Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Ran Qianxi naturally couldn't bear to watch the girl being killed, but if she rushed in, she might also die. Her current adoptive father was a very strange person to her.

"How come I keep running into these unspeakable things of my godfather? Ran Qianxi, you are so annoying. Why do you get up so early..."

It was useless for her to nag anymore. The child would surely die if he was not saved.

She sneaked away, casually brought a plate of cakes from the pavilion in the backyard, and pretended to walk in calmly.

"Ahem... stepfather~"

But when she walked into the study, the girl and Tong Jian were gone.

"Mom...where are the people?"

She pretended to walk forward and looked around. After what happened in the secret courtyard yesterday, she felt the wall was awkward.

I thought to myself: "Okay, so I hid it, right? What a fun thing to do..."

When Tan Qianhuan saw her, his face was filled with joy and flesh and blood.

"Xier is awake?"

"Yeah, that's right... I brought some pastries to my godfather..."

Tan Qianhuan took a look at the plate of pastries, which were obviously leftovers from yesterday.

"Where did Xier get the cakes?"

"Ah...ah the kitchen..."

The surface of the pastry was obviously a little dry, which was a sign of being blown by the wind. Tan Qianhuan saw through it at a glance.

"I have already mobilized the troops. Xier's mission is completed. When will she return?"

Ran Qianxi was stunned.

"So early?"

Tan Qianhuan smiled. She had already discovered clues. After a fierce ideological struggle, he still couldn't bear to do anything to her and could only send her back.

"Haven't you stayed long enough?"

"I've only been here a few days..."

Tan Qianhuan raised his hand and touched her.

"That's enough. Sooner or later, you will be mine too."

"What?"

Tan Qianhuan had something else in mind when he spoke, and he lifted her chin and kissed her gently.

"Nothing, when do you want to leave?"

She could ignore other things, and she was too lazy to care about them. To her, they were just trivial matters, but she had to save the child now.

"I...I'll stay for two more days?"

Tan Qianhuan raised his eyebrows slightly and guessed that she wanted to do something.

"Xi'er can't bear to leave me?"

Ran Qianxi was stunned. After listening to Baibai's excuse, her eyes instantly lit up and she admitted it without any hesitation.

"Yes! Of course! If I don't see my godfather for a day, I won't be able to eat or sleep well!"

Although Tan Qianhuan knew that she had to stay because of something, he still felt very aftertasteful when listening to the love words that were hard to tell whether they were true or false.

"Okay, where do you want to go today?"

Ran Qianxi subconsciously stared at the cabinet and decided to stay here today. She would suffocate to death if she didn't come out.

"Today I will just accompany my godfather."

Tan Qianhuan glanced at the secret door. Could it be that she knew about this again?

"I have to go to the military camp today, and Xi'er is here to accompany me, so let's go now."

"Ah? No, no, godfather... you are so busy every day, why don't you take a good rest today? I will accompany you to read in the study, okay?"

Tan Qianhuan smiled and saw through her thoughts. She wanted to defend it to the death.

"Okay."

After accompanying him for a while, there was no movement in the secret room. She drowsily lay on the table, and suddenly heard a sound of Baden in the secret room, and sat up instantly!

"Ah...what's in there, godfather?"

Tan Qianhuan's face turned green with anger because of Tong Jian.

"where?"

Ran Qianxi staggered over and stared at the bookshelf.

"I heard some noise in here."

As she spoke, she stroked the mechanism. She tried the vase and the incense burner, but they were useless.

"Tsk, this mechanical technique."

She was feeling the bookshelf with her right hand and protecting the back of her head with her left hand to prevent herself from being hit by Tan Qianhuan.

"Godfather, there must be some thieves here! I'll ask Chief Tong to catch them!"

Tan Qianhuan's eyes darkened. She actually knew it.

"Chief Tong? Chief Tong? Where are you?"

She pretended to shout a few times, and Tan Qianhuan watched her perform in silence.

"Huh? Why hasn't he come yet? Oh my god... is he locked up in the wall?"

Ran Qianxi glanced at Tan Qianhuan...

I thought to myself, "I'm giving you a way out, open the door quickly."

Tan Qianhuan coughed, and Tong Jian opened the secret room himself.

Ran Qianxi quickly pushed him away and saw the little girl.

"Are you still breathing?"

She rushed in, squatted down to check, and immediately thought it was dangerous to face others with her back, so she quickly changed her position.

"Tsk...I guess he's not dead. That's fine as long as he's not dead."

She can only tell whether a person is dead or not by taking his pulse.

"Oh godfather! Could this little girl be the thief? Leader Tong is so powerful! He caught her so easily!"

Ran Qianxi glanced at Tan Qianhuan again, meaning I'm giving you a way out again. The disappearance of the Queen in the Jibei Palace is a big deal.

Tan Qianhuan glanced at Tong Jian and wished he could beat him to death on the spot.

"Ah...ah, that's right, Miss Ran has a good eye, I really just caught this thief."

"Really? I was wondering where this child came from. It can't be the adoptive father's daughter. She must be a thief!"

When he heard the word "daughter", Tan Qianhuan finally knew what it felt like to be panicked and afraid. He was afraid that Ran Qianxi would be disappointed in him and become hostile to him.

Tong Jian agreed with a smile.

"Yes Yes Yes…"

Ran Qianxi smiled gently and picked up the little girl.

"Oh, it's quite heavy..."

"Since he's a thief, just let me handle it, right, godfather?"

The girl had too many secrets, so Tan Qianhuan naturally didn't want to let her take him away, but now he was stuck in this situation and had no other excuse.

"Alright."

Ran Qianxi smiled proudly, walked up to him and gave him a deep kiss.

"My foster father really treats me differently~"

This untimely kiss immediately messed up Tan Qianhuan's plans. She was indeed good at taking advantage of her advantages.

"I have failed in my duties, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Tan Qianhuan glanced at him, and the punishment would not help.

"Give orders, except for this child, all the mouths must be dealt with by me. If anyone else is rescued by Xier, I will kill you!"

"Yes, I humbly obey my orders."

Main Courtyard

The girl was rescued, but she dared not speak because of a language barrier. Ran Qianxi was sitting on the swing, and she watched awkwardly beside her.

"You want to play too?"

The girl looked at her eagerly, as if asking if she could play.

Ran Qianxi smiled and patted the swing.

"Come up, I'll show you around."

The little girl climbed onto the swing clumsily, but was very far away from Ran Qianxi.

"Don't be afraid, there are no bad guys anymore."

She spread out her arms, and the little girl immediately crawled into them, clinging to her like a kitten.

"What's your name?"

The little girl kept shaking her head. She didn't have a name.

"Well...then I'll be Xiaoxi and you'll be Xiaoyi, okay?"

The girl seemed to like the name very much and nodded frantically in agreement.

"Okay, then we'll be good friends from now on."

In the evening, Tan Qianhuan came over. The two were playing shuttlecock, but the moment Xiaoyi saw him, he was so scared that he hid behind Ran Qianxi.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, godfather is very gentle..."

When the girl heard her adoptive father, she was stunned for two seconds.

Tan Qianhuan gave her a cold look, and she immediately hid herself again. To her, that man, whether he was her adoptive father and savior, or the boss of this palace, was the devil who killed her mother.

Ran Qianxi walked over with a smile, but was suddenly stopped by Xiaoyi, whose eyes were full of begging her not to go over.

"It's okay, just wait for me here."