"Why are you acting so weird today?" Ma Hualong patted Cao Gui's back with a surprised look on his face. "It's rare to see you like this."
Cao Gui looked away from the bouncing girl in the distance and pretended that nothing had happened. "It's nothing."
"Nothing?" Ma Hualong looked at him and then at the girl in the distance. "You seemed to have been hiding from her. Were you afraid that she would see you?"
"No!" Cao Gui forced himself to be calm.
Ma Hualong looked at him again and changed the topic. "This city is really … spectacular. It's completely different from what I've seen before."
"Indeed." Cao Gui nodded.
Although he had focused most of his attention on the little princess, he was still amazed by the size of the city, the magnificence of the buildings, and the spaciousness of the space.
This place was different from all the cities he had seen before.
In the minds of these students, cities should be like the Yun Nation or Great Xia, including Lan City. Although there were some differences, there wasn't much of a difference.
However, this place was completely different as it belonged to the future. Although they didn't have the concept of science fiction and the future world, standing here gave them a feeling that this wasn't a city that belonged to the present.
Everyone walked along the road. After a while, he let them stop to rest and let them take a look at the buildings on the side.
All the students dispersed.
Even some of the deans couldn't help but walk to the front of the buildings to take a closer look.
Cao Gui hid behind someone for fear that the girl who was running around would see him. There were two times when she ran to the back of the group of students, which scared him so much that his heart almost jumped out.
"Who's that girl? She came with Zhao Prince Consort, but she looks about 10 years old. She shouldn't be the princess, right? "
Ma Hualong asked casually as he looked around after entering a certain building.
"I don't know. I don't know her." Cao Gui was afraid that Ma Hualong would see through him.
If others knew about what happened that day, he wouldn't be able to face anyone!
The two of them walked around the building and even climbed up the stairs, only to see that it was filled with rooms.
The two of them were dizzy from walking around. They were used to houses and couldn't understand the layout of this kind of building. An Earthling would be able to tell at a glance that this was a house type designed in the style of Earth.
Each house had three bedrooms, one living room, one bathroom, and one kitchen. It was about a hundred square meters.
There were a few types of buildings in the city. The first type was for the commoners in the outer ring. Ren Baqian was going to give them away for free. As long as they moved into the new city, he would give them one. When young people got married, he would give them another one. At the very least, after ten or twenty years, he would consider selling the houses.
As for the residences in the inner ring, they were allocated by the empress to the officials in the imperial court.
The only residential areas for sale were the high-end residential areas between the outer ring and the inner ring. They were all single-family villas, which were prepared for businessmen.
Just as the two of them reached the third floor, they saw two people jumping in through the window. When Cao Gui saw who they were, his entire body stiffened. He wanted to hide, but the other party saw him clearly.
Honeysuckle jumped through the window and saw the two of them in the room. She didn't pay much attention to them, but Cao Gui's stiff and evasive behavior caught her attention.
When she saw that face, she was suspicious at first. Her body moved and she scurried in front of him. She stared at him and rolled her eyes. "I think I've seen you before!"
"You must have mistaken me for someone else!" Cao Gui covered his face with one hand.
"I seem to have smelled this before!" Honeysuckle sniffed and became even more suspicious. "Let me take a look at your face!"
"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Zhu Hua crossed her arms and curiously sized up the two of them. She glanced at the ugly Ma Hualong and stared at Cao Gui. She frowned and said, "Why are you evading my gaze? Something's wrong!"
"No, you must have mistaken me for someone else!" Cao Gui replied.
"Take your hand down!" Zhu Hua said in a deep voice.
"I'm too ugly. I'm afraid I'll scare the two of you." As Cao Gui spoke, he took his hand down. Ma Hualong turned his head and almost spat.
He saw that Cao Gui's eyes were big and small, and his mouth was crooked to one side. He looked like an idiot.
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Zhu Hua didn't say anything else and struck him with her palm.
"I'm really ugly!" Cao Gui's body floated backward.
However, just as he dodged Zhu Hua's palm, his clothes were pulled by someone.
Honeysuckle tugged at his clothes and became even more suspicious. "I've definitely seen you before!"
"You must have mistaken me for someone else!" Ma Hualong admired Cao Gui's ability to maintain his crooked mouth and eyes when he spoke.
Honeysuckle sniffed and sniffed again and again. Then, he came to a realization. "You're the one who made the bet that day!"
Cao Gui was scared out of his wits. Cold sweat dripped down his back as he denied repeatedly, "You've mistaken me for someone else!"
Zhu Hua sneered. "How dare you lie to Her Highness. Do you want me to bring you to Prince Consort Zhao?"
Cao Gui could only smile bitterly. If this matter was brought to Prince Consort Zhao, he wouldn't be able to show his face anymore.
His expression returned to normal. He looked down at Honeysuckle and smiled bitterly. "Grandaunt, can you just pretend you didn't see me?"
"Don't call me grandaunt. Call me 'father'!" Honeysuckle's eyes were sparkling and his face was full of joy.
This was the first person who called him 'father'. He was a little worried when he was brought back that day. What if he couldn't find him in the future? He didn't expect to find him so soon.
Cao Gui's position in Honeysuckle's heart was very high, close to that of the Roaring Emperor!
Ma Hualong almost choked when he heard Honeysuckle's words. His eyes widened.
He already knew the identity of the person in front of him. She was the current princess who was said to be only three years old.
However, what he was most curious about was the relationship between the current princess and Cao Gui.
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Cao Gui made up his mind. "The bet that day was settled that day!"
Ma Hualong immediately understood. Then, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Cao Gui had actually called the current princess' father '?
And he had even lost the bet?
Ha, this was simply too satisfying.
However, thinking about it, Cao Gui didn't seem to have lost out!
"No, I didn't say that I would only call you 'father' that day. If you call me 'father', I'll bring you to see my lord father! "Honeysuckle rolled his eyes. He seemed to be very afraid when Zhu Hua wanted to bring him to see his lord father.
Honeysuckle was young and inexperienced. He often did things that made people not know whether to laugh or cry. However, he was smart and immediately found the other party's weak point.
Cao Gui's face turned red and twitched a few times. He knew that he would be done for if he was dragged to see Zhao Prince Consort. As long as what happened that day was exposed, he would become a laughing stock.
He made up his mind and gritted his teeth. "Father!"
Honeysuckle immediately beamed with joy. He raised his arm and patted Cao Gui's chest. His voice was like a drum. "If anyone bullies you in the future, just say my name!"
Ma Hualong and Zhu Hua were laughing so hard that they almost cramped up.
Ma Hualong was still able to hold it in, but Zhu Hua was laughing unrestrainedly. Tears were almost flowing out of her eyes.
She had long known about Honeysuckle's bad habit. However, it was simply unheard of to see a scholar from the Yun Nation being forced by Honeysuckle to call him father.
"Little ancestor, please let me go!" Cao Gui looked aggrieved. His face was red, yellow, blue, and purple as if he was running a dye shop.
"Not little ancestor, call me 'father'," Honeysuckle said stubbornly.
"Father, please let me go. Don't let anyone know that I still want to see people!" Cao Gui was on the verge of tears.
"Why? You can't see people if you call me 'father'? "Honeysuckle was puzzled.
It was fine for him to call his father that every day!
…
Cao Gui spent a lot of effort to fool Honeysuckle away. The main reason was that Honeysuckle still had to continue his exploration and naturally wouldn't waste too much time here.
After satisfying his wish of being called "Father", he continued to explore the place with a hop and a jump.
Cao Gui looked at Ma Hualong with a livid face and cupped his hands. "Brother Ma … please keep this secret!"
Ma Hualong held back his laughter with great difficulty. He patted Cao Gui's shoulder and said sympathetically, "Actually, it's nothing. If others knew, they would be envious. After all, this is a princess …"
Before he could finish speaking, Ma Hualong couldn't help but laugh so hard that his teeth were showing.
Cao Gui covered his face and wished he could find a hole to hide in.
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