TSWPF -Chapter 408 Reflection

Li Qingning entered Li Qingling’s room and was even more startled to see her sitting calmly in a chair.

Could it be that her sister was angry with her?

She anxiously fiddled with her fingers, forcing a small smile, and called out softly, “Sister.”

“Decided to come back, huh?” Li Qingling lifted her eyes slightly to look at the little girl. “Had so much fun playing that you didn’t want to come home?”

Li Qingning had been worried sick, and yet here she was, running off with the men in black to the mountain, not wanting to return.

Li Qingling really wanted to give her a good spanking to teach her a lesson.

The little girl pretended not to know anything and giggled, then asked what Li Qingling wanted to see her for.

If it wasn’t important, she wanted to leave quickly—the expression on her sister’s face looked terrifying.

Her little heart trembled with fear.

“Can’t I come see you if it’s nothing?” Li Qingling replied coolly. “Why are you standing so far away? Afraid I’ll hit you?” This little girl really left her speechless.

Li Qingning scratched her head and slowly walked in front of Li Qingling. “Sister, what’s wrong? Did Brother-in-law make you angry? Tell me, I’ll go and beat him up for you.”

“…“

Li Qingling’s mouth twitched involuntarily. Did the girl truly not know, or was she pretending?

With her acting like this, Li Qingling’s urge to spank her only grew stronger.

“Li Qingning, don’t beat around the bush. Tell me, did you go play on Ninghua Mountain?” If she hadn’t heard it from the guards, they wouldn’t have known where she ran off to.

Who gave her the nerve to go out without informing anyone at home?

Li Qingning didn’t dare lie. She obediently nodded and admitted it.

If she had tried to deceive her sister and got caught, her buttocks would have paid the price.

Her admission was straightforward.

Li Qingling looked at the little girl in front of her and ground her teeth. “Do you know what you did wrong, huh?” How could her courage be so reckless—going out with strangers without fear of being kidnapped?

Hearing this, Li Qingning looked completely bewildered. What had she done wrong? Did she really do anything wrong?

She tilted her head, thinking hard, but couldn’t figure out where she went wrong.

Seeing the little girl’s clueless expression only made Li Qingling angrier, to the point of almost spitting blood.

“Stand there and think carefully! Figure out exactly what you did wrong! If you don’t, you’re not going out, do you hear me?”

Li Qingning felt wronged and scrunched her small brows, racking her brain trying to figure out what mistake she had made that angered her sister so much.

Li Qingling turned her head, no longer looking at the little girl’s pitiful face, afraid she would soften and not punish her.

This time, if the girl didn’t think it through properly, she wouldn’t let her leave.

Her courage was growing bolder and could not be left unchecked.

After three quarters of an hour, seeing that she still hadn’t realized her mistake, Li Qingling sighed slightly—her heart softened a bit.

“Before you went to Ninghua Mountain with others, did you tell us? Don’t you know we would worry?”

Hearing this, Li Qingning’s eyes widened. “I didn’t tell?” She remembered that she had said something.

Li Qingling gave her a faintly amused look. “What do you think?” Surely she had some sense of whether she had told them or not.

This little girl was trying to drive her crazy.

Li Qingning, feeling guilty, tapped her head and stepped forward to take Li Qingling’s hand. She apologized, promising never to do it again and that she would always inform her before going out.

This time, she really had forgotten. She thought she had told, but she hadn’t.

She was wrong, truly wrong, and would never do it again.

Li Qingling lightly tapped her forehead. “You, can’t you be more careful? Don’t you realize that running off like that will make us worry?” If the guards at home hadn’t seen, if they hadn’t informed them, who knew how worried they would have been?

“Sister, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me just this once?”

“How many times have you done this before?” Li Qingling glared at her. “Every time you admit your mistake quickly, but you never learn from it. Does that help, huh?”

Every time, she admitted her mistake quickly, yet the next time she made the same mistake. Li Qingling really didn’t know what else to say.

So exhausting… so exhausting…

Li Qingning felt a wave of panic, fearing her sister wouldn’t talk to her anymore. She carefully hugged Li Qingling and repeatedly vowed it would never happen again.

She truly wouldn’t make this mistake again, really…

Li Qingling looked down at her, sighed inwardly, and patted her little back, hoping to keep her away from the men in black so she wouldn’t become a target.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but seeing the trusting look in her eyes, she swallowed them.

Better to wait until the men in black leave.

“Sister, don’t be angry, okay?” Seeing her sister upset, Li Qingning felt both scared and worried. “Or you can hit me a few times to vent?”

Hearing the childlike words, Li Qingling couldn’t help but smile, pinching her little cheek. “You won’t go out for the next few days. Stay at home and accompany your sister, okay?” She wanted to use this method to separate her from the men in black.

“Okay…”

As long as her sister wasn’t angry, anything was fine.

“Good. Then I’ll trust you one more time. Don’t let your sister down again, understand?”

Li Qingning nodded heavily. She wouldn’t let her sister down again.

Li Qingling gently hugged the little girl and kissed her cheek to soothe her emotions.

Such a simple gesture made the little girl beam with joy.

She opened her mouth, about to share her good news, when Nianxia came running in, smiling broadly.

“Madam, we have a feast today!” There were so many prey, all kinds of prey, and just thinking about all the ways to cook them made her mouth water.

“What feast?” Li Qingling asked, puzzled at why she was so excited.

Nianxia teased her, telling her to ask Li Qingning—she knew.

Li Qingning knew?

Li Qingling raised an eyebrow. “Is it prey?” The little girl had gone to Ninghua Mountain with the men in black, so surely she must have brought back prey.

Nianxia gave her a thumbs up. “You’re amazing—you guessed it right.”

“Nianxia, did you bring back the prey? Where is it?” Li Qingning was excited thinking about all that prey.

“It’s piled up in the backyard.”

Piled up? Nianxia really said “piled up”?

Li Qingling looked at the little girl suspiciously. How much prey had they really brought back? The girl didn’t even seem to know.

Li Qingning tugged Li Qingling’s hand and led her to the backyard to see the prey.

With so much prey, they could cook a variety of dishes.

She swallowed hard, wishing she could eat immediately.

Li Qingling was curious how many prey they had brought back and didn’t refuse. She held Li Qingning’s hand and went to the backyard with her.

Upon arrival, seeing the huge pile of prey made her mouth twitch. They hadn’t hunted all the animals from Ninghua Mountain, had they?

Not just Li Qingling, even Li Qingning was shocked, her mouth agape.

How… how could there be so many?

She remembered there weren’t this many. Had Brother Ming’s companions gone hunting again?

“Ningning…” Li Qingling cleared her throat and called Li Qingning. “How did you hunt so much prey?”

Li Qingning shook her little head. “It wasn’t us. It was Brother Ming’s companions who hunted them and brought them back for you.”

Brother Ming?

The men in black?

Li Qingling’s eye twitched. Shouldn’t he be called ‘Uncle’? Why call him ‘Brother’?

No, that wasn’t important. The key point was that the men in black’s companions—weren’t they Netherworld assassins?

She glanced at the pile of prey stacked like a small mountain; her eye twitched even faster. No wonder they were assassins—one strike and it was done.

“Did… you thank them?”

Li Qingning froze. She hadn’t had time to thank them—they had already left.

She told Li Qingling honestly.

Li Qingling nodded, saying that when she had another chance to meet them, she should remember to say thank you.

“Okay, I’ll remember.” Excited, she asked Li Qingling, “Sister, with so much prey, what should we eat first?” How could they finish it all?

Li Qingling looked at the pile of prey and then down at Li Qingning. “Can we give some to the villagers who have helped our family?” Thinking of the injured villagers, she had the idea.

Li Qingning nodded generously. “Okay.”

“Thank you, Ningning.”

“You’re welcome.”

Li Qingling smiled and waved at Nianxia, asking her to bring the list of villagers who had helped them so she could give them some prey to eat.

The villagers were injured and needed proper nourishment.

With so much prey, it solved that problem perfectly.

Nianxia nodded and went off.

At this moment, Ah Huang and his family of three came out of the room and went to Li Qingning, saying they also wanted to eat.

Li Qingning nodded. “Sure, pick whichever you like.”

Diandian howled and ran to the pile of prey, pawing at it.

Ah Huang decisively grabbed two deer, saying they wanted two deer.

Li Qingling agreed.

Ah Huang whimpered twice more, indicating that they wanted them roasted.

“…“

Li Qingling indulgently nodded. “Okay.”

“Roar roar…” I want roasted wild chicken, roasted wild rabbit.

It grabbed a wild chicken and placed it in front of Li Qingling, then trotted back with a wild rabbit, clearly indicating it wanted Li Qingling to personally roast it.

“Alright, roasted it is!” Li Qingling smiled and nodded. Such a small request was easy to fulfill.

Diandian happily howled with joy.

Finally, they could eat wild chicken and rabbit roasted by their mistress. Wonderful.