Can't go?

Why can't we go?

[Let's elaborate!]

[Hey travelers, move your legs a bit, there's plenty of snacks, drinks, and refreshments for you!]

Rubbing my hands together obediently, I'm all ready to watch the drama unfold!

She smelled gossip!

Su Yunyi turned away from Qiuqiu's probing gaze, the intense look making his ears turn red.

"Whether she comes back or not is none of my business. Father and Mother, I need to study, so I'll be leaving now!"

After Su Yunyi finished speaking, he left as quickly as if he were being chased by wolves.

Chiu Chiu watched her second brother leave, unusually not trying to stop him. Just as Yun Jinglan was wondering what was going on, the little girl leaned over and kissed her.

"What's wrong?"

So clingy today!

She giggled and smiled, her eyes crinkling, and stretched out her short, chubby fingers towards her mother. "Hold hands!"

Yun Jinglan cooperated, and just as she hooked her little finger around hers, she heard a cheerful, childlike voice say, "It's a promise! I want to see Miss Gongye!"

Yun Jinglan: Who exactly agreed with you?!

Chiu Chiu didn't intend to get anything out of her second brother; he wouldn't talk anyway. These days, if a man doesn't talk, he'll never get a wife!

She's now taking the initiative to see if there's any chance of bringing her second sister-in-law back. It's definitely not because she wants to go out and join in the fun!

Sigh... Today was another day of worrying myself sick over this family!

Yun Jinglan & Su Junyao: "???"

When she said she was "worried sick," did she mean harassing her brothers like a roaming chicken every day?

Su Junyao felt that this family needed to establish family rules; if things continued like this, his sons might go crazy.

"Chirp chirp, you're entering a new phase starting tomorrow."

He solemnly informed Qiuqiu, and Qiuqiu accepted it without hesitation.

That's right, I can eat meat now. I'm teething soon, so it's time to practice my mouth movements.

In the end, Chiu Chiu didn't get to eat the minced meatballs she had been longing for.

Chirp got sick after the heavy rain.

Chiu Chiu has never been sick since birth. She is as strong as a little tiger, making everyone forget that she is just a baby who is less than ten months old.

The little tiger turned into a sick cat, listlessly nestled in her mother's arms, unwilling to move. When Su Jingwen and Su Xiucheng came to see her, she was wiping away tears, and her weak appearance broke the hearts of her two older brothers.

"Mom, is Chiu Chiu feeling better?"

Yun Jinglan told the two brothers to keep their voices down, as Qiuqiu had just recovered from her fever and was still warm. Being so young, she couldn't explain what was wrong, and kept whimpering, tugging at her collar and asking for a blanket. She rolled around on the bed three times before finally settling down for a moment.

"You're talking outside, be careful your sister's illness doesn't affect you."

Su Xiucheng scratched his head, then pressed on instead of backing down, "If you transfer your illness to someone else, you'll get better on your own. I'm strong, so if Qiuqiu transfers her illness to me, she won't feel uncomfortable anymore."

"Nonsense!" Yun Jinglan scolded, "Why did you come here today?"

Chiu Chiu was sick and afraid of infecting them, so she had instructed the servants to keep a close eye on them and not let them come over, but they still managed to find a way in.

They're all such a handful; they'll only know how bad it is when they get sick.

When Chiu Chiu heard her two older brothers talking quietly, she lifted her head from her mother's arms and rubbed against her listlessly.

【Chirp is feeling so sad.】

I felt hot all over, like I was being cooked.

Ignoring their mother's objections, the two brothers gathered around the bed, watching Qiuqiu. Su Xiucheng even reached out and touched her head in a mock manner, saying, "It's so hot."

"Is Qiuqiu still feeling unwell?" Su Jingwen, acting like an older brother, coaxed Qiuqiu to get better quickly. "Once you're better, I'll take you to eat at the newly opened porridge shop on West Street. Aunt Wen's meat porridge is so delicious."

Chiu Chiu slurped her saliva, and miraculously, her spirits improved.

"Mother, Chiu Chiu is smiling!"

Yun Jinglan was both amused and exasperated; this little glutton was truly something else!

Everyone else thought that Qiuqiu was sick because she caught a cold, but Qiuqiu knew that it was because she had changed the proper course of this little world that she was being punished by Heaven.

However, under the protection of her elders, the Heavenly Dao here can only make her uncomfortable for a few days. Once she recovers, she'll be a hero again!

She was an orphan fish. Although the koi fish treated her very well, she had never experienced the selfless love and affection of parents. Here, although she was sometimes strange, her parents and brother chose to believe in and love her unconditionally.

Therefore, she was determined to change their fate!

It's just divine punishment, why not make it even more severe!

Chirp isn't afraid!

"Snap!"

A thunderclap struck from a clear sky outside, the flashes of lightning a warning to the reckless little fish to behave itself. It allowed her to change her distorted worldview, but not to completely disrupt the entire plot.

Those who deserve to die are still alive, while those who shouldn't die are almost all gone.

As the Heavenly Dao, it must be very tired to correct the world!

The problem is that it can sense that this greedy little fish wants to change even more, how can it not allow the natural order to exist!

Chiu Chiu sensed the resentment emanating from the Heavenly Dao and shrank back in fright from the thunder.

[Waaaaah, I'm still a little scared.]

"Don't be afraid, Mommy's here."

"Third Brother is here too!"

"I'll protect Chuchu too!"

Chiu Chiu's hands were held by her two older brothers, and she drifted off to sleep to her mother's gentle lullaby.

She was a little scared, but then again, she didn't seem so scared anymore...

In a house three streets away, an old man looking up at the sky suddenly broke the Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, and the scattered beads fell to the ground.

She stared blankly at her empty palm.

Gongye spoke in a hoarse voice: "Someone, please invite the clan leader over."

The Gongye clan chief inherited the title of earl, and it was only right that each successive clan chief should step forward to serve as the link between the Gongye family and the imperial court. However, Gongye Wencheng, the husband of Gongye, harbored selfish motives and deceived the world by allowing his son, Gongye Ziwei, to inherit the title.

Gongye Ziwei was a dissolute playboy who nearly caused a terrible disaster. In order to preserve the last shred of dignity for the Gongye family, His Majesty graciously banished him back to the Gongye clan under the pretext of the clan leader's sudden death.

The Gongye clan was embroiled in internal strife, leaving the position of clan chief vacant for ten years before it was ultimately won over by a young upstart.

Gongye Shi's husband had died, her son was under house arrest, and she only had her granddaughter by her side. The only way for her to change the precarious position of her lineage was to cooperate with Gongye Changfeng.

Thinking of this, Gongye narrowed his eyes, his wrinkled old face looking somewhat terrifying.

A mere child like him is not fit to shoulder great responsibilities!

"grandmother."

Gongye Changfeng, though only twenty years old, wore a deep purple robe, which made him appear several years older. His once affectionate peach blossom eyes now held no warmth.

He stood not far from Gongye and respectfully greeted him.

Gongye slowly rose and walked unsteadily to him. His old, withered hand touched his face, moved upwards little by little, and finally slapped him hard across the face.

"Smack!"

A crisp slap rang out. A red handprint immediately appeared on Gongye Changfeng's face, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

He swallowed the metallic taste in his mouth, his fist clenching tightly in his sleeve.

It’s not the time yet!

After admiring his disheveled appearance, Gongye finally smiled happily.

"Will the Wenyang Marquis's family attend the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow?"

"I heard he's sick, so it's probably not going to happen."

Gongye raised his hand and slapped the other half of his face again, "Useless!"

"I don't care what method you use, I want to see that child within three days!"