" Shhh!!!!!" Yanlong gestured with all of her being, frowning at Huo Mei.
Huo Mei was shocked into silence for a moment but only a moment.
" Baby! It's dangerous here. Where are your parents ? Wait !!! Who are your parents ? " she asked, kneeling down on the floor in a squat, making sure she's avoiding the filth on the floor.
When Huomei is level with Yanlong, she made her face as kind as possible, so as to not scare the little girl.
Yanlong finally realized, perhaps Huomei's face is half the reason for her misfortunes in her life.
HuoMei is very beautiful, but it's a kind of overbearing, domineering beauty. Despite trying to make her face look as kind as possible, she only looked like a fox demon trying to trick a child inorder to eat her.
' my poor friend! ' Yanlong lamented for a moment, even as she sneered at her.
Huomei could not hold her kind face for long.
The sneer on the three year old baby's face, as if she is looking down on the entire world is all too funny.
She has never seen a child who looked down on her with such an arrogant overbearing and patronizing look.
If it were normal times, this face would have made a meme for ' Empress dowager disdains! '
Yanlong felt even more offended by Huomei's sudden giggling.
" What are you laughing at ! " She sneered at her friend.
Huomei broke down in laughter at the words.
'Damn it ! this damn baby face ' Yanlong cursed internally.
" I am Yanlong. " She said.
" Hey ! Yanlong is the same age..! " Huomei stopped talking suddenly.
" Baby ! you do look like Yanlong. Are you her sister or something ? She never said she had a sister ? " Huo mei exclaimed.
" No, I am Yanlong. I got de-aged like this in the green sleep. " Yanlong exclaimed.
" Fine ! you don't believe me. We brought back a lot of useful items from L city. Our inventory includes a lock picking set, winter and summer materials, other than these, you even bought a few kilograms of pineapple pastry, because you absolutely can not live without it.
Last, but not least, you have lost your journal on the tenth of last month. You did not find it for an entire day. You were extremely worried, for You, Huomei, have a crush on Shao Jun, you scribbled that notebook of nonsense listing the names of your children.
You found the notebook next day on your pillow, since then you have been worrying who all knows your secret. " Yanlong finished.
Huo mei stood there, looking shocked.
She looked like she got betrayed in the worst sort of way.
" Fine ! Stop looking like I killed your puppy. I never thought of telling any one, nor did I plan doing anything with it, until now. " Yanlong said.
Huo mei still looked far too embarrassed and ashamed. After all, Shao Jun is the fiance of Mei Bing.
Yanlong sighed.
She did not mean to embarrass and shame her friend.
" Fine. I will let you in on a secret. Shao Jun likes you too. " Yanlong told her.
In the last life, this has been a right tragedy for Mei Bing , Huo mei and Shao Jun.
Huo Mei and Shao Jun died for each other, and Mei Bing became near inhuman after their demise.
Yan long came back to the present, only to face a Huo mei who's red as a tomato.
Her friend is still a little girl, not that battle hardened and weathered woman who had faced one too many disasters that broke her spirit.
" Hello ! Hello ! Earth to Huo Mei ! " Yanlong pinched Huomei's cheeks as she talked.
Huo mei came back to earth after some time.
She caught one arm of Yanlong, stopping her in her tracks.
" You are a baby now, Yanlong. Stay with us. We can protect you. " She told the girl.
" I know. " Yanlong responded.
" But I have far too many things to do, I can not do all of them if I stayed with you guys. If you truly want to help me, then have Bi yu modify my clothes and materials to fit to my current size. Also, another pair, for a boy. " Yanlong added as an afterthought.
" it's dangerous, A'long ! " Huo mei whined.
Yanlong is not moved.
" It is indeed dangerous. If you are that worried about me, then absorb the fire power in that fire jade. How to work your powers is written in the documents I sent you. Huo mei ! This is a world of the strong now. Many things look the same as the previous world, but they are not.
As beautiful girls, and children, we are the most vulnerable group in these troubled times. The only way to protect ourselves is through our power. You must become the strongest you could be as soon as possible.
Though I can not stay with you immediately, I plan to come back and stay with you in some time. If you are not strong enough to protect me, then I can not come to you any more.
So, please, if you truly wish to help me, then become as strong as possible. " Yanlong said with all of her sincerity.
She meant it.
None of her roommates are bad people.
Yet, all of them had their priorities.
Su Yan already had a boy she liked. That boy is an average run of the mill elite. If selling out Yanlong and her friends would benefit him, he would most definitely sell them out.
It's the same with the other girls, save Mei Bing.
But Mei Bing herself liked power.
Her own power is great, and she is great at politics.
If Huomei does not have enough power, there won't be a balance in the little kingdom Yanlong wished to establish here.
" Wow ! You look soooooooooooo cuuuuute saying all those big words. " Huo mei exclaimed, pinching Yanlong's cheeks.
' Damn this baby face ! ' Yanlong cursed again.
Yet, even as Huo mei pinched her face, her eyes became a little clouded.
It seems she has Yanlong's advice to heart.
She will most definitely practice diligently.
" Also, Don't tell others I have become like this. This is our little secret. " Yanlong said, offering her pinky.
Huo Mei's eyes gleamed at Yanlong.
Yanlong backed up as she realized what's coming next …