Chapter 24 Kid, why are you running?

Xu Wan glanced at him lazily and said, "That's fine, then I'll just take Wen Xiu out. Young Master Jin Cheng doesn't like to see people anyway, so he can just stay at home and watch over the door."

As she said this, she took Cuizhi away, and Zong Wenxiu also followed her obediently.

Zong Jincheng became anxious when he saw this.

This woman doesn't play by the rules. Doesn't she always keep her word?

Why are you so obedient now!

The little devil quickly found a step for himself and quickly chased after him: "No, I want to go too! Zong Wenxiu has never seen the world, he is obedient and gullible. If you sell him out of bad intentions, where can I find someone to study with me!"

Xu Wan added coolly as she walked: "If people could be sold, you would definitely be the first one to be sold."

The little devil's tail instantly twitched: "Of course, this young master is priceless and worth more."

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

Xu Wan's mouth twitched, and she finally turned her head to smile at him and asked back: "You really know how to make up for yourself. With your useless appearance of being unable to carry anything, if you were bought to the countryside, you wouldn't even be able to feed a pig. You would be a total waste of food. I'm really curious, where does your unfounded confidence come from?"

Zong Jincheng's happy face immediately fell down after hearing this straight ball, and his beautiful black pupils began to light up again: "Who wants to go to the countryside to raise pigs! Even if I go to the countryside, I will be a master!"

Xu Wan came up with the answer herself: "Oh, blind confidence."

Zong Jincheng: “…”

The little devil was so angry that he chased after her and continued to nag, making it clear that he wanted to convince Xu Wan to surrender.

The three of them got into the carriage together.

Xu Wan took out the lunch box prepared in the carriage and handed it to Zong Wenxiu: "It's a long way. If you are hungry, eat something to fill your stomach."

Zong Wenxiu nodded in surprise and flattery: "Thank you, madam."

Zong Jincheng, who was being ignored, said: "?"

What about me? What about me?

I'm such a big guy!

He glared at the two of them angrily, trying to arouse their guilt, but Xu Wan simply ignored him and closed her eyes to take a nap after delivering the lunch boxes.

Zong Jincheng: “!!!”

Zong Wenxiu noticed something was wrong and quickly pushed the food box to him: "You eat first."

The little devil looked at the food box in front of him, stared at it for three seconds, and then turned his head away arrogantly.

"snort."

If you don't give him food, who would care?

Eating cakes can also damage your teeth!

I don't know how much time had passed, but I felt that the road was getting worse and worse, and the carriage was shaking constantly.

The little devil was so dizzy that he almost fell on Xu Wan several times, but he hated Xu Wan very much, so he treated Zong Wenxiu as a pillar to catch him.

Whenever the carriage shook, the two brothers would try to stay still while one would hold the other tightly.

"Bang——" There was a crash outside the carriage.

As soon as Xu Wan opened her eyes, she saw the two brothers hugging each other tightly, a rare scene of brotherly love and respect.

She jokingly asked, "What are you two doing here?"

"we……"

"Bang--"

"ah--"

Before the two could answer, the carriage suddenly shook violently, and the two brothers fell off their seats. Even Xu Wan hit her head against the window, making a loud bang.

"Madam!" Zong Wenxiu was the first to crawl over and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Xu Wan shook her dizzy head and soothed them, "I'm fine, you guys take a seat first." Then she looked outside and asked, "Cuizhi, what's going on?"

Cuizhi reported the situation outside truthfully: "Madam, our carriage hit a child."

"What?" Xu Wan was anxious when she heard that someone had been hit, and it was a child at that. "Go check on him and see if he's seriously injured."

Xu Wan opened the car curtain and got out, followed by the two brothers Zong Jincheng and Zong Wenxiu.

I saw a little boy of about six or seven years old lying in front of the carriage. He was wearing dirty and ragged clothes, his face was covered in blood and mud, and his body was so weak that it seemed like it was about to break, but he was struggling to get up.

"Go! Don't let him move!"

Xu Wan was well aware of the many fatal diseases that might be caused by a severe impact on the body, and she must not move her body rashly at this time, otherwise it would likely aggravate her condition.

But the child was already anxious to get up, and he became even more panicked when he heard Xu Wan's words. He used all his strength to get up from the ground and ran towards the alley without looking back.

"Kid, why are you running?"

"Come back soon, we'll take you to see a doctor."

"Run slower, hey..."

Two servants from the marquis's mansion ran over to chase the man. The merchants on both sides saw this and thought that a high-ranking official had come to cause trouble, so they all prepared to pack up their stalls and go home, and the street became chaotic.

Zong Jincheng had no idea what was going on. He asked in confusion, "This kid has injuries all over his body, why is he running so fast? Is he a fugitive that the government wants to catch?"

Xu Wan reminded him warmly: "According to the laws of our country, children under the age of seven are not guilty even if they kill someone."

Judging from the age of the child just now, he must be no more than seven years old. How could he be a fugitive?

Zong Jincheng frowned and asked honestly, "What about those whose clans were exterminated?"

Xu Wan: “…”

One day, she was actually rendered speechless by the little devil.

I was careless and forgot that this crime existed in ancient times.

She took a deep breath and said, "The current emperor has not executed anyone's entire clan in recent years. Can't you think of something better?"

Zong Jincheng said cunningly, "Is it because I don't want to? He was clearly acting like a thief with a guilty conscience. How can someone who is hit by a car run away? I don't know why you thought he hit us."

"That kid's face was covered in blood. How did you know he was guilty? You are judging others by your own standards." Xu Wan commented sharply.

Zong Jincheng was not very righteous but still very angry: "I... I just saw it. Anyway, he is not normal!"

"You threw dirty water on someone without any evidence. What would you say if you wrongly accused them?"

"Oh, impossible! I have seen all kinds of people. If he is wrongly accused, I will write my name backwards!"

"Haha, then let's wait for the results."

As Xu Wan said this, she asked the two of them to get on the carriage and drove in the direction where the child disappeared.

Zong Jincheng and Xu Wan had just had an argument and were ignoring each other. However, Zong Wenxiu was looking at the familiar bumpy road outside, his fingers clenched nervously. He glanced at Xu Wan and seemed to understand where his wife had brought them to.

It turned out to be the place where he and his mother had lived for nine and a half years...

A slum that no one from the capital city's nobility wants to visit.