Chapter 77 077 Wait a minute, I'm about to finish scraping my Magic Fairy Castle!

Su Lu looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a half-smile, then glanced at the sack on the ground.

The burlap sack looks so familiar, the scene looks so familiar, it feels like I've seen it before!

"Long time no see? Not long, right? Didn't we just see each other this morning? Tell me, what's going on? Could the Qin family's eldest granddaughter really be a human trafficker?"

Qin Xiaoxiao: "..."

I'll talk about it later, I'm almost done scraping my Magic Castle.

After I only managed to cut half of the Magic Castle last time, I'll try my best this time and I promise I'll finish it.

Qin Xiaoxiao stared at Su Lu with a serious expression, her little face stern. "How could Comrade Su doubt me? I am a good comrade, wholeheartedly good-hearted, kind and honest, a good person who does good deeds, reliable and trustworthy. How could someone like me be a human trafficker?"

You're giving me too much credit; I don't have that ability!

Which human trafficker isn't a master actor? They're just short of winning international Best Actress and Best Actor awards.

Su Lu raised his chin. "Then tell me, what's going on?"

Qin Xiaoxiao spread her hands and said helplessly, "If I said I just happened to run into it, would you believe me?"

Su Lu chuckled and asked, "What do you think?"

Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to tell the whole story.

Su Lu listened intently, but after hearing the whole story, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and he looked at Qin Xiaoxiao as if she were some kind of monster.

Is this mountain very big? He's been running around in the mountains since he was a child, so he doesn't really feel it.

Lost? That's impossible. He knows where every blade of grass and every tree is on the mountain, otherwise...

Su Lu glanced discreetly at Qin Gouzi inside the sack.

Qin Xiaoxiao was oblivious to Su Lu's gaze, preoccupied with the fact that she had gotten lost twice on the mountain.

This can't go on. We came from the apocalypse, after all. Getting lost once is one thing, but getting lost twice is not just getting lost, it's embarrassing.

Sigh, I guess I'll have to go up the mountain every day from now on. At least I'll get to know the terrain here. Otherwise, if she gets lost again, she'll kill herself with a block of tofu before her grandma even has to lift a finger.

"So, the dog was kidnapped by human traffickers?"

Mentioning Qin Gouzi, Qin Xiaoxiao became anxious, "Right, let's not talk about that now. This child has a fever and we need to take him to the infirmary right away, otherwise it will be terrible if his brain gets damaged from the fever."

Su Lu heard Qin Xiao say that Qin Gouzi had a fever, so he quickly squatted down and touched Qin Gouzi's head.

Sure enough, it burned quite badly.

Su Lu picked up Qin Gouzi and ran, while telling Qin Xiaoxiao to follow.

Qin Xiaoxiao wasn't familiar with the way down the mountain, so now that someone was leading the way, she naturally had to follow.

So the two of them ran down the mountain quickly. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Su Lu told Qin Xiaoxiao to stop. "You stand here and wait for your brother and the others to come down the mountain. Tell them that Gouzi has been found."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "Okay, I'll wait here."

Su Lu turned and continued running, but after a couple of steps he turned back again, still worried, and instructed, "Don't go up the mountain to look for your brother and the others, just stand here and wait."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded firmly this time, "Don't worry, I won't go up the mountain."

Su Lu was relieved and ran away with Qin Gouzi in her arms.

Once Su Lu had gone far away, Qin Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and sat down weakly against a tree.

After resting with my eyes closed for a while, I heard footsteps behind me.

Someone came down from the mountain.

Qin Xiaoxiao feared he was a human trafficker, so she quickly turned around to look. Fortunately, it was Qin Ye.

Qin Xiaoxiao hurriedly went to greet him, "Brother, Qin Gouzi has been found. He had a fever when he was found, and Su Lu took him to the medical room."

Upon hearing that Qin Gouzi had been found, Qin Ye breathed a sigh of relief. "He found the person?"

Qin Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat, and she said evasively, "I touched the dog's head, and it seems to have a pretty high fever. If the fever lasts a long time, I'm afraid it will damage his brain. Brother, you should go and take a look right away."

When Qin Ye heard that Qin Gouzi had a fever, he frowned, but still looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with suspicion.

"No rush. Didn't Su Lu take him to the medical room? I can't help if I go there now. Tell me how you found Gouzi first."

Qin Xiaoxiao secretly rolled her eyes.

As expected of a soldier, their alertness is truly remarkable.

Well, since I can't escape it anyway, I might as well tell you.

So Qin Xiaoxiao told him how she found Qin Gouzi.

After hearing this, Qin Ye looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with schadenfreude, "Wait until you get home, and I'll beat you to death."

Qin Xiaoxiao was about to retort when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head. She looked at Qin Ye with displeasure and asked, "Brother, why did you hit me?"

Qin Ye's face darkened. "What do you think? Shouldn't you have been hit? You've got some nerve, daring to go up the mountain alone? You got lost on the mountain last time, and you've already forgotten about it after only a few days?"

He was gloating, but he was also a loving older brother who genuinely cared for his sister. He was already quite annoyed when Qin Xiaoxiao got lost right under his nose last time. Not only did he get a beating because of her, but he also almost regretted bringing her up the mountain.

It's only been a few days, and she's already lost herself again. Luckily, she found herself again by some twist of fate this time, and even brought Qin Gouzi back with her. Otherwise, would she be looking for her or Qin Gouzi?

Recalling what happened last time, Qin Xiaoxiao awkwardly scratched the ground with her foot.

Who knows, she might be able to carve out another Magic Castle today, and then she won't have to worry about where to live. Why would she need to buy a courtyard house?

"Brother, I was wrong. I shouldn't have gone up the mountain."

Qin Wei thought of Qin Xiaoxiao's original intention for going up the mountain, and couldn't bear to scold her anymore.

"Alright, don't worry. When you get home, talk to Grandma properly. I... I'll speak up for you. Everything will be alright."

Grandma loves Xiaoxiao dearly and can't bear to hit her, but she can hit me.

Well, today is another day of taking the fall for my sister.

Qin Ye helplessly rubbed his forehead, suddenly feeling a headache.

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she smiled obediently, "Okay, I'll listen to you, brother."

Looking at his carefree, laughing sister, Qin Ye's headache worsened.

"Brother, are you going up the mountain to look for someone all by yourself?"

“The others are behind. I’ll come down first and tell my dad that we haven’t found the person yet. We’ll see if we should report it to the police in town. Now that you’ve found the person, well… no, we really have to report this to the police.”

If someone is abducted, of course you should call the police, even if they are found and the abduction can be kept secret.

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded seriously, "We must report it to the police. I only found Gouzi, I didn't see anyone else. It's possible that Gouzi ran up the mountain on his own and didn't encounter any human traffickers. It's also possible that the human traffickers saw that Gouzi had a fever and didn't want to bother him, so they abandoned him."

Whatever the reason, we need to tell the police. Just in case it really was abducted, we might be able to get some information from the dog when it wakes up.

Qin Ye thought so too.

"Now I'm actually hoping that Gouzi was kidnapped by human traffickers and brought up the mountain. That way, we might actually be able to catch those bastards."

If only the dog could see those people, even if it couldn't describe their faces, it would be good if it could tell how many there were. That way, the police wouldn't be caught unprepared, and one or two might escape when they try to close in. That would make the human traffickers even more dangerous to society.

(End of this chapter)