CHAPTER 2002: CHAPTER 2004: NIGHTMARE

"I don’t believe it, my mom will definitely come looking for me."

The child shouted angrily, almost knocking over the old man’s medicine sieve.

Looking closely, this child was none other than the Ye Family’s Second whom they were anxiously searching for, Ye Haoyang.

At this moment, a hissing sound came, and Yangyang turned his head to see the large snake that had saved him, with a small thin snake following behind.

The small thin snake was the one originally curled up inside the carriage, and the large snake was coiled on a jutting cliff edge.

When the carriage fell, the snake heard the sound inside and wrapped itself around Yangyang to get him out.

It was then found by the old man gathering herbs, who brought him back.

"Old man, aren’t these two snakes kind of strange?"

"What’s strange about them?"

"Look, it’s January, still pretty cold, why aren’t they hibernating?" Yangyang said, scratching his head, "Why was it coiled on the cliff edge?"

"Snakes fed with poison don’t need to hibernate," the old man rolled his eyes, his long eyebrows twitching a few times.

Being young, he didn’t think to ask why a poison-fed snake would be on a cliff.

"Oh!"

Yangyang nodded, patting the head of the large snake, "Thank you for saving me, I’ll take care of you from now on."

"Ha, with those little skinny legs and arms of yours, it’s good enough if you don’t need others to care for you,"

the old man seemed to enjoy bantering with Yangyang, "Look at you, all tender like a boiled chicken, just stay here with me."

"If I’m a boiled chicken, you’re old donkey meat." Hearing this, Yangyang got indignant again, "It’s all your fault, if you hadn’t brought me back, my mom would have definitely taken me home."

"I did it on purpose, got a problem with that?" the old man snorted, "Little old me gets quite lonely staying here, you stay with me, and it’ll be a huge benefit for your entire life."

The old man went inside and unapologetically closed the door.

Yangyang ran up, banging on the door, but there was no response.

He immediately began to wail loudly, "I want to go home, boo hoo..."

The non-stop crying was driving the meditating old man inside nuts. He opened the door and threw out a book, "Such a nuisance, finish practicing this and you can go home."

Upon hearing this, Yangyang quickly wiped his tears, took the book.

He flipped through it, getting more and more absorbed, "Old Huang, doesn’t this old man seem not so bad after all, huh?" Old Huang was the name he gave the large snake.

Prince An’s Mansion

The night was dark and windy, the entire mansion utterly quiet.

"Ah..."

A piercing scream came from the bamboo courtyard.

"Xiaxia, what’s wrong?" Ye Zi’an, who was in the outer room reading a book, hurried into the inner room.

"Brother An, I dreamed of Yangyang, he said he misses home and wants us to find him quickly." Just waking from the dream, Yang Chuxia was clearly very emotional, gripping Ye Zi’an’s arm and refusing to let go.

"I’ve already sent people to look, Xiaxia, don’t be agitated, stay calm." Ye Zi’an held her in his arms, gently patting her back, "Today, my cousin sent more people, we will definitely find Yangyang."

"Don’t use his people, use our own," Yang Chuxia suddenly said, "Even if our own people are slower, it’s safe."

How could Ye Zi’an not understand her intention? Not only Yang Chuxia, but he himself also doubted the origin of those two arrows, considering the one who most wanted Prince Le dead at that time was likely Baili Yan.