Chapter 30
When Qingheng said the idiom he wanted to teach, Mingqiao sensitively noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
He looked at his mother's face carefully, then turned back to look at the red courtyard with lanterns hanging.
"Mother."
Ming Qiao came over, kissed her mother's face, and coaxed her in a soft and tender voice: "Don't be unhappy."
"I'm not unhappy."
Qingheng's face was cold. He held the baby in his arms, walked upstairs and returned to his room.
As soon as he got back, Qingheng took the books and started to educate his child.
Mingqiao doesn’t know many words, and the ones he knows were all taught by his father.
Now, when his mother taught him, Mingqiao intuitively felt the difference in cultural level between his father and mother.
Even when my mother teaches me a single word, she can quote from classics and explain a lot of things.
But it was different with his dad. He could only teach him to read word by word according to the book.
Ming Qiao listened to his mother's small lesson, his eyes full of admiration. He held his face with both hands, and his round, dark eyes seemed to be full of little stars.
Until my mother explained the four words "keep oneself clean" again.
Ming Qiao: “…”
Ming Qiao's chubby face froze for a moment.
He thought about the Red Courtyard he had just seen, and the people on the second floor of the Red Courtyard who were soliciting customers, among whom there were many beautiful aunts and uncles!
A father who keeps himself clean cannot go to this place secretly.
"Mother."
Ming Qiao frowned and jumped off the chair. He grabbed his mother's clothes with his little hands and said in a serious voice, "Let's go find Daddy!"
"No."
Qing Heng had no intention of going. He flipped through a book for children's enlightenment and said indifferently, "The place your father went to is not a place for children to stay."
When Ming Qiao heard this, her face became even more tense.
A place where children can't stay is definitely not a good place!
He let go of the little hand that was holding his mother's clothes and turned around: "Mom, you wait here, Qiao Qiao go find Daddy!"
"return!"
Seeing the little guy leave as soon as he said he would, Qingheng stood up and caught up with him in two steps.
He held the little guy's shoulders and looked down at his face.
After watching for a few seconds, he bent down, picked up the cub, and said, "Forget it, I'll take you there. You have to be obedient and don't run around."
"Um!"
Ming Qiao nodded: "Qiao Qiao, be obedient!"
The big and the small left the room again. Qingheng looked at Hongyuan not far away, with some hesitation on his face.
He didn't want to go there with the baby in his arms.
But the cub in her arms had a determined face, and it was clear that he was determined to find his father.
"Qiao Qiao, you are in the room——"
"don't want."
Before Mingqiao had finished listening to his mother's words, he was already shaking his head like a rattle.
He doesn't want to wait in the room alone!
"Let's go, find daddy."
Ming Qiao pointed forward, and his little body shook with anxiety.
There was no other choice, Qingheng could only take him and continue walking.
Soon, they arrived at the gate of the Red Courtyard.
As soon as Qingheng stepped in, the girl who was soliciting customers in the Red Courtyard saw him holding a child and stopped him with a smile.
"Sir, this is not the place to bring a child."
The girl's sweet voice made people feel as if their bones would soften.
Qingheng freed one hand and covered the ears of the baby in his arms.
He raised his eyes and met the smiling girl's gaze.
The girl saw his face clearly, and a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes: "Sir, with your elegance, why do you need to come to us?"
The girl covered her mouth and chuckled: "If you want to find a way to have fun, I'm afraid there will be many people who will stick to you."
The girl praised Qingheng one sentence after another.
After praising her till the end, she didn't want to let Qingheng go even though Qingheng was still holding the child.
"If you really want to come and spend time with us, I can't stop you."
"Come, I'll go upstairs with you. My name is Sister Qi, and I'm considered the signature of this Red Courtyard."
While Qi Jie'er was speaking, she wanted to pull Qingheng's arm.
Qingheng dodged and didn't let her touch him.
"Sir, do you dislike Sister Qi?" Sister Qi, who dodged your hand, turned the smile on her pretty face into one of grievance.
The cub in Qingheng's arms quickly poked out his little head.
"No."
The little guy's eyes widened as he explained, "I don't dislike my aunt, mommy is here to accompany Qiao Qiao."
Sister Qi: “…”
Only then did Sister Qi take a closer look at the cub that had stuck its head out.
She looked at them carefully and was even more surprised: "You two look really alike, are you really mother and daughter?"
"Yes."
Mingqiao nodded his little head and said softly, "Auntie, don't touch mother, you can touch Qiaoqiao."
He raised his chubby little face and let his aunt touch it.
Sister Qi had seen children before, but she had never seen such a beautiful and lovely child.
She couldn't help it and stretched out her hand: "Come, let auntie hug you."
"OK."
Ming Qiao opened her little arms and really let her hug her.
However, after being carried over, the little guy blinked and added: "After you have carried Qiao Qiao, you can no longer carry Mommy La."
Qi Jie'er was amused by him and laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll hug you and I won't hug your mother."
Ming Qiao was sweet-spoken and good-looking. After a short while, she had made Qi Jie'er so happy that she hugged her and was reluctant to let go.
The other girls who were good friends with Sister Qi came over curiously when they saw her holding a child.
Mingqiao was not afraid when he saw more aunts coming.
He waved his little hand obediently and greeted everyone one by one.
Seeing his child being surrounded, Qingheng stood where he was, wanting to move forward, but he couldn't take a step forward.
There were too many people, and they were all girls.
He stood there, not knowing how to get the cub out.
Just as Qingheng frowned, Mingqiao, who was surrounded by her aunts, turned her little face towards him.
He looked at his mother, gestured to her with his little hands, and opened his mouth to speak.
"Mom, go find Dad!"
He told Qingheng to go find his father first and not to bother with him.
The aunts were so welcoming, he wanted to stay a little longer!
Qingheng was worried about leaving him behind, but after spending some time there, he saw that these girls were quite good at taking care of children, and he couldn't really squeeze in, so he simply observed the cub's condition while searching for Wu Ye's presence with his eyes.
There are three floors in the Red Courtyard. Judging from the environment, the third floor is the most elegant and the quietest.
Qingheng raised his head and looked at the third floor inquiringly.
He inexplicably felt that Wu Ye was most likely on the third floor.
I don't know if it was because he was standing in a remote place, or because he deliberately concealed his breath so that it was not easy to be noticed.
Two little girls serving the food passed by him in an empty space a few steps away without noticing him.
The little girl was talking quietly, and Master Wu in her words caught his attention.
"Mr. Wu is so handsome, no wonder the master was so attracted to him."
"This is the first time I've seen the master take the initiative to keep guests. Stop talking, let's quickly serve the wine and food, so as not to delay the master and Master Wu's drinking."
"By the way, when you enter the house later, no matter what you see, you must pretend that you didn't see it. If you offend the master, I can't save you."
The two little girls were whispering to each other in low voices.
But Qingheng had good hearing and he heard everything.
Watching the two little girls go up to the third floor, he turned around to look at the baby who was still playing with his aunts, and with a flick of his fingers, he left a mark on the baby to prevent it from getting lost.
After leaving the mark, Qingheng went upstairs.
As soon as he went upstairs, Ming Qiao, who was surrounded by his aunts, asked where his father was.
"I saw your father when he came. He looked like a good match for your mother."
Sister Qi frowned and said with disgust: "I didn't expect that his character is not good."
You have a partner and a child, yet you still come to a place like this!
Qi Jie thought about Qing Heng, whom she had just met, and then looked at the adorable baby lying on the ground. She said bitterly in her heart:
There really aren’t many good men!
"Aunt, hello daddy, don't say daddy."
Ming Qiao heard that the aunts were talking bad about his father, so he quickly spoke up for his father.
He believed that his father would not do anything bad when he came to this place.
"Aunt, Qiao Qiao is going to go find daddy."
"Qiao Qiao, your father may not be willing to see you right now."
Sister Qi looked embarrassed: "You stay here and let your aunt go and take a look, okay?"
"Take Qiao Qiao with you."
Ming Qiao insisted on going with her. He held Qi Jie'er's hand with his little hand, his little face full of anxiety.
Sister Qi was holding his hand and it was difficult for her to break free.
After hesitating for a long time, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, you close your eyes later. If I don't let you open them, then don't open them."
She knew that Qiao Qiao's father was invited to the third floor.
The one who invited Qiao Qiao's father to the third floor was Shisan Niang, the owner of the Red Courtyard.
Thirteenth Lady likes handsome men the most, so as soon as Qiao Qiao's father arrived, Thirteenth Lady took a fancy to him.
Thinking about Shisan Niang's temperament, Qi Jie'er was afraid that if she went to the third floor, she would see something bad.
So, she told Mingqiao to cover his eyes early on.
Ming Qiao was held by her, and the chubby boy covered his eyes with his hands.
Although he covered his eyes, his fingers slipped through the gaps.
Sister Qi was a little afraid of Shisan Niang. She prepared herself mentally and walked to the third floor. She was so nervous that she didn't notice Mingqiao peeking at her.
Sister Qi walked slowly, thinking about what to say when she pushed the door open later.
Little did she know that at this moment on the third floor, she was not the only one who wanted to peek into the room.
Qingheng had been watching outside for a while.
He looked at Wu Ye inside, who was sitting on the main seat like a host, leaning comfortably on a soft pillow.
Shisan Niang held the wine glass and really liked Wu Ye's pretentious attitude.
She held the glass forward and spoke softly.
"Mr. Wu, if you agree to spend some time with me, let alone an invitation to the auction, I will grant you anything else you want."
"I want to see the invitation letter first."
"No."
Although Shisanniang was fascinated by this handsome appearance, she was still rational: "You have to obey me first and make me satisfied, then I can give you this invitation letter."
Seeing that someone in the room was about to sell himself to beg for an invitation letter, Qingheng couldn't stand it anymore and reached out to push open the door.
After he came in, he said to Shisan Niang straight to the point: "I want two invitation letters. You can ask for any reward you want."
Having said this, Qing Heng paused and added a few words: "Except for selling one's body."
"Qingheng."
When Wu Ye saw Qing Heng suddenly coming over, he sat up straight immediately. He asked in confusion, "Why are you here?"
Wu Ye did not sit in the main seat this time. He stood up and walked a few steps towards Qingheng.
"You, you go back first, leave this to me, I will get the invitation letter."
"How do you get it? By selling your body?"
Seeing the two of them talking like this in front of her, Shisan Niang narrowed her eyes.
She has met many men, and she can see clearly the thoughts revealed on men's faces.
She knew that Wu Ye had just dealt with her for the invitation letter.
She doesn't ask for a man's sincerity, she just wants pleasure.
Now, judging from the situation, the man she wanted to sleep with was obviously thinking about someone else.
Tsk, that's really frustrating.
"I say, you two, what do you think of my Thirteenth Lady?"
Although there was still a smile on Shisan Niang's face, the smile did not reach her eyes.
She walked closer and closer to Qingheng.
"If you want the invitation letter, you have to follow my wishes, Master Wu. Now, I have changed my mind."
"I don't need you to sell yourself anymore."
Shisan Niang was talking to Wu Ye, but her eyes were fixed on Qing Heng's face. She smiled and pointed at Qing Heng with her slender fingers: "Now, I want him to stay with me for one night."
"Don't touch him."
Before Shisanniang's fingers touched Qingheng, Wu Ye's face turned cold and he slapped her hand away.
Wu Ye himself is not afraid of being coveted by others.
Whether it was teasing words, humiliating words, or even worse, he had heard them so many times that he didn't think it mattered.
But when such covetous words were spoken to Qingheng, Wu Ye's eyes suddenly showed hostility almost the moment he heard them.
He has never been a good person, nor has he bothered to be one.
If he hadn't been traveling with Qingheng, he would have used his own means to get the invitation letter long ago.
"If you don't let me touch it, I'll want to touch it even more."
Shisan Niang felt rebellious towards the dangerous signals sent out by Wu Ye and insisted on giving it a try.
She reached out again, this time trying to touch Qing Heng's face.
"You're looking for death!"
Wu Ye’s patience was exhausted, he raised his hand and slapped Shisan Niang.
There was a fight in the room, and Qi Jie'er and Ming Qiao, who were standing outside, were stunned.
Ming Qiao had been peeking for a while. He saw that his father and mother were both there, and he didn't want to rush over and disturb them.
Now, a fight had broken out inside, and he could no longer bear it. He broke free from Sister Qi's arms and rushed towards the house in a hurry with his short legs.
"Don't hit the spicy button!"
"Daddy, don't fight!"
Before Ming Qiao could say anything, Qing Heng had already spoken out to stop her.
The two of them, one big and one small, tried to stop him and finally Wu Ye stopped.
He looked at the cub who ran in and asked the same question as before: "Why are you here too?"
How do these two, one big and one small, know that he is here?
"Daddy, no fighting."
Ming Qiao hugged his father's legs, raised his little face, and advised: "Speak properly!"
After he finished persuading his father, he turned back to look at Thirteenth Lady who was fighting with his father.
"Auntie, don't be angry."
He stretched out his little hand and took out a magical herb, a beautiful bead, and a small purse from the storage ring.
"Dad broke the table, this is compensation for Aunt."
Thirteenth Niang: "..."
Shisan Niang was not interested in the small purse, but was quite interested in the magic herb.
This magical herb has beauty-enhancing effects.
She bent down and took these things without hesitation: "You are so young, but you are more capable than your parents."
"Aunt, Daddy and Mommy want the invitation letter. It's for Qiao Qiao to take medicine. Qiao Qiao is poisoned."
Ming Qiao explained the reason why his parents came to ask for the invitation letter. After the explanation, he came close to Shisan Niang, patted his chest, and bravely promoted himself.
"Don't let your parents sell themselves, let Qiao Qiao sell herself instead!"
"Qiao Qiao can work."
Shisan Niang burst out laughing. She squatted down, looked at the boy who was selling his body, and asked, "Little guy, do you know what selling your body means?"
Ming Qiao nodded: "I know, my brother said that we have to work for others."
"Selling yourself here is not as simple as working for others."
Shisan Niang pinched his soft face. The little guy's father and mother, she had never been touched before.
Now, she can take good care of the child they raised.
After pinching it several times, Shisan Niang temporarily satisfied her urge to touch, and her ruined mood also improved slightly.
"You said you were poisoned. What happened?"
Although Shisan Niang was asking, her hand was checking the pulse of the child in front of her.
After this exploration, she even suspected that she had made a wrong exploration.
Why does this pulse seem to have so many problems?
"Aunt, Qiao Qiao is sick and needs to take medicine. The bad boy poisoned Qiao Qiao's medicine, so mom and dad brought Qiao Qiao here to buy an antidote."
Ming Qiao explained his situation in just a few words.
When he said this, there was no trace of fear on his little face.
It was as if this extremely naughty little body was not his.
"You, you little kid..."
Shisan Niang frowned and looked at the child in front of her. Suddenly she understood why the child's parents insisted on having the invitation letter in her hand.
It turns out that this invitation letter is the child's life-saving letter.
"I, Thirteenth Lady, don't do charity, but I'm too lazy to be a villain."
"Since your child needs my invitation letter, I can give it to you. But if a high-level spirit beast appears at the auction, I want you to bid for it and give it to me, no matter how many spirit stones it costs."
"good."
Wu Ye and Qing Heng both agreed without thinking, and after that, they looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
The invitation letter was successfully obtained, and Ming Qiao was carried away by his father and mother. When they were about to leave, Shisan Niang called them again.
"You two, I'm really curious about something."
"What's the matter?" Wu Ye turned around and asked.
Shisan Niang looked at Qingheng holding the baby, and Wu Ye who was following beside Qingheng, with a look of confusion in her eyes.
"How did you two, who have never had sex, have a child?"
Wu Ye: “…”
Qingheng: "..."
Such a straightforward question caused the expressions on the faces of the two adults being asked to remain blank for a rare moment.
Before the two of them could finish their words, the curious kid spoke first.
"Auntie, what is meat?"
"Shisan Niang, we have something else to do, so we won't bother you anymore! I will definitely come to fulfill my promise after the auction is over!"
Wu Ye forcefully interrupted the curious boy's question. He took Qing Heng and left in a hurry, not daring to stay for even a second.
It's so scary.
It's unimaginable to bring children to this place!
When Wu Ye and Qing Heng left, their faces looked slightly green.
Shisan Niang snorted, somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that they ran so fast.
"I haven't finished talking yet."
Before she reminded Wu Ye, she had already burned some incense in the room to add to the fun.
This fragrance is colorless and odorless, and no one can detect it. It is extremely precious.
If she had known that the man entering her room today was a married man, she would not have wasted her fine incense.
"You're lucky."
The incense burned quickly, and only Wu Ye could smell it. Qing Heng and Ming Qiao, who were standing behind him, didn't smell it either.
After enjoying her own fragrance, Shisan Niang turned around and went to look for a new handsome customer.
Outside.
As soon as Ming Qiao spoke, he was interrupted by his father and mother.
After being interrupted several times, he became angrily and stopped talking.
Wu Ye poked his chubby face and tickled his belly to distract him.
Children's attention is diverted the fastest.
After being teased for a while, Ming Qiao couldn't remember what he was going to say. He curled his eyes, opened his mouth, and bit Wu Ye's hand with a humming sound.
The father and son were playing like this, and before passing by the auction house, they saw the new time updated on the sign.
The new time is midnight tomorrow night.
Seeing this time, Wu Ye was in a good mood.
He said to Qing Heng, "I will take the photo of tomorrow's detoxification pills. And tomorrow's spirit beasts, leave them to me as well."
"You and Qiao Qiao can shoot whatever you like. You don't have to worry about the spirit stones."
Wu Ye's arrogant tone made Qing Heng raise an eyebrow.
“You are so rich?”
Wu Ye smiled indifferently, pretending to be so annoying that it made people's teeth ache.
"Fortunately, I have a few hundred million in assets."
Even though he was pretending like this, Qingheng didn't refuse him.
"Okay, let me see how generous you are tomorrow night."
The family of three talked as they walked, and soon they returned to their room.
It was bright outside the window, but the two adults and one child who had lived there for a few days knew that daytime was the time to rest.
It’s time for activities at night.
Ming Qiao didn't practice, so he would sleep when he was sleepy.
After such a long time of hard work, Ming Qiao returned to his room. He rubbed his eyes and hugged his mother's neck.
"Mom, I need to go to sleep."
"Okay, go to sleep."
The curtains were drawn and the room became dark.
Ming Qiao was soon coaxed to sleep, he stretched out his little body and took up a position on the bed. He fell asleep quickly and soon began to snore.
Qingheng lay down with him and gradually felt sleepy.
Wu Ye slept on the outermost side. He heard that the two people, one big and one small, beside him had fallen asleep, but he just couldn't fall asleep.
Not only could he not sleep, he also felt a little hot.
The heat seemed to surge from inside his body. He tried to suppress it, but it was even more uncontrollable once he tried to suppress it.
The heat spread throughout my body.
Wu Ye suddenly opened his eyes, beads of sweat broke out on his handsome face, and his originally steady breathing became heavy as if he was drowning.
Under the impact of the heat, Qingheng's face appeared in Wu Ye's mind.
Even though Qingheng was lying next to him, his shadow was still flashing in his mind.
The Qingheng in his mind was watching him quietly, doing nothing——
But it made him want to go crazy at this moment.
He stretched out his hand to the right uncontrollably, and the moment he touched Qingheng, he suddenly came to his senses.
"No, I can't."
Can’t touch Qingheng.
Qingheng would feel uncomfortable if he was touched.
Wu Ye restrained himself and sat up from the bed. He didn't even dare to look at Qing Heng, and only wanted to leave the room.
The door to the room opened and closed.
Wu Ye staggered back to his room. Behind him, Qing Heng, who had been woken up by him, followed him with a frown.
"Wu Ye, what's wrong with you?"
When Wu Ye was about to close the door, Qing Heng stretched out his hand to block it.
Wu Ye stopped closing the door, but did not stop pulling him into his arms the next second.
"Why did you follow me?"
The string of rationality in Wu Ye's mind had long been broken.
Even his eyes were red at this moment.
His embrace was also hot.
Qingheng was stunned by his hug.
Nausea, rejection, and vomiting, none of these reactions appeared. Perhaps the body has not yet reacted.
Perhaps, because the hug was trembling, Qingheng didn't feel offended.
Qingheng is only concerned about one thing now: "What happened to you?"
Qiao Qiao's medicine has not been found yet, and this big one also looks like he is sick? !
When Qingheng thought about the problems with both big and small things, his heart sank.
It's over.
Is it too late to switch to medical repair now? !
In Qingheng's eyes, Wu Ye was suffering from a seizure, breathing heavily and his eyes were bloodshot. He didn't say a word, but just hugged Qingheng tightly.
The tip of his nose was filled with Qing Heng's unique cool scent.
His palm was against Qingheng's waist.
He closed his eyes, feeling that at this moment, he had to understand the medicine.
"Don't move, let me hold you for a while, it will be fine in a moment."
Wu Ye said this in a hoarse voice, and did not take any further action.
The daddy and mommy were holding the baby not far away. The baby, who was left on the bed in the room, would touch the adults out of habit when he woke up.
His little body moved to the left, leaning against the wall, but still not close to his mother.
He frowned, closed his eyes, and kicked his chubby feet.
Then he continued to move to the right.
Move a little, then move a little more.
He moved to the edge of the bed, not realizing that there was a floor underneath.
The next second——
With a "plop" sound.
The cub fell down, covered his head and opened his eyes with tears in his eyes.
"Daddy?"
"Mother?"
The kid woke up from the fall, covering his head and looking at the empty room, not knowing whether he was dreaming or awake.
He was in some pain, so he should be awake.
But his father and mother were not in the room. He must still be dreaming. After all, his father and mother were still there before he went to bed.
The kid sitting on the ground pursed his lips and thought for a while. Finally, he looked at the bedpost and banged his head against it again.
“Woo.”
It hurts even more.
This is not a dream!
The baby, wearing only a small shirt, got up from the ground, wiped his tears, and went to look for his parents with his bare fat feet.
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