Huo Xiaolong and Hou Xiangxiang went out to play again as the sun set. They were going to Da Ni'er's house for dinner today because Aunt Wang had just invented a new sesame seed cake, which was delicious. It would be perfect with some wontons.
"I knew it, Aunt Wang's cooking is getting better and better." Hou Xiangxiang burped as she ate, having long since abandoned her ladylike demeanor, and patted her round belly as she walked.
"Why don't you stay at my house tonight, you chuunibyou sister?"
Huo Xiaolong felt a little embarrassed at Aunt Wang's place. She wanted Zhang Mama to bring her food tomorrow morning, so that she could at least return it, right?
After thinking for a while, Da Ni'er nodded.
"Okay, I'll tell my mother."
"I want to go too." Hou Xiangxiang wanted to go as well; the three children were inseparable.
"Come on over, anyway, you came here every day when you were being beaten, and you stayed quite a bit."
The little girl snorted a few times. Who hasn't been beaten before?
The three little ones toddled hand in hand toward the brothel, behaving erratically. Huo Xiaolong quite enjoyed this carefree and relaxed life. Even fake children are still children; she wanted to experience everything she hadn't in her past life.
"Little sister, which way is the brothel?"
The three sisters paused for a moment after being suddenly blocked by a middle-aged man, and then Huo Xiaolong asked...
What were you doing at the brothel?
"Has your brothel recently found a child? We are that child's relatives and have come to look for him."
In the blink of an eye, Hou Xiangxiang and Wang Dani'er had disappeared. The little dumpling looked at him and said...
"You should ask about this..."
With a thud, the middle-aged man fell to the ground.
Behind them, Wang Dani was holding Hou Xiangxiang, while the little girl was holding a medical book as thick as a brick in both hands.
She gave Huo Xiaolong a thumbs-up and said...
"See! I told you, this thing is really useful, and we'll be able to use it sooner or later."
"..." Huo Xiaolong was a little speechless. Medical books, healing the sick and saving lives, do you understand that sense of holiness? Holiness!
What is Hou Xiangxiang using it for now? To beat someone up!
Okay, anyway, it's still usable, and there's no blood on it.
"My senior brother told me that the back of a person's head is the weakest point, so you can just hit it hard!" The little girl was quite happy; this was the first time she had ever hit someone.
She didn't have much of a chance during the previous defense of the city; she was always down there stitching up her wounds, her hands trembling as she did so.
"Does Grandpa Gu know that your senior brother is teaching you this kind of thing?"
"I don't know~"
"..."
The sun has hidden itself, darkness has descended, and the red-light district is deserted. That must be luck.
A middle-aged man was tied up with ropes by three young girls and dragged along the ground. When they arrived at the back door of the brothel, his buttocks got stuck on the threshold. Huo Xiaolong and Da Nier pulled him over with a little effort.
Hou Xiangxiang could still hear the sound of her head hitting the bluestone bricks.
"Be gentle, or you two will make you stupid," she said.
"It's okay, we're home."
"Mom! Mother! Da Ni'er and Xiang Xiang are staying at our house today!" Huo Xiaolong threw down the rope and ran into the yard, snuggling up to his two mothers' legs and acting all cute and silly.
"Aunties! I'm here too!" Hou Xiangxiang ran over as well. Since they were all acquaintances, she figured she might as well include her in the conversation.
"Oh, our Xiangxiang is here too! Da Ni'er, come over and sit down and have some fruit. You silly child, you're here, why bring a gift? We're all family. What are you carrying in your hands? Put them on the ground and come over, it's hot in the summer." Cen Ang was beckoning Da Ni'er to come and eat some iced fruit.
Da Ni'er, who was pulling the person behind her, was at a loss. First, she didn't know how to act cute, and second, shouldn't this be done at the right time? You still have someone tied to your back, right? Why don't we deal with this person first?
"Um, Auntie, no... this isn't proper etiquette."
"I really don't know," the girl said, her face flushed, stammering.
“Yes, Mom, this isn’t a gift. These are some people I brought back along the way,” Huo Xiaolong said, looking up at Cen Ang.
"What's wrong?" He Yi asked, her brows furrowed slightly.
This wasn't found again, was it...?
"He asked about Tingche, so Xiangxiang knocked me out and brought me back."
"You came back from such a big incident and acted like nothing happened. You're something else." He Yi tapped Huo Xiaolong's forehead twice, and the little dumpling giggled.
Cen Ang stood up and walked forward, examining the face of the person lying on the ground by the candlelight in his hand. Then, the woman stood up and called out towards the back room.
"Tingche, come out and see if this is your maternal family's chief steward."
Lan Tingche no longer needed a wheelchair and was practicing walking with crutches. The wooden door creaked open, and the little boy, leaning on his crutches, skipped and hopped out. He approached and glanced at the door...
"Auntie, this is Uncle Nan..."
"What happened to Uncle Nan? Why is he lying on the ground? Did something happen to my grandfather?"
"Why is he tied up?"
"Was it Sister Long'er who saved her?"
Cen Ang was somewhat embarrassed. He called over Ah Cai and several maids to carry the person into the house, then smiled and said...
"Your sister thought he was a bad guy, so she knocked him out and brought him back."
"Um, then... then call a doctor?" Lan Tingche was a little flustered. It wasn't Huo Xiaolong's fault, but it wasn't a good idea to keep his elder unconscious.
“I have already sent Ping’er and the others to summon Doctor Gu,” Cen Ang replied.
The little boy nodded, then skipped back into the room on his crutches to see his elders.
The three little ones grinned, looking a bit embarrassed at Cen Ang, while the older girl remained expressionless, though she was also a little embarrassed inside.
Although Huo Xiaolong gave the first instruction and Hou Xiangxiang carried out the action, didn't she also become an accomplice to evil?
"Mom, have I gotten myself into trouble?"
This time, Huo Xiaolong didn't betray his girlfriend; the two of them were indeed following her orders.
"It's alright, being wary is a good thing," said Cen's mother, squatting down and patting the heads of her three children.
Unlike He Yi, who had actually seen people inside the imperial palace in the capital, the eunuch who came that day gave her away as soon as he opened his mouth.
The Prince of Zhennan's mansion has no eunuchs; the only one they can send is the one from the palace. Taking him by surprise and killing him is an extremely decisive and correct choice.
But these three children don't know who they are or which side they're on, so knocking them out and bringing them back first is always a good thing.
"I had Er Ya make you three ice bowls in the ice cellar, and poured lots of cheese on them. Go and eat."
The bowls on the table need to be saved for Doctor Gu later; the old man is too old to eat anything too cold, and these three children are crying as soon as the ice is removed.
"Thank you, Mom!"
"Thank you, Auntie!"
"Thank you, Aunt Cen."
The woman and He Yi exchanged a glance. The indifference in the woman's eyes was unmistakable. After nearly a year of getting along, Cen Ang had come to understand this seemingly harmless mother of his daughter.
Hopefully it's a friend who's coming; otherwise, this person probably won't see the sun rise the next day.
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