Chapter 5: A Misunderstanding (2) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.

“Big brother, sister-in-law, don’t worry, Xiao Lang should be beaten when he did something wrong. You can’t be easy on him. Ah Lan is very frightened. Please stay with her more. I’ll go back and have a look!” Holding down Shu Maoting who wanted to go, Xiao Shouwang cupped his hands at him apologetically and rushed home with great strides.

Shu Maoting naturally cared about his little daughter, but there was his wife here to comfort her. He was even more worried about Lan-shi hitting Xiao Lang hard, so he gave Qin-shi a look and hurriedly chased after him.

Shu Zhan was very angry, “Mother, I’m going to have a look too. He actually bullied Ah Lan, see if I don’t kill him!”

Shu Wan grabbed her younger brother’s arm and moved his stubborn head: “You can’t talk nonsense. This may be a misunderstanding. Just let Daddy and the second uncle handle it. You want to go but only look on the side. Don’t add oil and vinegar.”

“Yes, listen to your older sister. Your second uncle and second aunt are already angry. You should persuade him as an older brother.” Qin-shi gave her eldest daughter a relieved look and glared at the reckless son.

Shu Zhan pursed his lips angrily, not wanting to care about them, and ran away. Women were troublesome. His younger sister was bullied like that by Xiao Lang, and they even asked him to speak good words for Xiao Lang, just dream!

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Lan-shi returned to the house angrily and saw Xiao Lang sitting neatly under the eaves, washing the dirty clothes at a glance. There seemed to be a touch of pink in the big wooden basin. She walked over to take a look. Sure enough, it was Shu Lan’s pink shirt.

“Mother, you’ve finished planting peanuts, you’ve been tired all day, go to the heated-brick bed for a rest.” Xiao Lang raised his head, but his childish face showed a maturity that did not match his age.

Lan-shi was undoubtedly proud of this outstanding son. Looking at the whole village, whose child could be so sensible at the age of 5?

However, her son’s sensibleness could not dispel the shock and anger in her heart.

Lan-shi pulled Xiao Lang aside, lowered her head, and asked, “Did you bully Ah Lan?”

A cold light flashed in Xiao Lang’s eyes, which was covered by his thick eyelashes. He pursed his lips, “Mother, I didn’t bully my younger sister. She was dirty, so I gave her a bath and accidentally made her swallow water. She grabbed me and ran away.” After speaking, he pulled down his trousers, revealing three obvious red scratches on his thigh, all of which looked torn.

After Shu Lan ran away, Xiao Lang thought about it carefully. Now she was the daughter of his uncle and aunt, if he really killed her, the Shu family would definitely be sad. They love him so much. He couldn’t bite the hand that fed him and made the Shu family sad. Humph, he didn’t have to kill the other for revenge, as long as he didn’t let her live a comfortable life.

The lazy girl would definitely sue. In order to avoid being severely beaten, Xiao Lang deliberately grabbed a hand mark on his leg. His mother would definitely feel distressed.

Lan-shi was really distressed. In fact, when she saw her son washing clothes for Shu Lan, she believed her son did not bully Shu Lan, otherwise, how could he help, right? Such a small child must have misunderstood. Mm, the child Ah Lan had always been very delicate...

When Lan-shi arrived on her front foot, Xiao Shouwang and Shu Maoting chased after her. Naturally, they heard Xiao Lang’s explanation and saw his scars. Xiao Shouwang breathed a sigh of relief, and Shu Maoting also smiled and said, “It’s just a misunderstanding. It’s all our fault for making Ah Lan too delicate and making a fuss. Look, Xiao Lang is kind enough to wash Ah Lan’s clothes. Alas, it’s more considerate than my daughter!”

Although Lan-shi was no longer angry, she still beat Xiao Lang twice, “Be careful in the future, don’t scare Ah Lan again!”

“Mm.” Xiao Lang nodded, but he didn’t agree.

Original translation is from willkissonyou, tenderflower. If you're not reading from tenderflower then it'd been stolen and posted without the consent of tenderflower.