Chapter 175 - He didn't want to be the emperor anymore

Nannan was too innocent and young to be sensible. This man was in his twenties, right?

Didn't he understand that men and women should keep their distance?

Wasn't this ruining their Nannan's reputation?!

Or…With this thought in mind, Liu Dalin's eyes shone fiercely. Was this guy hitting on Nannan?

If that was the case, then he would break his damn legs!

No one spoke in the living room.

Wei Hong, Wei Zi, and Wei Bai didn't enter and stood silently at the door akin to gatekeepers.

Feng Qingbai sat across from the family, quietly accepting the Liu family's ogling. Meanwhile, Feng Mohan sat equally quiet next to him.

Under the atmosphere, he should keep silent.

"Who the hell are you? How come you came back with our Nannan? Did you come to buy fruit wine, or to seek medical attention from Nannan?" In the end, Grandpa Liu spoke first. As the head of the family, he had to uphold a little bit of hospitality.

But he couldn't maintain a pleasant facade either. The scene at the door still lingered in his mind. Even when Xiao Jinzi took their Nannan out, Da Huang had always been present. However, this man really sat alone with their baby in a carriage! Just two people!

As soon as his voice fell, the man with the tall figure stood up.

The living room instantly grew quite cramped.

This man's aura was too oppressive. Even if he did his best to restrain it, he couldn't suppress the aura from him.

Intuition told Grandpa Liu that he was a superior man.

But the man came towards them, and then, in the family's stunned gazes, slowly squatted down.

"Grandpa, Grandma, my name is Feng Qingbai, and I'm also…Axiu, who left home nine years ago."

The living room went dead silent.

Everyone was in disbelief, shock, and dumbfounded.

"A-Axiu? You are Axiu?" After a long silence, Grandma Liu asked with an almost trembling voice.

"Yes, I'm Axiu." Feng Qingbai nodded and replied softly.

"Are you really Axiu?" Grandma Liu asked again.

"I'm really Axiu." Feng Qingbai confirmed.

Next to him, Chen Xiulan covered her mouth in shock and gripped Liu Dalin in one hand.

Liu Dalin and Liu Erlin were also momentarily stunned, unable to string a word for a spell.

Everyone looked at Liu Yusheng to confirm with her. It wasn't until the young girl nodded repeatedly that they believed this handsome and noble man in front of them was really Axiu!

That Axiu who used to walk in the fields of the countryside in grey cloth and peasant clothes!

"I told you, how could Nannan ride in a carriage with a strange man without any precautions? It turned out to be you! Your face has healed? Good fellow! So this is what you look like!" After the shock, Liu Zhiqiu shouted out loud.

The other people looked at Feng Qingbai with complicated expressions. However, without exception, those complexities were tinged with excitement and joy.

Grandma Liu's eyes reddened, and she stared at the reserved youth squatting in front of her, murmuring, "You're back, good, good…"

Grandpa Liu hesitated for a moment and raised his hand to pat the man on the shoulder. But on second thought, his hand didn't fall in the end. "Good, it's good to have you back. We're also relieved to see you safe and sound."

Feng Qingbai's eyes went back and forth between the two elders for a moment, then in the crowd's puzzled eyes, lowered his head in front of Grandma and Grandpa Liu.

He held Grandma Liu's wrist with one hand and her to slap the back of his head.

"Grandma, you can hit me, just like how you used to hit Zhixia, Zhiqiu, and Qian Wanjin when they were naughty and made mistakes. In fact, I envy them receiving beatings from you. Because that way, they're more like a family."

The old woman's eyes instantly became redder.

The man's soft words made the nine-year gap in the middle disappear invisibly at once.

Before her tears could come out, she raised her hand and swatted the man at the back of his head.

Came a muffled noise.

Feng Mohan almost knelt!

That was his Imperial Uncle!

The more honorable person in the whole Nanling Kingdom than him, the little emperor!

How dare he take the initiative to let a grandma slap the back of his head!

Watching that slap fall, Feng Mohan only felt that his heartbeat was about to stop.

He wanted to cry. What he saw wasn't real!

Even after knowing from Wei Zi and Wei Hong's mouths that the Liu family had an affinity with his uncle, he still couldn't accept what he saw before him. It was terrifying!

Did this mean that from now on, apart from Imperial Uncle and Aunt Liu, he has to respect more people?

Ouch! He didn't want to be the emperor anymore!

At the entrance of the living room, Wei Zi, Wei Bai, and Wei Hong weren't any better.

They knew how good their master was to Liu Yusheng. They just didn't imagine that their master could go to this extent for her.

This wasn't the end yet!

After receiving a blow from the grandma, the man turned to look at Grandpa Liu with a smile. "Grandpa."

The old man didn't even dare to pat his shoulder just now.

He knew it was his own aura from being a superior over the years that gave the Liu family a great sense of distance.

The only way to get rid of that invisible sense of distance was for him to once again be the Axiu in their hearts.

Only then could they treat him sincerely without barriers and defenses.

Instead of smacking his head, Grandpa Liu lifted his hand and gave him a few heavy pats on the shoulder. "You child, you child…!"

Feng Qingbai smiled deeply. The grandparents acknowledged him.

Behind the elders, Liu Dalin narrowed his eyes and flexed his fists, making full preparations.

Axiu? So what? It couldn't erase the fact that he stayed with Nannan alone, lonely man and woman! Who knows how many days they've spent together on the journey back?!

Hmph, hitting the back of his head, right? Just wait, he wasn't as easy to fool as his parents!

Liu Dalin channeled almost all of his strength in his big fists. He sat up straight, just waiting for the man to come to him and plead!

"When you suddenly left that year with only a few words behind, you cut off all contacts since then. You've been away for a full nine years. Now that you're back, let's talk about what happened then. Did you go home? Where did you go?" Grandma Liu wiped her tears. "If you don't tell us clearly, I won't forgive you!"

"Okay." Feng Qingbai sat back to his original seat and nodded to the Liu Dalin and Liu Erlin couples. "I'll make amends with Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu after I've explained."

Liu Dalin: "..." Mother, do you know that you're holding your son back? My fists are ready, yet you let him run away?

Chen Xiulan looked at him and directly held her forehead. Stupid man! Your thoughts are all over your face, you know? Will anyone come forward and be beaten by you stupidly?

Axiu has always been clever since he was a child, not to mention he now looked as if the vicissitudes of life tempered him. In terms of skills, he'd better forget it and not make a fool of himself!

Feng Qingbai didn't make a long speech on what happened before. He briefly explained the reason for his departure and why he left for nine years without sending them a word and also his current situation.

When Wei Hong listened to her master's confession at the door, her legs felt weak. Master, I've been lying in wait for nine years, but you sold me clean in one go. Will the Liu family give her a good face in the future?

Don't play like this!