Chapter 531: The Aunt with Ulterior Motives (1st update)
Chapter 531: Chapter 531: The Aunt with Ulterior Motives (1st update)
After the dolphin show had ended, the two little girls bid a reluctant farewell to the dolphins and left the dolphin pavilion.
“Sister, where are we going now?” Nian Nian asked.
“To see the big sharks!” Xiang Xiang said.
“Ah… What’s so good about that, it’s terrifying!”
“Terrifying?” Xiang Xiang asked.
Nian Nian nodded, “Isn’t it terrifying?”
“That’s because you’re not seeing it right! Just imagine what sharks would look like without teeth, and you’ll find them actually quite adorable!”
After thinking hard for a while with her head tilted, Nian Nian laughed, her eyes curving into crescents, “That’s true, without teeth the sharks do seem cute and cuddly!”
“Let’s go! First, let’s get ourselves two tubs of ice cream, then we’ll go see the sharks, and after that we’ll take a cab home!”
ReadNovelFull.com“Mhm!” Upon hearing ice cream mentioned, Nian Nian couldn’t help but show her excitement.
While the two girls were discussing their plans, a soft female voice came from behind, “Hello, two little beauties!”
Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian turned to look.
They saw a woman, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, whose appearance could barely be considered delicate, squatting on the ground, smiling at them.
“Hello, auntie!” the two little girls said politely.
“Er…” The woman’s expression turned slightly embarrassed, “Call me sister!”
“Okay, auntie! Is there something you need, auntie?” Xiang Xiang asked.
This time, the woman chose to ignore Xiang Xiang’s reference and said with a smile, “Where are you two little beauties off to?”
“To see the sharks!”
“What a coincidence! I also want to see the sharks. Can we go together?” the woman suggested eagerly, her face the picture of sincerity.
“Sure!” Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian had no suspicions and nodded right away.
“Then let’s get to know each other! My name is Xu Jiaojiao. What are your names, beauties?”
“I’m Xiang Xiang!”
“I’m Nian Nian!”
“What lovely names! Are you twins?”
“Yes, we are!”
Xu Jiaojiao was now very excited, feeling that her recent streak of bad luck had finally come to an end.
Ever since the Sect issued the order for its disciples scattered abroad to find children with Spiritual Energy, Xu Jiaojiao had been tirelessly searching for suitable candidates.
But where could you find so many children with Spiritual Energy these days?
Not to mention children with Spiritual Energy, it was also difficult to approach regular children because they were always accompanied by parents when outside.
Xu Jiaojiao dared not do anything too extreme.
In Hua Country, kidnapping was an undoubtedly capital crime.
Even if the law couldn’t punish her, the righteous would pursue her relentlessly.
As the Sect’s deadline approached, she still hadn’t found anyone.
Xu Jiaojiao felt an overwhelming sense of dread.
She knew full well the Sect’s methods.
If she couldn’t produce any children with appropriate qualities by the deadline, she would unquestionably face death.
So, Xu Jiaojiao was at her wits’ end, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Today, she had come to the aquarium to try her luck. After walking around and not finding any suitable children, she reluctantly headed to the dolphin pavilion for one last attempt.
It was there, in the audience seats, she saw Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian playing with the dolphins.
Xu Jiaojiao was overjoyed.
These two little girls were clearly extraordinary, children with an aura of strong Spiritual Energy, Ling Yun.
What was even rarer was a pair of twins, which aligned perfectly with the Sect’s requirements.
If she could offer up these two little girls, she wouldn’t just complete her mission but would also receive a reward from the Sect.
Thinking this, Xu Jiaojiao’s heart surged with fervor.
When Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian left the dolphin exhibit, she followed them out.
Upon realizing that the two little girls were unaccompanied by any parents, she was ecstatic, feeling as if even the heavens were aiding her, and quickly approached them to strike up a conversation.
Once they arrived at the shark exhibit, Xu Jiaojiao enthusiastically bought snacks and drinks for the two girls.
But the two girls firmly refused them.
“Auntie Xu, Mommy said we shouldn’t accept things from strangers!” said Xiang Xiang.
Xu Jiaojiao, brimming with enthusiasm, “How can I be a stranger? Haven’t we just met? Here, Nian Nian, take this!”
Xu Jiaojiao stuffed the snacks into Nian Nian’s arms.
Unexpectedly, the usually greedy Nian Nian also shook her head and stepped back half a step.
“Auntie Xu, I don’t want it!”
By then, curious glances were already coming from the people around them.
Fearing exposure, Xu Jiaojiao hurriedly said with a smile plastered across her face, “What good children! If you don’t want it, then I’ll hold onto it for you. When you feel like eating, I’ll give it to you.”
After that, Xu Jiaojiao started watching the sharks with the two little girls.
After playing a bit longer,
Nian Nian said, “Sister, we should leave now! Otherwise, if Mommy finds out we snuck out, she’ll definitely get angry!”
Xiang Xiang also began to feel a little scared and nodded, “Yeah, let’s go now!”
As they spoke, they said their goodbyes to Xu Jiaojiao, “Auntie Xu, we’re going home now!”
Xu Jiaojiao certainly wasn’t going to give up. She said with a smile, “Where do Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian live? If it’s on my way, I can take you home!”
Xiang Xiang asked with confusion, “Aren’t you going to play anymore?”
“No more playing, I’ve seen everything already, it’s not that interesting!”
“Oh! But where we live is quite far from here, over by Yunmeng Villa, is that on your way too?”
Xu Jiaojiao nodded eagerly, “On the way, on the way. It so happens that I live at Yunmeng Villa!”
“Really?” the two little girls asked in surprise.
“Of course it’s true!” chuckled Xu Jiaojiao to herself, even if you lived in the Imperial Palace, it would still be ‘on my way’ for me! Looks like it’s easy to fool kids!
“But how come we’ve never seen Auntie Xu before?”
“Ahem, I just moved in last month! I don’t really stay there much!”
“Oh!” The two little girls nodded.
“Alright, let’s get going now. Otherwise, your mommy and daddy will start worrying if it gets late!”
“Yeah, yeah!” The two little girls nodded in agreement.
Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t have been happier as she led the two little girls out of the oceanarium and to the parking lot.
She drove a silver-gray sedan that looked quite unremarkable, and even its license plate was mostly obscured by dust.
“Two little beauties, please get in the car!” Xu Jiaojiao invited with a smile as she opened the car door.
Although Xiang Xiang and Nian Nian were exceptionally clever for their age, they were still just five or six-year-old children. And with Xu Jiaojiao’s smile being so genuine, they obediently got into the car.
As Xu Jiaojiao closed the car door, a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
Little girls, don’t blame me!
You’re the ones who walked right into the trap!
“Auntie Xu, why haven’t we left yet?” Xiang Xiang asked.
Xu Jiaojiao’s face immediately blossomed into a smile, “We’re going, we’re leaving right now!”
Then she started the car, left the parking lot, and disappeared into the bustling traffic of the evening rush hour.