Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 156 The person behind the scenes

“Ning’er is willing.” Hei Ning nodded shyly.

"Haha." Bai Wu laughed and pulled the person over. "Then tonight, I'll deflower him and see if he's worth keeping."

"Fifth Master..." Hei Ning exclaimed, then hurriedly wrapped his arms around Bai Wu's neck, "Fifth Master, please be gentle, I..."

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle with you."

……

Hei Yun slowly walked out, and soon Hei Ning's sweet voice came from the room behind him. He couldn't help but smile, then quickly went out the door, got into his carriage, and left.

Once back in his room, he wrote a letter, then took out a cage from the corner, released the carrier pigeon inside, tied the letter to the pigeon's leg, opened the window, and let it go.

Xiajia Village.

When Xia Songshi saw the Xiao family, she almost couldn't control her expression, but her eyes still reddened.

Xiao Tai'an was stunned when he saw Xia Songshi, but he quickly recovered and stepped forward to bow deeply, saying, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you."

Xiao Taiping and the others were also stunned for a moment, then they all showed joyful expressions and stepped forward to pay their respects one by one.

"You're too kind, Yunyi... It's so good that you could come." Xia Songshi pinched her palms tightly.

"Gentlemen, please come inside as soon as you arrive." Madam Jia Liu sensed that there was something amiss in the atmosphere among the group, but she couldn't guess why. She could only greet them politely, "I am the steward here. My husband is a scholar who teaches here. My name is Liu Mei, but you can just call me Da Meizi."

The crowd bowed again.

"Don't be shy, the children are still in class. I'll arrange accommodations for you, but conditions in our village are limited. This is already the best house for miles around..."

"It's already very good, thank you. May I go see the children?" Xiao Tai'an seemed a little impatient.

The others nodded in agreement.

“I’ll take you there.” Xia Songshi hurriedly took two steps forward. “They… are behind us.”

Lady Jia found it strange, but thought that perhaps all teachers were like that.

When the Xiao family members saw the children writing in the room, they couldn't help but tear up, especially Xiao Tai'an, whose lips trembled and whose eyes were frighteningly red.

“Brother,” Xiao Taiping stepped forward and grasped his hand, “Thank God.”

Xiao Tai'an suppressed his sadness instantly and took a deep breath: "Yes." He couldn't reveal himself at this time. He didn't know what the situation was like around him, and it would be bad if it caused trouble.

Master Jia saw the people outside and noticed that the children were still writing, so he came out.

"This is the tutor that Yunyi invited for the children," Xia Songshi hurriedly introduced. "This is Scholar Jia."

Scholar Jia hurriedly bowed and said, "Zi'an greets you gentlemen."

"Hmm." Xiao Tai'an nodded. "Scholar Jia, you're too kind."

"Of course," Jia Xiucai stood up. "These children..." He then took the initiative to introduce the children who were having class in the room.

Da Bao was sitting in the first row. He looked up and immediately saw Xiao Tai'an. His eyes widened instantly. He wanted to say something, but his eyes turned red.

While listening to Jia Xiucai's introduction, Xiao Tai'an looked into the room, met Da Bao's gaze, and hurriedly nodded, giving him a reassuring look.

Da Bao laughed, then lowered his head to continue writing, but the corners of his mouth were smirking, and his eyes would occasionally dart out.

The Xiao family settled down in Xiajiazhuang.

After receiving the letter from the village, Yunyi was relieved and rewarded him with a piece of meat that had been soaked in the spiritual spring water.

Nineteen swallowed it happily and soared into the sky. When it returned, it had even caught a pigeon with a letter tied to its leg.

After seeing it, I had a feeling that I knew it was true.

Then He Miao took the pigeon down and stewed it.

"Stewed?" He Miao stared wide-eyed in surprise. "This is a carrier pigeon! It's such a waste to stew it!" Her father had also raised a carrier pigeon before, and it was quite expensive when he bought it.

“Carrier pigeons aren’t safe,” Yunyi smiled. “Otherwise, how could they have ended up in my hands?”

“That’s true.” He Miao nodded. “However, not everyone is lucky enough to tame a gyrfalcon.” Then she took the pigeon to the kitchen.

Yunyi's gaze remained fixed on the letter in her hand. Did the master behind the black cloud know the original owner? Otherwise, why would he report his situation to the other party?

"Master, what are you looking at?" Xiao Jinxiu walked in carrying a rabbit. "Look, I caught a rabbit. Weren't you going to teach me how to dissect it? We can stew it after the dissection."

Yunyi's lips twitched: "Why don't you put the rabbit outside first? It smells awful."

If anyone ever says Xiao Jinxiu is aloof, she'll definitely get angry. Is that cold-hearted? She's incredibly lively! Not only does she maintain a curious attitude towards everything, but she also does everything with 100% enthusiasm. How can such a woman be described as cold-hearted? She's clearly a well-rounded young woman who loves life.

"Then when will you teach me?"

"Anesthesia is needed for the dissection, but we don't have any right now. I'll make some tomorrow and then we can do it."

"Alright." Xiao Jinxiu turned around and took the rabbit to the backyard before returning. "Little Master, what were you looking at just now? You looked so conflicted."

"Take a look at this and see what you think?" Yunyi handed over the letter.

"Is the person who wrote the letter spying on you? Who is it?" Xiao Jinxiu frowned, then suddenly looked up. "I remember you said you were engaged to the Third Prince, right?"

“Yes.” Yunyi nodded. “It was arranged when my mother was alive, but after I was sold here, the engagement is probably null and void.”

"Is it possible that someone knows you're here? If they're having someone monitor you, it means they still care about you, so who is it...?"

Yunyi had already gone through all the people the original owner had memories of in her mind, but she didn't find anything special. The most likely one was the Third Prince. However, he was originally indifferent to the original owner, so why would he pay attention to her?

But who knows? After all, there's still a marriage agreement. If I die, that's fine, but if I don't, then he won't be able to marry the woman he wants. Then I'll just be an eyesore.

"Alright, I'm not thinking about it anymore." Yunyi folded the note up. "I'm going to check on how everyone's studies are going." As she stood up, she put the note into her spatial storage.

Xiao Jinxiu hurriedly followed.

That night, as Yunyi was about to go to sleep, she suddenly realized something was wrong. There hadn't been any news from Sixteen for the past two days, and she wondered what he'd been up to. She quickly called out, "Sixteen? Are you there?"