Chapter 19: with translation of chapter title

Feng Xuanrui thought Sui Sui was too frightened, and he wanted to turn his head to comfort his sister.

At that moment, he clearly heard the voice of the person speaking outside.

It should be two women.

Women???

There are no women at all in the relay station!

Feng Xuanrui finally realized what was wrong and broke out in a cold sweat.

If it weren't for his sister covering his mouth, he would have responded just now.

If he responded, if the people outside weren't their own, if...

At that moment, the two women were still whispering: "Young master, young master, where are you?"

But Feng Xuanrui no longer dared to respond.

Not only did he dare not speak himself, he was also afraid his sister would speak, so he backhandedly covered Sui Sui's mouth.

After covering her mouth, Feng Xuanrui then realized: huh?

Wrong!

From then on, his sister never made a sound!

Feng Xuanrui tensed his body, pricked up his ears to listen to the outside.

The two women walked around the backyard twice, and at one point they even passed in front of the dog kennel.

The torchlight shone into the dog kennel for a moment.

Feng Xuanrui was so frightened his heart almost stopped, his eyes widened, and he pressed harder on Sui Sui's hand.

When the firelight gradually faded, Feng Xuanrui finally released his hand and patted Sui Sui's hand that was covering his mouth.

After Sui Sui obediently let go, Feng Xuanrui gasped heavily.

Feeling her brother's fear, Sui Sui wanted to comfort him, but dared not speak, so she reached out and lightly took his hand.

Feeling that his sister's hand was not soft and delicate, Feng Xuanrui's eyes welled up and he wanted to cry again.

Just as tears were about to fall, a loud bang suddenly came from outside.

Boom!

Perhaps because it was close, the sound was especially loud.

Then came a sheet of firelight, accompanied by orderly, powerful footsteps.

This is...

Has Prince Qing's uncle returned?

Having just almost been deceived, Feng Xuanrui dared not take risks, tightly gripping Sui Sui's hand and shrinking further into the dog kennel.

The youngster thought: Unless Prince Qing's uncle personally reaches in to fetch him, he would not come out!

Outside are all bad people; he wants to return to the Wangfu.

Whimper!

In fact, Prince Qing has indeed returned.

He had anticipated that the bandits would counterattack and target this relay station.

Therefore, Prince Qing had left troops at this relay station.

The result...

The bandits feinted a move, and their main force lunged at this relay station.

Prince Qing realized something was wrong, quickly settled the battle, then rushed back.

After capturing all the bandits, Prince Qing discovered...

The two children are missing!

This discovery made his heart skip a beat.

The bandit leader, having been captured, was now badly wounded and unable to crawl; seeing Prince Qing's grim face, he grinned wildly: "Hahaha, didn't expect that? I still have a trick up my sleeve—if you want your son to live, just let me go!"

No sooner had the bandit leader finished his boast than Zhan Yuan brought back the two suspicious women: "Your Highness, we found two women in the back street; they seemed off, so we seized them. I just interrogated them—they indeed received favors from the bandits to lure the young master out, but after searching the courtyard and finding no one, they fled in the chaos."

Prince Qing quickly grasped the key point: they hadn't found anyone.

The bandit obviously heard as well; his laughter died instantly, he glared hatefully at the two women, then began cursing.

Prince Qing couldn't be bothered with them; interrogation could wait.

The most urgent matter now is still to find the two children.

Doctor Liu had just gone through a fierce battle, looking a bit disheveled but unharmed; upon hearing the two children were missing, the old doctor flew into a rage, his whiskers practically bristling.

While speaking to his ancestor master, he said: "Sorry, my disciple is unfilial!"

Meanwhile, he swiftly gave the bandit leader a needle.

Then the bandit leader was completely silenced.

When Doctor Liu spoke to his ancestor master, he spoke softly and politely; but turning to the bandit, he unleashed a torrent of scolding, practically spraying spittle: "Let you speak! Did I give you permission to speak?"

The bandit, furious yet powerless, opened his mouth wide but could not make a sound.

Bandit:?

Is giving a needle such a big deal?

Doctor Liu paid no heed to him, instead heading straight with the others to look for the two children, muttering anxiously: "Good heavens, the Sixth Prince's foot hasn't healed yet, and Sui Sui is so young—where could they have gone?"

"In this freezing weather, don't make them suffer another bout of illness."

"Sui Sui hasn't finished her previous medicine yet."

Doctor Liu muttered all the way to the vicinity of the dog kennel.

Sui Sui heard the familiar voice, waited a moment, but no system reminder came, then happily called out: "Liu Ye Ye!"

The little girl's shout was full of vigor.

Liu Dafu heard it right away.

He looked around, discovered that only the abandoned doghouse here could hide someone, hurried over, knelt at the gate, and stuck his head inside.

Feng Xuanrui originally wanted to cover his sister's mouth to stop her from responding randomly—what if it was another trick by bad people?

As a result, as soon as he reached out his hand, he touched Liu Dafu's face.

The old and the young fell into an eerie silence at that moment.

After a moment, Liu Dafu silently withdrew his head, extended his hand: "Come, Sixth Prince, Sui Sui, let's come out first."

Sui Sui didn't rush out, but first went to look at Feng Xuanrui: "Brother, how are you? Can you walk?"

While speaking, Sui Sui had already linked arms with Feng Xuanrui, wanting to support him out.

After tossing all night, Feng Xuanrui's foot hurt terribly; this time he didn't try to be tough, obediently leaning on Sui Sui as they came out of the doghouse.

Seeing his young master in such a sorry state, the younger Qing Shui burst into tears with a wail.

Actually he was also injured, but at this moment he couldn't attend to that.

Feng Xuanrui originally wanted to put on a stern face to say: "I, young master, am a man; facing such a frightening scene, I didn't cry—I'm awesome."

As a result, when Qing Shui cried, it also brought out his tears.

The wronged young lad let out a roar that shook the heavens.

When he cried, Sui Sui, not knowing why, also started crying.

When Prince Qing heard the news and came over, he saw three children of different sizes crying there.

Qing Shui and Feng Xuanrui were crying loudly with full vigor, while Sui Sui sat there, randomly wiping her hands, softly sniffling.

Seeing this scene, Prince Qing's heart also felt uneasy.

He thought: "As expected, he's still too kind; he only severed the bandit's tendons, should have cut a few more wounds on him."

Prince Qing doesn't know how to comfort children, so he can only stand there helplessly, watching Liu Dafu comfort them.

Qing Shui is two years older than Feng Xuanrui; tonight he was injured, and on top of that he was frightened.

So his older brother Qing Shan comforted him with a few words, and thus calmed him down.

Liu Dafu is skilled at comforting children; in no time he soothed the emotions of both children.

Feng Xuanrui was both tired and in pain; in the end, Prince Qing carried him back.

Liu Dafu wasn't at ease about Sui Sui, so he also reached out and carried her away.

The two children were really too tired; before even getting back, they had already curled up in the adults' arms and fallen asleep.