Squeak squeak!
Poseidon, nestled in his arms, waved her tiny paws and begged the young wizard for Candied Hawthorn Skewers—vendors pushing carts were trailing behind the parade, hawking snacks. Behind the bright glass windows of the carts, the sugar-coated hawthorns looked especially tempting.
"Didn't I give you new year's money yesterday? Go buy it yourself... buy whatever you want." The young wizard generously set the Little Fox on the ground, then warned her, "But don't buy the whole cart."
Poseidon clung to the hem of his robe and refused to leave.
"What do you mean, your new year's money is gone?" Listening to the Little Fox's squeaky complaints, Zheng Qing immediately pictured Su Ya's wicked smile and the little paw she had stretched toward Poseidon's wallet. He narrowed his eyes. "Did Su Ya 'borrow' it?"
Su Ya?
A trace of confusion appeared on Poseidon's little face. She did not understand why Zheng Qing had mentioned that name. She vigorously shook her head, then pointed her furry little paw at Su Shijun.
Squeak squeak!
She very firmly told the young wizard who the real "culprit" was.
Zheng Qing looked speechlessly at Su Shijun, only to find the Great Fox whistling and looking around as though she had no idea what they were discussing.
Zheng Qing absolutely did not believe an Archwizard could be that hard of hearing.
Just as he had never imagined that Su Shijun had taken Poseidon's new year's money—given his shallow and simplistic ideas on raising children, girls ought to be raised lavishly so they would not be lured away by lollipops later in life. Besides, nine jade coins should theoretically have been no more valuable than nine Copper Coins to Councilor Su's biological daughter.
"What about her new year's money?" Zheng Qing braced himself and sought "justice"