CHAPTER 314: CHAPTER 312 SHAMELESS (THIRD UPDATE)

Lu Yuanfeng has always been a meticulous person, especially when dealing with the people of the Old Mu Family, he becomes even more cautious.

Determined not to cause trouble for Shuangshuang, he had already had someone count the eggs in the basket before arriving, not fearing Old Mrs. Mu blaming him.

Of course, these were all reasons Lu Yuanfeng made up for himself, he just wanted to come over and see Shuangshuang.

Last night, Lu Yuanfeng also didn’t sleep at all, still unsure if Shuangshuang understood his intentions.

His gaze fell on Shuangshuang, and unexpectedly, he received a look of appreciation from her.

Lu Yuanfeng felt more certain that this trip wasn’t in vain.

After hearing Lu Yuanfeng’s words, Old Mrs. Mu carried the egg basket and loudly confronted Gou Dan.

"You little brat, where did the remaining sixteen eggs go?"

Gou Dan was still munching on the rice puff in his hand, seemingly ignoring Old Mrs. Mu’s words, and only answered after a while.

"Gou Dan doesn’t know."

Mrs. Lin and Mu Dazhong exchanged a glance, both thinking of quietly slipping away.

But they were also afraid of Old Mrs. Mu losing her temper.

"Mom, maybe the thief was in such a hurry to steal and afraid of being caught, that’s why they left this half basket of eggs.

Our Gou Dan just happened to wake up early, saw the eggs inside, and not knowing whose they were, thought of exchanging them for rice puffs to give to his grandparents to eat. This child has always been very filial." Mrs. Lin explained while clutching her chest, about to burst.

But Old Mrs. Mu wasn’t so easily fooled.

"Mrs. Lin, you shut up, do you think I’m an old fool? Whoever stole it, once I ask, I’ll know!"

"Gou Dan, give me the rice puff in your hand!" Old Mrs. Mu extended her hand towards Gou Dan.

"No, Gou Dan wants to eat rice puffs, bad grandma!" Gou Dan turned his back, showing only his backside to Old Mrs. Mu.

Old Mrs. Mu was almost driven mad with anger.

She rushed up and snatched all the rice puffs from Gou Dan’s hands, throwing them on the ground with force and stamping on them a few times.

The white rice puff bars fell onto the dirty muddy ground, quickly turning into debris mixed with mud...

Gou Dan’s eyes were fixated, he raised his hands; his long white "fingernails" were gone.

He suddenly wailed and started rolling on the ground like an eel.

"Tell me, who gave you the eggs, did you steal them from my room?" Old Mrs. Mu’s eyes were terrifyingly fierce, she wished she could swallow Gou Dan whole right then.

Even at this moment, Gou Dan, as if gone mad, cried hysterically.

Kids, when they cry, they don’t care about anything else, Old Mrs. Mu, seeing Gou Dan not responding, kicked him again, making him cry even harder.

"You greedy little thing, stealing even from your own family, I’ll beat you to death today."

"Dad, please convince Mom, if she keeps hitting, Gou Dan will be beaten to death." Mrs. Lin tugged at Mr. Mu’s sleeve, urging him.

But Mr. Mu turned away.

"Gou Dan went too far this time, the door to our room was bolted, and he not only stole but broke the bolt. If we don’t discipline him today, the consequences will be unimaginable in the future."

"Steal a needle as a child, steal gold as an adult, if you really care about him, you should have disciplined him long ago."

The matter of theft can be serious or trivial, Mr. Mu wasn’t going to cover it up.

Anyway, Gou Dan was due for a beating today, since his wife had started, he wouldn’t step in.

"Dad, no matter how wrong Gou Dan is, he’s still just a child, please convince Mom..."

Mrs. Lin was increasingly reluctant to admit it was her doing, but seeing her son being beaten, she felt distressed.

Mu Dazhong also approached. "Dad, even if Gou Dan stole it, he’s been punished, and the eggs aren’t missing, let’s just drop it!"

"How can you say they’re not missing, where did the sixteen eggs go? Your indulgence has given this child such guts, today, no one should interfere. If not properly disciplined, when he follows your brother to a better life, who knows how much trouble he’ll cause for your brother!"

Mu Shuangshuang listened to Mr. Mu’s words, her brows furrowed. These people were heartless; a six-year-old child, even if he’s done something wrong, shouldn’t be beaten like this. Besides, it wasn’t even Gou Dan who did it.

"Grandpa, it wasn’t Gou Dan who did this!" Mu Shuangshuang said responsibly.

"If it wasn’t him, then was it you?" Old Mrs. Mu stopped her foot in a mocking sneer.

"Grandma, you always bring up Shuangshuang in three sentences, just admit you want to falsely accuse her. Since Yuan Feng is here, just say it: whenever something from the Old Mu Family goes missing, it’s Shuangshuang who did it; whenever there’s something bad, you love to tarnish Shuangshuang!"

"Do you call that human speech? How have I falsely accused you?" Old Mrs. Mu was so angry she almost spat blood. "Listen, this spiteful girl blackens my name, it’s heartless!"

Mu Shuangshuang walked over to the still wailing Gou Dan, helped him up from the ground, and asked softly, "Gou Dan, tell your sister, who gave you the eggs, say it, and grandma won’t hit you anymore!"

"Filthy girl, keep away from our Gou Dan!" Mrs. Lin was extremely nervous that Mu Shuangshuang might actually get something out of him.

"You all shut up, listen to Gou Dan, if you keep yelling, go back to your kennel!" Old Mrs. Mu glared fiercely, scaring Mrs. Lin to hide behind Mu Dazhong.

"Gou Dan, don’t you still want rice puffs? If you tell me, sister will buy you more, isn’t that good?" Mu Shuangshuang looked at Gou Dan, her eyes full of sincerity.

In her view, it wasn’t right to let a child bear the fault of mistakes made by parents.

Speaking of rice puffs, Gou Dan finally stopped crying.

"I took them from my little aunt’s room, there are lots of eggs in second aunt’s room!"

Old Mrs. Mu’s face immediately changed. "You liar, trying to saddle your little aunt with this, see if I don’t beat you to death."

She said, raising her fist to hit Gou Dan, who curled up in fear.

At this point, anyone with a clear mind would think it was Mu Xiangxiang who stole them, Mrs. Lin and Mu Dazhong breathed a sigh of relief, thankful Gou Dan didn’t know they placed the eggs in Xiangxiang’s room.

"Mom, you saw what happened, it was Xiangxiang who stole the eggs, it had nothing to do with Gou Dan." Mu Dazhong stepped up, holding Gou Dan in his arms, comforting him gently.

Old Mrs. Mu couldn’t maintain her composure, thinking about the harm this incident might do to her daughter’s reputation, she feigned surprise.

"Oh dear, my memory, the eggs weren’t taken by Gou Dan, yesterday Xiangxiang said she wanted to eat some eggs, so I took some to her room."

"I didn’t eat breakfast this morning, I forgot, now that I remember, you all go do what you should, I won’t stop you!"

(Apologies, my hand has been hurting badly lately, planned to update at midnight, but typing is really painful, and I’m twice as slow as usual, still one part to update, will catch up as soon as possible, these days updates might be at midnight, will try to get back to midnight updates soon...)