Chapter 40: So Cute

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“What happened to her?”

Mo Beiyuan went over and picked up Sweetcake. He glanced at the secret guards with a displeased expression.

Thunderbolt did not know if others could read it, but from his many years of experience with this person, this gaze meant: Why did she cry when I handed her to you?

Thunderbolt shuddered and hurriedly explained, “When Little Mistress woke up, she kept asking for you and Miss Yun. Then, she cried.”

Mo Beiyuan glanced at him coldly.

“She cried, and all of you just let her be? Don’t you know how to coax?”

Thunderbolt’s forehead was already covered in sweat from the crying earlier. At this moment, he was sweating profusely. “We tried coaxing… but Little Mistress is still crying badly. We don’t know how to coax her.”

Yun Ran understood their emotions.

She stepped forward and said, “All right. She tends to wake up grumpy, to begin with, and this is an unfamiliar environment. Crying is normal. Just hold her and coax her.”

Bun was bold and adaptable. Even if he was left alone in the dark forest, that brat wouldn’t even cry.

Therefore, he was like a little adult now with his hands behind his back and a puzzled expression on his face.

But Sweetcake was different. The little girl was delicate and clingy and prone to tantrums. But Yun Ran usually just hugged and coaxed her.

Sure enough, the little packrat nestled in her father’s arms and stopped crying after a while.

“Father, where did you and Mother go? Why didn’t you bring Sweetcake with you? Don’t you want Sweetcake anymore?”

The baby, who had been crying, pouted with an aggrieved expression.

She was so coquettish.

Yun Ran pulled the shiny red scales from the bag and teased the girl. “We went to find something fun for you. Look, aren’t these beautiful?”

“Wow, they’re beautiful!”

Most children liked shiny things like these. No matter what they were, as long as they were shiny, they were beautiful.

Thunderbolt saw the scales of the Jade Phosphorus Snake and congratulated.

“Congratulations to Miss Yun for obtaining such a treasure. These scales are precious. It’s hard to find them in the auction and on the black market. You have to take good care of them and don’t lose them.”

Yun Ran nodded and handed the scales to Sweetie to play with.

Thunderbolt wondered if he had said it in vain.

Yun Ran did not notice the change in his expression. She pulled out the eight-star crystal from the small bag and shook out other crystals and scales from her sleeve.

The crystals and scales fell to the ground, shining brightly.

The two little balls were attracted to them and squatted there to play.

Sweetcake held a scale in her hand and grabbed another crystal. She waved her little hand as if she was comparing which one was prettier.

Bun joined her, grabbing a scale and examining it intently.

Then he asked, “Do you like this stone?”

Sweetcake nodded. “I do. I like pretty rocks.”

Bun puffed out his chest and nodded solemnly. “Okay, then when I grow up, I’ll give you a carriage of beautiful stones like this.”

Hearing that there would be many beautiful stones for her, Sweetcake swayed happily, her big black grape-like eyes curved into crescents.

“Yes, thank you, Brother.”

Yun Ran was charmed by the two children’s innocent conversation and smiled.

Mo Beiyuan silently remembered that his daughter liked crystals and wondered if the crystals in his vault were enough to make a carriage.

After all, with her elder brother giving her a carriage, he, as her father, had to give her at least five or ten carriages full of crystals.