C3 (1/2)

When it was noon, Chen Hui walked out of the restaurant with Liu Xu and his servant with a satisfied expression.

The sun was at its strongest right now, and the scorching heat made his skin feel as if it was on fire.

Squinting his eyes as he looked at the fiery red sun in the sky, Chen Hui sighed in his heart, ”It's been five years since I last basked in the sun, this scorching feeling is really uncomfortable.”

”Seriously, the sun at noon is really scorching, my skin is about to be tanned.” Liu Xu also complained.

Lowering her head to look at Chen Hui beside her, Liu Xu shook her head, ”No, the little guy has been gone for so long, his family must be worried. We have to get father to find someone to send him back.”

”Squeak...” ”Tap …” Squeak... ”Ta …”

As he was speaking, the sound of horse hooves came from the end of the street.

”Young master ~ Young master ~, where are you?” Come out quickly? ”

From afar, one frantic shout after another could be heard.

”Eh? Miss, what happened over there? Why are there so many people making a ruckus all of a sudden? ” Jing Xin asked doubtfully.

Chen Hui's face was also full of curiosity.

The street in front of them was swarming with people. The sounds of horses' hooves and shouts kept on entering their ears, and the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

”How would I know!?” Let's go and take a look first. ” Liu Xu rolled her eyes at Jing Xin, then brought Chen Hui to the chaotic place.

The three of them walked towards the source of the clamor, heading straight for one of the city guards.

He was holding a painting in his right hand while holding onto the reins in his left hand. From time to time, he would look around the crowd as if he was looking for something.

Chen Hui was too short, so his line of sight was completely blocked by the crowd. Curious, he jumped up, wanting to see what had happened.

However, no matter how much he jumped, he couldn't make up for the difference in height.

”Little guy, stop jumping. Be careful not to fall. Let big sister help you.” Noticing the jumping Chen Hui, Liu Xu lightly smiled and picked him up.

”Oh …” I can finally see it. ” Glancing gratefully at Liu Xu, Chen Hui looked up and saw the chaos on the street. He couldn't help but become curious, ”What are they looking for?” It seemed to be a human? Who was so important? ”Even the soldiers have been mobilized.”

Suddenly, Jing Xin seemed to have discovered something. She pointed at the portrait in the soldier's hand with a face full of surprise. ”Miss, look at the portrait in their hands. Are they similar to the little fellow in your embrace?”

Liu Xu froze for a second, then looked at the portrait in the soldier's hand, then lowered her head and looked at Chen Hui, ”En, it seems to be him.” Kid, do you know them? ”

Chen Hui did not pay attention to Liu Xu's question. At the moment, he was also carefully observing the portrait in the soldier's hand.

The painting in the soldier's hand was of a child wearing a small yellow robe with a pure golden longevity lock around his neck. The child in the drawing looked to be about the same as him.

”Hmm? Similar to me? ”

Chen Hui suddenly reacted. He wore a small yellow robe, and didn't he have a pure golden longevity lock around his neck?

”Are these people looking for me? Such a big commotion?! ”

Chen Hui was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He quickly looked at the street in front of him and saw a few maids and servants, dressed in palace clothing, anxiously looking for something as they walked towards him.

Anxiety was written all over their faces, and they would occasionally question passersby while holding a portrait, looking left and right for the person on the painting.

Those people were not unfamiliar to Chen Hui. They were the servants that usually took care of him.

Seeing Chen Hui suddenly start to struggle, his face full of anxiety, looking at the chaos in front of him, Liu Xu thought he found his family and was going to reunite with them, so she smiled and said, ”Little guy, are they really your family? I didn't expect your family to be such a powerful noble. You actually got the city guards to come find you? A minister who was close to my father, I suppose? ”Don't worry, Big Sis will take you to find them.” As he spoke, he carried him towards the chaos ahead.

Seeing that Liu Xu actually brought him there, Chen Hui became more and more anxious, ”How can this woman not know how to judge others' faces?” Bring me over there, the heavens want me to die! ”

Suddenly, Chen Hui lost all hope. He couldn't break free, so he stopped struggling, because the soldiers in front of him seemed to have noticed him.

Therefore, he acted like a turtle, burying his face deep in Liu Xu's chest, hoping that the soldiers would ignore him.

Liu Xu seemed to have noticed his thoughts, she smiled, touched his head and said gently, ”Don't be reluctant to part with sister, sister will come to see you.”

As she led the way through the crowd, she noticed a soldier looking at Chen Hui who was in her arms. From time to time, the soldier would check the portrait in his hand.

Smiling, Liu Xu asked, ”Are you looking for him?”

The soldier was startled for a moment before frowning. ”Turn his face around and look at him.”

Liu Xu lightly patted Chen Hui's back, ”Little guy, turn your head around and let him see.”

However, Chen Hui did not move. Instead, he hugged Liu Xu even more tightly as he kept mumbling to himself, ”You can't see me, you can't see …”

When the soldier saw that Chen Hui was not cooperating, he hesitated about his status and called out to the nearby maids, ”You guys, come here and see if he's the young master or not.”

”Eh? Miss … Those servants seem to be from our Duke's Mansion. What's going on? ” At this time, Jing Xin, who was trying to squeeze out of the crowd, noticed something wrong and couldn't help but ask with a frown.

”People from our Duke's Mansion?” Liu Xu also frowned as she lowered her head to look at Chen Hui in her arms. Her heartbeat inexplicably quickened.

The maids' eyes lit up when they heard the soldier's shout as they surrounded him like a swarm of bees. Looking at Chen Hui's back, they looked at each other in dismay, not daring to easily come to a conclusion.