This Child Is So Cute

On the official road leading to Gusu, several groups of people were engaged in a fierce battle. By the time Li Hao arrived at the scene, hundreds of people were already lying on the ground. However, from the looks of it, those lying down were merely minor figures who wouldn't affect the overall situation.

"Hahaha, Lin Shiyin, your Xingyun Manor is nothing special. If you don't surrender soon, I'll have killed off all your retainers," a dwarf, less than seventy centimeters tall and weighing only a few dozen pounds, roared with laughter.

His implication was clear: his target was Lin Shiyin, the wife of Xingyun Manor's master, Long Xiaoyun, and formerly the most beautiful woman in the Southern Martial World.

"Five Poisons Child, get lost and stay lost, you son of a bitch. With your short stature, you won't be able to do anything with her even if you take her back. Why don't you let me, Yun Zhonghe, have her instead? Wahahaha..." a middle-aged, lecherous man wielding a steel bird claw as a weapon, his figure flickering unpredictably, guffawed.

Inside a carriage surrounded by the two men, Lin Shiyin was hugging her son and trembling. Only a dozen or so guards remained beside the carriage.

Lin Shiyin naturally knew the two men shouting outside. They were notorious lustful demons in the martial world. They were both disfigured and lacking, yet they inexplicably took pleasure in harming virtuous women.

Let them harm others, but both were twisted individuals. The bodies of the girls they abducted were never found intact.

Although Lin Shiyin's ranking in the Martial World had declined with age and after giving birth to her son, Long Xiaoyun, she remained the dream goddess and midnight lover of many martial artists.

Because of this, Lin Shiyin, whose martial arts skills were not particularly impressive, generally stayed within Xingyun Manor and rarely ventured out. Long Xiaoyun had a considerable reputation locally, and many martial arts heroes came to pledge their allegiance to him, so nothing untoward had ever happened.

This time, it was the annual birthday celebration of the Bodhisattva. Lin Shiyin had brought Long Xiaoyun to offer incense to the Bodhisattva, praying for the health and safety of Long Xiaoyun, Li Xunhuan, and Long Xiaoyun.

Unexpectedly, they were targeted by two of the most notorious perverts in the martial world as soon as they left.

"Five Poisons Child, Yun Zhonghe, don't harbor any foolish delusions. The experts from my Xingyun Manor are already on their way. If you retreat now, I can pretend nothing has happened," Lin Shiyin's voice trembled slightly. If not for Long Xiaoyun being by her side, she might have already taken her own life.

"I don't take the people of your Xingyun Manor seriously," Yun Zhonghe leered. With a flicker of his figure, the few manor guards surrounding the carriage immediately clutched their throats and fell to the ground.

As for the remaining few, they were sent flying by a handful of powder from the Five Poisons Child.

"My little beauty, brother is coming for you soon. Don't be afraid. Although I'm ugly, I'll be very gentle." The Five Poisons Child unleashed a palm strike from a distance, his powerful internal energy shattering the carriage into pieces. The frightened horses also foamed at the mouth and collapsed, dying.

"Don't come any closer! If you take one more step, I'll end myself immediately," Lin Shiyin said, her eyes filled with despair, clutching a short sword. The tip of the sword was pointed at her own ample bosom.

"Lin Shiyin, it would be easy for you to die, but have you considered your son?" Yun Zhonghe quickly shouted to stop her.

He only wanted to enjoy the warmth of her body, not a cold corpse.

Although he wouldn't mind a corpse, it would certainly be less enjoyable.

"Xiaoyun, are you afraid of dying?" Lin Shiyin asked softly.

"Mother, I'm still young. I don't want to die. Just give yourself to them!" a childish voice came from Long Xiaoyun, sending a chill through Lin Shiyin's entire body.

Her son, to save his own life, was actually asking her to submit to these two perverts.

"Haha, good son, don't worry. As long as your mother is enthusiastic and takes the initiative, your father guarantees he won't hurt you." Hearing Long Xiaoyun's words, Yun Zhonghe and the Five Poisons Child burst into laughter. Yun Zhonghe even referred to himself as Long Xiaoyun's father.

"Huh, who is this ugly thing? Its laughter is so unpleasant. It's ugly enough, but its voice is even worse. It's good that it's daytime, at least you can see what it looks like. If it came out at night, it would definitely scare the children."

"Children are the flowers of the motherland. You can't be responsible if you scare them. There, there, little one, don't be afraid. Uncle is here, no one can hurt you." A wisp of green smoke drifted by, and Li Hao's figure appeared above Lin Shiyin's carriage.

Seeing Long Xiaoyun, whose face was pale with fright, Li Hao even patted his head to comfort him.

However, Long Xiaoyun was held tightly in Lin Shiyin's arms, and Li Hao's hand inevitably brushed against some forbidden areas.

"This child is really cute," Li Hao praised. Long Xiaoyun looked very much like Lin Shiyin, a fair-skinned little boy with rosy lips and white teeth.

"Thank you, great hero, for your praise," Lin Shiyin's pretty face flushed. Although Li Hao's hand was patting Long Xiaoyun's head, his hand was too large and kept brushing against her "storage area."

"This child is so cute, I really want to hug his mother," Li Hao said shamelessly.

"Young master, please show some respect. Shiyin is not that kind of person." Li Hao's sudden change of topic left Lin Shiyin speechless.

Saying you want to hug a child's mother just because the child is cute – is that something a person would say?

"Ahem, that's not what I meant. Listen to me argue, no, explain." Li Hao was also startled by his own words.

He had truly lost his senses, inadvertently saying what was on his mind.

"Uncle, as long as you can kill those two bandits, I'll let my mother hug you." Long Xiaoyun, in Lin Shiyin's arms, wriggled free from Li Hao's grasp and spoke.

"Xiaoyun, you..." Lin Shiyin was shocked. She hadn't expected her son to say another "divine sentence."

"Mother, if Uncle doesn't help us, you'll have to accompany those two hideous bandits. Compared to them, Uncle is much better. Uncle is not only young but also handsome. You won't lose out." Long Xiaoyun said earnestly.

"Besides, Xiaoyun really doesn't want to die," Long Xiaoyun added at the end.

"Hmm, I think Xiaoyun's suggestion is very good." Li Hao was also startled by Long Xiaoyun's words, but after recalling the Long Xiaoyun from the original story, Li Hao understood.

Given Long Xiaoyun's personality in the original story – cunning, ruthless, and lawless – it was indeed something he could do.

"Hey, you kid over there, who are you? Hurry up and let go of my wife!" While Li Hao and Long Xiaoyun were making a deal, the Five Poisons Child on the opposite side couldn't stand it anymore.

He and Yun Zhonghe had painstakingly dealt with over a hundred guards from Xingyun Manor, only for some unknown person to appear halfway and start touching things.

Actually, they had misunderstood. Li Hao's hand was patting Long Xiaoyun's head. However, from their respective positions, it looked as if Li Hao's hand was on Lin Shiyin's chest.

This was the legendary "misalignment."