She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space

Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Is the Elder Princess Concerned About Me? Chapter 61: Chapter 61 Is the Elder Princess Concerned About Me? Several soldiers released their hold as they saw him coming.

Liu Taipin struggled out of the ropes, discarded the cloth in her mouth, and crawled towards scar face.

“Doudou, they are going to kill your mother, you must run, run!” Liu Taipin waved her hands, utterly panicked.

The soldiers were extremely frustrated.

“Team leader, this old prisoner was crying and making a fuss, insisting on finding her son. Now that you’re here, she stopped yelling, but look, she just scratched several of us.”

They extended their arms, showing several fingernail scratches.

Scar face looked down at the frightened Liu Taipin.

He sighed and waved his hand: “I’ll take care of her, you guys back off.”

“Yes.” The soldiers were only too happy to throw this hot potato out and hurriedly left.

Scar face handed the mung bean soup to Liu Taipin: “Drink it.”

Liu Taipin did not hesitate; she took a sip, then suddenly lifted the bowl.

“It’s soup, sweet, Doudou, drink it quick, you must be hungry?”

Scar face frowned and pushed it away: “I’ve already drunk it.”

Though he refused, Liu Taipin still wouldn’t give up.

Insisting that he should try it.

To stop her from causing more trouble, scar face had to agree and pretended to taste it, then claimed it wasn’t tasty, so Liu Taipin gulped it down voraciously.

In fact, she had been hungry throughout the journey and was already famished.

But maternal instincts kicked in, allowing her to offer the food to the child without hesitation.

Scar face thought of his own mother whom he had never met.

The thought of kinship flickered in his heart and dissipated quickly.

“Alright, I am leaving.”

“Doudou, where are you going? Don’t go! There are bad people outside; you need to stay by your mother’s side!” Liu Taipin cried out in panic, chasing after him, nearly tripping.

Whenever she couldn’t see scar face, she was filled with fear.

Fearing that her cries would annoy the military supervisors, scar face had to keep her close for now.

Xiang Ying really gave him a tough problem! He should have just ignored it.

Meanwhile, Xiang Ying was leading the children to a nearby stream to wash their little hands and feet.

There were quite a few exiled criminals by the stream, and three were washing their hands in the water with their backs to Xiang Ying.

Sighing sounds reached their ears.

“We can’t escape, they are watching.”

“That’s great, I wasn’t planning to escape anyway,” an unexpectedly familiar voice rang out.

Hearing this, Xiang Ying suddenly furrowed her brows.

She turned her head and saw Fang Qian among those three people!

He had somehow acquired a fisherman’s clothes and smeared his face with grass ash.

Even so, under the moonlight, those shiny dog-like eyes immediately gave him away to Xiang Ying.

Seeing that Xiang Ying had noticed him, Fang Qian laughed, showing his white teeth, and gestured.

Xiang Ying was startled.

Fang Qian had actually sneaked in disguised as a fisherman? He truly was audacious!

The three little ones were originally holding up their trouser hems, their chubby little feet soaked in the stream.

Perhaps Fang Qian’s shining smile caught their attention too.

The three little ones looked at Xiang Ying, then at Fang Qian, and simultaneously showed puzzled expressions.

Xiang Xiuxiu: “Why is that man waving at mother? Do they know each other?”

Xiang Yuanshuo folded his arms and chuckled with a knowing tone: “Another one smitten by her beauty.”

Xiang Yuanlang coldly declared: “Big brother, cut him down.”

Xiang Yuanshuo immediately stepped in front of Xiang Ying, chubby little fingers pointing at Fang Qian.

“What are you looking at, keep looking and I’ll gouge your eyeballs out to give to my sister for playing pop-pop.”

Xiang Xiuxiu covered her eyes with her hands: “I don’t want to play, it’s scary!”

Fang Qian, as if possessed by a drama king, clutched his chest and feigned pitifulness.

“Misses and young masters, I am just a pitiful father who has lost his children. If I lose my eyes, I will never be able to see their adorable little faces again. Please spare me.”

Xiang Ying couldn’t help but twitch the corners of her red lips.

Fang Qian’s laugh was really irritating; she really wanted to punch him.

The three kids exchanged glances.

Xiang Xiuxiu lowered her voice, “Eh? He seems a bit pitiful.”

Xiang Yuanlang coldly stated, like Jie Chen, “Not worthy of sympathy.”

Xiang Yuanshuo nodded, “Exactly, missing his children yet daring to gaze at beauties? Don’t believe his nonsense.”

Xiang Ying didn’t want to entangle with Fang Qian, quickly wiped the children’s little feet clean, and took them away.

In the middle of the night, the exiled criminals were mostly asleep.

Xiang Ying purposely stayed awake; she knew Fang Qian would definitely sneak over.

Sure enough, as soon as she heard rustling noises, she directly sat up.

Fang Qian was holding a wet small bag, preparing to place it at Xiang Ying’s feet.

Seeing the dissatisfaction in her Phoenix Eyes, he hurriedly explained in a low voice, “Caught some fish, for the children to eat.”

Xiang Ying simply stood up and gestured for him to follow her to talk in the nearby forest.

She crossed her arms and said, “Didn’t I tell you not to follow?”

In the darkness, Fang Qian’s puppy dog eyes conveyed an innocent look.

“I can’t bear to leave the children and you.”

Xiang Ying narrowed her eyes, prompting him to hastily correct, “… and the elder princess.”

“If you don’t leave, and your identity gets exposed, don’t blame me for not taking care of you.”

“Is the elder princess concerned about me?” He got a bit excited and wanted to seize Xiang Ying’s hand.

However, his palm extended halfway, then swiftly retracted.

Good thing he didn’t touch her, or he would have been thrown out again.

Xiang Ying watched his antics, her Phoenix Eyes brimming with a profound dark light.

She earnestly said, “The child is not yours; don’t follow us anymore.”

Fang Qian was startled.

Then, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“Trying to trick me again, I won’t fall for it this time.”

Xiang Ying frowned, wondering if the original owner had also confessed?

Fang Qian never considered that the original owner’s words might be true.

Xiang Ying shook her head, thinking there was no hope for him.

Just then, they heard faint footsteps behind them.

Fang Qian immediately dropped his carefree demeanor, sharply looking back.

The person approaching was Xiang Li.

Xiang Ying was taken aback, “Big brother, why are you here?”

“I saw those three fishermen captured today, and I felt one of them looked familiar.”

Xiang Li spoke, his calm and deep gaze resting on Fang Qian, “Indeed, it’s you, Fang Qian.”

Fang Qian relinquished his fierce aura and bowed, “Crown Prince, long time no see.”

Xiang Li took a deep breath, his tone slightly displeased, “Aren’t you worried about bringing trouble to Ayin by appearing rashly?”

Fang Qian smiled, “Your Highness worries too much. I merely wish to accompany and protect, not to do anything indiscreet.”

Saying this, he heard a bird call from the depths of the forest.

Fang Qian alerted Xiang Ying, “Jie Chen is back.”

As he spoke, he performed a Qinggong leap, vanishing into the forest after a few swift steps.

His Qinggong was so exquisite that not a single leaf was stirred.

Xiang Ying instead curiously looked at Xiang Li.

“Brother, you also know Fang Qian?”

With so many male concubines for the original owner, and Xiang Li managing myriad affairs, how could he remember Fang Qian so clearly?

Xiang Li’s deep gaze darkened, “Ayin, there is something I’ve been wanting to tell you earlier, but never found the right moment. Now it’s time to speak.”