I Became the Eye Candy: Four Bigshots Claimed to be My Dad?

Chapter 391: Fifth Aunt Is Quite Talented

"What’s all this about rules and propriety? This is our home, so we call the shots. Besides, they’re here to visit my master."

"If people saw concubines at the main table, they would surely speak ill of the General. We’ll just stay out of it."

"That’s right. Pangtuan, even though your father isn’t in the residence, we can’t let people look down on us."

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As the aunts chimed in one after another, their words filled with concern for the General’s manor and Ye Qianning, a smile graced Dean Chen’s lips.

He had seen the families of many officials and the inner courts of the nobility, but he had never encountered a household as harmonious as the General’s.

’No wonder my little apprentice is always thinking about earning money to buy jewelry for her aunts.’

Ye Qianning pouted. Though her face was so swollen her eyes were reduced to slits, you could still tell the little girl was not happy.

The aunts’ hearts ached seeing this. They also remembered that the General had just left today, and the little girl was still grieving.

"All right, all right, your aunties will stay." Hua Qiao’s heart ached as she looked at the little girl.

They had gathered in the hall today precisely because they were afraid the little girl would be upset. They’d made her many of their signature dishes and desserts, but she hadn’t eaten a single bite.

"Please, stay seated. They’re here to visit me, so I’ll have someone lead them to the courtyard," Dean Chen said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the aunts curtsied to the dean. "Thank you, Dean Chen."

"No need for such ceremony. You go ahead and eat with the little girl. I’ll go and see to our guests."

"Yes, sir."

The aunts offered another curtsy, only daring to sit down after Dean Chen had left.

"PFFT." Ye Qianning couldn’t help but laugh. "Fourth Aunt, why were you so nervous seeing my master?"

Peony’s eyes went wide. "That’s Dean Chen, a man famous across the four kingdoms! Not only did I get to see him in the flesh, but he was so polite and sat at the very same table with us. Who wouldn’t be nervous?"

"Fourth Aunt, you even know a teacher from the academy, yet you’ve never met the dean?"

"How can Teacher Song compare to Dean Chen? Speaking of which, that was my first time ever going up Lou Mountain." Peony had met Teacher Song seven or eight years ago.

It was only a year or two after coming to the Capital City that she learned Teacher Song was at Lou Mountain Academy. If not for the little one wanting to go to Lou Mountain recently, she wouldn’t have even remembered a person like him existed.

"Come to think of it, Dean Chen is truly kind."

"It’s probably because of Pangtuan that he treats us with such respect."

"I think so too. Otherwise, a man like Dean Chen wouldn’t even bother to give us the time of day."

"It’s all thanks to our little Pangtuan."

"Aunties, are you all picturing my master as some old immortal who doesn’t partake of worldly pleasures?" Ye Qianning couldn’t help but interrupt their chattering.

’When the aunts get together, it’s so lively with everyone chiming in. No wonder they never get bored, even when they don’t leave their courtyards for years on end.’

"He’s pretty much an old immortal."

"My aunties are kind-hearted. Even without Pangtuan, my master wouldn’t look down on you," Ye Qianning said, cupping her little face with a beaming smile.

The aunts were suckers for her act, and her sweet words were like honey to their ears.

"All right, time to eat. Your aunties have really shown off their signature skills today," Sansan said, picking up a pink cloth and preparing to tie it around Ye Qianning’s chest.

Ye Qianning suddenly felt like she was about to eat a Western-style meal. "Auntie, what’s this for?"

Peony chuckled. "Your Third Aunt Sansan sewed that just for you."

"Huh?"

’Third Aunt is quite talented.’

"Look at your little mouth. When you drink soup, it’s bound to dribble out. This will block it so you don’t get your pretty clothes dirty." Sansan finished tying it and smoothed the bib against her chest so it would lie flat.