The moment Jing Wu entered, he saw a toddler riding on a man's back, tugging at him until his face twisted into a grimace.
Yuanbao's face drained of color, and he let out a piercing shriek!
He bashfully hid behind the screen.
"Little ancestor," he whispered, "I'll play with you later. Could you get down first?"
"I don't want that handsome young man to see me looking so awful, waaah!"
"Please get down. I'm begging you!"
On the verge of tears, he pleaded as he peeled Xia Wanwan off his back.
Caught in his grasp, Xia Wanwan flailed her little hands in protest!
"Mean... Jing Wu is mean... hmph!"
Once she finally got off his back, she stamped her feet and ran to Pan Chun, who was guarding the doorway, to complain about her grievances.
"Let me tell you... Uncle Jing Wu... is mean..."
"He just had to come... right then... hmph..."
"Next time I see him... I'm gonna... fight him..."
With both hands planted on her hips, Xia Wanwan poured out her complaints to Pan Chun, who was crouching on the ground.
Jing Wu: !!!
He stood right beside them, looking aggrieved but not daring to say a word!
Waaah, I've really been wronged!
To soothe the little one, Pan Chun took her outside to play.
To prevent a repeat of what had happened last time, she also brought Qing Sheng along, while Qing Da led a group of Hidden Guards to keep watch from the shadows.
While playing outside her front gate, Xia Wanwan once again met the auntie from Attendant Li's household returning from buying groceries.
She called sweetly, "Auntie... Auntie..."
Auntie Wang smiled kindly and took a skewer of candied hawthorns from her shopping basket. "Here, sweetheart. This is for you!"
Xia Wanwan accepted it, her