After the screams subsided, Black Wolf took a step back listlessly, then looked at Jin Shu with his green eyes and growled softly.

Jin Shu twitched her nose, and when the wind blew, a foul smell wafted through the air.

Animal feces smell different from human feces.

Jin Shu immediately understood why Black Wolf couldn't bring himself to bite him.

As the king of the forest, and possessing intelligence comparable to that of humans, how could he possibly bring himself to lay a hand on a prey covered in excrement?

Jin Shouan could see everything clearly, and his reaction became even more intense.

Looking at Jin Chuyao, who was curled up under the tree with an unknown liquid oozing from her body, he frowned and felt a surge of helpless anger.

"Ah Shu, what do we do now?"

Jin Shou'an couldn't bring himself to tell Jin Shu to release Jin Chuyao directly, so he didn't interfere and left the decision to Jin Shu.

Jin Shu reached out and patted the black wolf's head.

"I won't make things difficult for you. Let the other wolves come. You don't need to kill them, just leave them alive."

Arno once told her that the male and female protagonists were the chosen ones of their small world, and that the entire world was built by them.

Therefore, Jin Shu will not let them die like this before completing the mission.

Otherwise, if any trouble arises later, she'll have to solve it.

Screams echoed through the forest once again.

There are always wolves in a wolf pack who don't mind if their prey has a bit of a smell; they can just throw it in the river to rinse it off.

Anyway, there are streams everywhere in these mountains.

"Let's go, it's getting late. Let's see what other people's autumn hunt has been like."

Jin Shou'an finally realized why he had gone into the mountains.

"I completely forgot about the autumn hunt. It seems our Jin family is at the bottom again this year. Forget about deer or roe deer, I haven't even seen a pheasant this year."

"It's normal that you didn't see it, after all, this is their territory."

As soon as Jin Shu finished speaking, Black Wolf turned and left, and soon caught up with the two who were planning to leave the mountain.

Jin Shouan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw what it was holding in its mouth.

"Look, what's that in its mouth!"

"It's a wolf!"

Black Wolf dropped the dying wolf from his mouth, glanced at Jin Shu, and slowly turned back into the forest.

Jin Shouan excitedly jumped off his horse and looked at the wild wolf in front of him.

"No wonder he looked familiar, he's one of those gray wolves!"

Is it offering its own kind to us as prey?

Jin Shu rode her horse slowly forward.

"Like humans, wolves also purge internal enemies."

If it's given to you, just accept it; don't let its kindness go to waste.

"How thoughtful! Afraid that others would notice it was bitten to death by its own kind, this wolf has no bite marks on its body. It looks like it was just thrown around like that!"

Jin Shou'an excitedly took out his bow and arrow and delivered the final, fatal blow to the wolf.

With the arrow hole in his hand, the wolf truly belonged to him.

As a result, Jin Shou'an unsurprisingly became the champion of this autumn hunt, winning the one thousand taels of prize money set by the Jin family themselves.

Because of this incident, Kim Soo-an instantly became famous.

Every girl in He'an County knows that the eldest son of the Jin family caught a wild wolf during this autumn hunt.

These wolves are elusive and fierce; anyone who has even seen them is almost certainly doomed, let alone hunted.

This indirectly demonstrates Jin Shou'an's abilities.

After learning about this, Madam Jin only said one sentence.

"It seems that the matter of finding a wife for Shou'an this year has finally been settled."

As a notorious playboy in He'an County, what decent family would be willing to marry their daughter to such an unreliable person?

Jin Shou'an isn't a scoundrel who bullies men and women. Even if he meets someone he likes, he won't use the Jin family's power to force her if she doesn't like him back.

As a result, his peers all got married and had children, but his later life was still uncertain.

Now that's good, the reputation of hunting wolves has spread, which can at least somewhat clear his name of past infamy.

Jin Shouan, who had no objection to getting married and having children in the past, shook his head and refused without hesitation after receiving the woman's reply this time.

Madam Jin: "You brat! Do you know how many families I've sent invitations to, and finally one family has agreed to reply? We're about to have a happy marriage, and you're telling me you want to make a name for yourself before settling down?"

And make a name for yourself?

Mrs. Jin couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

Others might not know, but how could she not understand her own son?

His archery skills aren't even as good as mine. I guess it was just a lucky break that he managed to get the prize, and it actually made him proud.

It's good enough if you can settle down and start a family, but you still want to make a name for yourself!

"Mother, you don't understand. Ah Shu and I are doing something big lately. Don't worry about us."

"You even brought your sister along to cause trouble with you! I'll beat you to death today, or I'll be letting down the ancestors of the Jin family!"

Jin Shouan was beaten so badly he jumped up and down, but he moved nimbly, seemingly quite familiar with his mother's tactics.

To outsiders, the beating looked severe, but he hardly actually received any blows from the stick.

"What do you have to do with the ancestors of the Jin family? You should think more about yourself. Look how tired you are from working so hard for those few shops all day long! Your hair has turned white."

If you ask me, I'd say you should sell those shops immediately and retire peacefully at home!

"You're getting more and more absurd! We've sold the shop, and after your father and I pass away, the three of you will all be begging on the streets!"

The shop is the best guarantee that Madam Jin can leave to her children.

Official positions cannot be inherited, but fortunately, shops and household servants can.

These are the things the three siblings will rely on in the future.

Jin Shou'an grabbed the stick from Madam Jin's hand and told her...

"Mother, haven't you noticed that our county is almost overflowing with refugees?"

In other counties, even wealthy families have to sell their children to survive. Do you think our county will be an exception?

The shop has been sold; we'll buy rice and flour elsewhere and build more granaries.

Otherwise, once He'an County becomes like the other surrounding counties, all these shops you own will just become dilapidated shacks!

Madam Jin stood there stunned, the stick in her hand falling to the ground without her noticing.

Who told you that?

"Uncle Zhang."

Anyway, Jin Shu said that whatever she said, it had to come from Zhang Shixu's mouth.

The Jin couple had trusted Zhang Shixu for over a decade, let alone now that he was a high-ranking official in the imperial court.

"Mother, Uncle Zhang is the governor. He has traveled far and wide and seen more than any of us. How can you not believe what he says?"

"Then why didn't your Uncle Zhang tell me that himself?"

Jin Shouan is quick-witted and speaks fluently.

“Uncle Zhang is strict and never favors relatives of the emperor. If I told you directly, wouldn’t that affect his principles as an official?”

(End of this chapter)