Chapter 122

After helping Xingyi to the other bedroom and watching her lie down on the bed, the three of them came back to the hall.

As the dishes were getting cold, Liuxu offered to take them to the kitchen and heat them up.

Liu Wuyi sat down silently without stopping her.

Instead of slacking off as usual, Zixiu lit up another oil lamp swiftly and was ready to follow his sister into the kitchen. How come he suddenly became so diligent? First, he wanted to change his sister’s impression of him. What’s more, he had noticed that his dad was kind of indifferent to Liuxu. Though he was certain that his dad must have his reason, he did not want his sister to feel wronged and upset. Therefore, he had been cautious all along, trying to cheer everyone up. He was a person who could not stand living in tense atmosphere. Now that his family was finally reunited, everyone was supposed to be cheerful and enjoy the time they were together!

Thinking of the glory of labor, Zixiu couldn’t help but grin. However, before he could even lift his foot, he suddenly saw his dad shoot him a glare!

“?” Looking blankly at the lamp in his hand that his dad seemed to particularly concern with, Zixiu thought Liu Wuyi was reminding him not to give his sister trouble. He then forced a smile and handed the oil lamp to Liuxu.

He did not dare to protest, because his dad was up in arms about the house fire!  Liu Wuyi had been mad at his son before for accidentally burning clothes or curtains in their house, but this time he was much more furious than before. He even warned his son not to use fire anymore with a solemn expression, although this time, the fire was not caused by Zixiu’s carelessness!

Zixiu felt so wronged! However, he did not know that his dad had seen through his unscrupulous prank, and was about to lecture him again.

As soon as Liuxu walked into the kitchen, Liu Wuyi’s face sank. “Do you think it’s funny?” he asked, his tone had rarely been so stern.

“Funny?” Zixiu was still indulging in his own assumption, so he was a little confused when he heard this.

Managing to hold back his rage, Liu Wuyi hinted, “Is that girl really Nangong Du’s concubine?”

“Nangong Du’s concubine?” Now Zixiu had figured out what his dad was going to talk about. Though he knew that he was in the wrong, he still retorted, “A personal maidservant and a concubine are almost the same!”

“Really?” For the first time, Liu Wuyi was seized with an impulse to slap his son. In a dilemma, he clenched his fists, but could not bear to beat Zixiu. After quite a while, he lowered his head and took a breath, trying to calm himself down, and then loosened his fists.

When he looked up again, he remained grim. His son really pissed him off! “Do you know that chastity is more important to girls than life?” he roared in a low voice.

“Isn’t it too exaggerated?” Zixiu blurted out without a second thought, “Then Liuxu must have…”

“Uh…” Realizing that he had said something wrong, Zixiu hurriedly corrected himself, but still cynically, “I’m just making fun of her. It’s no big deal! Xingyi is so psychologically strong that she will never… ”

“Liu—Zi—Xiu!” His son was so mischievous that he had no sense of shame at all! Liu Wuyi was burning with fury again. Heavens! How did his son become like this?

“…” Hearing his dad call out his full name, Zixiu was aware that he was really annoyed. He swallowed hard nervously and shut his mouth in a panic. At the thought of the way his dad looked the day before when he lost his temper, Zixiu couldn’t help but shiver.

“Go on!” Liu Wuyi, who was self-reflecting, seemed to suddenly think of something, which made him soften his tone again.

As he could not tell if his dad meant what he said or he was just making angry remarks, Zixiu dared not to be too presumptuous. He thought he must have done something that might cause some chaste woman to commit suicide for defending her reputation, so he began to repent honestly, “Dad, I was wrong! I was talking nonsense! Xingyi is not Nangong Du’s sixth concubine at all and she is just Nangong’s maidservant! I should be blamed for my slander and disrespect for her! I’m ill-bred… Er… I mean I mustn’t have made fun of her on this occasion, and it was against the feudal code of etiquette…”

“Wait!” When he heard the word “feudal”, Liu Wuyi’s anger was replaced by suspicion. The new medical breakthrough his son made today, the strange words his son blurted out from time to time, and the outrageous jokes his son made… Everything suggested that Zixiu was different from ordinary people!

Without noticing his dad’s thoughtful look, Zixiu only thought he had used the wrong word, so he hurriedly shifted the topic. “Dad, don’t worry. I’m going to apologize to Xingyi right now!”

With that, he turned around instantly and rushed to Xingyi’s room.

“Come back!” Liu Wuyi, who had regained his wits, grabbed his son by the collar from behind and yelled, “How can a man get into a girl’s bedroom without her permission?”

“… I was wrong!” Apart from apologizing with his head lowered, Zixiu had no idea what to say. He did not think that much!

“That’s all? You’re only making a perfunctory effort! Men and women are forbidden to have physical contact! People will gossip even when they see a man and a woman share the same room! As that girl was not Nangong Du’s consort, how could you let them share the same bed?!” At the mention of this, Liu Wuyi grew even angrier. In addition to his son’s mischievousness, what irritated him so much was that he had suffered this before. Now his son not only plotted against other people in the same way but also showed no sign of regret at all! It was no wonder that he could not hold back his rage anymore.

Burning with fury, Liu Wuyi raised his hand and slapped his son on the back heavily while scolding, “Liu Zixiu! What the hell do you want? Even though you have lost your memory, you should at least know something about morality, right?! Is it funny to frame someone? Answer me!”

“…” Zixiu was completely stunned. His dad had never slapped him before!

Seeing his son regain his daze, Liu Wuyi grew even more restless. He gave his son a few more punches, not out of anger, but out of grief. “Liu Zixiu! How did you become like this? What the hell happened? Are you really… ”

“Dad!” In the kitchen, Liuxu had heard some unusual noises a moment ago. frightened by her furious dad, she did not dare to come in to beg for mercy for Zixiu until now. “Dad, stop! My brother already knew he was wrong! Don’t beat him anymore! Dad!” she pleaded in a trembling voice.

Hearing on Liuxu, Zixiu suddenly came back to his senses. However, instead of begging for mercy, he only stared at Liu Wuyi in a panic. ‘Dad also sensed something wrong with me, didn’t he?’