I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

Chapter 55 Kitten

"Boss, I'm so hungry, please have pity on me," the little boy said, wrapping his tattered clothes tighter around himself.

Counting the days, it's already November. Although it's not cold in the Great Liang Kingdom yet, the weather here is unpredictable. It's warm and breezy now, but the temperature could drop sharply in a few days.

It is very similar to the modern Lingnan region.

This child, dressed like that, might not survive the winter.

The pancake stall owner frowned, struggled with his conscience, but still packed two pancakes and handed them to the little boy.

"Here are two more for you. That's all. Don't come back again!"

The little boy's eyes lit up instantly as he took the sesame seed cake: "Thank you, boss! Thank you, boss! I will definitely repay you in the future!"

"Go away! You should just try to survive this winter!" the pancake stall owner said dismissively.

Yun Qingyi pursed her lips, and looking at the little boy wolfing down his pancakes in front of the stall, she couldn't help but think of a kitten she used to have.

When I first met the kitten, it was just like this: dirty and skinny. A tiny little bundle, meowing at a child eating a meat bun by the roadside, begging for food.

But the kitten wasn't as lucky as the child in front of it. Not only did it fail to get any food, it was also toyed with by the child and thrown into the pond. When Yun Qingyi arrived, the thin kitten was already on the verge of death, its voice weak.

Finally, she took the kitten home, and her grandparents took it to the vet. The kitten got better day by day and often meowed at her. She was overjoyed. For the seven-year-old, after losing her parents, the kitten's arrival was like a gift from her parents in heaven.

However, the kitten ultimately did not survive that winter. It was too weak, so weak that Yun Qingyi could not feel any weight when she picked up its body.

She cried her heart out that day.

She no longer has a father and mother, nor the gifts they gave her.

Yun Qingyi walked up to the pancake stall, and the boy was slightly taken aback when he heard her footsteps.

He glanced down at the person standing next to him out of the corner of his eye and realized it was the woman he had met last night. Feeling somewhat embarrassed, he turned to run away.

Yun Qingyi quickly grabbed the little boy by the back of his neck by the collar.

Yun Qingyi weighed it in her hand; yes, it was as light as she had expected.

The boy's dirty face showed obvious surprise. He struggled to get down from Yun Qingyi's grasp.

"Don't move," Yun Qingyi said calmly.

Yun Qingrou, standing to the side, glanced at Yun Qingyi, then at the dirty child in her arms, and was a little confused.

Seeing that he couldn't break free, the little boy wisely stopped moving.

How much is the sesame seed cake?

"Huh?" The pancake stall owner was also a little flustered by Yun Qingyi's actions, but then he realized what she meant: "Six coins, six coins in total, three coins for a pancake."

The pancake stall owner nervously rubbed his hands together, speaking with a respectful tone.

These two young women were clearly not ordinary people. Although they were dressed plainly, their air of nobility was immediately apparent, setting them apart from someone like him who sold pancakes.

The two individuals are identified as members of wealthy and influential families.

But the pancake stall owner, looking at the little boy being carried, still forced himself to speak and said, "Miss, I don't know what this child has done to offend you. I'm giving you pancakes, as many as you want. Could you please let this child go?"

Yun Qingyi lowered her eyes slightly, seemingly lost in thought, but she didn't put the little boy down.

He took out a few taels of silver from his storage ring and placed them on the owner's pancake stall: "I paid for his pancakes, consider the extra a tip for you."

The pancake stall owner was stunned. Looking at the several pieces of gleaming silver in front of him, he was at a loss. He had never seen so much silver in his life.

After thinking for a moment, he resisted the urge to take it and said to Yun Qingyi, "Miss, I can't take yours. This is not my child. I can't sell him to you against my conscience. Please let him go. He has no parents and has been begging for food in this area for nearly a year. Every neighbor has seen him. Although we usually complain that he eats too much, we have watched him live."

"No father or mother..." Yun Qingyi murmured, staring at the child in her arms.

Yun Qingyi ignored the pancake stall owner and asked the thin boy in her hand, "What's your name?"

The little boy remained silent and did not utter a sound.

"Ergou, his name is Ergou," the pancake stall owner said quickly.

"Qi Heng, my name isn't Er Gou, it's Qi Heng." Upon hearing the pancake stall owner's words, Qi Heng immediately retorted.

Pancake stall owner: ...You're being picky. You don't even speak properly. I'm speaking up for you, and you still complain that Er Gou sounds bad. Er Gou is such a good name. It's easy to raise.

Besides, I've been calling you Er Gou for so long and I've never heard you say your name is Qi Heng.

“Are you willing to follow me? I can support you and provide you with the best resources for your cultivation,” Yun Qingyi said.

For a moment, not only was the pancake stall owner stunned, but Yun Qingrou was also stunned.

The pancake stall owner breathed a sigh of relief. Oh, so he wanted to adopt this child. He should have said so earlier.