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This was a completely unfamiliar place. The room was small and simple, with a black wooden bed and a bed covered with blue and white flowers.

Sunlight came in through the window, a narrow strip of gold, and dust floated in the light. Bai Qianfan rubbed her face, jumped down from the bed, walked to the window with her shoes on, and peeked her head out. She was so shocked that she nearly died, what she saw was a deep abyss outside, she seemed to be in the belly of the mountain.

How strange that someone should build a house in the middle of a mountain? Where is this place? Why was she here?

Bai Qianfan tried her best to recall. She could only remember her standing in the crowd and watching the brawny man play with his broadsword. Afterwards, there was a commotion on the street and someone bumped into her. The memory was broken here.

Someone must have brought her here in the chaos, but why? Although she was the daughter of the Prime Minister Bai and the princess of the Prince Chu, her title was still rather scary, but in reality, her father did not care about her and did not love her.

It was impossible to escape through the window. She quietly opened the door, gave a little creak, and was startled, paused, and, without hearing anything, dared to go out. It was even darker outside than in the house, and a small candle was lit on the wall.

Following the direction of her finger, she supported herself against the wall and slowly walked forward. Every now and then, a small candle would be inserted into the wall. It was unknown where this candle would come from, but it was flickering in the wind, casting a terrifying shadow on the wall. Fortunately, Bai Qianfan had been tempered a thousand times and had developed a disposition that was usually calm. Therefore, she wasn't afraid as she looked forward cautiously.

Not far away, a staircase appeared. She climbed up it, and the light gradually became brighter, as if she was looking for an exit. Her heart jumped, but her movements were even more careful.

There was a house, a low house, in all sorts of places, and to the east a big locust flower with snow-white flowers, and two children playing under a tree, and two little yellow dogs chasing after them, and a flock of chickens feeding on the ground, and one of them coming up to her and looking up at her.

Bai Qianfan came out of the cave with her body leaning on, and ran away with a squeal, startling the lady who was looking through the beans, she looked up at Bai Qianfan and smiled: "You're awake? "Hungry? I'll give you something to eat."

All of this was completely different from what Bai Qianfan had imagined. She had thought that the culprit must have brought her here in order to extort some money, but from the looks of the woman, she did not seem to be a villain.

She stood there somewhat stupidly, unmoving, and a girl of about fourteen or fifteen came out of the house. She was wearing a coarse flowered skirt, and her hair was tied up in two buns. She had no hair ornaments, and she was only wearing a blue cloth wrapped around her head, and her round face and big eyes looked bashful as she looked at her, and she said to the woman, "Mother, I came to make her some food."

The woman laughed. "Sure, I'm having trouble getting my hands off you. Take good care of yourself."

The girl came over and smiled at her. "Come inside and I'll bring you some water."

Bai Qianfan followed her into the house. Inside the house, there was a patio, which was filled with light. The girl poured water from a china teapot. "There's only a nest at home, don't mind it."

Bai Qianfan said, "As long as there is a stammer, I am fine with it."

The girl pursed her lips and smiled, then turned and went into the kitchen. After a while she came out, carrying a plate of pale yellow hair in one hand and a small bowl of pickles in the other. In front of her, Bai Qianzhang was really hungry. She hadn't eaten dinner last night so she was already hungry to the point of sticking her chest against her back. Without saying a word, she picked up a hole and stuffed it into her mouth.

The nest was made of coarse cornmeal, a little hard and sticky. She quickly drank some water and chewed and swallowed it.

The girl sat at the side, supporting her head as she watched her eat. She was somewhat astonished at her calmness. She had suddenly appeared in an unfamiliar place. Anyone would have panicked. This little girl was quite interesting, as if nothing had happened.

She asked Bai Qianfan, "Do you know where this is?"

Bai Qianfan swallowed hard, and replied: "Up the mountain."

"Do you know how you got here?"

"You caught them."

The girl blushed and ran her fingers through the ends of her hair. "I didn't catch you. It was my uncles who did."

Bai Qianfan asked, "Do you want to exchange me for money?"

The girl felt even more embarrassed. "That's probably what the Uncles meant." After a pause, he said, "But you can rest assured that we won't harm you. As long as you receive the money, we will immediately let you go back."

Bai Qianfan used her chopsticks to order the empty plates, "Is there anything else?"

Only then did the young lady realize that her plate was empty. In order to show her courtesy, she had taken two more, but she did not expect that Bai Qianfan had not eaten enough. She was a kind-hearted girl and always felt that she owed Bai Qianfan something. She immediately went to the kitchen and brought out another plate. This time she sat down, put down her plate, and went out.

Bai Qianfan heard her and the woman talking outside.

The woman asked, "Did the little girl eat it?"

"She ate it. The six nests weren't even enough for her to eat. It doesn't look like the rich family's young miss at all. Mother, did Uncle catch the wrong person?"

The woman said, "I don't think so. As for which family's young lady it is, I'm not too sure. Anyway, our family is rich."

"She's quite strange. She doesn't seem to be afraid here at all."

"The young miss of a large family with a lot of experience, naturally she would be bold. Anyway, we shouldn't mistreat her. After Uncle receives the money, we'll send her back without missing a single thing."

After Bai Qianfan heard their words, she slowly calmed down. She probably wasn't an extremely vicious person, and it was probably because of the pressure from the livelihood, that she had no choice but to come up with this plan. As long as he received the money, he would be able to send her back.

The second time she brought out the nest, she did not finish eating it. She left two of them hidden in her sleeves, just in case she needed them. He finished the rest of the water, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and went outside. There were some things that she wanted to ask clearly.

After eating and drinking to her heart's content, she smiled as she greeted them, "Aunt, Sister, I have something to ask you."

The woman and the girl were frightened by her sudden enthusiasm. They looked at each other and became somewhat alert.

The woman asked, "What do you want to know?"

"How much do you intend to exchange me for?"

The woman shook her head. "I didn't know about this from the beginning. I just wanted to take care of you."

Bai Qianfan squatted on the ground, supporting her head with her hand, she asked: "Have you already sent the letter?"

"It should be time to send him off."

Bai Qianfan was a little depressed, "I should have asked me before I went. In fact, I'm not very valuable.