Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

1"Enough, don't think that by pretending to be friendly, I will forget about the past and happily recognize you as my father." Mu Jin said rudely. All the grievances he had suffered in the past, all seemed to be clamoring to become sharp swords that rushed out from his body.    3

    

He just felt uncomfortable looking at Mu Yuanzhi. He impatiently turned his head and whispered into Mu Chen's ears. Under Mu Yuanzhi's surprised gaze, he quickly left.    

    

At the door, Mu Jin met Shen Jingli who did not go in. Seeing him standing there quietly, without any plans to go in, Mu Jin turned his head and looked back, and asked softly: "Sister-in-law, why aren't you going in?"    

    

Shen Jingli shushed him with a hand gesture before pulling Mu Jin further away. Then he said, "I saw your big brother greeting me, so I didn't go in."    

    

If Mu Chen was still the Young Master of the Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion, and if he was a person from the Mu Family, then the Marquis of Zhen Yuan personally coming to visit, it would indeed be inappropriate for him, as the Daughter-in-law, not to pay a visit, but Mu Chen had already been expelled from his family, and the two families no longer had much of a relationship.    

    

"It's fine if he doesn't want to go, there's no need to give him that much face. To think that he would still want to see Xun Er, you must be daydreaming." Mu Jin had a big opinion of Mu Yuanzhi, and said while gritting his teeth.    

    

Seeing Mu Jin like this, Shen Jingli couldn't help but frown. He thought, Mu Yuanzhi really is a failed father, to actually make his son dissatisfied to this extent.    

    

Mu Jin talked about Mu Yuanzhi's matters for a while and returned to the courtyard angrily, planning to practice fist arts to vent the depression in his heart.    

    

"..."    

    

Mu Yuanzhi never thought that Mu Jin would not give him face at all. He had a calm face, and was a little unhappy.    

    

"What did you teach your brother?" "How can Jin'er be so rude?" As the dignity of a father was being provoked, Mu Yuanzhi pulled at his face and spoke to Mu Chen in anger.    

    

Mu Chen looked at Mu Yuanzhi who was infuriated, and laughed mockingly. He picked up his teacup and drank his tea, then slowly said: "He doesn't have a father to teach him."    

    

Mu Yuanzhi was so angry that he almost died. He was indeed not close to these children, and had never personally taught them before, but to be gobbled down like this by Mu Chen, his mood was even worse than if he had eaten a fly.    

    

"I …"    

    

"If you have nothing else, then go back."    

    

Mu Yuanzhi had just opened his mouth to refute, but his chest was already hurting from Mu Chen's words. His youngest son didn't give him a good look, and the moment his second son opened his mouth to chase him away, Mu Yuanzhi truly felt that as a father, he had failed somewhat.    

    

He originally wanted to say something, but after seeing Mu Chen's indifferent face, he gave up on that idea.    

    

It wasn't that Mu Chen hated him, it was that he did not take him seriously at all. Therefore, no matter what he said, it would be meaningless to Mu Chen.    

    

"Alright, I'll come see my grandson next time."    

    

Mu Chen stared at him in inquiry, he did not understand whether he was speaking the truth or not, but whether he was speaking the truth or not, it did not matter.    

    

After sending Mu Yuanzhi off, Mu Chen went to Mu Jin's courtyard. Seeing that Mu Jin was focused on training, he did not disturb him and returned to his own courtyard.    

    

Shen Jingli was playing with Xun Er, and when he saw come over, he asked, "Has the customer left?"    

    

"Is that Xun Er's grandfather?" Xun Er who was piling wood, immediately raised his head and looked at Mu Chen the moment he heard his words.    

    

Mu Chen frowned and asked: "Who told you?"    

    

His gaze coldly swept over a few servants who were standing to the side. Those servants were so scared that their backs started to turn cold and their bodies started to tremble.    

    

When Xun Er saw that Mu Chen did not answer his question, he ran over and hugged onto Mu Chen's leg. He raised his head and asked curiously, "Father, did Grandfather come to visit Xun Er?"    

    

"Nope." Mu Chen bent over and touched Xun Er's little head, opening his eyes wide to lie.    

    

He didn't want Xun Er to recognize Mu Yuanzhi as his grandfather, and he also didn't want his son to know about the black smoke and miasma from Mu Family.    

    

"Oh …" Xun Er was a little disappointed, but he couldn't save his children's money. After a while, he was attracted by the toy and threw this matter to the back of his mind.    

    

In the afternoon, Mu Jing, Mu Yu and Xu Yanlin came over one after another to pay respects, and all of them brought with them a lot of gifts. They thanked the family for taking care of him for this past year, and even gave Xun Er a big red packet.    

    

Xun Er was very fond of red things. He took out red packets and hidden them all, refusing to let Shen Jingli know even if they were to be revealed.    

    

Shen Jingli felt that his actions were very interesting, like a little hamster in storage. He felt that nothing would go wrong, so he let him do as he pleased.    

    

Mu Jing and the rest stayed at home for more than two hours, after which they invited Mu Chen and Mu Jin to go out of the city to race horses.    

    

"..."    

    

In the evening, Mu Chen and Mu Jin returned on horseback with two fat carp. Shen Jingli made the kitchen cook some sour carp.    

    

After dinner, Mu Jin told Mu Chen and Shen Jingli that he would go play at Western Mu Mansion tonight.    

    

In the ancient times, there was no such thing as entertainment. Ordinary people would go to bed early after having dinner and going to bed. Shen Jingli did not want to go to sleep early, so he studied how to grind the food.    

    

Xun Er saw that he was drawing and felt very curious, so he started to say that he wanted to draw as well. So Shen Jingli spread a few pieces of paper on the carpet and gave him a brush, instructing him to look at him, before focusing on drawing his masterpiece.    

    

Xun Er was very excited, he took his brush and poked it into the white paper, causing a big black dot to appear on it. The little guy looked at the unconscious white dot and laughed, then continued drawing.    

    

The little guy seemed to be addicted to the game. It drew a few more circles, then drew a few more black lines … He drew a ball of black ink on a piece of white paper, so it was impossible to tell what he was drawing. However, he was playing around very happily. Holding up his pen, he began to giggle.    

    

Shen Jingli was currently recalling Qi Baishi's cinnabar flower while tracing out the bright red flower. Hearing Xun Er's laughter, he lowered his head to look at him and discovered that his small white face was smeared with ink, but he himself did not know it, so he was laughing merrily while holding up the brush.    

    

Seeing his little face that was like a kitten's, Shen Jingli could not help but smile. In the end, he was too happy and did not notice the pen in his hand.    

    

He looked at the completed painting, thought for a moment, and then began to draw a large butterfly.    

    

"Mama, look at Xun Er's painting." Xun Er saw Shen Jingli put down his brush, he walked over and pulled at his lower body clothes, telling him to look at his drawing.    

    

Shen Jingli picked up the piece of white paper that Xun Er drew and twitched his mouth. He felt that his son's abstract art was quite interesting.    

    

"Was Xun Er happy when he drew?" Shen Jingli asked, not disrespecting his son and praising him.    

    

"I'm happy." Xun Er happily waved his hands and raised his little face that was like a kitten's.    

    

"Look at you, you've already become a big flowery cat." Shen Jingli reached out his forefinger, swiping it across his face.    

    

"Cluck, cluck, cluck …" Xun Er laughed happily.    

    

After instructing the servants to fetch some water to wash Xun Er and himself, Shen Jingli decided to send Xun Er back to the children's room. Xun Er seemed to be unhappy, and turned around, unwilling to leave.    

    

"What's wrong?" Shen Jingli asked.    

    

Xun Er glanced at Shen Jingli, buried his head in his chest and said: "Mama, tonight, Xun Er will sleep with you and Father."    

    

"Sure." And he thought it was something big.    

    

The bed in the room was very spacious to begin with. With Xun Er, this small lump of bed, there was not much space left.    

    

Shen Jingli undressed Xun Er and put him on the bed. The little guy immediately jumped left and right restlessly, and even took the chance to roll a few times on the bed.    

    

Seeing its happy look, Shen Jingli's eyebrows slightly raised, making it look unspeakably happy.    

    

"We should have accompanied him more." Shen Jingli took off Mu Chen's outer clothes, and casually said.    

    

Mu Chen nodded in agreement. With his irresponsible father as a role model, Mu Chen did not wish for him to become like that at all.    

    

After jumping around on the bed for a while, Xun Er finally calmed himself down and laid on the bed in a large shape. Shen Jingli took out a small pillow and a small blanket and placed them between the two large pillows, and then picked Xun Er up and placed him between the two. Xun Er turned his body a few times, and looked at Mu Chen and Shen Jingli with anticipation.    

    

Mu Chen and Shen Jingli looked at him, then looked at each other before going back to bed. They laid on both sides of him as well and Xun Er contentedly rubbed his hands on both sides of his father and Mama.    

    

Xun Er played for an entire night and was already very tired. Not long after, he fell asleep and let out faint sounds of breathing. Shen Jingli lowered his head and kissed his forehead, silently saying good night.    

    

Raising his head, he saw Mu Chen looking at him with blazing eyes, and then pointing at his own face.    

    

Shen Jingli was angered to the point that he was happy, this man, was not at all taken advantage of.    

    

He propped up his upper body, leaned over, and kissed Mu Chen on the cheek, and said: "Good night!"    

    

Mu Chen was satisfied, one of his hands embraced his son, the other extended to grab onto Shen Jingli's hand, releasing a warm current from his palm, causing Shen Jingli's entire body to feel warm, his mouth had a smile, and after a while he fell asleep, his breathing was smooth and long.    

    

"..."    

    

During the new year, Shen Jingli had nothing to do other than taking care of the flowers and plants in the courtyard. He would read, draw, and then play with Xun Er.    

    

Time flew by quickly and in the blink of an eye, it was already the tenth day. The shops in Beijing were reopening one after another, and just as these shops were opening, a new shop launched a new type of high heels, and before the Yang Family stores were opened, a promotional event was held, openly fighting for business with their Embroidery Workshop s. Yang Ningxiu had long known that after the new year, there would definitely be people coming to steal business, so she did not feel uneasy. On the other hand, Yang Ningxin was very angry, and secretly bribed some people to investigate the owner of the shop.    

    

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, something big has happened." Yang Ningxin rushed into County Prince's Mansion, flying all the way to Shen Jingli's room.    

    

"Miss Ningxin, you cannot barge into Madam's room." Jin Yu anxiously dragged Yang Ningxin out from his room, and fixed his gaze on her, not allowing her to barge in again.    

    

"What's the big deal?" Shen Jingli came out and led her to the side hall.    

    

"Han Family opened a shoe shop, and even created a new type of high heels. Recently, they have been doing promotions and attracted quite a few customers." Yang Ningxin was so angry, she gritted her teeth as she spoke.    

    

Shen Jingli was also surprised, there would actually be a shoe store that would introduce high heels, so he didn't find it strange at all that they would fight over the business, he didn't expect it to be Han Family.    

    

"Do you know who is in charge?" Yang Ningxin asked again.