Chapter 131

Fortunately, it was the off-season, neither a holiday nor a festival; more than half a month had passed since the May Day mini-break, and the summer vacation peak for student travel had yet to arrive, so there were plenty of remaining seats on all flight routes.

Xie Yang bought a direct flight from Beijing to Y City, taking off at 11:45 AM and landing at 2:00 PM; it took another half hour to wait for luggage, and by the time she left the airport and got into a taxi, it was already nearly 3:00 PM.

After getting in the car, she called back the police officer who had contacted her in the morning: "Hello, this is Xie Yang. I have already deplaned and am currently in a taxi; I will arrive at your station in about half an hour."

"Alright, alright, don't you worry, the two children are doing just fine. They woke up from their nap, drank some water, and ate some watermelon. My colleague found them a cartoon, and they are watching it right now, very attentively."

"……"

How could they not be attentive!

Those two little ones had just transmigrated from ancient times to the modern day; let alone cartoons that all children like, even if you gave them a radio and played a segment of Peking opera for them, they would sit there honestly for half a day.

The siblings were indeed watching the cartoon, but as they watched—

"Brother." Jinchu tugged at her brother's sleeve, feeling restless, "Jinchu wants to change clothes."

Xie Jilin wanted to as well.

Having drunk water and fruit juice, and just finished gnawing on three slices of sweet and juicy watermelon, they had long been unable to sit still.

It was just that, being in an unfamiliar environment, he did not want to trouble others, so he tried his best to hold it in.

Now that his younger sister also needed to use the restroom, he gathered his courage and expressed that he wanted to take her to the restroom.

"Need to go to the bathroom? I'll take you."

Uncle Liu, who worked in the Canteen, had nothing to do at the moment, so he stood up to accompany them to the restroom.

But the girl was still too young, and he didn't know if she could use the restroom independently; since he was a grown man, it wasn't convenient for him to follow her in, so he called for Fu Ying.

Upon hearing that the children needed to use the restroom, Fu Ying put down what she was doing, came over to lead her into the women's restroom, while Xie Jilin followed Uncle Liu into the men's restroom.

Uncle Liu hadn't originally intended to urinate, but since he was already there, he stood before the urinal and let one out.

Although Xie Jilin was only seven, he had a strong ability to imitate; seeing Uncle Liu's actions, he also moved close to the urinal, preparing to relieve himself.

But he was only seven after all, and his height was only a little taller than the urinal; even though he stood on tiptoe and tried his best to reach, he was still a long way off.

Seeing this, Uncle Liu laughed, zipped up his pants, and led him to the cubicle opposite: "You're still small and can't reach the urinal, so just pee in the toilet, it's fine."

"……"

The embarrassed Little Marquis tried his best to put on a calm, grown-up appearance, and after using the restroom, followed behind Uncle Liu as they came out.

Fortunately, although the Live Streaming System could not adjust the camera angle due to a bug—always keeping the siblings as the center within a ten-meter radius—it would automatically mute and censor any private content or body parts with mosaics.

Otherwise, if the children knew they were being watched by the entire population of Daliang while using the restroom, they would likely be so ashamed they would faint.

"Brother, look quickly, water comes out by itself here!"

Xie Jilin saw his sister standing on tiptoe in front of the sink, excitedly rubbing her little hands, her small mouth babbling about this magical discovery.

Fu Ying was amused: "This is a sensor faucet; it will release water by itself when you put your hands underneath."

"Sensor faucet?"

Xie Jilin looked up, down, left, and right, wondering where this water came from. There was neither a water vat nor a pool; could this really be the Immortal World?

"Alright, now that your little hands are clean, follow Grandpa Liu and continue watching your cartoon. Sister still has some things to attend to; I'll come back to keep you company when I'm done."

Fu Ying pulled two sheets of paper from the wall-mounted dispenser, dried the siblings' hands, gave a few instructions, and hurried back to the office hall.

Xie Jilin watched her throw the paper she had used to dry her hands into the wastebasket under the sink, thinking to himself what a pity!

Such white and soft paper, yet it was discarded after just one use for drying hands.

He then remembered that his father had hired a group of craftsmen at the Imperial Villa to improve papermaking; the paper they produced was not as soft and white as this, but according to his Imperial Uncle the Emperor, it was already much better than the paper from before. His father was also very capable!

It was just that such a capable father and the mother who loved them were now separated by life and death; at such a young age, he couldn't help but feel a surge of grief.

"Brother, let's go quickly!"

Xiao Jinchu couldn't wait to go back and continue watching the cartoon, pulling her brother and urging him to walk faster.

Uncle Liu led them back to the conference room, and after the siblings sat properly in front of the pad, he tapped to resume playback, and the siblings began to watch the educational cartoon for young children—"Super Baby"—with rapt attention.

This pad was also contributed by Uncle Liu.

He worked in the Canteen, and had two or three hours of free time between lunch and dinner; when he had nothing to do, he would usually play chess or cards on the pad.

Today, he wasn't playing chess or cards, but was happily accompanying the two children to watch cartoons.

The Youle Video on the pad was downloaded by his grandson.

His grandson had just started elementary school this year; lower grades in elementary school finished early, arriving home at 3:30 PM, and as soon as he got home, he would pester his grandmother for the pad to watch cartoons.

So his wife had asked him to bring the pad to work, to coax their grandson into finishing his homework first, and then let him watch cartoons after he got off work.

But Uncle Liu really couldn't say what cartoons his grandson usually liked to watch, so he opened Youle Video and let the siblings choose for themselves.

The siblings watched with their eyes glued to the screen, completely unable to understand what this actually was.

They saw the kind Grandpa Liu press something, and the thin little board in front of them suddenly lit up, then many squares appeared, each containing a different picture book.

No! Not just picture books! Some of them even moved!

There were also voices of people talking; clearly, it was a rabbit or a fox opening its mouth, yet it spoke human language.

Could it be... could it be that this thin little board was where the immortals imprisoned demons?

"Pick whatever you want to watch!"

Uncle Liu watched the two children, whose eyes were fixed unblinkingly on the pad, with a happy expression.

He assumed they were busy filming usually, since they were child stars, and didn't have many opportunities to watch cartoons.

"It's fine to watch for a while today. Do you like Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf? Or this SpongeBob SquarePants? Ultraman is also okay..."

Finally, Xie Jilin extended his finger and pointed into the void at "Super Baby."

The things Grandpa Liu pointed out for them to see were either talking sheep, or talking... cakes? Or else ugly monsters; this one called "Super Baby" seemed closer to real people.

Thus, the siblings sat close together in front of the pad and began watching the cartoon.

The conference room was so quiet that only the sound of the cartoon playing could be heard.

Meanwhile, in Daliang under the Sky Screen, everyone from the Emperor and his ministers down to the common people was heatedly discussing what they had seen:

【What is this? Is it an Immortal Artifact of an immortal? Why is there a tiny person trapped inside?】

【My heavens! Even the place where an immortal relieves themselves is this bright! The walls and floor are all paved with jade... this is jade, right? It looks even whiter and smoother than jade. It must be worth a fortune!】