"Of course she isn’t," Gan Tang said.
Qian Xueying smiled faintly, "Yes, she’s my friend, how could she be a bad person. But she’s not with you now, you must miss her a lot, don’t you?"
The little guy pursed his lips and did not reply.
He was not the type of child who casually bared his heart to others, especially not to someone he was not very familiar with like Qian Xueying.
"Then, I guess you must know when the Duke will be back, actually... I have something very important to discuss with him... or..." Qian Xueying stepped forward, approached him, bent down, and put her hands on his shoulders, "we could go out to eat together, what do you like to eat, ice cream or something else... just say it, and I’ll treat you."
But the little guy was not at all grateful. "I won’t go."
The little guy calmly looked at her face, "I won’t let Daddy go to eat with another woman."
Qian Xueying was stunned, and after a moment, she came to her senses and smiled at him again.
"You’re mistaken, I... I didn’t mean anything else, I’m a friend of your mommy, that’s why I wanted to invite you to eat!"
"If you are Mommy’s friend, you should invite our whole family together, rather than inviting Daddy and me when Mommy isn’t here," the little guy pouted, "In the movies, the bad women always do this, inviting the male lead when the female lead isn’t around, and then they do something bad."
Even with Qian Xueying’s quick wit and agile response, she was somewhat at a loss when the little guy cornered her like that, "I... I’m not..."
"Your Highness!" At the study door, Teacher Sherry’s figure appeared. Seeing Qian Xueying, she walked over with a smile, "Miss Ying, hello."
"Hello." Seeing Sherry appear, Qian Xueying did not stay to talk further to Gan Tang and immediately stood up, "I’ll leave His Highness in your care then, I have some things to attend to, so I will take my leave."
"Goodbye." Sherry nodded to her, watched as Qian Xueying walked away, then took Gan Tang and went into the study, "You didn’t say goodbye to her just now, did you forget?"
"I just didn’t want to," the little guy responded.
Sherry turned her face to look at his expression, "You don’t like her?"
"Yes," he didn’t try to hide it, "because I think she likes Daddy and wants to take him away."
Sherry was taken aback, then lifted the corners of her lips, "That’s not surprising. Your father is a very charming man, and with a distinguished family and status, such a man is sure to attract many women. When you grow up, it will be the same for you."
Gan Tang pouted, showing he was not interested.
"Women are annoying."
"Including your mommy, or the Queen, and the Princess?"
"Of course, they’re not included."
Sherry smiled and took his hand, leading him to sit at the table.
"Given that, you shouldn’t hastily make such judgments. Everyone is an individual and should not be generalized simply as men or women." She handed him a book and turned back to her seat, "In the future, you will meet all sorts of people, both men and women. Before you get to know someone, don’t blindly draw conclusions about them. You should observe and feel with your heart, then you can understand what kind of person they really are. Now, we’re going to read an interesting story today, called ’Puss in Boots’..."