Chapter 96 I Want to See the Outside World
Li Suining had obviously just finished breakfast and was chatting with Wei Ranzhu. When she saw Xiao Wu coming, a moment of sadness flashed across her lowered eyes.
"The third brother is here." Wei Ranzhu waved, "Have you had breakfast?"
"Yeah." Xiao Wu nodded and looked at Xiaotuanzi subconsciously. He realized that when Xiaotuanzi saw him today, he didn't call him "Third Brother" the first time.
He didn't think too much about it, and after a while he slowly spoke, "Mom, I want to go out for a while today. Let...my sister accompany me."
"Sure." Wei Ranzhu immediately looked at the little girl, "Is our Sui Ning willing to accompany our third brother out?"
"Okay!" Little Dumpling agreed immediately.
Wei Ranzhu asked again with concern, "Third Brother, where are you going? Do you need more people to follow you?"
"No need. I'm going out of town to meet a friend, but I might be back later. Don't worry, you and dad." Xiao Wu couldn't help but look at Li Suining again, "It's just hard for my sister."
"It doesn't matter. I don't have much to do every day anyway." Li Suining climbed down from the couch. "Then Third Brother, wait for me. I'll go back and get some things and then we'll go."
The little guy ran to the door, then suddenly turned around, looked at Wei Ranzhu, and said in a baby voice, "Mom, I'm leaving now."
Wei Ranzhu felt his heart skip a beat, but he still smiled and nodded, "Okay, run slower and don't fall."
After Xiaotuanzi left, she lowered her voice and said, "Third brother, I think Suining seems to be worried. Ask her on the way."
"Okay." Xiao Wu nodded absentmindedly.
Wei Ranzhu sighed softly, "Don't underestimate this child because he's young. He's full of worries. He's always worried about this and that at home. He's so young..."
Thinking of something, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. "With Suining's personality, mother must find her a good family and let her marry into one peacefully."
Xiao Wu didn't say anything. At this moment, he deeply realized that the entire General's Mansion really treated Li Suining as a precious daughter, a daughter who would be raised for the rest of her life. But the reality...
He pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly and said softly, "Mom, then I'm leaving too."
"Okay, be careful on the road." Wei Ranzhu watched the two children leave and couldn't help but mutter to the maid, "Strange, why do I feel like both the big and the small are worried?"
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Li Suining quickly ran out of his room with a crossbody bag in the shape of a tiger head on him.
"Let's go, third brother." Little Dumpling said with a smile.
Soon, the brother and sister got in the car, and the car drove towards the outside of the city.
Xiao Wu noticed that Xiaotuanzi had been holding the bag tightly. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's in the bag?"
"They are all my treasures." Little Dumpling said proudly, "Third brother, do you want to see them?"
Xiao Wu nodded honestly, and couldn't help but jokingly said, "It's not some banknotes or jewelry, is it?"
"Hehe..." Li Suining shook his head, "It's much more precious than those."
She carefully opened the bag with her small hands and began to take things out from it, introducing them to Xiao Wu as she went.
"This is a small hat that my mother made specially for me. I like it very much."
"This is a bamboo dragonfly, a gift from my sixth brother. I often play with it when I'm home alone. But the wings are a little broken, so I can't play with it anymore."
"This is..." This time, the little girl took out a piece of cloth, and her eyes were slightly red.
After a while, she sniffed and continued, "This is the corner of Daddy's clothes. Back then, Daddy brought me here from the Li family. I was confused and thought it was my daddy, so I kept holding on to the corner of his clothes. The corner of the clothes was always in my hand, so I thought my daddy was always there."
At this point, she couldn't help but wipe away her tears, but the smile on her face was still there. She asked Xiao Wu with a smile, "Third brother, am I stupid?"
Xiao Wu frowned, he couldn't help but wonder why the little girl was carrying all these things? Could it be that...she knew something?
Next, Li Suining took out a few more things, most of which were gifts from her family. Finally, she looked at Xiao Wu pitifully and said, "Third brother, I don't have anything you gave me among my treasures. Can you give me something?"
Xiao Wu frowned even deeper, and turned his head away with a guilty look on his face. "What are you doing with all these things?"
"I like them. These are all my treasures." Li Suining waited for a while. Seeing that Xiao Wu had no intention of giving her anything, she still smiled happily. "It doesn't matter. I'm already very happy to see Third Brother. I will always remember Third Brother."
Xiao Wu's hand holding the armrest tightened a little instantly. Could it be that the little girl really knew?
But he thought again and felt that it was impossible. No one in the entire general's mansion knew about his plan. How could Li Suining, a little baby of three or four years old, know about it?
Besides, if the child knew, he would not go with him voluntarily.
I must be overthinking it.
The carriage wobbled and took nearly two hours to get out of the imperial city. It then moved forward for a while before finally stopping.
There was a moment of silence in the carriage, and Xiao Wu and Li Suining looked at each other.
"Third Young Master, we're here!" the driver's voice came softly.
Xiao Wu was the first to look away, coughed lightly, and then slowly spoke, "Sui Ning, I have a friend who lives in Jiangbei. She's alone, and I'm worried. Can you...can you go and keep her company for me?"
After he finished speaking, he looked over cautiously. Seeing that the little girl seemed to be about to cry, he immediately added, "Don't worry, she is a very good person, and there are many delicious foods at home. I will pick you up soon, I promise..."
"Okay!" Little Dumpling finally spoke, and agreed immediately.
She wiped her tears vigorously and said, "Third brother, I am willing to go. I am crying only because... I am a little reluctant to leave you. But it doesn't matter. I will stop crying soon."
But when she said this, tears were still falling down, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Xiao Wu gripped the armrest tightly, his voice trembling as he said, "Are you really willing to go? If... you really don't want to go, then if you start crying now, I... I might change my mind."
"Third brother, I don't want to embarrass you." Little Tuanzi had been wiping her tears vigorously. She was the first to stand up. "Third brother, I'm leaving now. Don't keep me waiting anxiously."
As she spoke, she stepped forward and gently hugged Xiao Wu, her little voice choking with sobs as she said, "Third brother, when you go back, please say goodbye to my parents and brothers for me. Don't tell them I was crying. You should say that I wanted to go with you on my own. I wanted to go...see the outside world."
After saying that, the little dumpling turned around and ran out of the car.
"Li Suining!" Xiao Wu suddenly shouted.
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