Nie Cheng also felt that this was a strange person. He somewhat regretted not asking anything before letting him go. What if he was really a dangerous character?

But the person was already far away, and there was no time for him to say anything.

Shaking his head, he put on a smile again and said to Gu Yundong and the others, “Let’s go, I’ll take you there first.”

“Okay.”

Gu Yundong pulled the cart again and followed Nie Cheng. Continuing the interrupted conversation from before, she asked, “What’s the small favor you mentioned?”

“Cough.” Bringing this up, Nie Cheng couldn’t help but cough lightly. “Well, it’s like this. My cousin really likes children, especially good-looking ones.”

Seeing Gu Yundong furrow her brows, seeming to misunderstand, he quickly got to the point. “I want your younger siblings to keep my cousin company when they’re free.”

“…Is that all?”

“Well, actually, my cousin tends to be a bit talkative. She won’t stop for half an hour. There are also many children around her house, but you know, four or five-year-olds can’t stand listening to people talk for long. Over time, they avoid my cousin when they see her.”

She was indeed quite talkative.

Gu Yundong looked down at her walking siblings and thought, it’s just accompanying someone to chat, should be no problem.

Therefore, she decisively nodded. “No problem.”

Nie Cheng suddenly brightened up. “Don’t worry, my cousin is a good person.”

If only accompanying her for a chat could reduce the rent a bit.

Chatting as they walked, they turned into a nearby alley. Before long, they stopped in front of a house.

Nie Cheng pushed open the door and went in first. Gu Yundong stood at the door with her siblings, waiting.

Gu Yundong then took the opportunity to crouch down and wiped her brother’s face with a wet handkerchief. Since they were at someone else’s door, they naturally had to look presentable.

Gu Yunshu finally found the opportunity to pull her sister’s sleeve and asked quietly, “Big sister, do I have to chat with them? What should I say?”

“You can listen to what they say.” Gu Yundong crouched down, took out a handkerchief, and dabbed it in water to wipe his face. “After you listen, tell me what they said. Of course, you can also ask them questions, anything is fine.”

Gu Yundong wasn’t very familiar with Xuanhe Prefecture. Fortunately, they encountered a local old lady who liked to chat. Wasn’t she the best source of information? Things to pay attention to and things not to worry about, she could find out about them all.

Gu Yunshu nodded as if he understood, while Gu Yunko had already stretched out her little head, “Big sister, I want to wipe my face too.”

“Such a vain little girl.” Gu Yundong tapped her nose. “You’ll keep your brother company when chatting with the old lady, okay?”

“I’ll be obedient if you say so.”

Gu Yundong felt that she would be lured away by food sooner or later if she wasn’t careful. Her stance was too unsteady.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard shouting from the alley, as if something had happened at the mouth of the alley. She didn’t know what was going on.

Gu Yundong couldn’t care less at the moment. She hurriedly asked Mrs. Yang to take the two little ones inside. After closing the door, she cautiously walked towards the mouth of the alley.

There was a big tree at the mouth of the alley. At this moment, a crowd had gathered around it, pointing and talking about something in the middle.

She stood on a rock to take a look, and was immediately stunned.

Wasn’t that the young man she had seen at the yamen earlier? Was he… kidnapping someone?