The man looked down at her, noticing that although she was dissatisfied, she still wasn't taking any further steps, and smiled.
She's still as stubborn as ever, but soft-hearted as ever. Even after all these years apart, she's still exactly the same person he first met.
The man looked at her with tender eyes as she pouted and muttered in dissatisfaction, but then tilted his arm to light up the path behind him.
The girl sniffled twice and slowly followed.
Only then did she look at Shi Lan properly. The man pulled Shi Lan aside and said, "Lan Niang, this is the sister of one of my brothers in the army. Before he died, he entrusted her to me and asked me to take care of her."
Shi Lan rolled her eyes at the girl.
There are many kinds of watching. One kind is watching and then seeing into someone's bed. Of course, there is another kind, seeing into someone else's house. Shi Lan just hopes it is the latter.
"What's your name, little sister?" Shi Lan, who was full of sense of crisis, suddenly changed her expression, reached out and stuffed the lantern into the man's hand, and affectionately pulled the girl along.
The girl hadn't expected her to change her expression so quickly, and paused before saying, "My name is Zhou Yuxiu."
Shi Lan nodded and said, "Yu Xiu, your brother and my man are brothers. Since he entrusted you to my man, then from now on my man will be your brother and I will be your sister-in-law. From now on, when you live in my house, we will be family. I see that you are not young anymore, and I suppose there is no one in your family to arrange a marriage for you. So in a few days, I will ask a matchmaker to come to your door and find you a good family."
Shi Lan's words were affectionate yet made her stance clear: she was willing to entrust him to her, but he could only be a girl from now on, and he shouldn't even think about anything else.
Yu Xiu was stunned by Shi Lan's words. She looked up at the man and murmured, "Brother Mo."
Upon seeing her like this, Shi Lan's beautiful eyes immediately narrowed, and a cold glint flashed from the corner of her eye.
Hearing her call, the man merely glanced at Shi Lan gently and said, "Don't worry, your sister-in-law is a kind-hearted person. She will definitely find you a suitable family in the future and won't mistreat you."
Upon hearing this, Yu Xiu's face turned pale instantly, and her small hand, which was being held by Shi Lan, became cold and sweaty.
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