He wants to protect you
After a moment of silence.
The system was apprehensive about Chao Yue, the child of destiny who was unaffected by the protagonist in the book. Yu Songtiaotiao whispered in his heart, "The punishment... will probably be to keep you in this world. And if you are successfully rescued, you will have the right to choose whether to continue to stay in this world or return to your previous world."
Hearing this, Song Tiaotiao lowered her eyes.
Although she has gradually integrated into the world of the book, if she has a choice, she still wants to seize the right to choose.
Song Tiaotiao thought this in her heart, but she had already repeated what the system said one by one.
Chao Yue lowered his eyes slightly, and after a while, he seemed to accept it and nodded stiffly.
Seeing Chao Yue like this, Song Tiaotiao said a few words of comfort to him in a gentle voice. After his expression calmed down a bit, he asked in his heart: "Then Master, do you know what kind of punishment will be meted out after failing in the strategy system next door?"
The system pondered for a moment and said, "As far as I know, the punishment for a failed capture is usually to first destroy all vital signs in the original world. Afterwards, if the capture target still has feelings of love or hate towards the host, the target's blackening value will be used to determine whether to continue the punishment."
Song Tiaotiao frowned slightly. "Master, so the severity of the punishment is measured based on the Darkening Point? So, if I think about it this way, Mother and the Emperor should have met later on?"
System: "That's right. And after the host binds to the capture target, in order to ensure the host has the motivation to capture, there will be some telepathy between the two."
After confirming this, Song Tiaotiao told Chao Yue his speculation truthfully.
Hearing this, Chao Yue frowned. "He left without a sound. Even the palace guards couldn't track him down... The same goes for my mother. If this is due to the so-called induction, this could be a breakthrough."
After a while, seeing Chao Yue's eyes slightly raised, as if coming back from deep thought, Song Tiaotiao still said: "Brother, you said that the fruit candy is only specially supplied to the Northern Dynasty royal family..."
Chao Yue's eyes flickered as he smiled faintly, "Yes, the recipe for that fruit candy was made by my mother to pass the time when she was in the Southern Dynasty Palace."
At this point, his eyes turned, and he raised his slightly lowered eyes and looked at Song Tiaotiao: "Tiaotiao, do you want to ask me about Qin Xing?"
Song Tiaotiao's almond-shaped eyes flickered. Although she didn't know how Chao Yue figured out her deepest problems from these details, she nodded slightly when she saw that the answer was about to surface.
Seeing this, Chao Yue smiled. "When Qin Xing came to discuss matters with me that day, he said there was a girl who really liked eating peach-flavored food. I remembered that my mother also liked it, so I agreed to his request. Now that I think about it, he and you had a childhood sweetheart relationship in the early years, so he must have brought it to you."
Upon hearing this, Song Tiaotiao was stunned.
Did Qin Xing ask for the fruit candy just for her...?
After so many years, when they met again, she had already forgotten what he looked like, but he still remembered that she loved to eat the peaches behind his yard.
Thinking of this, Song Tiaotiao vaguely recalled the scene when Qin Xing, the young marquis of the marquisate, ignored the servants' dissuasion and insisted on climbing the tree to pick peaches for her when she was a child.
Seeing Song Tiaotiao's eyes flickering, Chao Yue lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "Qin Xing is a very good kid. You haven't seen him for a long time, why don't you ask where he is now?"
Hearing this, Song Tiaotiao lowered his eyes: "Before we parted last time, he told me that he was going to the Northern Dynasty and would not be back for a long time."
Chao Yue smiled softly, "He told me he wanted to protect you."
As soon as Song Tiaotiao pushed the door open from the wing room, she saw Jin Zhenjiao waving at her with a bright smile in front of the wide-open main door. "Tiaotiao, it's true that I've been watching you all along. The first thing you saw when you came out was me."
Song Tiaotiao, who came forward to greet her, was amused by her. She wanted to ask Jin Zhenjiao how her marriage was going and whether she needed any help, but she found that she was carrying several paper umbrellas on her back, and the servants of the Jin family who followed her outside the door were pulling two carts of mobile umbrella stalls.
Seeing this, Song Tiaotiao couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister Zhenjiao, why did you prepare so many paper umbrellas?"
Jin Zhenjiao put her arm around Song Tiaotiao's shoulders, her fingertips curled upwards, and she said with a smile, "Tiaotiao, today the old man in the village who is well versed in the laws of nature said that it might rain in Songbai Village. Although I usually don't believe what they say, with the weather like this today, it can't be fooled."
Hearing this, Song Tiaotiao followed Jin Zhenjiao's instructions and raised her eyes.
The dense clouds that had covered the sky as before were now as dark and thick as an inkstone. It seemed as if a torrential downpour of ink would pour down from that ink-soaked brush in the next second.
Among the passersby, many would look up at the dark sky, clasping their hands together as if in a cup, and occasionally murmuring prayers such as "May God show His mercy and bless His people."
Seeing this, Song Tiaotiao couldn't help but raise her hand. As she felt the slightly moist air around her, a hint of joy appeared in her eyes. "I hope so. We've been looking forward to this rain for a long time."
Jin Zhenjiao also smiled and nodded repeatedly, saying, "That's right. For the past two days, the seedlings in Huaian's and my vegetable garden have been wilting. If this timely rain really comes, it will be like a long drought finally ending in peace." She glanced at the handyman's umbrella and whispered in Song Tiaotiao's ear, "Now that my seedlings are going to be revived, I'm going to seize this business opportunity."
Song Tiaotiao's eyes drifted to the floating umbrella stall and she praised with a smile, "Sister Zhenjiao is truly a natural business genius."
Hearing this, Jin Zhenjiao smiled and took a few oil-paper umbrellas from the servant behind her: "These umbrellas are reserved for you. Let's all get some rain together later."
Seeing Song Tiaotiao taking the umbrella into her arms with a smile, Jin Zhenjiao waved to the servants on both sides with a determined smile in her eyes and eyebrows.
After receiving instructions, the Jin family servants who had been trained by Jin Zhenjiao immediately began to unload the goods from the empty spaces on both sides of the road. In a short while, two spacious stalls were created.
Seeing that everything was in order, Jin Zhenjiao retreated to the long street, holding up her skirt. She looked at the passing crowd, clapped her hands, and said with a smile, "God has been kind to me today. I think my Jin Family Umbrella Shop will finally be open again this year. In celebration of this, I promise that if it rains today, the first thirty people who come to buy an umbrella will receive a free paper umbrella."
Nowadays, due to the influx of refugees, the business of Songbai Village Market has extended all the way to Tiaotiao Food Shop.
With Tiaotiao Food Store as the center, a small market focusing on food, entertainment and handicrafts has been developed, and a lot of customers have accumulated as people pass by.
Now, when the passers-by heard Jin Zhenjiao's words, they immediately changed from a wait-and-see attitude to surrounding the umbrella stall.
But no one can be sure of the unpredictable weather.
Although the sky is getting darker day by day, who knows if he will continue to be depressed for a few days and then show his power again?
And now there has been a long drought and no rain, so everyone is short of money.
Therefore, except for a few people who usually spend lavishly and shout that they want to buy, most of the others still have a sense of luck in their eyes.
Seeing this, Song Tiaotiao carefully examined the workmanship and quality of the paper umbrella. Seeing that its quality was indeed as good as Jin Zhenjiao's previous selections, she whispered a few words in Jin Zhenjiao's ear.
Then, Jin Zhenjiao nodded, raised the corner of her mouth slightly, and explained everything Song Tiaotiao had said to a servant.
But after a while, after seeing that the paper umbrella remained intact despite the servants' various mischievous attempts to break it, and considering the Jin family's recently improved reputation, most people had developed a desire to buy this inexpensive and high-quality paper umbrella.
Seeing this, Song Tiaotiao smiled, adding fuel to the booming business: "If it rains today, Tiaotiao Food Store will invite the first thirty people who buy umbrellas into the store to drink warming soup, and passers-by who buy umbrellas later will also have hot tea."
After hearing this, everyone's desire to buy increased even more. They packed the two umbrella stalls with three layers of people inside and three layers outside. Even the delivery boys couldn't squeeze into this impenetrable wall of people.
The servants of the Jin family had never seen such a scene before, but under Jin Zhenjiao's calm signal, they reacted immediately and began to maintain order and clear a passage for the main road.
Amid the sounds of people rushing to buy things, there was a sudden loud noise above their heads that made their scalps tingle.
Everyone looked up and saw that there was indeed muffled thunder rumbling faintly among the clouds.
After getting confirmation, they were overjoyed. After looking at each other, they gathered around Jin Zhenjiao's swimming umbrella stall, and they couldn't wait any longer.
Just like that, after a few muffled thunders, the raindrops they had been longing for first came down in a myriad of slanting winds, and then, amid the joyful shouts of the people, they came down like jade beads pouring down from the sky, or like a long waterfall hanging from the sky.
Seeing that the rain was so heavy, passers-by no longer cared who were the top 30 people. They gathered in front of the stall and rushed to pay. Soon, two whole carts of paper umbrellas were sold out.
The passersby who had not bought an umbrella just now were now regretting their decision and gritting their teeth in anger.
Seeing the crowd of people who hadn't been able to buy paper umbrellas taking shelter from the heavy rain under the eaves of Yu Tiao Tiao Food Store, Song Tiao Tiao's eyes flickered, and he suggested in a gentle voice, "It's raining hard and cold, why don't you all go to the food store first and have something to warm up?"
Seeing the crowd pouring into the food store in an orderly manner, Jin Zhenjiao and Song Tiaotiao exchanged a glance and chuckled, "We must have an oversupply of paper umbrellas today. Don't worry, everyone. Order your food in the food store and wait patiently. The supply will surely arrive one after another. When you're satisfied, you can go home to the sound of the drizzle. It would be a wonderful thing."
At that moment, Gu Chengjue, who was practicing martial arts with Jin Shulan in the backyard, walked quickly from the back door to Song Tiaotiao, lowered his eyes and smiled softly, "Tiaotiao, it's finally raining."
Song Tiaotiao looked up at him with a smile. His eyes were like a spring mountain through the mist, clear and pure, yet tinged with a damp chill. She blinked her eyes and looked down, "Cheng Jue, your hair is soaked..."
Gu Chengjue's eyes sparkled as he shook his head: "It's okay. Since there are so many guests now, would you like to go with me to the kitchen to entertain them?"
The two of them went to a corner behind the kitchen, but Gu Chengjue stopped and brought Song Tiaotiao in front of him.
Seeing Song Tiaotiao raise her eyes in confusion, he fluttered his wet eyelashes, bent down slightly, and whispered, "Tiaotiao, Jin Shulan told me that Mr. Chao came here to take you back to the Northern Dynasty. Is this... true?"
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