C84 (1/2)

Thus, Xiaowan brought some food and stuffed a few candies into Wen Juan's mouth. Ling Chaofeng drove the carriage, and the two of them brought the child to Qingling Village.

In fact, the Xiaowan had already muttered to Master, maybe the Madam Xu had deliberately let Wen Juan go so that they could think of another trick, but Ling Chaofeng said that if the Madam Xu was plotting against them again, then they wouldn't care about it the next time, it would be in front of their younger brother and sister's Corpse Crossing Inn.

Xiaowan made up her mind and decided to send her sister home. No matter what, for her father's sake, her younger brother and sister were still his flesh and blood.

Along the way, they saw many people coming down from the mountains, some of them returning empty-handed, while some of them were digging something out. Wen Juan said to the Xiaowan: ”Big sister, there are a lot of people coming down from the mountains, some of them even started fighting.”

”Is that so?”

”My village's Uncle Li's family exchanged money, my mother didn't even want to work anymore, she just followed Aunt Wang's family and came here.”

Xiaowan felt that it was weird, she had not heard of this Baisha Town giving out the appearance of a Marquis in the past, 500 years was not too long, if there really was such a story, how could it not be passed down, or was she ignorant and ill-informed?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the two people who had stayed in their store for a few days and barely met each other was very strange.

The carriage headed towards the Qingling Village. The sky was already completely dark, and before they could even reach the village entrance, they could hear the sharp cries of the Madam Xu.

That person shouted loudly, ”Kong'er, where are you? Wen Juan, where are you? ”

Ling Chaofeng stopped the carriage, and when Wen Juan heard his mother call her, he immediately jumped off the carriage and ran over: ”Mother, I am here.”

”Wen Juan!” Madam Xu's voice was as though she had lost a stone in her heart. However, when her daughter came over, she slapped her in the face, and then continued to spank her butt, while scolding her: ”Little bastard, where did you go? I told you to run around, I told you to run around.”

Wen Juan cried, struggled to get away, then ran back to the carriage. Xiaowan also got off the carriage, and seeing her sister running over, she cried: ”Big sister, my mother hit me.”

Madam Xu did not see it clearly, she only cursed: ”Get over here, you still dare to run, see if I won't skin you alive.”

But after walking a bit closer, he realized that the two people were Ling Chaofeng and his stepdaughter, he was startled.

”Mu Wen Juan, come over here.” The Madam Xu scolded loudly.

”Kong'er, go home and tell your mother that she won't hit you. You can take these snacks and snacks to share with Wen Bao. If you like them, I'll give them to you next time. ” Xiaowan placed a burden on his sister and pushed her towards Madam Xu. She got on the carriage and was about to go back.

Xiaowan had originally thought that Madam Xu would scold her when she saw her and that she wouldn't look after her daughter properly, but after meeting her for real, she didn't want to say anything more. Why should she meddle in other people's business? With regards to Madam Xu, she treated him as a passerby, even if she did not want to think about it, she would never hate him.

The carriage slowly drove off. Wen Juan carried something as her mother walked up from behind, pulling her by the collar and scolding: ”Little bastard, go back and flay your skin.”

Wen Juan begged for mercy in fear, ”Mother, don't hit me …”

In fact, what happened today, was not Madam Xu's plan, nor was it Wen Juan deliberately coming to the tavern to ask for help. Madam Xu followed Aunt Wang's family to dig around in the mountains, digging out a few jars, and excitedly went into the town to show it to the antique dealer. Although it wasn't worth much, she was still very happy to receive five hundred gold coins.

Just like that, he had forgotten about her daughter, even the people next door couldn't remember her. It was only when they were eating and arranging the tableware that Madam Xu realized that her daughter had disappeared. She didn't expect that Xiaowan would send the child back after she found her along the way.

”She gave it to me?” Madam Xu touched her bag, ”All of them were for food?”

”Wu, for Wen Bao and me.” Wen Juan trembled as she begged, ”Mother, don't hit me, I'll listen to you.”

On the way back, Xiaowan leaned on Ling Chaofeng's shoulder. Just now, they had all seen Madam Xu hitting children, so Ling Chaofeng asked: ”Are you worried about your little sister?”

Xiaowan shook her head. ”That woman treated me maliciously and her own child well. Although a man respects her son more than a woman and views him as a treasure, she didn't treat Wen Juan unfairly either. From the looks of it, she really does seem to be afraid of losing her daughter. If she did, my father would have torn her to shreds. ”

Ling Chaofeng's heart sank. Whether it was his real daughter or just acting, they all felt disgusted. It was hard to imagine how she used to torture Xiaowan, no wonder Xiaowan always said that she would never be able to die.

He hugged Xiaowan and suddenly gave her a kiss on the cheek. Xiaowan pouted.

Ling Chaofeng smiled but did not say a word. With such a treasure by his side, all he wanted to do was to bully her everyday.

Xiaowan counted with her fingers. The empress should be in labor by the end of the month, at the beginning of the month. Suddenly, her eyes lit up as she looked forward to seeing the fireworks in the capital city at the end of the year.

If it was just right, the Empress would have given birth at that time. This was the Emperor's first prince and princess, and it was also the New Year. When the time came, the entire capital would be illuminated by the fireworks.