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Suddenly, she heard Tiaotiao's cheerful cries. She shaded her eyes with her hand and looked ahead, seeing Tiaotiao and Monkey Sister running toward her. Monkey Sister held a lotus leaf as an umbrella over her head with one hand, and an even larger lotus leaf in the other. It must have been Lady Wu's doing to send them to fetch her.
Seeing these two little ones lifted Qian Yixiu's spirits. She bent down to pat Tiaotiao and took the lotus leaf from Monkey Sister to hold over her own head, while leading Monkey Sister by the hand as they returned to Guiyuan together.
During dinner, Qian Yixiu relayed Lady Wang's words to Qian Sangui.
