When the

sound of birdsongs had just entered into ears early in the morning, an

ear-splitting noise already came through from next door, continuously, Xia

Fen’s alarm and anxious shouting resounded completely through the air of Xian

Yun manor.

“Adoptive

mother! Adoptive…mother…”

Xia Ling

Mei lifted her head in a daze, as if she still hadn’t woken up from her dream.

She was too tired, feeling like all her bones had lumped together, placed into

a cooker to boil for a night.

A hand

covered her ear, putting her head towards a chest, the person beside her softly

said: “Sleep again for a bit, it’s still early.”

Xia Ling

Mei responded in a daze, finally she couldn’t resist the tiredness, she

continued sleeping.

From the

beginning she didn’t think, who the person next to her was, why they were

sleeping on the same bed as her, to the extent that, she didn’t even think, why

she was this tired. What did she actually do yesterday? What time did she

sleep?

She

couldn’t ponder over it, she also didn’t feel like pondering over it.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng hugged the woman in his arm, waiting for that shouting outside to get

further and further away before uncovering her ear. Seeing her

extremely tired appearance, he unexpectedly felt very satisfied.

He was also

very tired, but his mind nevertheless had never been this awake.

Pulling up

the embroidered quilt, he couldn’t help place his lower jaw on top of her

head rubbing against it for a little while, before he too fell asleep.

Bai Zi did

a flip from the beam of the roof, Hei Zi on another beam couldn’t help but fly

past, pulling the other person’s already half opened lapel close tidying up,

teaching him: “Were you sleeping or fighting, your clothes are in such

disorder.”

Bai Zi

scratched his chest, smacking his lips: “I didn’t sleep the entire night,

listening to the happily married couple tussle all night. I took a quick nap

for a moment with great difficulty, and had a wet dream.”

Hei Zi

shook out his frowning eyebrows: “Your desires are unsated?”

Bai Zi

immediately felt wrong throwing himself into it: “Wife, husband thought of you,

take a bite, `kiss`…”

“Get lost!”

a palm went flying.

“Ai, take

care. Bai Zi you dare to knock over w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s medicine, I’ll carefully

tear your skin apart” Ying s.h.i.+ pa.s.sed by through the corridor, almost being

knocked over by the flying Xiao Bai, while dodging with one hand she gripped Xiao

Bai’s earlobe and started scolding him.

Hei Zi was

above them: “Be quiet, the lady is still asleep.”

Ying s.h.i.+

moved closer to the window listening carefully for a while, looking at the

steaming bowl of medicine in her hand, again looking at the incessantly

struggling Xiao Bai, calmly and collectively said: “This medicine has to be

taken when hot, we can’t waste it.”

Hei Zi

silently looked at her, she looked at Xiao Bai.

Ying s.h.i.+

stood on Xiao Bai’s stomach with one foot, Hei Zi pinched Xiao Bai’s nose with

one hand, the other hand prying open his chin, a bowl of strong black, piping

hot, bitter and difficult to drink medicine, the whole thing was poured into

Xiao Bai’s stomach.

In the end,

Hei Zi closed his mouth, hinting at Ying s.h.i.+: “Lady likes silence.”

Ying s.h.i.+

understood, putting pressure on her foot, Xiao Bai who still had not had the

time the cry out for help, his spirit was already wondering the corridor.

“Amitabha

Buddha, excellent, excellent.”

Hei Zi: “…”

Ying s.h.i.+

clapped her hands together: “After waking up, young master Fen almost woke the

entire manor up, he actually didn’t know the lady is sleeping next door, he

really is too stupid.”

Hei Zi:

“The lady should have made him sleep by himself in another room ages ago. It

couldn’t be helped at sea, but spoiling him like this after returning home will

mean he definitely won’t grow up.”

Ying s.h.i.+

gave a side glance and laughed: “Whether young master Fen will return to the

Xia family is still not certain.”

“Young master

Fen’s surname is Xia.”

“Yet his

father’s surname is w.a.n.g.”

Hei Zi

crossed both his hands across his chest: “Lord w.a.n.g is only the adoptive

father.”

Ying s.h.i.+

still thought to dispute, pausing for a moment, before sighing: “The matters

between the masters, isn’t for us to discuss, everything will reign itself to

fate.” Picking up the still unconscious Bai Zi, confident and at ease she

turned, walking away.

Xia Ling

Mei’s maids and guards were truly worried for her. So many years of suffering,

at long last has changed with the return of the prodigal son Lord w.a.n.g, who

wasn’t happy for Xia Ling Mei, but apart from happiness there was

apprehensiveness.

Seven

years, how many seven years does an ordinary person have?

In the

seven years, even if Lord w.a.n.g had experienced tough times for a smooth sailing

in his career, Xia Ling Mei was also tossed about by the wind and rain, living

on the edge. The three years they were married, they were together, they had

experienced difficulty and distress also. But the seven years after, they were

apart. The difficulties after being apart, they did not get involved with each

other. In the seven years a lot of things happened, hiding so many choices and

misfortunes, later when the two’s feelings have eased, the truths concealed in

darkness will gradually surface, at that time, can one sentence `I understand

your suffering` really resolve it?

The people

of the Xia family were not stupid, what hasn’t the servants of the Xia family

not seen, what’s more they wouldn’t simply believe the saying ` A day together

as husband and wife means endless devotion the rest of your life`.

True fate,

then how can there be so many unhappy couples in this world.

Xia Fen

finally came back to the courtyard in his search, and saw the dazed Xia Ling

Mei who had just gotten up from bed.

He climbed

onto his mother’s body, moving her head looking left and right, as if he was

making sure his mother was intact. In the end, pointing at the pink mark on her

neck, he asked: “What is that?”

Puzzled,

Xia Ling Mei touched her neck, using her eyes to ask w.a.n.g Yun Feng.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng just at that moment was calmly drinking his medicine, hearing the question

he rushed over to look at the mark on Xia Ling Mei’s neck. He knew, there were

a lot of this sort of mark all over Xia Ling Mei’s body.

“A mosquito

bite.”

Xia Fen

hurriedly pushed his collar aside, extending his fair neck for Xia Ling Mei to

see: “Adoptive mother quickly been I been bitten by a mosquito?”

Xia Ling

Mei who had cleared her head turned red, powerlessly she stared at w.a.n.g Yun 

Feng, helping her own son to fix his clothes: “Yes, in a while mother will

bring you medicine to apply.”

The

numerous maids and guards inside and outside the house could not help but roll

their eyes, such martial harmony, they don’t even need to communicate to lie.

Teasing your own son, is it interesting!

What a

pity, regardless if it’s w.a.n.g Yun Feng or Xia Ling Mei they had an incomparable

honest expression, noiselessly stating: it really is a mosquito bite, which one

of you would say it’s not?

Ying s.h.i.+

turned her head, Xiu Yu pursed her lips; Hei Zi was polis.h.i.+ng his sword on the

roof, oh my, it’s so sunny.

Where was

Xiao Bai?

He was

dead!

Xia Fen was

not very fond of mosquitos, in a blink of an eye he was hugging Xia Ling Mei

asking: “Adoptive mother why didn’t you sleep with Fen Er last night?”

Xia Ling

Mei turned red, again shooting a glance at w.a.n.g Yun Feng.

The other

person could already no longer stand Xia Fen’s spoiled childish actions, he

grabbed Xia Fen’s collar ready to pull him off: “How old are you already, not

sitting properly, standing without posture. Stand up!”

Xia Fen

originally acted up for w.a.n.g Yun Feng, when did he agree to listen to the other

person, without wavering he clung onto Xia Ling Mei’s neck, firmly saying: “What

right do you have to control me, I don’t know you.” Aggravating the

situation even more, “Adoptive mother, he’s bullying me, beat him up for me.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng sarcastically smiled: “You really don’t know me?”

“I don’t

know you.”

Before Xia

Ling Mei had the time to convince him, w.a.n.g Yun Feng suddenly curled his arms around

Xia Fen’s waist, carrying the small wild leopard under his armpit, with a few

steps he was in the courtyard.

The sun

above his head was taking its time crawling towards the direction of midday, even

though it still wasn’t too warm, if you stayed under it for too long it would

cause people to feel dizzy.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng was vicious. Before he was an upright person of n.o.ble character gentle

like jade, after becoming imperial censor he became a person who perverted the

law by playing with legal phraseology with wile and mischief, the people of the

imperial court didn’t dare to lightly offend him.

Xia Fen

with a child’s temperament, had completely forgotten about

falling into w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s small scheme yesterday after a day, right now being carried

under his armpit he couldn’t help screaming out loudly, as if he was being

taken to the guillotine by the other person. Until, he was standing under the

sun for a long time, his pressure points had been hit, his clothes were also

torn off, the small elephant nose between his legs swayed with grandiose under

the gaze of the older sister maids, he was resentful, he was spiteful, he…he

was made mute by his pressure point being hit.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng made people bring a table, a low stool, the essentials of calligraphy and

scholars.h.i.+p placed in succession. Juan Shu swiftly grinded the ink stone, w.a.n.g

Yun Feng on a sheet of spotlessly white paper wrote in large, w.a.n.g Yun Feng,

three characters, afterwards he placed the writing brush into the claws of Xia

Fen who could only move his arms, callously saying: “As my son, if you don’t

know then you’ll learn, this is my name, write it following this, continue

writing until you know me.”

Xia Fen

opened his mouth, he couldn’t speak.

The sun was

heating up, his body was very cold, the wind blew his little elephant, there

was only one word ---- crisp!

Xia Ling

Mei finished was.h.i.+ng her face and rinsed her mouth and only saw Xia Fen in the

middle of the courtyard time and time again throwing the writing brush away,

Juan Shu at the start picked it up twice, the third time he paid no heed. He

waved a palm-leaf fan behind his head, once in a while he walked pa.s.sed Xia Fen

carrying light refreshments permeating the whole place with its aroma, again he

would be carrying past his eyesight a bright washed seasonal fruit, another

moment, a monotone celadon plate packed with all kinds of cold food, smell,

looked and tasted great slid under Xia Fen’s nose. Finally, Juan Shu holding a

chicken b.u.t.t as he chewed on it he also laughed at his expense completing two

laps around the table, before walking away.

“This

unruly nature of his going to Bai Lu academy would be a disadvantage to him,

taking advantage that he was still here I will firstly guide him a bit, tame

him first then send him to the academy to study, in order to avoid him ruining

the reputation of mine and yours two family’s reputation.”

Xia Ling

Mei endured the distress: “If he isn’t willing to write at all?”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng smiled: “If he really doesn’t want to write then good. The sun will be

blazing at noon, there’s a scorching sun in the afternoon, in the evening there

are mosquitos, there’s cold wind in the middle of the night, cold dew in the

early morning, the day he doesn’t know me, he will spend that day outside; for

the time he can’t write my name, then he will starve for that time; if he

doesn’t listen for a moment, I will make him understand, in this world not

everyone will spoil him, pamper him, indulge him.”

Truly a

heartless daddy, there was also a group of servants helping the evildoer.

Tears

glistened in Xia Fen’s eyes, mother…

Xia Fen was

stubborn, he had firm willpower, furthermore the determination to resist

against the enemy, also a tenacious ability to resist.

All his

virtues were being used to resist w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s dictators.h.i.+p, overbearing and

cold-blooded heartlessness.

The maids

walked past, looking at that small baby with his chest puffed out standing on

the low stool, hand stained with ink, forehead covered in sweat, behind his two

naked round bottom were s.h.i.+ny basking in the scorching sun, also that s.h.i.+vering

small elephant nose from the wind, the maids bashfully, timidly, covered their

mouths laughing secretly as they pa.s.sed.

His bottom

was very hot, his little elephant was a little cold, standing there for just

over two hours, his stomach which hadn’t had breakfast was also so hungry it

was growling.

He

scratched his empty chubby claws, glancing at Juan Shu in the corridor enjoying

the cool air eating lychee, remaining silent, Bai Yan had finished practicing,

pa.s.sing by the courtyard, he stared at him for quite a while, kindly picking up

the writing brush and placing it in his hand, this time, Xia Fen did not throw

it away.

Not knowing

where Ying s.h.i.+ appeared from, she added water to the ink stone, grinding it,

then feeding him a cup of tea, looking at the slightly dizzy Xia Fen from the

sun, gritting his teeth, with deeply ingrained long-standing resentment he

began to copy the three large characters, with every stroke a drop of sweat

flowed.

Xia Ling

Mei stood in a hidden place, she almost broke off all her fingernails.       

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T/N: These servants are the most entertaining thing in this book topped with XF's punishment hahaha