Chapter 20: Backed Up

Little Grape seemed a little startled by his shout.

After a moment of hesitation, she reached out and pushed Xiao Mumu hard to the ground, “You poor beggar, you dare to shout at me?”

“I’ll beat you to death.”

Little Grape went straight for the attack, her fists clenched as she punched Xiao Mumu.

She must have learned this trick from someone; it left no visible marks, but it hurt like hell.

Xiao Mumu, although only three years old, was very strong. He didn’t cry after being pushed down, and when Little Grape hit him, he just gritted his teeth tightly.

“Stop it”

Gu Nanyan quickly recorded a short video on her phone, unable to tolerate it any longer. She scolded Little Grape loudly.

Xiao Mumu looked up when he saw his mother had arrived, and the tears he had been holding back finally welled up in his eyes.

The servant standing nearby immediately changed color when she saw Gu Nanyan.

Without saying a word, Gu Nanyan walked over to the servant, raised her hand, and slapped her hard.

“Are you dead? How could you let this happen to the children?”

“The maid was stunned, her head buzzing for several seconds before she recovered. Glaring at Gu Nanyan, she said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. The two children were just playing. How could you hit someone in the old house?”

“I’ll hit you today!”

Gu Nanyan slapped the maid hard again, instantly causing the maid’s eyes to well up with tears.

“You wait, the madam won’t let you off.”

Covering her face, the maid quickly ran away.”

Little Grape saw Xiao Mumu mother coming and tried to run away.

Gu Nanyan grabbed her arm, “Do you think you can just leave? Take a good look at who I am. Tell me clearly, does Xiao Mumu have a mother or not?”

“Wuu… wuu…”

Little Grape was so scared by Gu Nanyan’s fierce manner that she started crying.

“Don’t cry!” Gu Nanyan roared, then threatened, “If you cry again, believe me, I’ll slap you to death.”

“Xiao Putao was clearly intimidated by Gu Nanyan’s words, her face turned pale, but she still argued, “They all say you’re crazy, no one will believe you.”

“My mommy is not crazy!” Xiao Mumu retorted forcefully.

“Your mom is crazy, she is! She is!” Xiao Putao refused to back down.

If Gu Nanyan hadn’t considered her young, she would have slapped her.

What a little brat.

She wondered how she’d been spoiled like this.

Just then, urgent footsteps sounded.

The maid who had been slapped by Gu Nanyan earlier walked in, followed by Tan Yumei and Shen Wen.

“Waaah… Mommy, Xiao Mumu and that crazy woman bullied me.”

Xiao Putao immediately played the victim, throwing herself into Shen Wen’s arms.

Tan Yumei pointed at Gu Nanyan and scolded, “I thought you’d really changed after all these years, but it turns out you’re still mentally unstable, bullying a five-year-old child!”

“Exactly, Gu Nanyan, you’re an adult, how can you bully a child?” Shen Wen protected her.

“Who’s bullying who, I don’t believe you don’t know,” Gu Nanyan said calmly, looking at the two of them. “I’ve already recorded a video of Xiao Putao bullying Xiao Mumu just now.”

As soon as Gu Nanyan said this, Tan Yumei and Shen Wen exchanged glances, their expressions changing.

Tan Yumei was the first to speak, “It’s just two kids playing around, what kind of video could you have recorded?”

“Playing around? Calling our Xiao Mumu a bastard, saying his father would marry a stepmother and that he would become a beggar, did she come up with those words herself? And how does she, at such a young age, know how to hit someone without leaving a mark, clenching her fists and hitting them on the body, it hurts but leaves no trace, did she learn this trick herself?”

Gu Nanyan knew they wanted evidence, so she directly opened her phone’s photo album and showed the two of them the cover of the video she had just recorded of Xiao Putao beating Xiao Mumu.

This time, the two of them had to believe it.

And Gu Nanyan’s words directly pointed out that Xiao Putao had bullied Xiao Mumu, and it was all taught by the adults.

I’m saying, my dear, children playing together, there’s bound to be some conflict. Besides, Xiao Putao is only five years old, she hasn’t even graduated from kindergarten, how hard can it be to hit someone, adults don’t need to make a fuss about it,” Tan Yumei began to mediate.

“What if I insist on making a fuss?” Gu Nanyan looked at the two of them coldly. “You know how much Bo Yan loves this son, if you dare to instigate Xiao Putao to bully him, guess what Bo Yan will do?”

“No, that’s not what I mean, children just say whatever comes to their mind, how can you say that we adults taught her? We didn’t teach Xiao Putao to say that, she just heard some rumors and somehow said those things to Xiao Mumu.”

“Whether we taught her or not, let’s just show everyone the video and let everyone judge for themselves.” Gu Nanyan said, taking Xiao Mumu’s hand and starting to walk out.

Tan Yumei quickly stopped her, “My dear, the old lady just rested, it’s not good to disturb her. Bo Yan is busy with work too, after all, it’s just a dispute between two children, we can handle this ourselves.”

“Handle it ourselves? How?” Gu Nanyan raised an eyebrow at the two of them.

“Then… then let Xiao Putao apologize to Xiao Mumu.” Shen Wen said.

“An apology is just lip service, but my son has suffered both psychological and physical trauma.” Gu Nanyan didn’t accept this solution.

“Are you going to let the child hit back?”

“It’s not about letting the child hit back, you haven’t taught your child well, so of course you have to beat her.”

“My dear, Xiao Putao is only five years old, you really want to hit her?” Tan Yumei thought she was making too big a deal out of it.

“You now have only one choice, either you spank Xiao Putao hard a few dozen times to teach her a lesson, or I’ll call Bo Yan and go to Grandma to settle this.” Gu Nanyan was too lazy to waste words with them.

This matter could be big or small.

If it got to the old lady, Shen Wen and her daughter would not get anything good out of it.

Bo Yan would not let them off either.

But the old lady had a headache, and both children were young, she couldn’t bear to see either of them suffer, if she went to the old lady, it would only worsen her headache.

Bo Yan couldn’t hit the children after all, so it was better to let them discipline their own child.

In this way, both the child and the adult would learn a lesson.

After weighing the pros and cons, Tan Yumei and Shen Wen chose to have their servants close the courtyard gate, hold down Xiao Putao, and spank her hard on the bottom.

Xiao Putao, who had been so arrogant just a moment ago, was now crying with tears and snot all over her face.

Tan Yumei and Shen Wen also felt the pain in their hands.

After more than twenty spanks, Xiao Putao could barely cry anymore, and Gu Nanyan finally walked past them.

As everyone left, Gu Nanyan squatted down and said seriously to Xiao Mumu, “From now on, no matter who bullies you, don’t just take it. If you can fight back, fight back. If you can’t beat them, tell Mommy, and Mommy will find a way to deal with them.”

“Mommy…” Xiao Mumu hugged Gu Nanyan with gratitude, “Xiao Mumu knows, Xiao Mumu will have Mommy to protect him from now on.”