After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 456: Unfilial

Xie Xingchuan thought that Mrs. Xie would say unpleasant things, but he didn't expect that in her heart, he was actually a liar.

He couldn't help but worry again. He was disfigured and had no obvious features to recognize Zhang Yuniang. Would Zhang Yuniang believe what Madam Xie said and think that he was a lying child?
Will the family he finally got ignore him for this reason?

Niuniu followed behind and heard what was said. She took the initiative to hold Xie Xingchuan's hand and said, "Don't worry, second brother. Mother won't believe what outsiders say!"

Xie Xingchuan forced a smile on his face. At this moment, his limbs were cold and he didn't have the courage to step in.

Zhang Yunniang heard this and said firmly: "Madam, do you have any misunderstanding with Xingchuan? Xingchuan is sensible and well-behaved. He is a rare good boy. He will not lie. I believe he is my son."

Mrs. Xie said, "Mrs. Gu, I think you've gone insane because you miss your son so much. When your son was abducted, he must have been two or three years old. Although Xie Xingchuan is a bad boy, he is the only son of our Xie family. How could we just take a child home and entrust such a big family business to him?"

If an ordinary person heard this, he would probably be suspicious, but Zhang Yunniang was different.

"He is my son. Mother and son are connected by heart. I will not make a mistake." Zhang Yunniang still insisted.

Xie Xingchuan, who was outside the house, felt as if his whole body was wrapped in warm clouds. He finally regained some strength and walked in holding Niuniu's hand.

Mrs. Xie glared at her son, but Zhang Yuniang's eyes were full of concern.

"You haven't slept all night, why don't you rest for a while? You are at the age of growing up, how can you continue to grow taller and stronger without a good rest? Otherwise, go to sleep for a while?"

Although Zhang Yuniang talked a lot, Xie Xingchuan enjoyed listening to her.

Mrs. Xie felt blinded by this scene and said, "You are still sleeping when your elders are here. You are an unfilial person. I think you are going backwards as you grow older!"

Such an undisguised rebuke was undoubtedly extremely humiliating for a man who had already made great achievements on the battlefield.

Xie Xingchuan was clearly scolded, but after seeing the concerned looks of Zhang Yuniang and Niuniu, he actually smiled sincerely.

"Mrs. Xie, if you want to blame someone, just blame me. It was me who stopped the servants from disturbing Xingchuan's rest. It wasn't that he intentionally was unfilial." Zhang Yunniang took all the responsibility on her son.

Madam Xie said coldly: "If you really want to be filial, you should know that I will come to him."

Niuniu tilted her head and asked, "Why did Second Brother know that you were coming to see him? Did you tell him before you left?"

Mrs. Xie glanced at Niuniu, and thinking of the fact that this little girl was said to be very favored by the Empress Dowager, she did not say anything unpleasant, but only said, "What he did last night brought shame to the Xie family!"

Niuniu asked, "Brother, what good thing did you do last night? Isn't it honoring for the family to do good things? Why did Aunt Xie say that?"

Mrs. Xie gave Xie Xingchuan a warning look.

But Xie Xingchuan had no intention of hiding anything and said, "I caught a few thieves who stole private property last night and had them sent to Jingzhao Prefecture. Now they have been convicted by Lord Li, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture." Mrs. Xie's eyes scraped at Xie Xingchuan like a knife.

"Second brother is so awesome! He is very observant and selfless!" Niu Niu praised loudly.

The child didn't understand what the family scandal was. He just thought that Xie Xingchuan was as good as the detectives written in Gu Mingda's storybooks.

Xie Xingchuan smiled and said, "That thief relied on his backer to steal things without restraint, and he didn't even hide his tail."

Zhang Yunniang recalled all of Mrs. Xie's behavior since she came to the Gu family, and she immediately understood that the thief who was dealt with by Xie Xingchuan was Mrs. Xie's man.

The Gu family has only been wealthy for a short time, and before this year they didn't even have any servants. But Zhang Yuniang often went in and out of the inner house, and she had heard the ladies mention that matters in the inner house were best resolved there, and if they were spread out it would damage the reputation of the mansion.

"Madam Xie, the child is ignorant and acts rashly. Please don't bother with him because of his kindness." Zhang Yunniang tried to ease the relationship between the mother and son.

But Madam Xie did not appreciate it. Instead, she sneered and scolded Xie Xingchuan, "Do you think that you can have more backers by cheating and deceiving others to treat you as their own son? Even if Nanny Xie stole things from your private storehouse, so what? Which family would not hide such a thing? You are so petty. You are the young master of the general's mansion, but you want to kill your own wet nurse!"

Xie Xingchuan's face was filled with embarrassment. No matter how bravely he killed enemies on the battlefield or how great his contributions were, in Mrs. Xie's eyes, he was always just a rat in the gutter.

Zhang Yunniang quickly protected the man behind her and said, "Madam Xie, what you said is really too much. Xingchuan was wrong, but his only mistake was to stir up this matter. He handled the matter impartially and did nothing wrong. Why are you so aggressive?"

Niuniu sighed and said, "In Aunt Xie's eyes, Nanny is more important than my second brother. No wonder my second brother took this to the government office. Otherwise, I'm afraid Aunt Xie would ask my second brother and Nanny to apologize."

The little girl's casual words made Zhang Yunniang's heart twisted. She looked at her son with heartache and wondered if this was the kind of life Xie Xingchuan was living in the Xie family?

It’s better to have no adoptive mother like Mrs. Xie.

Madam Xie said, "The whole family is very sharp-tongued, no wonder they treat an ungrateful person like Xie Xingchuan as a treasure. Xie Xingchuan, I'm telling you today, if you don't want to go back to the Xie family, then don't go back in the future. I will go to the government office and sever the mother-son relationship with you, so that the whole capital can see what kind of person you are!"

Hearing the threat in the other party's words, Zhang Yuniang immediately tugged at Xie Xingchuan's sleeve: "Good boy, mother knows you are wronged, but mother really can't bear to see your reputation tarnished, otherwise, you should go back with her..."

After Zhang Yunniang said this, tears immediately flowed down her face. She could imagine how her son would be treated after returning to the Xie family.

But if he didn't go back, Madam Xie would go to the government office to sever the mother-son relationship, and would probably sue Xie Xingchuan for disobedience, and then Xie Xingchuan's future would be ruined.

Xie Xingchuan also understood this truth, but he had been living a very aggrieved life these years. He stiffened his neck and said, "If I can't be a general, then I'll be a peddler."

Zhang Yunniang's face changed drastically. She knew better than anyone how much Xie Xingchuan loved the border town and how much he wanted to stay there and serve his country.

"Don't be impulsive! If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about General Xie and how much effort he has put into training you." Zhang Yunniang advised.