The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1305 - 1305 634 Cunning Xiao Beauty (Second Update)

Chapter 1305: 634 Cunning Xiao Beauty (Second Update) Chapter 1305: 634 Cunning Xiao Beauty (Second Update) Xiaojingkong’s tiny body jerked, and he turned around with wide eyes, staring blankly at the other person.

“Jiaojiao?”

Having searched all the way, Xiaojingkong suddenly felt a great sense of grievance well up inside him, and he cried out with a ‘waah’, “Jiaojiao!”

“It really is you,” Gu Jiao walked over and squatted down to embrace the little one in her arms.

Gu Jiao had hesitated to recognize him at first because this child’s gait and figure were similar, but his appearance was too dark; her Xiaojingkong was a fair and tender little cutie, how had he suddenly become a little black child?

When alone, Xiaojingkong wasn’t aggrieved, but once there was someone to care for him, he felt aggrieved, and Xiaojingkong cried loudly, turning into a little rain spirit.

Gu Jiao had never expected to encounter Xiaojingkong here, or to put it more precisely, she had never expected Xiaojingkong to come to Yan Country.

Xiaojingkong’s appearance was very disheveled, and his whole body emitted a strong scent of sulfur.

At the same time, Gu Jiao had noticed that Xiaojingkong had been holding onto someone… a person.

Now she was sure it was a person; at first, she had thought it was a large sack.

Gu Jiao had too many questions in her mind, but this wasn’t the place to speak, so she decided to take Xiaojingkong back with her, and before doing that, she needed to make sure if it was also necessary to take this person with them.

“Who is he?” Gu Jiao asked.

Mister Meng’s face had been blown up to the point of being unrecognizable, even to his own mother.

Xiaojingkong hadn’t stopped crying yet and spoke between sobs, “He is a kind-hearted old grandfather… he took me… took me to find Jiaojiao… then he accidentally got knocked out by the explosion…”

“Okay, I understand,” said Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao took both of them back with her.

It wasn’t far from where they were staying, just through the alleyways.

Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan had already stopped for the day, Master Lu was practicing his punches in the courtyard, while Lady Nan was concocting poison beside him.

Creak—

The courtyard gate was pushed open.

Lady Nan hurriedly put down the herbs in her hand, “Jiaojiao is back.”

No sooner had her words fallen than she saw a small, dark head pop in.

Lady Nan was taken aback.

Following that, she saw a little black child holding Gu Jiao’s hand entering, with Gu Jiao carrying a person on her shoulder.

Lady Nan stood there dumbfounded with a confused face.

What situation is this?

How did Jiaojiao bring back two people after just one trip out?

Lady Nan opened her mouth, “Jiaojiao…”

“Call someone,” Gu Jiao said to Xiaojingkong.

Xiaojingkong obediently called out, “Lady Nan!” then turned another direction, “Master Lu!”

“Oh no!” Master Lu accidentally punched himself in the face, causing his own nose to bleed.

Where did this little black child come from?

Why does Xiaojingkong sound exactly the same?

Wasn’t Xiaojingkong in Zhan Country? He must be seeing ghosts this late at night!

The shock Lady Nan felt was no less than that of her husband; thankfully, she had put down the poison she was holding, otherwise she would have surely stuffed it into her mouth by now.

She looked at the little black child in front of her who seemed to fade into the night, “Is this… Xiaojingkong?”

Xiaojingkong put his hands behind his back and tilted his head, “Lady Nan!”

That familiar little pose, that familiar little tone, it was indeed Xiaojingkong.

“How did you, how did you get so black?” Lady Nan couldn’t hold back and asked the soul-searching question.

Gu Jiao was also curious.

Xiaojingkong said with grievance, “It’s all because of the sun.”

It was all because of her bad brother-in-law.

Following that lousy brother-in-law on this journey, I wouldn’t say how tough it was.

Master Nan asked again, “Who brought you to Yan Country?” It’s unlikely that a five-year-old child would come here on their own.

Xiaojiu flapped its wings and landed on the wall of the courtyard.

With a quick turn of his eyes, Xiao Jingkong pointed and said, “Xiaojiu brought me here!”

Everyone: “…”

Gu Jiao had already asked Xiao Jingkong this question on the road, and although he disclosed the incident with the bandits, he never revealed who he had come with to Yan Country.

Master Nan could only give up for the time being and planned to ask again later. Then, she turned to look at the person Gu Jiao had carried in, asking, “And this person is—”

Gu Jiao said, “A kind old man, he brought Jingkong out of the inner city. I’m going to take him for treatment now.”

Master Lu, after dealing with his nosebleed, came over and said, “I’ll do it.”

Master Lu carried the man into the main hall and set him down on a chair.

Gu Jiao went to get the first aid kit, and Xiao Jingkong, like a little tail, followed closely behind wherever she went.

“Are you hungry?” Master Nan asked with a smile as she came into the room, “I’ll go cook a bowl of noodles.”

Xiao Jingkong counted on his fingers and said, “I want to eat egg custard made by Jiaojiao.”

Gu Jiao turned to look at the little tail behind her and curved her lips, “I’ll make it for you in a bit.”

Master Nan said with a smile, “I’ll go get the firewood burning first.”

She went to the kitchen, and Gu Jiao continued to treat the old man.

He wasn’t badly injured, only having sustained some abrasions while being dragged back by Xiao Jingkong, and he had also inhaled the narcotic from the black fire pearl.

Once the effects of the narcotic wear off, he will wake up.

Gu Jiao suddenly thought of something. Xiao Jingkong was also blasted by the black fire pearl and should have been affected by the narcotic as well. Why was Xiao Jingkong unaffected?

Moreover, how did he have the strength to drag a person back all this way?

Had he become so strong after just a few days of learning boxing with Gu Changqing? Had he awakened some hidden talent?

Gu Jiao voiced her confusion, and after giving it some thought, Xiao Jingkong decided this question deserved an honest answer, “Small Chicken Monkey also taught me martial arts!”

“Small, Chicken, Monkey?” Gu Jiao was stupefied.

…

After tending to Old Master Meng’s wounds, Gu Jiao settled the elder in the study room.

Then she went to the kitchen and cooked a bowl of vegetarian foie gras mixed steamed egg custard for Xiao Jingkong, and also prepared a bowl of vegetable noodles for him. Xiao Jingkong ate with great relish.

“The food Jiaojiao makes is so delicious!”

Unlike that terrible brother-in-law, his cooking is just awful!

It’s truly a wonder I managed to survive following him, wuwu.

I’m such a poor little thing!

After eating his fill, Master Lu took Xiao Jingkong for a warm and fragrant bath.

Snuggling with his small pillow, he lay contentedly on the bed in the orthopedic department, rolling from side to side. On the third roll, his little legs kicked, and he fell asleep.

He was exhausted from the night’s events, snoring away carelessly.

It wasn’t the hottest time in Shengdu, and the night was still slightly cool. Gu Jiao came into the room and laid a thin blanket over Xiao Jingkong’s stomach.

“Who exactly brought you here?” Gu Jiao muttered to herself.

“Jiaojiao,” Master Nan called out softly from the doorway.

Gu Jiao let down the mosquito net and walked over quietly, asking, “Master Nan, what’s the matter?”

Master Nan handed Gu Jiao a damp embroidered purse, “I found this when I was washing Xiao Jingkong’s clothes. It was sewn into a hidden layer. At first glance, it was not noticeable, but when submerged in water, the dye from the purse started to seep out.”

Gu Jiao took the colorful stained purse, squeezed it, and remarked, “There’s something inside.”

She opened the purse and a folded piece of parchment fell out.

Unfolding the parchment revealed a note, written clearly in the language of Yan Country, it stated— “Our Academy’s page boy, young and lost, whoever finds him please bring him to the Linglong Pavilion of the Canglan Ladies’ Academy in exchange for a heavy reward.”