[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the-":3,"chapter-exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-718":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1211520,1576,"Chapter 718 - 671: Guoguo’s Pomegranate Lamp (1)","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-718",718,"\u003Cp>Xue Family grew even more impatient. When she unintentionally met Guoguo’s gaze, her heart couldn’t help but start pounding uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would she fear the gaze of a two-and-a-half-year-old child?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you ever cared about me?\" Guoguo looked at Xue Family and asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The irritation in Xue Family’s heart turned into anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said angrily, \"You’re the youngest in the family, and everyone indulges you. What more do you want? But you, have you ever understood my difficulties?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What difficulties do you have?\" Guoguo sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am a daughter of the Duke’s family. Why should I stay in that village until I die? If it weren’t for the foolishness of the Li Family offending that person above, why would I have to endure such hardships? And you dare to ask me? You are, after all, surnamed Li. You side with those people. I... I raised you for nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t raise me. I was raised by others.\" Guoguo’s face was covered in frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why are you looking for me? Go to the Li Family! Go!\" Xue Family was impatient, stood up, grabbed Guoguo from the couch, and pushed her out the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even bolted the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid standing nearby was utterly confused, not daring to ask a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s the Lantern Festival, and I just want a pomegranate lantern,\" Guoguo said softly from outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ask the Li Family. I don’t have one!\" Xue Family looked agitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the door, there was no sound for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Family thought Guoguo had already left. She gently sighed in relief and reached for the teacup to have some tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Guoguo’s childish voice, filled with anger, came from outside, \"If you are so indifferent, then we have nothing to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Family glanced in the direction of the voice but did not reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head away, no longer looking at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo looked at the door, her nose tingling, tears rolling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, she finally turned around and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance of the restaurant, Li Yuzhu realized Guoguo was missing, anxiously asking the people around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Auntie, have you seen a little girl over two years old with two small pigtails?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I haven’t seen her,\" the middle-aged woman shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu asked another old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Yuanxiu, holding Baili Rui’s hand, was also inquiring from the passersby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Rui realized Guoguo was missing and began to cry sadly, \"Guoguo, Guoguo, where are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo squeezed through the crowd and took Baili Rui’s hand, \"Brother Rui, I’m here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Rui was startled and turned to look, \"Guoguo? Where did you go just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Yuanxiu also turned and saw Guoguo had suddenly returned, and he sighed in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid Guoguo might wander off again, Mu Yuanxiu carried her on his back, holding Baili Rui’s hand to find Li Yuzhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to find Guoguo, Li Yuzhu was almost in tears. Just then, she heard Mu Yuanxiu’s voice behind her, \"Guoguo is back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu turned around and indeed saw Guoguo lying on Mu Yuanxiu’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guoguo, you little girl, where did you run off to again?\" Li Yuzhu took Guoguo over and held her in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo hugged Li Yuzhu’s neck, \"Auntie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was choked with sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu turned her face to look at her, \"What happened? Guoguo?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo pursed her lips, her eyes lowered, \"I went to see Xue Family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu was taken aback, \"Xue Family? Guoguo, how did you know it was Xue Family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo bit her lip, \"She admitted it herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Yuanxiu raised an eyebrow slightly, \"Guoguo, where is she?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over there.\" Guoguo raised her hand, pointing to a window on the second floor of a nearby restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu both looked towards the window, catching a glimpse of two women behind it, one a woman, the other a maid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu’s face darkened, \"Guoguo, did she ignore you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo lowered her eyes, tears rolling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu wanted to rush up and give Xue Family a good beating, \"Too much, how can there be such a person in this world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Yuanxiu held her back, \"Yuzhu, don’t be impulsive, it’s not worth it.\" He glanced at Baili Rui, then at Guoguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu just thought about it; how could she go up and argue with Xue Family at this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arguing in front of Baili Rui wouldn’t be fair to Guoguo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If arguing could change a person, she would have done it long ago; why wait until now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just couldn’t help her temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guoguo isn’t happy, so why don’t we go home and play?\" Baili Rui pulled Guoguo’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo turned her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Rui smiled at her, and Guoguo also smiled, \"Let’s go back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both children said they wanted to go back, so Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu took them back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the Baili Mansion, the gatekeeper Qing Gong smiled and said, \"Second Madam left a message that when Miss Guoguo and Young Master Rui return, they should go see Second Madam immediately. She has prepared a lot of beautiful lanterns to make the children happy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lots of lanterns? Great, I want to see the lanterns.\" Baili Rui, holding Guoguo’s hand, happily ran into the mansion, \"Guoguo, let’s go see the lanterns.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Yuanxiu went to park the mule cart, and Li Yuzhu took the two children to the Second Madam’s courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the large courtyard, indeed, there were lanterns hung everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lanterns were hung on trees, some high, some low, exquisite and splendid, and each lantern was unique in design.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Xin, holding a maid’s hand, was laughing and running under the lanterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Madam Baili was directing the maids to hang the lanterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw Li Yuzhu approaching with Guoguo and Baili Rui, and waved with a smile, \"Come, come, let’s look at the lanterns together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuzhu smiled, \"The lanterns on the street are not as beautiful as those here at Second Madam’s. Had I known there were lanterns here, we wouldn’t have gone out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Madam Baili chuckled, \"These lanterns were gifted by the master’s subordinates; some are made by craftsmen from the street, others by talented people from various mansions, so of course, they’re better than those sold outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they are gifts, they must be special. No wonder the designs are unique, Li Yuzhu realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili Rui, being a boy, ran wild with joy, dashing up and down the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo quietly looked up at the lanterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Madam Baili noticed she was staring at a pomegranate lantern, lost in thought, so she gestured for a maid to take it down and offered it to Guoguo, \"Guoguo, do you like this one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo came back to her senses and smiled sweetly, \"Thank you, Second Madam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Madam Baili patted her head and said with a smile, \"Is there another one you like? Whichever you fancy, I’ll have it taken down to hang in your room. It’ll look even nicer with candles lit at night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guoguo glanced at the pomegranate lantern, \"Only this one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the lantern, her eyes turning red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Madam Baili was puzzled, not understanding why she suddenly seemed sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong with Guoguo? Why aren’t you happy?\" She picked up Guoguo and asked gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I’m happy.\" Guoguo took a deep breath and smiled sweetly, \"This lantern is really beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was designed by Second Madam Baili, and the mansion’s servants made it according to her specifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the praise, Second Madam Baili was very pleased, \"If Guoguo likes it, I’ll have more made and hang them in the room to make it bright and cheerful, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1288,"2026-06-03T14:19:08.392Z",1,"novelbin.me","97353b6fa2f9f5f521f22c14ef9731f0eb5b1f0c2e74a4e01bee1b56ed1a052f","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-719","exile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--chapter-717",912,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fexile-with-storage-space-family-fortunes-in-the--cover.jpg"]