Chapter 112: Farewell
Shang Wuyang gently patted her back, his voice unusually mild.
“Alright, alright, Daddy was wrong, I apologize, don’t cry anymore, okay?”
Qin Wanwan sniffled, seizing the opportunity to push her luck.
“Then, then Wanwan wants to go to Shangjing with you.”
Shang Wuyang hugged her, frowning. “The journey to Shangjing takes at least a month. Even an adult couldn’t handle a month of travel, let alone you.”
“Wanwan isn’t afraid.”
Qin Wanwan’s tone and expression were exceptionally resolute.
“Wanwan isn’t afraid!”
If Shang Wuyang didn’t allow it, Qin Wanwan would cry.
Since she was discovered and couldn’t go secretly, she would resort to being unreasonable.
She cried and fussed, but she wouldn’t go so far as to hang herself.
Qin Wanwan cried with a wronged expression, and her fussing was more like sulking, turning her back to him and curling into a ball with her cushion.
Shang Wuyang tried to pull her, but the little one wiggled her body and ignored him.
But she absolutely refused to get out of the carriage.
Whoever tried to help her out of the carriage would be met with loud crying, extremely loud crying!
Shang Wuyang: …………
“You can go, if you want.”
Qin Wanwan finally turned around, her watery eyes sparkling as she stared at him.
Shang Wuyang: “Go and bring Big Goldy and Little Red too. If you get tired of the carriage, let them accompany you.”
“Also, make it clear with General Xie, so he doesn’t think I’ve kidnapped you and send people to chase us all the way to Shangjing.”
Qin Wanwan stopped crying, her face beaming with joy.
“I wrote a letter to Father Xie.”
Shang Wuyang glanced at her. “I taught your cultural lessons, do you think I don’t know how many characters you recognize? You can write a letter to your father and explain it well?”
Qin Wanwan poked her finger. “I… I write characters and draw at the same time.”
Shang Wuyang burst out laughing. “With your drawing skills, I can’t even tell what they are. And Xie Chong, with his simple mind and developed limbs, could possibly guess what they are?”
Qin Wanwan felt a little exposed by his words; her Daddy Shang’s mouth was sometimes too harsh for a child to hear!
She still went to the General’s Mansion.
When they arrived, Xie Chong was running out with Qin Wanwan’s letter.
They happened to run into each other as soon as they came out.
“You haven’t left?!”
Qin Wanwan blinked. Being picked up by Father Xie, she instinctively hugged his neck.
Xie Chong’s chin had stubble, which was a bit prickly.
Qin Wanwan didn’t mind; she touched his face with her chubby little hands, her voice filled with surprise.
“Daddy, did you see the letter I wrote?!”
Xie Chong nodded, frowning. “So you’re going to Shangjing with him?”
Qin Wanwan was even more surprised. She turned and shouted proudly at Shang Wuyang.
“Daddy Shang, you’re the dumb one! See, Father Xie understood my letter!”
Humph, proved you wrong.
Shang Wuyang, however, smiled nonchalantly. “Oh, that only means Xie Chong’s IQ is as childish as yours.”
Qin Wanwan’s beautiful little face immediately fell.
“Daddy Shang, please stop talking, I don’t like hearing it.”
Xie Chong glanced at Shang Wuyang and brought the conversation back to the main point.
“So you’re really going to Shangjing with him?”
Qin Wanwan looked at Father Xie’s serious expression and felt guilty.
The Qilin Cub hadn’t balanced things fairly; Father Xie was the one to be pitied.
Qin Wanwan acted spoiled, hugging Xie Chong.
“Father Xie, can I go to Shangjing to play? When Wanwan comes back, I’ll buy you lots and lots of things, okay?”
Qin Wanwan kissed him a few times on the cheek.
“Father Xie, don’t be angry, Wanwan will rub your face for you.”
Xie Chong’s expression was serious, but the corners of his mouth curved slightly upwards.
Who could say he was unhappy about being kissed by his cub?
It showed that his cub liked him very much.
“You can go.”
The reason Xie Chong so easily agreed to let Qin Wanwan go to Shangjing with Shang Wuyang was because he would be very busy in the coming period.
During the harvest season, they not only had to guard against potential locust disasters but also against the covetous Grassland Tartars.
The grasslands were primarily nomadic, with scattered tribes, and they did not plant wheat or other grains.
And compared to the steady work of planting and herding, those uncivilized barbarians preferred to obtain things through plunder without effort.
Because stealing was easier than hard work, and it satisfied their bloodthirsty nature.
So, the coming period would definitely not be peaceful.
It was good that Shang Wuyang could take Wanwan away for a while.
Qin Wanwan didn’t expect Father Xie to agree so easily.
All the animals raised at home knew Qin Wanwan was leaving and wanted to follow.
But clearly, Qin Wanwan couldn’t take so many.
“Wolf Xiaofeng, Wolf Xiaohua, Wolf Xiaoxue, you go to the grasslands. I’ll find you when I return.”
Now, the three wolves could completely survive on their own in the grasslands.
They went to the grasslands almost every day, leaving in the morning and returning in the evening, sometimes even bringing back prey.
The three wolves whimpered reluctantly; they wanted to go with her.
“Be good.”
Shang Wuyang: “It’s also good to follow. The nobles in Shangjing love pure white fur the most. If you three go to Shangjing, you’ll attract a lot of attention, and Wanwan might not be able to protect you then.”
The three wolves: “!!!”
Shang Wuyang: “Why are you looking at me? I’m just telling the truth.”
He then looked at the large python.
“You crawl so slowly, and you want to follow? Do you have legs? Don’t expect anyone to carry you. You still think you can be carried around like when you used to wrap around Wanwan when you were little. Taking you would be a burden, you’re not allowed to go.”
Xiao Hei: “!!!”
Then he looked at Qin Xiaoe.
“Why are you following? Are you going to be a reserve food for everyone on the road?”
Qin Xiaoe: “Gaga gaga!!!”
I’m so angry, does he really think I’m easy to bully!
Qin Xiaoe, furious, flapped its wings and flew over, but Shang Wuyang easily grabbed its neck.
He was holding a small knife in his hand at some point.
“What, you want to let out some blood?”
His tone was sinister.
“Ga!”
This lunatic, Big Treasure, save me!
Qin Wanwan rescued Qin Xiaoe, who was wailing.
Shang Wuyang’s peach blossom eyes swept over, and the other animals tactically retreated.
It was strange, why could they understand what this person was saying!
Damn it, they wished they couldn’t understand!
In the end, only the Great Lion, the steed Little Red, the small and unobtrusive fox, and two eagles molting followed.
The reason these two were brought along was that they would grow wings after molting.
Once they had wings, they would need to learn to fly. The journey alone would take two months, and it would be too late to teach these two eagles to fly by the time Qin Wanwan returned.
It was fine to put the two eagles and their nest into any carriage; once they grew feathers, they could learn to fly along the way and catch up to them.
After preparations were made and they were really leaving, Qin Wanwan was still very reluctant to part with Father Xie.
She looked back repeatedly at the majestic Great General standing on the City Wall.
“Daddy, Wanwan will be back very soon!”
The wind carried her voice into Xie Chong’s ears; he couldn’t hear it clearly, but he could generally understand what she said.
Xie Chong’s gaze was deep. He only walked down from the City Wall with an expressionless face after he could no longer see anyone.
