Chapter 247 Heroic Demeanor (Second Update)
The man slapped her hard; Ming'er was injured and completely disoriented.
Xiao Jingkong took a peanut candy from his purse and put it in his mouth: "Eat some candy first. Jiaojiao said that eating candy gives you strength."
"I'm sorry..." Ming'er said weakly.
"What did you say?" Xiao Jingkong didn't hear clearly. He put his ear to the man's mouth, wanting to hear what he had said. At this moment, the woman came over with a razor and clothes.
At the same time, the sound of several men talking could be heard from the front yard.
There are more than three bad guys.
The woman entered the room, so Xiao Jingkong had to temporarily give up on waking up his brother Ming'er.
The little one looked well-behaved, hadn't been beaten or suffered any hardship, and was very clean. The woman grabbed him first and shaved his head.
Xiao Jingkong felt utterly hopeless.
His hair, which had finally grown back... was gone just like that!
Mingming Jiaojiao said that she can have her hair tied in little buns in another month!
Ahhh!
After shaving Xiao Jingkong's head, the woman changed him into the clothes of a poor child.
Honestly, this child doesn't cry or make a fuss. Apart from being timid and a bit cowardly, he's actually quite likable.
For a moment, the woman thought of keeping the child, raising him to care for her and her husband in their old age.
But considering the attitude of the head of the household, she shook her head.
Forget it, money is more important, and besides, he wouldn't agree anyway.
The woman shaved the heads of both children, changed their clothes, and then smeared some yellow powder on their faces to make them look pale, thin, and malnourished. She also drew some spots on their faces with cinnabar.
The two looked completely different from before; even their own parents probably wouldn't recognize them at first glance.
"Is it done yet?" the middle-aged man urged from outside.
"Alright, alright!" The woman went out and asked, "Should we... give them some medicine?"
The middle-aged man looked at the two people in the room. He had been a bit too heavy-handed and injured the child. He was worried that if he used medicine again, it would kill the child. As for the younger one, he was so scared that he was paralyzed. What kind of medicine should he use?
"No need. You and Lao Liu take the people out of the city. Lao Li and I still have two jobs to do."
This means I've got new business again; my luck today is just too good to be true.
The woman beamed with joy: "Great!"
The woman and Old Liu carried the two children onto the carriage. They wanted to leave the city before dark, but they couldn't take the main street, as they were likely to run into the patrolling city guards.
They took back roads, winding and turning through sparsely populated alleys and lanes.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the candy in Ming'er's mouth completely melted, and the sugar water flowed into his stomach. He actually regained a bit of strength. He slowly opened his eyes and found that one of his hands was being tightly held by Xiao Jingkong.
He opened his mouth, about to speak, when Xiao Jingkong spoke first: "Mother, I want to drink water."
The woman trembled: "W-what did you call me?"
"Mother," Little Jingkong said in a dazed and adorable voice.
Is this child an idiot? How could he call himself "Mother"?
The woman stared at the pretty little face, completely mesmerized: "You, you, you..."
"Baby wants to drink water," Xiao Jingkong said sweetly.
The woman's heart softened suddenly. She greedily held onto Xiao Jingkong's shoulders and whispered, "What did you call me? Say it again."
"Mother," Little Jingkong called out softly and sweetly.
The woman was so touched by the word "mother" that she quickly took out a water bag for Xiao Jingkong.
This is clean; she hasn't drunk from it yet!
Little Jingkong gulped down a few mouthfuls and handed the water pouch back to her, saying, "Thank you, Mother."
The woman couldn't stop smiling.
Even if it was brief, she enjoyed the moment.
"Mother, I need to pee!" Little Jingkong suddenly said, covering his bottom.
The woman was startled. She lifted the curtain to look outside, then looked at Xiao Jingkong: "You...you peed in the car."
"I can't pee in the car!" Xiao Jingkong's face turned red.
When a person compromises on one thing, it becomes easy to compromise on a second.
The woman hesitated for a moment, but still asked Old Liu to stop the carriage.
Old Liu: "He needs to pee! Just let him pee in the car! Why make such a fuss!"
Woman: "I need to pee too! Am I supposed to pee in the car too?"
Old Liu cursed a few times, but ultimately couldn't get the woman to move him. He stopped the carriage in an alley and said impatiently, "Hurry up, or someone will find out!"
The woman glared at him, then led Xiao Jingkong down from the carriage.
The woman certainly wouldn't take Xiao Jingkong to places like restaurants or teahouses to use the outhouse; at most, she would find him a secluded spot.
“This is it, go pee here!” the woman said, pointing to a dirty corner.
"Oh." Xiao Jingkong lowered his head to undo his belt. "I can't undo it."
"How come you can't even untie your belt! You're such an idiot!" The woman had just thought the child was cute, but in the blink of an eye, her patience ran out.
Just as she bent down to undo Xiao Jingkong's trousers, Xiao Jingkong suddenly raised his hand and threw a handful of sand into her eyes!
He had a small sandbag in his pocket, and he secretly opened it on the carriage.
The woman, her eyes stung by sand, cried out, "You little bastard! Old Liu! Catch him! He's gotten away!"
Hearing the commotion, Old Liu on the carriage quickly jumped off the ground and rushed towards Xiao Jingkong.
Xiao Jingkong ran off on his feet, but ended up tripping and rolling to Lao Liu's feet.
Old Liu: "..."
Xiao Jingkong: "..."
Would you believe me if I said I didn't do it on purpose?
"Hehe." Old Liu picked up the little guy.
Calm down, calm down...
Xiao Jingkong touched his bald head.
Ah, I've got it!
Iron, head, skill!
"Behold my Iron Head Kung Fu! Ouch—" Little Jingkong slammed his bald head into Old Liu's head!
That was a really hard impact; both of them were stunned.
Xiao Jingkong was the first to react, because—
He's in pain!
Didn't they say that practicing Iron Head Kung Fu would prevent pain?
Little Jingkong touched his sore bald head with his two tiny hands, looking completely bewildered: "Where's my Iron Head Kung Fu? Where's my Iron Head Kung Fu? Iron Head Kung Fu... I don't have Iron Head Kung Fu—"
Xiao Jingkong, who finally remembered that he didn't have the Iron Head Kung Fu, suddenly broke down.
"Waaah—"
That pig-like scream startled Old Liu so much that he dropped the child he was holding!
Xiao Jingkong fell to the ground, got up and ran away!
He shouted, "Help! Help!—"
No, you can't shout it like that.
"Fire! Fire! A huge fire! The whole house is burning! We'll be burned to death if we don't get out now!"
Sure enough, the residents who had been oblivious to what was happening outside rushed out of their houses, and the streets suddenly became much more crowded.
At this moment, Ming'er also got off the carriage. He had regained some strength, and the two of them, one big and one small, ran forward as fast as they could!
I've never seen such a cunning child. How did he come up with the idea of shouting for fire?
There were too many people, and Old Liu and the woman were stuck halfway.
The two successfully escaped the clutches of the two men.
However, no one expected that although they had shaken off those two, they had run into two others.
The middle-aged man, holding a wooden stick, approached the two men with a sinister look: "Shout? Why aren't you shouting?"
Xiao Jingkong: Of course, it's because I shouted myself hoarse!
"Little brat, so you've been pretending to be stupid all along, ruining my plans!" His new target had been completely ruined by the child's shout. The middle-aged man, enraged, raised his wooden stick and struck Xiao Jingkong in a fit of rage!
Just as the wooden stick was about to fall on Xiao Jingkong's head, Ming'er suddenly stepped forward, turned her back to the man, and tightly protected Xiao Jingkong in her arms with her frail little body.
With one blow, Ming'er felt nothing.
He slowly collapsed to the ground, watching the gradually blurring Xiao Jingkong, and with his last strength shouted, "Quick...go!"
...
When Ming'er woke up, she was lying on an unfamiliar bed, and the ceiling had strange beams.
His room in the Prince's Mansion had a dust cover, so the roof beams were not visible.
Ming'er was so dizzy for so long that she forgot she wasn't in Liang Kingdom anymore.
"Ming'er... Ming'er, you're awake!"
Princess Yu's tear-streaked face came into Ming'er's view.
"Mother..." Ming'er spoke weakly, her voice so soft that she could barely hear it herself.
"Mother's here, Mother's here!" Princess Yu wiped away her tears, held her son's hand and kissed it, choking back sobs, "It's good that you're awake, you scared your mother to death!"
Ming'er felt like something was missing, and then he suddenly remembered everything.
He turned to look at Princess Yu: "Is my younger brother... alright?"
Princess Yu was surprised that the child's first question was about his younger brother...
She understood why he asked that question, of course. Xiao Jingkong had told her everything that had happened. She choked back tears and shook her head: "It's nothing... Jingkong is fine..."
Ming'er weakly raised her hand to wipe away Princess Yu's tears: "I found my brother... Mother, please don't... cry anymore..."
(End of this chapter)
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