Xue Hai stared intently at Qin Jin'an, gritting his teeth as he said, "I won't let you get away with this."

She had cooperated; she could have become the little princess of the Qi Dynasty, he would have been a loving older brother to her, and everyone would have loved her.

She has now lost that opportunity.

Once she falls into the hands of the State of Qi, she will definitely regret it!

The State of Qi has sorcerers, and they have plenty of ways to deal with him. It's not that he doesn't have any, but he simply doesn't want to do that, so he brought nothing with him, hoping to move her with his most sincere heart.

If she doesn't want it, then she's missed this opportunity. Next time, she'll never be so kind to her again.

After saying this, Xue Haiyang gave a retreat order to his men.

He kept his eyes on Qin Jin'an even as he retreated.

Qin Jin'an showed no fear whatsoever; instead, she obediently raised her hand and waved goodbye to him.

Enraged, Xue Hai's eyes grew even more sinister.

Qin Jin'an looked at the pitch-black surroundings and felt a chill.

The tiger came out and lay down beside her.

Qin Jin'an lay smiling in the tiger's arms.

"Thank you, Tiger Brother, I'm not cold anymore."

Qin Jin'an pinched the tiger's belly; it wasn't soft at all.

"call--"

Fish Baby, will you come to play with me again in the future?

The tiger had never approached humans before. It had seen many traps in the mountains, but this time, it approached Qin Jin'an. The child smelled sweet, and the tiger felt a little reluctant to let her go home and not stay in the mountains every day.

Fish Baby, why don't you come with me? That way no one will hurt you. I'm very powerful, and you can eat whatever kind of meat you want.

"Whoosh—"

The tiger licked Qin Jin'an's hair. Unlike humans, it wasn't complicated; it said whatever it thought.

Raising one child is easy; it can raise ten, let alone one. It can take its child for walks in the mountains and forests every day.

"No, Tiger Brother, you can't comb hair...you can't make clothes, you can't make shoes, and you can't cook delicious food."

Qin Jin'an carefully combed her fingers. She also wanted to be the king of the forest, but she wanted to be clean and pure; she didn't want to be a savage.

Before, at the Su residence, no one combed her hair. At most, Gray Rat would give her a quick trim, but not only did it poorly, he also pulled it so hard that she grimaced.

"Whoosh—"

Sure, I can. I'll lick your hair clean...

Tigers have never been so fond of human cubs. Grooming their fur is easy enough, especially since cubs only have a little fur on their heads.

It licked Qin Jin'an's hair.

Qin Jin'an felt as if his head was about to be ripped open...

She grimaced in pain. Tiger Brother's hair-cutting skills were even worse than Little Grey's. She had to take back her complaints about Little Grey; at least Little Grey's little pink paws were much gentler.

Qin Jin'an felt as if his hair and scalp were being ripped off.

The sound of galloping hooves abruptly stopped, and she looked over.

It was Jiang Xun who led the troops here.

She managed a weak smile as a greeting.

I wanted to call him "brother," but as soon as I opened my mouth, my clean face stiffened.

"Whoosh—"

Fish Baby, why can't I lick your hair? It's getting stuck in my tongue...

The tiger was very distressed. It wanted to groom its cub to prove that it could comb its hair, but when it tried to lick it, the barbs on its tongue got caught in the hair and it couldn't lick anymore.

When it exerted force, Qin Jin'an's scalp would tighten and ache, leaving the tiger at a loss for what to do.

But this scene presented a different picture to Jiang Xun.

A ferocious tiger pinned down the vulnerable child, its gaping maw devouring the child's head.

Many people had their bows and arrows nocked, but they didn't know if this would save the child, so they dared not make any rash moves.

The tiger sensed this and immediately gave Jiang Xun and the others a cold look, letting out a roar to warn them.

Qin Jin'an felt a loud bang in her head; she went deaf.

She really wanted to cry.

She really did cry.

She cried as she reached up and tugged at the hair tie on her head.

The tiger was at a loss and dared not move.

Jiang Xun was also very nervous; he felt something was off.

He raised his hand, signaling everyone to put down their bows and arrows.

"Young master, that tiger's temperament is unstable, and it seems to have a strong intention to attack."

They didn't understand Jiang Xun's order, so when they obeyed, they also reminded Jiang Xun based on their own experience.

Jiang Xun said with a serious expression, "That tiger is her friend."

In that brief moment, he saw horror and guilt in the tiger's eyes.

It wasn't angry when Qin Jin'an patted it; instead, it seemed helpless, which is similar to how people react when they do something wrong.

Qin Jin'an's ears hurt from the low growl, and she cried.

"Put down your weapons, don't provoke the tiger."

Jiang Xun gave the order again.

Everyone felt something was amiss, but since Jiang Xun was the leader, they put down their weapons.

Then I witnessed a scene I will never forget for the rest of my life.

The little girl used her hands to pry open the tiger's mouth.

The tiger obediently opened its mouth, letting her pry it open.

Qin Jin'an finally managed to free his hair, his nose was red from crying and his scalp hurt.

The tiger rubbed its head against Qin Jin'an's head guiltily and gently licked away the drool from her hair.

"call--"

Fish Baby, I'm sorry. I just wanted you to live with me. I was wrong. You should go home. I can't take good care of you.

The tiger said with deep remorse that it really couldn't take good care of her; it couldn't cook delicious meals or comb her hair.

Human hair is different from its hair.

It used just a little bit of force, intending to lick her hair smooth, but it ended up messing it up and licking out more than ten strands of hair.

Qin Jin'an hugged the tiger's head and patted it to comfort its sad heart.

"It's okay, Tiger Brother. We can be good friends. I will come to the mountains to see you and play with you often in the future."

Her friend didn't do it on purpose, so why would she blame it?

Although we can't live together every day, once we become friends, I can visit it often in the future.

The tiger nudged Qin Jin'an with its head, pushing her towards the group of people not far away.

It had developed some intelligence and could see that the group of people were different from the people before.

They also heard Qin Jin'an's faint "brother".

Qin Jin'an ran towards Jiang Xun.

"Brother Jiang, thank you for coming to pick me up."

Qin Jin'an smiled at Jiang Xun. Her scalp was still a little sore, but she dared not rub it, afraid that the tiger would feel even more guilty.

Jiang Xun reached out to her and pulled Qin Jin'an to sit down on the horse.

He glanced at the tiger still in the middle of the road and asked Qin Jin'an, "Yu Bao, what about your friend?"

Qin Jin'an waved to the tiger and said to it in his mind, "Brother Tiger, I'm going home now. You should go home too."

The tiger glanced at Qin Jin'an, then headed into the forest, disappearing from sight in a few leaps.

Jiang Xun breathed a sigh of relief and led Qin Jin'an back to the city.

However, he felt a strong pressure following him all the way, and this feeling only disappeared when he entered the city.

The tiger had been following in the shadows, but stopped when it saw Qin Jin'an heading towards the city gate. It only entered the forest and went deeper into the city after the group entered.