. His garden was built perfectly, with a lovely waterfall and the surroundings covered by green trees and all kinds of expensive flowers and plants planted in the flower beds. At a glance, he could not see anyone hiding in the dark.

Fan Zijin could only retract his gaze and glare at Mu Yangling with reddened eyes. “Don’t tell me that you can’t find him.”

Mu Yangling estimated the strength of the duo. Seeing that Fan Zijin’s eyes were burning with anger, she decisively betrayed her bedmate and pointed at a cluster of flowers. “I heard some movement over there just now.”

Fan Zijin was so anxious that he spun on the spot. Little An asked timidly, “Father, what are you looking for?”

“Stick!”

Mu Yangling silently stretched out the horsewhip in her hand and said, “Your garden is rather well-constructed. I don’t think you’ll be able to find a stick here.”

Fan Zijin dodged the horsewhip and rushed towards the flower tree aggressively.

Qi Haoran, who was hiding behind, hesitated for a long time. He wavered between escaping immediately and being caught on the spot. In the end, he closed his eyes and squatted behind the flower tree and awaited his fate.

As expected, Fan Zijin found him behind the flower tree. Qi Haoran extended his hand and waved at him fawningly. “Cousin, you’re here?”

Fuming, Fan Zijin pointed his whip at him and asked, “How is it? Did you have a great time seeing me make a fool of myself?”

Qi Haoran shook his head repeatedly. “Cousin, I wasn’t laughing at you. I-I just couldn’t think of what to say to you at the moment, so I hid.”

Fan Zijin believed him, but he didn’t accept it. So this person had been watching while he gazed at the moon melancholically for such a long time.

No one wanted others to see them in such a sorry state. Fan Zijin hid here to avoid being seen, but in the end, he found out that someone had been hiding in the dark and watching him from the beginning to the end.

Fortunately, that person was his good brother. Otherwise, Fan Zijin would have been even more furious.

Fan Zijin chased after Qi Haoran with a whip and beat him up. After sweating profusely, he felt much better.

Qi Haoran stood at the side and looked at the panting Fan Zijin. He asked carefully, “Are you done?”

Fan Zijin was so tired that he could not even speak. Qi Haoran heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the non-existent cold sweat off his forehead as he stood at the side and waited for him to recover.

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