Chapter 172 Wanwan Gets Bitten
Lu Xici glanced at He Zhuo: "You should definitely speak softly when talking to girls."
He Zhuo tapped his chin lightly with his fingertip: "That's true..."
Upon hearing Gu Wan's words, Tian Tian subconsciously shook her head, her small hands clenching even tighter in her pockets.
The hard edges of the medicine bottle hurt her: [These older brothers and sisters not only gave me food, but they were also so kind...]
She stole a glance at Lu Beiye, who was silent in the corner: [There are kids my age here too... My mother always said, I won't offend others unless they offend me, but no matter what, a person can't be without a conscience...]
Luo Xingyou squatted down and gently took Tian Tian's little hand that was resting on her trouser leg: "What are you daydreaming about? Come on, your sisters will take you to take a bath?"
"No, no need..." Sweetie shrank back, her back against the wall.
Lu Nange leaned down slightly, her fingertips gently brushing away the dust clinging to Tian Tian's hair: "Go on, wash yourself clean... change your clothes, and then we'll take you to find your mother."
Sweetie was conflicted, but was half-heartedly led to the bathroom.
She suddenly struggled and said, "Sister, I can wash myself. Mom said I'm all grown up now and I can't let anyone else bathe me!"
Gu Wan: "Okay, then the sisters will wait for Tian Tian in the living room."
"Sister will bring you a bucket of water." Lu Nange turned and walked towards the kitchen. Using the wall as cover, a bucket of steaming water appeared out of thin air on the ground.
"Brother," she called softly towards the living room, "come and fetch some water. I'll go get some clothes for Tian Tian."
The bucket swayed slightly at her feet, the water reflecting the dim candlelight on the stove.
Lu Xici strode over in a few steps: "You're here."
Lu Nange returned to her room and handed Tian Tian a set of neatly folded clothes when she came out: "These are my little brother's clothes; he hasn't worn them yet."
Sweetie accepted it with both hands: "Thank you, sister."
After saying that, she seemed to remember something and turned to look at Lu Beiye: "Hello, may I wear your clothes?"
Lu Beiye's tense face relaxed slightly, and he nodded almost imperceptibly, giving a soft "hmm" in response.
Sweetie: "Thank you!"
The moment the bathroom door closed, everyone moved to the balcony.
Chi Yanzhou put down his night vision binoculars: "The group of people downstairs never left; there's only one woman inside."
Lu Nange nodded slightly: "Send a child to investigate?... "
Lu Xici sneered, "Letting a young girl go upstairs alone in the middle of the night, they really have a lot of nerve."
He Zhuo whistled: "Brother Ci, you're making us sound like the bad guys!"
Gu Qi shot him a sharp look: "Let's talk about serious matters, can't we be serious for once?"
Lu Nange: "From the moment Tian Tian walked in, her right hand almost never left her pocket..."
Gu Qi: "Did they send a child to poison us?"
Gu Wan: "Heinous!"
Luo Xingyou: "But Tian Tian is only a few years old... Even if we really poison her, are we going to lay a hand on a little girl?" Her voice was filled with reluctance.
Lu Nange gently pressed Luo Xingyou's shoulder: "Sister Xingyou, don't rush. That child is being taught very well. Let's wait and see..." Her gaze thoughtfully swept towards the bathroom.
Lu Beiye quietly tugged at his sister's sleeve, his upturned face clearly showing his anger. "Please comfort me..."
Lu Nange immediately understood and gently ruffled her younger brother's soft hair: "Of course, in your sister's eyes, our Aye is the best kid~"
"Then my sister is the best adult in the world!" Lu Beiye's little face was beaming with joy.
Gu Wan deliberately put on a stern face and leaned closer: "Oh? So, in A-Ye's heart, we older brothers and sisters aren't the best adults?"
Lu Beiye: "Wanwan, you are the best adults besides my sister!"
Gu Qi glanced at Lu Xici meaningfully.
Lu Xici: "What kind of look is that?"
Gu Qi: "I just suddenly realized that being an older brother must be really tough for you!"
Lu Xici: "Use your opinion, do you have younger siblings? Just think about it!"
Gu Wan raised her hand and said, "Brother Ci, he really does have a younger sister!"
......
Chi Yanzhou glanced at the corner: "After Ji Xian finishes absorbing this crystal core, Lao He and Lao Gu, you two help him back to his room, and leave one of you to watch over him. Also, it would be best to leave someone to watch over Sister Wen Qing as well, just in case."
Chi Yi, holding binoculars, peered down from the curtains: "Young Master, that woman downstairs is running this way and has been subdued by more than a dozen men."
Sweetie, who had just stepped out of the bathroom and was still soaking wet, heard this and her pupils contracted sharply: "Mommy!"
Sweetie shouted for her mother, and her mother rushed to the balcony.
Gu Wan stepped forward to block her way: "Tian Tian, you said that downstairs is..." Before she could finish speaking, Tian Tian suddenly jumped up!
"Crack—"
Gu Wan felt a sharp pain in her wrist; the little girl's teeth were deeply embedded in her flesh.
Even more terrifying, ice spikes instantly condensed in Tian Tian's palm, aiming straight for Gu Wan's eyebrows and eyes!
"Wanwan!"
"careful!"
"Bang!"
An invisible wall of wind appeared at the critical moment, shattering the ice spikes into pieces.
Just as her mental power was about to crush him, Lu Nange heard a slightly urgent notification sound in her mind: "Yes, yes..."
Lu Nange abruptly withdrew her attack: "...Zhizhi, tie her up!"
Countless vines burst forth from the ground, instantly wrapping Sweetie in a cocoon, leaving only her ferocious little face exposed.
"Let me go!" Tian Tian screamed, her childish voice filled with madness: "Mommy! Save Mommy!"
Lu Nange crouched down, looking directly into Tian Tian's bloodshot eyes: "Your mother is alright."
She pointed out the window: "It's just that her 'companion' won't let her come over."
Chi Yanzhou handed a pair of binoculars to Lu Nange. Tian Tian struggled to twist her body, which was bound by vines, and brought her eyes close to the lenses—
In the scene, the mother is being roughly pinned against the wall by Jin Ye's men, several men aiming various supernatural abilities at her head...
"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Lu Nange gently took off the binoculars and wiped her sweet, moist eyes with her fingertips.
Sweetie's gaze suddenly froze on Gu Wan's bloodstained wrist.
She bent her neck with difficulty: "...I'm sorry." Her voice was barely audible.
Gu Wan deliberately shook her injured wrist: "I can forgive you if you want..."
She crouched down to be at eye level with Tian Tian: "But you have to tell your sister, who sent you? Why did you lie to us?"
Sweetie's breathing suddenly quickened, and her wet bangs fell down, obscuring her sparkling eyes.
Using her position as cover, Lu Nange took out iodine and bandages from her spatial storage and gave them to Luo Xingyou.
Luo Xingyou was using a cotton swab dipped in iodine to disinfect Gu Wan.
Lu Nange: "Sweetie, did you and your mother agree on a time? You didn't come downstairs, so your mother rushed upstairs to find you?"
Sweetie looked at Lu Nange, but didn't say anything.
Lu Nange: "Sweetie, are you afraid that the people downstairs will hurt your mother? How about this? I'll have some of my brothers go and bring Mom up."
Sweetie's eyelashes fluttered rapidly as her gaze darted back and forth between the men and the area downstairs.
Chi Yanzhou: "Let's go!"
As the footsteps of Chi Yanzhou, Lu Xici, and the others disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Lu Nange pretended to take a searchlight out of the room and set it up against the wall with a "clack".
The blinding white light shone from below, illuminating the entire living room so brightly that even the dust floating in the air was clearly visible.
"Aye, open all the curtains on the balcony, Zhizhi, loosen the vines."
As the vines receded, Lu Nange took Tian Tian's little hand in hers, and with her other hand, she grabbed at the air—and a medicine bottle appeared out of thin air.
After exchanging a glance with Zhizhi, Zhizhi's toes sprouted thin, hair-like branches that deftly snatched the medicine bottle from Lu Nange's hand.
At the same time, another vine silently slid towards Sweetie's pocket...
A blade of wind, as thin as a cicada's wing, had already grazed Tian Tian's palm.
The moment the blood gushed out, the vines conveniently switched the blood...
......
The moment Lu Nange and Tian Tian appeared on the balcony—
Amidst the chaotic crowd downstairs, the woman pinned against the wall suddenly froze.
The blond-haired guy next to Master Jin: "Master Jin, they're living a really good life, the lights are on all the time!"
Jin: "Their supplies will soon all be ours..."
Despite being seven stories high and having a somewhat blurry view, a mother's instincts allowed her to recognize the small figure at a glance.
"Sweet...sweet..." The hoarse cry was torn apart by the night wind. The woman struggled frantically to rush towards the building, but was hit hard on the back of the knee by the man behind her and fell heavily to her knees.
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