Durin's Diary

Chapter 898 Advising Hou Ying

“I just want him to give up on that idea. Mr. Dulin, your eyes are very clear when you look at me. You don’t seem to be bad.”

After Xiang Shu said that, Du Lin felt a little embarrassed.

What, this is the first time a girl has said your eyes are so clear, and you're getting shy, right?

Big Orange complained crazily.

You just can't stand to see me do well. So what if my eyes are clear? Doesn't that mean I'm a good person?

While retorting, Dulin gestured for the girl in front of him to sit down: "You're too young. You should have your own life and shouldn't be bound by some future being. But I also understand that someone of your status can't have freedom. So I'll give you two choices. One is that I'll take some time to reject your great-grandfather's idea and let you walk down another path that binds you. The other is that I'll take you back to the Western Continent. There, you can follow Lan En and witness the ebb and flow of another world. You can choose how you want to live. I won't rush you."

"Thank you, sir. Please allow me to think about it." Xiang Shu nodded and said nothing more.

Dulin looked at the young men, pointed at them, and immediately used a healing spell to heal their injuries.

Having witnessed Dulin's strength, the young men sat down obediently.

Dulin smiled and said, "You stood up for your friend without even testing my strength. If it were someone else, you might be dead by now. So it's good that you're willing to risk your lives for your friend, but it's also wrong of you to do this. You even wanted to kill me for your friend, which is extremely foolish."

Dulin used "very" three times in a row.

Several young people nodded repeatedly.

"Which of you is a son of a soldier?"

The only two who hadn't made a move—the two-and-a-half-year-old boy and the boy who had been bitten by the dog—raised their hands.

"Call your parents over. I need to make you understand that you almost caused a major disaster today." After saying that, Du Lin leaned back on the sofa.

These days, the little brats from both the Western Continent and the Eastern Lands give him a headache, because they all look the same when they're being stupid.

………………

When Qian Xiangguo entered the courtyard, Lieutenant General Lao was taking his twins back. Both of his children had swollen faces, clearly from recent beatings, and blood was dripping from them.

After exchanging pleasantries, Qian Xiangguo entered the courtyard and saw Old Hei Bei sitting in the corner. He waved to him, both amused and annoyed.

Their old dog came running over with tears in its eyes, whimpering as if begging for forgiveness.

"I've heard about what happened to you. Good bite."

He patted his old dog's head, then got up and glanced at the pile of ashes in the center of the yard.

Everyone knows about this hideout. Why is it allowed to exist? It's simple: so that the child won't die a starving ghost.

Food, sex, and life are all important. We can't let our children die on the battlefield without knowing anything; that would be so pitiful.

Unfortunately, this time they ran into Dulin. The emperor's great-granddaughter was also hard-hearted. She didn't even bother to figure out if the knife handle had any rough edges before thinking of using someone else to kill her.

"How dare you lend me this knife? If it weren't for Du Lin's kindness and elder-like attitude, none of these kids would have escaped punishment for what they did."

He walked into the small building and looked at the boy sitting there.

Luo Xiangguo walked over with a smile: "You're late."

“It’s not too late. I have to let other people take their kids away first. Today I heard that my own little brat got beaten up, and I thought that finally someone can come and mess with him.” As he said this, Qian Xiangguo walked up to the young man and kicked the cripple’s bitten leg with a smile: “You were bitten by Lao Hei, and you’re still not convinced, thinking that it’s a traitor.”

"No, it's just that I think you adults went too far. Brother Lin went first this time, how could you do that?" his son muttered.

"Is this any of your business? Foolish." Qian Xiangguo sternly glanced at Luo Xiangguo, who was walking out while lighting a cigarette, and watched him reach the courtyard gate before turning to glare at his own brat: "Luo Xiangguo doesn't want to listen to your nonsense! Don't you understand that this is none of your business!"

"Father!"

"Based on what you just said, if His Majesty asks about it, I will no longer be your father!" The middle-aged man glared at his eldest son. "How could you be so stupid? Why don't you think about why Xiang Shu would bring this up in front of you!"

“She… she doesn’t have the final say,” the eldest son said hesitantly.

"Yes, but have you ever thought about why, even though she didn't have the final say, His Majesty still chose someone from the Western Continent for her! Use your useless brain to think about this properly. You are the eldest son in the family. If you can return from the battlefield, you will be my heir. Everyone says that Prime Minister Qian is mature and prudent. Have you ever thought about why?"

"Because everyone says you have great wisdom..."

"Yes, I am very wise, but how did I and your mother end up with such an idiot like you! Think carefully about why Xiangshu brought him here! She brought him here so you could recognize him! So you could tip off the Lin family brat! So he could risk getting into trouble, getting into trouble, and getting beheaded to leave the army and come back to find her!"

After finishing his sentence in one breath, Prime Minister Qian looked at his dumbfounded eldest son and said, "Do you think the emperor is really just a rubber stamp? You're wrong, child. Even that fat girl you look down on the most is a first-rate shrewd person. And Xiang Shu is the most intelligent and ruthless child in their fourth generation."

"Why do you say that?" his child asked.

“Because she’s a nature celestial being, don’t you think she’s very kind to small animals?” his father replied.

His son nodded: "Yes, she really likes small animals."

"Do you know why Old Blackie bit you?" His father said with a long face.

"It..." "Because it knows that if it doesn't bite you, then Mr. Dulin will definitely beat you to a pulp! Even if all seventeen legendary figures from the capital ganged up on you, they wouldn't be a match for him! Not to mention that this whole thing started because of you, you idiot! As a natural master, does Xiang Shu not know the difference between humans and beasts? In the eyes of a natural master, humans are far more terrifying than beasts! There are too many idiots like you! There are too many ambitious people like the Lin family elder brother you mentioned! Do you think she doesn't know what your Lin family elder brother is thinking? Does he even deserve it!"

At this point, Qian Xiangguo plopped down in a chair.

"You idiots."

The middle-aged man lit a cigarette while cursing.

Looking at his still somewhat indignant child, he found his second son exceptionally pleasing to the eye for the first time.

What's wrong with being honest? It's better than being a self-righteous fool!

(End of this chapter)