However, Yu Wanwan dared not eat this kind of mushroom. She had heard from others more than once that the more beautiful the mushroom, the more poisonous it was. Even if she wanted to improve her diet, Yu Wanwan did not want to risk being cursed by picking mushrooms to eat.

It's a bit strange, why are there mushrooms in winter?

Yu Wanwan poked at the pile of small mushrooms with a bamboo stick, but finding them uninteresting, she decided to get up and leave. However, she stood up too quickly, and her vision went black for a moment. She accidentally stepped into a mud puddle with her right foot, and the muddy water flowed into her shoe, soaking her socks as well.

Yu Wanwan immediately looked miserable, muttering "Oh no, oh no" repeatedly, and quickly took off her shoes and socks.

Tender white feet exposed to the air, forming a striking contrast with the tender green bamboo leaves.

"What should we do?" Yu Wanwan couldn't help but frown.

These are my only pair of shoes and socks; if they get dirty, I won't have any left to wear.

Although I don't feel uncomfortable stepping on the bamboo leaves now, I can't go barefoot in the future.

We need to find a place to wash the shoes right away.

......

The bamboo grove was near the river, and Yu Wanwan quickly reached the riverbank. She simply took off both shoes and socks, first rubbing the socks clean, and then took out the bamboo leaves she had just picked in the bamboo grove to start washing the shoes.

Fortunately, it was just muddy water, so it wasn't difficult to wash. In no time, they were clean and nice shoes again!

Yu Wanwan was very satisfied.

The shoes were still wet and unwearable, so Yu Wanwan put them aside, found a rock on the shore to sit on, and began washing her feet and teasing the fish.

There are fish in this stream, but I don't know if it's because the water is too clean and there's not much food, but the fish in the stream are all very small. I was too lazy to clean the fish, so I didn't plan to fish for them.

She moved her finger, and the little fish that had been near her finger immediately wagged its tail and swam away. Yu Wanwan giggled, her tone playful: "If you were too small, you would all be living in my belly by now."

Yu Wanwan was happily washing her feet when a small wave suddenly surged in the river, sweeping away her shoes. By the time Yu Wanwan came to her senses, her shoes had almost been carried downstream.

She quickly ran out of the river and went to the riverbank. She saw that there was a drop in the water where the shoe had floated away, and a patch of vegetation blocked the way. She couldn't retrieve the shoe from the river, so she had to find a small path to walk down the river.

Yu Wanwan was carrying the other shoe in her hand, walking barefoot with difficulty.

The ground here was not as gentle as in the bamboo forest. The rough ground cut Yu Wanwan's foot, and blood slowly flowed out.

Yu Wanwan hissed, but fearing her shoes would drift away, she could only suppress the pain and carefully continue forward.

The witch doctor returned to Bai Jing and Yu Wanwan's cave, wrapped a lot of vines in a bundle, and thinking that Yu Wanwan might be hungry, stuffed a lot of fruit into the bundle as well.

The witch doctor held the wicker bundle full of things in his hands, turning it over and over, becoming more and more satisfied with it. He then slung the bundle over his back and set off without stopping to find an orc who could help him.

The poor witch doctor had no idea how much turmoil his departure would cause Yu Wanwan.

The stream flows gently by.

Mo Zhou had just shaken off that group of people and was now resting by a stream.

His upper body was humanoid, while his lower body transformed into a beast-like form. He hid his injured tail in the water, using the current to temporarily mask his scent.

Yu Wanwan had just reached a flat area when she suddenly saw a person lying on a large rock by the stream, and she was almost startled.

It appeared to be a man, his face buried in his arms, his long black hair cascading down to his waist, his fair skin and strong muscles faintly visible, his lower body submerged in the water, making it difficult to see clearly.

What happened? Did she faint or is she sleeping?

Thinking this, the person seemed to wake up and moved their body.

Yu Wanwan was startled and hid behind a tree.

Mo Zhou lifted his eyelids slightly, and a thin, bright red tongue peeked out from his thin lips.

Luckily, Yu Wanwan hid behind a tree and couldn't see, otherwise she would have been so frightened that she would have collapsed to the ground.

Mo Zhou originally thought that the group of people had caught up so quickly, but after sensing the situation a little, he found that it seemed to be just a small female. She was really small, and he didn't know if she was an adult. She walked unsteadily and seemed to be unable to stand steadily. She was not threatening at all.

It's strange that the tribe would let a female go out alone.

Mo Zhou put the letter back into his mouth and slowly closed his eyes.

Who cares? What does it matter to him whose female he is?

Yu Wanwan secretly hid behind the tree, and when she saw that the person stopped moving, she cautiously peeked out a little.

Why would anyone be bathing here? Are they from a tribe?

Yu Wanwan thought for a moment. This place was near the White Tiger Tribe, so it should be safe. She probably encountered a beastman from the White Tiger Tribe.

But she never expected that even in the tribe, invaders would sometimes break in.

With a "crack," Yu Wanwan accidentally stepped on and broke a tree branch. Normally, this wouldn't have been a problem, but since arriving in the Beast World, she's often paranoid and easily frightened by herself. Yu Wanwan slipped and landed hard on a rock, breaking several dry branches in the process. The pain shot from her tailbone all the way to her head.

"Ouch!" Yu Wanwan rubbed her bottom, the loud thud of her fall startling several small birds into flight.

The person sitting by the river woke up. Yu Wanwan knew she had disturbed them, and feeling embarrassed to stay away, she could only lean on the tree trunk and carefully stand up.

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