Chapter 3066 - 79: Invoke Family Discipline

Chapter 3066: Chapter 79: Invoke Family Discipline

The living room of Greenhill Mansion.

Su Ya, Poseidon, Zheng Suyi, Zheng Sushuang, Zheng Susan.

The five little ones were neatly kneeling in a line, wearing fluffy pajamas, their heads, ears, tails, or wings drooping, looking pitiful and miserable. Su Shijun sat at the front, expression solemn. Zheng Qing sat beside her, holding a peanut in his hand, considering tossing it into his mouth but fearing the sound of chewing would break the serious and silent atmosphere of the living room.

After the Seven Sins meeting ended, he immediately grabbed Su Ya by the collar and went to Su Shijun’s study to briefly describe what happened tonight.

Then came this scene.

Originally thought Su Shijun would handle it like last time when Zheng Susan went to the Wandering Bar, punishing them with ’grounding’ for a while for a long lesson, but unexpectedly, Lord Upper Senator directly dragged the other four, who were sleepily confused, to the living room, and without a word, first had them kneel for half an hour.

This left Zheng Qing in a bind.

If he leaves, he’s afraid they’ll really get punished.

If he stays, he’s also stuck sitting here for half an hour, yet hasn’t eaten a single peanut. The usually quick-handed Head Maid was nowhere to be found today, vanished without a trace, and even Jiang Yu, who was asleep in the guest room, didn’t show up, seemingly unaware of what was happening here.

The little Black Cat he sent to find Jiang Yu hasn’t returned—judging by basic moral standards, he didn’t use any special means to spy on the Witch’s bedroom, just knowing his little Black Cat is still alive is enough.

The peanut in his hand has been rubbed to a shine by him, looking very enticing.

Just as he hesitated whether to put it in his mouth.

A clear and crisp pop sounded in his ear.

Pop!

Scared him into crushing the peanut in his hand. But before he could regret the peanut crumbs scattering on his robe, he quickly looked up towards the sound—in an unknown manner, Su Shijun had pulled out a long thin whip and fiercely struck it on the ground.

The young Legend quietly breathed a sigh of relief, touched the cold sweat on his non-existent forehead, and suddenly regretted bringing this matter to the owner of Greenhill Mansion.

"Wow...!"

Poseidon, who had been kneeling and had returned to being confused, was shocked by the whip and started to cry wow, sobbing uncontrollably, and all the while looking at Zheng Qing with tearful eyes and a pitiful expression.

Zheng Su 123 also cried along, but dared not make a sound, all biting their lips, silently shedding tears. Only Su Ya, although still in a dispirited and lost manner, steadfastly maintained the team’s last dignity, not crying.

Zheng Qing couldn’t face those eyes of Poseidon.

He coughed dryly.

Just stood up when he heard Su Shijun’s cold shout.

"—Shut up! Sit down!"

"—Oh!"

A certain Legend who had only lifted his rear off the chair by three inches sat back down obediently, arms folded, helplessly watching the Little Fox. Furry Bean, who had been startled awake, was hiding in the corner of the wall, peeking towards this side. Seeing Zheng Qing also getting scolded, it quickly pulled back its head, disappearing without a trace.

The weather outside wasn’t good, seemingly about to rain.

Zheng Qing inexplicably thought of the saying ’hit the child on rainy days’, feeling somewhat complex.

"—You shut up too!" Su Shijun glared at Poseidon: "Crying! Crying! Do you even have the face to cry?! Do you know where you went wrong?"

Zheng Qing expressed doubt about this.

She hadn’t said anything to Poseidon since dragging her out of bed, leaving the Little Fox wondering where she went wrong. Or rather, there were too many mistakes to pinpoint!

As expected, after hearing Su Shijun’s scolding, Poseidon froze, her trickling tears stopped instantly, showing a pondering expression.

Ah, the young people these days—Zheng Qing couldn’t help but complain again—this Little Fox had just transformed but had already learned to deceive, compared to that, Great Elves are much more well-behaved!

At least those three were genuinely scared to tears!

After a while, Poseidon whimpered, "—I didn’t mean to..."

Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows.

Su Shijun squinted her eyes.

"—And what wasn’t meant?" She glanced at the long thin whip in her hand.

"Didn’t have dinner properly, gave the goat milk to Furry Bean..." Poseidon replied honestly.

Zheng Qing inhaled sharply, feeling inexplicably that this child is going to have bad luck tonight—but now’s not the time for that commentary; before Su Shijun could say ’Furry Bean’, he’d swiftly reached into the void and pulled the still pretending to sleep Gouzi into the hall.

"—Go, kneel properly over there." The dog owner instructed.

Gouzi didn’t dare utter a ’meow’, tucked its tail, and obediently nestled behind Zheng Susan, kneeling in a position that violated dog anatomy and looked exceptionally challenging. Su Shijun glanced at it and didn’t reprimand further.

Instead, she looked back at Poseidon.

"—That’s not it, where else did you go wrong?!"

At this point, Poseidon knew trouble was brewing for herself.

"—Did I accidentally pluck your favorite orchid leaves?"

"That pot of Emerald Orchid?! Su Man! What happened!" Su Shijun’s almond eyes rounded, taking a deep breath and fiercely looking towards the Head Maid who appeared upon hearing her command.

"Miss Dongdong plucked them while playing... I have repaired them immediately." The Head Maid calmly explained: "It didn’t affect your plant in any adverse way."

"We’ll talk about this later." Su Shijun gritted her teeth and looked at Poseidon again: "Not that incident! Anything else?!"

Poseidon looked left, looked right, finally crying bitterly, spilled it all out: "—I asked Sister Yiyi to help with homework... gave Sister Shuangshuang the almond cake I don’t like to eat... drew stick figures on Sister Shanshan’s wings... cut the fur on Su Ya’s tail... poured glue into Aunt Man’s shoes..."

Zheng Qing held his forehead.

Oh, this mischievous unlucky child!

Su Shijun quietly stared at her for a while, making Zheng Qing feel creepy, deciding if anything happened, he’d first take the Little Fox and run away, only returning to apologize after the Upper Senator calmed down.

In the end, Su Shijun’s previous fury disappeared.

"Su Man, starting tomorrow, invite the nanny from the family down the hill and arrange two hours of ’etiquette’ lessons for them every day. Poseidon is grounded for six months. Zheng Suyi, Zheng Sushuang, Zheng Susan, each grounded for three months. Su Ya will forfeit her salary for six months, and the mansion’s floors are all left for her to clean!"

"Yes, Miss."

"You’re also docked a week’s pay!"

"Alright, Miss."

"—Take them to sleep!"

After Su Man took the five little ones away, Zheng Qing finally put that peanut into his mouth, chewing while quietly sighing in relief, and simultaneously confusedly looked at Su Shijun, hesitating: "—Don’t you need to tell them where they went wrong?"

Except for Su Ya, the other four knelt for half day, also not knowing why they had to kneel.

"—Su Ya will tell them. If I say it now, it’ll only cause them, especially Dongdong, to have a rebellious mindset, possibly causing bigger trouble in the future."

Su Shijun swept away her previous angry look and instead seemed a bit worried: "As for your Seven Sins... let them continue to participate. With you looking after them among them, it’s more reassuring. Better than them secretly joining other strange organizations."

Zheng Qing nodded in agreement. Everyone’s time is limited; the more time spent on scheduled activities, the less time they have to go wild by themselves.

"—Should we investigate this matter?"

Jiang Yu’s voice came from the doorway, and Zheng Qing looked towards the sound to see her wearing a white cloak, with a little Black Cat and a Little White Cat on each shoulder—presumably, the little Black Cat had already told her everything.

Su Shijun clearly knew what she meant, hesitatingly looked towards Zheng Qing: "Is this a coincidence?"

Zheng Qing shook his head very slightly.

"I don’t know. I asked the Shadow Cat, and he thought the few of them entering was my arrangement, so he didn’t interfere... as for other things... the timeline and causal line didn’t show any anomalies. Even if we investigate, I’m afraid we won’t find anything. And if someone really did manipulate things..."

He sighed slightly.

The two Witches also fell silent simultaneously.