Shuangshuang was indeed curious, "Who is it?"

"It’s the girl your Fifth Uncle had a crush on before."

Pei Shuangshuang, not yet five years old, looked bewildered, "What does having a crush mean?"

Liang Xuan patted her head, "It means liking someone! The kind of liking where a boy likes a girl! Just like your dad likes your mom!"

"But, mom says everyone can only like one person at a time, didn’t dad say he liked mom since he was little? Why would he like another girl?"

"Exactly!" Liang Xuan clapped her hands, "So, doesn’t that mean Fifth Uncle has a secret? Did he do something to betray Fifth Aunt?"

"Shuangshuang, you’re Fifth Aunt’s precious darling. If Fifth Uncle has someone else in his heart, shouldn’t you go tell on him to Fifth Aunt?"

Shuangshuang thought of her mom and immediately clutched her little dress tightly.

She loves her mom the most. Mom is so gentle, no matter how big the mistake she made since she was young, mom would never scold her but would just pull her to sit down and slowly tell her what the correct behavior is.

Every night, mom would coax her to sleep, holding her in her arms and softly telling her stories.

And there’s that doll she has liked since she was little, sewn by Aunt Yu herself. She loves it so much and takes it everywhere, even to her grandmother’s house. Once, uncle saw that the doll was too dirty and washed it for her, but ended up washing off its nose and couldn’t find it. Shuangshuang was so upset she cried loudly, and uncle couldn’t comfort her no matter what. Grandmother brought a lot of delicious things, but after eating, she was still sad.

It was mom who brought dad over, carrying a lantern in the middle of the night, searching around in the grass for a long time before finding it, and then personally sewing it back on.

The Empress’s Xue Er had a litter of kittens, and when the Emperor visited the Pei family, he brought Shuangshuang one.

Shuangshuang loved it very much, holding it every day. She even named it Little Orange.

But Little Orange shed fur, leaving it on her clothes and bed, so many small hairs. Every time Second Uncle came to see her, he would loudly exclaim at the hairs on the couch. Grandma said that though Little Orange was cute, the fur was unbearable.

Only mom didn’t mind at all. When Little Orange came near, mom would reach out and pick it up, saying, "My daughter’s little darling is here." She always kept little dried fish and meat in a delicate jar in her desk drawer, and when Little Orange came, mom would feed it with dried fish and meat.

Shuangshuang likes mom.

No, no, no, Shuangshuang loves mom the most.

Even though Shuangshuang also loves dad, he must not bully mom and can’t like someone else while liking mom.

Shuangshuang lifted her little dress and darted away.

She had to find mom.

She couldn’t let dad deceive mom.

She wanted mom to teach dad a lesson.

Only the soldiers in the Capital Camp would fear dad, but mom was not afraid of him. Every time mom just glanced slightly, dad would be scared and would go find all the delicious and fun things to coax mom.

Of course, most of those delicious and fun things would end up with Shuangshuang because everything dad found was extremely good, and mom would always give everything to Shuangshuang and think of her!

Thinking of this, Shuangshuang’s heart surged with excitement.

She ran all the way to the garden and ran into mom’s arms, who was having tea with Second Aunt:

"Mom, dad is a bad guy!"

Soon after Shuangshuang was born, Pei Mu also got married, to Du Min, the daughter of the second house of the Du Family, whom he had known since childhood.

Du Min also gave birth to a little daughter three months ago, just out of confinement a few days ago. Fu Zhen was accompanying her sister-in-law, sunbathing and admiring the flowers in the garden.

Seeing her little daughter running over teary-eyed, Fu Zhen quickly put down her teacup and caught her, "What happened to dad? Did he scold Shuangshuang?"

"No." Shuangshuang shook her head.

"Then did he go out to play without taking Shuangshuang?"

"Not that either?" Shuangshuang still shook her head.

She was so anxious that her eyes turned red.

She didn’t know how to say it. Would mom be sad if she said it? What if she felt sad? Even if dad could be called over to be punished, she didn’t really want to see dad get beaten either.

Shuangshuang was extremely conflicted.

Then she burst into tears.

Du Min, just out of confinement, was overflowing with maternal love, and how could she watch the little girl being so aggrieved? She quickly pulled her into her arms, gently wiped her tears, and softly asked,

"What’s wrong with dad? How did he bully our Shuangshuang? Auntie will back you up. Shall we go seek justice together?"