Chapter 200: Apple Merchant Snow White Princess

Yes, when Miss Mingmeng went out, she was attacked by a group of well‑trained thugs and suffered a minor injury.

Mingmeng went out with a sizable retinue of bodyguards, but the thugs seemed to have rehearsed this a thousand times; their target was Mingmeng and the child's life!

"Is the numerical gap huge?"

"Miss Mingmeng was only injured because she was protecting the child."

The bodyguards and that group of thugs were both wounded, escorting Mingmeng back into the Su family manor's grounds. A group of children, who had been hiding nearby at an unknown time, suddenly fired a few sharp stones with slingshots. They appeared so suddenly that the bodyguards had no chance to react. If Mingmeng didn't block them, the stones could have struck her daughter's head.

Su Yi turned toward the infirmary, showed up briefly, and was then pushed out by Ji Yan, heading toward the dining hall.

The four children in the living room didn't notice the adults' movements and kept playing.

To be precise, it was three older children being played with by a five‑month‑old baby lying in a cradle!

"Does little sister enjoy watching us talk so much?"

Liang Yan, helpless and already hoarse from talking, said, "My throat is about to go hoarse; Auntie, why haven't you come over yet?"

Tang Can nodded; her throat wasn't hoarse, but she was so annoyed!

Aunt said she couldn't set a bad example for the children; if she spoke harshly, she wasn't allowed to play at Ruanhuohu's house again!

So after arriving at Ruanhuohu's house, she had to think over each sentence ten times before daring to speak, which was exhausting!

"What about Uncle? He's Guoguo's dad!"

【It's all business‑calculation storybooks; Tang Can probably can't even recognize all the characters! I have to have Wulongcha explain some plot points just to understand!】

Liang Yan made a sour face, then recalled, "Guoguo's dad made Guoguo cry, the kind you can't soothe!"

Shi Xu, who was even less capable than the three of them, silently passed through the living room toward the dining hall. As long as the children were entertained, he didn't care about a bit of reputation!

"Auntie not only has to bandage, but also answer the police aunt's questions—she's very busy!"

Tang Can felt a bit awkward; the solution she had thought of couldn't be carried out.

If she reads a story, she won't have to worry about saying the wrong thing!

"He..." Does he keep his mouth open just so as not to frighten anyone?

Liang Yan, puzzled, asked, "What about him?"

"Nothing!"

It's bad enough that Tang Can speaks slowly, but why doesn't she finish her sentences?

Tang Can chose a more normal phrasing, "He's so useless!"

Liang Yan agreed, "He's not even as good as the three of us!"

"Huo Huo, what did you forget we saw when we went to the Shi family?"

Su Yu doesn't need bedtime stories; Su Xi and the others never prepared any for her, and for sleep aid a business book suffices. "In my house, the only book that has anything to do with a story is the one about how Old Wang next door handled the rival company's affairs!"

Tang Can tilted her head, "What?"

"My storybook, I have to ask Uncle to fetch it; even at best it takes an hour before it reaches my hands!"

Liang Yan wanted to throw in the towel!

Tang Can thought of a good plan, "How about I tell her a story!"

Su Yu offered a good suggestion, "Can Can, could you recite the story you heard before, or make one up?"

Su Yu was very supportive, clapping in agreement!

Liang Yan looked at the mute‑mouthed Tang Can and said, "You hurry up and tell it!"

"Good idea!"

Tang Can hung her head dejectedly, "The storybook is at home; I didn't bring it. Ruanhuohu, do you have one?"

"Then how are we going to coax her now? I'm so tired!"

"How to make one up?"

Tang Can skipped the option she didn't know how to do.

"I'll make one up; you listen!"

Shi Xu, returning from delivering a meal to Mingmeng, let the servant go in first, played a recording from his phone near the three children, and then departed.

"The story I'm going to tell is the Snow White who got rich selling apples!"

Tang Can and Liang Yan both thought it sounded off, "Snow White doesn't seem to be an apple seller, does she?"

"There isn't just one Snow White!"

Tang Can and Liang Yan both nodded. Their cats and dogs share the name, so people surely do too!

One day, Snow White was expelled from the castle by her father the king and the step‑queen; she left the bustling Wangcheng alone to clear her mind, and as she walked, she became lost and entered a forest!

Liang Yan asked, "Why was she driven out?"

"She had no money! And she refused to get married!"

"She's a princess; how could she have no money?"

Tang Can raised her hand, "I have a bracelet; the princess surely has a crown! She could trade the crown for money!"

"Right!"

"But if Uncle Ye's parents freeze his card, he definitely has no money!"

Ye Shu, stepping into the villa with one foot, said:???

"Thanks, no cue needed; he still has a bit of secret cash!"

Liang Yan saw someone and shouted loudly, "Uncle Ye, your parents have frozen your card; do you still have any money?"

In front of his wife, could he claim he has money?

Facing three inquisitive children who didn't want to chat, Ye Shu answered succinctly, "None. Little darlings, where are Uncle Shi and Aunt Ming?"

Su Yu pointed toward the infirmary and said, "Aunt Ming is injured; Uncle Shi and his group are taking care of Aunt Ming, Uncle Ye, Aunt Xie, would you like to hear us tell a story?"

For some reason, Ye Shu, after being cued, flatly refused, "Thanks, no need, we're going to visit Aunt Ming!"

"What a pity!"

"I thought Uncle Ye and Auntie Xie could look after little Guoguo sister!"

"Yeah, little Xiao Yu sister is telling us a new story!"

"Uncle isn't listening, so the soft one should keep talking!"

"Alright, we got to the part where Snow White got lost and entered the forest!"

"Why is it not 'got lost inside the forest' but 'got lost and entered the forest'?"

"Because all the paths are the same, surrounded by trees, Snow White can't distinguish the routes taken by hunters and gatherers from the proper official road, so she took the wrong way!"

"The forest is very dangerous; girls won't go in for safety! Snow White was out for the first time, got lost, and that's why she entered the forest!"

"Liang Yan and Tang Can thought for a moment; it made some sense."

"She got lost; how could she become an apple merchant?"

"The lost Snow White was hungry and met an old woman. The old woman voluntarily took a very beautiful apple from the basket slung over her shoulder and gave it to the very hungry Snow White. Snow White said she had no money; the old woman said no money needed, it was a gift. She had many more at home."

"Snow White held the apple, took a bite, then quickly spat it out. She examined the apple closely; its flesh was even plumper than the ones sent to Wanggong!"

"How could the apple in the old woman's hand be better than the ones sent to Wanggong?"

"Snow White was also curious! She asked the old woman why such a beautiful apple wasn't sent out to be sold."

"Why?"

"The old woman said apologetically that the apples from their place make you faint after eating. Though you'll wake up after a while, outsiders say they're poisonous. The things they grow where they live, apart from apple trees, all grow poorly."

"That place is too poor; elderly like them can only be forced out to deliver apples, deceiving young boys and girls into returning there to work or marry! She has seven sons, but they are all obedient and gentle, never hitting anyone, and she has a beautiful house, so she lets Snow White obediently go back with her. Otherwise the old woman would have someone drag her back, injuring her face and body."

"They have no money for medical treatment! If Snow White were clueless and died of illness, they wouldn't care!"

Liang Yan widened his eyes, "The old woman is so wicked!"

Tang Can also nodded vigorously, "She doesn't just deceive people; she eats them!"

"Tang Can and Liang Yan were taught that being taken away equals bad people equals danger!"

"Moreover, it was the old woman dragging people back that caused Snow White to get injured and sick, and they wouldn't even treat her, wanting her to die of illness—truly wicked!"

"What happens next? Did Snow White leave, or was she taken back by the old woman?"

"This is a regular update up to here~"

"There are actually over 2,200 characters here, three hundred more~"

"I don't know how many extra updates there will be; I'll post it once I'm done!"

"Kids, go to sleep first; we'll read it tomorrow~"

"Ten moves and then reject: very touched, then rejected them."