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After finishing the apple, Jiang Gu called for someone to bring in water.
After bathing and changing clothes, he lay on the bed.
His mind was occupied with thoughts about that system.
The screen appeared.
Jiang Gu tapped on the options above.
“Recharge?”
“What is this?”
“Not unlocked?”
Jiang Gu was studying this new gadget.
The morning sun shone gently over the small town.
“Knock, knock, knock.” There came a knocking sound outside Yu Yu’s little bamboo hut.
Yu Yu sleepily got up to open the door.
“Medical Immortal Brother.” Yu Yu looked up at the Medical Immortal, who was dressed in a blue robe.
“Yes, I need a little assistant for a free clinic. Would you like to come? The reward is quite generous.” The Medical Immortal squatted down to look at the sleepy Yu Yu.
“But we’ll be gone for several days.”
“Of course!” Upon hearing about the generous reward, Yu Yu instantly became alert.
“Alright, pack your things and come to the clinic to find me. We’ll set off later.” The Medical Immortal patted Yu Yu’s little head.
“Okay!” Yu Yu nodded energetically.
After the Medical Immortal left, Yu Yu began to gather her things.
“Clothes… and shoes, and of course, food.”
“Oh right, I need to tell Father.”
Yu Yu ran outside and bought a pastry for her father.
At this time, Feng Xiaohan had just returned from court.
“Father~”
Upon hearing his daughter’s voice, Feng Xiaohan waved away the attendants.
Yu Yu appeared, holding the pastry.
“Have you finished your breakfast?” Feng Xiaohan asked.
“Not yet.” Yu Yu shook her head.
“Then I’ll have someone bring breakfast in.” Feng Xiaohan reached for the bell.
“No need, Father.” Yu Yu hugged her father’s arm.
“Today, Yu Yu is here to tell Father something.”
“What is it?” Feng Xiaohan looked at his daughter, wondering what was so important.
“I’m going out with Medical Immortal Brother for a few days, so I can’t come to see you.”
If she leaves for work, her pay will be deducted.
“Where are you going? What are you doing? Is that… Medical Immortal reliable?” Feng Xiaohan fired off three questions in quick succession.
What if she gets sold off? What are those people thinking, letting a young child go alone with someone they have no blood relation to?
“Medical Immortal Brother is going to provide free medical services, and he needs a little helper, so he invited Yu Yu to go along.” Yu Yu replied.
“Medical Immortal Brother is very nice.”
Feng Xiaohan thought of saying that you can know a person’s face but never their heart, but looking at his daughter’s trusting expression, he kept his mouth shut.
“Can’t you not go?” It’s going to be arduous to travel for free medical services. How could a little girl like her endure it?
“I can’t! Yu Yu has to earn money to buy medicine for Father!” Yu Yu blinked her big eyes, looking at her father’s leg and then at his face.
She wanted Father to get better soon.
“Can’t I just give you the money?” Feng Xiaohan frowned. Earning a few thousand taels is a lot of hard work for a little girl.
“No!” Yu Yu shook her head. Some things can be bought with Father’s money, but some cannot.
“Besides, Yu Yu can’t rely on her parents.”
Yu Yu looked very serious as she spoke to her father.
“Father’s money needs to be saved for retirement.”
“Cough, cough, cough.” Feng Xiaohan almost choked on his tea, surprised by his daughter’s words.
Rely on parents? Retirement?
“Father, are you alright? Is something wrong?” Yu Yu looked at her father, whose face was turning red from coughing.
“I’m fine. I just choked.”
“First, you’re only two and a half years old, relying on your father’s money doesn’t count as relying on parents.”
“Second.” Feng Xiaohan raised two fingers seriously.
“I’m twenty-three, and it’s not time to talk about retirement yet.”
“I understand.” Yu Yu nodded her little head.
Then, as if recalling something, she looked up and asked her father.
“Father.”
“Hmm?” Feng Xiaohan took a bite of the pastry his daughter had brought.
“Because… I’m your daughter, and you’re my father. Father’s money is meant for his daughter.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaohan put down the pastry and listened intently.
Because he felt that his daughter was about to say something outrageous again.
“So, Father, are you spending Yu Yu’s money now?”
Feng Xiaohan: …………
“Feng Wuyu, Why haven’t I ever thought of hitting you?” Feng Xiaohan glared at this devoted daughter.
“No, um… um… Father, I’ll be going now.” Yu Yu glanced at her father’s expression while hugging two pears.
“Goodbye!”
She quickly slipped away.
After Yu Yu left, Feng Xiaohan took a moment to calm himself and picked up the pastry to eat.
With this little girl around, he must have to live a few years less.
But this pastry was quite good.
Yu Yu, holding two pears, arrived at the Medical Immortal’s place, where he was already waiting with his bag.
“Medical Immortal Brother, I’m here!” Yu Yu ran over excitedly.
“Come here.” The Medical Immortal welcomed her.
“Okay.”
“Medical Immortal Brother, have a pear.” Yu Yu shared one of the pears with him.
“Thank you.” The Medical Immortal accepted the pear with gratitude.
The duo, one big and one small, officially set off.
On the first day without his daughter, Feng Xiaohan felt a little unaccustomed.
On the second day, he woke up with a face full of grievances, exuding an aura that said “keep your distance.”
Qing’an and Wenshu exchanged glances; the prince was clearly in a bad mood.
Gu Zhu also noticed that her father wasn’t feeling too well lately, so she spoke less and focused more on the account books.
On the third day, Feng Xiaohan was bored and deeply resentful.
What is that little girl doing? Is she really that busy, with no time at all?
She definitely doesn’t care about her father, hum, he doesn’t care about her either.
He was busy too!
Gu Zhu came to find her father with the bag she had made.
“Father, the bag you wanted is finished.”
“It’s embroidered with some flowers and butterflies.”
Gu Zhu placed the bag on Feng Xiaohan’s lap, and he stroked the patterns on it.
“Good.” Feng Xiaohan nodded.
“If you’re feeling down, why don’t I take you out for a stroll?” Gu Zhu suggested.
“Not going.” Feng Xiaohan didn’t want to go out.
He preferred not to go out unless necessary.
“There are many interesting little things in Sangdu. Father could buy some for my sister, whom I’ve never met.” Gu Zhu purposely mentioned her sister, whom she had never seen.
She could sense that the little girl was important to her father.
She had inquired in detail with Wenshu and Qing’an about the changes in her father lately.
She noticed that ever since her father took in that “little girl,” the gloomy aura around him had dissipated a lot.
He had become happier, almost like the proud and spirited Feng Xiaohan from before.
These past two days, her father’s bad mood must also be related to her.
After a moment of hesitation, Feng Xiaohan finally agreed.
“Alright, let’s go take a look.”
“And I’m not buying her anything. I just want to go out because I’m bored,” Feng Xiaohan explained stubbornly.
Gu Zhu saw through his words but chose not to expose him.
“Okay, so it’s just that Father wants to go out for a stroll.” Gu Zhu pushed Feng Xiaohan out to the carriage.
They arrived at the Sangdu market.
The sounds of vendors selling their goods filled the air.
“Delicious pancakes, two for a coin!”
“Wild berries, sweet and sour wild berries!”
“Peanuts, salted peanuts!”
“Today’s special, spicy wild boar meat, come and try it!”
Feng Xiaohan listened for a while.
“Gu Zhu, go check out the stall selling masks up ahead.”
“Okay.” Gu Zhu pushed Feng Xiaohan toward the mask stall.
The vendor selling masks glanced at the young prince in a wheelchair.
What a pity, so young and already blind and crippled, just like that ruthless Regent Prince.
“Gu Zhu, pick one that suits a child.”
Feng Xiaohan couldn’t see, so he had to let Gu Zhu choose.
“Okay.” Gu Zhu looked at the row of masks for children.
The children’s masks were colorful and full of playfulness.