‘This person really was a disagreeable devil!’ Qiao Mu turned her head and was just about to stride forward.
Yet before she could, the crown prince suddenly tugged on the little girl’s hand, catching our dear Qiao Mu off guard and causing her to fall headfirst into his embrace.
‘This bastard!’ Qiao Mu raised her hand to rub her small nose while lifting her small head.
She had no idea that the crown prince had just lowered his head, who went with the flow and lightly kissed her small bright forehead.
It gave her a ticklish feeling, like several small ants quietly crawling across her heart.
“A return gift! I almost forgot about it.” The youth beamed and caressed her tiny jade-like hand.
Qiao Mu’s whole body froze. For a moment, her slightly raised small face was at a loss, and she kept feeling that something wasn’t quite right in her heart.
Mo Lian stretched out his hand to lift up the little fellow’s small face and stared at the gently rippling waves in her large clear eyes, the corner of his mouth curling up in a satisfied smile.
‘Look, it’s great that those placid and desolate, yet beautiful, eyes were now reflecting his image!’
Our dear Qiao Mu finally recovered her wits and raised her hand to expressionlessly slap away his slender fingers. She turned around and pattered over to the counter.
The crown prince couldn’t help breaking out into laughter and ambled slowly behind her.
Qiao Mu had seen that Old Han had stuffed the box of 500 blank talismans back into a hidden cabinet earlier. She had pinpointed the location and was now standing before the hidden cabinet. She then turned her head to peer at the crown prince, her small wooden face showing a bit of anticipation.
“Here, this is for you.” He stuffed a half-black, half-white diamond-shaped jade talisman the size of a longan fruit into her hands. The top part had a small hole through which a thin red string was threaded to keep it handy.
“A Treasure Talisman?” Qiao Mu recalled the elderly shopkeeper’s words. There were three Treasure Talisman types: red jade, blue jade, and black jade. Then what about this half-black and half-white one?
“A key.” Mo Lian took several steps forward and held the little girl’s small hand, bringing her to a small room in the very interior of the pavilion. He pulled her to a row of standing cabinets that were displaying engraved jade ornaments.
These ornaments were engraved with circular, diamond, and square shaped cavities of all sizes.
Qiao Mu, being so bright and intelligent, caught on instantly and pressed the diamond-shaped jade talisman in her hand against a narrow-necked vase incised with a veiled design. Subsequently, a tiny hidden door opened up on one side of the wall.
“All the Morning Sunlight Pavilions’ private warehouses can be opened with this key.” The crown prince chuckled softly and told the little girl. He saw the little fellow suddenly raising her head to look at him and couldn’t help but rub her head in laughter. “If you don’t want to look inside yourself, you can also have the shopkeeper bring things out for you.”
After entering the small hidden door that opened up in this wall, they encountered three more doors, all of which could be activated by the diamond-shaped jade talisman in Qiao Mu’s hand.
After entering the warehouse, Qiao Mu found the 500 blank talismans sitting on a long table. She then realized that the shopkeeper had already transferred the talismans back into the warehouse early on.
But this was reasonable. Most people engaging in this profession had to be extremely cautious. She reckoned that when she and Miss Ning started quarreling, the elderly shopkeeper had already secretly ordered his subordinate to put the item away.
“Look how agitated you are over 500 blank talismans.” The crown prince chortled. “Let’s go, I’ll take you home to retrieve 5000 more!”
Qiao Mu silently returned the jade talisman that was threaded through with a red string to him.
The crown prince shook his head. “I’m giving it to you. When Morning Sunlight Pavilion’s workers see this item in the future, they have to treat it like they are seeing me. There definitely won’t be a misunderstanding like before again.”
The little girl’s eyes slightly widened, and she couldn’t help giving a humph. “If I were to take out a bit today and then take out a bit tomorrow, I’ll empty out your Morning Sunlight Pavilion really quickly.”
The crown prince broke out into loud laughter and stretched out his arms to lift the little girl into a hug. He poked her small forehead with his finger, saying, “So mischievous! You think I only have this bit of private assets?”
