County Magistrate Liu said, "Lord Liang speaks the Shengjing dialect, which this child probably doesn't understand."
County Magistrate Liu repeated it in the Pingchuan dialect.
Xiao Long said aggrievedly, "Father said... Father said I look like a girl, first bring me home, and wait until Sister Man Er's mother accepts me then I'll become a boy..."
Xiao Long started crying before he could finish speaking.
Lord Liu asked, "Where is your mother?"
Xiao Long bit his lip and said, "She died of illness."
Lord Liu continued to ask, "Where did you live before?"
Xiao Long wiped his eyes and said, "Lived in the big courtyard on Purple Stone Street."
Tong Huaqiong listened, feeling a chill down her spine, as this was the place where Mrs. Hong and He Chao had initially been driven out by Xu Zaohua to live.
Mrs. Hong mentioned this place casually while dressing Xiao Long in the morning, unexpectedly using it in Xiao Long's fabricated lies.
