Chapter 13: Chapter 13
TRANSLATED BY MYPEN_22
Yan Shi looked at the overly pretty face in front of him, and the burden on his heart instantly lightened: "Why don't you go inside and wait? There are many mosquitoes outside."
"I can see you sooner if I wait here." Hua Ling did not mince words and gave him another smile.
"Come on, let's go back inside and talk." After standing here for only a short while, Yan Shi felt mosquitoes flying around his ears, he was not afraid with his internal power to protect his body, but his little princess was only an ordinary person, if he stayed any longer he was afraid he would be eaten by these mosquitoes.
Hua Ling was very happy, he had waited for half a day to get Yan Shi into the house, so the two of them went into the room.
Hua Ling brought a plate of snacks to Yan Shi: "Brother, this is what the mute grandmother made for me, it's delicious, try it too."
Yan Shi had just had dinner and could not really eat anything in his stomach, but looking at his little Wangfei blinking his big watery eyes at him with a thirsty face, he took a piece of dim sum from the plate and took a bite, the taste was average, but he still praised it against his will: "Mmm, not bad."
"Mute Sister can make a lot of things, she used to make things for me at home," Hua Ling paused for a moment, the happy look he had just had faded away and was replaced by a sad look, "but there is not much silver at home, so I can't eat such delicious things very often. ."
Yan Shi's teeth that were still chewing instantly slowed down, suddenly realising what he had overlooked before, according to what Yang had done to him, how could he possibly let him eat well and dress well? A child who knew nothing and a mute servant would be at her mercy, wouldn't they? Thinking of this, Yan Shi felt a little more sympathy for the young princess, he should give him more good food in the future.
The young man's eyes twinkled, and he thought that he and Jiang Qingyue had agreed today to infiltrate Yang's true nature to Hua Ling, and that this could be a breakthrough.
"Your father has a title and holds an important position in the court, not to mention the salary paid by the court, just the annual reward is already a lot of silver, how can the house not have any silver?" Yan Shi deliberately said, "Moreover, as far as I know, your father's properties in the capital alone are also a considerable amount of income."
"My father has other properties?" Hua Ling seemed to be hearing this for the first time, his voice slightly raised.
Yan Shi pretended to drink tea and used his sleeve to cover his mouth to smile, "Naturally, there are some, less than a hundred miles from the imperial city there is a city called Le Cheng, your father has a thousand hectares of good land in Le Cheng alone."
Hua Ling took advantage of the fact that Yan Shi was looking down to drink his tea to smile, like a sly fox that has caught its prey (T/N: well YES, Hua ling is the fox and Yan Shì, sorry brother you are the prey😢😢😂😂).
When Yan Shi raised his head to look at him, the expression on his face changed swiftly, half in shock, half in disbelief, "How, how could that be? My mother said that my father only had a salary and nothing else. My mother also said that it was hard for my father to support the family, with so many mouths waiting for him in the house and the court needing him to go up and down. Therefore, we must save. I ..."
Yan Shi felt the time had come: "Mingting, have you ever thought that your mother is lying to you?"
"My mother is cheating me?" Hua Ling's eyes were filled with disbelief, "She, why would she lie to me?"
Yan Shi did not answer this question of his, instead he threw out another question, "Mingting, do you think I am good to you?"
Hua Ling nodded, "Yes."
"What about your mother?"
"My mother treats me well too."
Yan Shi asked again, "Do you feel that I treat you differently than your mother treats you?"
"Where is the difference?" Hua Ling repeated, tilting his head in thought, and after a long time he said, "It seems that there are some differences. Well, for example, in today's case, my mother would not take my side if I was wronged, but you would take my side and help me out."
Yan Shi pressed on, "You said that your mother told you to give up the pear to Kong Rong, but did she tell your younger siblings to give up the pear to Kong Rong? And what did she do when you were wronged?"
Hua Ling's raised head gradually lowered, making it impossible to read his expression. Yan Shi did not continue to speak, leaving him time to think.
Only after a while did Hua Ling slowly raise his head, his expression wilting, "Brother, I'm a little sad. In fact, from the moment they lost my mother's tablet, I was very sad in my heart. I've heard before that step mothers can be bad to the children of the original spouse, but I always thought that my mother was good to me and I was quite happy. But if she was really as good as she appeared to be, how could she have lost my mother's tablet? From that moment on I had doubts in my mind, but I didn't dare to think about it, fearing that I was being paranoid and that I might become a wolf. There was no one around me to help me, only a mute sister, but she could not even speak."
"I was also a little sad when I was at the house today," Hua Ling continued, his tone low enough to break one's heart, "My younger siblings talked about me like that, and Mother was around, and she didn't stop it, but helped them instead. Of course, this is not something that has happened once or twice before, and I used to feel a bit bad about it but I didn't feel anything. When I heard what my brother said just now, I, I really should think about it ..."
Hua Ling was already extremely beautiful looking and looked even more come in the light. But at this time the beauty's face was full of sadness, even if Yan Shi, who prided himself on his determination, could not help but follow some discomfort in his heart. Still thinking about what to say to comfort him, he heard Hua Ling say again: "My mother died when I was seven months old, I don't even know what she looked like. When I was young, I would ask my father what my mother looked like and what kind of person she was. But he would always reprimand me, and I didn't know why, so I stopped asking later. I grew up to such an age that all I knew was that my mother died of illness."
"Brother, all our mothers left when we were little."
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