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“Take into account it accomplished, boss. I’ll set out immediately with Liao Tune and a few succesful personnel to get it accomplished.”

Though he was barely puzzled by Su Jin’s orders, he didn’t query her. He had sworn absolute loyalty to her. So long as it was an order from her, he would comply with them to the T.

Their boss is perhaps brutal and ruthless, however she had a compassionate coronary heart. She was the one one that reached out to them once they had been on the most determined and worst time of their lives. It was solely pure for them to repay this debt of gratitude, even when it price them their lives!

The System quietly poked its head out from the nook and patted its chest. The overwhelmingly eerie aura from its host earlier had left the System with lingering emotions of concern.

Now that Su Jin had handled the vital issues, the System rapidly acted to overwrite the oppressive environment by singing her praises. “Host, you had been so suave final evening~! I might fall for you if I had a bodily physique! Kyaaah~!”

Su Jin felt amused by the silly behaviour of her digital pet and intentionally teased it. “Oh? Then please elaborate, how wonderful am I?”

The system was misplaced for phrases. There’s a comply with up query!? Why was this not talked about within the textbook? Bootlicking somebody… requires that a lot of an effort?

After scratching its head for some time, it lastly thought up of an applicable reply. “You’re as wonderful as a taking pictures star, as mighty as a lioness!”

Su Jin: “…”

(Actually can’t anticipate something extra from an fool.)

……

The following day, Su Nian returned from the academy as he was now having a semester break. The property grew to become extra full of life than ordinary. Even Su Dalang and his household of 4 had come to go to Su Jin. It was event to take pleasure in some high quality hotpot.

The little ones squatted at a nook, serving to Qin Shi with washing greens. Though there was no scarcity of servants and maids within the manor, Qin Shi most popular to deal with a few of the family chores personally. After residing a big a part of her life as a peasant, she might by no means get accustomed to a lifetime of being served by others.

“Take a look at me. Guaibao has a special flower as we speak. Isn’t it pwetty?”

Guaibao leaned her head ahead, revealing a flower with white cloud-shaped petals held collectively by brown bracts, adorned on her fringe. It gave off a fluffy and mellow picture.

Guaibao raised her hand and made a number of poses to flaunt it, clearly very glad with that present she had obtained from Dabao. She cherished it because it enormously resembled the fluffy clouds within the sky.

“It’s fairly, very fairly. Our beautiful Guaibao seems to be wonderful in every little thing…”

Qin Shi gave the reply Guaibao wished to listen to, but it surely was not mere empty flattery to please a child. These had been her sincere ideas. Out of the three children, Guaibao had probably the most beautiful look. If she needed to give a breakdown, roughly two-tenths of Guaibao’s bodily traits had been inherited from Su Jin, whereas the remainder in all probability got here from the daddy she had by no means met earlier than.

When she was reminded of this reality, Qin Shi couldn’t assist however sigh with sophisticated emotions.

“Are my uncles and aunts not gonna present up?”

Su Jin casually requested Qin Shi, popping a bit of fruit into her mouth.

“They’re workaholics. I guess they’d select to remain completely within the fields if physique fatigue was not a difficulty.”

Ever since her enterprise expanded quickly, Su Jin might not sustain with the demand for spices and seasoning by herself. Realizing that her maternal kin had been diligent staff, she roped them in to develop the crops for her enterprise. Naturally, Su Jin paid them properly and their way of life had elevated dramatically over the previous two years. As such, they’d handled these crops like treasured infants, tending to them with nice love and care.

Su Jin was nearly to proceed chatting when a putting object caught her consideration. “Guaibao, that factor in your head… The place did you discover it?”

Guaibao heard her identify being talked about and rapidly wiped her fingers dry. Along with her candy and high-pitched voice, she proudly replied: “It’s a present from Dabao! Isn’t it pwetty?”

Su Jin beckoned her to return nearer and Guaibao fortunately hopped over right away.

“System, if I’m not mistaken… Isn’t this cotton?”

“Sure, you might be proper, host. Do you want to domesticate this plant?”

The technological degree of the textile trade on this period was a far cry away from the trendy society Su Jin had identified of. Cotton had but to be found as a beneficial material on this world. Most bizarre households had their garments created from weaved willow catkin or different comparable plant fibres, whereas the rich nobles wore garments created from both silk, satin or animal hides.

“I don’t really feel prefer it although. It’s an excessive amount of bother.”

She had by no means come throughout cotton in any case these years residing as Su Jin. It was solely because of Dabao’s absurd luck that this plant had appeared earlier than her eyes.

Noticing that her mom couldn’t take her eyes off the flower on her head, Guaibao sighed. She tilted her head and gently eliminated the flower, rigorously giving it to Su Jin as if parting with a treasured treasure.

“You’ll be able to have it. If there may be something mother desires sooner or later, simply inform Guaibao. Guaibao’s belongings are additionally mother’s property. There’s no want to carry again.”

Su Jin: “…”

Ought to she really feel touched on this scenario?

The corners of her mouth twitched. She might solely settle for it with a wry smile as she affixed the flower on her hair.

(Hmm… Not unhealthy in any respect.)

Whereas Su Jin was admiring her new hair accent, housekeeper Xiao approached in fast tempo and whispered to her: “Right here’s the report of our investigation into the younger man. He had arrived in Fengyuan County just a few days in the past, accompanied by a gaggle of extremely expert knights. Approaching any nearer would solely improve their degree of alertness. His precise id could also be better than our expectations.”

“Additionally, so as to add on, the waiter on the restaurant overheard one of many knights addressing him as .”

Su Jin out of the blue lifted her head and stared at housekeeper Xiao, hoping that her ears had simply performed a trick on her.

(A Prince… for actual!?  My journey for love ended earlier than it started…?)

There was no means a prince could be missing in candidates for a companion. How was she presupposed to seize the center of somebody with this type of standing?

(However placing that apart for now…. How a lot dowry ought to I put together if I wish to suggest to the emperor’s son?)

Su Jin instantly straightened her again from the recliner seat.

“System, assist me compile the best strategies of rising cotton.”

The System checked out her skeptically and ranted. “Didn’t you simply shrug that concept off, claiming that it was an excessive amount of of a trouble? What triggered the sudden change of coronary heart?”

“Occasions have modified. Life is only a fleeting second. It will be a waste to not dwell life to the fullest!”

Taking child steps, separately, she resolved herself to work earnestly in direction of her final objective! To start out it off, she had determined that her first step was to develop into the richest individual within the Nice Yuan Dynasty!

The System grew to become extraordinarily pissed off and cursed the person it had by no means met for monopolizing its host’s consideration, hoping that he would undergo from hair loss and develop into a baldy.

“Inform the others to cease investigating. If he’s actually of distinguished beginning, then there isn’t any level digging any additional…”

The time was not ripe but. She couldn’t danger drawing his consideration at this second. It will take a while earlier than she might develop her wealth for dowry and ensure that he was single, earlier than sending a wedding proposal to the royal household.

A matriarch of the household merely doesn’t again down from any obstacles within the conquest for her truthful gallant! All pictures that weren’t taken had been assured flops. She might ponder the aftermath if her supply did get rejected then. Within the worst case state of affairs, she might merely discover one other stepfather for her three darlings.

……

“Achoo!” Ming Jue lined his nostril and sneezed.

“Feeling unwell, Your Highness? I’ll ask the servants put together some ginger tea.”

“It’s nothing to fret about. Inform everybody to start preparation for departure. We’ll set off for the capital tomorrow.”

His fundamental objective of stopping at Fengyuan County was to take care of the Darkish Reaper Guild, however they appeared to have disappeared with out a hint two days in the past. It occurred too fast and sudden, as if that group of assassins had by no means existed.

Ming Jue had a sullen expression. All the time and effort he had invested right here had gone down the drain. There was no level in losing extra time and sources. He had different methods up his sleeve to hunt them down. For now, he would return to the capital to regroup and reorganize his males. On this present timeline, he would deprive them of any likelihood of turning into Ming Sheng’s underlings like what transpired within the earlier iterations.

……

The nice and cozy, golden rays of daylight cascaded over the courtyard of the Su household property and the nice and cozy light breeze embraced the world. Close to the edges of the residence, a small determine was sneaking round like a cat, avoiding the watchful gaze of the guards and servants. The proprietor of the shadow scampered additional and additional away from the manor. Due to the quilt of the shade, the little determine was in a position to escape the premises unnoticed.

……

“Sister Niu Niu, let’s pway hide-and-seek…”

Like a caged canary having fun with its newfound freedom, Guaibao tottered over fortunately and tugged at Niu Niu’s garments.

Niu Niu positioned the basket she was carrying on the bottom and turned to her little niece with a helpless look. She knitted her eyebrows. “Did you play truant once more, Guaibao? Try to be having classes presently of the day.”

“Ehehe~” Guaibao tilted her head and giggled foolishly. She blinked innocently, pretending to not perceive what her older cousin was saying.

“Positive, let’s play for a bit. Don’t blame me when Aunt Su Jin comes in search of you later.”

“Sister Niu Niu can disguise first. Guaibao will hunt for chu~.”

After saying that, Guaibao skillfully lined her eyes together with her chubby fingers, leaving a small hole in between her fingers.

“No peeking allowed. Okay?”

“Guaibao gained’t peek. Guaibao is an efficient woman!”

As she started the countdown, the hole between her fingers steadily widened.

Guaibao squinted her eyes, peeping within the route the place Niu Niu was going, silently chuckling in her coronary heart. However earlier than she might begin her hunt, an previous girl staggered in direction of her with a suspicious smile.

“Little girlie, are you right here alone?”

Guaibao lowered her fingers and turned to face the previous girl. Her eyes fluttered as she put up a candy smile, forming dimples on her cheeks. With a pure and harmless face, she requested the previous girl whereas subtly taking few small steps again.

“Do I do know you, granny?”

However that refined motion didn’t escape the granny’s sharp eyes.

(What a wise little girlie now we have right here. Not prefer it adjustments something although. Regardless of how vigilant she is, there may be nothing a lot a baby can do towards me.)

She straightened her again and executed a swift movement unbefitting for her age. Within the blink of a watch, a silver needle had flown out with terrifying accuracy, stabbing Guaibao’s neck on an acupuncture level.

“Don’t make any noise, little girlie.”

Guaibao felt the chilly sensation from the needle on her neck and felt aggrieved. Why would anybody harm a cute and innocent little woman like her? She curled her fingers right into a fist, readying herself to strike on the previous girl’s tummy.

Baddies who hurt little youngsters with out purpose deserves a lesson!

However simply earlier than she retaliated, Guaibao caught sight of slight rustles inside the dense weeds on the ditch far away. As if she had recalled one thing, she frowned and loosened her clenched up fist.

She discreetly glanced on the ditch, earlier than decreasing her head and shutting her eyes in silence, permitting the previous girl to tie her up and carry her away obediently.

She had no concern. She knew that her mom would come to avoid wasting her very quickly.

After a while had handed, Niu Niu shoved the weeds apart and seemed round, questioning the place Guaibao had gone.

Why was Guaibao taking a lot time to search out her? Niu Niu was sure that the hiding spot was not that distant.

Niu Niu scratched her head in confusion, calling out in a low voice. “Guaibao, Niu Niu’s over right here. Come catch me~.”

After a number of rounds of calling to no avail, Niu Niu started to fret. She got here out from her hiding spot and shouted for Guaibao.

……

Again on the property, Su Jin was crouching within the discipline, conducting analysis on rising cotton. She telepathically communicated with the System, discussing in regards to the optimum local weather and soil situation.

The approaching cries of a kid interrupted her.

Su Jin lifted her head and noticed Niu Niu operating in direction of her, with tears streaming down her face. Indicators of abrasion might be seen on her knees, which had been nonetheless bleeding. Su Jin reacted instantly and jumped over the ridge to calm her down with a hug.

“Aunt, Aunt Su Jin… Sniffle… Guaibao has gone lacking, I can’t discover her in any respect! Hic… hic…~”

Niu Niu got here crying all the way in which, her thoughts centered solely on in search of assist as quickly as doable that she ignored the wild branches and rocks alongside the trail which injured her knees. She tried to clarify the scenario to Su Jin with a determined face.

Su Jin was alarmed by her niece’s state of panic and firmly held her by the shoulders to reassure her. “Settle down and communicate slowly, Niu Niu. Inform me what occurred? Don’t fear, there isn’t any drawback too tough on your aunt. Guaibao will likely be again very quickly.”

“We had been taking part in hide-and-seek and I hid for a really very long time. However Guaibao by no means got here even after I referred to as out to her. I attempted looking for her however couldn’t discover her in any respect. Hic….”

Su Jin’s face grew to become critical. She gently caressed Niu Niu’s head and comforted her. “You need to return residence first. Guaibao will need to have wandered off elsewhere to have enjoyable. Good woman, don’t fear.”

Though Guaibao was a mischievous child, she had by no means intentionally triggered folks to fret for her. Disappear with out a sound was not one thing she would do.

“System, can you detect any traces of her inside your scan radius?”

“Detrimental. Hurry up and depart, host! Let’s head over to the situation she was final seen in order that I can scan for her traces.”

The System anxiously urged Su Jin.

“Don’t panic. Haste makes waste. With Guaibao’s superhuman energy and sturdiness, nobody is able to harming her. Abducting her with none noise could be unimaginable until she…”

Su Jin had organized for guards to look at over the three youngsters from the shadows in any respect time. However in some way, Guaibao had managed to slide away from their surveillance as we speak and wandered off to play.

A naughty child deserves spanking.

Su Jin chuckled flippantly with a chilly expression. After taking a second to analyse the scenario, she summoned her guards and dispatched them to look the complete area for traces of Guaibao.

She personally set off on the primary highway resulting in the county. If Guaibao had certainly been kidnapped, this was the one doable highway the kidnapper might have taken to flee, narrowing the world to look.

……

In the meantime, Guaibao was taken to a carriage by the previous girl, Granny Hu.

“I’ve introduced the hostage you needed. Remind your grasp to satisfy his finish of the deal.”

A husky voice got here from that enigmatic existence. If she had not appeared in individual, it could be unimaginable to discern her gender solely from her voice alone.

The opposite get together, comprising of a gaggle of males, averted her sinister gaze and nodded in silence, although they’d no inkling of what she was speaking about. The group of males had been merely employed mercenaries and knew nothing exterior of their present project.

After sensing that she had left, the boys heaved a sigh of reduction. Granny Hu was well-known within the underworld, nicknamed because the Spectral Granny, attributable to her competency in utilizing silver needles as projectiles to silence her foes.

None of them had any intention of risking their life simply to satiate their curiosity.

After lifting the curtain of the facet window, just a little woman got here into their view, staring proper again at them. She didn’t cry or make a fuss, obediently cooperating with them. Seeing that she was small and unarmed, the boys merely tied up her limbs and left her alone.

Guaibao twisted her wrist and tugged the rope flippantly, breaking it with little to no effort. She was deliberating over one thing… When would she begin making her grand escape?

Maybe after evening fall when visibility was obscured by the darkness

At that second, a gaggle of armoured knights closed in from a distance. The chief of the group exuded an imposing aura from his tall and gallant determine, pressuring the employed mercenaries to offer means for the knights as they steered their carriage to the facet of the highway.

Guaibao felt the abnormality from the vibrations and cautiously lifted a nook of the curtain to satiate her curiosity.

“Wow… so many massive horsies!”

……

Ming Jue frowned when he observed a carriage of their path. A number of burly males stood in entrance of the carriage, engaged in a dialogue. As his contingent approached nearer, the alternative facet lowered their heads and steered their carriage to the facet of the highway.

Ming Jue glanced at them briefly earlier than shedding curiosity. However that quick time frame was all that was wanted for the fated encounter. In his peripheral imaginative and prescient, a small chubby hand caught his eye.

A baby?

He seemed again on the group of males who nonetheless had their heads down, seemingly adamant on avoiding any direct eye contact… apart from one one that seemed up and met his eyes. That single trade triggered him to interrupt into a chilly sweat. His eyes flickered and he instinctively tried to dam the facet window of the carriage.

Ming Jue narrowed his eyes and pulled the reins of his steed.

“What’s the matter, Your Highness?” Zuo Yi requested, puzzled by his lord’s abrupt motion.

“Go and query that group of individuals. Interrogate them completely.” Ming Jue issued the command from his mount.

“Roger that!”

Zuo Yi turned again and noticed the sooner group, who had begun to renew their journey. Understanding that his lord will need to have detected one thing amiss with that group, Zuo Yi signaled to his subordinates to intercept them as he trailed behind.

……

The mercenary’s reduction was short-lived. His face paled right away when he observed the knights approaching their carriage as soon as once more. One among his companions observed his unhealthy complexion and spoke to him.

However that man had no time to spare. He shouted with trembling voice. “Get in your horse and go away instantly! Fast!”

(The looks of the individual main the knights…)

He subconsciously glanced in direction of the carriage the place the little woman was being held.

Regardless of the sudden chaos, the opposite mercenaries had been skilled and had rapidly mounted their horses, prepared to go away right away.

“Maintain up!”

Nevertheless it was a tad bit too late. The knights had already caught up with them and blocked off their path.

“How might I provide help to, variety sirs?”

“What’s your occupation, the place did you come from and the place are you headed to?”

The knights questioned him bluntly.

Zuo Yi crossed his arms and completely noticed the group of mercenaries, retaining a glance out for suspicious exercise inside that group. He glanced over each particular person, earlier than touchdown his eyes on the carriage.

“Is there another person within the carriage? Open the door for us to test…”

The mercenary’s coronary heart pounded quickly as he replied with a poker face. “No sir, there isn’t any one else inside. We’re simply an bizarre service provider group, working a caravan and conducting legit buying and selling enterprise between cities.”

Zuo Yi’s eyelids twitched. It turned out that his lord was proper in any case. There was certainly one thing amiss with the group.

Ignoring the person’s reply, Zuo Yi walked straight as much as the carriage and lifted the curtain.

When the mercenaries understood that their shady enterprise was uncovered, they deserted the act. Drawing their swords hidden beneath the carriage, they charged ahead ferociously. One among them made a fast detour and pulled the kid out of the carriage.

Guaibao was greatly surprised. She was merely having fun with the commotion when she was dragged out in a sudden. How might anybody mistreat just a little fairy like her?

Guaibao grew to become barely upset and retaliated towards the person with a punch.

There was a muffled cracking sound and waves of super ache adopted after. Did one thing break? The person’s face twisted in horror and his physique trembled from the ache. Agony might be seen from his face as he flung the woman he had been dragging.

Feeling that she was hovering by the air, Guaibao set free a squeal and guarded her face together with her chubby fingers.

In any case, she nonetheless wanted to dwell off her face sooner or later.

“Huh? Why doesn’t it harm in any respect?”

Guaibao squirmed round, solely to note a nice scent enveloping her. She shifted her fingers barely and quietly stole a look…

A well-defined chin appeared earlier than her. Guaibao was momentarily surprised. Her fingers absolutely fell off her face as Ming Jue lowered his sights to have a look at her on the identical time. The 2 of them exchanged gazes for a second and each of them become astonishment concurrently.

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