A woman spoke up, though there was a hint of pity in her eyes.
“You don’t know this, but I was fortunate enough to meet Madam Mu once.”
The woman looked at Madam Mu and sighed. “Back then, the young lady of the Mu Family was out in the city giving disaster relief. She hadn’t married yet, and she was an absolutely unparalleled beauty!”
Old General Mu also heard the discussions around him.
His hair was more than half white, and his topknot was disheveled. At that moment, he stopped in his tracks.
【Put on a pitiful show! Maternal Grandfather, don’t be fierce with them. Put on a pitiful show now and make all these people suffer and feel miserable!】
Clenching her little fists, Niannian let out a loud cry. The wail was truly heartrending.
Although Madam Mu knew that the little girl was doing it on purpose, the sight still made her nose sting, and tears began to fall.
“This old man… has wronged my late wife. I have wronged my only daughter!”
When Old General Mu cried out, tears immediately streamed down his face.
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
“What kind of person is he?” asked someone who did not recognize Old General Mu.
“This is Old General Mu of the Mu Family!” someone shouted, revealing his identity almost immediately.
“Is he the Old General Mu who once went three days and three nights without eating or drinking, leading his soldiers to rout the enemy forces?” the scholar who had just arrived in the capital asked doubtfully.
“That’s him!”
The old man who spoke wore a complicated expression. He was a veteran himself and had personally witnessed how valiant the old general had been in his prime.
“The old general… He’s suffered so much!”
The veteran cried out in anguish, sobbing so hard that he could no longer speak.
Some people slowly recounted Old General Mu’s exploits, while others among the crowd spoke of Madam Mu’s circumstances.
But as they gradually learned about Old General Mu’s story, the looks they directed at him contained not only respect and awe, but also a little more pity.
He was an old father who had spent his entire life protecting the people of Great Zhou.
But who had protected his children?
By the time the people of the An household came out, the crowd’s fury and sympathy had reached their peak.
No one knew who threw the first rotten egg at An Taidi.
The next moment, his body was being pelted with countless rotten vegetables and stinking eggs.
An Taidi could only retreat back into the An household.
His entire body trembled with rage. That wretched girl really was a calamity!
Just look at her—she had only been born, yet she had already brought that old man from the Mu Family back and ruined his reputation completely.
The angrier An Taidi became, the colder his eyes grew.
Since the Mu Family was so heartless, they could not blame him for taking action!
“Zhang Gui, go invite Daoist Huanghun here for me!”
“Yes!”
Zhang Gui had an exceedingly ordinary appearance. If he were thrown into a crowd, no one would be able to find him.
At that very moment, Mu Niannian slightly furrowed her brows. She vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
【Let me calculate this. Which suicidal fool is trying to harm me?】
The Little Milk Dumpling clasped her tiny hands together…
【Huh! An Taidi is so vicious!】
Madam Mu and Old General Mu immediately pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
Madam Mu in particular felt her heart rise into her throat.
She had clearly borne children for An Taidi.
Yet this man actually wanted to destroy her family and leave them dead and ruined.
Tears dripped steadily from Madam Mu’s eyes. She could only hate herself for having been blind back then and falling for such a scumbag.
After waiting for a while without hearing Mu Niannian say anything, Madam Mu could not help saying to her own father, “Father, An Taidi is extremely vicious. I’m worried he’s plotting against us!”
Old General Mu froze. He immediately suspected that his daughter could hear his granddaughter’s thoughts as well.
After a slight pause, he said, “It’s nothing to worry about. They’re merely ghosts and monsters. With your father here, you can rest assured!”
【This time, it really isn’t ghosts and monsters. That Dog Taidi is going to…】
Mu Niannian suddenly stopped, and her round eyes widened even further.
【You… What did you say? Say that again!】
Mu Niannian’s voice suddenly rose by an octave. Even though they were hearing only the little girl’s thoughts, the sound was still rather piercing.
Old General Mu and Madam Mu waited anxiously. Only after a while did they hear that milky little voice speak again in an old-fashioned tone.
【Say a little more. I like listening to this…】 Mu Niannian’s little face flushed red, and her voice was filled with excitement.
Madam Mu…
Old General Mu…
How frustrating!
【Nanny Liu is still sobbing in An Taidi’s arms… What? They’re also slapping away…】
Madam Mu and Old General Mu instantly felt awful. The old general’s foot wobbled, and he nearly fell over.
Nanny Liu… Old General Mu knew who she was.
After all, he had investigated everyone around the old madam of the An household.
But how could An Taidi possibly be with a woman like that…?
He remembered that Nanny Liu was already forty-eight!
“Ahem, ahem, ahem…”
Old General Mu coughed forcefully twice before finally recovering.
【What, what, what? You’re saying that Nanny Liu is actually pregnant… If that’s what you’re saying, then I’m wide awake now!】
Mu Niannian was suddenly full of energy and no longer sleepy, but Madam Mu felt as though her entire world had collapsed.
At that moment, she only felt her stomach churning violently, and she was utterly sickened.
What in the world was this?
When she thought of the man who had shared her bed actually…
“Urgh…”
Madam Mu almost vomited on the spot.
Old General Mu’s heart turned completely cold.
What an An household!
What an An Taidi!
He could still vividly remember what An Taidi had said to him back then when he had begged to marry his daughter.
“Men! Go to the An household and beat An Taidi up again!”
Madam Mu took a deep breath. “Father, don’t let them hit his face…”
Hearing his daughter’s words, Old General Mu was so furious that his anger nearly burst out of him.
He wanted to scold her, but when he remembered that she had just given birth, he could not bring himself to do it.
“Hit wherever it hurts, wherever people can’t see!” Madam Mu ground her teeth as she spoke.
Mu Niannian had been listening to the gossip when she suddenly heard the conversation between Madam Mu and Old General Mu. She instantly perked up.
【I know how to do this! Use beep beep beep… to hit beep beep beep…】
The two of them could no longer hear the rest of Mu Niannian’s thoughts.
“Ahem. Father, are you still sending someone?” Madam Mu asked softly.
“I’m sending someone!”
Old General Mu sent out the person under his command who was best at torturing others.
When Mu Niannian heard that her maternal grandfather was sending someone over, she immediately waved her hands and feet about in excitement.
【Maternal Grandfather is the best! Maternal Grandfather, beat An Taidi to death! I’ll raise the banner for Maternal Grandfather… Where are the cheers on the left? Where are the cheers on the right…】
Madam Mu looked at her daughter with a helpless expression in her eyes.
Just then, a young man in the crowd widened his eyes.
He covered his mouth and looked left and right, as if he had seen a ghost.
What had he just heard?
That milky, soft, adorable voice had rushed straight into his mind.
More importantly, there was not a single child beside him. Where had that voice come from?
“Uncle, did you just hear the voice of a little baby speaking?”
The young man tugged at the older man beside him as he asked.
That older man had just finished listening to Old General Mu’s story and was wiping away his tears.
Hearing the young man’s question, he immediately shook his head. “No. Where would a little baby come from?”