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"Enough! Both of you stop bickering! If you continue, I’ll throw you both out!"

Seeing their eldest sister angry, Lin Wei finally bit her lip and said nothing more. Xiao Linzi also fell silent, yet that provocative look in his eyes made Lin Wei itch to rush over and punch him!

"Xiao Linzi, you be quiet." Lin Yuan then turned to Lin Wei, who looked almost ready to breathe fire, and stepped between her and Xiao Linzi, "What exactly happened?"

Lin Wei huffed at Xiao Linzi and began to accuse him of his "misdeeds," "Eldest sister, this little villain."

After a glare from their eldest sister, Lin Wei reluctantly changed her words, "This Xiao Linzi, I just saw him beating and scolding those working kids, acting for all the world like a tyrannical landlord! I couldn’t stand by and said a couple of words to him, and do you know what he did?

He called me, yes, ’meddlesome as one eating radishes and worrying about the heat,’ and then he said that I, that I’m a busybody like a ’dog trying to catch mice’!

Eldest sister, tell me, it’s clearly wrong for him to hit the children, and now he doesn’t even allow others to speak about it?

And then he roundabout insults me as, as a ’little dog’! "

After saying this to her eldest sister, Lin Wei’s eyes started to redden with grievance, but because of a particularly annoying person present, she stubbornly held back her tears from falling.

Xiao Linzi still stood with crossed arms, looking indifferent as he glanced around, but seeing Lin Wei about to cry from her grievance, yet still fiercely holding it in, something stirred in his heart, as if he saw his own self from six months ago.

Lin Yuan understood her little sister all too well; she knew she never lied. If Lin Wei said she saw Xiao Linzi hitting and yelling at those kids, it must be true.

However, she was puzzled because, when she came over from the storage room earlier, she hadn’t noticed anything amiss with the kids, who seemed to be quite happy.

"Xiao Linzi, is what Lin Wei said true?" Lin Yuan turned to Xiao Linzi and began to ask, even though she knew that Xiao Linzi likely wouldn’t give her an answer.

As expected!

Xiao Linzi withdrew his gaze and said indifferently, "Whether it’s true or not, why don’t you go and ask them yourself?"

Seeing his cocky demeanor, Lin Yuan felt like slapping his forehead and flattening him into a pancake!

But to verify the truth, Lin Yuan still went to the storage room to ask about the facts. To prevent Lin Wei and him from causing another ruckus, she brought both with her as well.

Following Lin Wei’s pointing, Lin Yuan quickly called over the little boy that Xiao Linzi was accused of "beating and scolding."

The boy looked rather delicate, except for a faint scar on his forehead, as if it had been grazed by something. Without asking, Lin Yuan knew this must have been from fighting over things with the Big Beggar in the past—Xiao Linzi had spoken to her about such incidents numerous times.

Remembering this, Lin Yuan also recalled the intensity with which Xiao Linzi had wanted these kids to stay and work here; given Xiao Linzi’s behavior back then, it was utterly unlikely that he would bully these children.

"Hello, Boss," the little boy greeted Lin Yuan with joy upon seeing her.

Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised by his politeness, but looking at the boy’s adoring gaze toward Xiao Linzi, she understood everything—it was clear to her that Xiao Linzi had taught him well.

"Hello, what’s your name?"

"I don’t have a name, but they all like to call me Xiao Sisi." The boy spoke briskly, endearing himself further to Lin Yuan.

"How is your relationship with Xiao Linzi? Have you settled in here since you arrived?" Lin Yuan didn’t directly ask Xiao Sisi whether Xiao Linzi had hit him, because deep down, she truly didn’t believe that Xiao Linzi was the sort to bully the defenseless.