Chapter 13
The young soldier did not notice the flash of coldness in Jiang Mingyan's eyes. He moved his lips slightly, as if he was about to call out.
Jiang Mingyan tensed his body, his eyes cold.
He stared at the soldiers.
Be calm and natural.
He said silently in his heart, it’s just leaving the city. The news of the fire in Jiang Mansion has not been spread yet. Even if it was spread, it would not be something that would shame him and Suisui to leave the city.
The Jiang family will not let these grudges be exposed.
Everyone in Wu'an City pretended to be stupid even though they knew the truth.
It was just an interrogation. If he took action, it would not be so easy to get away.
At the critical moment, the little fat boy in his arms suddenly made a tender little sound, and his soft little face pressed against Jiang Mingyan's chest, squeezing out a round arc: "Ah?"
The young soldier suddenly stopped talking and looked at the cub in Jiang Mingyan's arms, which looked like a small snow-white dumpling, under Jiang Mingyan's vigilant gaze.
Seeing the young soldier looking over, Sui Sui's chubby little body moved, and he tilted his round face up, his dark eyes moist: "Ah!"
"Yeah! Good~"
Uncle, please let Suisui and my brother go out.
We do it quietly, without being noticed...
The cub's round black eyes are clear and bright. In the crowded streets, there is only that little ball of innocent and untouched innocence.
He is well protected, with black hair and fair cheeks, innocent and cute.
The young soldier couldn't help but think of his youngest son at home.
That was also a little guy who could only babble.
His expression changed several times before finally settling on an indifferent expression.
He seemed to have just glanced at it casually and then looked away.
Seeing this, Jiang Mingyan pursed his lips, said "thank you" in an imperceptible voice, and walked over naturally with the cub in his arms.
As the footsteps faded away, the young soldier raised his eyes to the tall mansion in the city that vaguely revealed a magnificent corner, and closed his eyes lazily.
Just consider it as accumulating virtue for the youngest son in the family.
The Jiang family...
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Jiang Mingyan did not stop walking after leaving the city gate. He held the little fat baby in his arms, and while being alert to the sounds behind him, he looked for cover everywhere.
Soon, he walked through the lush green grass stretching outside Wu'an City and entered a forest not far away that stood silently in the night, appearing even more deep and unfathomable.
The night wind blew past, and the leaves rustled.
Jiang Mingyan hid in the darkness, and after making sure that there were no pursuers behind him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He lifted the fat kid up, looked into his round eyes that shone brightly even in the darkness, and praised him, "Our Suisui is the best kid in all of Wuzhou. How come he's so smart?"
Sui Sui pursed her lips and showed a cute smile in a reserved manner.
My brother praised Sui Sui~
He patted the peach sapling that he had been holding in his claws like an inconspicuous doll, and the sapling flashed and emitted a soft golden light.
Now that Taotao is brighter, brother can see more clearly!
Suisui is so great!
The little guy thought he was awesome, and was as proud as a triumphant rooster, holding his head high with elation.
Jiang Mingyan's smile deepened, and he didn't tell the little guy that although the Qi training cultivators could not practice fasting and wield swords like the foundation building cultivators, they could also see in the dark.
Sui Sui had no idea of his brother's great sense of accomplishment in protecting the little cub. He felt a little shy when his brother laughed, so he reached out and hugged his brother's big head. As if to reciprocate the gift, he began to babble and praise his brother: "Brother, good!"
Jiang Mingyan took two puffs of the cub, and the fatigue brought by the night's running around dissipated a lot.
He smiled, patted the cub's butt, and pulled his head out: "Sui Sui is fine. Where should we go next..."
He held the cub in his arms and pondered.
"Auntie!" Sui Sui raised his little face and dug out some memories from his round little head: "Anang porridge!"
Jiang Mingyan tapped the little guy's soft nose with his slender fingers: "It's mother, silly Sui Sui."
"Smart people!" Suisui puffed up his fat face.
My brother is bad!
Looking at the pouty little cub, Jiang Mingyan rubbed his frizzy hair and reflected on himself with a smile: "It's my brother's fault. How could he say that about our clever Sui Sui?"
"Sui Sui, can you please forgive your brother?"
The little fat boy was suspicious, but his brother seemed very sincere...
And my brother's smile was so beautiful, and even his phoenix eyes were filled with tenderness...
So, the little fat boy nodded dizzily: "Hello, brother!"
Jiang Mingyan smiled even more.
However, he remembered the little guy's suggestion...
Aunt?
A'niang never mentioned her family background, but this aunt was an exception.
Every time A-niang talked about the old stories between the sisters, although her tone was a little disappointed, she was smiling with a beautiful smile on her face.
Jiang Mingyan looked towards the distant north, where the Dusk Mountains lay.
A'niang once said that she and her aunt parted ways in Zhongzhou, one went to Jiulizhou, and the other crossed the Dusk Mountains and arrived in Wuzhou.
"Let's go north." Jiang Mingyan looked seriously into the dark, bright, round eyes of the cub in his arms: "To the Dusk Mountains."
Wuzhou is shaped like the Chinese character "口" (mouth) with the bottom horizontal line missing. The land surrounds the Xingluo Sea on the south side, which connects to the endless sea.
The vertical line on the left side of the character "口" is divided by two cities.
The north is controlled by Shanhe City, and the south is occupied by Wuan City.
When they went to the north, they were out of the Jiang family's sphere of influence.
After deciding on the destination, he returned to the world with his basket on his back.
The soft cloth in the basket was still there, but the peach blossoms on the edge of the basket were a little wilted.
Jiang Mingyan has to change the branches before going out these days, to ensure that his family can see the latest and brightest peach blossoms in the basket every year.
But it wasn't time for him to replace the peach blossoms yet, and he had only just learned yesterday evening that the peach tree in the courtyard was a second-grade spiritual plant, and that it had helped them a lot...
Jiang Mingyan paused.
Sui Sui sat in the basket, raised her little face in confusion, and looked at her brother who suddenly stopped moving: "Brother?"
However, the peach sapling, feeling the scent of its own branches beside the basket, remembered the revenge of having its branches broken, and waved its branches angrily.
The little fat boy didn't understand what was going on. He touched the golden crown of the peach tree and said, "Taotao, no, brother, okay."
Jiang Mingyan heard the stumbling baby voice, and his heart softened. He explained softly, "Sui Sui, it was my brother who broke Tao Tao's flower branch. It was my brother who was wrong."
The little fat boy opened his black eyes wide, with his hair hanging all over his head, and looked at his brother and nodded hesitantly.
Before he could say anything complicated, he took hold of the invisible thread of power that connected him and Hypericum virginianum and conveyed his thoughts to Hypericum virginianum.
Taotao, brother did something wrong, please don't blame me, okay? Suisui will work hard to earn spirit stones and get you lots of spiritual energy!
The peach sapling rubbed the young cubs with its crown, and stretched out a thin branch to touch the scattered flower branches on the edge of the basket one by one.
A golden light flashed, and the wilted flowers became bright again.
With the soft comfort of its beloved cub, the green-leaved Hypericum not only generously said that it didn't care, but also shook its crown towards Jiang Mingyan in a show-off manner.
I can restore the flower branches, and the little cubs like me more!
Seeing the bright flowers on the branches, Sui Sui couldn't help but bend his eyes and happily announced to his brother: "I and Taotao have a promise, no matter how much you cry!"
Jiang Mingyan chuckled: "Thank you, Sui Sui."
His gaze shifted to the peach sapling in the cub's small hands, his eyes shifting slightly: "Thank you, Taotao, too."
Let’s put things one way and the other. It was wrong for him to break the flower branches, but is this peach sapling a good thing?
A peach tree with a weak consciousness and only instinct can only stand up at this time.
The crown of the peach sapling felt cold, and it lay quietly in the cub's hands, pretending to be dead.
The cub was completely unaware of this, feeling that it had accomplished a great thing and maintained harmony in the family, so it smiled widely and was very adorable.
"Let's go!" He patted the edge of the backpack and said, "Brother, let's go!"
"Are you so impatient?" Jiang Mingyan rubbed his chubby face in amusement and agreed: "Okay, listen to us, let's go."
He carried the basket containing the cub on his back and took a deep look at the prosperous city standing tall and majestically not far away.
That was where he lived for twelve years. Every table, chair, blade of grass and tree in the courtyard bore the traces of his father and mother.
The dead are gone, and the living are like this.
Jiang Mingyan felt the heavy weight on his back, as if he was carrying the whole world behind him - that was indeed his whole world.
Jiang Mingyan's sharp brows couldn't help but relax, revealing a smile full of tenderness and warmth.
Dad and Mom, Suisui and I are leaving Wu'an City.
The road ahead is long, but Suisui and I support each other and move forward together. No matter how many foggy swamps there are, we have nothing to fear.
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At first, Jiang Mingyan would deliberately avoid villages and towns.
After all, they are still within the reach of the Jiang family, so it always helps to be careful.
Later, they lost their way in the wilderness and could only look at the golden wheel hanging high in the sky, barely struggling to move north.
Although Jiang Mingyan disdained the fact that Biye Hypericum wanted to compete with him for Sui Sui's favor, he also admitted that in their current team, Biye Hypericum's strength was unquestionable.
This journey was made possible thanks to the presence of Hypericum odoratum.
Jiang Mingyan is still a young boy after all, and the little guy in the basket on his back is a sweet baby.
The fact that he could walk for several hours carrying the solid cub on his back already showed that his physical fitness was far superior to that of an ordinary person. He couldn't be forced to walk for more than that.
Therefore, during these days of traveling, their daily routine was that during the day Jiang Mingyan would carry a basket on his back with a cub in it and the cub holding a sapling in his hand.
At night, the sapling returned to its normal size. Jiang Mingyan, holding the sapling, sat in the crown of the tree, shaking its roots and running wildly.
On the night when they were about to run out of food and ammunition, a man, a cub and a tree, who had been wandering in the wilderness for several days, finally saw a village hidden in the night.
Jiang Mingyan's eyebrows moved slightly, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
Although he was well protected, the dirty cub, who had not had a proper wash for several days, had bright black round eyes and kept calling his brother as if urging him.
Jiang Mingyan chuckled and jumped down from the treetops holding Suisui.
So, Sui Sui knew that her brother was going over, and she happily opened her chubby little hands to let the shrunken Hypericum jump up.
After everything was ready, Jiang Mingyan walked towards the village.
He had just walked to the yard of the nearest house and had not yet knocked on the door when the fierce barking of a dog suddenly rang out.
Then, there was a noise in the yard, and someone asked loudly, "Who is it?"
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