Chen Xun kindly spoke up for her: "Does he always touch you inappropriately?"

The little girl burst into tears: "He not only touched me inappropriately, he wanted to rape me. If I resisted, he would beat me to death. I couldn't take it anymore, so, then, while they were all asleep, I crawled out through the dog hole. But I had no money and hadn't eaten for three days..."

With a click, the door was pushed open, and An Ning walked in carrying food, her face full of pity: "Oh dear, this little girl is starving, and you're still interrogating her here."

Mu Ange's brow twitched. Why was she here?

The young girl looked at An Ning, observing him without revealing her expression. He looked unfamiliar, and she wasn't sure who he was.

"Xiao Ning, what brings you here?"

Mu Ange spoke up.

Chen Xun said, "The prince's stable is still leaking. Have you fixed it yet? Why are you wandering around like this? This is none of your business. Go away."

An Ning placed the food on the table: "It's fixed, it's fixed. That's a piece of cake. It's just that there's a crack in one of the beams in the prince's bedroom, and I still need to fix it."

The young girl understood immediately; he was a construction worker. But for the prince to be so polite to him, his identity must be extraordinary, and he was probably sent by the palace.

While she was observing An Ning, Mu An Ge also watched her silently. An Ning's thoughtful expression made Mu An Ge laugh.

"By the way, little girl, what's your name?"

She looked at Anning timidly and said two words: "Bean sprouts".

Anning murmured the two words, somewhat puzzled: "Is it a nickname? Are there any people around here with the surname Dou?"

Doumiao blushed: "My dad said..."

A humble name makes a child easier to raise!

An Ning heard the girl's words and Mu Ange's thoughts overlap for a moment. One spoke in a pitiful tone, while the other spoke in an "I knew it" tone. An Ning almost burst out laughing.

"Oh, I think that's a saying. Bean sprouts, eat up, they're all prepared for you."

An Ning still looked at the bean sprouts with a tender expression.

Doumiao became bolder and gave Anning a grateful smile: "Thank you."

As she spoke, she looked at Mu Ange and tentatively asked, "Can...can I eat this?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than her stomach growled.

Mu Ange nodded in agreement, praising her acting skills. She could even control whether her stomach was growling or not. However, what he didn't know was that Dou Miao had actually starved herself for three days to make all the details incredibly realistic, which is why her eyes were burning with passion when she looked at that bowl of rice.

Doumiao wolfed down her food, while Anning looked at her with a kind expression: "Eat slowly, don't choke, there's still plenty left."

Soon, Doumiao finished her meal.

Mu Ange thought that she should ask the prince to take her in, saying that she could do any job and would do anything he asked.

Doumiao wiped her mouth, then turned down and knelt on the ground with a thud.

Anning was startled: What is she doing?

Mu Ange and Chen Xun looked at each other with disdain: It's that trick again.

Doumiao looked at Mu Ange and said tremblingly, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the meal. I am deeply grateful. I know that I am of lowly status and do not deserve to stay in the Prince's mansion. I have already troubled you for a long time, and I dare not stay any longer. Before I leave, I would like to thank Your Highness again for saving my life."

After saying that, he kowtowed with a thud.

In the instant she looked down, she quickly scanned the expressions of the three people. Mu Ange seemed to have little emotional fluctuation, the guard Chen Xun had a slight emotion on his face, and Xiao Ning looked at him with great tenderness.

A smile played on her lips: It's done!