Jiang Yingcheng tilted her little face up, staring blankly at the two adults desperately trying to make themselves sound pitiful. Her tiny head was full of enormous questions.
[Uncles... you've only learned this little bit, and you're already dividing up the spoils?!] Her childish inner voice brimmed with disbelief.
Jiao Hongmiao: "..."
Lu Yao: "..."
Although the little girl had neither said nor thought it, both men felt they could read the words "What useless adults" in her bewildered eyes!
They felt terribly wronged, but truly had nothing to say in their defense.
[But the uncles in the Embroidered Uniform Guard are about to strike it rich,] the little girl's inner voice fretted. [If, if the uncles could wait a little longer before confiscating Eunuch Wan Pu's shops, could Uncle Lu take two fewer shops?]
There were two dessert shops among them, and she really wanted those too!
But if the uncles wanted them as well, she could only bear the pain and part with what she loved!
Lu Yao and Jiao Hongmiao both caught their breath, wild joy rising in their hearts at the same time.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard was about to strike it rich?
Didn't that mean-
They could get a share of even more wealth?
-The two iron roosters' eyes shone.
But what did "about to strike it rich" mean?!
Could she elaborate?!
This was very important to them!
Under their expectant gazes, however, Jiang Yingcheng began fretting over another problem first.
[Hmm... but this Eunuch Wan Pu is super cautious. All his shops are in his adopted son's name. Even if Eunuch Wan Pu is convicted and his property confiscated, they won't be able to get his shops...]
"!!!"
There was that complication too?!
Their eyes met, and each saw the despair in the other's