The trading house was teeming with people, far busier than Baiyan City.
On both sides of the hall were shops, stocked with medicinal materials, weapons, armor, furs… a countless variety of artifacts.
As he walked among them, pondering where to seek information, Zhang Xuan heard a somewhat familiar voice.
"Mommy, I want to eat sugar-coated hawthorns..."
The voice was as clear as a bell, with a touch of baby talk. Looking over, Zhang Xuan saw a shapely woman leading a child of about three years old, standing in front of a sugar-coated hawthorn stall.
It was Xiaoying and Xiaozhuo, whom he had accidentally saved on the way here.
"You're sick now and can't eat sweets. When you're better, Mommy will buy them for you..." Xiaoying said.
"Xiaozhuo is a good boy; I won't eat them now, I'll wait until I'm better. I want to eat a big sugar-coated hawthorn, as big as this house..." Xiaozhuo nodded his little head.
"Good boy, Xiaozhuo..."