On this day, the Yuan Family, which had been enjoying peace and harmony since arriving in Shiqu Village, was suddenly filled with the cries of little children for the first time.
The cries came one after another, each more deafening than the last.
Listening to her brothers’ miserable cries while getting scolded, Yuan Bao took a big bite of the sweet frozen persimmon from the mountains.
"Hehe, so refreshing, my heart soaring!"
When her cousins finally quieted down, sitting with tears still in their eyes and eating leftovers from lunch, Yuan Bao toddled over to her eldest cousin, Yuan Shougui.
"Big cousin, did you get scolded too?"
Being questioned so bluntly by his little cousin, Yuan Shougui felt somewhat embarrassed and turned his head away, deciding to ignore Yuan Bao.
But was Yuan Bao one to give up easily?
The answer was obviously no.
She came over purely to inflict a second round of damage on her four cousins.
"Fifth cousin, why are you crying too? Did you get scolded?"
Looking at her fifth cousin Yuan Shouzhen, whose tears were still falling, Yuan Bao felt this was a bit odd.
This fifth cousin of hers was only five years old, even if he followed his brothers to see the beautiful young lady, he probably was just craving the little snacks Sheng Xueyi brought, surely he has no thoughts about the pretty young lady.
"I, I didn’t get scolded!"
Yuan Shouzhen glanced at his little cousin.
Of course, he wouldn’t tell his little cousin that he cried out of fright!
Though he was young, he was also dignified, wasn’t he?
Yet, thinking about himself crying out of fear, he still felt a bit embarrassed inside.
"Then why are you crying?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel✶fire.net
Yuan Bao looked intensely curious.
"Hmm, mind your own business!"
Fearing the truth about his fright-driven tears would be discovered by his little cousin, Yuan Shouzhen put on a cold face, wanting to end the conversation.
"Fifth cousin, you’re being mean to me! Boo hoo..."
Yuan Bao immediately turned on her acting skills, pretending to cry.
Being the apple of the family’s eye, if she cried, whoever made her cry would have to enjoy the lovely treatment of switch-crazed spanking!
"Hey, hey, don’t cry, I wasn’t mean to you!"
Desperate to survive, Yuan Shouzhen quickly explained.
"I was just a bit unhappy!"
"Not playing with you, you’re mean to me!"
Yuan Bao wouldn’t really cry, but she did want to show a bit of temper.
Though she’s the precious one in the Yuan Family, Yuan Bao was not a true little brat who would stir up trouble. After all, she wasn’t mentally deranged, watching the adults deal with her brothers.
Yuan Bao dashed away to find her second aunt Song Family.
As for why her fifth cousin Yuan Shouzhen cried without being scolded, her second aunt surely knew the answer.
However, when Yuan Bao found her second aunt, she saw the three aunts gathered with her own mother, discussing finding a wife for her eldest cousin.
"Wow, that efficient?"
Yuan Bao was genuinely surprised that the family started the search for an eldest cousin’s wife right after her grandfather mentioned it.
At this pace, won’t her eldest cousin have to settle down next year?
If that’s the case, would her eldest cousin be heartbroken?
Previously at the village entrance, Yuan Bao saw with great clarity the ardent and intense look her eldest cousin gave to Sheng Xueyi, a young lady from a family of officials.
"Is this me breaking up a couple?"
Yuan Bao sighed, losing the mood to inquire about messages from her second aunt.