I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

This was the first time Fang Mei felt out of control, but because Shen Zhi was present, she didn't dare to show her feelings. After a brief moment of distraction, she quickly calmed down.

"Speaking nonsense again, I love you and your sister. I know you've been wronged. I wanted you two sisters to spend more time together before, so I let you live together. But now it seems that I've been negligent. You're both grown up, and it's time for your own space. I'll go clean up later. Be good and go to Qin Garden first, don't keep Grandpa waiting for too long."

Fang Mei slowly squatted down and looked at Jiang Huashan at eye level with gentle eyes.

"Mom!" Jiang Wanyi didn't expect that she would be kicked out again. In disbelief, she stepped forward and grabbed Fang Mei's hand, "I..."

"What?" Fang Mei glanced at Jiang Wanyi casually.

Jiang Wanyi's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to look directly at her. "Nothing... nothing."

Fang Mei turned to look at Jiang Huashan again, "Shanshan, are you satisfied? Are you still saying that mom is partial?"

Jiang Huashan's eyelids curved slightly, and she smiled brightly and beautifully, "Thank you, Mom."

Fang Mei glanced at her once more, then stood up and feigned shame, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Housekeeper Shen. It's not right for a mother like me to help when the children are bickering."

Shen Zhi smiled faintly and looked down at Jiang Huashan, "Miss Jiang, let's go. The syrup won't taste good if it melts."

Jiang Huashan was like a simple-minded child, whose temper came and went quickly. He took the initiative to pull Shen Zhi in front to lead the way, his little face full of life, "Butler Shen, what flavor did grandpa make?"

Shen Zhi, "It smells like osmanthus."

The two of them hadn't left the garden yet, but as soon as these words came out, the smile on Fang Mei's face froze again, and her eyes looked uncontrollably at the broken bowl on the ground again. Sugar water was all over the floor, and the sweet scent of jasmine was faintly visible in the air.

"Mom." Jiang Wanyi's eyes were red as she carefully pulled at Fang Mei's skirt. "I don't want to move."

Fang Mei closed her eyes and raised her hand to stroke Jiang Wanyi's head. "When you can have a say in the Shen family, come and tell me 'I don't want to'."

Jiang Wanyi's face turned pale, and after a moment, a hint of resentment appeared in her eyes. "Mom, my sister did it on purpose. She threatened you in front of Housekeeper Shen. She has learned to disobey you."

Her brows lowered, her gaze calm. For the past three years, Jiang Huashan had lived under her watchful eye. To better control her daughter, she had deliberately raised her to be foolish and indecisive. But Jiang Huashan's reaction just now was so different from usual. If she weren't her own daughter, she would have suspected she was a different person.

"Yiyi, has Shanshan made any new friends recently?"

Jiang Wanyi was eager to take this opportunity to drag down Jiang Huashan, but she didn't dare lie to Fang Mei. She lowered her head, thought for a moment, and shook her head, saying, "No. Now her classmates at school don't want to get close to her, and she always listens to her mother and only hangs out with those two idiots from the Su and Zhou families. But... she's really stupid. Chu Ran and Zhou Nuan don't take her seriously at all, and let her do all the bad and dirty things."

It’s better not to take her seriously. Only in this way will she try her best to keep the people who treat her well around her.

Fang Mei didn't point it out, and her expression relaxed a little. If no one instigated it, it must be that he had been bullied and treated harshly by Fu Suier. After all, he was a thirteen-year-old child, so it was normal for him to rebel occasionally.

"Mother?"

Fang Mei patted Jiang Wanyi's head gently. "Alright. You were too aggressive this time. Consider it a lesson."

Jiang Wanyi was still unwilling to give up, and looked towards the sky loft not far away reluctantly...

*

"grandfather."

As soon as he stepped into Qinyuan, Jianghuashan smelled the refreshing and pleasant fragrance of osmanthus.

There used to be an osmanthus tree in the old house in Huaicheng. Whenever she was unhappy and missed her mother, her grandmother would make her some sweet soup, which would consist of the cool and refreshing tortoise jelly with a handful of freshly dried osmanthus flowers. No matter what her troubles were, they would be forgotten by the sweet fragrance.

Jiang Huashan skipped around the front hall and threw herself into Shen Zhuang's arms.

"Ouch." Shen Zhuang smiled and touched her head. "Come, try it. Is this what it tastes like?"

There were two imperial porcelain cups on the red sandalwood table. Shen Zhuang had prepared one for himself.

Jiang Huashan held the porcelain cup obediently, and her eyes couldn't help but look at Shen Zhuang's face.

Although the old man hid it well, there was still a subtle hint of dejection between his brows. Jiang Huashan slowly lowered his eyes. The old man was old and rarely ate high-sugar foods like this. It seemed that someone had upset him today.

Shen Zhuang picked up another porcelain bowl with a smile. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but the smile in his eyes became more genuine. He picked up the porcelain spoon and took a sip.

"How is it? Is this the taste?"

Jiang Huashan took a sip, smiled and nodded, "Yeah. Exactly the same."

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they had a secret that could not be told.

You take a bite, I take a bite, Shen Zhi is watching from the side with horror, seeing that the bowl in the old man's hand is almost empty, he quickly stepped forward to dissuade him, "Old man."

"Eh?" Shen Zhuang raised his hand to stop him, then drank the entire bowl in one gulp before handing him over.

"..." Shen Zhi remembered the doctor's instructions and couldn't help but speak, "Your mouth..."

"Burp~" Jiang Huashan had just finished eating and handed over his bowl without a care in the world. Shen Zhi was stunned and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

The old man had gone to great lengths to find a cook who could make authentic Huaicheng Tangshui, and it took him a full year to perfect the ingredients. He hadn't tasted it since then, but today, he'd broken that tradition for Miss Jiang, and he really shouldn't have spoiled her fun.

Jiang Huashan ran back to Shen Zhuang and eagerly asked for praise, "Grandpa, Sui'er has forgiven me."

Shen Zhuang touched Jiang Huashan's head with a look of heartache, "I heard that Sui'er asked you to kneel down and apologize?"

In Shen Garden, anything Shen Zhuang wanted to know would be known to him. Although Shen Jiao had infuriated him, Shen Zhuang still cared about Jiang Huashan. Upon learning that Fu Sui'er had actually asked Jiang Huashan to kneel, and that the child had actually knelt, Shen Zhuang was furious again.

Jiang Huashan said, "Grandpa, Suier was just saying that. Aunt Shen was here, so she didn't make things difficult for me."

Although she said it lightly, the pain in the old man's eyes became heavier, and there was a hint of sadness. "Grandpa asked you to apologize, but he didn't ask you to kneel down."

Shen Jiao's words reminded Shen Zhuang of many past events that he dared not recall. It was a lifelong regret that he failed to protect Gu Xin. If he couldn't even protect her own granddaughter, how would he have the face to see his old friends in the underworld?

What happened today also reminded him that his children have grown up and the past cannot be avoided.

Jiang Huashan was stunned. She was not really only thirteen years old. The old man's words were full of helplessness and guilt. It was more like he was looking at another person through her rather than talking to her.

She hesitated for a moment and asked carefully, "Grandpa, did I do something wrong?"

Shen Zhuang shook his head. "No, you didn't do anything wrong. It was Grandpa who didn't teach you well. Grandpa only told you to do everything you could to make up for your mistakes, but forgot to tell you the most important point."

Jiang Huashan was puzzled, "What?"

Shen Zhuang bent down and gently tapped her knees. "Don't bend your knees at any time. A girl's dignity is also important."

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