"Feng Qiyan~"

"I'm Shan Zuo."

Dan Zuo, whose waist had been held by Feng Qiyan for a full quarter of an hour, could only helplessly remind her.

Feng Qiyan's arms around Shan Zuo suddenly froze when she heard that. Then, instead of loosening her arms around Shan Zuo's waist, she grabbed his shirt and wiped her dusty face with it.

Shan Zuo: ...

When Feng Cailan was sent to Huaqiao Village as an imperial envoy, Feng Qiyan accompanied him. At the Fufeng County government office, Feng Cailan was tricked into taking an aphrodisiac. Feng Qiyan sought help from Hua Qingcheng at the Hua residence in Huaqiao Village. At the time, Feng Qiyan mistook Shan You for Shan Zuo when he opened the door, and now, she mistakenly identified her brother Shan Zuo as her younger brother Shan You...

Feng Qiyan raised her head and looked at the boy in front of her again. He seemed to be a little darker and thinner, with firmer flesh on his body. His eyes were sharp and alert, not as gentle and warm as Shan You's.

"A Zuo!"

No matter how smart and capable Feng Qiyan was, she was still just an eight-year-old child. Although Feng Qiyan hadn't seen Shan Zuo in three months, she still felt a surge of warmth upon seeing that familiar face. Feng Qiyan hugged Shan Zuo's waist again, wiping her suddenly flowing tears onto his clothes.

"Woo woo woo~"

Although the other children in the deep pit had their mouths gagged with rags, they all spoke out and signaled the boy to save them when they saw the boy coming from behind not only killing the bad guys but also going down into the deep pit.

"Feng Qiyan~"

Shan Zuo, holding a black iron dagger in one hand, still remembered how confident and dazzling the daughter of the general's mansion was when he followed Hua Qingcheng to the mansion and saw her in the garden. But now she was in such a miserable state.

Shan Zuo inexplicably felt a little reluctant, but when he saw him touch the girl's head in his arms with a little heartache, he let her go.

"It's not advisable to stay here for long, and they don't seem to be in good condition."

Shan Zuo once again scanned the children in the pit, his delicate face slightly sullen. Perhaps from fear, cold, or hunger, they were in a state of distress, and several appeared to be unconscious. Although Shan Zuo was privately more concerned about Feng Qiyan's safety, since he had encountered them, he naturally wanted to save them if possible.

"Um."

Feng Qiyan, who had recovered from her shock, nodded a little embarrassedly, then released her hand that was holding Shan Zuo, and together with him, removed the ropes tied around the other children and the rags stuffed in their mouths one by one.

The children, suddenly free, burst into tears. For a moment, the deep pit was filled with cries and shouts.

Although Shan Zuo was very curious about why Feng Qiyan and these children were brought here, now was obviously not the time to ask these questions to clear himself up.

"Miss, little brother, can you make it up? If you can, can you help me go to the dilapidated temple in the south of the city and tell a man named Long Yi to come pick me up?"

Chuncao, dressed in tattered clothes, opened her big, round eyes and looked at Feng Qiyan and Shan Zuo with great anticipation.

Yesterday morning, Chuncao left the dilapidated temple as usual, preparing to go begging at the south gate of the city. Unexpectedly, while walking on the road, Chuncao suddenly felt a pain in the back of her neck, and then she lost consciousness.

When Chuncao woke up, she found herself in a deep pit, with a rag stuffed in her mouth and her hands and feet tied. There were many other children around her. She had been missing for a day and a night, and the boss must have been very worried.

"Little sister, I can't promise you that. Because even if we leave, we will take you all with us. We won't leave you here."

Feng Qiyan caressed Chuncao's head lovingly. This little girl looked only five or six years old, and after being captured, she remained so calm that she felt a little ashamed of herself.

"Um."

Shan Zuo, standing by, nodded in agreement. He had just gone to such great lengths to kill the masked men in black. If he simply left without caring about the children, what if they fell into the hands of the masked men's accomplices? Wouldn't all his hard work be in vain?

"Azu, I just saw some vines nearby. We'll pick some and connect them together to use as a rope, then tie one end to a big tree and let it hang down. Then we can pull them all up one by one." Feng Qiyan said after a little thought.

"Okay." Shan Zuo nodded.

"Everyone, stop crying. You've been trapped for quite some time, and you must be cold, hungry, sleepy, and tired. If you cry too much and faint, it won't be good if you can't get up later..."

As Feng Qiyan finished speaking, the children indeed quieted down a lot, except for some younger children who were still crying.

Feng Qiyan glanced at the thinly dressed children in the deep pit. Her brows furrowed slightly, and she pursed her lips before continuing, "Everyone, gather together for warmth. Those who are in better spirits, please help take care of the ones who have fainted. Rub their hands and feet, etc., so they don't get too cold."

Upon hearing this, the children quickly followed Feng Qiyan's instructions. For the children in the pit, Feng Qiyan and Shan Zuo were their spiritual support and their hope for survival. Naturally, they followed whatever Feng Qiyan and Shan Zuo told them to do.

"Little sister, keep an eye on them. Ah Zuo and I will go up and pick some vines for everyone. We'll bring you up later."

Although there were many children older than herself in the deep pit, Feng Qiyan felt that Chuncao was calm and collected enough, so she gave her the task of comforting everyone.

"Don't worry, little sister, Chuncao will do it." Chuncao nodded obediently.

So, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, Feng Qiyan used her Qinggong skills to fly out of the deep pit. Although Shan Zuo had only recently started learning martial arts and his Qinggong skills were average, he was agile and quickly climbed out of the deep pit, using both Qinggong and climbing.

Just as Feng Qiyan said, after coming out of the deep pit, Feng Qiyan and Shan Zuo picked a lot of vines from nearby. After connecting them together, they tied one end of the vine to a big tree with thick branches and hung the other end down into the deep pit.

After doing all this, the two went down into the deep pit again.

"Don't worry, we will rescue every one of you. Now carry the three who fainted over here first, and then everyone line up in order from shortest to tallest." Looking at the suddenly noisy crowd, Feng Qiyan gave decisive orders.

Feng Qiyan's words were sonorous and powerful, and they had an inexplicable power to calm people's souls. Everyone quickly followed her instructions.

After letting Shan Zuo tie the fainted child to her back, Feng Qiyan grabbed the vines with both hands and stepped on the edge of the deep pit. With the help of her lightness skills, she quickly brought the first child out of the deep pit.

One of the fainted children looked two or three years old, and the other two looked three or four years old. Their injuries were not serious, and Feng Qiyan quickly rescued them all.

As for the conscious children, Feng Qiyan and Shan Zuo simply tied ropes around them and pulled them out of the pit. Although some scratches were inevitable, compared to the loss of their lives, these seemed insignificant.