Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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And when the cub and Zhong Ganping said goodbye, he returned to the street to find a money shop to deposit the 170 taels of silver, seeing this Su Xi felt even more excited as if she was the one who had earned money and opened a bank account!
Now that her points had reached 23, she asked the system to unlock two more sections for her.
One was the long street of the capital city. She had long wanted to see the bustling scene of the capital city.
Su Xi hadn’t decided on another location yet, so in order to avoid wasting the opportunity to unlock the section, she kept it for the time being.
So she could watch her son walk into the money shop, exchange most of the silver for banknotes and save them, leaving only some cash in his hand, which he put in his purse.
When he walked out, Changgong Wu kept following him, reluctant to leave.
Originally, the cub was always alone, but now there was a skinny matchstick man behind him, making them look like a master and servant.
Su Xi was just feeling happy for him, when on the screen, she saw the cub, a man in a black cloak, turn around and say indifferently to Changgong Wu: “Don’t follow me, go ahead.”
Su Xi: Damn, so ruthless!
Changgong Wu was about to cry and almost knelt down again: “My benefactor, I have nowhere to go! Please let me follow you!”
Seeing him like this, the cub frowned.
After thinking for a moment, he gave him some change and asked him to guard the courtyard in the outer city and the farm outside the capital for him.
Changgong Wu seemed to have a sense of belonging all of a sudden. He sniffed and left with many thanks and went back to guard the farm for the cub with the mission of guarding it.
Only then did the cub press down the brim of his hat and walk back.
It was almost dusk on the long street, and the setting sun slowly fell behind the red walls and green tiles. Many little people came and went, and the tiny figure of the little boy was stretched out by the setting sun.
His black clothes were about to blend into the gray shadow.
The surroundings were very noisy, with people selling sugar figures, paper paintings, and steaming cakes, but the baby seemed unable to fit in.
He didn’t seem to want to look any further. He looked straight ahead and disappeared at the end of the long street with big strides.
Su Xi originally thought that since the cub had grown up alone in Ning Wang’s mansion with great difficulty, so the cub would be very happy if there were other people to accompany him.
But it seemed that the cub didn’t need Changgong Wu or anyone else to stay by his side?
In other words, in his heart, only she was the one he looked forward to and missed.
This uniqueness made Su Xi unsure whether to be happy or sad.
What made her happy was that her little one was so cute, waiting for her to come online every day. But what worried her was that he had no friends like this all the time, what should she do…
….
When Lu Huan returned to Ning Wang’s Mansion from the bank, he saw servants and the imperial physician hurrying to Lu Wenxiu’s yard. Since they couldn’t find the young genius doctor, they could only ask the imperial physician to see him first.
This imperial physician had come several times, but the medicines he prescribed made Lu Wenxiu sicker again and again, leading him to vomiting and having a fever…
Originally, after Lu Wenxiu was rescued by him at the stream that day, servants quickly gathered around and wiped the water droplets off Lu Wenxiu. If Lu Wenxiu had been stronger and had really practiced martial arts for many years, he should have shown signs of improvement after being treated by the imperial physician for so long.
But Lu Wenxiu was a fool, strong on the outside but weak on the inside. His lower body was weak when he walked normally, not to mention his body’s ability to recover after falling into the icy stream.
Lu Huan had taken off his black cloak and was wearing ordinary clothes. It was already dark and the servants hurried past him without noticing anything unusual.
The rabbit lanterns under the eaves of the firewood courtyard were swaying in the wind, and the lit candlelight seemed to be waiting for him to come home. Lu Huan was still far away in the bamboo forest, but when he saw the small cluster of candlelight, a little warmth flowed through his heart.
In the past, the house was always pitch dark, but after that person gave him the rabbit lantern, he would specially twist the wick of the lantern and light it before going out every day.
…In this way, when he returned home in the evening, there would be one more lamp waiting for him.
He returned to the firewood yard and walked quickly into the house. The first thing he did was to look at the wood carvings on the table. He had carved some small things these days as gifts for the man, and as expected, the man accepted them all.
Although that person still didn’t leave a single word, the interaction between the two of them at least made Lu Huan sure that the person was still there and had not suddenly disappeared.
Today too, the little thing he carved last night was accepted.
So, that person was here last night too.
In the light of the candle, Lu Huan looked at the corner of the table where the wood carving had been taken away. A layer of warm light covered his clean face, and his cold eyes also softened a little.
…But then he thought of something, and the sporadic light in his eyes disappeared in a flash.
He looked at the corner of the table in silence.
Although he was still sure that the man was still there, eleven days had passed and he still hadn’t been able to find out much information about him.
He still didn’t know why that person appeared beside him and why he had been accompanying him like this.
He didn’t know where that person was from, what his hobbies were, or what his background and appearance were.
He didn’t even know when that person would suddenly disappear.
Besides that…human nature was always greedy.
When he first discovered that the man had taken away the pearl belt and silver hairpin he had given him, he was very surprised, but now, he hoped for more than that.
He gave gifts, and the person gave more in return, but never left any words.
But he——greedily wanted to communicate more, even if the other party never showed up and just exchanged notes…
Otherwise, if it were always like this, wouldn’t that person be able to disappear at any time, as if he had never been there, and he would never be able to find that person?
Lu Huan was deep in thought, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, but he carefully concealed it so that no one could see it.
….
However, Su Xi’s attention outside the screen was not on the cub, but on a dark shadow outside the yard. At this moment, a sneaky figure approached this side outside the firewood yard. Since the old lady had ordered not to disturb the cub, no servants had come over. What was going on now?
Su Xi was afraid that it was Ning Wang’s wife who had come to cause trouble again, so she quickly switched the interface to the courtyard.
The black shadow was a short man dressed in guard’s clothes. He was crouching and quietly moving along the wall towards the chicken coop.
Su Xi enlarged the screen and zoomed in. She saw that the sneaky guy was actually Guard C?!
Of course, Su Xi didn’t recognize the faces of these ordinary-looking guys, not to mention that this guy was covered with a cloth. The reason she recognized him was because there were three big words “Guard C” written on his head.
What did he want to do?
Guard C jumped into the chicken coop in a panic, quickly pinched the mouth of a hen to stop it from making any sound and then tried to run away quickly. The other chickens had been staying there, completely losing their vigilance, and did not even crow.
Oh shit, stealing chicken?
How could this be?
Su Xi has been so busy with the main quest these past two days that she almost forgot that Guard C and Master D had a side quest. They didn’t know yet that it was the cub who helped them.
She was just about to pinch the butt of one of the chickens to make it make a sound and alert the baby, when she saw that the baby had already walked out of the house.
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