Cen Ang carried Huo Xiaolong to the deepest part of the secret passage, leaped onto the roof, and pulled out an iron chain from the ceiling.
—Squeak
The woman lifted a stone slab from the ground, placed the little dumpling on the ground, and took out a black box from it. The box was about the size of two stone benches and looked quite heavy.
"Come and see, Long'er."
The little girl peeked into the box and saw rows and rows of neatly arranged gold bars, filling the entire box.
"Mom! Where did you come from?"
She couldn't believe that brothels could make so much money! This wasn't just ordinary money; if converted into military pay, it would be enough to support the 50,000 troops in the border city for two years!
"Look at you, all greedy! And there's more!"
Beneath the black box was a box exactly the same as it. Cen Ang was extra careful when he picked up this box.
As the box was opened, Huo Xiaolong gained a profound understanding of the term "gold and silver jewelry" for the first time.
Jadeite bracelets that would normally fetch exorbitant prices outside were casually tossed about on the box, along with countless full pearl necklaces. Mother Cen rummaged through the box and pulled out several land deeds from the bottom.
"This is the land deed for the hot spring resort outside the capital, and this one is too."
"Mom, are you a princess from the previous dynasty?!"
Such a vast fortune couldn't have been acquired by a princess alone. It would have taken countless years to accumulate it all.
"These two boxes were given to me by a very good friend of Mom's... a very good older sister."
She originally meant to say "friends," but what friend could be so generous?
“This box, we can give it to her son sometime, so he can live a life of wealth and luxury,” Cen Ang said, pointing to the box of gold.
"This box is for my daughter; it's all part of your dowry."
She never thought about getting married and having children in her life. Before Cen Ang met Huo Xiaolong, she thought she wouldn't live much longer.
Even with the ancient doctor's detoxification, only I know the feeling of my body deteriorating day by day due to internal depletion.
She didn't want to hold Zhao Kai back. What if he could meet someone else he was attracted to after she died?
Cen Ang was just about to go to a coffin shop to get a good coffin when, at that moment, God sent her a miraculous cure from afar.
Looking at the little girl beside her, whose drool was practically dripping into the box, Cen's mother smiled.
Even if she recovers, she won't have children. What if Long'er gets jealous? She's seen plenty of sibling rivalry for favor; their underhanded tactics are no less sophisticated than those in the imperial harem!
"You're giving me all of these?" the little dumpling asked, looking at her.
"Okay, you can have them all."
"Hmm...then I don't want it."
Why not?
Cen Ang was a little surprised. This child was so adored, yet he still didn't want her? If it were someone else's daughter, they would have been showering her with sweet words by now.
"I'm not going to take my mom's money to someone else's house and then have to spend it on them."
"Ouch, you little devil!" Cen Ang poked her forehead with his finger. This child is going to the extreme!
"This is how women have always married since ancient times."
"What kind of people are they? They use their dowry to subsidize his spending, and after they've had their fill of partying outside, they come home to find wives to back them up. Subsidizing them, huh? No way! If that's the case, I won't get married. What's the point of getting married if they spend my money and I have to clean up their messes?"
Cen Ang was also reluctant to see his daughter get married. Besides, she originally wanted to find a son-in-law to live with Long'er. It's a good thing for a girl to have her own ideas. Only a useless man would want his wife to be indecisive. Or he would criticize her relentlessly because he thinks she's not good enough for him. How important is a woman's reputation in this world? If she's not good enough for him, then he'll criticize her until she is.
"Fine! Then you won't get married. You'll stay with your mother and parents for the rest of your life, and we'll support you."
"Hehe, Mom is so good."
The little dumpling hugged Cen Ang's neck and kissed him. The things she used to scoff at and disdain doing in her past life, she was now doing with ease.
Isn't it just being cute? Go ahead and be cute! As long as it makes her family happy, she'd even lie on the ground and do two hip bridges.
Yes, Huo Xiaolong, who is still a novice when it comes to relationship issues, thinks that those children who throw tantrums and cry on the ground are just being spoiled. Otherwise, why would their parents give in? She saw the same result when she was a child, so it must be a case of being spoiled!
"See if there's anything you like, pick some to wear yourself."
The little dumpling shook her head. It wasn't that she didn't like something, but that she liked it too much. Wearing a bracelet that could buy an entire street in Pingyang County, Huo Xiaolong felt that he would have to sleep with Zhang Mengzhu in his arms. There was no other reason than that it made him feel safe, and Zhang Mengzhu was the best fighter!
"What? Didn't you find anything you like?"
"No, Mom, just keep it for now, I'll give it to you when I grow up!"
Where can you bring these valuables over the wall? She's always jumping around and playing fiercely with Xiongzai!
"Okay, Mom will leave it for now. But you can't tell anyone about this place, understand?"
Huo Xiaolong nodded and was carried out of the darkroom with Cen Ang.
"Mother, Miss He is here!" A maidservant announced as soon as they stepped out of the dark room.
Where is he?
"Miss Chunying led us to the front hall."
"Um"
"Mom, Aunt He is here to distribute the money!"
"What's wrong? Do you need money? Tell Mom, and Mom will give you some."
"I want to build a war chariot!"
"ah?"
In Cen Ang's memory, that thing was his daughter's toy. He didn't know who bought it for her, but he saw her fiddling with it every day.
Other girls coveted hair accessories, jewelry, and clothes, and everyone in the building, from Manager Zhao to little jackets, bought her everything, but she remained indifferent.
The only things she liked were the things the girls made for her by hand, which she would glance at and then hang by her bedside.
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