C8 The Immortal Candy That Could Grow Taller after Eating It!

He heard a soft sobbing sound from the wall.

Gu Jun’an frowned and focused his mind. He listened carefully and walked closer to the source of the sound.

It was too dark and the trees were too dense. Gu Jun’an had to hang a lantern on the wall and went back to where he was. He saw a small figure huddled up in the tree.

She was carrying him on her back. She was holding her legs and there seemed to be a small bag in her arms. Her small body was still trembling.

“Xiao Jiu?” He said softly.

Gu Jun’an was standing on the wall and was only a few steps away from her.

“Why are you on the tree?”

Lan Qingqian’s small red eyes were filled with tears. She wiped her tears away and said, “I want to go home! The tree is too high. I can’t get down from it… I, I’m not a child that no one wants. The bad guy was talking nonsense. My father really likes me. My, the Emperor’s nephew also likes me. He even gave me lots of sweets. I won’t be abandoned, sob, sob, sob…”

She couldn’t take it anymore. She started to cry. She sounded wronged but she knew that since her father went to a faraway place, everyone’s attitude towards her had changed. They weren’t willing to play with her anymore.

“I want my father. I want to go home. But the home is too far away! They, they said that they will let me go when I grow up. But I haven’t grown up for the past two or three days.” Lan Qingqian sat on her legs with her hands on her ears. She was crying.

Gu Jun’an was so sad that he squatted and said, “Who said that no one wants you? I still want you!”

Lan Qingqian still wiped her tears and sniffed. She cried by herself, as if Gu Jun’an’s comfort didn’t work.

Gu Jun’an had to change his way of talking, “Are you hungry?”

Lan Qingqian was crying and her body trembled when she heard him. She hesitated and said angrily, “I’m not hungry. I want to go home.” However, her stomach couldn’t help but cheerfully sing.

She looked down at her stomach and said, “My stomach is not hungry. I’m angry, angry!”

Gu Jun’an nodded and said, “Okay!”

Gu Jun’an thought for a moment and said, “Since you can go back when you grow up, why don’t you wait a few more days? I suddenly remember that the tree in my yard seems to have grown some Divine Fruits. They are shining and can grow very quickly. Otherwise, when you go down, I’ll go and pick them for you. You can grow up quickly after eating them.”

“You’re lying!” Lan Qingqian felt that she was not that stupid to fall for his lie.

Gu Jun’an said, “Forget it. I’ll give it to Gu Xinghe. He is so stupid. He always only grows a head but not a brain. It’s because he ate the Divine Fruits. Actually, he was not much taller than you before.”

When she saw how he spoke with a straight face and recalled Gu Xinghe’s appearance, she realized that he was indeed very tall, almost as tall as the old prince. Lan Qingqian couldn’t help but feel a little moved.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally nodded and compromised.

When Gu Jun’an lifted her up from the tree, Lan Qingqian tightly held onto the small baggage in her hand. Standing under the tree, she saw that some of the tree bark was scattered around the tree trunk. It seemed that she had kicked it off when she climbed the tree.

She took her to the ancient tree in front of her own yard and jumped onto it. She touched the dense foliage of the tree for a while, and when she landed, there was a piece of candy wrapped in gold foil on her palm.

Lan Qingqian immediately peeled it and stuffed it into her mouth. She said vaguely, “How can there only be one? You can pick a few more for me. I’ll grow taller after eating one.”

Her heart was quite thick!

“You can only eat one candy at a time. It won’t be useful if you eat too much!” Gu Jun’an casually bluffed.

Lan Qingqian stood under the tree reluctantly for a while before slowly returning.

After entering the house, Lan Qingqian somehow found a piece of ink from somewhere and pressed her head against the wall. She carefully drew a line and compared it to how tall she was.