The "Orphanage Director" personally led Jiang Yingcheng back by the hand, the smile never leaving his face.
The atmosphere among the five of them was both strange and harmonious.
The boys who had spoken up earlier to rescue Jiang Yingcheng and Guan Zhili walked ahead with dark expressions, exchanging occasional glances. Each saw guilt and resolve in the other's eyes.
The three behind them were utterly oblivious to the undercurrents up ahead, their cheerful chatter never stopping.
"Where are your parents, Chengcheng?"
Jiang Yingcheng skipped along, her whole body radiating the pure joy of "finally having a home." In a bright, clear voice, she said, "Daddy went-went off to war! He hasn't come back!"
"Mommy secretly followed him to take care of him, too!"
Her beautiful Imperial Father had come here to wage war and hadn't finished yet, and her Imperial Consort had followed him to Beiming. She wasn't lying!
The "Orphanage Director" was very satisfied with this answer, and his gaze softened considerably as he looked at the little girl.
Her father had joined the army, and her mother had gone along...
Considering the current state of Beiming's army, those two were either dead or prisoners of war. They certainly wouldn't be able to spare the time to look after this little girl anytime soon. All he had to do was send someone to take her to a country untouched by war, and he would make a handsome profit!
"Then who were those people just now?"
"They made a really big hole in Chengcheng's house!" Jiang Yingcheng's superb acting showed as she put on an angry expression and stamped her foot hard. "Then they brought Chengcheng and Brother Xiao Li out!"
"Then... is there anyone else in your family?"
"Um... Chengcheng has a little brother, too, but he's with