“Your Majesty…”
“Let’s go, I am no longer needed there.” Xue Zi Ning left.
Lin Shi Shu cried, “Young Master Yan, my mother is dead, for me…”
Yan Jin Chao looked at her indifferently, “Your father hoped you would continue to be happy, not marry someone you dislike for her sake.”
“I… I know.” Lin Shi Shu looked up at the person before her, so pure and handsome. She knew that in this life, this was the only person she would ever love.
“Guards, arrest them all!” Madam Min shouted.
But no one rushed in, because everyone had been knocked to the ground.
Seeing this, Madam Min realized the gravity of the situation. Xue Song said coldly, “No one here will obey your orders anymore, nor can you send messages outside. The messages have also been intercepted.”
Madam Min trembled all over, “You… who exactly are you?”
“You don’t need to know. What you need to know is that this marriage is canceled,” Xue Song said coldly.
Madam Min gritted her teeth. A wise man knows when to bow to circumstances. Once she contacts the capital, she will make these people suffer.
With this thought, Madam Min took Yu Feng Xi away with her maidservants.
As Yu Yang left, he glanced at the woman living under his sister’s identity, sighed in his heart, and turned away.
“Miss Lin, please accept my condolences!” Yan Jin Chao said calmly.
Lin Shi Shu turned to look at her mother, tears streaming down her face.
“Miss Lin, I have already arranged a residence for you…”
Lin Feng stepped forward and said, “Thank you, Young Master Yan. I will surely repay this kindness in the future.”
“No need, it was merely a small effort on my part. Xue Song, take Lord Lin and Miss Lin to the residence.”
Xue Song nodded, “Yes, Young Master.”
“Yan…” Lin Shi Shu said a word but did not continue. She didn’t know if it was her imagination, but she felt that Yan Jin Chao was so far away from her.
Yan Residence
Xue Xing Chen saw Xue Zi Ning and Xue Yan from afar and walked up, “Mother, Aunt Xue, you’re back.”
“Yes.” Xue Zi Ning patted Xue Xing Chen’s head.
“Where is Father?” Xue Xing Chen asked.
Xue Yan made a shushing gesture to Xue Xing Chen where Xue Zi Ning could not see.
Xue Xing Chen understood, “Mother, you must be tired. Please go and rest. I’ll be taken care of by Aunt Xue.”
Xue Zi Ning nodded and stroked the obedient child, “Be good and listen to your Aunt Xue.”
After Xue Zi Ning left, Xue Xing Chen leaned closer and asked, “Aunt Xue, my mother looks a bit unhappy.”
Xue Yan said, “Young Master Yan also went.”
Xue Xing Chen was startled, “Father went too? Did he…”
“He went to rescue Miss Lin and bought a residence for her,” Xue Yan said.
Xue Xing Chen was stunned, inwardly thinking, “Oh no, is Father walking on the path to ruin?”
“Did Mother agree?” From his memory, his mother was not someone who easily compromised.
Xue Yan looked at him for a moment. Just as Xue Xing Chen was about to ask further, Xue Yan spoke, “Yes, His Majesty agreed.”
“How… how is that possible?” Xue Xing Chen couldn’t believe his mother would agree. This was pushing his father away.
“That is the truth, I am not deceiving the young prince.” Xue Yan said.
“No, absolutely not. I must go and reason with Father.” Xue Xing Chen left on his short legs.
Xue Yan watched Xue Xing Chen’s retreating back, a slight smile playing on her lips.
“How could you buy a house for another woman?” Xue Xing Chen entered the room and asked righteously.
Yan Jin Chao looked up at the little fellow and said calmly, “Are you talking to me?”
“Otherwise? Is there anyone else in this room?” Xue Xing Chen said angrily.
“Sit!” Yan Jin Chao, with uncharacteristic good temper, invited Xue Xing Chen to sit.
Xue Xing Chen walked to the chair with his short legs, full of spirit, but found himself in a predicament. The chair was too high, and there was no way for him to climb up. He turned to look at Yan Jin Chao’s smiling face and said angrily, “You… you did this on purpose…”
“I asked you to sit, but you said I did it on purpose. Then stand!” Yan Jin Chao said calmly.
Xue Xing Chen, his hands and feet working together, finally used all his strength to climb up. He stood on the chair and said coldly, “Can I talk to you now?”
Seeing the boy’s unyielding expression, Yan Jin Chao nodded and uttered a word, “Yes.”
Xue Xing Chen said, “Why did you buy a house for Sister Lin?”
“Can’t I?” Yan Jin Chao asked.
“Then do you like Sister Lin?” Xue Xing Chen asked.
Yan Jin Chao frowned and said coldly, “Why does liking come into this?”
A thought suddenly struck Xue Xing Chen. Could it be that his father didn’t know what it meant to buy someone a house?
“If you don’t like Sister Lin, why buy her a house?” Xue Xing Chen asked.
Yan Jin Chao’s brow furrowed. He suddenly asked, “So, it’s because of this that some people are angry?”
“What are you talking about?” Xue Xing Chen was a little confused.
Yan Jin Chao stepped forward, picked up the little fellow, and said solemnly, “I don’t like Lin Shi Shu. Buying her a house was simply my way of repaying her for helping me in the past.”
“Is it that simple?” Xue Xing Chen was somewhat surprised.
“It’s that simple.” Yan Jin Chao said calmly.
Xue Xing Chen bit his finger, unsure whether to laugh or cry. “Then why didn’t you explain it clearly to my mother?”
Yan Jin Chao belatedly realized, “She’s really angry?”
Xue Xing Chen said angrily, “You know my mother has feelings for you, yet you say and do such things. It’s no wonder she’s angry.”
Yan Jin Chao looked at the indignant little fellow in his arms, the corner of his lips curving upwards, “Little one, I understand.”
“What ‘little one’? My name is Xing Chen,” Xue Xing Chen said.
“Xing Chen.”
Xue Xing Chen nodded proudly, “Since you call me Xing Chen, I’ll call you Father.”
Yan Jin Chao was slightly surprised, “Why call me Father? Do I look like your Father?”
“You are my Father.”
Yan Jin Chao frowned. The Empress wouldn’t mistake the father of the royal offspring, even if she were confused. This meant he really was some Yan Zhao? But he had absolutely no memory of it.
“Father doesn’t want to acknowledge me?” Xue Xing Chen was a little disappointed. He thought Father would be very happy to see him.
But it didn’t seem like it now. Father wasn’t happy to see him; he seemed unable to believe he was his child.
Yan Jin Chao also saw Xue Xing Chen’s expression and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t have your memories, so I don’t know how to be a father.”
Xue Xing Chen shook his head, “It’s not your fault. Aunt Xue said you suddenly lost your memory and forgot everything about the capital.”
Yan Jin Chao looked at Xue Xing Chen. Such a cute and intelligent child was his. He should be happy.
“Give me a chance!” Yan Jin Chao suddenly said.
Xue Xing Chen was startled, “Father…”
“Let me learn to be a father.”