Chapter 818: I Was Too Hasty

Chapter 818: Chapter 818: I Was Too Hasty

"Little Beiting... Grandpa An has something important to tell you..."

"Wolf Child, you finally came back..."

Little Beiting watched Little Wolf Child come back with a small hoe over his shoulder, then went pattering toward him.

"Wolf Child, why didn’t you wait for me?" Little Beiting said. "We agreed to go together!"

Little Wolf Child and the Nameless Elder had gone to gather medicinal herbs, and Little Beiting had said he wanted to go with them too.

Little Wolf Child gave Little Beiting a cool glance. "Who told you to be such a glutton? You’d just eaten, and then Grandpa Bai called you and you started eating again. I couldn’t be bothered to wait for you."

Little Beiting sheepishly rubbed his little tummy. "..."

It wasn’t that he wanted to eat; it was his mouth and his stomach that wanted to eat.

"Grandpa Nameless, are these the herbs you dug up?" Little Beiting stared curiously at the basket the Nameless Elder was carrying.

"That’s right..." Today’s harvest was plentiful, and the Nameless Elder was very happy. "I even dug up a very precious orchid. You find me a nice flowerpot—I want to take good care of it. When it blooms, that fragrance... it’ll be absolutely enchanting and wonderfully sweet."

"Okay, okay." Little Beiting wanted to grow flowers too, and he scampered off to the backyard to look for a flowerpot.

Little Wolf Child and the Nameless Elder followed right after.

"Sigh... Young Master..."

Housekeeper An’s words were cut off; before he even had the chance to say anything, Little Beiting had already dashed out of sight.

Housekeeper An wanted to go after him, but Ji Hanyu stopped him.

"Housekeeper An..." Ji Hanyu said, "I know what you want to say to Little Beiting, but as I told you last time, I don’t want to repeat myself.

An Yuexin has fully recovered. When she comes back, if Little Beiting is willing to go with her, I won’t stand in the way.

But right now An Yuexin hasn’t returned yet, so please don’t disturb Little Beiting’s life in advance.

He’s just a child; he doesn’t understand anything... but he’s not stupid. What you want to tell him will definitely make him unhappy."

"Housekeeper An..." Bai Haoxue also spoke up. "We understand how you feel, and we understand how Miss An feels.

But if Little Beiting can’t accept it for the moment, he’ll lose his happiness.

Look at him now, like a little sun every day—so cheerful!

If you tell him now, he still won’t be able to see Miss An. To him, An Yuexin would just be a stranger’s name, only adding to his worries.

If you wait until Miss An has fully recovered and let her tell him herself, isn’t that better?

At least then Miss An will be right in front of him. He’ll see a living, breathing mother within arm’s reach, not just a mother described in your words."

"...This..." Housekeeper An paused, then nodded in agreement. "I was too hasty."

Even if he told Little Beiting now, his lady still wouldn’t be able to stay by Little Beiting’s side right away.

The consequences wouldn’t just fall on Little Beiting; they would also bring a lot of trouble and worry to Ji Hanyu and Bai Haoxue.

Housekeeper An rose to take his leave, expressing his gratitude again and again. He even bowed ninety degrees to Ji Hanyu and Bai Haoxue. "Thank you for taking care of Little Beiting, and for all you’ve done for my lady."

After Housekeeper An left, Bai Haoxue felt deeply unsettled, and Ji Hanyu felt the same.

Thank you for taking care of Little Beiting... there was nothing wrong with those words, but they were uncomfortable to hear.

Because those words had already drawn a line between them and Little Beiting...