"Who are you? Why are you crying here?" Abu struggled to hold up a rather thick book.

"None of your business!"

The girl, who had just been crying her eyes out, immediately widened her eyes, looking like a little animal with its fur standing on end.

"I..." Abu was taken aback by her reaction, struggling to find the right words. He just felt that she must have suffered a great injustice to cry so bitterly.

"Tears can damage your skin if you cry too often. You're so pretty, you must care about your appearance."

"Uh..." The girl couldn't help but hiccup, then quickly wiped her face with her sleeve. "I know, you don't need to remind me."

She was just so angry with herself that she cried. No matter how she cultivated or healed, the energy in her body was always like a heavy mountain. It was there, but she couldn't move it no matter what.

Adding to her distress was the fact that her brother and Ming had gone out on a mission and hadn't returned for several months.

"Okay, then I'm sorry, I bothered you." Abu thought the girl was quite cute when she was being arrogant, and then he started to spread his kindness again.

"You're new here, right? My name is Abu. What's your name?"

"firefly"

Huaiying remained expressionless, but secretly became wary, taking a closer look at the gentle-spoken, fair-skinned young boy.

"Ying, don't worry." Abu carefully held the book and sat down not far from her. "Everyone here is very nice, you don't need to worry."

"You'll be fine once you find your own friends. Of course, you can also consider me a friend. I came here seven years ago."

"I'm an orphan. The elders told me they pulled me out of the giant rock monster's teeth. Isn't that hilarious?"

“A little,” Huaiying glanced at him disdainfully.

"Are you missing your family?" Abu didn't sense Huaiying's disgust at all and continued to chatter on, "I've forgotten who my parents are. The elders said they might have been eaten by monsters."

"The gaps between the giant rock monsters' teeth are so big, they definitely weren't chewed up, but digested directly, so their death wasn't too painful."

“Children and adults are different sizes. Maybe they just happened to be pierced by the sharp teeth of the giant rock monster?” Huai Ying raised an eyebrow and spoke in a somewhat nasty tone, her gaze sweeping across his fair face as she observed his reaction.

“That’s a bit bad,” Abu frowned, but his reaction wasn’t as strong as Huaiying had expected. “But thankfully, the pain was only for a moment, so it’s lucky.”

Huaiying: ...Is this reaction normal?

"The giant rock monsters aren't ordinary beasts; they're not lowly carnivores." Huai Ying rolled her eyes, her expression one of undisguised disgust.

"They feed on energy and demonic energy, swallowing everything smaller than themselves at once and absorbing their energy to enhance themselves."

"You're so small, but you know so much," Abu praised with a smile.

Huaiying: My fists are hardened

"You're heartless! You don't even understand your own enemy. How can you avenge the murder of your family?" Huaiying said with even more disdain, pointing to the thick book in his arms that was as thick as a brick.

"Page 1024 contains a detailed record of how to kill the Giant Rock Beast, dispose of its corpse, and evade the clan's revenge. You're welcome."

Huaiying thought he was just like those little rascals, too naive and utterly boring, so she got up and left.

"Why seek revenge?" Abu's puzzled voice chased after them.

"Why not take revenge?" Huaiying stopped in her tracks upon hearing this, her expression becoming more serious. She turned back and sat down next to him.