Chapter 1542 - 1544: After_1
"Mother, don’t panic, let me explain slowly."
So saying, Zi’an comforted Yang Chuxia by gently patting her hand. "I was about to relieve myself when a sister came and said Aunt Dongyang was looking for me. Without a second thought, I followed her, but midway, when I turned around, I saw her hand reaching towards my neck, as if to chop it." As he spoke, he even gestured to demonstrate.
"When she saw me turning back, she quickly withdrew her hand. I found it strange, and after a few steps, I pretended to have a stomachache to go to the latrine. Once there, I slipped away from the other side while she wasn’t paying attention. I originally wanted to return to the front courtyard to find my handsome dad. But, but..." His face showed some embarrassment, as if he found it difficult to speak.
"But what?" Mu Old Master urgently inquired.
"Your house is just too big, Grandfather Mu, and I got lost while walking," said Yangyang, batting his big eyes. "When I was passing a rockery, I overheard two nannies talking about stealing Brother Chengcheng and taking him away, with one of the nannies suggesting throwing the brother into the river.
"Thinking they were going to steal the brother, they would surely head to his room, so I secretly followed them. I remembered that not far from Aunt Dongyang’s courtyard there was a lotus pond, and once I got there, I recognized the way. They weren’t walking as fast as I could run, so I took a detour to Aunt Dongyang’s courtyard, but no one was there, just Brother Chengcheng lying alone on the bed, and so I carried him out."
"I was planning to hide him, but as soon as I let go, he cried, so I held him and he stopped crying. I nearly drew the attention of those two nannies. In the end, I ended up hiding under a bed with him in my arms." Here, he embarrassingly pinched his own cheeks, "It’s just a pity that while hiding under the bed. I ended up falling asleep."
After he finished speaking, Yang Chuxia finally understood where those red marks on his face came from.
"Uncle, your little fatty needs to lose some weight, he’s too heavy. I wanted to carry him somewhere else, but he was so heavy that I just hid nearby," he said.
Zi’an’s words almost made everyone’s jaws drop; first, because the child was able to recount the events so clearly, and second, if this was true, just how clever was this child?
Mu Shaoling couldn’t help but feel torn between laughter and tears.
He believed Zi’an’s words, knowing the boy’s straightforward nature and having watched him grow up, he wouldn’t lie.
"Then what’s the story with Su Ma?" Old Master Mu muttered to himself.
"Brother, did you give Aunt Dongyang any glass spheres?"
"Glass spheres?" Yangyang blinked and reached into his tiny pouch to pull out two transparent spheres, "Brother, aren’t both of our glass spheres right here? Uncle gave us these gifts, why would I give them to Aunt Dongyang?"
"That’s not right!" Just then, Su Ma burst out, "That Yangyang seemed taller than him, and he was wearing a white robe. I even asked him why he changed his clothes."
At this point, everyone understood that Dongyang’s poisoning had nothing to do with the Ye Family. As for the other Yangyang, it seemed someone had impersonated him, but what was the purpose of doing so?
And to even involve another child?
"Where do you think you’re going, you little thief?" While everyone was still pondering over the matter, Zi’an’s voice once again rang out.
They looked over to find that the Yangyang who had been in front of them had run to one side and was now grabbing the sleeve of the person in question.