'San' walked to the spot where 'Yi' had been, looked down, and showed a mixture of sadness and pride on his face.

"Don't blame me, I've been in the cave for two years and I know the rules for survival very well."

"The mountain lord has summoned you back to participate in the assessment with us, so you are now my opponent, just like them."

"There can only be one winner. If you live, I must die."

"But I want to live."

"San" took a deep breath and stared at the bottom of the waterfall, saying, "So the abyss was fake, but this height is enough to kill you several times over."

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After an unknown amount of time, 'Yi' woke up. Before she even opened her eyes, she heard the clear chirping of birds.

Besides feeling pain in his body, 'Yi' also felt a swaying motion behind him. He opened his eyes, looked around, and found himself on overlapping tree branches.

But it was this head-shaking motion that caused him to lose his balance and continue falling.

But when he landed, he felt something soft beneath him, and then he heard a wail.

He didn't fall to the ground, but instead landed on top of someone, and then rolled downhill with that person until they hit a pile of rocks by the river and came to a stop.

"Ouch, my back..." qqxsnew

Upon hearing this voice, 'Yi' disregarded the pain in her body, alertly got up, and half-squatted to look at the person speaking in front of her.

The man had long hair, looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, and was wearing tattered armor.

He scrambled to his feet, clutching his aching back, and pointed at 'One', saying, "What's wrong with you? How did you fall from the sky... Hey, is that a child?"

"Ahem!" The man coughed twice, feigning a composed adult demeanor, and asked, "Little one, where did you come from?"

'Yi' remained silent, still on guard.

"Tsk tsk, looking at you like this, you must have fallen down from up there like me, right?"

The man, supporting his back, slowly walked to the riverbank, washed his hands, then his face, and even felt that wasn't enough, so he washed his hair as well.

'Yi' watched silently from the side, pondering countless possibilities.

Could this person be a bandit?

Could they be accomplices of the mountain lord?

Could it be...?

"Here, take this." The man walked over and handed 'Yi' a piece of cake.

'Yi' paused for a moment.

The man said, "What are you spacing out for? You don't even remember how long you've been unconscious, do you? Aren't you hungry?"

"Coo coo..."

Her stomach growled twice, and Yi frowned slightly, glancing at the sesame seed cake in the man's hand before looking at his face.

The man snorted, tore the sesame seed cake in half, took a bite himself, and then handed the other half to 'Yi', saying, "You're quite cautious. It's not poisonous, eat it without worry!"

Unable to bear the hunger any longer, Yi quickly grabbed the sesame seed cake and started eating it.

The man said to himself, "A little kid should just eat what he wants and ask for it. Why make it all so serious?"

"May I have your name?"

"Hey, I'm talking to you!"

Seeing that 'Yi' had not responded, the man said, "Is he mute? Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhao Huan, and I am a general."

"Do you understand what 'general' means? It means someone who is very capable!"

"I'm not mute, my name is Yi."

Seeing that 'Yi' finally spoke, the man smiled and said, "A strange name."

"One" asked, "Zhao Huan, what kind of 'Huan' is it?"

"The joy of happiness."

Are you happy?

“I…” Zhao Huan was stunned, shook his head, and said, “I don’t know either.”

As he spoke, Zhao Huan sighed sadly, took out another sesame seed cake from his tattered armor, tore it in half, and handed it to 'Yi', saying, "Eat some more, you'll have the strength to find the way up the mountain if you're full."

This time, 'Yi' didn't hesitate and decisively took the sesame seed cake.

Zhao Huan asked, "Don't you know how to say thank you?"

Yi paused for a moment, then shook his head.

He truly doesn't know how to say thank you, because the world has never given him the opportunity to do so.

As night fell, Yi and Zhao Huan became more familiar with each other, and Yi grew increasingly curious about this carefree and somewhat narcissistic man.

This man was unlike anyone he had ever met.

He didn't ask about Yi's background, but instead told Yi some interesting stories and taught him some principles from books, and then occasionally took out a sesame seed cake from his armor.

Yi was very surprised at just how many pancakes this man had hidden in his armor.

The man said, "My wife was worried that I would go hungry while I was on the march, so she sewed me a garment out of flatbread. You're growing up now, so eat as much as you want!"

For several days in a row, Yi and Zhao Huan spent every day together, and their daily routines were almost identical.

Eat sesame cakes, listen to stories, learn principles, and if you're lucky, you might even get to roast some wild game.

Yi gradually lowered her guard against Zhao Huan.

Although he grew up in an environment like a grotto, he wasn't inherently a heartless person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given that girl the chance to bite his shoulder, nor would he have saved 'San'.

The more people lack something, the more they care about it.

He began to interpret his relationship with Zhao Huan as a romantic one.

At the foot of this desolate cliff,

The first time someone asked him if he was hungry,

This was the first time someone had told him something funny.

This was the first time someone had taught him how to be a person.

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Someone showed him kindness.

"Are you... really a general?"

"Of course, can't you see I'm wearing armor?"

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