?Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Speak Out   Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Speak Out                                   “I overheard my two boys and their sister whispering together unintentionally. Oh right, just wait a moment, I’ll call Xiao Chong and his siblings over…”


    Before long, Xue Chong, his twelve-year-old brother Xue Ming, and two sisters came to the living room.


    The two girls looked noticeably younger, one appearing to be about eight or nine, the other around six or seven.


    “Hello, Aunt Kang,” the four siblings greeted Kang Li, then all turned to look at their mother. Xue Chong asked, “Mom, did you call us here for something?”


    Fang Ju red at them, “What? Can’t I call you over without a reason?”


    “No, Mom, that’s not what I meant.”


    Xue Chong hastily shook his head.


    “Your Aunt Kang came to ask you, who’s been spreading nonsense about not going to her ce to watch TVtely. Also, why aren’t you three ying with Ruirui and the others anymore?”


    Fang Ju questioned her children with a stern face.


    “Mom, I’m twelve this year. How could I possibly y with kids as small as Ruirui and the others?! Besides, I’ve never yed with them.”


    Xue Ming exined himself, as he didn’t want to be wrongly used for no reason.


    The two younger sisters are named Xue Ying and Xue Yin, and at this moment they were evasive, not daring to look at their mother.


    Fang Ju said, “Yingying, Yinyin, speak up!” The girls surely were hiding something.


    At that moment, Xue Chong said to Kang Li, “Aunt Kang, I heard it from the kids in our courtyard. They are around eleven or twelve years old, but I don’t know who they are.” There were many children in the courtyard, and he did not associate with them due to the age difference, so naturally, he did not know who they were.


    Xue Ming said, “Aunt Kang, I heard it from Wang Xiaochao, but Wang Xiaochao said he also heard it from someone else.”


    Xue Chong said, “Aunt Kang, my brother, my sisters, and I haven’t been to your house to watch TV these past few days, not because we believed those rumors, but because we thought that visiting your house often to watch TV might disturb you and Uncle Luo. Besides, although we haven’t continued to watch TV at your ce, we also haven’t gone to Uncle Wen’s house to watch either.”


    “Xiao Chong, Ming Ming, Auntie thanks you! Youring over to my house to watch TV doesn’t disturb me and your Uncle Luo at all.” Kang Li’s eyes sparkled withughter as she looked at the brothers, “Tonight is the grand finale of the TV series you’ve been watching, make sure toe to Auntie’s house to see it, okay?”


    Xue Chong and his brother Xue Ming’s eyes lit up, and they smiled cheerfully, nodding repeatedly, “Okay.”


    Xue Ying and Xue Yin, the sisters, showed signs of embarrassment, with the younger Xue Yin being six years old. She stammered to Kang Li, “Aunt Kang, my sister and I heard it from Wen Yue talking to Feng Loo. She said Aunt Kang dislikes us alling over to your house to watch TV, and that seeing us all just annoys you. So… so we all decided to stop ying with your Ruirui, Hanhan, and Vivi. Aunt Kang, I’m sorry, I… I shouldn’t have been so mean to Ruirui, Hanhan, and Vivi, I was wrong.”


    Xue Ying said, “Aunt Kang, I know I was wrong too.”


    At this point, Fang Ju was exasperated, pointing at her daughters with a look of annoyance, “Do you two girls have no brains? Whatever Wen Yue says, you just believe it? Can’t you think for yourselves? Every time you went to Aunt Kang’s house to watch TV, has she ever chased you away?”


    Xue Ying and her sister Xue Yin shook their heads, “No.”


    “If you know that Aunt Kang never did such a thing, why would you believe what Wen Yue said? Yingying, you are eight this year! Yinyin, you’re six and a half, don’t you understand the need for seeking truth from facts? Or are you unaware of the harm thates from spreading unfounded rumors?”