Steward Luo bowed and said, "Master, I just happened to run into Dabao and his mother, so I brought them here. Let Dabao play with my sister, and let Madam Chen make some sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice dates that my sister likes to eat."
Chu Lingxuan raised his eyelids, glanced at Chen Afu and Dabao, and nodded slightly.
Dabao bowed and said, "My boy greets Master Chu." He then called Chu Hanchu and said, "Sister Yan'er, I brought Qiqi and Huihui to play with you. They have learned two new sentences, I'll let them say them to you."
Chu Hanyan's eyes had been unfocused. After hearing what Chen Dabao said, she actually looked at him twice and then looked away. She seemed to be looking behind him, or looking at an unknown place.
Chen Dabao was frustrated. Why did Yan'er's eyes only stay on him for a moment? He was the best and most lovable child in Xiangluo Village.
What Dabao didn't know was that Chu Lingxuan was already very surprised. He had heard from Manager Luo that Jin Yanzi was the child, and he was the only person who could attract his daughter's attention, besides himself, her mother, Mrs. Xu, and the Yanzi doll, and he was also the person his daughter would not resist.
Unexpectedly, that old woman Xu was really from that place. She found an excuse to throw away the big swallow doll, which made Yan Jie'er extremely sad. Thinking of this, Chu Lingxuan blamed himself. He should have sent the old woman away as soon as he returned to the mansion. Unfortunately, he was lucky and wanted to wait for a few days for the right person to come before getting rid of her. Who knew that incident happened.
Now that the child is here, Yan'er will feel better with him by her side.
At this time, an even more incredible thing happened. Chu Hanyan stared blankly at Chen Afu who was walking over and stretched out his hand to her. She said, "Birds—fly, birds—fly, fly..."
Chen Afu was stunned. He was not the golden swallow.
Chu Lingxuan was even more ecstatic. This was the only person his daughter actively asked for help from, besides him and her mother, and she also said so many words.
He looked at the way his daughter was looking at Chen Afu, and then at the beautiful young lady in front of him, who was not well dressed but very clean and elegant. It must be appropriate for Manager Luo to bring her here. He hesitated for a moment, but still walked closer to Chen Afu and handed Chu Hanyan over.
Chen Afu was still a little dazed at first, and when Chu Lingxuan approached her, she took a step back in fear. Seeing Chu Lingxuan's face darken and the temperature in his eyes suddenly dropped, she quickly calmed down and reached out to take Chu Hanyan.
Chu Hanyan was held horizontally in Chu Lingxuan's arms, so when Chen Afu took her over, she was also held horizontally.
As soon as the little thing entered Chen Ahfu's arms, it grabbed the front of her shirt and nudged its little face against her not-so-full breasts, like a baby looking for a pacifier. After nudging a few times, it seemed to have found what it was looking for, and then it pressed its nose and mouth against the breasts without moving.
Chu Hanyan's little head was pressed against her left breast, making her not-so-full right breast look more three-dimensional.
Being "molested" like this in public, Chen Afu was so ashamed and angry that his expression was stiff and his face was as red as a cooked shrimp. He really had the urge to throw the girl out.
After a little thought, Chen Afu knew the reason. He had a handkerchief stained with Yan Chenxiang residue in his arms. Although the smell was very light, Chu Hanyan still smelled it. The reason why she said "bird bird" when she saw him was probably because she and Jin Yanzi both smelled of Yan Chenxiang. When she smelled this smell, she thought of Jin Yanzi. Although the little girl's mind was not clear, her sense of smell was extremely sensitive.
This action is too, too, too embarrassing. Fortunately, I am a thick-skinned person. If it were a thin-skinned girl, she would be embarrassed and cry.
Chu Lingxuan was shocked by his daughter's action and blushed. He lowered his head and put his fist to his mouth and coughed softly, looking away and said, "Um... Thank you, take Yan'er to play in the house."
After hearing this, Chen Afu quickly picked up Chu Hanyan and ran away to the upper room.
She felt that she and this "hero" were incompatible. The first time they met, she was a dirty fool lying on the ground after being bullied. This time, she was even more embarrassed and humiliated.
Dabao followed her into the upper room, and Qiqi and Huihui also flew in.
The hall was decorated in a fresh and elegant style, with a faint scent of agarwood. On the bed were two swallow dolls made by Chen Ahfu himself, and there were also a few on the treasure cabinet and the rosewood round table, and even two hanging on the palace lantern hanging from the ceiling. Here, smiling little swallows were everywhere.
Judging from this arrangement, the cold-faced "hero" is really a daughter slave.
In the courtyard, Chu Lingxuan talked to Manager Chen for a few words and then left Yuetaoxuan. Before leaving, Manager Chen told his daughter-in-law Wei Wei that Chen Afu and his mother had not eaten yet.
Chu Hanyan had already finished lunch, and it was time for her to take a nap. Smelling the reassuring scent, she looked at Dabao next to her, then at Qiqi and Huihui standing on the table, and her eyes became sleepy.
She is going to sleep.
Chen Afu held her up and walked around the room a few times, and she soon fell asleep.
Wei smiled and lifted the beaded curtain of the bedroom, letting Chen Afu put Chu Hanyan on the bed to rest.
There was a bird cage hanging outside the north window of the bedroom, and in the cage was the sparrow that my family had given me as a gift. It looked out of the cage like a proud princess, singing a gentle and beautiful song. Compared with the birds that were jumping and singing, it was a completely different style.
Under the window was a carved jade-inlaid table with two medium-sized swallow dolls on it. In front of it was a carved rosewood wardrobe with two small swallow dolls flapping their wings hanging on the door handles.
On the right side, there was a carved jade-inlaid bedstead with a water-red gauze curtain embroidered with clusters of gardenias. On the bed was a large swallow doll that looked exactly like the one he had made, but Chen Ahfu could tell at a glance that it was not the one he had made, because the color was brand new and the stitching was much better.
Next to the bed was a carved dressing table with a round glass mirror on it, which Chen Ahfu thought he would never see again in his life. There was also a tall table by the wall, on which was a large pink glazed wide-mouthed vase with a few bright chrysanthemums in it.
It's a pity that such a precious and pampered girl got this disease.
Chen Afu came to the bedside, gently put the little girl on the bed, and covered her with a quilt.
The group returned to the living room. Chen Ahfu thought of the Yan Chenxiang leaves in the doll, which were a treasure that could not be found anywhere else in the world. If he could find the doll, even if the doll could not be used by Miss Chu, he could still take out the leaves. So he asked Wei, "Where is the original big doll?"
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