Chapter 190
She closed the wooden window, and the sound of the closing woke up Xiao Shenxi, who was sleeping on the bed.
"Mommy, aren't you going to sleep yet?" Little Shen Xi asked softly, still half asleep, to her mother who was not yet asleep.
Shen Qingnian quickly walked to the bedside and sat down. She raised her hand and gently patted the little girl's back, soothing her: "Go to sleep now."
Little Shen Xi was half asleep, wriggling around like a little pig, and finally rested her head on Shen Qingnian's lap.
Her little face was slightly flushed from sleep, and she hummed and murmured, "Mother, Mother, Xiaoqing hasn't come to play with me these past few days. I miss Xiaoqing very much. Erniu and Erhua next door are also siblings, and they spend every day together."
She wanted to play with Xiaoqing.
Shen Qingnian paused in patting the little girl's back before asking, "Do you want to play with Yan Qing?"
The little girl didn't seem frightened by what happened that night, but she was still a little uneasy, after all, the man's attitude that night was so cold.
As soon as the topic of playing came up, Xiao Shenxi was no longer sleepy. She opened her dark, grape-like eyes and nodded, saying, "Yes, I miss Xiaoqing so much. Isn't he my younger brother? Siblings should stay together."
That uncle looked fierce that day, but he's my father, so I didn't hold it against him.
Shen Qingnian was startled upon hearing this: "How do you know he's your father?"
She had kept this matter a secret from her family, and she didn't let Yan Qing come because she was afraid that the other party would let it slip.
The little girl was innocent and naive. Shen Qingnian was afraid that she would not be able to accept knowing that Song Xuan was her biological father. She also felt that Song Xuan's appearance that night would frighten the little girl.
So she thought she would guide her slowly, but she didn't expect the little girl to already know and even seem to accept it very well.
Little Shen Xi blinked and said in a childish voice, "It was Daddy who told me that."
Shen Qingnian was speechless. She didn't know when the man had told Xiaoxi, but it was good that Xiaoxi knew.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Then what do you think of your father?"
When Shen Qingnian asked that question, Song Xuan, who was standing against the wall outside the window, clenched his fists, a hint of tension appearing in his usually cold eyes.
Under the cover of night, he heard a soft, childlike voice coming from inside the house:
"Daddy is very good. Although he looks a bit fierce and even broke our window, Xiaoxi is not afraid at all."
"Mother, didn't you say before that Father was a very, very good person? He was a gentleman. Although I don't know why you said Father had passed away, I'm so happy to see Father and Xiaoqing!"
Immediately afterwards, a woman's cool yet soothing voice came from inside the house: "Xiao Xi is right..."
A moment later, the candlelight inside the room went out.
Song Xuan stood by the window for a long time until the sky began to lighten before he flew away.
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Three days later, the capital city was shrouded in darkness.
Shen Zheng sat in the flower hall, listening to the steward's report: "Master, we have found the guard who escorted Miss and her daughter away three years ago. I followed the clues and learned from a boatman that Miss probably shook off the guard and then took a boat to Jiangnan."
"You bitch, you should have executed them immediately!" Shen Zheng slammed down his teacup, deeply regretting his decision to let Shen Qingnian and her daughter go.
The steward nodded solemnly: "Fortunately, Miss is not in Lin City, which is just in time to avoid His Majesty. If Miss were in Lin City, it would be troublesome if she ran into His Majesty."
"It's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune. If she were in Lincheng, the people I sent would have to avoid His Majesty and wouldn't be able to search for her openly," Shen Zheng said with some emotion.
Then, he added menacingly, "The assassins we send must kill Shen Qingnian and her daughter. Her baby girl and the maidservant who is with her must not be spared either!"
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