Chapter 139: Are you a bit womanly?

No, I'm crying terribly.

Shi Jin finished speaking and burst out laughing.

He hadn't laughed long before he felt his neck tighten; Shi Lin grabbed him and headed outside.

Shi Jin shouted at the top of his lungs: "Qiao Aunt, save me!"

Qiao Sheng walked only a few steps.

Shi Lin spoke up: "If you help him, I'll soon hang you up like this—do you believe me?"

"Shi Lin, are you angry out of embarrassment?"

Qiao Sheng asked Shi Lin.

This woman.

Shi Lin, walking out, replied to her: "Where am I angry out of embarrassment? I just can't stand listening to him! If I don't discipline him for talking nonsense like that, I'm not Shi Lin!"

Shi Jin saw that his own third uncle was determined to discipline him.

He knew pleading for mercy this time would likely be useless, so he placed all his hopes on Qiao Sheng.

"Qiao Aunt, I only said that because I thought you wanted to know about me; you can't just ignore me."

Qiao Sheng felt helpless; walking behind, she said: "Shi Jin, I also want to manage you, but your third uncle is too fierce—I'm no match for him."

Xiao Shitou also came out.

"Shi Uncle..."

Shi Lin said: "You too—no pleading for him!"

Xiao Shitou: "……"

Shi Uncle is so fierce!

Shi Lin carried Shi Jin around looking for a tree, but there wasn't a single tree in Qiao Sheng's courtyard, so he hung him from the eaves instead.

"Third Uncle, I was wrong."

Shi Jin cried as he admitted his mistake.

Qiao Sheng looked on, feeling somewhat unwilling: "Shi Lin, you..."

Shi Lin gave Qiao Sheng no face: "What are you on about? Go sleep, this brat won't be disciplined properly—he has no memory. How long has he been at your place and already he's getting full of himself!"

Qiao Sheng and Xiao Shitou were driven back to their rooms by him.

Xiao Shitou, being a child, fell asleep not long after.

Qiao Sheng, however, couldn't sleep, worrying that Shi Jin might run into trouble.

She furtively glanced a few times and saw Shi Lin sitting under the eaves on one side, not intending to leave.

She couldn't bear to look any longer, so she gently opened the door and stepped out.

"Go inside!"

Shi Lin barked.

Qiao Sheng kicked forward.

Shi Lin dodged: "You woman, do you have any womanly qualities? So fierce, who would like you? Look at any woman—aren't they all gentle?"

Upon hearing that,

Qiao Sheng gave Shi Lin a sideways glance and said: "Others are others, I am me—what if they don't approve? Do I need them to? I never thought about getting married! You've already handed Shi Jin over to me to manage, so don't interfere. If you want to manage him, take him home. That way I won't see it, and I certainly won't intervene or say anything."

"You..."

Shi Lin now has things to do—how could he take Shi Jin away?

He reluctantly let Shi Jin down.

As soon as Shi Jin's feet touched the ground, he ran to Qiao Sheng; when she untied the rope binding him, he flung his arms around her: "Still, Qiao Aunt, you treat me best."

Seeing him hug Qiao Sheng,

Shi Lin inexplicably felt displeased: "Let go, what are you even like!"

"I don't want to."

Shi Jin pursed his lips and moved even closer to Qiao Sheng.

Qiao Sheng picked up Shi Jin, gently patted his back, and said to Shi Lin: "All right, you—why so fierce? After all, he's your nephew, isn't he?"

"Precisely because Shi Jin is my nephew, I'm strict with him. But since you said that, then him—you take over managing him; I'd like to see how you do it."

Shi Lin crossed his arms, leaned against a wall, and watched Qiao Sheng.

Qiao Sheng slowly set Shi Jin down, looked him straight in the eye, and said: "Shi Jin, your earlier approach was wrong; even if what you said is true, you shouldn't have brought up your third uncle's disgraceful matters. Doesn't he care about face?"

(End of chapter)