Chapter 215: The Five Children Were Lectured
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Zhao Lan was still laughing at Mu Jingzhe and Shao Qihai’s anxiousness, but a second later, the door to her house was kicked open. The st.u.r.dy door shook due to Mu Jingzhe’s kick and made Zhao Lan’s eyelids throb. Another kick and the door would be gone!
“Mu Jingzhe, stop… Stop! Have you gone mad?!”
“Did you do something to Little Dong, Little Bei, and the rest? Tell me, where did you hide them? Or did you give them away again?” Once bitten, twice shy. As she recalled that Little Bei had been locked in a cage previously, Mu Jingzhe’s eyes burned with rage.
“What kind of nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean where did I hide them? My goodness, I didn’t do anything this time!”
“It’s not like you admitted it last time either. You even fanned the flames to frame me. I don’t believe you. Where’s Shao Qiyun? Is Shao Qiyun up to no good again?”
Mu Jingzhe started searching everywhere. “Little Dong, Little Bei, where are you?”
Zhao Lan was furious. “No, Xiao Yun left that day and hasn’t returned since. She was forced away by you. Stop looking for her. We haven’t seen Shao Dong!”
Mu Jingzhe didn’t listen. She quickly opened the room door to check and accidentally found Eldest Brother Shao lying there sick. “Mu Jingzhe, don’t go overboard…”
“So are you hiding the kids or not? Tell Shao Qihai.” Mu Jingzhe interrupted him and pulled Shao Qihai over.
Eldest Brother Shao froze when he saw Shao Qihai. “It’s really not like that. It’s really not us this time.”
“That’s right!” Zhao Lan added. “Why would I hide them?”
Mu Jingzhe was about to ask more when a surprised shout came from the door. “Shao Dong… Shao Dong and the others are back!”
Shao Qihai rushed out of the door. As soon as he stepped out, he saw five kids who looked like mud monkeys. Shao Dong gave Shao Qihai a mischievous grin. “We went to the mountain to play…”
After saying this cheekily, they saw Mu Jingzhe walk behind Shao Qihai.
“Mommy?” The smiles froze on the five kids’ faces. Why was Mommy back so early? Shouldn’t she be back before nightfall?
They’d only wanted to scare Shao Qihai on purpose to annoy him. They hadn’t wanted to scare their mother.
“Mommy…” Seeing the worry in Mu Jingzhe’s eyes, Shao Dong wished he could hide underground.
“So you know the way back? Where did you go? Were you kids trying to scare me to death? I thought you were abducted again.”
Mu Jingzhe looked at them one by one and saw that they were fine. She heaved a sigh of relief and was so happy that she wanted to cry. However, when she stretched out her hand, she couldn’t help but make a move.
“Why are you running around? Who taught you not to come home after school?” Since they were so disobedient, she had to spank them to make them remember this lesson.
The five children were all spanked by Mu Jingzhe. “If I don’t spank you, you won’t remember. Let’s see if you’ll run about again in the future.”
Like all parents, although Mu Jingzhe was happy and relieved, this didn’t stop her from wanting to hit the children.
Mu Jingzhe spanked them one after another. Because of how strong she was, it was truly a painful beating.
The five kids were all stunned. This was the first time they were spanked. Previously, Shao Xi had been spanked twice, but it had been very light at the time. This time, it wasn’t.
They had really been taught a lesson. Like other children, their b.u.t.tocks were spanked until they were red and they might even swell later.
At that moment, they felt a mixture of pain, fear, and regret. Little Bei pouted and burst into tears. “Mommy, I’m sorry. I won’t run around anymore.”
While crying, she hugged Mu Jingzhe’s leg. Xiao Wu hugged the other one. “I won’t run around anymore either.”
Shao Dong, Shao Xi, and Shao Nan’s actions were faster than their thoughts, so they jumped into Mu Jingzhe’s arms in unison. Their b.u.t.tocks hurt, but for some reason, they wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.
A similar thought flashed across the three brothers’ minds. They finally knew why the children who had been beaten up by their parents because they were playful didn’t run away. Instead, they snuggled into their parents’ arms. They now wanted to do the same.
As she was snuggled by the mud-covered trio, Mu Jingzhe’s clothes were ruined.
“My clothes… You kids are really… Why are you so disobedient?” Since Shao Qihai had returned, it seemed like the children had become quite mischievous. She couldn’t fathom why.
Mu Jingzhe could never have guessed their thoughts. The five of them looked at Mu Jingzhe’s clothes and awkwardly moved away from her, waiting to be scolded.
Zhao Lan finally found an opportunity to retort. “Look at how wronged I’ve been. Those children went missing, and you came looking for me…”
“It’s only because you had a bad track record!” Mu Jingzhe immediately replied before coughing. “I misunderstood you this time. I’m sorry.”
Mu Jingzhe apologized very readily. A mistake was a mistake. She was glad that she hadn’t broken the door completely. Otherwise, she would have had to pay for it. Then, she pulled the kids with her. “Come back home with me!”
When they returned to the courtyard, Mu Jingzhe didn’t say anything. The children stood in a row, admitted their mistake, and apologized.
This was the first time in history that they were mischievous and actively admitted their mistake. Mu Jingzhe, who had returned home after a tiring day and had been scared stiff, didn’t have the energy to continue lecturing them. “Quick, go clean up. Don’t do this again. I’ll go cook now. You must be hungry.”
“Let me do it. You’ve been working the entire day.” Shao Qihai quickly offered. He would have already finished cooking if this incident hadn’t occurred.
Mu Jingzhe didn’t argue and just watched as the children changed out of their dirty clothes.
Shao Qihai was also scared stiff by the children. When he saw that the five kids had washed themselves, he couldn’t help but say that they shouldn’t be mischievous. In the end, Shao Xi retorted the moment he opened his mouth.
“Didn’t you have a good time talking to Teacher Mu Xue? You claimed you were looking for us, but who knows who you were really there to meet? Since you were so busy, we went to play on our own.”
Mu Jingzhe could lecture them, but Shao Qihai wasn’t qualified.
Shao Qihai hadn’t expected to be seen by the children. Clearly, nothing had happened between him and Mu Xue, but he felt panicky. He hurriedly looked at Mu Jingzhe and said, “Little Xi, don’t talk nonsense. I was there to look for you kids and merely had a casual chat when we happened to meet.”
These words were an explanation for Shao Xi, but even more so for Mu Jingzhe.
However, Shao Qihai realized that other than raising her eyebrows, Mu Jingzhe didn’t have much of a reaction.
There was actually a reason why Mu Jingzhe had come back early today. She had gone to ask about her marriage situation with Shao Qihai.
Initially, within a year after the death of a husband or wife, the surviving spouse could apply to declare their marriage invalid. This way, even though Shao Qihai had returned, their marriage would still be invalid.
However, because the original Mu Jingzhe hadn’t known about this, she hadn’t applied for it. Mu Jingzhe had only discovered that Shao Qihai was dead after transmigrating, so she hadn’t thought of this problem at all and hadn’t applied for it either. She thought that since he was dead, that should be the end of it.
How could a marriage still exist if one of the parties had died? Unless it was necessary, no one would apply for this. Who would have thought that Shao Qihai would come back alive and she wouldn’t be remarried?
Because Shao Qihai hadn’t deliberately faked his death, they’d probably still have to go through the divorce process.
After all this, she still had to get a divorce. As long as Shao Qihai wanted to, it was possible that he wouldn’t let her see the children again. She was really depressed.
Upon hearing that Shao Qihai had met Mu Xue again, Mu Jingzhe wasn’t in the mood to care much.