Although I have recovered some of my childhood memories, after all, thirty years have passed and everything has changed.

There were many people coming and going on the street, and it was inconvenient to ride a horse, so the two men led the horses and walked slowly forward.

Qin Canglan walked on the outside. His son was already grown up, but he still unconsciously wanted to protect him like a child.

As he walked, he introduced Su Cheng: "Do you remember this shop? It used to sell sugar water. When you were a kid, you would come here every day to drink a bowl of it. Later, you had a toothache, so your mother didn't allow you to come here anymore. So you secretly asked me to bring you here."

When he mentioned Su Huayin, he couldn't help feeling pain in his heart, but he was willing to remember her with pain.

Su Cheng glanced at the cloth shop and had no impression of it.

The two continued walking forward.

"That's a martial arts school over there. The first time you passed by, you rushed in and had a fight with someone."

"ah?"

Was I so awesome when I was a kid? Su Cheng asked blankly, "Did I win?"

Qin Canglan smiled and said, "Of course."

You are the legitimate son of the Qin family, who dares to beat you?

Qin Canglan himself was reluctant to touch his son even a finger.

But this favored child who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth actually suffered a lot among the people.

Qin Canglan could bear the pain to remember Su Huayin, but he didn't dare to imagine how much bullying and beatings Su Cheng had suffered over the years.

The son that he holds in his heart...

"I remember this shop." Su Cheng stood in front of the old noodle shop, "Their bean juice is pretty good."

This was the first noodle restaurant the family ate at after arriving in Beijing.

Su Xiaoxiao and Su Ergou were not used to the taste of soy milk, but Su Cheng, who had not yet recovered his memory, found it very delicious, with a nostalgic taste.

Qin Canglan said hurriedly: "You must be hungry after walking around for so long. Let's go in and have some midnight snack!"

Su Cheng has a big appetite, and Qin Canglan is no less so. The whole family are big eaters.

"Okay." Su Cheng said.

He remembered that his daughter liked the braised meat from this restaurant very much, so he would bring two plates back for her later.

"Give me the horse." Qin Canglan said.

This kind of small shop does not have a dedicated stable or horse servants, so you have to find a place to put the horses yourself.

There is a nice tavern nearby where you can find someone to look after your horses for some silver.

Qin Canglan led two horses to the tavern.

Su Cheng found a table near the street and sat down, ordering two bowls of braised noodles, two bowls of bean juice, and two pounds of braised pork.

As soon as the waiter left, he saw a familiar figure across the street.

It was a woman wearing a cloak, her steps were a little hurried, and the night wind lifted the hood of the cloak slightly, revealing half of her profile.

"Eh? Isn't that my daughter's patient? Last time my daughter brought him home..."

It was just a doctor-patient relationship. Although Su Cheng recognized the person, he had no intention of going up to greet him.

However, Su Cheng soon discovered something else.

She was being followed!

A man of medium build followed her not too close. Su Cheng was a martial artist, and he knew he was a master just by looking at the man's body movements and steps.

He followed her stealthily, looking around from time to time.

After all, he is his daughter's patient, Su Cheng can't just sit back and do nothing.

He followed decisively.

When the man followed the woman and turned into the alley, Su Cheng jumped down from the roof and knocked him unconscious with a stick! Bai Xihe heard the movement behind him and turned his head subconsciously.

Su Cheng quickly raised his hand and said to her, "Madam Bai, you are being followed, but don't worry, I have already dealt with the person!"

Bai Xihe looked at Su Cheng, then at the guards who were secretly protecting him, and was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, another guard came over quietly.

He didn't know Su Cheng. When he saw Su Cheng knock out his companion, he thought Su Cheng was going to do something bad to Bai Xihe, so he secretly drew his sword and slashed at Su Cheng.

Bai Xihe was about to speak out to stop him.

Su Cheng looked at the shadow on the ground, turned around and hit him with a stick: "I'll hit--"

The second guard was also suffocated.

Su Cheng dropped the stick and dusted off his hands: "Okay, you're safe!"

Bai Xihe: “…”

"Cheng'er, Cheng'er!"

Qin Canglan came over.

As soon as Bai Xihe heard Qin Canglan's voice, he hurriedly pulled down the hood of his cloak and lowered his head to hide behind Su Cheng.

"What's going on?" Qin Canglan asked Su Chengdao, the two strange men lying on the ground, "Is someone causing trouble for you?"

"You're not looking for trouble with me, you're looking for this person..." Su Cheng turned his head and found that Bai Xihe, who was originally standing beside him, had moved behind him at some point.

He didn't think much about it.

She just thought she didn't know Qin Canglan and was a little scared.

Su Cheng said: "They followed her. She is Daya's patient."

Qin Canglan might be wary of strange men, but as for a weak woman, people would just avoid her. With his ferocious look, few weak women would not avoid him.

Besides, the other party was Daya’s patient, so Qin Canglan didn’t doubt anything.

"Madam," he said, "where are you going? Let us take you back, or I'll report to the authorities and you can go sit in the noodle shop across the street and have the officials take you back later."

How could Bai Xihe meet the official? But she didn't dare to speak, for fear that Qin Canglan would recognize her voice.

Su Cheng said: "Don't be afraid, he is not a bad person, he is..."

Qin Canglan's eyes moved, expecting the words "It's my father", and then he heard Su Cheng say, "The head of the Qin family, the old Protector of the Country, he won't hurt you."

Bai Xihe remained silent.

Su Cheng thought she was just frightened. After thinking for a while, he asked again, "You came to Zhuangyuan Street so late... Are you looking for Daya to see a doctor?"

Bai Xihe's eyes flashed and he nodded.

Qin Canglan said, "I'll go get some food. Seeing the doctor is more important. You guys go find Daya first."

Bai Xihe nodded again, as a sign of agreement.

Qin Canglan went to the noodle shop, found the waiter to report to the police, and sat in the lobby waiting for noodles, bean juice and braised pork.

Su Cheng sent Bai Xihe back to Lihua Lane.

Seeing the Empress Dowager appear at home again, Su Xiaoxiao was completely stunned.

Dad, my dear dad, why did you pick up another big guy and come back? Bai Xihe was in a hurry to return to the palace, but Su Cheng interrupted her. The palace gate was closed and she couldn't go back tonight.

Su Xiaoxiao had been studying in the palace for so long that she naturally knew the time to close the palace gates.

However, she didn't know whether Bai Xihe had other plans.

"Today...do I need to take you somewhere else?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Bai Xihe shook his head slightly.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Then... live in my house?"

Bai Xihe looked at Su Xiaoxiao innocently.

Su Xiaoxiao: Is this an illusion? Why do I feel that the Empress Dowager is like a poor little thing with nowhere to go? Bai Xihe stayed in Lihua Lane.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "My father and Ergou live in the front row, and Dahu and the others are the only ones living in the second courtyard."

Wei Ting was originally here too, but that guy just left, so there’s no way he could come over tonight.

Su Xiaoxiao carried the three sleeping children to Wei Ting's room. She and the three children slept there, while Bai Xihe slept in her room.

The bedding on the bed had just been changed today, but considering her personal habits, she still replaced it with clean ones and got a new pillow.

"Leave a light on." Bai Xihe said softly.

"Are you afraid of the dark?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

Bai Xihe didn't say anything.

Su Xiaoxiao stopped asking questions and said, "Okay, I'll get you a new one. The wick of this one can't be adjusted. The oil ran out after burning for a while."

After Su Xiaoxiao brought the new oil lamp, she took the old one and went next door.

Bai Xihe lay on the soft bed, smelling the clean soapberry scent emanating from the bedding and the faint milk fragrance in the room, and his mood gradually calmed down.

There was no excessive talk, no curious inquiries, and not even overly warm hospitality.

Everything is just right.

It made Bai Xihe forget his identity for a short time.

She fell asleep peacefully like a normal person.

A dreamless night.

…

Early the next morning, Bai Xihe woke up to the sound of a baby's milk chirping.

"Four Axe, you can't be picky about food."

"The four tigers are not picky eaters."

"It's picky about food. It won't eat anything."

"It's not a puppy, of course it doesn't chew bones!"

"But I want it to gnaw on bones."

They are Xiaohu and Erhu.

The Sihu mentioned by the two is a foal that is already three and a half months old.

Xiaohu named it Sihu.

Xiaohu is feeding bones to Sihu. Sihu is a baby horse that is not picky about food, but he does not know how to chew bones.

Xiaohu said, "I'll teach you."

When Bai Xihe was dressed neatly and pushed open the door and came to the courtyard, Xiaohu was holding a big bone and was very seriously demonstrating to Xiaoma how to chew the bone.

Erhu went to the side to play with his own little stones.

Da Hu was doing horse stance under a tree.

It was taught by Qin Canglan.

Qin Canglan said that as long as he persisted in practicing horse stance for three months, he would formally teach him martial arts.

Seeing three cute little kids early in the morning really healed my mood.

Su Xiaoxiao was cooking breakfast in the kitchen, with smoke rising. Bai Xihe felt the hustle and bustle of the city and suddenly felt that time was peaceful. - The competition between Su Cheng and Qin Jiang was originally scheduled for three days, and the palace school was also closed for three days.

But Emperor Jingxuan accelerated the process and completed the competition in two days.

So today, Princess Jingning doesn't have to go to school or watch the competition.

So she decided to accept Su Cheng's invitation and come to visit Su Xiaoxiao.

Ordinary people would not dare to invite a princess to their home, and the princess would not come even if invited by ordinary people.

They are really the kind of people who one dares to invite and the other dares to come.

It was Su Cheng who opened the gate.

He warmly welcomed Princess Jingning in.

"Daya! Your classmate is here!"

In Su Cheng's eyes, Princess Jingning is a classmate of the fat girl.

Bai Xihe in the backyard was not too panicked when he heard this.

After all, there are so many daughters of the Gong School, and only a few have seen her true face, so she is not really worried about being recognized by anyone.

Then she met Princess Jingning.

Princess Jingning also saw her.

Eyes met.

A thunderbolt sounded above their heads at the same time! (End of this chapter)