After Xiao Jiran was thrown out, luckily Shao Mo caught him and prevented him from falling into the muddy puddle.
But at this time, he was still so angry that his chest was shaking violently, he coughed violently, stepped forward, stared at his son's face, and asked:
"Did you steal other people's money?"
Xiao Rubian was so frightened by his father's glare that he lowered his bright black eyes and muttered.
"Dad, I told you I didn't steal it. If you don't believe me, just search and see..."
"You really didn't steal it?"
"Of course I didn't steal it. If I had stolen it, how could I not admit it and be beaten three times by him in vain?"
Xiao Rubian felt aggrieved. Seeing his father's face flushed due to coughing, he felt anxious and afraid, and swore again and again.
"My father once taught my children, 'Wealth and honor are hard to come by, and stealing will harm you.' The children always remember it in their minds. How could they do such a thing as a rooster and a dog?"
Xiao Jiran said nothing with a livid face. He walked straight to the lotus pot at the corner of the eaves, squatted down, and began to dig out the mud with his hands.
Xiao Rubian was so anxious that he ran over quickly, but was unable to stop Xiao Jiran. Instead, he was pushed away a few steps. He bit his lips and trembled all over.
"Dad...what are you doing..."
Xiao Jiran quickly dug out a money bag stained black by mud from the lotus pot and poured out all the money in the bag.
No more, no less, just thirty taels of silver, plus twenty strings of currency.
Suddenly, he was so anxious that his heart ached. He took Xiao Rushian's hands, pinned them to the ground, and beat them hard.
Xiao Rubian had just been slapped three times, and he screamed in pain. Now he was slapped about twenty times by his father, and he just gritted his teeth and remained silent.
Everyone onlookers sighed, scolded the child for his evil intentions, and scolded his father for his bad teaching, but no one tried to persuade him to stop.
When Yu Weiyin saw that he really hated beating iron, Xiao Rubian's little face became paler and she couldn't help but stepped forward and stopped him.
"That's enough! You are his father. Even if your child steals, you should ask him why. Aren't you afraid of hurting his mother by beating him like this?"
Xiao Jiran let go of his hand, a trace of pain flashed across his thin face, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"I'm so ashamed to have taught such a rebellious son! I don't have the shame to see his mother, so I might as well just kill him!"
Xiao Rubian pulled away, his heart aching, turned around and ran towards Yu Weiyin, turned around and shouted to his father:
"My mother would never do this! My mother would not hit me like you do! I want my mother! I want to find my mother!"
Xiao Rubian shouted dozens of times and wanted to run away, but Yu Weiyin pulled him back and hugged her and started crying.
"Sister Fairy, I want to find my mother... You are so powerful and so rich, please take me to find your mother, okay?"
Yu Weiyin did not push him away, but patted his back gently, "Your name is Ru Bian, right?"
The man in his arms sobbed and nodded.
She said: "Like Bian, I can take you to find your mother, but you have to tell me first. Since you know the principle of 'stealing harms yourself', why do you still commit it? But what is the reason?"
After Xiao Jiran heard this, he coughed dozens of times and said:
"It's the father's fault if the son doesn't teach! What reasons could he have? He stole someone's money and yet he had the nerve to punish him. I think all the poems, books and principles he taught me on weekdays have been read into the dog's belly!"
Xiao Rubian was about to speak, but after hearing his words, he bit his lip and said nothing.
Although I tried not to cry, the tears in my eyes started to flow down again.
"Ru Bian, tell me and I will take you to your mother."
Xiao Rubian only stared at his father. Seeing the disappointment in his father's eyes, the grievance in his heart magnified a thousand times, but it hindered his own small self-esteem and refused to speak in front of everyone.
Pushing Yu Weiyin away, he turned around and ran towards the street.
"Xiao Rubian, stop here—"
Xiao Jiran was so angry that his chest hurt sharply, he gasped for breath, and then developed a violent cough.
Shao Mo on the side had already touched the ground with his feet and flew out. Xiao Rumian didn't run a few steps before he grabbed him with his arm and brought him back.
"I don't want to be with him! Since he doesn't like me... I'll go find my mother!"
Xiao Rubian cried loudly and beat Shao Mo's body desperately, but Shao Mo only held him tightly and didn't move at all.
"Ru Bian, you still don't know your mistake?"
Xiao Jiran shouted and coughed a dozen times, almost coughing out the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys in his body.
Xiao Rubian stopped struggling and saw that his father was very angry, with a look of remorse on his little face, and he murmured.
"Dad, I know I was wrong...
"My child... My child just wants to use the money to hire a doctor for you to cure your cough... My child is wrong..."
Xiao Jiran patted his chest, and after a long time, he finally calmed down.
Xiao Rubian ran to his father's side, lowered his head and shed a few more tears.
"Xiao thanked the girl for helping, but it cost the girl money."
Looking at Yu Weiyin and the other two, "Don't worry, girl, this money... Xiao will return it to the girl."
"When you see an uneven road, you draw your sword to help. This is human nature. Brother Xiao, don't worry about it. Look at Brother Xiao's face, is he sick?"
Yu Weiyin observed his face carefully. He was as pale as paper, and even his lips were tinged with blue. He must have been ill for a long time.
"Sister Fairy, since you can save me, please save my father too! He has been suffering from cough and asthma since the beginning of summer, and it is getting worse now. The doctor said that if not treated in time, it may be life-threatening.
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Xiao Rubian tugged at the corner of Yu Weiyin's clothes, and a layer of mist of tears welled up in his dark and translucent eyes.
Instead of the wisdom I had just now, I feel a little more sad.
"If the fairy sister can save my father, Bian is willing to do anything for the fairy sister!"
"Ru Bian! Don't be rude!"
Xiao Jiran shouted and couldn't help but cough again. He was speechless for a long time, his pale face covered with sweat.
Yu Weiyin took out a silver bag from his waist and handed it to Xiao Rubian.
"There are fifty taels of silver in this bag. When you go home, hire a good doctor to treat your father."
"No merit will be paid, no reward is allowed!"
Xiao Jiran glared at his son coldly, then looked at Yu Weiyin defensively, "Girl, you and I are strangers, why do we need to save each other like this?"
Yu Weiyin smiled and said, "What if I said, I have something to ask for?"
"Young lady, are you kidding me? Seeing how generous you are, you must come from a wealthy family. If you want to do something, you will naturally have a lot of slaves to worry about it for you. What do you ask a poor man like me to do?"
She lowered her voice, and the firm look in her eyes did not change at all.
"This matter is related to Miss Yan Xiao. If Brother Xiao can help me with this, I will use all my strength to help you achieve what you want."
An old incident emerged in Yu Weiyin's mind.
At that time, Yan Xiao had already entered the Duwei Mansion, and less than half a month later, she heard that she was having an affair with a foreign man named Xiao Jiran.
This incident caused quite a stir in Tongcheng. Later, no one heard anything about Xiao Jiran. They only knew that Yan Xiao was locked up in the building by Captain Chen and never let her go out.
Xiao Jiran was startled suddenly, his whole body suddenly tensed up, and his originally pale face turned even whiter.