I started to feel irritable again.

"Don't move." After saying that, Yu Ci gripped the branch with both hands and forcefully pried it outwards.

The boy looked thin, but he was strong.

Feeling a loosening next to her neck, Chaochao quickly leaned back.

Chaochao looked pleasantly surprised after successfully evacuating.

I touched my head, and it was perfectly fine.

"Thank you, Brother Yu Ci~"

What a kind person!

Yu Ci: "You still haven't told me how you got stuck?"

Chaochao said honestly, "The tree started it..."

Actually, it was because she wanted to test if it would get stuck.

But Chaochao didn't want to talk about it.

I'm so sorry, Shushu, please, Shushu.

Yu Ci: "..."

Fearing that Yu Ci would see through her act, Chaochao quickly changed the subject: "Oh dear, are you observing this little plant?"

She pointed to the roadside.

Amidst the weeds, a single orchid grows.

Yu Ci looked at it silently, his eyes filled with a deep, dark color.

Chaochao squatted by the roadside, looking around curiously.

What kind of grass is this?

Yu Ci: "Just a rotten orchid."

The slender green leaves were covered with a layer of gray glaze, dull and lackluster, with edges tinged with a yellowish or even rotten brown.

A dying orchid.

"Ah..." Chaochao sighed regretfully, "Is it beyond saving?"

Yu Ci shifted her gaze away from it, "It's hopeless."

Chaochao was a little frustrated.

Yu Ci no longer wanted to stay.

Where are the people who are with you?

Chaochao: "You mean Sister Wang? She took leave to fight monsters."

Yu Ci, listening to the child speak so seriously: "..."

Actually, the military had an urgent mission and was short-handed, so Wang Jie went to help.

Before leaving, Wang Jie pleaded with Huo Qin for a long leave. Generally speaking, resigning would have been enough, but Wang Jie really couldn't bear to part with the lovely Miss Chaochao.

The system translated this incident into "fighting monsters," which filled Chaochao with immense admiration upon hearing it.

Yu Ci was just about to take Chaochao to find Xie Jingcheng when she saw him walking over.

He paused for a moment.

He glanced at the child still squatting on the ground, then turned and left.