"Are you awake?"

Yan Xiao carried in a washbasin and placed it on the washstand.

I wet a towel and went over to wipe the little girl's face.

Having just woken up, Wen Qinghe still looked a little dazed and confused.

The fine, delicate face was marked with a few fine lines from the strands of hair, and the soft hair was slightly disheveled, as if a fairy who had never tasted the food of mortals had descended to earth.

Yan Xiao gently placed the towel on the little girl's small face, which was no bigger than his palm.

Wen Qinghe, as was her habit, cooperated with him, obediently tilting her head back and letting him wipe her.

Her soft, smooth face was delicate and plump, like a baby's.

Yan Xiao's dark eyes were full of tenderness and love, and his heart melted completely.

After carefully wiping her face, the little girl finally woke up from her dazed state.

"What time is it, Ayan? We still need to go mushroom picking."

Yan Xiao found it amusing; the little one remembered this as soon as he woke up.

"It's just past five o'clock now, there's still plenty of time before it gets dark. I made potato pancakes that we can eat on the way. If we leave now, we should be able to get back before dark."

"Okay, then hurry up! I can't wait!"

Wen Qinghe quickly got out of bed and put on her shoes. She subconsciously forgot how she had cried in front of the man before going to sleep.

It can't be said that I've forgotten.

After all, as long as she doesn't bring it up, she won't feel awkward.

...

Yan Xiao was used to walking the path up the mountain.

He knows every route, whether it's a regular one or a hidden path, inside and out.

He took the little girl with him and chose the shortest path up the mountain.

Wen Qinghe carried a basket on her back, which contained the pancakes and sponge cakes that Yan Xiao had prepared for her, as well as a water bottle.

Yan Xiao had a basket hanging on his chest, which contained a sickle, a shovel, and some small tools.

Oh, and he was carrying Wen Qinghe on his back.

The tree is covered with lush foliage overhead and lush green grass underfoot.

Wen Qinghe clutched the oil paper packet in her hand and took small bites of it.

The green pepper and potato shreds were wrapped in a thin pancake, and Yan Xiao added a lot of savory shredded meat inside.

Wen Qinghe ate happily, bite by bite.

Uh, the filling inside the pastry is also falling out happily.

Fortunately, it didn't fall anywhere else; it was all caught by the fabric on Yan Xiao's back.

After she finished eating the rolled pancakes in the oil paper package, she let out a delicate burp.

She lowered her eyelids and caught sight of the crumbs that had fallen onto the man's outer garment.

In the spirit of not wasting anything.

Without a trace of guilt, Wen Qinghe picked up the fallen shred of meat with her fingers, stretched out her long arm, and accurately put it into the man's mouth.

Yan Xiao was flattered: "Thank you, baby. I'm not hungry yet. You can eat by yourself."

Wen Qinghe's ears turned red for once: "Uh... Ayan wants to eat too."

After saying that, she continued to pinch the shredded potatoes and meat from his back and put them into the man's mouth.

Yan Xiao swallowed the meaty aroma in his mouth, feeling an overwhelming sense of happiness.

My wife is so wonderful!

…

After feeding them, Wen Qinghe began to appreciate the scenery along the mountain path.

As far as the eye can see, there is an endless jungle.

The trees here are tall and thick, with lush branches, and there are many trees whose names she does not recognize.

Many brightly colored wildflowers and incredibly tall weeds can be seen everywhere along the roadside.

Some of the weeds were taller than her, but fortunately, this path was clearly frequently used, and the sharp and thorny weeds had been cleared away very well.

Wen Qinghe hooked one arm around the man's neck and reached for the wildflowers on higher ground by the roadside with the other.

The man bent over and turned to the side in accordance with her movements.

As she walked steadily up the mountain, her two small feet swung leisurely in the air.

When they arrived at their destination, Wen Qinghe was holding a bunch of colorful wildflowers.

Yan Xiao placed the little girl on a flat spot and told her to stay put. Then he picked up the sickle from his basket and prepared to clear away the weeds around her.

...

When Yan Xiao turned around, he saw the little girl holding a bunch of brightly colored wild mushrooms, excitedly showing them to him.

"Ayan, look! There are so many little mushrooms here!"

Yan Xiao's pupils contracted, and his eyelids twitched.

"This is poisonous! This is poisonous too! Uh... these all seem to be inedible."

He was at his wit's end. The little girl liked pretty things, and the five or six mushrooms in her hand were all big and flawless.

It's clear that they put a lot of thought into choosing it.

"Qingbao, you can't eat any of these mushrooms, okay? I'll take you to pick some that are edible."

Wen Qinghe's joy turned to frustration. She had already avoided the red umbrellas and white stems, so how did she still end up picking something inedible...?

After Yan Xiao carefully washed her little hands with the water bottle he carried with him, he took her to learn which mushrooms were edible and which were not.

Those ugly mushrooms under the tree roots were right under her nose, but she deliberately ignored them.

But those are precisely the ones that are edible.

Yan Xiao said that the more beautiful and brightly colored something is, the more likely it is to be poisonous.

Wen Qinghe fell silent.

It's just that she's obsessed with looks.

Next, she obediently listened to instructions, resisted the urge to reach out her little hands, avoided the pretty little mushrooms, and picked only the ugly ones.

While picking them, I couldn't help but glance to the side.

It's so beautiful!

What a pity!

How can it be poisonous?

No wonder Zhang Wuji's mother told him that the more beautiful a woman is, the more dangerous she is.

It turns out that this works the same way on mushrooms.

Equally deadly beauty.

…

This area.

Because of its proximity to the stream and the high soil moisture, many wild mushrooms thrive in this environment.

As Yan Xiao bent down to pick mushrooms, he kept an eye on whether the little girl had gone far.

He only felt slightly more at ease when he made sure she was always within his sight.

There are many mushrooms here, but there are also many wild animals.

This delay meant that it got dark before long.

Yan Xiao packed all the wild mushrooms he had picked into his basket.

They were about to call Wen Qinghe home.

When he turned around and looked at Wen Qinghe's location...

But then they realized something was wrong.

The little girl had been in that spot for a long time, so long that she hadn't even changed her posture.

His heart tightened, and he quickly put down his things and went over.

As he approached, he saw the little girl staring intently at a spot.

When Wen Qinghe saw him coming, she quickly put her index finger to her lips.

"Shh!"

Yan Xiao understood and walked over slowly, almost silently.

He squatted down next to the little girl and followed her gaze.

It turns out, they're a litter of baby rabbits!

There were seven or eight little cubs, each no bigger than an egg, huddled together in a fluffy ball on a pile of hay.

Behind it was a small, raised hill, and the fluffy nest was positioned perfectly in a recessed pit.

Seeing that the mother rabbit wasn't around, he guessed that it had probably been abandoned.

It is common for mother rabbits to abandon their offspring after giving birth due to various external factors.

The little girl looked at the little boy, her eyes barely able to conceal her affection.

Yan Xiao looked at Wen Qinghe with a tender and doting expression, and whispered, "Do you want to raise her?"