Whose little lady is so crazy?

Chapter 513 Tonight's Going to Be Lively

Just as they were finishing their meal, Hong Xiaoduo suddenly seemed to remember something and said to Tian Shu and the others, "When we came out, a few more guests arrived at the inn. I didn't like their faces. Tonight, you guys make some arrangements and see who will sleep in the stable and keep an eye on our things."

Hmm? An unpleasant guest?

Upon hearing this, everyone recalled that when they came out, a group of guests had indeed gone in, but they hadn't looked closely.

As a guard, Liu Zhaoqiang did pay attention out of habit, but he didn't notice anything unusual about the other person!

"We don't need them, I'll go," Quan Jinghuai said.

Actually, he was a little puzzled. If she felt something was wrong, she shouldn't have arranged for Tian Shu and the others to go!
“You’re an adult, you’ll draw too much attention. You don’t need to go. It’s more suitable for the kids to go. Don’t worry, they’re not some heinous villains, just petty thieves. They’ll be fine, and it’ll be good for them to get some experience.” Hong Xiaoduo insisted casually.

Hmm? Something's not right. Quan Jinghuai looked at Hong Xiaoduo again, but this time he didn't insist on going himself and chose to keep quiet.

Liu Zhaoqiang glanced at his master and was about to say that he would go, but when he heard Hong Xiaoduo say that it was not good for adults to be too conspicuous, he simply did not speak.

Lan Zechen listened from the side, looking at Hong Xiaoduo with great admiration, wondering how others were training children!

Tianxuan and the others stared at Tianshu, hoping their older brother would call their names.

“I’ll go,” A-Ping said first.

Tian Shu was about to say he would go, but before he could even open his mouth, Hong Xiaoduo had already agreed: "Then let's have A Ping tonight. Don't keep changing people for the first half and the second half of the night. A Ping tonight, and Yu tomorrow. If that group hasn't left, we'll change to another person tomorrow night."

"Aping, have Tian Shu find you some extra bedding in the car so you don't get cold. As long as nothing happens tonight, that's fine. But if anything does happen, don't try to be brave; immediately pull the bell to warn others."

In order not to arouse A Ping's suspicion, Hong Xiaoduo gave him a series of serious instructions.

Aping agreed, and seeing that she had agreed, he visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, Brother Ping's appetite has obviously increased since he heard he has something to do tonight." Tianquan said with a smile as he watched Brother Ping eating his food heartily.

The other children laughed along with him. Aping paused with his chopsticks, then laughed too, and ate even more heartily.

Hong Xiaoduo thought to herself, "What? She clearly wants to eat more to save her energy!"
When they were almost finished eating, Liu Zhaoqiang got up and walked towards the counter first again. This time, Tian Shu didn't rush over to pay. It wasn't that he wanted to take advantage of them; Hong Xiaoduo had told him that if they wanted to pay, so be it, and don't worry about it.

Tian Shu was just thinking, how much does she want to please her? She had already given her ten days' worth of food expenses, which included the cost of three meals a day, but she was still insisting on paying the bill.

"It's going to start raining again in a quarter of an hour. Is there anything you need to buy?" Hong Xiaoduo asked Tian Shu and the others as they left the restaurant.

The little ones thought about it very seriously, and then all shook their heads.

"Since there's nothing to buy and it's not far to go shopping in a quarter of an hour, let's just go back to the inn and do what we need to do." The town isn't big, and the streets are wet and bumpy from the rain, so Hong Xiaoduo didn't want to go shopping.

Ah Ping ate a lot for dinner to conserve her energy, and naturally she also needed to rest up in preparation for the excitement that night.

Quan Jinghuai wanted to find an opportunity to ask her what was going on, but there was no suitable opportunity at all, because the head of Duobao Pavilion was already by her side.

"Xiao Duo, you can not only predict when it will rain, but you can be this accurate? Do you take on apprentices? Can you teach me?" Lan Zechen didn't care whether others would hear him or laugh at him.

Jin Gui and Liu Zhaoqiang, who were following closely behind, looked at their master, who was someone many big shots in the martial arts world had to be mindful of his mood before they could even meet him. Now, he was acting like a lackey working for Hong Xiaoniangzi, following her around obsequiously. It was truly unbearable to watch!

If it weren't for what we see before our eyes, who could believe it? Who would dare to believe it?

However, it's no wonder the Pavilion Master is like this. This young lady Hong is indeed amazing. She can actually predict when it will rain and how long it will rain. Now that the rain has stopped, she can still say that it will stop for a quarter of an hour. When she said this, she didn't even use words like "probably," "maybe," or "possibly." Her tone was very confident.

Hearing Lan Zechen's words, Hong Xiaoduo smiled gently and said, "I'm afraid that won't work. It's not that I'm unwilling to teach you, but I simply can't teach you because this ability of mine is something I was born with."

A natural ability? Well! Lan Zechen's shoulders immediately slumped, full of regret.

Lan Zechen's reaction was quite funny to Hong Xiaoduo, just like a child who happily told an adult that he wanted to go to the amusement park but was refused.

Hong Xiaoduo suddenly had a sudden urge to give him some candy that would make him happy. Usually, when you coax a child, you use snacks and candy, right? After the thought flashed through her mind, she felt the thing in her hand and quickly made a fake gesture of taking something out of her pocket.

"Here, have a taste of this." Hong Xiaoduo raised her hand and handed it over. Only then did she notice what she was holding: a small porcelain jar.

As for what's inside, she really wasn't sure.

Hmm? It's for him? Lan Zechen hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it. He immediately pulled off the cap, gently poured it into his palm, and a brownish-red ball about the size of a thumb rolled out.

It looks a lot like the pills my grandfather used to take, but this one is shiny and has a sweet smell.

"Is this some kind of tonic?" Lan Zechen asked curiously.

Huh? Why are there Maltesers? Hong Xiaoduo was a little surprised when she saw what was in his palm. She had eaten these when she was a child, and she hadn't noticed them before that she had them in her spatial storage.

Upon closer inspection, the main ingredient in this product is cocoa butter, which can stimulate the brain to release dopamine, thus alleviating temporary low mood to some extent.

"It's not really a tonic, it's more like a sugar pill. It's just that when you're unhappy, taking one can make you feel better. Keep it safe, don't let my kids see it," Hong Xiaoduo said seriously, trying not to laugh.

"There's such a wonderful thing?" Lan Zechen quickly put the one in his palm into his mouth. He could clearly feel the outer shell of the candy slowly melting in his mouth. It was delicate and smooth, with a rich milky aroma, a hint of sweetness, and a hint of bitterness.

The filling in the middle is hard, and when you bite into it, it's crispy and fragrant. At his age, this is the first time Lan Zechen has tasted something with such a combination of soft on the outside and firm on the inside. The ratio of the outer shell to the inside is also wonderful. It's not too sweet or too dry, just right.

Seeing Lan Zechen squinting his eyes, looking completely absorbed, Hong Xiaoduo felt a little sorry for him. The head of Duobao Pavilion was over forty years old, and eating a Maltesers could make him so dramatic?

"Pavilion Master Lan, if you want to watch the excitement tonight, please sleep fully clothed. I'll have someone call you then." Hong Xiaoduo said this and walked away.

Lan Zechen opened his eyes from his reverie, greeted her with a "okay" to her back, then carefully closed the porcelain jar in his hand and placed it at his waist.

Just then, rain began to fall again, shocking the three of them once more—it had been exactly a quarter of an hour!
As darkness fell, I watched Ah Ping walk out of the room and down the stairs.

Hong Xiaoduo said the same thing to Tian Shu and the others as the Pavilion Master Lan, and everyone agreed, thinking that what she meant by watching the excitement was to catch the thief.

The younger ones were quite excited, but Quan Jinghuai felt that things might not be as simple as just watching the excitement or catching a thief.

After turning off the lights, Hong Xiaoduo used her mind to enter the space, turned on the computer, and looked at the image on the screen: the stable.

That's right, she installed surveillance cameras in the stables; it was a surveillance system that she redeemed using energy points.

Waiting was boring, so Hong Xiaoduo found a period drama on the computer. She didn't play it in full screen, so that the surveillance footage and the TV series were both on the screen, without interfering with either.

I moved the massage chair over, lay down, and watched TV shows and monitors while getting a massage.

The male and female leads were well-chosen, their acting was good, and the plot was alright, not too melodramatic. In the surveillance footage, A-Ping, sleeping in the corner opposite Xiao-Hui, was also quite well-behaved, lying there quietly. If he hadn't turned over a few times, Hong Xiao-Duo would have suspected the footage was frozen.

Just past midnight, the male and female leads in the drama had already experienced three misunderstandings. As the female lead was heartbroken and preparing to leave, Ah Ping, seen in the surveillance footage, finally got up, pulled out the bundle he had hidden two days earlier, and prepared to leave...