Sorry, My Wife Has a Hole in Her Brain Chapter 22 Part 2

At Xie Mansion, Su Wenqing drew the last two strokes. She looked at the crooked peony on the paper and tried to explain for Grandpa Bai Shi: "Well, actually I only learned a little bit. What I saw at the bookstall was a hundred times more beautiful than this."

"Madam Xie?" Su Wenqing saw that she seemed distracted, so she called her again.

Liang Yun quickly pulled her thoughts back from pondering about her son's thoughts. She took another piece of rice paper and imitated Su Wenqing's painting method casually: "It's only been a few days since the Spring Banquet ended. I know you are tired. At first, I wanted to ask Shian to ask you to paint a picture for me, so that you don't have to go out of the house specially. But the child was too embarrassed and insisted that I ask you myself."

Using the same paper and brush, and the same painting method, Su Wenqing witnessed the difference between people. With a few smooth strokes, Madam Xie outlined the charm of the peony in a short time.

Su Wenqing was so absorbed in watching that she answered without thinking, "You are too polite, Madam. Young Master Xie and I have only met each other twice, but you and I hit it off right away. If you have any problems in the future, just come to me directly."

Liang Yun paused with her brush and almost couldn't hold back her laughter. After all this time, it turned out that this little girl didn't have any feelings for her own son.

Liang Yun became interested and thought that since her son was finally interested in a girl, she should at least help add fuel to the fire, so she deliberately put down her pen and showed a somewhat sad expression.

The turn was so sudden that Su Wenqing couldn't catch up. "Madam, what's wrong?"

Liang Yun: "Shian... ah... I have lived a life worthy of my family and myself, but I owe Shian a lot..."

Su Wenqing comforted her, "Young Master Xie is a man of extraordinary talent in both civil and military, and he holds an important position in the court. The children of noble families all take him as a role model. Madam, you have nothing to be ashamed of in terms of educating your children like this."

Liang Yun sighed quietly, "If I could choose, I would rather hope that he could be a little more willful and not be so sensible."

Su Wenqing closed her mouth. She understood where Madam Xie's guilt came from.

Liang Yun: "The Xie family is the head of the noble families, with complicated internal connections and interests from all sides. From the first day I married into the Xie family, the elders of the Xie family have never stopped wanting Shian's father to take a concubine."

"I have been in poor health since I was young. I have never recovered from the weakness after giving birth. Shian understands my difficulties. He quietly took on the responsibility. He knows that only by letting the Xie family see that he is capable of leading the entire Xie family will they give up the idea of ​​forcing his father to remarry."

"He has never been willful since he was old enough to understand. He may seem very proud to have won first place on all three levels of the imperial exam at the age of 17, but the sweat and effort he put in behind the scenes are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. I have always believed that young people should live freely and unrestrainedly, but because of me, he has to bear responsibilities that do not belong to him so early."

Su Wenqing listened to Madam Xie's narration, but her mind was far away. It turned out that he could look so indestructible due to premature responsibilities and a lonely and boring childhood. Everyone was either flattering him, afraid of him, or trying to please him because of his identity. Only an unpopular prince treated him sincerely. His empty and boring world was then filled with joy, anger, sorrow and happiness because of this person's existence. In the end, he was willing to overturn the world for this person, just for this person's lifelong well-being.

Damn, with this kind of love, if they don't end up together, it will be so unfair!!

Liang Yun's purpose of telling these old stories was to help her son gain some sympathy, but... she glanced at Su Wenqing's expression... Who could explain to her why did this girl’s expression showed resentment and grievance?

After Xie Shian returned to the Xie Mansion and put down the official documents, he planned to pay his respects to his mother. However, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard bursts of laughter coming from inside the house.

Confused, he lifted the curtain and went in, finding his mother and the third daughter of the Su family laughing together, while the maid sitting opposite them had a big black turtle drawn on her face, and the table in the middle was covered with white papers with all kinds of strange symbols drawn on them.

Xie Shian felt that the way he opened the door might not be correct...

"Young Master Xie!" Su Wenqing said in surprise.

Inside the room, there were their maids and his biological mother, but the one who discovered him first was an outsider. Xie Shian felt complicated.

"Mother, Miss Su."

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