"I'm sorry... I didn't think that much, I just wanted to give Uncle Jiang some candy, to thank him..." Huangfu Ying lowered her small head.
"Thank you, Miss Ying, but I don't eat candy. Miss Ying, you eat it." Jiang Shangyun gave Huangfu Ying a kind smile.
"Why don't you eat candy, Uncle Jiang? Candy is sweet and delicious."
Huangfu Ying tilted her little head slightly, a look of confusion on her small face.
"Because I want to save the candy for Miss Ying to eat. I see that Miss Ying really likes to eat candy." Jiang Shangyun smiled even more kindly.
"...Thank you, Uncle Jiang, you're so nice!" Huangfu Ying, who already liked Jiang Shangyun, liked him even more.
"But I still want to give you this candy. This is my gesture of gratitude...
Grandmother taught us to repay kindness. You saved my mother, and I must repay you, but I only have this candy to offer."
Huangfu Ying handed the candy in her hand to Jiang Shangyun, looking very insistent.
"Guard Jiang, Ying'er wants to give you candy to thank you, so please accept it. Don't let her good intentions go to waste." Xu Yuqing spoke.
Before Jiang Shangyun could reply, she instructed Fen'er, "Take Miss Ying's candy to Guard Jiang."
Jiang Shangyun did not refuse any further. To refuse again would be ungrateful.
"Thank you, Second Young Madam, thank you, Miss Ying."
Jiang Shangyun slowed down the carriage to allow Fen'er to get up and take the candy from Huangfu Ying and hand it to him, ensuring she wouldn't stumble and fall.
"Uncle Jiang, eat it quickly, this candy is delicious." Huangfu Ying urged as soon as Jiang Shangyun received the candy.
Jiang Shangyun nodded, ate the candy, and then nodded with a smile, "As Miss Ying said, this candy is very sweet and delicious."
"Everything my little aunt gives is super delicious!" Huangfu Ying said, her eyes sparkling when she mentioned Huangfu Yue, clearly showing her fondness for Huangfu Yue.
"I see Miss Yue often gives Miss Ying delicious food. Miss Yue is also very good to us guards and servants. It's rare to meet someone as good as her." Jiang Shangyun took the opportunity to praise Huangfu Yue, while subtly signaling to Xu Yuqing.
Xu Yuqing initially didn't understand why Jiang Shangyun was signaling her and found it strange. But when she saw Jiang Shangyun gesturing for her to look at Xiao Hei, who was still following their carriage, she understood why he was doing so.
"Yes... Yue'er is indeed quite good. She's a rare good person, kind to everyone...
She's also very good to us sisters-in-law, and especially filial to our grandmother...
Sigh—the more I talk about it, the more regret I feel. I shouldn't have been foolish and argued with her just because I was in a bad mood...
I was a bit ungrateful... Fortunately, Yue'er is magnanimous and didn't hold it against me."
Xu Yuqing also praised her sister-in-law and sighed with an expression of regret.
This damned crow had been following their carriage without leaving, and it was very possible that Huangfu Yue had sent it to monitor her. She had to say more good things about Huangfu Yue, praise Huangfu Yue more, and show that she was regretful and had repented.
"Master, did you hear what your second sister-in-law said? She's finally speaking human words."
Xiao Hei, who had been listening clearly to the sounds inside Xu Yuqing's carriage, said in its heart to Huangfu Yue after hearing Xu Yuqing's recent words.
Huangfu Yue chuckled in her heart, "What do you mean 'finally speaking human words'! Was what she said before not human words, but animalistic ones?"
"Yes. What she said before was not human words, but animalistic ones. You were so good to her and her daughter, and she treated you like that. She's truly heartless, like an animal." Xiao Hei said.
It quite disliked Xu Yuqing.
"Xu Yuqing must be furious when she hears what you said, maybe she'll even spit blood." Huangfu Yue couldn't stop laughing in her heart at Xiao Hei's words.
"It's best if she dies of anger!" Xiao Hei snorted.
"It seems you really dislike her!"
"Don't you dislike her?"
"How could I not! Just like you, I super dislike her. If it weren't for Ying'er, I would have dealt with her long ago." Huangfu Yue admitted frankly.
"Speaking of her daughter, Ying'er, she's nothing like her. Quite cute and likable."
"Mm. It seems you quite like Ying'er too!"
"No, I just think she's cute and likable among human girls. I don't particularly like or dislike her." Xiao Hei said. "But I like you, Master!"
Hearing Xiao Hei's sudden declaration, Huangfu Yue was a little stunned. After a moment of愣怔, she realized that what Xiao Hei meant by "I like you" was not that kind of liking, and there was no need to dwell on it.
"I like you too, good pet!" Huangfu Yue smiled in her heart.
Hearing her master's words, Xiao Hei felt a wave of shyness.
It hadn't expected its master to respond and say she liked it too!
Huangfu Yue wondered if Xiao Hei was blushing now.
Not only could she hear everything Xiao Hei heard, but she could also hear Xiao Hei's inner thoughts.