After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 44 Saburo is arrested

Su Xiaoxiao answered with certainty, "No, I will never leave you behind, no matter where I go."

Da Bao's tears were now flowing like pearls from a broken string. Although he was only a little boy, he was already so thoughtful and thought things through so far ahead.

There's no way around it; it's all forced upon us by reality. Even though the children are young, in this kind of environment, it's impossible for them not to mature early.

The weather was lovely today, with a gentle spring breeze. The streetscape was absolutely beautiful, with its lovely buildings, diverse shops, and wide, clean streets.

The two children were seeing such a beautiful sight for the first time when suddenly someone on the street shouted that they were frying stinky tofu.

At that moment, both Da Bao and Xiao Bao looked over there at the same time. There was a very kind-looking old man selling fried stinky tofu on the street.

What is fried stinky tofu?

Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback, not expecting that Da Bao and Xiao Bao didn't even know what fried stinky tofu was.

These two children have never eaten this before, have they? Su Xiaoxiao quickly stopped the oxcart and went over to say she would buy fried stinky tofu for the two children.

Su Xiaoxiao stopped the oxcart. Sanlang was already on the cart and it was inconvenient for him to get off, so he said he would wait for Su Xiaoxiao and the others on the cart.

Su Xiaoxiao said she would be right back after buying the fried stinky tofu, so she took the children with her to buy stinky tofu.

It turned out that next to the fried stinky tofu vendor, there was also a candied hawthorn vendor. The two children wanted to go and buy candied hawthorn because they had never eaten it before.

They expressed a strong desire to try what candied hawthorn tastes like.

A stern-looking guard suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He was carrying a knife and stared at Su Xiaoxiao and the two children with a somewhat unfriendly look.

Da Bao and Xiao Bao were holding candied hawthorns, and they looked very scared.

Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly pulled the two of them behind her. There were several other people dressed similarly beside the guard with the sword. After they left, Su Xiaoxiao went to get the fried stinky tofu she had just bought, because frying stinky tofu would take a while.

They had just returned from getting the stinky tofu when they saw the guards surrounding Su Xiaoxiao's oxcart.

Su Xiaoxiao immediately sensed something was wrong.

These people look like officials, not bandits. Are they trying to steal her oxcart?
But it didn't look like it, and Su Xiaoxiao was so anxious that there was nothing on her oxcart.

There was only Sanlang on the oxcart. Su Xiaoxiao thought to herself, surely they wouldn't go so far as to kidnap Sanlang in broad daylight? Sanlang is a man, not some virgin.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't think too much about it. After she received the stinky tofu from the vendor and paid him, she turned around and looked back.

But something seems wrong. What happened?

Su Xiaoxiao's oxcart is still in the same place, but where is Sanlang on it?
"Saburo?"

Su Xiaoxiao quickly picked up Xiaobao and led Dabao to run towards the oxcart.

"Sanlang, Sanlang..."

She called out Sanlang's name, but there was no sign of him. The group of guards in front of her left only a shadowy figure for Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao couldn't catch up with those people at all, and she fell to the ground alone with Xiaobao and Dabao.

But she couldn't understand why those people who looked like soldiers wanted to kidnap Saburo. Saburo shouldn't know them, right?
Su Xiaoxiao felt as if she had fallen into a bottomless glacier.

Judging from the appearance of those people, they seemed to be government officials. Su Xiaoxiao went over and asked the man who was frying stinky tofu if he had noticed whose group of people had just passed by. The man who was frying stinky tofu said he didn't know and hadn't noticed.

She went to ask the candied hawthorn vendor again, and he said it looked like someone from the military, but he didn't recognize them or know which family they belonged to. Su Xiaoxiao was even more confused; there was no one else she could ask.

Su Xiaoxiao knew that it was too late for her to go find Sanlang now.

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao felt extremely lost, as if she had lost the most important thing.

She dejectedly led her two children home together.

Back home, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't find any trace of Sanlang, and she felt very disappointed.

It felt like something was missing from the house. Looking at the blood-stained armor that Sanlang had left behind, Su Xiaoxiao fell into deep thought.

Although Su Xiaoxiao knew that Sanlang's identity was ominous when she took him in, she was worried that taking him in rashly might bring trouble upon herself.

However, Su Xiaoxiao, upholding humanitarian principles, still managed to save Sanlang despite the immense pressure of seeing how badly he was injured.

Su Xiaoxiao always had a feeling that Sanlang was a deserter on the battlefield, and she was really afraid that was the case. She was afraid that one day Sanlang would be caught and sent back to the army to fight, and might even be punished.

Su Xiaoxiao was afraid that this day would come, and now that it has actually arrived, she has become restless.

The two children started looking for Sanlang. After spending so many days together, they couldn't live without him anymore and considered him as family.

Su Xiaoxiao suppressed her grief, but she was very worried about Sanlang's leg injury and what those people might do to him. However, Su Xiaoxiao had no way of finding out any news about Sanlang.

Su Xiaoxiao planned to store the vegetables she bought today in the outdoor cellar, worried that they would spoil if left indoors for too long.

While she was busy in the yard, someone next door quietly called Su Xiaoxiao's name.

Su Xiaoxiao was startled and wondered what was going on so late at night.
She had hidden these vegetables hoping no one would see them, because if they were, they would probably be stolen again.

She then heard a voice from next door calling her name.

"Who?"

The voice was deliberately lowered, as if afraid of being discovered.

Finally, by the moonlight, Su Xiaoxiao could see clearly that it was actually Grandma Wang's youngest son, Liu Zi'an, who was studying away from home.

Grandma Wang's husband's surname was Liu, and Liu Zi'an was the youngest of them all. He was the most successful member of the family that Grandma Wang always thought about.

Liu Zian is a bit different from his mother. Because of his studies, he understands more principles and sometimes he can't stand his mother bullying Su Xiaoxiao.

This time he called her Su Xiaoxiao, but Su Xiaoxiao didn't understand what he meant.

"What's wrong? When did you get back?"

Liu Zian clasped his hands in thanks to Su Xiaoxiao and said, "I must thank Miss Su this time. If it weren't for your connections, I wouldn't have known that a gang of con artists had recently appeared in the capital. They were running rampant and specifically targeting scholars. My companion and I were able to return safely thanks to Miss Su's tip-off."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao's expression became extremely awkward. She had only made up a lie at the time, never expecting it to actually come true.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's what I should do."

"What do you want to ask me?"

Su Xiaoxiao then asked Liu Zian why he was doing this so secretly.

(End of this chapter)