Ying Sinan, who had drawn the entire courtyard's attention with a chuckle, looked around blankly. For a moment, this courtyard where he had played since childhood actually felt utterly unfamiliar.
Wait, he had only laughed because the little one's reaction was too adorable to resist. Why was everyone staring at him without blinking, as though he had committed some heinous crime?!
He had only laughed once?!!
The officials saw the despair in Ying Sinan's eyes, but none of them intended to look away.
-After all, the little one was behind them, watching like a tiger waiting for them to turn around.
If they looked away now, they would inevitably meet the eyes of the little one behind them-the version who had been left alone at the inn and forced to empty her entire secret stash to ransom the "culprits" who had abandoned her.
The officials sucked in a cold breath.
They couldn't turn around. Absolutely not!
Yet Jiang Yingcheng, who had been waiting for quite a while, lost patience first.
"Daddy?"
That childish, clear voice... tinged with a hint of pointed sarcasm, suddenly rang out. Even Jiang Yanchuan's body stiffened for a rare instant.
When he didn't turn around immediately, the little one shifted her gaze and began calling to them one by one.
"Uncle Jiao?"
"Uncle Lu?"
"Grandpa Wang?"
"..."
Every name she called earned her another rigid back.
The officials held their breath, silently praying someone would turn around first-as long as that someone wasn't them.
Jiang Yingcheng: "..."
[Chengcheng is angry!]
Jiang Yingcheng widened her eyes and called at the top of her lungs, "Daddy!"
This time, Jiang Yanchuan finally turned around. "Mm."
Jiang Yingcheng's lips drooped.
She actually had so much she wanted to say to her beautiful imperial father, but this really wasn't a suitable