Li Chang'an asked Xiong Er.

Xiong Er thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know her name, I only know that she also fled here with her grandfather, but unfortunately the old man didn't last long and died."

"Then they just left her alone in the mountains, without even a decent piece of clothing."

Li Chang'an listened to Xiong Er's words without saying a word.

He watched as the little girl deftly replaced all the villagers' firewood before finally taking out her own half-load of branches.

He put the branches into the woodpile, scooped out a bowl of rice, and carefully placed it into the wooden bowl he had brought.

Because the wooden bowl had a crack, some rice leaked out, so she quickly squatted down and picked it up one grain at a time.

She only had half a load of firewood, so she could only exchange it for a bowl of rice, which is why she cherished every grain of rice.

Because she was so small, she couldn't chop as much firewood as others.

She dared not pick up the branches on the ground.

She was afraid that other children would hit her, so she could only break off branches from trees.

If you don't have the strength, use your body to break the tree branches.

Although she sometimes falls and gets hurt, at least no one will try to take the branches she breaks herself.

Her biological parents abandoned her when she was a child.

Her grandfather picked her up and raised her, but unfortunately, he died not long after they fled here.

She began to adapt to living alone, eating grass roots and tree bark.

When she was starving, she even ate yellow soil.

She never thought about living a good life.

All she wanted was to live.

There is no sin in living.

As she was picking things up, a tall figure stood in front of her.

She looked up and saw Li Chang'an bathed in the glow of the sunset, gazing at her.

"May I have your name."

"My name is Xiaoxiao."

The little girl stood up, her thin, bony body shivering in the cold wind.

Li Chang'an looked at her without saying a word. He didn't know how a five or six-year-old child could live alone in the mountains.

He wanted to help her, but before he could speak, he heard a beep in his mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have received a hidden quest—Recruiting Apprentices."

"Blessed with good fortune, she is a woman of destiny. Still young, she has endured many hardships and needs a teacher to protect and educate her. Please take her as your disciple and protect her as she grows up."

"The mission reward is 99+ eggs, and the special reward is one resurrection coin."

"Resurrection Coin - Hey, I'm alive! Hey, I died! Hey, I'm alive again! Come and hit me, you idiot!"