Yun Yueyin placed her foot into the basin.
The water in the basin was just the right temperature.
"Xiao Feng, can you wash Mother Yi's feet for me?" Yun Yueyin asked Gu Xiao Feng with a gentle smile.
Gu Xiao Feng nodded vigorously without hesitation, "Okay!"
Then, his small hands obediently dipped into the water, gently washing Yun Yueyin's feet.
Yun Yueyin narrowed her eyes in comfort.
Looking down at the child washing her feet, her eyes held a cold glint, yet she spoke softly, "Xiao Feng has grown up and knows how to be filial to Mother Yi! It was not in vain that Mother Yi, disregarding others' opinions, took you in."
Her words made Gu Xiao Feng wash Yun Yueyin's feet with even more care, "Xiao Feng will definitely be filial to Mother Yi in the future!"
"Xiao Feng, if someone were to speak ill of Mother Yi in the future, or try to take you away claiming to be your mother, what would you do?" Yun Yueyin asked softly.
Gu Xiao Feng replied without any hesitation, "I don't have a mother. When she threw me to the dogs, I ceased to have a mother! No matter what anyone says, I only believe Mother Yi!"
Yun Yueyin was very pleased and gently stroked Gu Xiao Feng's head, "You are truly Mother Yi's good boy."
At this moment.
A tall figure approached the doorway.
Yun Yueyin saw the figure outside the door.
Her eyes were filled with triumph.
Once they reached the capital, which woman in the entire capital could compare to her?
Not to mention Yun Shu, whom she could completely manipulate with a flick of her wrist!
...
The next day.
Before dawn.
Yun Xiao Jing secretly crept to Zhan Xiao Li's door.
If his brother wouldn't see him, he would find another way!
He would wait here and wouldn't be afraid of not seeing his brother!
Just then.
A small snake slithered towards him.
A letter was pinned to the snake with a silver needle.
"Why are you here?"
Yun Xiao Jing was puzzled. He took the letter from the snake.
Upon reading it, he was greatly startled.
The letter only contained two characters.
Come back.
It's over.
Uncle Ruan must have gone to find Mother. This was Uncle Jing Heng's handwriting.
He thought for a moment and touched the little snake.
He then quietly returned to his own room, rewrote a few characters, and placed them on the little snake again.
Watching the snake crawl away, he chuckled and ran out again, heading to Zhan Xiao Li's room to wait for him.
By the time it was broad daylight.
Grandpa Steward arrived with breakfast, but his brother still hadn't come out.
"Xiao Jing, why are you here?" Steward Wang looked at Yun Xiao Jing with surprise.
Yun Xiao Jing blinked his large eyes, "I'm waiting for my brother to wake up so we can play together."
"Brother?" Steward Wang was taken aback.
"Yes, he's definitely older than me." Yun Xiao Jing acted as if he knew everything.
Mother had said that brother was born a little earlier than her!
Steward Wang smiled happily, "How do you know the young prince is older than you?"
"I just know!" Yun Xiao Jing giggled.
Steward Wang didn't ask further. Children's thoughts were always peculiar, and they often couldn't explain their reasons.
However, the young prince was like a little adult, and indeed, he looked like Xiao Jing's older brother.
"Young Prince, it's time for breakfast," Steward Wang said gently.
It was already this late, and the young prince still hadn't come out.
There was still no sound from the room.
Steward Wang sensed something was amiss, raised his hand, and pushed gently but with force.
The door swung open!
Inside the room, no one was to be seen.
The young prince was nowhere to be found.
"Young Prince?!"
"Huh? Where's brother?"
An old man and a young boy, their eyes met.
A moment later.
Qiu Lu, pushing a wheelchair, arrived at Zhan Xiao Li's door.
Seeing his "scumbag father," Yun Xiao Jing initially didn't want to go forward and speak.
However, he had to bow his head under the roof of another, and he still needed to get his brother, so he walked over, "Foster Father, Brother is missing!"
Zhan Tian Ye lowered his gaze and swept over Yun Xiao Jing.
"Brother?"
Yun Xiao Jing nodded.
Qiu Lu was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected Xiao Jing to adapt to his new identity so quickly. He was only taken in yesterday, and today he was calling out "brother" so fluently.
If one didn't know better, one would think they were real brothers.
"The young prince should still be within the manor," Qiu Lu said.
"Yes, find him and have him come to see this King," Zhan Tian Ye commanded in a deep voice.
Suddenly.
A cold childish voice came from behind them.
The tone was very similar to Zhan Tian Ye's.
"No need to look for me."
Hearing the voice, Yun Xiao Jing immediately turned around to look.
If it weren't for his "scumbag father" being present, Yun Xiao Jing would have rushed over.
Brother!
Huh?
Why is it the mute child he met on the road a few days ago?
Not the mute child?!
The mute child is actually Brother?
Zhan Xiao Li was also surprised when he saw Yun Xiao Jing.
However, he had always maintained a cool demeanor, so even when greatly surprised, he still looked expressionless.
"Where were you?" Zhan Tian Ye asked coldly.
Zhan Xiao Li was also cool, "Taking a walk."
A perpetual ice mountain seemed to exist between father and son, one that could never melt.
Yun Xiao Jing's teeth chattered as he listened.
A thought suddenly popped into his mind: thankfully, he wasn't living with his "scumbag father," otherwise, he would be a little ice mountain right now!
Just thinking about it was terrifying!
Zhan Tian Ye looked at Zhan Xiao Li with a slight headache.
Zhan Xiao Li didn't want to look at Zhan Tian Ye. He walked over, paused as he passed Yun Xiao Jing, and furrowed his little brow.
Then, ignoring everyone, he entered the room.
Bang!
The door closed.
Leaving them all outside.
Zhan Tian Ye's aura became even more like an ice mountain.
Yun Xiao Jing's mouth twitched.
Brother is so pitiful!
He can't let Brother be this pitiful.
His eyes rolled, and he ran to Zhan Tian Ye, throwing himself into his arms. Without any preamble, he wailed loudly, opening his mouth and shouting, "Brother is so pitiful! Brother is sad and no one is comforting him!"
"When I'm sad, Mother hugs me and comforts me!" Yun Xiao Jing started to cry as he spoke.
He missed Mother!
Mother was the best!
"Xiao Jing, get up quickly," Steward Wang exclaimed in shock and hurried to help Yun Xiao Jing up.
But the words that followed could make one's jaw drop.
"Foster Father, hurry and hug Brother!"
Hug?
Steward Wang froze.
He then remembered that he had rarely seen the Prince hug the young prince.
Moreover, the young prince had seemed to dislike being hugged by people for the past year or so!
No, he hadn't let anyone hug him at all.
His stunned face fell into Zhan Tian Ye's embrace.
Zhan Tian Ye looked at Yun Xiao Jing, who was lying on his leg and could naturally express unhappiness and a desire to be hugged, and suddenly realized something.
He looked up at Qiu Lu.
Qiu Lu understood at once and immediately pushed the wheelchair to the door.
"Open the door."
Yun Xiao Jing had just thought that his "scumbag father" wasn't too bad, and with his reminder, he might go hug his brother.
However, these two words deflated him.
"I don't need a hug," Zhan Xiao Li said from inside the room, his lips pursed, looking very stubborn.
He had just heard Yun Xiao Jing say that his mother hugged him when he cried.
He was so envious.
Where was his mother?
Would his mother hug him when he was sad and upset? Was his mother as good at playing the zither?