Chapter 42: The Fun of Dressing Up
Shen Tingyu moved her body and tugged at the corner of his clothes: “Your Majesty, you can use Qinggong to take me with you. With Your Majesty’s protection, this fairy will not be in such a mess.”
The anger that had just emerged subsided, and Xin Hongying's gloomy expression softened. "Why do you want to go and send it off in person?"
“I don’t like leaving without saying goodbye, so I want to say goodbye to her in person and give her a gift.” Shen Tingyu said lightly.
Although they had only been together for a short period of time, Shen Tingyu liked her very much. He always felt that she was very similar to himself when he was a child. Maybe it was fate.
Placing his big hands at her feet, Xin Hongying nodded and said, "Let's go without further ado."
Shen Tingyu couldn't help but sigh, the tyrant's temper is getting better, it's really easy to coax him.
"Wait..." Shen Tingyu hadn't forgotten Da Que'er's request for help. She pointed at the golden birdcage and said slowly, "Your Majesty, please release Da Que'er. It doesn't like staying in a cage."
Big Bird also nodded excitedly: "Chirp! Chirp!..."
The bird's sharp beak pecked at the mouth of the cage, its dark eyes blinked, and it tilted its head to look at them.
Xin Hongying raised the corners of his lips, and slowly approached with Shen Tingyu. When she was about to reach out to open the cage, he stretched out his big hand, his eyes cold and indifferent: “You can’t let her go!”
The slender golden stick teased the sparrow in the cage. Seeing the big sparrow's panicked evasion, a soft coldness slipped between his eyebrows and he sneered: "Don't let it run away with the fairy on its back, and I won't be able to find it."
"Leave it locked up, or I'll pluck all its hair."
The big bird understood. It curled up its wings and hid in the corner of the cage, shivering in fear, shouting in its heart: Master, the big bird is scared... Don't pull it out!
"This is a punishment!" After saying that, Xin Hongying lowered his eyelids and looked at her with a half-smile.
If he couldn't punish the fairy, could he punish a little sparrow?
Shen Tingyu muttered in her heart. She thought the tyrant's temper had improved, and he was trying to warn her by making a show of force!
Xin Hongying disguised herself in a plain white brocade robe with a moon pattern made of silver threads on the hem. Her temperament was as clean as dust, and she was elegant in her coldness, as if she had become a different person.
Looking into her smiling eyes, it was like peach blossoms blooming in my heart, elegant and gentle, it was her favorite dish!
Now she knows the fun of changing clothes!
Shen Tingyu rubbed her hands, she also wanted to see the tyrant change clothes!
Xin Hongying held a hollow box in her hands, which contained medicinal herbs for Gu Xiaoman and a gift carefully selected by Shen Tingyu.
He strode closer, speaking naturally with the usual solemnity and coldness of a high-ranking official, "I'm done changing. Let's go."
Unfortunately, the moment he spoke, the elegant filter was shattered in half. A tyrant is still a tyrant! He has nothing to do with elegance.
Shen Tingyu cleared his throat, his eyes wandering, and he said in an unnatural tone: "Your Majesty, this dress is too eye-catching. It would be better to change your clothes."
She glanced at the wardrobe, pointed with her small hand, and said a little excitedly: "Why not... change into that royal blue robe? It will show off your majesty's slender figure."
Xin Hongying raised her eyebrows slightly, "No problem."
Her dress-changing plan failed...
Shen Tingyu pouted in disappointment, but soon the corners of her mouth rose again, because she found that the tyrant was not talkative after changing his clothes, and that elegant appearance lasted longer, so she was happier.
Gao Tang also changed into clean casual clothes and followed the tyrant to protect his safety.
Because it was daytime and there were many people and eyes, it was not very convenient.
Shen Tingyu hid in the hollow box and was held in Xin Hongying's arms, quietly observing the outside through the small hollow opening.
Qingshi Town is a very small village. The two of them came on horseback and, under the command of Shen Tingyu, found Gu Xiaoman's home in the corner of the village.
But she was not at home. There was no one in her house, and Shen Tingyu came back empty-handed.
She thought for a moment, her small hands tapping on the wooden box. Her muffled voice came out from the box, "Your Majesty, she should be by the stream."
The stream in Qingshi Town is even clearer. The water is clear but not shallow. Gu Xiaoman didn't dare to get too close. She just sat on a big rock by the stream. The surface of the stream was sparkling and the wild flowers at her feet were blooming fragrantly, but she was not in the mood to pick them.
Suddenly, a male voice colder than ice came from behind.
"Is it this little girl?"
Gu Xiaoman looked up vigilantly, and immediately grabbed a handful of pebbles from the ground with his little hands and hid them in his hands, then turned around and looked behind him.
Gu Xiaoman looked up, her face suddenly tense. She asked in a low but cautious voice, "Who are you? I've never seen you before. You're not from our village."
Xin Hongying looked at her carefully. She was not hiding very well. In his eyes, this method of hiding was very open and aboveboard. He couldn't help but look at her again.
While he was studying her, she was studying him.
Two men she didn't know, complete strangers, stood behind her.
One was an elderly grandfather with smiling eyes, looking very kind.
The other one was a handsome uncle, but he had a sullen face and looked fierce. He stood quietly, staring at her with inexplicable pressure.
Her already uneasy mood was amplified. Under Xin Hongying's shocked gaze, Gu Xiaoman's eyes instantly turned red and two lines of tears flowed down.
She threw the pebbles in her hand at him and cried in a wet voice, "You are a human trafficker, a bad person!"
She ran towards the village, yelling, "There are bad guys! Uncles, village chief, Aunt Yan... There are bad guys, and they want to catch Xiaoman!"
"Help! There are bad guys!"
Xin Hongying dodged the pebble easily, his plain robe still on, but his face darkened. Who did that little girl say was the human trafficker?
He actually cried!
He looks like a bad guy!
He shouted, "Girl, stop!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xiaoman ran even faster, terrified, not daring to stop for a moment. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her little hands as she ran.
Xin Hongying's face turned completely black. Gao Tang was stunned, secretly trying to suppress his laughter, and squeezed out a cough from his chest.
"Xiao Man! Xiao Man! It's me... Don't run."
While running, Gu Xiaoman seemed to hear the voice of the puppet fairy. She hesitated for a while and slowly turned her head, but because of her anxiety, a tear was shed by her.
The two strange men stopped where they were and did not chase her. She let down her guard a little, but she did not stop walking away, except that she stopped shouting for help.
Then she noticed the Puppet Fairy with her sharp eyes. Half of her head popped out from the box in the hands of the sour-faced and fierce man, and she waved at her with a smile.
Gu Xiaoman was so surprised that she almost fell to the ground. She stumbled accidentally.
The fairy finally appeared!
She wasn't dreaming!
It’s true…
The fairy came to see her, and her father was saved!
Gu Xiaoman stopped and cried with joy.
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