Chapter 42

Prince Qing felt both helpless and distressed.

This child Feng Xuanrui, following him on a trip to Qingzhou, has indeed suffered quite a bit.

How to put it?

All sorts of bad luck have befallen him.

But the two incidents really don't have much to do with luck.

The first time, he rolled down the mountain and bumped into Sui Sui, which was due to his own mischief.

This time, it was because he felt pity upon encountering the weak.

One can't say Feng Xuanrui was wrong.

Who can really guess people's hearts?

Prince Qing didn't want the youngster to be left with a trauma; while comforting him, he also used this incident to give him a lecture, hoping he would learn from it.

"Back in Jing Cheng, even if people didn't know your identity, just seeing your fine clothes, ordinary folks wouldn't dare provoke you."

"Outside Jing Cheng, the place is vast and free, yet also full of danger."

"Especially when facing these outlaws, they don't care what your status is at all."

……

Such principles, before, I only heard from my teacher and my mother consort.

Feng Xuanrui actually didn't feel much about it.

After all, back in Jing Cheng, he could never have encountered such a thing!

Having truly experienced it now, helplessness and lingering fear made Feng Xuanrui's tears uncontrollable.

He kept saying, "I understand, waa waa!"

"Next time, I won't do that again!"

"They're all bad people, bad people!"

"Only my sister is the best!"

The brother cried so sadly that Sui Sui also had reddened eye sockets.

The siblings' hands were tightly clasped, as if they wanted to give each other more strength.

Prince Qing didn't want the little girl to be left with a shadow either, and he said many words to Sui Sui: "Sui Sui, don't be afraid; from now on, nothing like this will happen."

"When you encounter difficulty or danger, you must think of seeking help from adults, instead of always trying to handle it yourselves; you're still young, and what you can cope with is limited."

"Asking others for help is not shameful."

……

Not only Prince Qing was speaking; the system was also there, meanwhile downloading an anti-fraud app and telling Sui Sui the principles.

Some principles are too complex, some words too long; Sui Sui actually doesn't quite understand them.

But she still strives to listen and remember.

She isn't sure whether she'll ever need to use them.

But this danger really did scare her.

Sui Sui felt for the first time the danger of the world beyond the village.

Before, in the village, dangers were all known.

It was just beatings from her uncle's family, or bullying by the village children.

As time passed, Sui Sui also developed her own way of coping.

But, the world outside…

All dangers are unknown, and also frightening.

Sui Sui's past experience is basically useless.

After hearing so much, Sui Sui summed it up herself, then lifted her little neck and shouted, "I will protect my brother from now on!"

The little girl's voice was choked, and after Feng Xuanrui heard it, he cried even louder!

He turned around and immediately cradled Sui Sui in his arms: "Wuwu, little sister is the best, everyone else is bad, all bad!"

Prince Qing: …

Fine, I'm the bad one, I'll leave.

When Feng Xuanrui got tired of crying, Doctor Liu also rushed over.

The aftermath of this matter will be handled by Prince Qing, and the children need not worry.

Doctor Liu and his two disciples first took the two children back to the Ke Zhan.

After washing up, they changed clothes.

They hadn't even applied the red medicine to the children's wrists and ankles, and they fell asleep.

Tears still clung to Feng Xuanrui's eyes.

Sui Sui still anxiously clenched her brother's hand; Di Jiao gently tried to snap it, but found it wouldn't budge, and he didn't force it.

Doctor Liu, while silently reciting the Great Compassion Mantra, gently applied medicine to the two children and readjusted their positions on the bed.

The two children still slept together, only using two separate blankets.

As for their little hands that never separated, Doctor Liu let them hold each other.

After tidying everything and lowering the bed curtain, Doctor Liu finally instructed his two disciples: "Tonight, put in more effort, don't sleep so deeply, keep watch."

Qing Shan and Qing Shui were also seriously injured, and by now each had gone to treat their wounds.

In today's incident, even the oldest, Qing Shan, was tricked and went over.

Doctor Liu thought that after returning to Jing Cheng, he should report to the Prince and give the servants around the Sixth Prince a lesson.

These simple‑minded sweeties, when real trouble comes, what should they do?

Liu Dafu's worry was not without reason.

Late that night, Feng Xuanrui came down with a high fever.

Di Jiao and Di Yu were quick and efficient—one handled physical cooling, the other boiled medicine according to the master's prescription.

Sui Sui wasn't ill, but she woke up crying in terror from her sleep.

The little girl sobbed softly, like a kitten—pitiful and frail—making Liu Dafu's heart ache repeatedly.

If he didn't still need to comfort the child, he would surely go out to practice sword for half an hour.

These bastards!

Once we get back to Jing Cheng, he wants to study the poison!

Liu Dafu gritted his teeth cursing the traffickers while Gentleness wiped Sui Sui's face, then lightly held her in his arms, patting her back: "Sui Sui, don't be afraid, it's alright, stop crying, be good, we're safe now, big brother is here too."

……

Liu Dafu's soothing was nonstop chatter.

But it was effective.

Sui Sui was soon calmed, her small hands tightly clutching Liu Dafu's clothes, her little face pressed against his shoulder.

She looked obedient and cute, yet also extremely stubborn.

Liu Dafu had Di Jiao help, but he didn't pry open Sui Sui's hands.

Liu Dafu didn't insist on that, simply holding the little girl while observing Feng Xuanrui's condition.

Later that night, Sui Sui slept more deeply, and Liu Dafu could finally put her back to bed to sleep properly.

Feng Xuanrui's high fever came on quickly and subsided just as fast.

At dawn, Feng Xuanrui's fever broke.

The illness plus the fright left his body especially fatigued.

So once the fever broke, he fell into a deep sleep again.

However, in his sleep, his chubby little hands kept feeling around.

It seemed he was trying to find something.

Liu Dafu watched this scene, then gently placed Sui Sui's small hand in Feng Xuanrui's hand.

When Feng Xuanrui moved his hand again and felt Sui Sui's small hand, he gently grasped it, pulled it toward himself, and only then could he truly rest easy and fall asleep.

Liu Dafu watched on the side, smiling and shaking his head: "You two little troublemakers!"

After the system finished downloading the app, it prepared to use the case examples to start safety education for Sui Sui.

The result was that Sui Sui came back and fell asleep, leaving no chance.

The system thought: there's plenty of time ahead; we can take it slow.

Late at night, watching Sui Sui cry in her sleep, the system felt its heart breaking.

But there was no way to comfort her!

Realizing this, the system's heart broke even more.

Then, in the middle of the night, it went to poke the Main God's email again!

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