Entrusting Wan Xiaoxiao

"Sorry, he was a little impulsive. I apologize to you." Su Ling saw the tension from not far away and hurried over to apologize.

In truth, she had wanted to stop Lin Xiu just now, but his attitude had been forceful.

Now that the atmosphere had grown so tense, she had no choice but to step in.

Su Ling had originally thought Lin Xiu had only come over to ask where the plush toy had come from. She had never expected it to turn into this.

Jiang Junyi looked at Su Ling, then at Lin Xiu, his gaze indifferent. "Keep your people in line."

As if he were looking at some stray by the roadside.

"Sorry." Su Ling bowed slightly to show her apology.

Seeing Su Ling apologize, Jiang Junyi did not want today's perfect picnic outing to be ruined, so he stopped pursuing the matter and pushed Wan Qingyun onward.

Once the two of them had gone far away, Su Ling's anger instantly surged up. She looked at Lin Xiu and said coldly, "This is how you handle things?!"

"Do you know the Su Family is beset on all sides right now? Any stain, any mistake could cause losses for the group!"

Lin Xiu chuckled. "Don't be mad. I just saw that you seemed to like that plush toy a lot, so I came over to ask."

"You! Sigh..." Su Ling did not even know what to say.

Lin Xiu had guessed her thoughts accurately, that much was true, but this was not the kind of accuracy she wanted.

"Let's go back first." Su Ling sighed.

"Okay!" Lin Xiu said with a cheeky grin.

Only, when Su Ling turned around, Lin Xiu looked in the direction Jiang Junyi had left with an extremely vicious expression.

You made me embarrass myself this badly. Don't let me run into you again!

Actually, thinking about it carefully, if Jiang Junyi had not brought Wan Qingyun out for an outing today, then Lin Xiu might have had a wave of relationship development with Su Ling here.

Breeze Park originally had an activity where people could shoot balloons to win plush toy prizes, though the workmanship was not quite as exquisite.

Unseen, Jiang Junyi and Wan Qingyun had disrupted the fixed development path of a Son of Destiny.

This was the power of two villains getting together and even doing pure love!

Only, it seemed that some people and some things had apparently been forgotten...

On the other side of the park.

The Trio from White Court were squatting on the grass, holding twigs and drawing circles.

Number One: "It's already evening. Why haven't Young Master and Young Madam come yet... I've rehearsed it a hundred times."

Number Three: "I've already drawn an entire romance anime by myself, and I still haven't seen a trace of them."

Number Two looked up at the sky. "I'm afraid they won't be coming this way."

The three looked at one another, then let out a heavy sigh. "Sigh—"

"Sigh—"

"Huh?" The Trio noticed that there was another sigh.

They looked toward the sound and saw a young girl not far away, also holding a twig and drawing circles on the ground, while another girl beside her kept comforting her.

That was right. It was Wan Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Junyi and Wan Qingyun's world for two had no room for her!

The Trio watched this scene from the side and whispered among themselves.

"Hey... isn't that little girl our mission target from that day?"

"Yeah... but she feels kind of different."

"Mm, like she's been reborn."

"So what, should we go say hello?"

"Who's the one beside her?"

"Ah, you didn't get the message? That's Young Madam's younger sister, Second Miss."

"Oh, oh. Looks like Young Master forgot about her. Poor kid."

"I'll notify Young Master..."

Meanwhile.

Jiang Junyi and Wan Qingyun had already returned home. After spending almost the entire day outside, coming home made them feel exceptionally relaxed.

Wan Qingyun sat on the sofa, playing with My Melody, overjoyed.

Jiang Junyi leaned at the side and took this scene in.

Just then, Uncle Wu walked to Jiang Junyi's side and bent down to say something.

"Holy shit!" Jiang Junyi suddenly sat up, startling Wan Qingyun beside him.

"What's wrong?" Wan Qingyun asked in confusion.

Jiang Junyi looked at his wife's completely bewildered expression and suddenly found it funny. "Don't you feel like something's missing?"

"What's missing? Nothing's missing. We brought the plushie back, and we ate meat..." Wan Qingyun's delicate brows drew together as she carefully thought back.

"Where's your sister?"

"My sister..."

Wan Qingyun's expression suddenly changed.

"Xiaoxiao!!!"

Immediately after, her face turned red again. And again. And again.

This incident could be called—forgetting her dear little sister because she had been having too much fun.

"I already told Uncle Wu to go pick her up," Jiang Junyi said, patting Wan Qingyun on the head. "With Uncle Wu there, nothing will happen."

Wan Qingyun let out a small breath of relief.

She regarded Wan Xiaoxiao as her most precious family, yet she had never expected that today, she would completely forget about her!

After they waited for a while, a commotion came from outside the door.

Wan Xiaoxiao rushed into Wan Qingyun's arms, sobbing pitifully. "Sis—! Wuuu, was it Jiang Junyi who left me behind?!"

Wan Qingyun gently stroked Wan Xiaoxiao's head and said softly, "Yes, it was."

Jiang Junyi's eyes widened as he pointed at himself.

Me????

Was that... really fair?

And didn't this seem like something that wasn't just one person's fault?!

Besides, Jiang Junyi really wanted to roast Wan Xiaoxiao for a moment.

Why did you immediately pin it on me? Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Not salty at all now, huh?

Wan Xiaoxiao pulled herself out of Wan Qingyun's arms and looked at Jiang Junyi through tear-filled eyes. "It's all your fault!"

Wan Qingyun also looked at Jiang Junyi then, a faint smile on her face.

Jiang Junyi shivered. "Fine, fine, fine. My fault, my fault."

"Give me your phone to play with."

"No." Jiang Junyi rejected Wan Xiaoxiao instantly.

"Aaaah!"

Wan Xiaoxiao had put on this whole act precisely because she wanted to catch Jiang Junyi off guard and get him to agree to let her play on his phone.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Junyi was actually this cautious.

"You're still too green to fight me!" Jiang Junyi tapped Wan Xiaoxiao on the forehead. "You'd better focus on studying."

Wan Qingyun spoke up then. "Tomorrow morning, you'll study by yourself at home. In the afternoon, you'll go to a place called Star Luo Orphanage."

"Shuangshuang is there. She'll tutor you."

Wan Xiaoxiao muttered like a frostbitten eggplant, "Fine. Sigh... once a sister marries out, she's water poured away... the love has faded."

She waved a hand and walked toward her room.

"W-What nonsense are you saying!" Two patches of red instantly bloomed on Wan Qingyun's cheeks.

"Bleh, bleh, bleh!" Wan Xiaoxiao made a face and ran back to her room.

Wan Qingyun shook her head helplessly.

"She's just a kid. Kids are like that," Jiang Junyi comforted her. "I'll go make dinner. Wait for me~"

The dinner that followed ended once again in an atmosphere of Wan Xiaoxiao's resentment and Jiang Junyi and Wan Qingyun's sweetness.

The next day, afternoon.

Wan Xiaoxiao sat in the back seat with her schoolbag on her back, her face utterly lifeless. "Why do people have to study?"

Jiang Junyi turned back from the passenger seat and sneered. "What, you want to be livestock?"

"What's wrong with being livestock? You get food and drinks, and you don't have to study." Wan Xiaoxiao curled her lip.

"Heh. Cows have to plow fields from morning to night, and horses have to pull carts. If things go badly, they might work for days and nights."

"In modern times, cows might even get slaughtered and turned into braised beef! Horses still have to be ridden by people and do commercial performances."

Jiang Junyi spread his hands.

"Tell me, is it better to be livestock, or is it better to be you right now?"

Wan Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and couldn't help being at a loss for words. "Uh, seems like being me is still a little better."

"Exactly. Study hard!"

Jiang Junyi reached out with his big hand and rubbed Wan Xiaoxiao's head, and the car also pulled up in front of Star Luo Orphanage.

"Let's go."

After getting out of the car, Jiang Junyi led Wan Xiaoxiao into Star Luo Orphanage.

"Ding-a-ling~"

The bell at the door rang.

"Sorry, we're not... Big Brother Jiang, Xiaoxiao!" Su Shuangshuang's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Junyi leading Wan Xiaoxiao in.

"Mm. Make her study properly. If she doesn't behave, beat her," Jiang Junyi threatened.

Wan Xiaoxiao hid behind Su Shuangshuang. "Shuangshuang couldn't bear to hit me!"

Jiang Junyi rolled his eyes, his gaze sweeping quickly over everything inside the tavern.

Virgo and Wang Hao were each wiping tables on opposite sides. Every table was spotless, clean enough to shine.

Feng Liuliu was at the counter studying bottle after bottle of liquor, while Liang Qiqi lay sprawled over the counter, staring into space.

Oh, and there was something sleeping on a table, cat-like in appearance.

That was Leo.

Although Jiang Junyi knew of Star Luo Orphanage, this was his first time coming here.

Good. Most of them are my people.

Pah, what do you mean yours and mine? What's mine is Qingyun's, and what's Qingyun's is mine.

"She's in your care now. I'll be off." Jiang Junyi called out a quick goodbye and left.

Only then did Virgo stand up and look around. After confirming Jiang Junyi had gone, she looked toward Wang Hao. "He didn't notice us, right?"

"We were both in disguise yesterday," Wang Hao explained.

"Then that's fine."

At the counter, Feng Liuliu's mouth twitched slightly. Big sis, even if you hadn't disguised yourselves, he wouldn't have reacted to you coming here. This place is done up like a winery.

"Is this place... open right now?"

A slightly weary, somewhat cool voice rang out.