"Father, you can't keep indulging him like this. You're letting him develop all these bad habits. How am I supposed to answer to Shi Chong?"
"What bad habits? He's just a child who likes to play and run about. Doesn't that show he's clever and lively? Do you want to raise him into a dullard?"
Ji Ruxia complained to Ji Yang, but the old man was displeased.
"Sister-in-law, that's hardly fair. You gave birth to Mu Fei, yes, but I've raised him since he was little. If I haven't raised him well, I'll answer to my brother myself. You needn't worry."
Chen Qi had taken Chen Mu Fei to the Mu Lan Pavilion in Eastern Ridge when he was little, and she had indeed cherished him as her own. Later, after the Chen Household overthrew the Beishan Household, the family reunited at the Sword Sect. At first, they had gotten along reasonably well, but because of Chen Mu Fei, friction gradually arose between the two sisters-in-law.
"That's even less fair, little sister. Yes, you raised Mu Fei, but do you think I wanted to be separated from my son? Wasn't it all to preserve your Chen Household back then? Wasn't it to cover your escape from Beishan Lie's clutches when he tried to force you into marriage? And now look at you, fighting me for the credit. Why don't you have a child yourself? You needn't concern yourself with the son I gave birth to."
"Why shouldn't I concern myself? His surname is Chen, not Ji. He's the flesh and blood of our Chen Household, and I'm his own aunt. If I want to pour my heart into him, I will."
At Chen Qi's words, Ji Ruxia was on the verge of flaring up. Ji Yang hurried over to pull