The two children Fang Yiwan had summoned were named Lin Jingshan and Lin Yelei. Both looked about six or seven, but they were tall and burly, and looked like trouble.
Before coming, however, they had both been carefully warned that today's guests were high-ranking officials from the capital. Even Fang Yiwan, the most esteemed mistress of the Lin family, had to entertain them with care.
Besides, Jiang Yingcheng was so adorably lovely that both boys were eager to please her all along the way.
"Are you thirsty, little sister? Are you hungry? Where would you like to play?"
Jiang Yingcheng lifted her little face with a blank expression, her brows faintly knitted.
Those words sounded awfully familiar, as though she had heard them somewhere not long ago.
She thought for ages without remembering, then cheerfully let herself off the hook.
"Can we go anywhere?" Jiang Yingcheng asked in a tiny voice.
As she spoke, she clutched Jiang Xingran's sleeve. The timid look in her pretty eyes immediately made both boys declare with boundless bravado, "Of course!"
Jiang Yingcheng pressed her lips together, then suddenly broke into a smile.
[Heeheehee, you big oafs!]
She pointed in one direction. "It looks really fun over there~"
Jiang Xingran glanced back at the sly gleam in the little girl's eyes. The corners of his lips lifted, and he, too, curved them into a handsome smile.
Whenever the little dumpling wore that expression, it meant someone was about to suffer.
Lin Jinshu was young, and Fang Yiwan had kept him in the same courtyard as herself so that he would feel grateful for her kindness. Their courtyard stood near the center of the Lin Residence and had the finest surroundings in the entire estate, second only to the old madam's quarters.
Fortunately, he had a