"Mother, why do they keep looking at us?" Hao''er asked in a low voice. He saw that some people were looking at them and some were even following them.They were looking at them and talking quietly about them.


    "You need to get used to these gazes," Feng Jiu smiled slightly. "You will encounter more of this as you grow up. In the face of their scrutiny, just be true to yourself and ignore their remarks."


    "Oh," Hao''er replied, giving the crowd a nce before retracting his gaze.


    "Hao''er, take it." Guan Xilin handed over a stick of candied haws he had bought from somewhere.


    "Thank you, Uncle." Hao''er thanked him and reached out to take it. After taking a bite, the sweet and sour taste was delicious.


    "Is it tasty?" Guan Xilin asked him with a smile.


    "Tasty," Hao''er replied with a broad grin on his face.


    They continued to shop on the main street, asionally entering some curio shops to buy more precious trinkets. It was already dusk by the time they came to the west of the city.


    After making reservations for antern boat, Qin Xin invited all of them to board. She then sat at the bow and began ying the guqin to entertain them.


    Hao''er couldn''t stay still in the cabin, so he went to the bow. While Qin Xin ying the guqin, the boatman pushing the boat forward from the back, and his mother and uncle talking inside the cabin, hey on his stomach on the deck and reached out to touch theke water.


    "How cool! The water is so clear, I wonder if there are fish down there?" Hao''er said. He peered into the water curiously while his tiny hands stirred it, sshing only a few droplets.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    "Little Master,you shouldn''t y in the water while lying on your stomach. It''s very dangerous." Qin Xin stopped ying the guqin and reminded Hao''er gently.


    "I won''t fall." Hao''er said, stirring the water again, and asked, "Are there fish in theke?"


    "There must be fish in theke." Qin Xin put the guqin away and moved over to Hao''er to watch out for him in case he fell into theke.


    "It would be great if I could go into theke to catch fish. It must be a lot of fun." He was, after all, a six-year-old child who was naturally yful.


    Qin Xin smiled and was about to speak when her expression changed. She grabbed Hao''er, who was lying on the deck and moved quickly to the side.


    A hand shot up from the previously calmke surface, reaching directly for Hao''er. He would have been pulled into theke by that hand if it hadn''t been for her quick reaction to move Hao''er.


    The ssh broke the calm surface of theke. Almost in that instant, twenty or so figures shot up from the depths of theke. They aimed their swords directly at the boat and immediatelyunched an attack.


    They seemed to be attacking Feng Jiu and others, but a closer look revealed that their real target was Hao''er.


    Feng Jiu and the others flew out of the cabin. Feng Jiu''s eyes turned cold when she saw the surrounding ck robed men. A powerful pressure radiated outwards from her, with her at the centre. Those men in ck were instantly stunned by the intensity of this pressure which made them unable to move.


    But itsted only a split second. One of the men in ck suddenly let out a ferocious beast, which opened its huge jaws and charged at Qin Xin and Hao''er...