The whole group had been held hostage by the little girl.
After that brilliant, "world-shaking" plan came out, whenever they showed even the slightest reluctance to become her partners in crime, tears would start pattering down from her already swollen, reddened eyes again.
She looked utterly pitiful.
And then...
"Do Brother Zhili and all my uncles not like Chengcheng anymore?"
"Chengcheng is only wandering around the courtyard, with all my uncles right beside me. How could there be any danger?"
"Imperial Father is busy with state affairs. Do my uncles have state affairs to deal with too?"
Each question struck closer to the heart than the last. By the end, the little girl even let out a long sigh.
"Sigh..."
Her dejected voice sounded so forlorn. "Chengcheng understands. My uncles think Chengcheng is a nuisance..."
"That makes sense. Chengcheng has troubled you all so many times lately. It's only natural for you to think Chengcheng is an annoying little kid."
"Chengcheng will remember from now on. I won't put you in such a difficult position again..."
With that, she hugged herself tightly, her face filled with the desolate misery of someone left all alone in the world.
Yu Xingmian: "..."
Wu Leyong: "..."
Liaochen: "..."
Liaochen looked up at the Shadow Guard whose head barely peeked above the rooftop and squeezed his eyes shut.
Sorry, brothers.
I failed to hold our first line of defense.
Let's all join hands and jump into the fiery pit this little girl just dug for us!
"Where would you like to go, Little Highness?" Liaochen slowly breathed out.
Jiang Yingcheng abruptly raised her head. "Are my uncles going to take Chengcheng?"
Liaochen looked grimly resolved. "Yes."
"Yay!"
The little girl, who had looked like a mushroom growing in a gloomy corner just a moment