“Your father would never do such a thing to you,” Li Tianyou said firmly.
"Oh dear, Father has so many enemies. I wonder who will be the ones to arrest us?" Xu Qingshi seemed relieved, though he was still somewhat agitated about his and Li Tianyou's capture.
"Why are you so happy?" Li Tianyou shook his head, thinking to himself, "He's still just a child."
Emotions come quickly and go quickly.
"My father doesn't abandon me, I'm just happy for a moment." Xu Qingshi's small eyes narrowed into slits, his tone filled with excitement.
"Don't be too happy yet. If we can't find a way to sneak out, I don't know if you'll ever see your father again." Although Li Tianyou didn't want to discourage the child, that was the current situation. He felt that Xu Qingshi was a perceptive child, and he should explain their current predicament to him.
"I'm not afraid at all. My father will definitely find us," Xu Qingshi said confidently, thinking of Xu Heming's omnipotent abilities.
"Are you sure your father already knows you're missing? Or is he digging through your remains in the ashes of the Zhou family's house?" Li Tianyou asked Xu Qingshi with a hint of helplessness.
Li Tianyou was unaware of Xu Qingshi's situation at the Zhou family until he overheard passersby talking on his way to the Prince An's residence. He learned that Xu Qingshi had suffered such injustice at the Zhou family. If Xu Qingshi hadn't happened to be sitting right next to him at the time, he would have been worried about her safety.
Upon hearing this, Xu Qingshi fell silent, thinking to himself, "His father probably doesn't know he's missing yet, right?"
After all, he had secretly returned to the Prince An's residence.
Li Tianyou noticed Xu Qingshi's sullen expression and quickly sat down next to her, asking, "What's wrong?"
"Grandfather, do you think my father really doesn't like me?" Xu Qingshi asked, somewhat confused.
"You little ingrate, what is it about your father that he doesn't like you? He cares about you very much. Don't let a few words from others erase your father's love for you. Besides, if you have any questions, you should bravely ask your father, instead of helping the bad guys and mistreating yourself."
Li Tianyou stroked Xu Qingshi's head and gently comforted him.
"I'm afraid my father really doesn't want me anymore. Besides, that person kept saying I was a descendant of the Zhou family and that they missed me. I thought they were my mother's family, so they wouldn't harm me. Who knew..." Xu Qingshi felt a little sad thinking about this.
What those people say about him is all false.
"Now you know? Some things can't be just listened to what others say; you have to look at them carefully. Like this matter, it's not necessarily a bad thing that you know about it. At least you've seen through those people's true colors," Li Tianyou added.
"Hmph, now I know that what those people said was just to please my father!" Xu Qingshi said angrily.
“You’ll learn from your mistakes. Next time, you’ll have to be more careful, won’t you?” Li Tianyou said to Xu Qingshi with a smile.
“Grandfather is right. Next time they try to fool me, I won’t believe their lies.” Xu Qingshi said, feeling relieved.
The grandfather and grandson chatted for a few more minutes. Suddenly, Xu Qingshi looked at Li Tianyou, who was dressed as a farmer, and a thought flashed through his mind.
"Grandfather, how did they recognize us when we're like this?" Xu Qingshi looked at their clothes and thought to himself that if he met an old man wearing these coarse linen clothes on the street, he definitely wouldn't recognize Li Tianyou.
Even if you think they look alike, you wouldn't dare to associate the two of them together, okay?
"Hiss! Your words remind me of something. Is it possible that they were human traffickers who happened to see us when they arrived at the gate of Prince An's mansion and kidnapped us?" Li Tianyou was also a little curious at this moment. Logically speaking, no one should be able to recognize them like this.
“I can understand if human traffickers want someone as young as me, but what about an old person? Is he worth anything?” Xu Qingshi looked Li Tianyou up and down, wondering, would human traffickers like someone this old?
"What kind of look is that? At my age, I may not be worth much, but I still know how to make money!" Li Tianyou straightened his back and said with a smug look on his face.
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