Chapter 24 No wonder you are so skilled in business
The higher one's position, the more one values Face and reputation, and many people in the entire market are family members and Warriors from the military district.Madam Yuan's words just now were meant to shame Qiu Ling by standing on the moral high ground.How could an adult argue with a child?
She was truly enlightened, never expecting Qiu Ling to be so sensitive to bullying; a poke and she exploded.If she were to guide public opinion again, everyone would know that General Wu's new wife was the one abusing her power, lacking any decorum or tolerance, and unfit to be a Queen!
Such a Queen candidate could only come from the Great Families/Aristocratic Houses.
What if it was system matchmaking? Rules are dead, but people are alive.
.. She never expected Yan Zhao to get involved in a women's dispute, throwing the dirty water back with a few words, and the term 'praise to kill' exposed her years of dark intentions to the light!
Madam Yuan clenched her fists, as if a painful memory had been touched, and wiped away her instant tears, saying:"Branch Manager Yan Zhao, you are from the Interstellar Sanctuary and don't understand anything, yet you say such cruel words to protect her.
Don't you know the power of gossip?I worked hard to raise this child; I feared he would be cold if it was chilly and stifled if it was hot, wishing I could pluck stars and fish for the moon for him.Who doesn't know I treat him better than my own daughters and sons?
Otherwise, the Yuan family wouldn't trust me to care for him.The Yuan family only has this one heir.
Boys are naturally rambunctious, aren't they?
When they grow up and become sensible, they will naturally understand the responsibility of defending the country.
Besides, with his second uncle supporting him and his older brother protecting him in the future, even if he becomes a good-for-nothing, our Yuan family can afford to raise him.You don't need to worry about him!
"Yan Zhao raised an eyebrow: "So you are strict with your own children, hoping your son becomes a Dragon and your daughter a Phoenix, but for this child who has already started school, you only feed him misleading words, making the worst-case scenario preparations now, brainwashing everyone?
"Madam Yuan gritted her teeth in anger. How could this man dissect her words so meticulously?
She clearly meant to express: she was virtuous and loved Yuan Xu like her own son!
As the adults bickered back and forth, the crowd watched the spectacle.
With Yan Zhao's heavy blows, everyone's expression towards Madam Yuan changed.But the children were innocent.
They had already deemed Yan Zhao and Qiu Ling as bad people.
Their words didn't register, only Madam Yuan's words, which were so heartfelt as if she was tearing out her heart to prove her good intentions, moved them deeply, and they felt immensely ashamed of their past naughtiness.Qiu Ling saw the little boy stop crying, looking deeply moved and full of shame.
She squatted down, poked him, and whispered, "I've figured it out; your aunt talks a better game than she plays.Your family is rich; they can easily arrange several people to take care of your food, clothing, and daily needs, so she doesn't have to worry at all.She makes it sound like she's so great!
But actually, when she touched your head just now, she was really disgusted.
She only used two fingertips to touch you.
.. Look at how dirty you are; I'd be disgusted too if I were her.
""You're mean! Second Aunt is the best to me.
She gives me whatever I want, and if anyone bullies me, she bullies them back," Yuan Xu said, puffing out his cheeks in anger, a snot bubble forming again.Qiu Ling chuckled.
"I think she treats you like a fool, making you charge into battle for her.
Don't you often bully others first, and then when they come to seek justice, she jumps out?
"Yuan Xu's eyes widened, clearly hit by her words.Without adult brainwashing, how would a child know what a Fox Spirit (Used as an insult/nickname) is?
Qiu Ling wickedly egged him on, "No wonder you're so skilled at it and act with impunity.Come, I'll teach you a way to tell the truth.
Wipe your snot on her clothes and see her reaction.If she truly treats you like her own son, she won't be disgusted.
No parent would find their own child dirty.But if she's faking it, her intentions must be malicious, and you'll see her mask fall off!
I bet your aunt will give you a slap..."At this moment, Yan Zhao was raising Madam Yuan's anger level.
When people get angry, their rationality becomes very fragile.Yuan Xu was young; how could he resist her taunting?
"No way, how could Aunt bear to lay a finger on me?
"Afraid she wouldn't believe him, Yuan Xu actually squeezed out a glob of snot.
As Qiu Ling's eyes widened, gloating and fanning the flames, he smeared it with a slap onto Madam Yuan's stomach.Madam Yuan froze.
She looked down, and ugh, on her light purple shirt, there was a greenish-yellow patch of snot with many tiny bubbles, and a dry piece that had fallen to the ground.
.. All her decades of noble upbringing, her supposed magnanimity, vanished.
She had never had such a disgusting thing smeared on her.She almost retched.
The anger in her mind scorched her already dwindling rationality, which Yan Zhao had squeezed dry.
She trembled with rage, her body moving faster than her mind, and she fiercely kicked the boy who barely reached her waist!
Qiu Ling reached out and pulled the child, who had absorbed half the force of the kick, his Face pale and contorted with pain, his eyes filled with disbelief.
She sighed, "Alright, I lost. You weren't slapped, but you were kicked.Oh, your little belly must be bruised, right?
If I hadn't pulled you, you would have been kicked flying.
"Madam Yuan's Face was also ugly at this point.
She roared at the attendant, "How could you watch the Young Master?
Don't you know I was arguing with someone and my attention was focused, almost accidentally hurting him.
..""So what if you kicked him? You still won't admit it, blaming your small brain for not being able to handle so many things?
" Qiu Ling pouted, laughing in exasperation: "Poor child, his only proper elder who could protect him is too busy to even touch the ground.
This aunt, who is worse than a stepmother, is sweet-tongued but bitter-hearted, using him to build her good reputation, but in reality, she punches and kicks him at the slightest displeasure.Poor child, why did your parents leave so early, leaving you to drown in a honey pot?
Constantly calling people Fox Spirit (Used as an insult/nickname), scratching people's Faces, snatching others' food—are these the actions a six-year-old Great Families/Aristocratic Houses child should be doing?
Your parents sacrificed themselves for the country, yet you live under someone else's thumb, so twisted and dark.
.."Madam Yuan's Face was so dark it looked like ink could be squeezed from it.
She had clearly started the trouble, wanting to dampen Qiu Ling's arrogance, but ended up falling into a ditch and couldn't get out.
"You, you Little Girl, why are you acting like a country Old Madam, throwing tantrums and twisting facts!
"Qiu Ling held Yuan Xu, sneering, "How am I twisting facts?
Which of my words is incorrect?Just based on this child's background, as the Queen of the Empire, I absolutely cannot let him be broken by you!
"Indeed, birds of a feather flock together.
Madam Yuan couldn't win an argument against the couple and could only feel dizzy with anger.Yuan Xu sniffed the faint scent of peach blossoms and candy on her, and her embrace was soft.
He, who usually loved to be dirty and roll in the mud, didn't know what to do with his limbs.
He vaguely seemed to realize that his aunt wasn't truly good to him, and this beautiful older sister he had just met, who liked to tease him, was actually standing up for him.He rarely remembered being held like this.
.. Yan Zhao lifted the blushing, downcast child from the woman's arms. "My Darling is right.
Usually, if we don't encounter it, we let it go, but since we've discovered your malicious intentions, we'll have to speak to Commander Yuan.
Otherwise, once the footprint on the little guy's belly disappears, how will we expose your hypocritical tail?
"With irrefutable evidence, no matter what Madam Yuan said, it couldn't outweigh the kick she delivered in her disgust and anger just now. ..