"I don't know about extroversion or extroversion, but look at our Long'er."
After Zhihua was finally taken down by Chunying, Huo Xiaolong was eager to try climbing the rope as well.
"Sis, sis, I want to climb too."
The girls at the brothel were addicted to spoiling children. Even though Long'er was only three years old, Zhiyin put Huo Xiaolong on Er Ya's neck and let him ride on her, then climbed towards the rope.
Zhiyin and Chunying raised their hands high, fearing that Huo Xiaolong would be thrown to the ground.
Given the current situation, you should just stop letting her climb and leave her to the side quietly. She'll be done waiting for someone else.
These girls insisted on fulfilling their younger sister's wish.
This is also why Huo Xiaolong was somewhat timid when He Yixiong brought him back.
She never knew what it was like to be a normal child. When she first met the people at the brothel, everyone indulged her, coaxed her, and pampered her. So Huo Xiaolong thought that this was what it was like to be a child.
You can act cute or throw a tantrum, as long as you don't do anything that violates principles.
Parents would agree.
She even thought that all children in her past life were like that.
No wonder those kids laugh so happily all the time; she would be happy too if she were in their shoes.
Instead of being happy, Chunying grabbed Huo Xiaolong's belt and pulled the child into her arms.
Then he handed Long'er to Zhihua.
Zhihua also wanted to take Huo Xiaolong to see Zhou Ning'an.
“Zhihua, why do you insist on taking Long’er? If you want to take your little sister, why don’t you take Zhiyin instead?”
Zhihua rolled her eyes at Chunying.
"What do you know? How old is Long'er? How old is Zhiyin? I have to show him off. This is our young lady from Fengyue Tower."
Chunying didn't understand; she had no man.
Zhihua's actions were intended to deepen Zhou Ning'an's understanding. She told Zhou Ning'an, along with Huo Xiaolong, that brothels and prostitutes are all a matter of perspective.
If you only see that place as a courtyard, then the brothel is nothing more than a haven where a group of women depend on each other for survival.
We also have children, and unlike other brothels, we have little girls who learn to please men from a young age.
We are her sisters, and the madam is her mother.
As Zhou Ning'an lay in bed gazing at the moonlight and pondering Zhihua, there was a knock on the window, and the servant attending to him hurried over to investigate.
The servant went to the window and opened it. What came into view was his young master's beloved. The servant was at a loss for words.
"Zhi...Zhihua, the young lady?"
Zhihua smiled gently and nodded.
"Young Master! Miss Zhihua has arrived!"
Zhou Ning ignored him completely.
"Stop talking nonsense, Zhihua is definitely staying at a brothel right now."
"Oh, young master, what are you waiting for? Fengyue Tower is closed again today. Miss Zhihua is right outside the window."
"???"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ning'an immediately struggled to sit up in bed. The servant, fearing he might aggravate his wound, went back to help him.
"Just let me in, there's no need to help your young master up."
Zhihua held Huo Xiaolong's warm little hand in hers, and her heart felt warm too.
"Quickly, open the door for Zhihua."
When Huo Xiaolong opened the door and saw Zhou Ning'an, his brows furrowed.
This man is very different from the last time we met. Last time, he was sleek and handsome, and looked very energetic.
Zhou Ning'an was pale and had lost a lot of weight. His face was thinner and more angular than before, and now it was just skin and bones.
Her face was still a little flushed, not from the heat or shyness, but from the wind that had chapped her skin on the grassland.
“Zhihua,” Zhou Ning’an called out.
The young woman couldn't help but feel sorry for the man who needed a servant to help him get up from the bed.
“You’re back,” Zhihua replied.
The man nodded.
The more Huo Xiaolong looked at the man, the more he grinned, instantly breaking the ambiguous and tender atmosphere between the two.
"Next time you go out, could you please hire some bodyguards? Look how skinny you are, you look just like my sister Huanlu."
After saying that, the little dumpling wiped its drool.
You told me how much you make my sister feel sorry for you, and it makes me feel strange too.
Huo Xiaolong felt in his past life that there were some problems with the model of a man and a woman who were not related by blood forming a family, conceiving life and spending their lives together.
They have no blood relation whatsoever, so how could they possibly support each other?
Getting married is about finding someone to rely on.
As for pledging to die for each other, that's just a line that circulated in books and dramas.
It wasn't until she saw Zhou Ning'an and Zhihua that Huo Xiaolong realized that the phrase "to pledge one's life to another" was indeed possible.
For example, Zhou Ning'an,
Now, Zhihua is not good enough for him, not even a little bit.
One was of low social status, the other was a young master.
But Zhou Ning'an would fight tooth and nail for Zhihua.
Regardless of his motives—whether it was to save his family or to save face—he did it, and that's enough.
"Long'er is right. You must never make me worry like this again."
Zhihua felt like crying, so Huo Xiaolong took out a crumpled handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her.
He then wiped his drool.
"Zhihua, then...would you consider marrying me?"
"No, I can't bear to part with Zhiyin and Long'er."
Zhihua refused without even thinking. Dating was fine, but taking responsibility wasn't the right thing to do.
“You can bring both of them to the Zhou family. I will pay for their redemption. Once they arrive, I will treat them as my own sisters.”
"No, I'd rather stay at the brothel."
Long'er said this, looking at the sweet pastries on Zhou Ning'an's table and wanting to eat them. Cen Ang didn't let her eat hard and sweet things at Fengyue Tower, and now she was teething.
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