"Is the Wang family's son finished? He actually messed with this guy."

"Yeah, but he's finally gotten the wrath of both heaven and man. This guy's been doing evil for a long time. How many people has he robbed? I can't even count them!"

"Exactly, that captain took a lot of bribes from him and always turned a blind eye. Now look what happened, he's met his match..."

The pregnant playboy finally realized that the woman with the alien appearance was the formidable matriarch of the Long family!

He must be out of his mind to realize that!

Oh no, he'd actually messed with the Long family! His legs went weak, and he sat on the ground crying out, "Father, come and save your precious son!"

Nobody paid him any attention.

Ba Mengmeng excitedly walked up to Bai Yi, "Ah..." Mother!

Before she could even utter the word "mother," her mother was pulled into someone's arms and instantly moved quite a distance away from her.

Ba Mengmeng stared wide-eyed at Long Yuan, who had suddenly appeared. What was this "stepfather" doing here?

Long Yuan held Bai Yi tightly around the waist. "Yi'er, let's go."

He never expected to run into this; he shouldn't have let Yi'er come out today.

Bai Yi shook her head slightly and patted his hand. Long Yuan was afraid of hurting her, so he loosened his grip a little. Her waist was very slender, and she easily slipped out of his embrace.

He watched helplessly as she walked further and further away from him.

Bai Yi approached, nodded to Ba Mengmeng, and handed her something. It was a small, exquisitely crafted trinket, only the size of a palm. "This is for you."

Those around gasped and began to discuss it for a while.

"This Mrs. Long is so generous to her friends!"

"I'm so envious. I want to be Mrs. Long's friend too."

"You're overthinking it. This Madam Long has never been fond of making friends. In all these years, have you ever heard of her being on good terms with any other lady?"

"That's true, this Madam Long has always been very aloof."

"I wonder which family this pretty young lady belongs to. She's so lucky to have won her favor."

"This Madam Long must be lucky; the head of the Long family actually accompanied her shopping today!"

"You only found out today? This isn't the first time the head of the Long family has been with his wife..."

Ba Mengmeng held the thing in her hand and asked, "What is this?"

"It is Yuanling."

She was a curious child, examining the plaque with great care. Her mother had given it to her, and she was happy with anything it was. "What is Yuanling?" she asked.

Bai Yi thought for a moment, "It's because you're under my protection."

"Okay, okay! ^o^~"

Ba Mengmeng's face was beaming with happiness.

Long Yuan's face clearly showed his unhappiness.

"Yi'er, I'm leaving."

Bai Yi turned around, naively thinking that Long Yuan was worried about her getting hurt because there were so many people around, so she smiled at him and said, "Okay."

Ba Mengmeng watched helplessly as Bai Yi and Long Yuan left.

Ahhh, she really wanted to follow, but someone grabbed her hand!

"Brother, let me go! Why won't you let me go with my... friend? And that guy took my friend away!"

"Ba Mengmeng".

Feeling wronged that her brother called her by her full name, Ba Mengmeng squatted down on the ground and started crying, "Waaah..."

She cried even when her head was patted, "Waaaah, don't touch me, you messed up my hair, waaaah..."

She cried as her collar was lifted and she was carried away, "Put me down, waaaaah!"

Babu glanced at her while taking the opportunity. Hmph, her eyes weren't even red. Sure enough, she was faking it again. When the little girl really cried, she would wipe her snot and tears all over her sleeves, making them shiny. She had no image to speak of.

Having been in the limelight today, I lost all interest in shopping after running into Bai Yi, so I turned back early.