Bad influences! Was this little brat calling him to be a bad influence? Shin You Jun's eyes got narrowed at Little Li Wei in a dominative way, scaring her with his eyes.
But the nonchalance never wavered from the expressions of the little girl. Her eyes didn't blink for a good moment of time as she as well kept her gaze matched with the man, holding an equal intensity.
Seeing her like that, for once Shin You Jun was taken aback but at the moment he had a different concern to look after. "You, little girl, who is your mother? Let me know and I will ask her directly to explain what this bad influence thing means." He said, stepping a bit back, folding his arms over his chest. His eyes did not miss to send smugly gazes to Li Xue, who was sitting just beside Li Wei.
Little Li Wei looked at him. Her eyes moved to measure him up and down, before giving out a melodic chuckle full of innocence. "Haha … Little-Belittle Uncle, you are so big yet you don't know the meaning of bad influence? For this, you don't have to reach my Mama. I can explain it to you. In our school, our teacher has explained it to us and I have learned it well"..
"You … I am not saying that. I know what bad influence means" Feeling all frustrated internally, the young boy didn't know what else to do. He wanted to scream, but seeing the cute, adorable face of the little one, he couldn't bring his heart to do that and scare her. "Argh … you, little one, I am asking what made you think that I could be a bad influence? Why did you ignore me?"
Little Li Wei looked at him and then lifting two fingers, she said, "There are actually two reasons. The first and the smallest reason is that WeiWei doesn't know you. Second and most important, WeiWei is Mama's obedient daughter and doesn't get involved in the bad influences."
"Earlier, when you screamed from that door, you disrespected the Queen as well as all the other elders in the room. And my Mama also says that we should never disrespect elders. That's bad manners and the people doing it are bad influences. So aren't you also one of them?"
She explained while asking at the same time, blinking her eyes to show her curiosity regarding the answer. Shin You Jun felt no words ready to retaliate. The arms that he has put folded over his chest loosened on their own as his words came out in a broken tone.
"I … I … Of course, I am not one of them. Earlier I was just a bit loud because I was …" He started as his eyes avoided looking at the little one and went to look anywhere else, finding a clue and reason to escape. "I was just standing at a distance and thought that if I spoke lightly, you all might not be able to hear me. So, I was a bit loud like that. I am not a bad influence actually, you got it wrong"
He said, trying his best to handle the situation in his favor. Hearing him with some seriousness, Li Wei as well nodded, as if she understood it well. "Mhm … I am sorry, WeiWei got you wrong, Little-Belittle Uncle. But next time if you feel like that instead of speaking so loud, just walk a little nearer to be clear. That way no one would misunderstand you."
The little girl said and sighing a deep breath of relief, Shin You Jun nodded. "Yes, yes, next time, I will make sure to be careful around you."
And the moment he accepted the defeat, a combined chuckle of the two ladies rang from the side, while the others around were as well dumbstruck. The reason was clear. None of them have ever seen the Crown Prince accepting his defeat easily. And above that, none has ever thought that when they would witness it, it would be coming because of a little five-year-old girl.
"Li Wei, I am impressed. You did something that I wasn't able to do in all these years." Chen Rui said, complimenting the little one. Then turning to Li Xue, she added, "I must say Xiao Xue you have got a unique way of bringing her up this righteous and well behaved."
At those words, Shin You Jun's brows furrowed in confusion as he turned to look at his mother before looking at Li Xue and turning back to look at the little girl. Was he missing something?
Li Xue smiled and was about to say something when felt a tug on her sleeves. She turned to look at her daughter with a slight brow raise.
"Mama, did I do something wrong?" The little girl asked, keeping her face straight so that as per the next coming reply from her mother, she could change her expressions accordingly.
Though Li Xue wanted to point out something wrong, still when she thought of the sequence that happened, she couldn't help but smile at it. In the end, even though there was a bit of wrong, that wrong wasn't too crucial to be rectified. So, she shook her head in denial.
"Nope, sweetie. You didn't do anything wrong." She said, cupping her cheeks to give light gentle pats.
Hearing her Mama support her, Little Li Wei smiled and then relaxing, sat back comfortably on the seat. Her eyes looked at the Little-Belittle Uncle, whose expression seemed changed all of a sudden.
"Little-Belittle Uncle, what happened? You look …" Innocently, she was about to ask but before she could, Shin You Jun interrupted with horror.
"You, little one, what did you call her? Speak that again?"
Little WeiWei blinked but then nodding, called again, before turning to look at mother with a smile. "Mama! WeiWei called her Mama."
The horror expression on Shin You Jun's face became more severe as he looked between Li Xue and the little girl. "She is your mother? Like a real mother? How is that possible? You two look so different and isn't she a …"