Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1008 - 1006_1

Chapter 1008: Chapter 1006_1

"Grandfather is wrong! Eating is king! There’s nothing you can’t do without, but you really can’t do without good food, got it?" Di Shaowei spoke very seriously to his daughter.

How could he be teaching his daughter such nonsense! What use is integrity to a little girl! All she needs to know is how to eat! Di Shaowei fumed silently at this thought.

Ming Jingya gave Di Shaowei a sidelong glance upon hearing this, then said to her daughter: "Don’t listen to your father. A person must have integrity! Your grandfather is right!"

Xiaoxiao nodded: "I know, I shouldn’t listen to father. Both grandfather and mother are right!"

Ming Jingya: "..."

Di Shaowei: "..."

Why shouldn’t they listen to him? What sort of logic was that?! Di Shaowei was on the verge of losing it!

"Why?" Xiao’er, finding Di Shaowei’s face as dark as ink quite amusing, asked with a chuckle.

"Because grandfather said father must listen to grandfather and mother. Since father has to listen to them both, then I only need to listen to grandfather and mother, right! If I listen to father, then if grandfather and mother think it’s wrong, I’ll have to disobey right?" Xiaoxiao said this with such certainty!

Xiao’er and Ming Jingya were both unable to hold back their laughter at this!

Xiao’er gave Xiaoxiao a thumbs up: "Xiaoxiao, you’re really too smart! I, your aunt Xiao’er, am thoroughly impressed!"

Having garnered Xiao’er’s praise, Xiaoxiao couldn’t hide her pleased expression!

Di Shaowei was utterly dejected. So, in his daughter’s eyes, he held no sway in this family at all!

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With Xiao’er holding Di Shaowei’s little boy, and Ming Jingya holding Xiaoxiao who didn’t want to be held by her father, the group arrived at the entrance of the Four Seasons Restaurant. They happened to see Zhao Youwei and Fu Ranhui there.

After exchanging greetings, they all stood in the open area in front of the restaurant entrance and chatted.

Di Shaowei said to Zhao Youwei, "What a coincidence, shall we have a meal together?"

Zhao Youwei shook his head, "No, I have an appointment, maybe next time!"

"Who did you arrange to meet? Why not invite them to join us for the meal?"

Zhao Youwei still declined: "No, it’s an appointment with some officials, and there are still some things that haven’t been explained well. We’ll have to deal with those before we depart. Enjoy your meal."

Zhao Youwei brought Fu Ranhui with him to meet with the officials, presumably to get Fu Ranhui acquainted with those working under him. Thinking of this, Xiao’er didn’t invite Fu Ranhui to join them for their meal. She just said, "In that case, we won’t keep you."

Only upon hearing this did Di Shaowei desist, "Then after you finish your affairs, you can come find us in our private room."

Zhao Youwei nodded, although he didn’t seem to plan on going.

The group finished their conversation and began to walk into the Four Seasons Restaurant.

At this moment, from an alley across the street, a man waiting for an opportunity let go of the leash he was holding.

The unleashed dog ran towards the group like a mad dog.

Both Di Shaowei and Zhao Youwei, being veterans of the battlefield, had an instinctive sense of danger and turned back swiftly.

They saw a dirty mongrel charging towards them.

Di Shaowei knew that Xiao’er’s martial arts skills were now almost on par with his. He quickly shielded his wife and daughter, neither of whom were martially trained.

Fu Ranhui, frightened, held Zhao Youwei’s hand tight.

Zhao Youwei saw the mad dog staring angrily at Xiao’er, ready to pounce and bite her.

"Ah!"

"Ah, Mad Dog!"

...

Some ladies and young women on the street couldn’t help but scream when they saw what was happening.

Zhao Youwei was taken aback, instinctively wanting to break free from Fu Ranhui’s grip to stop the dog.

Fu Ranhui clung to him tightly, "My lord, it’s a mad dog! I’m so scared!"

Zhao Youwei came back to his senses and pulled Fu Ranhui behind him, then swiftly kicked out at the mad dog that was charging towards Xiao’er.

At the same time, Xiao’er, who was holding Di Shaowei’s child, quickly dodged and moved away, and a dart flew out of her hand.

The mad dog was kicked flying by Zhao Youwei’s foot, and Xiao’er’s dart missed because Zhao Youwei had kicked the dog off course.

Di Shaowei threw another hidden weapon, annihilating the mad dog that was lying on the ground.

"Whose mad dog is this? It should have been kept in check!" Di Shaowei, upon seeing that the expressions of his wife, daughter and Xiao’er were still normal, angrily said.

Fu Ranhui only released Zhao Youwei’s hand when she saw the mad dog lying motionless not far away. "I was scared to death!" she exclaimed.

"It’s okay now!" Zhao Youwei reassured her, seeing that Fu Ranhui’s face had turned pale from fright.

He looked at Xiao’er, who was holding Xiaoxiao. Her expression was slightly furrowed but she showed no signs of fear.

She was still so strong, capable of handling situations effortlessly even without his intervention.

"Why would a mad dog suddenly appear in the Imperial City?" Xiao’er wasn’t foolish enough that she couldn’t tell the dog had been aiming at her, which even Zhao Youwei had noticed!

At this point, a woman in the crowd shrieked, "My goodness, Wangcai from Zhang Dacai’s family has gone mad and is biting people again!"

Di Shaowei turned to the woman after hearing this, "You know this dog?"

"Of course! This is a dog from a family in our village. It goes mad from time to time, and when it does, it always bites people indiscriminately! Usually, Zhang Dacai keeps it tied up! A while ago, it went mad and broke free. We didn’t know where it had run off to, but we didn’t expect it to run into the city!"

Xiao’er glanced at Zhao Yong, who had just put away the carriage, signaling him to arrange for someone to check if the situation was as the woman said, and if there was any more to this story.

Otherwise, why would the dog come charging at her? Xiao’er didn’t think she was so despicable that even a dog would detest her!

Zhao Yong nodded. Even if Xiao’er didn’t instruct him, he would have taken the initiative to look into it.

After a small fright, they entered the restaurant. When everyone split up, Zhao Youwei couldn’t help but warn Xiao’er, "Princess Rui, I felt as if that dog just now was charging at you."

"You felt it too? What terrible things have you done recently, Xiao’er? Even a mad dog can’t bear to look at you? Prepare more delicious food for me, I’ll protect you!" Di Shaowei joked.

"Beat it!" Xiao’er glared at Di Shaowei with disdain. He was always asking for food!

Then she turned to Zhao Youwei, "Thanks for the reminder, General Zhao."

Zhao Youwei nodded, "I’ll take my leave then!"

"Xiao’er, when Jingya and I have time, we’ll come to visit!" Fu Ranhui said with a smile.

"Sure." Then both of them went into their respective private rooms.

After dinner, Di Shaowei personally escorted Xiao’er to the Marquis Shengping’s Mansion, as she was going to have dinner at her mother’s that evening.

Having witnessed the earlier incident, Di Shaowei was worried that it wasn’t an accident. If anything were to happen to Xiao’er, not to mention Shangguan Xuanyi, he wouldn’t forgive himself either.

Of course, Di Shaowei and his family also took the opportunity to stay for dinner. When it came to freeloading, Xiao’er thought that Di Shaowei was definitely second to none in the world!!

The sad part was, he only freeloaded off her! He ignored everyone else!

She felt as if she were raising a son!