Bai Xuanmo carried Bai Zhi’er down from the carriage.
The little fellow immediately spotted Ke Shouwang over there, who was jumping up and down in anger.
"I don’t care, today, no matter what, even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, you must find the jade pendant for me!"
Ke Shouwang said, his eyes red, as if he was about to cry: "That’s the most precious thing my grandmother left me!"
Zhi’er pointed with her tiny hand and called out softly, "Brother, look, it’s my grandson!"
Bai Xuanmo squinted his eyes and smiled, placing a slender finger by his lips: "Shh, let’s have a bit of fun with him later."
Zhi’er blinked her big eyes, very curious.
Bai Xuanmo, holding Zhi’er, first bought a bag of brown sugar from a nearby candy store.
The little fellow, extremely delighted, hugged it: "Big Brother is so nice, Big Brother is the best!"
Bai Xuanmo, smiling, bent down and pinched her little nose: "Then say, you like Big Brother the most."
Zhi’er picked up a candy and popped it into her mouth.
She chose not to answer!
Bai Xuanmo raised his eyebrows and laughed: "You little rascal, so clever and mischievous."
Beside them, Ke Shouwang, with tears in his eyes, looked at them resentfully: "Can’t you siblings play somewhere else?"
Bai Xuanmo held Zhi’er’s little hand, his handsome face full of mockery.
"What, this bustling street, could it possibly belong to your family, and we aren’t allowed to stand here?"
"If we really talk about it, under the heaven, all land belongs to the king, and the ground you stand on belongs to the Bai Family; I haven’t sent you away yet, that’s already showing mercy." Bai Xuanmo chuckled.
Ke Shouwang took a deep breath in frustration, wanting to turn his head and leave.
But, his grandmother’s jade pendant was dropped nearby and hasn’t been found yet!
Ke Shouwang, full of resentment, remained silent for a while.
Bai Xuanmo leisurely watched him: "Didn’t you say last time that if you saw me again, you wouldn’t cause trouble? Why now, our encounter looks like a scenario in which I owe you money!"
It would have been better not to mention it; once mentioned, the embarrassment in Ke Shouwang’s eyes, already full of dare not anger, deepened!
He quietly looked at the little girl Bai Xuanmo was holding.
Zhi’er had her head down, her whole little face buried in the oil paper bag, intending to choose an attractive piece of candy.
Ke Shouwang gently closed his eyes.
Last time, after returning home, a servant said he had hallucinated, holding Princess Cui Cuo’s foot and calling her grandmother.
He insisted she call him her good grandson and pat his head.
Upon learning about this, Ke Shouwang wished he could leave the capital overnight, returning to his ancestral home in Shu.
But he gave up this idea after getting a beating from his father.
Seeing Bai Zhi’er again, of course, he felt embarrassed!
Ke Shouwang shifted his gaze, speaking with resentment: "Later I realized, the Eldest Heir’s victory was not honorable, secretly drugging."
"So, last time they can’t count it as your victory! Naturally, I won’t accept it."
"But... I’ve moved on from this matter and don’t want to pursue it!"
Mainly because if it keeps being brought up, everyone will remember he kept calling the young little princess grandmother.
Ke Shouwang turned around, no longer looking at them: "I need to find the jade pendant now, no time to entertain the Princely Heir and the little princess having fun, forgive me for not accompanying!"
Bai Xuanmo squinted his eyes: "We’ve got nothing better to do, so let’s just stay here and watch you make a fool of yourself."
Ke Shouwang turned his head, almost choking with anger.
Everyone says the Eldest Heir is arrogant and reckless, and it’s true!
At this moment, Zhi’er seeing him turn his head, even offered the candy in her hand: "Do you want some too?"