Gu Qiao had his own secret and dare not
go to the officials. He talked his wife out of it, the two looked at each
other, resorted to accepted that it was just bad luck.
Inside the only inn in this nameless
town, the two very elegantly dressed young men were dining inside when they heard
this very desolate cries, “Mei mei! Where are you, mei mei?”
“Second brother, it seemed we are not the
only ones looking for our sister,” sighed Chu Mubai, as he looked at the
frantic kid running up and down the streets from the window.
Chu Mubai put down the chopsticks in his
hand and frowned in concern, “Second Brother, do you think we will be able to
find our little sister some day?”
“Yes, definitely!” Chu Mofeng felt
pitiful everything he thought about this sister that he had never met before.
“Haven’t we figured out who the trafficker was who sold Lan Xiang to the Chu’s
already? As soon as we find her, we will be able to find out where Lan Xiang
was from and we will be that much closer to finding our sister!?”
“Second Brother….” Chu Mubai was still
worried, “Do you think maybe our little sister had already…. After all she was
so weak and so young when she was taken away from us…”
“That’s not possible! Mother had left Lan
Xiang with lots of money and jewelries that would be enough for them for
several dozens of years. Our little sister will be fine and we will be able to
find her!” Chu Mufeng sounded very convinced, as though he needed to convince
himself.
“Hey, Second Brother, look….” Said Chu
Mobai as he pointed outside the window.
Outside the window and on the streets, a
small figure cried out “ge ge” toward the little boy who was looking for
his little sister. Her sound was drowned by the noises on the street, but the
little boy, as though he had sensed something, suddenly turned around and
looked straight at the scrawny little girl.
“Mei mei!” The young boy ran over
and grabbed her into his arms and tears streamed down his face all over again.
“That’s so nice!” said Chu Mobai as he
looked at the hugging siblings enviously. He wondered where their little sister
was right now. He wonder when they would be able to reunite like this siblings
in front of them. Little sister, just you wait, your brothers would find you
soon!
“Mei mei, Mrs. Gu said she had
sold you to human trafficker, did you manage to escape?” Gu Ming looked his
sister up and down and didn’t notice anything wrong with her. He finally felt
relieved.
Gu Ye nodded, “Yes, when I was inside the
courtyard, I found a dog hole. Luckily I am so small I could easily climb
through it. Ge, let’s leave town quickly before the woman trafficker and
her hatchet men find us.”
“Yes, you are right! It’s too dangerous
here. Let’s leave here quickly!” Gu Ming held onto the his sister’s little hand
and quickly walked toward the entrance of the town.
When they got to the entrance of the
town, Gu Ye asked casually, “Aren’t we going to wait for mom and dad?”
“Why would we do that? So they can sell
you again? Mei mei, when we get back, I will go ask grandma clan leader
to let up split up into our own unit. Ge ge will hunt and farm to
support you! We won’t rely on them anymore so they will have no excuse to sell
you again!” What Gu Qiao had done today had completely disappointed Gu Ming.
They could not rely on this father anymore.
“Mei mei, you must be hungry. Have
some of the shaobing that I just bought. They are a little cold now, but
they are made from white flour. They smell really good. Here, try some!”
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Sigh the two big brothers just missed her, even though they were staring right at her...
ReplyDeleteI hope they can take Gu Ming too, he’s such a great big brother as well!
Thanks for the chapter! 💕
These siblings are making me emotional
ReplyDeleteThe brothers can't recognized her....such a shame. Does Gu Ye anything like her parents?
ReplyDeleteOf course. It's genetics. But I think they were thrown off because 1) she was smaller than a girl her age should be, making her seem a few years young, and 2) she has a "twin" brother
Deletei would not go back to that village. unless u do something about those 2, they will keep pestering u and probably steal from u as well
ReplyDeleteWhat an adorable, loving, and sweet little brother.
ReplyDeleteI really want the shadow guard's POV here
ReplyDeleteWhat is the shadow guard waiting for, he should bring them to the general or whatever he is, going back to that village is a mistake
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