Chapter 42: Is Xiao Fu Bao Disliked? The Whole City Loves Me With Their Lives
Chapter 42: Aftermath
Prince Qing felt both helpless and heartbroken.
Feng Xuanrui had truly suffered a lot on this trip to Qingzhou.
How should he put it?
All the misfortunes seemed to have befallen him.
However, these two incidents weren’t entirely due to bad luck.
The first incident, falling from the mountain and encountering Suisui, was due to his own mischief.
This time, it was the result of feeling pity when encountering the weak.
It wasn’t that Feng Xuanrui was wrong.
Who could predict human nature?
Prince Qing didn’t want the young boy to be left with psychological scars, so while comforting him, he also took the opportunity to give him a lesson to help him learn from this experience.
"Back in the capital, even if people didn’t know your identity, just seeing your fine clothes, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to provoke you."
"Outside the capital, the world is vast and free, but it is also full of dangers."
"Especially when dealing with desperate individuals who don’t care about your status."
...
These lessons were previously taught by tutors and mothers.
Feng Xuanrui didn’t have much personal experience with them.
After all, he had never encountered such situations in the capital!
Now that he had truly experienced it, helplessness and fear made it hard for him to control his tears.
He kept saying, "I understand, sob!"
"I won’t do this again!"
"They’re all bad people, bad people!"
"Only my sister is the best!"
Seeing her brother so heartbroken, Suisui’s eyes also reddened.
The siblings held hands tightly, as if trying to give each other more strength.
Prince Qing didn’t want the young girl to be left with trauma either, so he reassured Suisui, "Don’t be afraid, Suisui. Such things won’t happen again."
"When you encounter difficulties or dangers, always remember to seek help from adults. Don’t try to handle everything on your own. You’re still young, and there are limits to what you can deal with."
"Seeking help from others is not shameful."
...
Not only was Prince Qing speaking, but the system was also installing anti-fraud apps while explaining things to Suisui.
Some concepts were too complex, and some explanations were too lengthy for Suisui to fully understand.
But she tried hard to listen and remember.
She wasn’t sure if she would need it in the future.
But the danger she faced this time had truly frightened her.
Suisui experienced for the first time the dangers outside the village.
In the village, dangers were known.
It was just the beatings from her uncle’s family or bullying from village children.
Over time, Suisui developed her own coping strategies.
But the outside world...
All the dangers were unknown and terrifying.
Her past experiences were of no use.
After hearing so much, Suisui summarized and then raised her little head, saying loudly, "I will protect my brother in the future!"
Her voice was choked with emotion, and after hearing this, Feng Xuanrui cried even louder!
He turned around and hugged Suisui, saying, "Sob, my sister is the best. Everyone else is bad, all bad!"
Prince Qing: ...
Fine, I’m bad, I’ll go then.
When Feng Xuanrui cried himself out, Physician Liu arrived.
Prince Qing would handle the aftermath, so the children didn’t need to worry.
Physician Liu and his two apprentices took the children back to the inn.
After washing up and changing clothes,
Before they could tend to the red marks on the children’s wrists and ankles, they fell asleep.
Feng Xuanrui still had tears at the corners of his eyes.
Suisui, still anxious, tightly gripped her brother’s hand. When she tried to pull it, she couldn’t manage, so she didn’t force it.
Physician Liu, while reciting the Great Compassion Mantra, gently applied medicine to the children and adjusted their positions on the bed.
The two children still slept together, but with separate blankets.
As for their joined hands, Physician Liu let them stay that way.
After arranging everything and lowering the bed curtains, Physician Liu instructed his apprentices, "Tonight, be extra vigilant. Don’t sleep too soundly. Keep an eye on them."
Qing Shan and Qing Shui were also injured and had gone to tend to their wounds.
Physician Liu felt that when they returned to the capital, he needed to report to the prince and give the young master’s servants a lesson.
These naïve and inexperienced ones, what would they do in a real crisis?
Physician Liu’s concerns were not unfounded.
In the early hours of the morning, Feng Xuanrui developed a high fever.
Di Jiao and Di Yu acted quickly, one using physical methods to cool him down, while the other prepared medicine according to Physician Liu’s prescription.
Suisui didn’t fall ill, but in her sleep, she cried out in fear.
The little girl sobbed softly, like a helpless kitten, which broke Physician Liu’s heart.
If he didn’t need to comfort the children, he would have gone out to practice swordsmanship for half an hour.
These scoundrels!
When they returned to the capital, he would research poisons!
Physician Liu cursed the traffickers with gritted teeth while gently wiping Suisui’s face and holding her close, patting her back, "Don’t be afraid, Suisui. It’s all over now. Don’t cry, be good. We’re safe now, and your brother is here."
...
Physician Liu’s soothing words were repetitive.
But they were effective.
Suisui was soon comforted, gripping Physician Liu’s clothes tightly, her face resting on his shoulder.
She looked obedient and cute but was also extremely persistent.
Prince, with Di Jiao’s help, didn’t pry open Suisui’s hand.
He didn’t insist, holding the little girl while monitoring Feng Xuanrui’s condition.
In the early morning, Suisui slept more soundly, allowing Physician Liu to finally place her back on the bed comfortably.
Feng Xuanrui’s fever came and went quickly.
At dawn, his fever had subsided.
The illness combined with the shock had left him exceptionally exhausted.
So, once the fever was gone, he fell back into a deep sleep.
However, in his sleep, his chubby little hands kept searching.
It seemed like he was trying to find something?
Physician Liu, seeing this, gently placed Suisui’s hand beside Feng Xuanrui’s.
When Feng Xuanrui moved his hand again and felt Suisui’s little hand, he gently took hold of it and pulled it towards him, finally falling back into a peaceful sleep.
Physician Liu watched with a smile, shaking his head, "These little troublemakers."
After the system installed the app, it was ready to start safety education for Suisui using the case studies.
However, Suisui fell asleep immediately upon returning, leaving no opportunity for the education.
The system thought: There’s still time, they can take it slow.
In the early hours of the morning, seeing Suisui crying in her sleep, the system’s heart ached.
Yet, it couldn’t comfort her!
Realizing this, the system’s heart ached even more.
Then, in the middle of the night, it once again poked the main god’s mailbox!
(End of Chapter)
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