Prince Sheng Mansion was too huge. Only yards with seven gates, they had quite a few. Inside the mansion, pavilions, terraces, engraved beams, and a man-made river that ran across the whole mansion, even no inferior to the imperial palace. According to the rules in the mansion, only Yan Shengrui and Ling Jingxuan had the right to live in the main house, while others could only be arranged into different side houses. And the mansion even prepared a yard for the little princes and little dukes to live in. But Ling Jingxuan thought it was far from him, so he directly let the kids all live in his seven-gate main house, even wolf daddy and others moved to the next door of the main house.
When they arrived in the morning, they were totally in no mood to appreciate the extravagance of the mansion. Now, while Ling Jingxuan was busying dealing with all kinds of things, Zhao&Han couple took the kids and others to look around the whole main house. As they were about to go to other yards, the maids and servants leading way for them got called away. Realizing that something might have happened in the front yard, the Zhao&Han couple who also felt a bit tired took the kids to take some rest in the pavilion and then go on after they were done.
“Wu!”
After quite some time, a suddenly call came into their ears. Hearing that, the few little buns got stunned instantly, nearly turned their stiffened body at the same time, and then saw Yan Xiaoming wearing decently who had grown a lot taller trotting towards them panting, while waving at them excitedly.
“Brother Yan…It’s Brother Yan…”
The small bun shouted while slipping off the stone stools and ran toward him. The big bun and Tiewa who reacted a bit slower followed. The three little page boys gave each other a look and didn’t go disturb their reunion.
“Brother Yan!”
“Wu!”
Throwing himself into his arms, the small bun sounded like he was nearly crying. Yan Xiaoming also opened his arms and held him tightly, then called, “Wen, Tiewa!”
“Brother Yan!”
Eyes reddened, the two of them also threw themselves over and held his arms on both sides. The four brothers held together then. It had been over a year. They had been missing each other so badly, even dreamed of each other in their dreams. Today, finally! As kids, they directly used their tears to express their exciting feelings now.
“Crying…Brother Yan, finally! I thought you have dictched me… Boohoo…”
The small bun holding his neck was crying especially ‘bitterly’. At this moment, he didn’t care about the principle that a big man shouldn’t cry. He only wanted to let Brother Yan know how much he missed him.
“Brother (Wu).”
Frightened by his exaggerating crying, Ling Wen and Tiewa both let go of Yan Xiaoming’s arms and then only looked at Ling Wu, with undisguised worries in the eyes. Is he…all right?
“All right, Wu, isn’t it that I’m stand here already? Be good. Let me check our Wu! Stop crying!”
Hands freed, Yan Xiaoming tried to push him away a bit, then raised his hand to wipe off the tears for him. Seeing him crying so sadly, Yan Xiaoming also had tears glittering in his eyes. Over the past year, he had been living in the deep palace with his father empress. Not only they had to keep watching about those bad people around, but also he had to try all means to win his father emperor’s favor and his trust. Every step was liking treading on thin ice, only afraid that a wrong step would let them perish. When deep in the night or when he nearly couldn’t hang in there, Uncle Ling’s face would appear in his head, and also the cute faces of his little brothers. And then, he’d keep telling himself that even for them, he had to hang in there and fight for that noblest position and then create a peaceful world for them, then they could be themselves. As time went by, this belief not only didn’t fade away, it grew more solid!
“Brother Yan, you have lost some weight!”
As the small bun looked at his face with the tears, his little fleshy hand unceremoniously touched the other side’s face, with his little mouth pouted. Brother Yan didn’t take good care of himself!
“Wu, are you caring about me?”
Pressing his hand over his a little fleshy hand, Yan Xiaoming couldn’t help spreading a hearty smile. Whatever he had been though, tricks or assassinations, the warmness at this moment was enough!
“Of course! Why didn’t you take care of yourself? I don’t like you like this.”
Nodding honestly, the small bun said his heart. Like Brother Yan wanted to watch him turn into a meat stuffed bun, he also wanted his Brother Yan to grow fatter, unlike now, so skinny.
“Be good. Don’t feel sorry for me. It’s not that I grow thinner but I grow taller, so it makes me look a bit thinner. That’s your illusion. Actually I am still the same as before.”
The smile on the face grew wilder, and Yan Xiaoming took his hand, the more he said, the happier. Pouting, the small bun thought about it with his head tilted, and then asked highly doubtedly, “Really?”
“Of course. When have I ever lied to you?”
Knowing that those few younger brothers were hard to fool, Yan Xiaoming held him and turned to Ling Wen and Tiewa, “Wen, Tiewa, it’s so good to see you again. You’ve both grown taller and a bit fatter. I’ve missed you so much over the past year.”
“We’ve also missed you. Brother Yan, how you doing?”
Ling Wen seemed to notice that he was trying to switch the topic, after throwing a peep at his younger brother, he only asked so. When in Ling Village, sometimes, he’d overheard the conversation of daddy and father, and used all threatening ways to let Uncle Yi tell him the truth. He knew he didn’t live well here. As for how? He totally had no idea.
“Well, I’m doing fine.”
Seeing the worries under his eyes, Yan Xiaoming held out to touch his face. He really felt he was doing fine. And now as he saw them again, whether he was doing fine or not was no longer important.
“Hmm. Brother Yan, don’t be afraid. In the future, we will face it with you, and wolf daddy and Dahei and Xiaohei, Chubby and Plump, they are all here. Whoever dares bully you, I will let wolf daddy and Dahei bite them!”
After staring at him deeply, Ling Wen nodded. And then Tiewa couldn’t wait to chime in, “Brother Yan, Plump is mine, and Chubby is the little Dumpling’s. My adoptive daddy said they are called pandas, very cute! Later we will take you to see them! I promise you’ll like them!”
When Plump was brought back by wolf daddy, seeing that all the kids had their own pets but only Tiewa didn’t, so Ling Jingxuan blamed himself for being so careless and immediately made the decision to let Tiewa have Plump as his pet, and the name was given by Tiewa himself.
“Really? So we got new members with us now. Then I am really expecting.”