The girl in red looked at Qin Yanning hesitantly, but did not respond.

Qin Yanning didn't take the girl's actions to heart.

For her, tying up these people and preventing them from going up Jingshan was actually saving them. Her intuition told her that what was hidden on Jingshan could not be some immortal treasure or magical herb that could prolong life.

But for the girl, these people who spoke rudely might be her fellow disciples with whom she had been with day and night, and Qin Yanning did not expect that she could react with just a few words.

She was just giving a reminder, whether the girl listened or not was her own business.

The girl in red watched Qin Yanning and the others leave, hesitated for a moment, and then chased after them. Seeing this, the demon hunters tied to the ground immediately started cursing, "You damned little bitch, you don't expect us to help you find your father, right?"

The middle-aged man leading the group had a ferocious look on his face, and his tone was filled with impatience. "Come and untie me quickly. Jingshan is just ahead. Don't you plan to go in?"

The rope Xinyi used to tie the people up was a spiritual rope produced by the Stargazing Pavilion. Unless someone else came to untie it, it would be impossible to open it by herself.

The middle-aged man tried several times, but the rope on his hands showed no sign of loosening, and even tightened around his wrists. He then quickly asked the girl to untie it for them.

The girl paused for a moment after hearing what they were saying, but she didn't look back. Instead, she quickly caught up with Qin Yanning and said, "Slow down, young lady. Are you going to Jingshan too?"

The girl spoke softly and haltingly, then blinked and looked at Qin Yanning, as if trying to hide her inner uneasiness.

Lu Qingqing, who was standing on Qin Yanning's shoulder, also looked at the girl curiously.

Lu Qingqing felt that the girl in front of her was not bad. At least she didn't have the lingering stench from those stinky men just now.

Qin Yanning couldn't be mean to the little girl. She nodded without saying anything.

The girl seemed a little embarrassed and hesitated for a moment before saying, "My name is Ning Ruoshui, and I'm from Suzhou."

Ning Ruoshui was really likable. Qin Yanning stopped and looked at her, waiting for her to speak word by word, and couldn't help but smile.

Seeing that Qin Yanning was willing to listen to her, Ning Ruoshui relaxed a lot and gradually spoke faster.

Ning Ruoshui grew up in Suzhou and is a typical mermaid.

Her mother died early due to illness, so she lived with her father Ning Yu. Although Ning Yu was not a very powerful demon catcher, he tried his best to give Ning Ruoshui the best living conditions.

The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is pleasant, and the neighbors around them are very caring towards them. The father and daughter depend on each other, and their lives are quite happy and reunited.

When Ning Ruoshui was fifteen years old, Ning Yu had already saved up twenty-eight loads of dowry for his precious daughter on his own. He was just waiting for his daughter to find a husband of her dreams one day and witness her find her home.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Ning Yu introduced many young talents to Ruoshui in Suzhou, but he could never find the right one for Ruoshui.

Many people who came to ask for Ning Ruoshui's hand in marriage were attracted by the dowry that Ning Yu had saved for his daughter. The Ning family was quite wealthy, and Ning Yu only had one daughter. Ning Yu knew that these people were planning to wipe out the entire family.

Ning Yu only has this one precious daughter, so he is naturally not stingy with her, but he is worried that these men who come to him for money will not treat Ning Ruoshui well after he is gone.

As for those big families who didn't care about dowry, they looked down on Ning Ruoshui because she lost her mother at a young age and believed that she was unlucky.

This delay lasted for more than half a year.

Ning Ruoshui found her ideal husband, the young master of the Jiang family in Suzhou. The Jiang family is a famous Suzhou embroidery family and is well-known in Jiangnan.

A young couple met at the Lantern Festival. Ning Ruoshui was standing on the Nine-Arch Bridge holding a palace lantern. With just one glance back, she fell in love with the young master of the Jiang family.

The two met because of a riddle and became friends because of a riddle. After returning home, Young Master Jiang told his parents that he would not marry anyone but Ning Ruoshui.

Although Mrs. Jiang disliked Ning Ruoshui for not having a mother, she was partial to her youngest son and finally relented and sent someone to the Ning family to propose marriage.

Ning Yu was also quite satisfied with Young Master Jiang. He was delighted and thought that he had finally gotten rid of a worry. He only had to wait until Ning Ruoshui's sixteenth birthday and the Jiang family would formally propose marriage, and the matter of having two children would be a done deal.

As luck would have it, Ning Ruoshui fainted for no reason on her sixteenth birthday. Ning Yu rushed her to the hospital, only to discover that Ruoshui had the same heart disease as his deceased wife.

This kind of heart disease has no cure. Once Ruoshui reaches the age of twenty-five or twenty-six, even a god would find it difficult to save her life.

After Ning Yu learned about this, he was shocked. He lost his beloved wife when he was in his twenties. In order to take good care of his daughter, he relied on his longing for the deceased to persevere until his daughter grew up. However, he did not expect that tragedy would happen to him again.

After the Jiang family found out about this, they never mentioned the engagement with the Ning family again, and Young Master Jiang was also locked up at home.

Mrs. Jiang didn't want her son to marry a wife who was destined to die young, so Young Master Jiang sneaked out to see Ning Ruoshui. As soon as the two children met, they seemed to be immersed in tears.

Young Master Jiang was determined, but the Jiang family refused to give in and sent people to drag Young Master Jiang back.

Ning Yu understood Mrs. Jiang's feelings for her son, and he had no right to keep Young Master Jiang.

Ning Ruoshui is also a sensible child, but as soon as Young Master Jiang left, her condition immediately worsened a lot. Ning Yu saw it and felt anxious.

In order to find a way to cure Ning Ruoshui, Ning Yu began to search for famous doctors in the Jiangnan area.

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There will be another chapter later. I’m a bit busy recently, so I’ll give my heart to the little ones.