"Dad, we've been traveling for so long, let the little dumpling get a good night's sleep," Mu Jinyi said.

Mu Ting nodded in agreement, kissed the little boy on the forehead, and then left with his sons.

After everyone left, Mu Jinyi dismissed the maids in the room.

The little dumpling waited until everything was completely silent before groping her way out of bed in the dark.

"Ball."

The little dumpling called out softly.

"Woof!"

Ball, lying lazily on the soft pillow, responded with a soft "yes".

"Qiuqiu, can you find where my little niece is?"

"Of course, my dog ​​nose isn't just for show, it's incredibly sensitive."

Only then did the little dumpling feel relieved enough to slip off the bed and put on her fur-trimmed jacket.

"Qiuqiu, let's go. Let's go find my little niece."

Qiuqiu reluctantly asked, "Why would we need to see that fierce girl?"

She plucked a tuft of hair from his leg today, and it still hurts.

Before Qiuqiu could refuse, the little dumpling picked him up, opened the door a crack, and peeked around curiously.

After confirming that no one was outside, he crouched down and came out.

“My little niece has been punished by kneeling. She must be cold and hungry right now. Let’s go see her.”

The little dumpling had also been forced to kneel as punishment before, so she knew that Mu Yanxiu must be feeling terrible right now.

The Marquis's mansion was quiet at night, and the little dumpling ran around like a little mouse.

Mu Jinyi had long seen through his sister's little scheme and had been secretly observing her from the rooftop.

He couldn't help but sigh.

That stupid dog is really dumb!

He took his little dumpling and took a much longer route.

The man and his dog walked for a long time, winding their way through many twists and turns, before finally finding the ancestral hall of the Marquis's mansion.

Only a dim candle was lit in the ancestral hall.

As the little dumpling approached the ancestral hall, it heard sobbing coming from inside.

When the little dumpling entered the ancestral hall, it saw food scattered all over the ground.

Inside the empty ancestral hall, only Mu Yanxiu's small figure was there. She was lying on the prayer mat, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face.

"Little niece," the little dumpling called softly on tiptoe.

Mu Yanxiu was crying intently when a voice suddenly came from behind her, startling her so much that she jumped up from the ground.

Upon recognizing the little dumpling, Mu Yanxiu immediately frowned.

"Hmph, what are you doing here? Did you come to see me make a fool of myself?"

Mu Yanxiu wiped away her snot and tears, and straightened her dress.

She proudly raised her head, determined not to let the little dumpling see her make a fool of herself.

The little dumpling took a few steps toward Mu Yanxiu, took out a few hibiscus pastries from her bosom, and handed them to Mu Yanxiu.

"I'm not here to laugh at you, I'm here to bring you food."

Mu Yanxiu's eyes lit up when she saw the hibiscus pastry; it was her favorite treat.

Actually, Mu Jinchen sent someone to deliver dinner right after Mu Yanxiu was punished by kneeling.

At that time, Mu Yanxiu felt wronged and angrily overturned all the food.

She's been kneeling for so long now, she must be starving.

Upon seeing her favorite food, Mu Yanxiu's stomach rumbled even more loudly.

“Little niece, your tummy is growling. It’s telling you that it’s hungry.”

The little dumpling pointed at Mu Yanxiu's belly and said.

"Hmph!" Mu Yanxiu pouted and turned her head away.

"I'm not hungry at all, not hungry at all."

"Oh, so my little niece isn't hungry." The little dumpling put away the hibiscus pastry.

Mu Yanxiu caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of her eye, and her heart skipped a beat, but she still stubbornly said:

“My mother says you’re a wild child, so I won’t eat anything given to me by a wild child.”

The little dumpling tilted its head and said, "I'm not a wild child. A child raised by wolves is a wild child."

A wolf? Mu Yanxiu immediately grabbed the little dumpling's hand nervously.

"Have you ever seen a wolf?" Mu Yanxiu asked.

The little dumpling shook its head. "I've never seen it, but I've heard that wolves like to snatch hungry children and raise them as wolf cubs."

The little girl still remembers the first time she met her older brother; he scared her like this.

"You're lying."

Mu Yanxiu immediately retorted, "I'm not a three-year-old anymore, I won't fall for your tricks."

"Wolves only eat children, they don't snatch them."

Mu Yanxiu said in a very serious tone.

In the stories her mother told her, there was a story about wolves eating children.

As Mu Yanxiu thought about it, she gripped the little dumpling's hand even tighter.

The little dumpling smiled mischievously and shook off her hand, saying:

"Yes, wolves eat children, so little dumpling has to go back quickly, or she'll be eaten by wolves."

After saying that, the little dumpling turned to leave.

"Huh? You're gone, so I'm all alone now."

Mu Yanxiu quickly grabbed the little dumpling's clothes and pulled her to sit on the prayer mat, then sat down on the prayer mat herself.

The two little ones sat facing each other.

Seeing this, Mu Jinyi, who was outside the ancestral hall, smiled with relief and left quietly.

You called me a wild child.

The little dumpling pretended to be a little angry and said, "If wild children stay here, they will attract wolves."

This is terrible!

My aunt is angry!

Mu Yanxiu didn't want to stay here alone. After thinking for a while, she said:

“But you say that only children raised by wolves are wild children. You weren’t raised by wolves, so you’re not a wild child.”

The little dumpling became happier, "Then you have to call me Auntie from now on."

Mu Yanxiu pulled the little dumpling up and held up her hand to compare the heights of the two of them.

“But I’m a little taller than you, how can I call you little aunt?”

Yes, Mu Yanxiu is a little older and taller than her.

The little dumpling thought Mu Yanxiu's words made sense.

"Then you can call me 'little sister' from now on, and I'll call you 'older sister'."

Mu Yanxiu nodded in agreement, and the two little ones happily sat down again.

Qiuqiu, who had been huddled to one side, twitched his ears. He felt that something was off about what the two were saying.

The little dumpling took out the hibiscus pastry again and asked, "Do you still want some?"

Mu Yanxiu swallowed hard and took the hibiscus pastry.

"I only ate it because you made me."

After saying that, Mu Yanxiu broke off another half and gave it to the little dumpling.

The little dumpling looked at Mu Yanxiu, who tilted her head back and remained silent.

Is this being shared with her?

What an odd person.

The little dumpling muttered to itself, but still happily accepted half a piece of hibiscus pastry.

Mu Yanxiu couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile, but she quickly suppressed it again.

The two of them finished the hibiscus pastry, each eating half of it, and then started chatting away again.

As they were talking, the two little ones fell asleep on the cushions.

**

Bai Mengyun was worried about her daughter and didn't sleep well all night.

I rushed to the ancestral hall early in the morning.

Her daughter, whom she raised with the utmost care and privilege, had never suffered such punishment before.

Bai Mengyun thought that Mu Yanxiu must have cried all night and couldn't sleep, and now she must be calling for her mother.

But as she approached the ancestral hall, it was completely different from what she had expected. It was quiet all around, and there wasn't a sound of her daughter calling out.

Bai Mengyun exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on?"

She went closer and saw that Mu Yanxiu was asleep on the prayer mat, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

Before she could pick up Mu Yanxiu, she saw the little dumpling next to her.

Huh? What's that wild girl doing here?

And with her daughter?

Hmph, they're definitely here to see her daughter make a fool of herself.

She's so young yet has such a vicious heart. She made her daughter kneel as punishment, and she still has the nerve to come and laugh at us!

Bai Mengyun was so angry she almost ground her teeth to powder. She rushed over and grabbed the little dumpling.