Degenerate Father is a Good Father (2)
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In Laifu Inn, Du Xiao Li and them had already stopped crying, each and everyone with reddened eyes. Du Xiao Li wiped her tears with the handkerchief Xia Yuan handed her. Du Yun Han heartbrokenly looked to her swollen eyes from the side.
The spectators outside increased even more. Everyone all learned that the prime minister's children arrived in the capital last night, and that the prime minister's wife only arranged one courtyard, forcing the daughter to stay at a guest inn. The news passed quickly from mouth to mouth. In ancient times, there weren't any entertainment, so this Du family's joke spread just like that.
"Xiao Li, come home with father. Father came to get you without even eating breakfast. Seeing that father is this sincere, don't be angry anymore, alright." Du Yun Han sat down and softly said.
"Second mother said the Du family right now doesn't have any courtyards, only just that one that big brother is living in. If I go back, won't I still have to live together with big brother. I'm not going back, my things are already packed. Once I finish breakfast, I'm going to go back to Du village with Xia Yuan and them. My house still has two mountains of tangerines!" Du Xiao Li wiped dry the tears on her face. However, even though the tears are dried, her swollen eyes still reflected her grievance.
"Nonsense, the dignified Prime Minister's Manor, how can there not be a place for you to stay. You are the Prime Minister Manor's di miss, how can you still return to the countryside to live." Du Yun Han said, "Besides, father doesn't feel safe letting you live alone."
If there's courtyards in the manor, then why still let big brother and I live together yesterday. There's clearly no courtyard, don't trick me!" Du Xiao Li accused.
Du Yun Han knew this matter was indeed Zhong Mei Qing's fault, and Du Xiao Li was indeed wronged, thus gently said, "This is all father's fault, father didn't make proper preparations. Don't be angry anymore. When we go back, I'll personally arrange a place for you to live. And if there's really no place to live, I'll give my courtyard to you to live, how about it?"
"Pfft." Du Xiao Li suddenly let out a laugh.
Actually, she'd already figured Du Yun Han would came to find herself, but she never thought that he would actually, in a public place full of people, apologize to her like this, seemingly not caring about his face at all. As a prime minister and a father, he completely could talk to her in a commanding tone, but he didn't. This improved her impression of him by a lot. And towards him going out yesterday to drink and forgetting about them, she wasn't that angry anymore.
"Alright, now that you're not angry anymore, let's go hime." Du Yun Han, seeing Du Xiao Li laugh, knew she wasn't angry anymore and said.
"Don't wanna." Du Xiao Li flatly refused.
"Why?" Du Yun Han thought, if Du Xiao Li still insists, then he'll really be at his wit's end. Then, he could only use his trump card, move over together with Du Xiao Li and stay with her until she was willing to come back.
If others want to laugh at him, then just let them laugh. Between his face and daughter, it was still his daughter that was more important!
Du Xiao Li pouted her mouth and said, "I haven't finished eating breakfast. No matter what, still need to finish eating breakfast before going back, right? Money was spent on this after all."
"Haha, I just happened to also be hungry, get me a share too." Du Yun Han said. He reached over and picked up a bun with chopsticks, taking a big bite.
After Du Yun Han sat down, Xia Yuan and Ying Ge stood up and went to the side. Fortunately, they'd already more or less finished eating. Hearing Du Yun Han's words, Xia Yuan ordered him some breakfast. Unlike the steamed bun and porridge Du Xiao Li and them ordered, his was much more fancier. However, he had all these dishes placed in front of Du Xiao Li.
Du Xiao Li looked at the dishes set before her, her eyes glistening. She suddenly felt slightly moved inside. At the same time, she also raised a trace of suspicion. Since Du Yun Han could be this good to his own daughter, then he definitely must have loved Su Su Xin very much. Then, is there some secret to those matters that year?
Seeing Du Xiao Li and Du Yun Han's matter resolved, those spectators scattered, off to spread gossip of what they saw. At the same time everyone was idly gossiping the Du family's joke, they also couldn't help but sigh; this Prime Minister Du very much adored this di daughter of his!
Ordinary commoners didn't know the inside story, so all were curious as to why Du Yun Han would pamper this di daughter this much. However, when some people heard this, they would inwardly laugh. Du Xiao Li was Su Su Xin's daughter. The matters that year has always been Du Yun Han's scar. Right now, forget yielding his courtyard to Du Xiao Li, even if she wanted the stars in the sky, Du Yun Han would also think of a way to pluck them down for her!
After they finished breakfast, Xia Yuan and them had their things all packed up. Du Yun Han didn't ride in his sedan either, instead getting on Du Xiao Li's horse carriage with her, forcing Xia Yuan and them to walk outside.
Seeing Silver in the horse carriage, Du Yun Han wasn't as scared as the first time, but he still felt somewhat itchy inside. Seeing Du Xiao Li lean on its back, he thought to himself, as expected, his daughter was incredible, even wolves were obedient to her, not bad not bad!
The horse carriage traveled along all the way to the Du Manor gates before finally stopping. Du Yun Han got down first. Next, Du Xiao Li also got down. Because there were relatively more people during the day, fearing that Silver would scare others, Du Xiao Li let Xia Yuan take him along with the horse carriage and enter though the back gate.
"Master, you've returned."
As soon as Du Xiao Li got down from the horse carriage, she heard a middle-aged woman's voice. Lifting her head for a glance, she only saw a woman in a splendid brocade gown, wearing a full body of accessories, leading a crowd of people standing at the doorway. Thinking to herself, this must be Zhong-shi."
"This must be Xiao Li, truly sorry for yesterday. Yesterday, I didn't feel well, and had the people below prepare for you. Who would've thought that they would carelessly have you and your brother arranged together, forcing you to go out in the middle of the night, even troubling master to personally go pick you up. It is all second mother's fault. However, yesterday's gatekeeper didn't see you, how did you go out?" Zhong Mei Qing looked to Du Xiao Li and said with a smile. Just, that smile didn't reach the eyes.
(T/N: WHY DO I FEEL SO ITCHY TRANSLATING HER LINES AHHHHHHHH)
DU Xiao Li chuckled. On the surface saying it was her fault, but she still said it was the people below that didn't arrange properly, so she didn't know. Although she was at fault, it wasn't a big offense. But Du Xiao Li had gone out because of this, letting this matter get known by outsiders, embarrassing the Du family, and moreover, even letting Du Yun Han personally go pick her up. Truly disgraceful!
Lastly, she even questioned how she went out.
"We climbed over the wall." Du Xiao Li said.
"Climbed over the wall?" The people at the entrance all began discussing. Having just arrived in the manor and already doing something like climbing over the wall. Forget wealthy family's misses, even ordinary commoner family's daughters wouldn't do something like this.
"That's right. Behind that courtyard of ours yesterday was the street. Don't know what was wrong with that wall, but it actually had a large hole, just like a door. So we just went out from there." Du Xiao Li continued.
"You say that courtyard yesterday had a broken wall? Didn't you say last time to have the home renovated? Why wasn't such an obvious hole fixed?" Du Yun Han looked to Zhong Mei Qing with a heavy expression. Looks like she not only had them arranged into one courtyard, but even gave them a run down courtyard. In the morning, he'd gone in a hurry and didn't look carefully. Unexpectedly, the wall was also broken!
(T/N: Well if there's not one now, someone's gonna punch one there.)
"Previously didn't hear anyone report that the wall in that courtyard was broken!" Zhong Mei Qing was somewhat startled.
Du Yun Han coldly snorted, "Hmph, can't even take care of this bit of matter, how can you even manage the household? Has Xiao Li's courtyard been arranged?"
Being scolded in front of the servants, Zhong Mei Qing's expression turned very unsightly, saying: "Replying to master, earlier had everyone transferred to Jade Bamboo Courtyard, and has already tidied that place up."
As soon as Du Yun Han heard it was Jade Bamboo Courtyard, his brows furrowed, "How can she stay at Jade Bamboo Courtyard? That place is so remote! And the buildings are also somewhat old."
T/N: I was suppose to finish this earlier but the power went out around noon from the thuderstorm and I forgot to charge my laptop soooo... _(:3」∠)_
Also I didn't think so many of you would freak out about my sleep schedule, is it really that bad...(^◇^；) I swear I'm just a full fledged night owl, I still sleep at least 6hours. Brain is dead in the mornings.
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