CH 6

In the end, Shen Yuan didn’t let him see him off. He climbed into the carriage by himself. 

Wei Zan didn’t want to stay in school, so he asked for a leave and went back home to visit his mother.

But as he reached Madam Hou’s courtyard, he saw a few maids winking at him.

One maid lowered her voice and said, “The eldest lady is here, please don’t go in.”

The eldest lady was the mother of the third and fourth brother Wei. She was his “Auntie”. 

Over the years, relying on seniority and birth, she often came home to make trouble for Madam Hou.

So much so that even the maids in the family didn’t like to see her.

When he was young, although he didn’t like to deal with his uncle’s family, he still treated them like relatives and elders on weekdays.

Unexpectedly, when he was imprisoned later, only his mother survived the prison disaster due to her illness. 

The situation in the capital was in chaos, and the Eldest uncle’s family wanted to escape from the capital. 

The uncle even came up with the idea of ​​making money from Hou’s mansion. He brought a lot of his family servants to Hou’s mansion to smash the house and take away the antique items.

His mother lost her husband first, and then the whole family was imprisoned, so after encountering such evil things, she became more ill.

Even when Shen Yuan worked hard to get him out of prison, he didn’t get to see his mother for the last time.

He hated this family until his death.

Seeing that he was in a daze for no reason, the maid persuaded him in a low voice, “Second master doesn’t like to deal with it…”

“He should just avoid it, so as not to let her take advantage of her seniority..”

Hearing this, Wei Zan put away the cold look in his eyes and smiled. He waved his hand in refusal and walked toward the door.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the eldest lady chattering inside, “I’m here to ask your opinion. The two brothers usually respect Zan’er like his big brother, but he let them get out the house, while all these servants were watching.”

“…Now, they don’t have any face to come to your house.”

Madam Hou had as always been gentle, so she just smiled and said, “Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, it’s just a joke between children. Zan’er loves his brothers the most.” 

The Eldest lady still said, “The two kids are rough-skinned and thick-skinned ones in my family, they will just suffer a little bit…”

“But if other people in the capital know about it, they will say that your Little Master Hou doesn’t care about brothers, he is a cold-blooded and heartless person.”

Hearing this, Madam Hou’s expression turned cold.

Ever since Wei Zan went to the border with his father, and made meritorious deeds, he became famous at a young age. 

Seeing this, many people outside often made up rumors about him.

Those rumors were so shocking that he gained a reputation for being a cruel and vicious person.

Because of this, many children in the capital avoided Wei Zan.

This time if these words got out, she still didn’t know what would happen.

Wei Zan was young now, so he didn’t care. When he would enter the officialdom later, this would hinder his career and marriage.

But it was her elder sister-in-law who said this again.

So, Madam Hou could only frown, and say, “Sister-in-law, don’t think too much, I’ll ask when Zan’er comes back…” 

The eldest lady sneered, “What can you ask, he will just tell you some nonsense?”

Hearing this, Madam Hou frowned tightly.

Before she could speak, Wei Zan raised the curtain and walked in.

Seeing him, the eldest lady shut her mouth, hesitating whether she should mention these things in front of him or not.

(Translated by Beauty Brute.)

With a lazy look on his face, Wei Zan saluted casually, as if he didn’t realize what they said before, and said, “Mother, third and fourth brother Wei pushed Shen Yuan into the water. The two of them didn’t know the seriousness of the matter.”

“…They even tore up the pages of Shen Yuan’s book. When I saw Shen Yuan he looked like a drowned chicken.”

Wei Zan always went straight to the point, without any twists and turns. He just talked about the day’s affairs in a few words.

He tapped his fingertips on the handrail and said, “Auntie also asked why I kicked them out. Could it be that Auntie didn’t know what they were doing here?”