Chapter 259
Chapter 259
"Did he go with you then?" Xu Qingshi asked curiously.
"He was still in my mother's belly. My mother said we have to wait a bit longer." Thinking of this, Jiang Yu sighed.
"Have you seen him?" Xie Yanzhi asked curiously.
"No, I haven't." Jiang Yu shook his head and added, "I suspect my mother might be planning to go somewhere to steal a child to be my little brother or sister. Right now, she's probably still picking one out. She must want to pick a good-looking one."
Hearing Jiang Yu's words, Xu Qingshi and Xie Yanzhi also thought it made a lot of sense.
"Then when I go home, I'll tell my parents to pick out an older brother for me." Xie Yanzhi really envied children who had older brothers.
"Aren't you afraid an older brother would spank your bottom?" Jiang Yu suddenly thought of the neighbor's older brother, who often chased his little brother around to spank his bottom.
The smack smack sounds... they sounded really painful.
"Then get me a little brother, and I'll spank him!" Xie Yanzhi quickly shook his head at the thought of being hit. It was much better to be the one doing the hitting.
"Qingshi, what about you? Do you want a little brother or a little sister?" The two of them looked at Xu Qingshi with curiosity and asked.
Want a little brother or a little sister?
"Can't I have both?" Xu Qingshi frowned. This choice was a bit difficult; she wanted them both.
"Will your father get them for you?" Xie Yanzhi thought of Li Zhiwei's marriage and asked.
"If I go back and ask, my father will definitely get them for me!" Xu Qingshi said with a look of pride.
After all, although Xu Heming didn't have much time to spend with his children, he had never broken a promise regarding things Xu Qingshi wanted.
"That's so nice!"
The two children said with envy.
"Should we go see that little baby? I've never seen such a tiny child before," Jiang Yu suggested.
"Let's go. We'll take her to play in the mud," Xu Qingshi also said.
The children wandered for a long time before finally finding Gu Nuonuo in a small courtyard.
However, the little baby had her small eyes closed, fast asleep.
She looked incredibly well-behaved.
But she was just so tiny.
"She's really ugly!" Xu Qingshi frowned, looking at the somewhat thin and small child.
"Like a little monkey," Xie Yanzhi took a glance and delivered his verdict.
"She's so small, isn't she? About the size of a kitten," Jiang Yu observed, then said.
Gu Nuonuo, who had been sleeping soundly, seemed to hear the children's voices. She opened her eyes and gazed blankly in the direction of their chatter. She didn't cry or fuss, which gave the children a strange feeling.
This child... didn't seem so ugly anymore.
"Her eyes... they have stars in them," Jiang Yu suddenly said excitedly, pointing at Gu Nuonuo's eyes.
The other two children also leaned in to look. Those big, round eyes were indeed very vivid and expressive.
The children were so focused on looking at the tiny Gu Nuonuo that they didn't notice why there wasn't a single servant in the courtyard.
However, they were just children themselves. They hadn't seen a baby before and didn't know how to amuse one.
They just kept looking at the baby, feeling an urge to put their hands in their mouths, trying a few times without success.
"Can she walk?" Jiang Yu looked at the tiny bundle, her little feet all wrapped up, and said with some concern.
"She should be able to, right?" Xie Yanzhi fumbled with the swaddling cloth and only then discovered the little feet were wrapped inside.
"Why are her feet wrapped up?" Jiang Yu asked, puzzled.
"Maybe they're afraid she'll run away? After all, this child was probably picked out by the Grand Princess after a long search," Xu Qingshi thought for a moment and said.
When Xiaolian entered, she saw three children gathered around Gu Nuonuo, talking about something.
Xiaolian cursed inwardly, Darn it, where did these kids come from?
She had just arranged for people to send everyone else in the courtyard away. Now, there were three extra children. She thought to herself, hoping these kids wouldn't ruin her plans.
Xiaolian thought again of how her mistress and the young masters had been unhappy because of this swaddled child. She took a deep breath, walked over with a smile, and said, "Young masters, what brings you here to play? Where are the adults from your households?"
"Who are you? Why are you carrying her?" Xu Qingshi looked at Xiaolian, somewhat puzzled.
For some reason, she didn't like this person.
"Young master, the Grand Princess is waiting to see the young miss," Xiaolian said, forcing calmness and smiling.
Xu Qingshi frowned. If the Grand Princess wanted to see her, that wasn't strange.
"Young masters, this servant will take the young miss over first." Xiaolian performed a slight curtsey and left directly with the child.
"You know, that child, although she looks quite pitiable, you couldn't really call her pretty, could you? But still, I'd like my father to bring back a child like that too," Jiang Yu said, resting his chin on his hand, looking perplexed.
Xu Qingshi thought of the big, round eyes she had just seen and felt a bit tempted too.
Could he also ask his father to find a little sister like that?
"Maybe we should go ask the Grand Princess where she picked this child from? Then we can have our families go there and pick one out too," Xu Qingshi suggested after some thought.
The children hurried towards the main hall where the Grand Princess was.
However, after just a few steps, the sharp-eyed Xu Qingshi saw Xiaolian carrying the child walking in another direction.
"Isn't that the woman who just took the baby?" Xu Qingshi pointed at Xiaolian not far away.
"It's her," Xie Yanzhi confirmed.
"That direction... doesn't seem to lead to the Grand Princess's quarters?" Jiang Yu looked at the direction Xiaolian was heading and said.
"But didn't she say the Grand Princess wanted to see the child?" After saying this, Jiang Yu also realized something was off.
"Should we follow her and see?"
Xu Qingshi asked cautiously. The other two children nodded repeatedly.
They also wanted to know what that person intended to do.
The children conferred briefly and then secretly trailed behind Xiaolian.
Xiaolian, carrying the child, twisted and turned through paths until she finally reached a deserted spot by a small river. She put the child down and left.
Xiaolian was probably only thinking about getting rid of the child far away, or perhaps the children's footsteps were too light. She didn't notice at all that Xu Qingshi and the others had been following at a distance the whole way.
"Why does it look like she left?" Jiang Yu whispered.
"I saw her leave too!" Xie Yanzhi nodded.
"Did you notice where the little baby she was carrying went?" Xu Qingshi also saw Xiaolian leave, but Xiaolian left empty-handed.
There was a small embankment by the river that just blocked the children's line of sight.
At that moment, they only saw Xiaolian returning empty-handed.
"What happened to the child she was just carrying?" Xie Yanzhi thought for a moment before realizing that Xiaolian had left without the baby.
"That area seems to be a river. Could she have thrown the child into the river?" Xu Qingshi remembered he had been here before. Thinking the child might have been thrown into the river, the children rushed over.