The red light on the staff of the Great Wizard of Nanjiang was growing redder and more intense.
Ji Youlin was getting desperate. Didn’t his older brother set off already? Why hasn’t anyone arrived yet? Should I go down and stop it? Or should I go down and stop it?
Lost in these thoughts, Ji Youlin’s hand, which had been covering Xiaosuisui’s mouth, automatically loosened.
"How amazing! What kind of magic is this?" Xiaosuisui, watching excitedly, blurted out.
"Who’s there?"
The Nanjiang soldiers unsheathed their curved swords and moved to investigate the source of the sound.
"Who is it? Co out! I see you," the captain of the soldiers said, ever vigilant, though he was only bluffing.
Any normal person wouldn’t have fallen for such a trick. However, Xiaosuisui was not a normal person; she was just a four-and-a-half-year-old little girl.
"Ah! You actually saw !" the little girl exclaid and imdiately jumped down from the tree.
Still in the tree, Ji Youlin clung tightly to a large branch, trembling. Oh, my dear niece, your Sixth Uncle is deathly afraid of heights...
Suddenly, a child dropped from above. The Nanjiang soldiers were all stunned.
Xiaosuisui tilted her head up, her eyes, fixated on the Great Wizard on the altar, sparkling like stars.
"The Great Wizard is so amazing!"
"Our Great Wizard is the foremost figure in Nanjiang; of course, he is powerful," the Nanjiang soldiers replied, not without a hint of pride.
Xiaosuisui, hearing no words of opposition from them, lifted her foot and started walking towards the altar.
"What’s going on? What happened over there?" The Left Envoy was stationed outside the Altar, guarding the Great Wizard to prevent any disturbances while he perford the ritual. Noticing that sothing seed to have occurred to the northeast of the Altar, he called out to inquire.
"Lord Left Envoy, there’s a child here."
A child? The Left Envoy frowned slightly. They had people guarding this place day and night ever since the Altar’s construction began. How could a child suddenly appear at a ti like this?
With this doubt in mind, the Left Envoy looked towards the child who was approaching with the soldiers.
Strange. I’ve clearly never seen this child before, so why do I feel a trace of familiarity from her?
Xiaosuisui walked up to the Left Envoy and giggled at him.
"Big Brother, you’re clearly not an old grandpa, so why are you pretending to be one? Is it like my Sixth Uncle, who doesn’t like being constrained at ho and always disguises himself as a beggar to run away?"
The Left Envoy was startled. This child actually knows about disguising myself as an old beggar! Who is she? I’ve definitely never seen this scarred face before!
"Who are you? Why are you here? And who sent you?"
Xiaosuisui was a good baby, the kind who answered every question asked of her.
"My na is Suisui. I ca here with Brother Yanchen’s carriage. Nobody told to co; I ca on my own! I’m here to take Brother Yanchen ho!"
Xiaosuisui said all of this in one breath, even blinking her eyes when she finished. Heavens, she could actually speak such long sentences now! It felt just like the dialogues of characters in those leisure storybooks the Xiao Er at the inn had given her. She could speak in a long string too!
"Brother Yanchen?" The Left Envoy was puzzled.
Xiaosuisui pointed towards Zhou Yanchen. "It’s him! Old Grandpa, can you let Brother Yanchen and go ho?"
Zhou Yanchen, who Xiaosuisui had just pointed to: "..."
Is it really as I suspected? The person who ca is little Suisui? But why does she look completely different after not seeing her for just a few days?
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