Chapter 83 Waiting for the Rabbit

"Stop fiddling around and eat first."

Xiao Mingxuan selected a few ingredients that were not too harsh on the teeth and put them into Xihe's small bowl, but the little girl held the box and looked at it left and right.

After many twists and turns, it was finally opened.

“It’s a toy.”

Zhou Tingchuan also knew how to cater to the other party's preferences. He did not give gold or silver that would cause people to gossip. Instead, he gave some interesting toys to amuse him.

Xihe took a bamboo dragonfly and placed it in the sun to look at it. After taking a few glances, he put it back.

"Why? Don't you like it?"

Seeing Xihe put it back with a lack of interest, Xiao Mingxuan asked curiously. If he remembered correctly, the little girl loved these toys the most, and the Vanity Palace even opened a separate room for the little girl to store her toys.

"No, it's just that I have too many toys to play with." It must be said that the things Zhou Tingchuan collected were indeed very exquisite. Xihe liked them at first sight, but there were many similar things, so she didn't have to. "Little brother, would you... help me keep them?"

The little girl took a bite of the piece of fish handed to her by Xiao Mingxuan and spoke incoherently.

"Want to reassure me?" Xiao Mingxuan understood.

Having his little trick discovered, Xihe chuckled twice, without a trace of embarrassment on his face. Instead, he admitted it openly, "Yes, then, little brother, do you want it?"

"Yes." Xiao Mingxuan raised his hand to take the box and shook it twice. "Leave it with me. I'll keep it for you."

"Then please keep it well, little brother. After all, it was given to you by someone else." Xihe knew Xiao Mingxuan's temper, and could even sense that he was dissatisfied with Zhou Tingchuan, fearing that he would throw it away.

"Don't worry, I will... take good care of it." Xiao Mingxuan said the last few words almost with gritted teeth.

When you get back, put it away, cover it with dust, and no one can see it. It’s absolutely safe!

After appeasing the big bad wolf, the little fox was in such a good mood that he even forgot about his toothache and ate with his heart's content.

Xiao Mingxuan smiled and said belatedly, "Xiao Xi'er, why are you so tolerant of me?"

Xihe had just stuffed a steamed dumpling into her mouth, but before she could swallow it, she gulped down a few glasses of water. Hearing this, she said nonchalantly, "But... little brother is also being tolerant. It's mutual!"

Xihe is a person who is always looking for chaos in the world. She will never sleep well unless she does something every day. Xiao Mingxuan has dealt with countless messes since she followed her.

"I kind of miss you from the past." Xiao Mingxuan took a sip of tea and looked at the little girl with chubby cheeks in front of him. His memory seemed to float back to the cold palace when he first met her.

At that time, Xihe was malnourished and very thin, but Xiao Mingxuan remembered her clear eyes for a long time.

Xihe was choked by the bun and coughed violently several times. With a pursed mouth, he stared at Xiao Mingxuan with a tearful look on his face, "Little brother! Is it because I'm too naughty now?"

Xiao Mingxuan didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly smiled, then under the eager eyes of the little girl, he hit her mercilessly, "Well, it's true that I was more obedient before."

But...it's good now too.

A certain little fox bared its fangs and pounced towards Xiao Mingxuan with a "woof". Its expression was extremely arrogant, and there was also a bit of a rogue air in it. "No matter! You let me do it! You have to bear it!"

Xiao Mingxuan stretched out his arms and pulled the little girl into his arms, then asked, "Are you relying on me?"

The little girl replied in a muffled voice, "Whatever! Who told you to teach me so harshly?"

Xihe had heard Zhao Siyuan complain the day before, saying how well-behaved and gentle she used to be, and how she turned into a little tigress now.

For this reason, Xihe thought about it carefully and guessed that her temper became worse after she met Xiao Mingxuan.

At its core, it was Xiao Mingxuan who taught me!

Xiao Mingxuan almost laughed out of anger, "Little Ancestor, can you please be reasonable? What have I taught you?"

Then he said in a gentle and persuasive manner, "Did I teach you how to beat people?"

"No."

"So I taught you to curse?"

“No.”

"Then what did I teach you? I won't take this pot." Xiao Mingxuan freed one hand, stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth, leaned sideways on the chair, smiled, and waited for Xihe's answer.

Xihe looked conflicted, and she had pulled out a few of her few beautiful hairs.

It seemed that Xiao Mingxuan had never taught her anything, but for some reason she became more and more courageous.

"I don't know! I can't remember! No matter what, it's just you who indulged me." Unable to figure it out, Xihe simply acted like a rogue. Anyway, she knew that Xiao Mingxuan would not do anything to her.

Perhaps she herself did not even realize that over time, Xiao Mingxuan had silently given Xihe the confidence to act tyrannically.

No matter when, where, or what situation, Xihe will not be afraid of whether there is an abyss behind her, as if she subconsciously knows that Xiao Mingxuan will support her behind her.

Always there.

The little girl's full trust in her heart and eyes heated up Xiao Mingxuan's few remaining passions. He looked at the little girl hugging his arms tightly, and the helplessness in his words almost overflowed, "Okay, I raised her, I spoiled her, I'll bear it."

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Xiao Mingxuan kept feeding the little girl, but she was too lazy to do anything. She just opened her mouth and ate happily.

"Little brother, I can't eat anymore."

Xihe touched her little belly and tilted her head to avoid Xiao Mingxuan's attempt to feed her again.

"Have another bite!" Xiao Mingxuan glanced at the leftovers on the table, estimated the amount of food he had eaten, and scooped a spoonful of porridge to Xihe's mouth, "One last bite."

"Little brother, you said the same thing just now." Xihe made a sad face and accused Xiao Mingxuan of his "evil deeds".

Xiao Mingxuan was about to pull the person over when there was a knock on the door.

"who?"

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince, I am your servant."

It was Yunhui's voice.

"Come in." Seeing that Xihe really couldn't swallow it anymore, Xiao Mingxuan put the bowl on the table and took a wet towel from the side to wash the little girl's hands.

Yun Hui came in and handed over a visiting card. "Princess, His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince, the Jiang Mansion has sent a visiting card inviting the little princess to visit the Jiang Mansion."

Xihe took it, looked it over, and asked, "Jiang family? Which Jiang family?"

"It should be Jiang Zi's family." Xiao Mingxuan knew a little about the clans in Jiangnan. "It's the one who stopped us at the bridge that day."

"So it's her." Xihe held the red-sealed invitation in her hand, lacking interest. "Can... I not go? That Jiang Zi is so annoying. I don't want to go."

Moreover, the other party has a marriage relationship with the Anyuan Palace, which means they are enemies.

"Then don't go." Xiao Mingxuan took the visiting card back and handed it to Yun Hui, "If you don't want to go, forget it. No one can make things difficult for you."

"Yeah."

Xihe's joy did not last long, as they both met Magistrate Jiang and his wife who had been waiting for a long time outside the restaurant.

Sit back and wait for something to happen.