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The atmosphere in the entire Marquis's mansion was very oppressive, except for the third branch of the family, where the atmosphere was relatively harmonious.

The children gathered around Shen Jinzhu and Yu Kangjing, happily eating loquats.

These loquats were transported from Hangzhou by the Shen family at breakneck speed; you can't find such delicious loquats in the capital.

The other children peeled the shells themselves, while Yu Ningyao obediently opened her mouth and waited to be fed.

After the maidservants fed her brother, she never got a chance to do it herself.

"Mother, shouldn't we send some loquats to Sister Xi'er?" Yu Ziying asked curiously.

“There are different degrees of closeness in relationships. Your maternal grandparents sent only this one basket of loquats. They sent some to your grandparents first, then to Princess Ning Le, and your uncle only gave a small dish, less than ten loquats. That’s all that’s left. There’s not even enough for you all, so how can we give it to her?” Shen Jinzhu made no attempt to hide her favoritism.

She didn't want her son to have too much contact with Chen Dongxi.

Therefore, we need to state our position now.

"But didn't Father say that we should treat Sister Xi'er like our own sister?" Yu Ziying was a little confused.

“If we don’t give her loquats, she’ll be sad. She’ll feel like we’re treating her like an outsider. She’s so pitiful.”

The third branch of the family kept Chen Dongxi's act of delivering the letter a secret from Cui Ruixin, so apart from Yu Ningyao, the other children were unaware of it.

They hadn't seen Chen Dongxi for the past few days because Yu Kangjing had used the excuse that she was ill to send them away and prevent them from seeing her.

Upon hearing this, Yu Kangjing felt somewhat embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it to the child.

He could only look to his wife for help.

Shen Jinzhu was pondering how to explain this to the child when Yu Ningyao spat out the loquat peel that hadn't been completely peeled.

"Tsk."

The loquat peel landed right in front of Yu Ziying.

He glared angrily at his sister.

He then saw Yu Ningyao looking at him with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"She's mean, so I won't give her any." Yu Ningyao snorted and pulled the rest of the loquats in front of her.

"One for Mom, one for Dad, one for Second Brother, one for Fourth Brother, and one for Yaoyao."

She distributed the loquats one by one, going around in three rounds, until she had distributed all the last ten or so loquats.

Yu Ziying's eyes widened, and she exploded, roaring with grievance and resentment, "Why don't I have any!"

“Give it to her if you want, I don’t agree.” Yu Ningyao said confidently.

[So stupid.]

[They can't even see through Chen Dongxi's hypocritical mask.]

Yu Ningyao felt worried for her naive and innocent brother.

With him like this, I hope he won't be easily fooled by bad women when he grows up.

Yu Ziying thought she was still angry about the kite, so she tried to defend Chen Dongxi.

"Your sister Xi'er didn't break your kite on purpose. She apologized to you and promised to save up money to replace it. She's not that bad, is she..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Jinzhu spoke up.

"Xi'er is the daughter of your father's savior, but a debt of gratitude will eventually be exhausted one day."

Then she recounted what Chen Dongxi had done.

The children were stunned. They hadn't expected her to be so bold as to make such a great sacrifice for her aunt.

After all, they had heard about their aunt's affair and knew it was a family scandal that should not be publicized.

Chen Dongxi somehow managed to make the whole city aware of the matter.

“No wonder my elder brother has been acting strangely since he came back from the academy these past few days,” Yu Ziheng realized.

It must be that a classmate said something unpleasant at the academy.

Shen Jinzhu coughed lightly, drawing the children's attention back to her.

Seeing the children looking at her, she continued to talk to them about the principles of being a good person.

“Since she lives in the third branch, she should stand with us. Your father and I may not treat her like our own daughter, but we have certainly not wronged her in any way.”

"Your aunt should have told us about delivering the message for you. Instead, she went secretly, pretending to go shopping, and even lied to the maid before running away."

“If she encounters a beggar, she will never come again. The maid who takes care of her will be punished for negligence, and your father and I will be criticized for not taking good care of our savior’s child and not being sincere in repaying the debt.”

"Her actions will lead us into injustice."

"Given what she did before, how many times do you think she can use her father's life-saving grace to her advantage?"

The children nodded thoughtfully.

Yu Ziheng said, "Mother, I understand. If someone is kind to me in the future, I will repay their kindness, but I cannot satisfy their demands without any limits."

Yu Zizong frowned: "If I have done someone a favor, I won't let anyone come to me to repay the favor. It's too troublesome."

Yu Ziying clenched her fist: "If you want to get the greatest return for a favor, you can't waste it on trivial matters. Just like doing business, if you want to pursue the greatest profit, you can't be misled by petty gains."

Shen Jinzhu chuckled to herself.

The children really do have very different personalities.

Yu Kangjing looked at his wife with admiration: "You really know how to raise children. With a mother like you, the children will definitely not grow up to be bad."

Shen Jinzhu smiled, then looked at Yu Ningyao.

"My dear child, what would you do if someone did you a favor?"

Yu Ningyao picked up a loquat and ate it herself. When she saw everyone looking at her, she sucked on the sweet juice of the loquat and looked at them innocently.

"Buy loquats. Loquats are so delicious~ Aww~ Mommy wants some too."

She held up the loquat she had chewed crookedly and awkwardly in front of Shen Jinzhu.

"Pfft." Everyone burst into laughter when they heard her words.

Shen Jinzhu smiled and shook her head: "I was overthinking it. Although Yaoyao is smart, she is still so young, she doesn't know everything."

【It's not that I don't understand; I'm just afraid that if I understand too much, I'll scare you all away.】

Yu Ningyao secretly grumbled to herself, but continued to happily munch on her loquat.

After finishing the loquats, Yu Kangjing stood up.

"The three-day period has ended, I need to go and ask her what she thinks."

"Okay, go ahead. We'll wait for you to come back." Shen Jinzhu watched him walk towards Chen Dongxi's courtyard.

……

Hearing the courtyard gate being pushed open, Chen Dongxi quickly ran out.

In these three days, she has already experienced the pain of not being able to go out.

She could only stay in her small courtyard, and apart from her maid, no one else came to visit her.

She was restless and anxious, and she visibly lost weight.

"Uncle Yu, you've finally arrived." Chen Dongxi said with tears in his eyes.

Looking at her thin frame, Yu Kangjing thought that this time she should be able to make a real choice.

"Xi'er, have you thought it through?" He looked at Chen Dongxi.