Volume 1: Yun Family Has a Daughter Chapter 3: Who Do You Think You Are?
Tong felt a bit embarrassed, and Mrs. Li's words were like a needle that pierced her heart sharply. Although her husband loved her dearly and held her in high esteem, the old lady did not get along with her, and her husband was caught in the middle, unable to please either side.
She was originally in charge of the middle kitchen in the mansion, but because Old Madam didn't like her, she had her management rights stripped away and handed over to Concubine Li.
This Li Ayi is the niece of Old Madam's natal family, and Old Madam likes her very much and trusts her deeply. Yun Zhan is a filial son, although he doesn't like Li Ayi, he also doesn't dare to openly disobey his mother. Anyway, letting his wife manage the household, he still fears tiring out his dear mother.
"Who is this beauty? Mengmeng has never heard Father mention her in his letters!"
Meng Meng innocently looked up at Tong Shi with her big, innocent eyes, as if she really didn't know who he was! This auntie took one look and knew she wasn't a kind person, who knows if the poison was hers.
Although she had a hunch about the visitor's identity, she still pretended not to know. However, in her heart, she drew a big red cross for that cheap father whom she had never met!
Mrs. Li's face turned alternately pale and red with rage!
Although she is the old lady's niece and in charge of the central kitchen of Yunfu, however, she knows that there is no place for her in the master's heart!
This was what she had never wanted to face, yet this little scoundrel exposed it in front of everyone, how could she not be annoyed?
Tong Shi looked at her innocent and naive daughter, then glanced at Li Niang's unpleasant expression, unsure of how to respond.
"Haha, where's Xiaomu? Let me take a look!"
Just as Tong's family was in a dilemma, a loud and clear laughter came from outside the door. Before everyone could react, a tall figure quickly flashed into the room.
The newcomer's eyes scanned the room, stopping on a small figure behind Tong Shi. He quickly walked over, pulled Mo Mo into his arms, and lifted her up. He leaned in to kiss her, but Mo Mo reacted just in time, turning her head away with a look of disgust and disdain.
"Xiao Moer, you actually dislike Daddy, it's too hurtful for Daddy!"
After finishing speaking, she still had a wronged expression as if she was about to cry.
Meng Meng suddenly felt as if he had been struck by five thunderbolts and was so stunned that he couldn't tell east from west, or north from south.
Can you imagine a middle-aged uncle who is about 1.9 meters tall, with a beard that covers his face, only revealing his nose and eyes, looking pitiful, like a young daughter-in-law on the verge of tears?
The cheap old man in front of me is actually a cloud warrior!
Looking at such a tall and powerful father, then lowering his head to look at the delicate beauty of his mother next to him, Meng Meng suddenly thought of "Beauty and the Beast"!
What a strange combination! But it looks really harmonious though!
"Are you really my father?"
Misty knows the truth of the question about Tao.
"Really, father is just your father!"
The middle-aged uncle replied solemnly, as if afraid that Momo wouldn't believe him, and hastily added: "Don't believe me? Ask your mother!"
Pfft! Hehe, Meng Meng suddenly found the big guy who was steadily holding her to be very cute and couldn't believe he was that great general who shook the imperial court and made the Turkic army tremble with fear!
"Will you love me then?"
"Dad loves you of course, you're Dad's treasure, if Dad doesn't love you then who will!"
Mo Mo nodded in satisfaction, still very pleased with the performance of this cheap old dad, and the dissatisfaction she had just felt towards him also dissipated a lot!
But...
Li's mother and daughter glanced sideways with a resentful face, and their eyes turned, plotting in their hearts!
"Does Father really care about me? Why did he leave me alone in the temple, not giving me any money to spend? I can only eat vegetables every day! Look, I'm half a head shorter than this sister!"
After finishing speaking, he looked at his father with a face full of accusation, with an expression that said "you're lying".
Long before that, she was very puzzled. In the first two years after crossing over, there were 1,000 taels of silver coming to her every year, but later there were only five taels. At first, she didn't suspect anything, and it wasn't until she saw Li Niang that she felt something was off!
It's probably because this body was premature, but Momo is indeed much shorter than ordinary children. At the age of eleven, she looks like a shriveled-up soybean sprout, and compared to her possible sister, the difference is huge!
This remark confused General Cloud, he had always instructed Mrs. Li to send 1,000 taels of silver to the Lonely Cloud Temple every year, but looking at his daughter who didn't seem to be lying, he turned around and stared suspiciously at Mrs. Li with a pair of stern eyes.
Auntie Li was startled by this glare, her body trembling with fear, and she shifted her gaze away, not daring to meet his eyes.
Seeing Li Yiniang's reaction, Yun Zhan knew that there must be something fishy going on. Thinking that this woman dared to bully her own precious daughter, she was furious and couldn't help but let out a loud roar:
"Say, where did you put Momo's silver?"
This yell scared Mu Mu a jump, this old man's roar is so cool!
Li's wife was so frightened that she trembled with fear. The man in front of her was her husband, and also the one she deeply loved, but she was really afraid of him!
"Master, I'm innocent! It has nothing to do with me! Every year, I hand over the silver to Li the steward to give to the young mistress. Perhaps it's because Master Kong saw that the young mistress is too young and doesn't understand things, so he deducted it!"
After finishing speaking, she started wailing and complaining again, with a wronged expression on her face.
Mo Mo and Yun Zhan were both infuriated by Li Niang's shameless words. Li Niang, how dare you be even more shameless?
Yun Zhanqi slapped her face with a loud slap and roared:
"How dare you quibble and slander Master Kong, a man of great virtue and prestige? He would never stoop to such base actions! You must have been bribed by your shallow conscience!"
This powerful slap made Li Niang's head dizzy, unable to tell east from west. When she came to her senses, she realized that Master had slapped her in public and was now sitting on the ground, crying and wailing loudly.
I didn't expect this Li lady to come up with such a move. After all, she is a respected lady in the mansion, and doing something like scolding people on the street really loses her dignity!
The usually silent Second Miss Yun of the Cloud Manor, Yun Yue, hastily went to Li's side and comforted her. Then she knelt on the ground and tearfully pleaded with her father, whose face still wore an angry expression:
"Father, calm your anger! Auntie didn't intentionally provoke you, and she wouldn't embezzle sister's money. Maybe it was that steward Li who wasn't clean-handed and stole it! Please, father, be wise and discerning!"
The pear blossoms on the ground wept with rain, and so-called sister had a new view.
When I first saw her, she was standing on one side with her head down and not making a sound, thinking she was timid, but this time she showed up, where is the timidity?
"Dad, let's just drop it, shall we? I don't want to come home and stir up trouble!"
Two big watery eyes with misty gaze looked at her old father, with a pleading expression.
Yun Zhan saw his dear daughter being so sensible, he was overjoyed! Looking at his beloved daughter's wronged expression, he couldn't bear it, and hugged her tightly, softly coaxing her. He didn't want his daughter to come home and see this messy situation.
Glancing at this annoying woman, a flash of disgust in her eyes, she sternly ordered:
"For Xiaomu's sake, I will let it slide this time, now get out of here!"
Yunyue, kneeling on the ground, with her large sleeves covering her tightly clenched fists, was consumed by flames of jealousy as she gazed at the familiar figure of her father and the unfamiliar one of her sister, finding this scene of paternal affection and filial piety to be exceptionally jarring.
Helping the aunt to get up from the ground, a large group of people rushed out of Anhe Yard with a gloomy face. Yunyue's heart was unwilling to leave, and she turned back to meet a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but not quite. Her heart skipped a beat, her feet stumbled, and she hurriedly supported her aunt and left quickly.
Moisture clings to the robust shoulders of Lao Die, gazing at the distant backs of the crowd, a hint of menacing gloom flashes in his eyes!