Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 723: Xiao Lanz’s New Article, Seeking Collections and Finding a Treasure for Farming (1)

The afternoon sun was bright and beautiful, and the early autumn weather was quite cool, the flowers in the garden still bloomed fiercely.

Xiaoyu toddled around the garden with her little short legs, followed by a throng of panicking palace maids. Terrified that the little princess might fall and get hurt, they followed closely behind, almost wishing they could scoop her up and whisk her back to her sleep chamber.

"Big brother, big sister, come out," two-year-old Xiaoyu called after making a round through the garden without spotting the two who often caused her trouble.

Qiqi and Yueyue hid behind a cluster of flowers, holding their breath with serene concentration until the little short-legged princess had passed. They then emerged, breathing deeply the fresh air, and as they watched their little sister’s retreating figure, both siblings heaved a sigh of relief, thinking to themselves how troublesome it would be if Xiaoyu had caught them.

"Big brother, let’s split up and go our separate ways. Otherwise, one of us might get caught by the little devil," Yueyue suggested, sticking her neck out to look around. Not seeing Xiaoyu, she turned to her big brother.

Dugu Qi nodded, about to stand up and leave, when suddenly, he found himself frozen to the spot, his eyelids twitching. Yueyue, noticing this, blinked and furrowed her brows, waving her hand in front of his face: "What’s wrong with your eyes?"

Before the big brother could speak, a mischievous giggle cut through the air: "Hehe, big brother is fine."

Yueyue’s smile froze on her face at the sound of this voice. She turned mechanically to face the little figure behind her and forced an unnatural laugh: "He, hehe, oh little sister."

Dugu Qi’s dejected expression as he sat down on the edge of the flower pond was utterly imageless as he sighed. Xiaoyu cast him a sidelong glance, pouting, thinking to herself that there was no way she would be abandoned.

Xiaoyu mimicked Yueyue’s stiff smile: "Hehe, it’s me."

Seeing her little sister’s comical expression, Yueyue had no time to appreciate it, for she had just glimpsed a flicker of cunning in Xiaoyu’s eyes, which made her heart tremble: "Oh, right, I have something to do, so... so, I’m heading off now."

Hearing this, Dugu Qi shot Yueyue a scornful look, his thoughts clear that she wanted to abandon him there: "Hey, little sister, weren’t you just telling me you had nothing to do today? How come now that you see our little sister, you suddenly have stuff to do?" he said, his glance drifting towards Xiaoyu. As expected, Xiaoyu’s face turned from somber to flushed pink, her usual cheerful and beaming expression now absent, invoking even greater panic in Yueyue’s eyes.

"He, hehe, little sister, don’t look at me like that, it makes me embarrassed," Yueyue said, her stepping foot reluctantly retreating.

Xiaoyu snorted quietly to herself, thinking they should try escaping from her. Today, she planned to have her revenge. Her short legs tripped merrily between them, first eyeing her bitter gourd-faced brother, then her eggplant-faced sister, and she smiled with lips pursed in happy mischief: "Big brother, big sister, I’ve just created a new medicine that works amazingly well with Qinggong."

Yueyue’s eyes glittered as she nodded eagerly: "Great, great, congratulations to little sister for making another breakthrough. Hehe, it’s nothing then, is it? If it’s nothing, I’ll get going."

Dugu Qi’s face turned even sadder. Watching Yueyue as if she were on steroids, desperate to leave without noticing the strange glint that just passed through Xiaoyu’s eyes. He covered his head with his hand and hoped, on account of being honest and staying put, that later Xiaoyu wouldn’t make his ’death’ too miserable or too embarrassing.

Seeing her big sister about to leave, Xiaoyu stepped in front of her, blocking her path with a beaming smile as she looked up at her: "Big sister, even though I’ve made it, there’s no one to test the medicine, what should we do about that?"