The Farm Life Of a "Fool"

Side 17-18

Shen Qingling stayed for dinner before departing. He also apologized to Tangtang and Guoguo and told them about his family.

Shen Qingling was understandable to Tangtang and Guoguo. After all, it was his step-Daddy, and life couldn't be simple for him without his own child to rely on in such a powerful household. 

However, if he had known better and been friendlier to Shen Qingling and his brother, their relationship would not have been as strained, and Shen Qingling would have spared him some face.

The only problem was that he was just too stupid. He attempted to dominate Shen Qingling using this manner. Had he ever wondered how he was able to manage someone who had become Minister of Works at such a young age on his own? 

Tangtang and Guoguo didn't say anything because this was someone else's family affair. Tangtang and Guoguo wouldn't care because Shen Qingling had already apologized to them, and it wasn't his fault in the first place.

They were only slightly concerned. Because the prime minister's second spouse paid them a personal visit, they are likely to be known to a greater number of people in the capital city as of today. 

Those who were not aware of the facts might have misidentified the twins as two Ge'ers whose sugar daddy was the Prime Minister. How else could the prime minister's second wife have visited them? 

Tangtang and Guoguo, on the other hand, believed that they hadn't been overly concerned when they heard the reports the next day. Worse, it was widely assumed that Tangtang and Guoguo were the prime minister's illegitimate children.

Rumors aside, when Shen Qingling returned to the prime minister's mansion after his supper, the servant informed him that his father was waiting for him in the study. 

Shen Qingling had intended to return to his own courtyard, but instead took a left and walked to the study. The study door was shut. When Shen Qingling knocked on the door, his father yelled angrily from within, "Come in!"

Shen Qingling entered by pushing the door open. He appeared to cry when he noticed his step-Daddy was also present. When his step-Daddy saw Shen Qingling walk in, he gave her a smug look.

Shen Qingling smiled. He was speechless!

"Dad, you..."

Before Shen Qingling could finish his words, he was interrupted by his Dad.

"Bastard, kneel down. You have disgraced the whole Shen family."

Shen Qingling was startled and perplexed when he heard this, but deep down inside, he understood why his step-Daddy had that smug expression. 

Shen Qingling, of course, would not kneel. He didn't believe he had done anything wrong, therefore he couldn't kneel just because his father instructed him to. He'd been the Emperor's study partner for so long that he'd scarcely knelt. The Emperor knelt down once a day after he was enthroned.

When his Dad saw that he didn't move, he picked up the cup on the desk and threw it at him. "Bastard, don't you even listen to my words now?"

Shen Qingling remained silent. He just stood there, staring at his enraged father. He felt like laughing all of a sudden. It was too bad that this illiterate Ge'er had damaged his father's reputation.

Shen Qingling didn't move, but his step-Daddy couldn't hold himself back anymore. He walked up to the prime minister. "Master, don't be angry. Qingling is still young. Besides, nothing serious has happened today. Why do you have to be so furious?"

Intentionally or not, his step-Daddy mentioned the reason of his Dad's anger. Haha! Shen Qingling was sneering in his mind, 'I'll just see if you dare to mention it again in a while.'