After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 743 Let it go.

Ye Sanqing and Sheng Hanyu remained silent and waited on the side.

"Xiaoyuan? Why aren't you home sleeping?"

Not long after, someone came out to open the door.

Indeed, there were no lights on in the room, and the person who came did not have a flashlight or anything like that.

"Auntie, I want to see if my younger brother and sister are at your house..." Xiao Yuan said, looking up.

The person who entered was a round-faced woman who didn't look very happy. She complained, "Why are you knocking so late? We're all asleep..."

Halfway through her sentence, she noticed the other two people. "Who are you?"

“Hello, Auntie,” Sheng Hanyu said. “We ran into Xiaoyuan on the road and thought it wasn’t safe for a little girl to be out so late at night, so we decided to give her a ride home.”

"..." The woman frowned and looked them up and down.

They were both dressed in sportswear, not attire that would show off their status. Given the darkness, the woman was also somewhat puzzled. "I've never seen you before. Are you tourists? This young man is very capable and quick-witted. If you want to propose marriage, you can do so directly."

"Huh?" Ye Sanqing was even more puzzled. "She's only ten years old, how could you say such a thing?"

Her thoughts are so disjointed... No, actually it shouldn't be disjointed, but rather she's been thinking about this the whole time, so she starts selling to strange men as soon as she sees them.

But... the word "sales" itself is unpleasant.

"Ten years old is quite old. You can get married in a few more years! You city people don't understand, we get married very young in the countryside!" The woman waved her hand and then reached out to pinch the little round face. "See, I told you to eat more. You're so small, no one will want you!"

"I don't want to get married!" Xiao Yuan shouted, dodging the woman's hand.

It seems they underestimated the situation; this was far more than just a few words exchanged during a meal.

Since the woman started talking as soon as she saw Xiaoyuan, she was sure she would keep talking forever, so Xiaoyuan preferred to stay on the street.

“Auntie, you can’t do this,” Ye Sanqing said.

Sheng Hanyu sensed that she seemed a bit agitated and immediately said, "We're just passing by. Even if you want to find Xiaoyuan a marriage partner, you can't just start pushing your services on strangers, can you? What if you encounter bad people?"

"How could there be bad people?" the woman exclaimed, her eyes wide. "Isn't this how everyone gets by? How bad can they be? As long as they can get food, they're considered good people."

"You really shouldn't have said that," Ye Sanqing said calmly.

Her temper has escalated!

Sheng Hanyu said, "You can't do this. What about Xiaoyuan's younger siblings? Do you usually talk to them like this?"

This is terrible. Although it's not that I'm intentionally trying to harm children, this kind of... ignorant and foolish idea can easily hurt people.

Sheng Hanyu could easily imagine what fate awaited Xiaoyuan if she encountered someone with ulterior motives, not to mention that they had previously cracked down on a criminal syndicate involved in human trafficking...

"Of course! Oh, boys are different!" the woman said proudly. "Girls, of course, need to find a good family. First, we'll exchange the dowry, then we'll prepare for Xiao Liang's wedding!"

Xiao Liang must be Xiao Yuan's younger brother. Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan exclaimed, "Xiao Liang is so young, how can he get married?!"

"Everyone has to grow up, and when they grow up, they have to get married!" the woman said dismissively. "Xiao Liang and the other girls have gone back to your house to sleep. You should go back and take care of them. Don't disturb our sleep."

"Really? We have to exchange betrothal gifts first. What about the money Xiaoyuan's parents gave you?" Ye Sanqing wasn't familiar with the local customs, but she knew there seemed to be something wrong with the amount of money involved.

"...I don't know anything about money." The woman suddenly lost her confidence as she spoke, took a step back, and glanced into the yard.

"You have to know, whether you want to or not," Sheng Hanyu smiled. "Do you know that what you said today is illegal?"

"Hey, how is this illegal? I want my child to get married, what's wrong with that!" the woman shouted into the yard. "Husband! Come out and do something about it!"

It seems that Xiaoyuan's uncle has come out; he's probably been listening to their conversation in the yard.

Sheng Hanyu knew that this type of person would start throwing a tantrum if he couldn't reason with them, so he gave Ye Sanqing a look.

Ye Sanqing misunderstood, and stepped forward to pull the woman aside, saying, "Make way."

As she spoke, she walked straight into the courtyard.

"Turn on the lights," Sheng Hanyu said to the somewhat bewildered Xiaoyuan, and followed her inside.

"Hey, what are you doing? Breaking into a private residence in the middle of the night!" the woman shouted from behind, waving her hand. "I'm going to call for help!"

"Really? Then go ahead and call me." Ye Sanqing looked at the somewhat uneasy man in the courtyard and said, "Who are you? Xiaoyuan's uncle?"

"Uh...hello, I don't know what brings you here so late?" The man didn't seem as flustered as the woman, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He was still sweating late at night, so it must have been cold sweat.

So what wrong thing did he do?

"Father of the child..." the woman cried out in alarm, running up behind the man and grabbing his clothes, "These two people..."

"Shut up!" the man snapped at her, then chuckled awkwardly at the two of them, "I'm so sorry, my wife is just being rude. Please don't take it to heart if she's offended you two."

His choice of words was also rather retro.

Xiaoyuan turned on the light, ran back, and asked curiously, "Is a noble person very noble?"

Although Xiao Yuan's words were unintentional, they eased the atmosphere somewhat. Ye Sanqing smiled and said, "No, but you seem to be a good talker."

"right……"

Before the man could finish speaking, Ye Sanqing continued, "Where's the money?"

"What money?" the man asked, feigning ignorance.

"Don't make me say it a third time about Xiaoyuan's parents' money," Ye Sanqing said, looking at him.

This man isn't clueless; you can tell from the fact that he can tell they're not ordinary people.

Besides, they just swaggered into someone else's house like that; any normal person would know they're not to be messed with, right?

"..." The man shut his mouth and glanced at Xiaoyuan.

"Don't tell me it's inconvenient to say this in front of children." Sheng Hanyu looked around and found a chair in the yard. He immediately dragged it over and invited Ye Sanqing to sit down, while he stood to the side.

“I don’t have much time. You’d better make things clear before I lose my patience, otherwise…” Ye Sanqing said.

Her appearance made Sheng Hanyu feel a little nostalgic, as if they were the villains.

Haha, getting carried away playing a villain is no good.

Sheng Hanyu chuckled to herself and continued, "We don't mind making things bigger, we just don't know if you can accept the outcome."

"This..." The man was sweating profusely, while the woman behind him kept giving him meaningful glances.

“I’ll count to three… three,” Ye Sanqing raised his fingers and began to count.

"I said that!"