Jimò Cong had meant to say she wasn't tired, but her sharp ears caught the sound of familiar footsteps. A chubby little mountain came toddling toward her, calling out brightly, "A Tai!" She bent down and caught the mischievous little girl as she deliberately sped up into a run. "Why did Xiaoshan come over here?"
After all, this wasn't the safe Clan Land.
A pretty little girl could easily be snatched away.
Gongxi Yao pouted and kissed Jimò Cong on both cheeks.
"Xiaoshan came with Mama," she said.
Besides Mama, there was also an auntie she knew.
Jimò Cong brushed the dust from her cheek and said earnestly, "Even so, you can't go running around wherever you like. They're digging a well here. If you accidentally fall in, you'll be in danger."
Wei Cheng thought Gongxi Yao was as lovely as a jade figurine and couldn't help liking her. "Is this little girl a younger relative of Cong Jun's?"
Jimò Cong said, "Yes, my granddaughter. Her name is Xiaoshan."
Gongxi Yao craned her neck, her eyes nearly glued to Wei Cheng's strange skull. She had never seen anyone who looked like this. Delighted, she pointed at his eye socket. "It's shiny!"
Wei Cheng relaxed his guard. He had been afraid that his inhuman appearance would scare her, but seeing that she wasn't screaming like an ordinary child would, he was even more pleased. "She really is a strong child, like a mountain. Cong Jun, if you don't mind, I'll have a Skeleton Soldier take her to play over there. I won't let her near the construction site."
Jimò Cong said, "Why would I mind?"
She patted Xiaoshan's back and reminded her to be good.
Gongxi Yao's eyes were still fixed on Wei Cheng's eye sockets. While he was instructing the