He said to his own daughter, "Call Xiao Ling back, I know that you are kind-hearted, but this girl is unfathomable and simple-minded, always causing you troubles. And yet, you are still keeping her. Look, she caused yet another misunderstanding today."
Master Fang was saying this in order to clear his daughter of any blame.
"I just wanted to help her because her family was struggling. She was trying to protect me, but she's not the smartest. When we passed those young ladies earlier, they were just teasing and making fun of us. There was no one else around. It's no wonder she misunderstood," Fang Wanping knew her father was trying to help her. She hastily tried to salvage the situation while highlighting the fact that Xiao'er and others were indeed teasing her at the time.
Hearing their not-so-quiet conversation, Xiao'er wanted to applaud them. They were, quite simply, shifting the blame to others and setting up the image of themselves as kind-hearted people.