Chapter 186: The Front, The Back, The Left, The Right...

Evidently, not only did the shopkeeper hear what the onlookers were saying, but the little girl heard it too.

"Shopkeeper Grandpa! How much of your money did my Xiaobai make you lose?"

The little girl, clutching Xiaobai, looked at the Zhiwei Restaurant’s shopkeeper, her heart pounding.

"Little miss, nothing in our Zhiwei Restaurant is cheap. Your pet has damaged quite a few of our things. It adds up to a considerable sum. Where are your parents?"

At this moment, the shopkeeper truly wanted to cry. A loss of several hundred taels! If this little girl’s family couldn’t pay, or refused to, he would likely be punished by the owner.

"My parents are at home!"

The little girl blinked and, in a flash, spotted the pretty big sister trying to sneak out by the doorway, bent at the waist!

"Pretty Big Sister, you’re here too!"

PATTER PATTER PATTER, she ran to the pretty big sister, grabbed her arm, and asked.

"Pretty Big Sister, why aren’t you walking properly? You’re so pretty, you should walk with your head held high and your chest out! That would look much better!"

Xie Pan’Er, who was just about to sneak away from the scene:

I really must not have checked the almanac before leaving home today! Why do I keep running into this little imp, again and again? Running into her is one thing, but why does it seem like I can’t even hide from her?

"AHEM! Little girl, Pretty Big Sister has something to do, so I have to leave first, alright? See you around!"

As Xie Pan’Er said this, she turned to leave. When she walked out the main gate of Zhiwei Restaurant, she didn’t forget to hold her head high and puff out her chest. In that instant, the aura about her underwent an earth-shattering change.

However, this change lasted but a few seconds before the old shopkeeper of Zhiwei Restaurant, who had chased out after her, called her to a halt.

"Third Miss, please wait!"

Xie Pan’Er stopped and turned to look at the shopkeeper. "Is there something you need, Shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper, holding Xiaosuisui’s hand, wore a very troubled expression. "Third Miss, this little girl can’t say where her home is or whose child she is."

Xie Pan’Er felt her scalp tingle.

This was exactly why I ran! I was afraid this matter would land on my head!

And yet...

"Shopkeeper, it’s true I’ve seen this child before, but as for whose child she is or where she lives, I absolutely do not know. It’s no use calling me back for this."

"Oh, my good young lady! Please, just help this old man out! What this little girl says makes my old head spin. You’ve always been clever; please help me ask her and see if you can find out whose child she is."

The shopkeeper looked at Xie Pan’Er with a pleading expression. Seeing Xie Pan’Er hesitate and seem unwilling to agree, he added, "How about this: if you are willing to do this old man this favor, as long as you can find out where this little girl’s family is, this old man will give you a few bags of our best preserved fruit as a token of thanks. You can take them to your parents to try, what do you say?"

Xie Pan’Er’s heart was moved by his words. She also recalled how this shopkeeper usually took good care of her, so she said, "Alright, I’ll try. First, tell me what you’ve managed to ask so far."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper couldn’t help but exclaim with joy.

"I asked her for her full name, and she said her name is Suisui, but she just wouldn’t say her surname. I asked her whose child she is, and she said she’s from the Ji Family. This old man remembers you, Third Miss, saying that this child might have some significant background, so I thought about it. But there are no children this age in the Ji Family of Capital City!"

The shopkeeper led Xie Pan’Er into Zhiwei Restaurant, with Xiaosuisui in hand. He then instructed Xiao Er to close the shop for the day, as they wouldn’t be doing any more business. Besides, everything had been knocked over, so there was nothing left to sell.

"Did the shopkeeper ask where her home is?"

Speaking of asking where she lived, the old shopkeeper became even more frustrated.

"Naturally, I asked. And do you know what? She told me she lives to the left of what’s in front, then to the back of what’s on the right, then further back, then further in front... Good grief, she got me completely turned around.

She’s already this big, yet she can’t even say east, south, west, or north. You tell me, how am I supposed to ask?"