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A clean handkerchief appeared in front of his eyes and only then did Ji Shuangshuang regain her senses. She raised her head and looked at the person in front of him.

Under the light of the flames, Yan Qianxu's cool and refreshing facial features seemed to be somewhat confused. For some reason, Ji Shuangshuang suddenly felt that this man seemed to have seen through her thoughts.

Wiping the tears off her face, Ji Shuangshuang once again recovered her smile, "Sorry, I let you watch a joke."

Yan Qianxu shook his head and carried the leftover meat and bones away, digging a hole and burying them in the ground so that they wouldn't come back in the middle of the night while smelling the fragrance.

Initially, Ji Shuangshuang was worried that someone would tease him and make him laugh. However, after seeing that there was no change in Yan Qianxu's expression, she heaved a sigh of relief.

Ji Shuangshuang didn't know how she fell asleep, but when she heard Xiaoqiu suddenly sneeze, she woke up with a start.

Letting Xiaoqiu sleep inside, near the bonfire, Ji Shuangshuang said to Yan Qianxu who was sitting next to the fire, "You should also rest for a while, I'll keep watch."

He did not expect Yan Qianxu to escape from his embrace with a paper packet. After opening it, it was filled with a powdery substance. He carefully sprinkled the powder all around the fire, trapping the three of them inside.

Nodding towards Ji Shuangshuang, she lay down and went to sleep.

Ji Shuangshuang guessed that the powder must be for insect repelling, so she did not keep watch anymore. She also laid beside the fire and fell asleep after a while.

At night.

From time to time, snakes would come closer, and then would be chased away by the white powder. In the middle of the night, a small piece of white light finally entered the circle, slowly approaching the sleeping Ji Shuangshuang.

Ji Shuangshuang was completely unaware, she felt a pain on her arm, and finally woke up.

Lowering his head to take a look, he saw two unremarkable black dots. He looked around and didn't find any snake that was trying to kill him, so he didn't think much of it.

When Yan Qianxu heard the commotion, he also woke up, and the searching gaze came over. Ji Shuangshuang immediately waved her hand, and said, "It's nothing, I was probably dreaming."

She suspected that it was all an illusion, so she lay back down and went back to sleep.

Yan Qianxu didn't say a word, and instead leaned towards her side to help her blow another gust of wind over. He once again closed his eyes.

In the morning, a bird cry came from beside his ears. Ji Shuangshuang rubbed her eyes and sat up.

The fire on the ground had already been extinguished, and only ashes remained. Xiaoqiu was still sleeping, but Yan Qianxu was gone.

She panicked. This wilderness couldn't have been taken away by the blind bear in the middle of the night, right? She wanted to look for it, but she didn't know how.

On second thought, if a ferocious beast had appeared, she would not have been able to sleep so soundly and not have heard a single sound. It was possible that he had left on his own. This was very consistent with his personality.

Since the sky was already bright, she and Xiaoqiu would be able to go home on their own later.

The morning wind was cold, Ji Shuangshuang woke Xiaoqiu up, "Xiaoqiu, wake up, it's already morning, the ground is cold, we will be going home now."

Xiaoqiu looked at him dizzily, "Big sister, where's the big brother yesterday?"

"He had something to do and went down the mountain early. Let's go as well. "

After cleaning up the fire and making sure that there were no sparks left, Ji Shuangshuang and Xiaoqiu carried the pigweed in the basket on their back and prepared to return.

"Big brother, didn't you already go down the mountain?" Xiaoqiu suddenly became excited. She turned around and saw that the ice man had returned with another prey and some water in his hand.

After knowing that he had gone out to look for food, Ji Shuangshuang's face reddened. Just a moment ago, he almost thought that the other party had abandoned the two sisters and left the mountain by himself.

He realised that he had been too hasty with his words to Xiaoqiu just now, and so he quickly replied without thinking, "That's right, big brother, didn't you go down the mountain? Why did you come back?"

Yan Qianxu frowned, looked at the two sisters, put down the things in his hands and began to prepare breakfast.

Ji Shuangshuang was embarrassed, she was slightly touched. She had gone to prepare food for them early in the morning, but she had instead wrongly accused others of leaving them behind and running away.

"About that, let me do it."

Ji Shuangshuang made breakfast for herself out of the things in her hands. At least she could make up for the guilt in her heart.

Walking during the day was much more convenient than walking during the night, and Ji Shuangshuang's twisted leg was also almost recovered. The three of them ate dinner and walked down the mountain together.

Yan Qianxu still did not say a word. He had already been fast when they had left, and slow down when they were tired.

After entering the village, Ji Shuangshuang expressed her gratitude to Yan Qianxu once again, "Big brother, thank you this time. In the future, if you need help, I will definitely help you."

As a woman, how could he possibly need her help?

After an entire night of interaction, Ji Shuangshuang had already understood Yan Qianxu's personality. Even though he looked cold and unreasonable, he was actually quite sincere towards others, and was someone who had a lot of human feelings towards him … Mute.

The two sisters went all the way back into the Ji Family, and before they even entered the door, they heard the noise from inside.

"I told you before to guard against that damned girl's escape, didn't I? It has been raised for so many years! "

"The Ergouzi in front of the village said that he saw her with a man when he was cutting pig grass on the mountain yesterday. It can't be that she ran away, right?"

Outside the door, Ji Shuangshuang shut her mouth in time.

Ji Yunchun was currently complaining to the old lady in anger, itching to grab Ji Shuangshuang and beat him up.

Unfortunately for her, all of those ear-piercing words were constantly transmitted into Ji Shuangshuang's ears. The person who sounded like she had no conscience and should have been slashed a thousand times over was her.

"Mom, that big one ran away. I say, hurry up and sell that small one. Otherwise, after two years, your wings will become hard and you'll run away with someone else!"

"Let's look around first. If we can find her and that adulterer, we'll capture them together. See if I can't break her doggy legs!"

A few people in the courtyard were already discussing how to deal with her after capturing her. The corners of Ji Shuangshuang's mouth widened into a smile, and she didn't know how to describe the scene in front of him.

Did he think that she was stupid, or were these people too naive?