Wang Sheng and Huang Qiang didn't seem frightened, but their expressions became serious. After exchanging a glance, they examined each other more carefully.

As for the little culprit that Huang Qiang was holding in his arms, the little darling was now rolling her dark, watery eyes guiltily. She timidly nestled on Uncle Huang Qiang's shoulder, burying her little head in his shoulder and pretending to be dead.

Of course, the two of them couldn't possibly connect the Taoist priest and Eunuch Li's miserable state with the chubby little baby in their arms. They naturally assumed that the baby was just pretending to be dead because she was frightened, and that being scared was perfectly normal.

Therefore, Huang Qiang carefully pulled the little baby down a bit, trying to use his broad body to block her view.

Wang Sheng also lowered his voice and said to Huang Qiang, "Be careful, don't scare the child. A child this age already knows fear."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Huang Qiang replied in a low voice.

Little did they know, the little baby could hear their supposedly hushed conversation clearly, and blinked his dark eyes guiltily.

“I don’t think these two will wake up anytime soon. Let’s go back to the village and talk to the boss before deciding what to do with them,” Wang Sheng said after looking around.

Huang Qiang readily agreed, "Okay!"

So the two of them, carrying the little baby, headed back in the direction they had come from. This wasn't the way down the mountain; instead, they climbed a bit further up.

After walking a distance, Huang Qiang whispered to the little girl in his arms, "Niannian, do you know how those two people became like that? Don't be afraid, Uncle Qiang is here, no one can hurt you. If you know, tell Uncle Qiang."

Huang Qiang seemed afraid of scaring the little girl, or afraid that the little girl would recall some frightening scene, so he spoke very gently, with a hint of caution in his words.

But actually... the reason those two ended up looking like that was entirely thanks to a certain "innocent and adorable" little dumpling.

So, to Huang Qiang and Wang Sheng's surprise, the little baby showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he rolled his dark eyes guiltily, first giving a sweet and adorable smile like a good baby, and then his soft, childish voice rang out guiltily:

"Th-that, it wasn't Nian Nian who did it on purpose!"

Without a second thought, Wang Sheng laughed and said, "Of course it wasn't Niannian who did it. Uncle won't doubt Niannian. Uncle just wants to ask if there are any other people on this mountain."

The little dumpling smiled happily and said in a soft, sweet voice, "When Niannian woke up and came out of the box, that Taoist uncle was already like that. Niannian doesn't know how he became like that!"

The obedient little girl, Xiaocha Nian, said without lying that she really didn't know that the Taoist priest was injured because of the food box lid that she had pushed out.

However, when it came to Eunuch Li, the little girl wasn't so assertive.

"That, that bad father-in-law..." The little boy pouted guiltily, whimpering and twisting his little hands, his voice exceptionally soft and sweet, "He tried to grab Niannian, but Niannian pulled him down, and Niannian bounced twice on his back."

The little boy quickly emphasized in his childish voice, "Just two swipes! She knocked Niannian unconscious, put her in a box, and took her away! Niannian is so angry!"

The little boy emphasized the reason with a wronged expression.