AWB Chapter 348 Daddy's Hug
Chapter 348 Daddy's Hug
Seeing that Xiaoxia was ignoring him, Feng Zizhou had no choice but to continue talking to Zhao Ning.
“Zhao Ning, do you remember what I told you before about Xiaoxia’s situation? In the village. Let me tell you, Xiaoxia was such a good girl. Back then, her mother and aunt were both busy, and I couldn’t help with anything else, so I could only carry her around…”
Zhao Ning listened with her eyes down, then suddenly looked up and asked, "Feng Zizhou, why are you telling me all this?"
"Huh?" Feng Zizhou held the baby in one arm and touched his nose with the other. "You... I feel like you're not happy. I want to make you happy."
He shouldn't have said anything, because as soon as he did, Zhao Ning burst into tears and started cursing at Feng Zizhou.
"Feng Zizhou, you're sick, you're really sick. Don't ever come looking for me again!"
After Zhao Ning finished speaking, she turned and ran away, with her mother and maid chasing after her.
"Princess, Princess, please be careful, there are many people here..."
Feng Zizhou was baffled by the scolding. He scratched his head and turned to ask Prince Ning. But Prince Ning was talking to his attendants, telling them to go find the Si family so as not to worry them.
Feng Zizhou then looked at Gui Yuan and asked, "Tell me, what's wrong with Zhao Ning?"
“I don’t know either,” Gui Yuan said. “I think the county princess hasn’t been feeling well these past few days, so she’s unhappy.”
Feng Zizhou nodded: "Sigh, that's just how Zhao Ning is, happy one minute and unhappy the next. I was thinking of trying to cheer her up, but it seems like that won't work."
Gui Yuan didn't answer, but said, "Fourth Young Master, didn't you promise me that you would go to the front to guess the lantern riddles and win the biggest lantern for me?"
"Huh?" Feng Zizhou said casually, not even remembering what he said. "Never mind, it's not convenient now. I have to wait here for my cousins to come over."
Gui Yuan said, "You can hand Xiao Xia'er over to His Highness Prince Ning."
Feng Zizhou shook his head vigorously, "That won't do. Without me, Xiaoxia will be scared. How can I abandon Xiaoxia?"
Xia'er, who was eating pastries, looked up when she heard this: "Uncle."
"Hey!" Feng Zizhou immediately beamed with delight, looked around smugly, and when he saw that Zhao Ning wasn't there, he suppressed his smile and said to Gui Yuan, "Did you hear that? Xiao Xia'er is the most attached to me."
Xiaoxia'er's mouth was full of pastry crumbs. She pouted and kissed Feng Zizhou on the face, leaving him with pastry crumbs as well, but he didn't mind at all.
What could Guiyuan say then? She could only say, "Then I'll wait with you."
"No need. It's getting late, and I can't take you home. I need to take Xia'er home later." Feng Zizhou waved his hand, his eyes fixed on Xia'er. "You should go home now; it's too late and not safe."
Gui Yuan gritted her teeth in anger. This man knew it was late, yet he wasn't going to take her home? Wasn't he afraid something might happen to her on the way?
Fortunately, Guiyuan brought her mother and maid with her when she went out today, so nothing really happened.
The Si family members were frantically searching for their child, sweating profusely, when suddenly several guards arrived.
These men were all close guards of Prince Ning. They had met Second Sister before in Mahe Village.
They approached and bowed: "Second Miss Si, His Highness Prince Ning has just apprehended a child trafficker and rescued your young lady. He has instructed us to wait and invite you and the others to come and pick up the child."
"Found it?" The second sister breathed a sigh of relief.
The group quickly greeted each other and returned to their seats, then followed the guards to Prince Ning's side.
The guards on the way gave a brief account of the situation.
"Fortunately, His Highness was perceptive and noticed the problem, saving the child in time. Please do not worry, Miss."
The second sister clutched her chest: "Thank goodness the baby's alright..."
The younger sister then asked, "Your Highness Prince Ning, how do you know that he is our family's child?"
The guard replied, "Young Master Feng is nearby. He recognized him, and the child calls him 'Uncle,' so it should be correct."
Now, the second sister was completely relieved and tears welled up in her eyes.
"Thank goodness, Xia'er is alright, otherwise I...I..."
Du Shangge quickly said, "I should be the one saying that. I'm the one who lost Xia'er. If something really happens to her, even if I die, I will still be held responsible!"
The younger sister exclaimed in surprise, "Feng Zizhou hasn't seen Xiaoxia'er for a year, yet Xiaoxia'er recognizes him. It's clear that our Xiaoxia'er is very clever!"
Upon arriving at the destination, Si Muyan quickly stepped forward to bow to Prince Ning and repeatedly expressed her gratitude.
Prince Ning said with a tight-lipped expression, "Since you brought the child out, you should have taken good care of him. How could you be so negligent?"
"Yes, Your Highness is right. It was all our fault for not taking good care of the child today."
Prince Ning added, "If it weren't for the fortunate coincidence that I happened to be upstairs and saw the situation was not right, and stopped the people in time, how would you have been able to find your child?"
The way he lectured was truly old-fashioned.
Si Muyan sighed inwardly, "It really is fate, it's wonderful beyond words."
I wonder if Prince Ning will ever find out that Xiaoxia is his daughter.
She was somewhat hopeful, but secretly she didn't want Prince Ning to remember.
The second sister suppressed her longing for her child and waited until Prince Ning finished his reprimand before walking over to Feng Zizhou with a smile.
"Fourth Young Master Feng, thank you for helping to take care of Xia'er."
She reached out her hand, ready to take the child.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoxia pouted and turned her head away, refusing to pay attention to her.
"Xiaoxia is angry with you!" Feng Zizhou laughed, then coaxed Xiaoxia, "Xiaoxia, you can't be like this. If you get lost, your mother must be worried sick. Go and let your mother hold you."
To everyone's surprise, Xia'er pouted even more upon hearing this, and protested by placing her hands on Feng Zizhou's shoulders, refusing to let him continue to hug her.
But being so young, she couldn't break free, so she turned around angrily and stretched out her hand towards Prince Ning's direction.
"Daddy, hug!"
Everyone was stunned by these words.
The three Si sisters panicked. They never mentioned Prince Ning in front of Xiaoxia, let alone told her who her biological father was.
What's wrong with her? Why is she calling Prince Ning "father"?
Ah Song was also stunned.
What happened? Did he hear that right? His prince went out to rescue someone, and he actually rescued a little baby who wants to be his daughter?
The expressions on everyone's faces varied.
Only Feng Zizhou was completely oblivious, and burst into laughter. He stepped forward, handed Xiaoxia'er to Prince Ning, and whispered something.
"I used to secretly teach Xia'er to call me 'Daddy'..."
The solemn expression on Prince Ning's face eased slightly. Seeing Xiaoxia twisted in Feng Zizhou's arms, he reached out and took the child.
The younger sister, being the most quick-witted, immediately started scolding upon hearing this: "Feng Zizhou, how dare you say that? You've insulted my sister's reputation!"
Feng Zizhou stuck out his tongue: "That was because I was foolish before, but I wouldn't dare to do that now."
The younger sister smiled and said to Prince Ning, "Don't underestimate my little Xia'er just because she's young. She's very smart. She knows how to be grateful and surely knows that Your Highness saved her, which is why she's so close to you."
Prince Ning rarely smiled: "This child is indeed well-behaved."
But he had other things to do and couldn't stay with the child, so he wanted to return the child.