Chapter 611: Chapter 611 Punishment
Nian Shutong looked at the unconfident Master Huo, then at Lian Qing lying on the ground, and roughly understood what had happened.
“Thank you, Young Master Lian, for your assistance. I shall definitely pay a visit to your door later, but let’s treat your young master first.”
Nian Shutong’s words were in line with Master Huo’s intentions—his urgency was to treat his son.
At that moment, Master Huo’s servant brought over a medical stretcher, and together with Master Huo, they lifted Lian Qing onto it and left the area first.
Nian Shutong also stood up and said to the crowd that had been drawn over: “Please do not disturb the scene. We have already called the police, and they will come to investigate.”
Everyone was quite willing to cooperate; many were curiously sizing up the person in the black cloak, wondering who he was and why they had never seen him in this neighborhood before.
A few minutes later, the police arrived.
The police began to collect evidence. Two officers went to Lian Qing’s home to gather testimonies, and over here, Dou Dou said that he had been out playing and stumbled upon a thick fog before a handsome brother offered to take him home. However, the cloaked man wouldn’t allow it and even wanted to eat him.
“Police Uncle, that person said he wanted to eat Dou Dou and also wanted to skin the handsome brother.”
Dou Dou, who was speaking, clung to Nian Shutong’s leg, burying his little face in her knee as if he was quite scared.
Nian Shutong absolutely knew Dou Dou was pretending; the child she had raised would definitely not be so timid, but she still had to play along.
She knelt down and hugged Dou Dou tightly, asking in a slightly impatient tone, “Is there anything else? Shouldn’t you be investigating that woman? Why keep asking a four-year-old child?”
The police officer, somewhat embarrassed by the scolding, was having a tough time because Master Huo was too fiery. The officers who had gone to question him hadn’t been able to find out anything at all because they couldn’t see Lian Qing.
So they had no choice but to ask the child more questions, even though the child was indeed only four years old.
The questioning officer finally stopped asking and began the evidence collection process.
After viewing the surveillance footage, they were almost empty-handed, or rather, it tallied exactly with what Dou Dou had said.
Dou Dou appeared in the camera feed, walking and stopping until he disappeared into the fog. As for the Crystal Stone he found, it was picked up in a blind spot, and the camera did not capture it.
After the camera footage was reviewed, Nian Shutong took Dou Dou and returned home, but Xia Tian decided to stay behind.
“Sister Nian, I’ll stay and supervise them. Whoever dares to commit evil in this neighborhood must have a significant background. I want to ensure they enforce the law objectively.”
Nian Shutong cut Xia Tian off. It was fine for him to stay; she herself also wanted to know who the woman was connected to.
Because she knew about Arrays.
So far, she had only seen one person skilled with Arrays, and that was Wu Shuang, who used the Transmission Array to escape.
Somehow, Nian Shutong felt it might still be related to the Wu Family.
Xia Tian stayed behind to supervise, and Nian Shutong, accompanied by Dou Dou and Ha Ha, returned to her own courtyard.
Once back in her courtyard, Nian Shutong looked at the large and small figures behind her and said with a hint of a headache, “I’m not finished yet; are you two going to watch me work, or can you manage yourselves for a little while?”
Ha Ha looked at Dou Dou, then back at Nian Shutong as if making an important decision.
“Good person, Ha Ha will watch over Dou Dou. Don’t worry, Ha Ha won’t go anywhere; just watching over Dou Dou.”
Nian Shutong watched Ha Ha speak so formally for the first time and suddenly felt he would definitely do something unexpected, but she glanced at Little Douding beside her, thinking it was perfect.
Dou Dou also needed a bit of punishment.
“Dou Dou, you have returned safe and sound today, but you still have to receive the punishment you deserve.”
“Mm, Dou Dou knows. Auntie, what are you going to punish Dou Dou with?”
Nian Shutong spoke up, “Punish you by having you copy the phrase ‘Think thrice before you act’ a hundred times.”
“Ha Ha, you supervise to make sure Dou Dou does it.”
“Understood, Auntie.”
“Rest assured, good person.”
Both of them formally agreed to the terms, and Nian Shutong turned to go upstairs without the slightest burden, but through her Divine Sense, she still reminded the Little Silver Snake and Little Pink Pig, “Take good care of him; don’t prevent him from doing things. Making mistakes is not what I fear, as long as he is alive, that’s all that matters.”
Regardless of Dou Dou’s identity, she had to raise him this way.
Nian Shutong had already gone upstairs and continued what she hadn’t finished earlier, embroidery.
Downstairs, Dou Dou didn’t procrastinate or make a fuss. He directly took out brush, ink, paper, and inkstone and calmed his mind, closing his eyes, ready to write.
Auntie said that when you start learning to write, you must be still.
When he grew up and became accomplished, it would be fine to write in any manner, but for now, he had to be still.
When Dou Dou had calmed himself and opened his eyes, his heart pounded fiercely.
“Uncle Ha Ha, why are you staring at Dou Dou like that?”
At this moment, Ha Ha’s eyes were as wide as they could be, and the usual silly expression was gone from his face, replaced by sheer seriousness, along with a pair of big, unblinking eyes that indeed gave Dou Dou quite a start.
“I promised the good person to watch over you.”
Watch over himself? Was this how he was supposed to do it?
Although Dou Dou was only four years old, he knew one thing: Uncle Ha Ha only listened to Auntie’s words, which meant no matter what he said, Uncle Ha Ha wouldn’t stop staring at him.
Dou Dou closed his eyes again, constantly telling himself in his heart, “Uncle Ha Ha is a statue, is a statue, it’s okay, it’s okay.”
When he opened his eyes again, though still a bit uneasy, he could at least pick up the brush and write.
Think thrice before you act, think thrice before you act.
After having written it a few times, Dou Dou suddenly felt there was much wisdom in it and he no longer wished to be stared at by Uncle Ha Ha.
Dou Dou didn’t know how long he had been writing, but his wrist was starting to feel a bit sore.
Xia Tian ran in from outside and upon entering the room, saw Ha Ha sitting upright, his eyes fixed on Dou Dou, who was writing. Sister Nian was not there.
Just as he hesitated whether or not to disturb Nian Shutong, she came out on her own.
“How did the case go?”
“We found the person!”
The excitement in Xia Tian’s eyes was unmistakable; he was particularly eager to tell Nian Shutong about it.
Nian Shutong made a pausing gesture and turned her head to call out in the direction of Ha Ha and Dou Dou, “Ha Ha, take a break. Dou Dou, come over and listen.”
At the same time, Ha Ha closed his sore eyes, and Dou Dou put down his aching wrist.
The two of them, somewhat wilted, walked over to sit beside Nian Shutong, facing Xia Tian, who was holding his breath and red in the face.
“Sister Nian, you have no idea, today’s case took such a dramatic turn, we almost missed out on discovering the person’s true identity.”