Arrogant and domineering because of his good looks: His Majesty always pretends to be righteous

"Master Zhang, who is in charge of the children now?" Xia Zhishu's voice came from behind.

Upon hearing this question, Master Zhang wanted to remain silent even more.

What a mess these days are! Back at his lunch break spot, Master Zhang pushed open the door.

Hmm... Only Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhanxin were in the huge room.

Master Zhang's brow twitched. He had already closed the main gate, either to prevent the mischievous child from running away and getting lost. Although it was somewhat unethical, it didn't stop him from continuing to do so.

Anyway, everyone else in the pear orchard has gone home, and Li Mindan can't manage it all by herself.

"Where are the others?" Master Zhang asked Xia Rongliu, who turned to look at Xia Zhanxin.

Little did she know, she had been enjoying—no, healing—her whole time.

Xia Zhanxin thought for a moment and said, "Bai Mingyu took them to play at a pool in the back."

Master Zhang almost died on the spot. The pond behind him was so deep that it could have submerged his head. There were lotus flowers and leaves in the pond that could have completely covered a person.

If someone falls, they won't know where they are, and they won't be able to hear anything. Those kids are also carefree; they might not even realize someone has fallen.

What I fear most is a group of people holding hands and jumping around, and if one person falls, the whole group is wiped out.

Upon hearing this, Master Zhang didn't bother to ask anything else. He immediately set off in that direction, saying to Xia Zhishu as he ran, "Follow me, hurry up!"

Hearing that his teacher was in such a hurry, Xia Zhishu naturally followed suit.

Anyway, Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhanxin wouldn't run around, so he didn't need to worry about them. Xia Rongliu was completely confused. The children hadn't even left the yard, so why was he in such a hurry?

Xia Zhanxin glanced at the doorway and replied casually, "Maybe it's because there's a pool behind it."

There was no water in the pool.

Xia Rongliu suddenly turned her head to look at him. "Isn't that very dangerous?" No wonder Master Zhang was so anxious. Xia Rongliu's heart was also gradually filled with worry.

Then Xia Zhanxin said, "What danger? There's no water in the pool, it's all mud. They're having so much fun in there, we have no idea."

Xia Rongliu: ...

Master Zhang ran all the way to the pond, panting heavily with his hands on his knees. However, when he looked up, he was dumbfounded.

The pond here is very large; if it were full of lotus flowers and leaves, it could be a tourist attraction. But Master Zhang didn't plan to bring these children here because it was too dangerous.

But what he saw shocked him: the pond was empty of water, lotus leaves, and lotus flowers.

But there was mud, and the children had a great time playing in the pool. Some of them rolled around in it, looking like exquisitely sculpted clay figures.

Master Zhang breathed a sigh of relief; at least the children were safe.

Xia Zhishu was puzzled, and Master Zhang felt relieved, but his anger turned to Teng Sen.

He walked to the edge of the pool and yelled, "What are you doing? You've become so arrogant since I last saw you!"

The children were having a great time playing in the mud when they were caught off guard by this powerful roar and quickly stood up from the mud.

Oh no, they forgot, they forgot about the characters of Master Zhang and Xia Zhishu.

Xia Zhishu felt a little relieved, at least his two children were obedient and stayed quietly in the house.

Hmm... but if Xia Rongliu hadn't gotten into trouble, she probably would have been just as bad as these brats.

The children climbed up one by one, covered in water and mud. The mud stretched into a long line on the wooden board. The children stood in a row in front of Xia Zhishu and Master Zhang.

The book on the summer solstice hurts my eyes just to look at it, while Master Zhang's book gives me a headache just to look at it.

"Who brought you here?" Xia Zhishu asked. Bai Mingyu stepped forward from the row. He had arrived dressed in white, but now his expression was complicated.

"They felt bored and didn't want to stay in the house. I saw that the pool was dry, so I brought them here," Bai Mingyu said, bowing his head in self-defense.

They were the ones who wanted to go out and play, especially Sun Zhu, whom he couldn't reason with. As the eldest, he took on the responsibility at that moment.

He even came to check it out himself and found it was safe. He asked Xia Zhanxin if she wanted to play, but Xia Zhanxin ignored him. He knew that Xia Zhanxin had to take care of Xia Rongliu and usually didn't like to pay attention to others. Since she wouldn't run around, he took the other children with him.

To everyone's surprise, they were overjoyed as if they were back home when they saw the mud pit. Master Zhang knew Bai Yu well and knew that Bai Mingyu would definitely not encourage everyone to play in the mud pit, so he asked, "Who brought them?"

One word was fatal. Everyone instinctively looked at Sun Zhu, who pretended not to know and looked up at the sky.

When he realized that there was an intense gaze that he couldn't ignore, his body stiffened, and he slowly turned his head. Master Zhang was staring at him, and Xia Zhishu was also staring at him.

Sun Zhu glanced to the side and, good heavens, everyone was staring at him, a silent accusation—wasn't it obvious that it was him?

Sun Zhu: ...

Mei scored again, and Sun Zhu took a step back, saying, "Why are you looking at me? Am I the one leading this?"

Everyone nodded in unison. Sun Zhu was speechless. Why didn't these people think about this when they were having fun?

A child stood up and accused Sun Zhu, saying, "Brother Bai was going to stop him from going down, but then he pulled Brother Bai down."

Sun Zhu: ...It was just a few handfuls of mud, and he jumped down himself. Bai Mingyu was having a blast too, wasn't he?

Bai Mingyu would certainly not lead the way in doing this, but that's all he would do. After all, he's just a child, and his self-control isn't that great.

Bai Mingyu was still telling them not to go into the pond when they heard a "thump" before he could finish speaking.

Sun Zhu jumped into the pool. The pool was very deep, but luckily there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, otherwise she would have broken her bones if she had jumped in.

Bai Mingyu ran over and said, "Sun Zhu, come up here right now! It's dangerous down there!" Bai Mingyu squatted down by the pool and looked at Sun Zhu.

Sun Zhu ignored Bai Mingyu and picked up a puddle of mud from the ground.

At this moment, Bai Mingyu was still unaware of the danger. "Sun Zhu, if you..."

"Smack—" Before Bai Mingyu could finish speaking, his face was smeared with mud. Bai Mingyu: ...

Bai Mingyu wiped the mud off his face and flicked it on the ground. "Sun Zhu, this is the last time I'm saying this. I'll give you two choices. You either..."

"Smack—" Another lump of mud was smashed onto his face.

Bai Mingyu couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply went down and jumped down to pull Sun Zhu out. And then... he found the joy of playing in the mud.

Seeing that Bai Mingyu had started playing, the other children naturally followed suit. By the time Bai Mingyu realized what was happening, it was too late to stop.

It took Zhang Fuzi immense courage to look at them each time. Zhang Fuzi tried to calm himself down. "You're all coming back with me now. Bai Mingyu, take a headcount. Oh, Xia Rongliu and Xia Zhanxin are in the front room."

Bai Mi nodded hurriedly and began counting the number of people. Sun Zhu was dumbfounded. "Master Zhang, are we just going back like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the children looked at Master Zhang in disbelief.

They all looked like clay figures, and when they walked in a line down the street, they would become the 'most beautiful sight' on that street.

Master Zhang scoffed, "Hmph, now you realize how embarrassing it is? Why didn't you think about these issues when you were playing? You were all having so much fun, weren't you?"