Chapter 514 Old Friends Meet (3)_1
Lao Fan tossed Xiao Linshuang onto the nearby chair and eyed the somewhat blurry Princess Anle with a touch of excitement in his heart. Nevertheless, unlike the Princess, he didn’t show his feelings but cleared his throat, masking the stir of emotions, and with a twist of his mustache, hummed, "You little girl, why have you come? Is that boy bullying you again? If he dares, tell this old man, and I’ll prepare you the strongest, most poisonous medicine. I’ll have him bedridden for three days, at your mercy!"
Not only did Princess Anle burst into laughter at his words, but even Xia He and Qiu Ju couldn’t help but cover their lips and chuckle. The "boy" Lao Fan was referring to was not Xia Zheng, but Xia Zheng’s father, Xia Yuan—the Protectorate Grand General who was unbeatable on the battlefield, yet in his eyes, was just a scoundrel.
Amused by what he said, Princess Anle’s reunion excitement also eased somewhat. She took out a handkerchief and dabbed the corners of her eyes before asking Lao Fan to take a seat. Then she personally poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile, "With you looking out for me, how would he dare to make me angry?"
"That’s more like it," Lao Fan hummed, posing as a senior, and took the tea that Princess Anle handed to him, taking a sip.
Lao Fan had been close friends with Princess Anle’s father, Prince Zhongyi. After the Prince passed away, Princess Anle was so stricken that she fell ill and could hardly recover. It was Lao Fan who cared for her incessantly, a mere child of a few years old. Therefore, in Princess Anle’s eyes, Lao Fan was equivalent to a senior family member and even a father figure.
Moreover, Lao Fan’s own family had a generational friendship with Princess Anle’s father-in-law, that is, Xia Yuan’s father. After Anle and Xia Yuan were married, Lao Fan became even closer to them.
However, Xia Zheng, that rascal, was always causing trouble and butting heads with him! Although Xia Zheng exasperated him to no end, Lao Fan was particularly fond of this mischievous boy, while he found Xia Zhen, the relatively more behaved, too dull.
Lao Fan was simply this kind of person—if no one opposed him, he would find life boring!