As Xiaobai's barking grew fiercer, the group's desire to conquer it intensified. They brandished tree branches, determined to capture Xiaobai.

Li Yuedi was afraid. She couldn't possibly fight against this group of people on her own. But Xiaobai had been targeted by that wicked woman because she was protecting her, so she felt it was her duty to stand in front of Xiaobai.

Just as she blocked, a slap landed hard on her cheek, burning hot. Before she could react, the woman raised her hand again, but this time the slap didn't land. The woman's entire body was kicked several meters away, and she was in so much pain that she couldn't straighten up.

"The person who tried to take advantage of Xiaobai last time is already lying flat on the ground in the mass grave. I wonder who among you is trying to take advantage of Xiaobai, taking advantage of the darkness to bury people."

Yunling pulled her foot back, and Tang Ling quickly helped Li Yuedi up.

Seeing the woman kicked away, the group of people were somewhat frightened. Upon hearing Yunling's words, they exchanged glances, none of them daring to utter a sound.

"Young lady, this wicked woman just stole my hairpin. Xiaobai stood up for me, and she yelled that she wanted to eat it."

The woman struggled to her feet, and seeing that Yunling was just a young girl, she showed no respect whatsoever and said unreasonably:

"What do you mean, your hairpin? What evidence do you have to prove that this hairpin is yours? Huh? I think you're just trying to frame me because you outnumber me, and you want to steal my hairpin."

Yunling was speechless, yet also quite moved. In life, if you live long enough, you'll always encounter different types of idiots.

"Auntie, you can just take this hairpin and use it to cut the meat to eat. You don't have to wolf it down like that anymore."

The woman gripped the hairpin tighter, puzzled, and asked:

"What do you mean by that? What meat? What wolfing down food? Let me tell you, don't try to pin some unfounded accusations on me."

"Oh, so you want me to make things clear? Okay, let's make things clear then. Just now, at sunset, you were sitting alone under that tree eating dried meat."

Yunling rubbed her nose and continued:

“Hey, one piece is fine, but you’re eating three. Three pieces is fine too. Hey, we’re not familiar with you, so it’s fine if you don’t give them any, but they’re from Qingcheng too. Look at how thin they are, and you’re still keeping them for yourself.”

The woman was completely bewildered by what she was being said, and, supporting her back, she began to curse Yunling.

"What nonsense are you talking about? When have I ever had dried meat to eat? Don't accuse me wrongly."

Gangzi immediately responded:

"Hey, this is what you call someone who's eaten meat. He speaks with such confidence, unlike us. We've never even seen meat before. We just eat wild vegetables every day. We're all weak and listless."

"I didn't eat meat!"

Tang Ling continued:

"Yes, yes, you ate it in your dream. Those three fragrant and tender pieces of jerky were not eaten by you. The bits of meat stuck between your teeth were not from eating jerky. Even the trace of jerky on the corner of your mouth was stuck there by someone else."

It's one thing if Yunling says it, but Gangzi and Tangling also say it, and they say it so convincingly, how could it be false?

The group's gaze immediately shifted to the woman's face. Damn it, not only did she hide her food from them, but she also encouraged them to steal food from other people's dogs. What a jerk!

The woman, being watched by the pack of wolves, feared she would ruin her reputation in her old age, and her breathing became erratic.

"I didn't, I really didn't have any dried meat to eat, they're all framing me."

Yunling shrugged, saying nonchalantly:

"Who's wronged you? We don't know you well, and we won't take advantage of you, so why would we wrong you?"

Gangzi immediately echoed:

"That's right. Who knows how many pieces of dried meat she's hiding in that bundle? We're not from the same city, so it's understandable that we don't help her out. But why don't people from the same city give her any face or help her? I don't understand, I really don't understand."

Tang Ling quickly picked up where Gangzi left off, and said:

"Of course you don't understand. She was saying while she was eating that the people of Qingcheng are the stingiest, especially the men. They're so stingy. If they saw her like that, they would definitely snatch all the meat off her plate, leaving not even a crumb. She hates those men the most."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Tang Ling's words sent a shiver down the woman's spine. Looking at the pack of wolves before her, at their resentful eyes, she panicked and blurted out incoherently. Her fingers swept across Yun Ling, Gang Zi, Tang Ling, and Li Yuedi, and she said fiercely:

"I only stole your hairpin, is it really necessary to frame me like this? Is this really meaningful?"

Yunling raised an eyebrow, Gangzi shrugged, Tang Ling smiled, and Li Yuedi put on a stern face. Only then did the woman realize that she had inadvertently mentioned the hairpin snatching incident. She was both ashamed and angry, threw the hairpin on the ground, and stormed off.

As soon as the woman left, the crowd of onlookers quickly followed, eager to see if she had secretly hidden any dried meat.

Yunling picked up the hairpin from the ground, wiped it clean, and then handed it to Li Yuedi.

"Next time you face a group of scoundrels alone, don't get entangled in these material possessions. You can earn them back if you lose them, but if you get hurt, you're the one who suffers. Go back and ask my sister for some ointment to apply. This is something I should have thought about."

Li Yuedi quickly shook her head.

"No, this has nothing to do with you, young lady. It was my own carelessness that dragged Xiaobai into this. I must apologize to you, young lady."

"Don't say such things. Put the hairpin away and let's go back."

Li Yuedi wanted to say more, but Tang Ling gripped her shoulder tightly, so she stopped pursuing the matter and only said:

"good."

Back at headquarters, the others, unable to sleep due to the commotion, quickly asked upon seeing Yunling return:

"Ling-jie, what happened? Did those people cause us trouble?"

"Mother, it's nothing. We've just been targeted by some scoundrels."

Yunling bit her lower lip and looked at the others, saying:

"Now that we're here and don't know anyone, we're easily targeted by some unscrupulous people. I think if we need to go to the toilet at night, we should go in pairs or threes together, so we can look out for each other if anything happens."

"As for Xiaobai, it's already been targeted. It'll stay with me these days, lest it get eaten alive."

Little Whitey barked happily, then snuggled up to Yunling, becoming very clingy.

Big Black also jumped into Yun Ling's arms with a "meow" and snuggled against her affectionately.

"Alright, alright, Big Black will follow me too."