Chapter 550: The Best Uncle
"Thank you, Uncle Qin! Uncle Qin, you’re really the best! You’re the best uncle I’ve ever met!" Xiao Xue looked at the assorted candies and some very delicate pastries with sparkling eyes, almost drooling; wow, they really smell so delicious!
Han Jing and the others hung their heads in utter embarrassment. Who is this bootlicking little girl? They really didn’t want to know her at all! So disgraceful!
Especially Lan Ling, who wished he could just pack up the little girl and carry her away! Your Uncle Lan Ling has spoiled you for so many years, and he still can’t measure up to those two boxes of candies! This really doesn’t feel good at all!
Only Qin Shutong laughed heartily, "If you like them, Uncle Qin will have someone send them to you again tomorrow."
The little girl adorably nodded her little head while reaching out her chubby paws to taste this and then that, only able to intermittently utter fragmented words like "ah," "wow," "so tasty."
Qin Shutong’s gaze was melting.
He couldn’t help but recall the scene after he returned to the palace the day before.
When he left, for some reason, he remembered the little girl’s adorable expression as she counted her candy art, so he went to that candy art stall and bought a few more to take back.
Returning to the palace, it happened to be time for the evening meal, so he had people bring over a few little princesses and then gave them the candy art.
He looked at them expectantly, waiting to see them beaming with happiness as they counted how to eat them, just like Xiao Xue, or licking them and exclaiming cutely like her. But all he heard were confined, respectful utterings of "Thank you, Father, for your gift," and all along, they looked at the candy art with elegance, not even trying a bite.
He immediately found it extremely dull and sent them all away.
And after they left, he wondered if perhaps they were too constrained in his presence, and maybe privately, they were also very lovely? So he only brought an attendant eunuch, did not notify anyone else, and quietly went to the palace of one of the relatively lively little princesses, just as he entered the hall, he heard that little princess complaining to her mother about why Father was giving them such unsightly things, saying the candy was yellow, sticky, and big, with nothing but a simple sweet flavor. As princesses, how could they stick out their tongues to lick like the kids outside? It would be utterly unbecoming of their image.
Qin Shutong’s face immediately darkened, and he turned and left.
He just wanted to be closer to them, that’s all.
He longed for a daughter like Xiao Xue. Being her father must be truly blissful.
Qin Shutong looked at Han Jing, then at Lan Ling, then back at Xiao Xue, and immediately realized that this charmingly beautiful man was not the little girl’s father.
Miss Han had black eyes, so Xiao Xue’s green eyes must have been inherited from her father. Qin Shutong couldn’t help but feel some curiosity, cleared his throat, and a bit awkwardly asked, "Miss Han, I have a question; I don’t know if it’s appropriate to ask?"
Han Jing nodded, "Feel free to ask."
Qin Shutong looked at the busy little Xiao Xue trying out food and couldn’t help but ask, "I wonder what Miss Han’s husband does?"
Han Jing was stunned, not knowing how to answer him or why he suddenly asked such a question.
Seeing Han Jing remain silent, Qin Shutong felt embarrassed and quickly explained, "Miss Han, please don’t misunderstand me; I don’t mean anything else. I just find Xiao Xue incredibly endearing and very much admire her father; he must be extremely happy."