A short while later, Qi Yunxiao rushed in, his voice filled with surprise: "I have news about Xiaobao! I'm going to go see him. You stay home with Dabao..."

Shen Qingyu looked at Qi Yunxiao, received his affirmative nod, and hurriedly waved her hand: "Go! Go quickly!"

Qi Yunxiao ran away.

After sitting alone in the courtyard all night, Wen Jin finally dared to speak to her brother: "Brother, have you found the person?"

Wen Che: "I think so."

"Is the person alright?"

"We'll know once they get back," Wen Che's voice was as gentle as ever.

But Wen Jin could hear disappointment in his voice.

My brother is disappointed in himself.

Wen Jin lowered her head, feeling ashamed, regretful, and afraid.

Xiao Bao was surrounded by several men, and he frantically clung to the neck of the big yellow dog.

"Who...who are you?"

"Are you Xiao Ruoshan?" one of them asked incredulously, looking at Xiao Bao and then at the big yellow dog.

How could a six-year-old child walk more than twenty miles in the pitch-black night?

Xiao Bao nodded: "How did you know me? Did you come to see me?"

"Then that's it." The leader took out a small bamboo tube and gave a signal.

"Alright, I've already notified your father to come pick you up. Come back with me now." The leading man said, reaching out to pick up Xiaobao.

The big yellow dog, which hadn't barked at all, suddenly opened its mouth and bit at the hand!

The man reacted quickly, hurriedly withdrawing his hand and exclaiming in shock, "You beast! You even bite!"

"Big Yellow, don't bite!" Xiao Bao shouted.

The big yellow dog, which hadn't bitten anyone and was still making threatening growling sounds, quieted down and even wagged its tail.

"Hey! This dog is quite protective of its owner!" The men were pleasantly surprised.

"No wonder such a small baby wasn't snatched away by wolves in the middle of the night; it turns out this dog was protecting him!" one of the men exclaimed.

Xiao Bao patted the big yellow dog's head: "Big Yellow is the best!"

The man reached out to hug Xiaobao, but Xiaobao suddenly seemed to remember something, took a few steps forward, climbed onto a large rock about half a person's height, and shouted in one of the directions.

"You can go back now! I've found the person!"

The men looked at the dark green mountains with surprise and doubt: "Did someone bring you here?"

Xiao Bao shook his head: "Not a person. It's a wolf."

However, my mother instructed me not to tell anyone that I could talk to animals, so I couldn't tell them.

The men had clearly misunderstood; their hair stood on end, and they looked at the darkness with awe.

That's true.

Such a young child couldn't possibly walk such a long way through the mountains even in broad daylight; if it weren't for the intervention of a ghost...

From the opposite hilltop, a long, drawn-out wolf howl rang out.

Then came the rustling sound of leaves falling through the trees, and the wolf pack left.

The men realized what had happened and looked at Xiaobao in disbelief.

Was that child just... talking to a wolf?

He was escorted here by wolves?!

Xiao Bao opened his arms and said in a soft, cute voice, "Uncle, hug me, I can't walk anymore."

The man reached out and hugged the little one, then called to the others, "Let's go back first."

Xiao Bao woke up in a wooden house, and a beautiful woman with a smile was sitting next to him.

As soon as the woman saw that Xiao Bao had woken up, she rushed forward and touched his forehead: "You're awake?"

"Where is this?" Xiao Bao looked up blankly, not yet fully awake.

"Woof woof." The big yellow dog by the bed greeted me: I'm here.

Xiao Bao got up and looked at the big yellow dog.

The wooden door creaked open, and a person walked in whose head was almost touching the door frame.

Who else could it be but Qi Yunxiao?

Qi Yunxiao looked at his youngest son, who was still half asleep, and asked in an annoyed tone, "Awake? Is anything bothering you?"

Xiao Bao moved his arms and legs: "I don't feel uncomfortable."

Last night I was carried by the wolf king, so how could I be tired?

"Then put on your shoes, I'll take you home in a bit. Your mother was frantic last night!"

"Oh." Xiao Bao immediately got out of bed to put on his shoes.

The beautiful woman bent down to get Xiao Bao his shoes and put them on.

"When you get home, listen to your mother and don't wander around, especially don't go into the mountains at night, it's very dangerous there..."

The woman's chatter warmed Xiao Bao's heart. He looked at her and smiled, "Auntie, you look just like my mother. You even talk like her."

The woman smiled and said, "My daughter is already in her twenties. If she had married earlier, her children would be as big as you by now!"

Qi Yunxiao gave the woman a deep look.

This is Turtleback Ridge, where Qi Yunxiao settled the Hidden Dragon Guards.

The woman was rescued by the Hidden Dragon Guard by chance half a month ago. They originally intended to throw her into farming, but during the interrogation, they discovered something unusual.

The woman said she was looking for her daughter, whose name was Shen Qingyu.

Isn't the master's wife also named Shen Qingyu?

But the master's wife was clearly from Shenjia Village, and there was nothing suspicious about her background.

And this woman happened to bear a striking resemblance to the master's wife...

So the Hidden Dragon Guards kept her, thinking they would observe her for a while longer.

Since the master happened to be here today, I reported this situation.

Qi Yunxiao immediately thought of a conspiracy, but as he observed the woman, he noticed that her eyes were clear and her gaze was firm.

In addition to her demeanor, she bears a striking resemblance to Shen Qingyu!

When trouble comes, there's no escaping it.

Qi Yunxiao looked at the woman and said, "Auntie, your child needs someone to take care of him. Would you be willing to come back with us so we can help take care of him along the way?"

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