As the carriage drove out of the palace, Helian Si couldn't help but look back, gazing at the majestic palace that exuded an awe-inspiring imperial authority.

Sisi clicked her tongue twice, shook her little head a few times with an air of importance, narrowed her grape-like eyes, and gave a thumbs up.

Very good, very good! This magnificent and majestic style is indeed very impressive!

Nan Rong Jinghua smiled gently, without saying anything, but gently patted the little girl's fluffy head, her eyes filled with doting tenderness beneath her long silk robe.

**

Beiyin, the capital, is prosperous and bustling, with streets teeming with cars and people.

On the street, a tall, handsome young man, carrying a cute little pink baby girl in his arms, became a striking sight amidst the bustling crowd.

Especially the girl's sweet, soft voice, which made passersby turn their heads to look at her.

"Aww~! Teacher, teacher, look! It's candied hawthorn!"

Helian Si, who had never seen the world before, was extremely excited and thrilled. Now he found everything he saw fascinating.

There was no way around it; although there were children in the palace, it was ultimately just too boring.

"Ah Xun." Nan Rong Jinghua was almost always willing to grant Helian Si's requests. Whenever Helian Si looked at something with surprise, Nan Rong Jinghua would have Ah Xun buy it for him.

"Yes, young master." Ah Xun reluctantly stepped forward; the young master had indeed bought far too many things along the way.

If the shopkeeper hadn't been able to deliver the goods to the carriage parking area, he would probably have been exhausted and complaining, and his resentment towards Helian Si would have grown even stronger.

"Wow~, so sweet." Helian Si took a bite of the bright red candied hawthorn, just as he had hoped.

"As long as Sisi likes it." Nanrong Jinghua looked at him with doting eyes, her gentle voice clear and soft.

"Hey, teacher, you should have some too." Helian Si was a grateful and obedient child; even while eating candied hawthorns, he didn't forget who paid for them, clinging tightly to his teacher's golden thigh~

With a swift movement of her small hand, she presented the string of bright red candied hawthorns, coated with golden sugar threads, to Nan Rong Jinghua's thin lips.

Nan Rong's gaze, hidden beneath the long silk robe, fell upon the little girl's bright, expectant eyes, and her slightly pursed lips curved into a gentle smile.

He lowered his head slightly and took a bite of the candied hawthorn skewer the little girl handed him. The one he bit into was exactly the same spot where he had just taken a small bite.

"It's very sweet."

Nan Rong Jinghua's face was gentle, and her gaze, hidden beneath a long, silver-white silk robe, fell upon the small face of the girl in her arms.

Her voice, as clear and gentle as a solitary orchid, seemed to carry an overwhelming amount of indescribable emotions.

Helian Si, however, was oblivious to all this; his grape-like, bright eyes were fixed on the half-eaten candied hawthorn.

The little girl's rosy face was furrowed in a tight, caterpillar-like frown.

Oh, the teacher bit his own candied hawthorn. Does that count as an indirect kiss?

But soon, Sisi realized something was wrong. Wait a minute, she was a five-year-old child now, so it was perfectly normal for her to eat the saliva of a five-year-old.

Ugh, my thoughts are so filthy!

Realizing she had misunderstood, Sisi turned her head away guiltily and began blinking her eyes, searching for the novelties on the street.

What the two didn't notice was that the spot where they had just been standing was next to the window of a private room.

The man, dressed in a satin blue robe, was looking at them with a smile and interest, his phoenix eyes slightly narrowed. A bright blue beauty mark at the corner of his eye was particularly striking.