LOT – Chapter 237 Wiping Her Nose with Her Father’s Pants

Everyone’s expressions were extremely complicated when they heard her words. This little ancestor really had a way of thinking that was completely out of the ordinary.

If you came back during the day, people could at least see what you looked like clearly. But coming back at night dressed like this? Isn’t that terrifying?

Not to mention, haven’t you embarrassed yourself enough already? Coming back during the day would at most make people curious, and there wouldn’t be any strange rumors. But you insist on wandering around all day and end up creating this weird story.

Lin Mo, tears streaming down her face, threw herself onto her father. “Father~! You have no idea how my day went! I spent the whole day eating wild fruits and didn’t dare come down the mountain at all.”

“And a kid mocked me for being ugly, and even the woodcutters said I was a monster. I’ve never suffered so many grievances in my life, and they actually said I’m ugly!”

“We look so much alike, so when they say I’m ugly, that’s really saying you’re ugly. Father, you have to avenge me.”

Seeing Lin Mo clinging to his leg and crying, Lin Shangshu struggled inwardly, but the person on his leg didn’t move an inch.

She was radiating total refusal—after doing this to herself, if people didn’t call her ugly, who else would? Even kids were mocking her, and she still went out to play. Didn’t she know she should just go back the same way she came?

Lin Mo wiped all her tears and snot onto her father’s pants, and Lin Shangshu could feel his leg slowly getting sticky.

The surrounding officials all took a step back. Luckily, it wasn’t their legs she was clinging to.

Bai Xiao could barely bear to watch. Hands were right there to help, but no—she insisted on wiping all her tears and snot onto her father’s legs.

After wiping her face clean, Lin Mo sighed in relief. It was much more comfortable after cleaning up. Her hands were too small; a quick wipe would soak them through, but her father’s pants and robes were much more convenient.

“Xiao Bai, my father’s pants and clothes are really absorbent. Is there the same fabric? I could make two handkerchiefs to use for wiping my nose.”

Bai Xiao: “Yes, there are two pieces of the same fabric in your family’s storage room.”

Lin Shangshu felt like he was about to collapse. He kept reminding himself silently: she’s my biological child. After all, he’d wiped her nose and tears countless times since she was little.

When she was little, every time she cried, she wiped her tears and snot on his face, leaving it all filthy. Using clothes is at least better than using his face, he reasoned, and this thought comforted him a bit.

Emperor Xuande looked at the pitiful Lin Mo and tried hard to hold back his laughter. “Alright, alright, stop crying. You’re a big girl now, why are you still crying? Don’t go out like this again; what if you scare someone?”

“Minister Lin, quickly take this little ancestor of yours back. She absolutely cannot come to see me like this tomorrow. Make sure her face is washed properly.”

Lin Shangshu nodded stiffly and lifted Lin Mo up.

Lin Mo skillfully found a comfortable position and, in a very good mood, said to her father, “Father, I filled my little pouch with lots of wild fruits. Later, I’ll give you some to try.”

“These fruits are really sweet, even sweeter than the ones sold in the capital. We could even make jam with them.”

Lin Shangshu patted her head helplessly. “At a time like this, you’re still thinking about fruits and making jam? Just see how you’ll explain this to your mother. And as for these pants and clothes—if you dare wipe your tears and snot on my pants again, don’t blame me for punishing you.”

Bai Xiao trailed behind cheerfully. “Uncle, Uncle, is there any chicken? We haven’t eaten all day, and we want to eat.”

Listening to the three of them drift further away, everyone shook their heads with helpless laughter.

Having two little ancestors like this in one family was truly remarkable. Everyone used to think Lin Shangshu always had a stern face and must have a rigid temperament.

But now it seemed they were all wrong. There was no one in the entire capital with a better temper than Lin Shangshu. Otherwise, having this little ancestor at home would have driven him insane—there was no way he could spoil her so completely.

When Lin Mo returned, she was scolded by her mother, and then her parents washed her face.

She wasn’t allowed to wash herself mainly because she would just use some oil, then head straight to eat without caring if she was really clean.

“Don’t move! Huan, hold her still properly. How can washing a face be so restless? Later, I’ll wash your hair too.”

Mrs. Lin spoke sharply but moved her hands gently. Lin Shangshu held Lin Mo’s face in place while Bai Xiao watched the scene, eating from a bowl.

“Uncle, Aunt, you didn’t wash behind her ears yet.”

“Uncle, Aunt, she’s rolling her eyes at the kitchen!”

Seeing Bai Xiao exaggerate everything, Lin Mo was particularly upset internally: Why are you like this, always adding fuel to the fire? Every time my parents punish me, you’re just watching. It’s not fair!

Bai Xiao chewed a bite of rice and cheerfully replied: “Isn’t it fun? Besides, every time your parents punish you, I’m kneeling right there too. Whenever you’re punished, I’m with you.”

The two bickered back and forth while Lin Shangshu and Mrs. Lin calmly washed the little ancestor’s face and hair.

Which child this old still needed parents to wash their face and hair? Only this one family.

Other maids couldn’t manage her hair or hold her down properly, and no one dared use too much force.

After an hour, her hair was finally done. Lin Mo, mouth full of chicken, leaned on a chair while Mrs. Lin carefully combed her hair.

“Next time you mess your hair up like this, I won’t bother with you anymore.”

Mrs. Lin rubbed her shoulders, sore from the effort.

Lin Shangshu helped his wife press her shoulders and smiled: “Warning her won’t work. Next time, if she does this again, the punishment should be making her live outside for three days. That kind of punishment works.”

Lin Mo looked at her father in disbelief. “Father, am I still your child? Making me live outside looking like this for three days… the rumors outside won’t just be about monsters anymore. I don’t even know what terrifying creature I’ll become.”

After such a grueling day, they went to bed early. The next morning, Lin Mo failed to wake up on her own for the court assembly—her father had to lift her out of bed.

It wasn’t her brother because they didn’t live together. Lin Qi lived with his colleagues, Lin Ran with her close friends, but Lin Mo’s parents didn’t trust her to stay outside, so she stayed in a side chamber of their room.