Pei Jin, who was about to explain, was stunned. He did not expect Chan Yi to come. He immediately stood up and walked forward.

"Qianqian, let me hold you. Your hand is better now. Let me take a look." Pei Jin didn't have time to think too much. He took An'er and held her in his arms, holding her hand with one hand to check.

Hey, what's going on? Could it be that day... Mrs. Lin frowned slightly, and then she remembered that Qianqian returned home earlier than Che'er that day. She just said that she had scraped her hand in a panic and had already dealt with it. After that, she hurried to Tingyuxuan and said that she was in a hurry to feed An'er.

But looking at the situation, Pei Jin clearly knew that Qianqian's hand was injured, and the jade muscle cream that the Duke brought back inexplicably was obviously also related to Pei Jin.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong with you?" Duke Xiao was a little unhappy when he saw Pei Jin touching his daughter's hand.

"Father." Chan Yi pulled back her hand and glared at Pei Jin fiercely, then said to Duke Xiao, "An'er, this child refused to come out with Mother Zhou and insisted on sticking to me."

"An'er, be good and call me daddy." Pei Jin just looked at Chan Yi's hand and saw that she was almost healed. Only then did he feel relieved and hugged An'er and teased her.

An'er stared at him intently at first, without moving. After staring for a long time, she suddenly smiled shyly, revealing a pair of dimples, and pointed upwards at Pei Jin and shouted, "Woo woo..."

"An'er, call me daddy and I'll hold you up high." Pei Jin's heart melted when he saw that he looked even more adorable with the tiger-head hat on.

Mrs. Wang, who was standing by, looked at her clever grandson, tears were about to flow out of her eyes. She stared at little An'er without blinking and could only murmur, "Miss, Duke, Madam, you have raised An'er so well. Little An'er now looks more and more like Shen Zhi..."

"Dudu...Dudu..." Xiao An'er looked at Pei Jin's mouth shape and forced himself to make the sound of "daddy", which made everyone happy.

"Oh my... our An'er can call daddy now." Mrs. Wang wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and laughed happily, "Shenzhi, please don't make things difficult for our An'er. Hurry up and lift him up high."

Pei Jin kissed An'er's rosy little face and lifted him up high. An'er's silver bell-like laughter echoed throughout the flower hall.

"It's really different having a biological father. Look at An'er, he's smiling so happily." Madam Lin said, pulling Duke Xiao who had an unhappy look on his face.

"Hmph! What's so great about that? I am also old and strong. I still think highly of him. Don't forget the rumors outside..." Duke Xiao snorted angrily.

"What rumors?" Madam Lin asked quietly, "Miss Lu, no, if he had this intention at the beginning, he would have married her long ago. Why would he wait until now?"

Mrs. Lin shook her head calmly.

"You forgot that when they broke off the engagement, the news that spread was because Pei Jin was injured on the battlefield and could not move. I don't want my daughter to be a widow for the rest of her life." Duke Xiao said confidently.

"Duke, I heard from the Queen that the wife of Marquis Wuyang goes to Kunning Palace to cry every day, and her words and deeds seem to show that she wants the eldest daughter to reconcile with Pei Jin. If he is really inhumane, then the wife of Marquis Wuyang is not a fool." Madam Lin poked her husband's arm and said quietly.

"There is also this matter. The wife of Marquis Wuyang is very cunning. They spread the word that Pei Jin is no longer capable, but they still want to marry him. All the benefits have been taken by their family." Duke Xiao stood up suddenly, "No, I want to get to the bottom of this matter."

"Oh, oh..." Mrs. Lin was panicked. Her husband was always decisive and efficient, so she wanted to avoid asking any questions in public.

"Don't worry about it." Duke Xiao strode forward, snatched An'er from Pei Jin's arms and said, "Let me ask you, you sent so many things here, are you here to snatch An'er?"

An'er was held in his grandfather's arms. He was a little confused for a moment and stretched out his little hands to pull his beard.

"Ouch, dear boy, don't pull out your grandfather's beard." Duke Xiao shouted with his teeth bared, and the ferocious aura just now disappeared completely.

"You..." Chan Yi said angrily, grabbing An'er's chubby little hand and slapping it a few times, "Did you hear me? If you pull Grandfather's beard again next time, mother will spank your hand."

"Dudu...Dudu..." The little guy twisted his body and stretched out his hands towards his father with grievance.

"An'er, you are a man, you have to listen to your mother. You can't pull out grandpa's beard, or he will be hurt." Pei Jin held little An'er's hand and blew on it a few times, saying, "An'er, don't be naughty next time."

"Oh oh..." An'er looked back at Duke Xiao's face as if he understood something, blew on his beard a few times, rubbed it with his chubby little hands, and smiled at Duke Xiao.

"What a good little boy! He knows everything." Mrs. Wang nodded in praise.

"Well, you haven't answered my question yet. Are you here to steal the child?" Duke Xiao coughed lightly a few times and stared at Pei Jin's face.

"My Lord, I won't take An'er away, don't worry." Pei Jin bowed and replied, "An'er is raised so well, you all took a lot of trouble."

"Yes, yes, Duke, we will not come to snatch An'er away. I have no other wishes but to see An'er from time to time. I will be satisfied." Madam Wang said sincerely, "Now our two families are neighbors. If I come to see An'er often in the future, I hope you will not find it annoying."

"Neighbor?" Chan Yi looked at Pei Jin in surprise, "What's going on?"

"Qianqian, listen to my explanation. It's not what you think. This mansion was given by His Majesty himself. It just happens to be right next to the Duke's Mansion." Pei Jin smiled awkwardly, lowered his brows and looked like a punched bag.

"Hmph! You kid, tell me the truth, are you really in bad shape? That's why you keep staring at our An'er!" Duke Xiao hugged An'er tightly in his arms and said seriously, "After all, your Pei family can no longer have any heirs in the future."

"Father..." Before Pei Jin could react, Chan Yi was already anxious. What was his father saying? It was so embarrassing.

"Don't worry about it. This matter is very important." Duke Xiao looked at Pei Jin's face.

"My Lord, please listen to my explanation of this matter." Madam Wang said anxiously, "These are all rumors."

As she spoke, she explained the whole story in detail. At the end, she added, "At the beginning, my Shenzhi thought that we were the ones who made the mistake first, so he would accept anything as long as he could cancel the engagement. That's why he didn't argue with the Wuyang Marquis' Mansion and accepted the matter. Because at that time, he had already determined that the eldest lady was his only wife in this life, and he would never marry again and have children in this life..."

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