The adults all understood Huo Chengche's "story," but they had no interest in listening to it at all.
Only one innocent little baby listened intently, its bright black eyes sparkling as it blinked, eagerly asking, "And then, and then! Did these little babies chase the big bad wolf away?"
Huo Chengche withdrew his gaze, gently patted the excited little baby's chubby bottom, gave Jia Wen a deep look, and then continued telling the story in the little baby's soft, sweet voice.
"And then, of course, the little one got scolded for not listening to the teacher..."
Before Huo Chengche could finish speaking, the little boy let out a dissatisfied "Ah!" and pouted angrily, "Why?! The big bad wolf should be the one being scolded, but did they get their hands slapped?"
The little baby, who was earnestly speaking up for the "babies," was too busy pouting and fuming to see his friend Lin Zheng standing next to him, sweating profusely and looking at Huo Chengche with a worried expression.
The boy did see it, glanced at him, smiled faintly, and swayed the unhappy little baby in his arms, saying, "Of course not! It's just that adults tell babies that if they encounter something like this in the future, they should tell an adult to solve it, instead of the babies doing dangerous things on their own."
As he spoke, the boy raised an eyebrow at the chubby little girl in his arms and gently patted her soft little bottom with his large hand.
The little boy immediately nodded obediently and said in his sweet, childish voice, "Niannian is a good baby, she listens and doesn't do dangerous things!"
The boy smiled with satisfaction, glanced at Tongyou Lin who was letting out a sigh of relief, and said calmly, "Yes, Niannian is the best girl."
As he spoke, the young man glanced at Tong Youlin with a detached look.
Tong Youlin noticed this gaze, as did Liang Sheng, who was standing nearby.
Lord Liang, who was seizing every opportunity to show his loyalty, immediately turned to his friend Lin to explain the meaning of the story that Huo Chengche had just told in riddles.
But... even a fool could understand this riddle; Liang Sheng really looked down on Tongyou Lin.
"Yes, yes, yes! I understand. If I encounter something like this again, I will definitely beg the government to help us, to beg the government that can control these damned officials and stand up for us! I will never do such a foolish thing as banditry again!" Tong Youlin quickly replied, accepting the advice.
Unable to "share the burden for the emperor" as he wished, Liang Sheng's face fell. He glanced at Huo Chengche, who wasn't looking this way, and immediately glared angrily at the simple-minded, rough man beside him.
He always makes a fool of himself when he should be clever, but he's smart when he doesn't understand!
Lin Ke, unlike the little boy, didn't have the keen senses that Xiao Nai Bao possessed, and he didn't notice anything unusual at all.
Seeing the young man's satisfied smile, and knowing he wouldn't be treated as a bandit, the burly man happily pulled his "ugly-faced but kind-hearted" official, Lord Liang, along and said:
"Lord Liang, I would also like to trouble you to teach us common folk how to seek justice if we encounter such a wicked magistrate again!"
As he spoke, he scratched his head and gave an embarrassed, simple smile. "Hehe, there's not a single educated person in our village. When something like this happens, we can only suffer in silence! You really have to teach us!"
Suddenly, Tong Youlin grabbed Liang Sheng and started talking. Before Liang Sheng could finish giving him that sinister look, he was caught red-handed.
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