Fang could see that the son-in-law was in a bad mood when he came out of the Imperial Palace. He did not take the carriage but chose to walk back.
Although he did not show it on the surface, Fang could easily see this after being by his side for so many years.
It was not until the little girl ran out of the Imperial Palace and squatted on the street and wailed. She cried her heart out and cried her lungs out. Only then did he find the reason for the son-in-law's bad mood.
He looked up at the gray sky and shook his head. "What a sin …"
Li Yi held the girl horizontally in his arms. Her head was buried in Li Yi's chest and she was still sobbing. Very quickly, his chest was soaked.
Li Yi looked at her messy hair, bare feet, and messy clothes. He turned around and walked into a shop on the street.
"Your Highness …"
The girls in the shop hurriedly bowed.
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Go get a basin of hot water and bring a new set of clothes and socks over."
He carried the girl into the room and gently placed her on the bed. She was no longer crying. She lowered her head and turned around, no longer looking at him.
Li Yi sat down next to her and softly asked, "Are you still angry at me?"
She shook her head and sniffed. "I am not angry at teacher. I just don't want teacher to see me cry. I must be very ugly right now …"
Li Yi shook his head and said, "Our Shouning is always the most beautiful no matter what."
She raised her head. Her eyes were red and swollen and the tears had not yet dried. She looked at Li Yi and softly asked, "Teacher, are you really going to abandon Shouning?"
Li Yi looked at her red and swollen eyes. In his mind, her helpless and heartbroken appearance appeared. He shook his head and said, "Teacher will not abandon you."
"Your Highness, the water is here."
One of the girls fetched some water, while the other girl brought some clean clothes, shoes, and socks and placed them beside the bed.
Li Yi wet the towel and wrung it dry, carefully wiping her little face. The girl's delicate little face was soft and elastic, and after washing off the light makeup, it returned to a delicate and jade-like appearance.
Then, he carried her to the bedside, soaked her dirty little feet in the water, and gently rubbed them.
There were still tears in her eyes, but she couldn't help giggling. She quickly said, "Sir, it's ticklish …"
"Bear with it. It'll be over in a while."
Li Yi helped her wash the dust off her feet and wiped her feet clean. He pointed at her tear-soaked clothes and pointed at the new clothes by the bed and said, "Put on the new clothes first."
Then he turned around and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
A few girls were guarding outside the door. When they saw him, they immediately saluted.
"You don't have to be so polite in the future." Most of these girls were from the brothels. Li Yi waved his hand and asked, "Is everything ready?"
One of the girls nodded and said with a smile, "Everything is ready. We can leave tomorrow. Later today, there will be new sisters coming to take over."
This time, leaving the capital was not a simple family trip.
In addition to his family, he had to take many people with him, including most of the top management of the brothels and shops. The place they were going to was at the border of the three countries. In the future, no matter which side or the three countries developed together, they would need a lot of manpower.
The road was long, and if he wanted to become the man of the mountain bandit king, he had to deal with all kinds of accidents in the future. In addition to enough manpower and powerful strength, he also had to have enough money. Although the Li family was rich, it was not a bad thing to have more money. This time, the people accompanying him would be the backbone of building a new business empire.
In addition, the Liu Meng would move as a whole. In the future, the center of the martial arts world would also move from the capital to the west … Although this was only the first batch, there were more than a thousand people.
At a certain moment, the door opened and a girl walked out.
She had removed all the makeup on her face and changed into a new set of clothes. Other than her messy hair and red and swollen eyes, she had returned to her original appearance.
Li Yi looked at her hair and shook his head. He took her hand and walked back to the room. He sat her in front of the dressing table and picked up a comb to help her comb her hair.
She sat there obediently and looked at the figure standing behind her through the mirror. He was focused on helping her with her makeup.
His expression was so focused, and his eyes were so serious. It made her heart gradually calm down.
Li Yi spent a full quarter of an hour before he managed to do her favorite flying immortal hair bun.
She suddenly said, "Sir."
"Yes." Li Yi was focused on combing her hair and softly said, "Yes."
"Sir."
"Yes?"
"Sir …"
Li Yi looked at her in surprise and asked, "What's wrong?"
She smiled and said, "Nothing. Sir is about to leave. I wanted to call you a few more times. In the future … in the future, I won't be able to."
Li Yi lowered his head to look at her and softly said, "If you say you want to leave, Sir will take you with him."
She raised her head and looked into Li Yi's eyes.
She saw tenderness and love in his eyes. Her mother looked at her like this, and her sister looked at her like this.
Sir liked her, just like her mother liked her, and also like her sister liked her.
But she knew that the way she looked at Sir would not be like this.
At this moment, she suddenly understood some of what her mother said.
She also understood that Sir only thought of her as a child — but she was no longer a child.
She shook her head and looked at Li Yi. She smiled and said, "I won't leave. After father leaves, only mother will be left. If I also leave, mother will be very lonely, very lonely. I want to stay here with her …"
Li Yi combed the hair on her temples. Although her face was full of smiles, he suddenly felt a bit of heartache.
"I know that Sir will definitely come back. We made a pinky promise …" She stood up and put her hands behind her back. She stood on her tiptoes and looked at Li Yi. She sweetly said, "In the future, I will listen to mother in the palace. I will eat well, sleep well, and do my homework well … I will grow up well and wait for Sir to come back."
Li Yi looked at her in a daze.
When she wore the clothes of an adult, wore the jewelry of an adult, and had her hair combed like an adult. When she said that she had grown up, Li Yi felt that she was a child.
Now, she wore the clothes of a young girl without any makeup. Her face was brimming with the smile of a young girl. She used the tone of a young girl to tell him that she would eat well, sleep well, and grow up well. When he came back, the girl in his memory had already disappeared from his eyes.
She no longer said that she had grown up. She had already grown up.
The young girl had grown up in an instant, and the smile on her face was as bright as a mountain flower. Li Yi's face was pale. His heart seemed to be tightly gripped by someone, and the pain pierced through his heart.
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