Qingchen looked at her, making Shen Miao feel guilty. She waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, I also think that we should start educating the kids early. It's time to find an opportunity to let them practice their courage."

"It's up to you now." Qingchen stood up and went back to her room.

Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, then glared angrily. How could he leave it to her? He's their biological father too, okay? It seems like Qing Chen is becoming more and more of a hands-off manager.

He muttered a few words, but unfortunately Qingchen didn't hear him and had already closed the door.

The second child had a better mental fortitude than the fourth child. When he woke up the next day, he acted as if nothing had happened, ate a large piece of meat as usual, and then took the other children to the river to fish.

Seeing that he was alright, Shen Miao felt relieved.

However, less than half an hour later, Erbao, who had been so proud and ambitious about catching a basket of fish, covered his arm and ran home in a hurry.

Shen Miao pulled him over for a checkup and found a wound on Erbao's fair arm. The wound looked strange and didn't look like an animal bite. At least, she had never seen any animal with such teeth marks.

"I was bitten by a fish," Erbao said, feeling wronged.

Shen Miao: "..."

The fish in this world are somewhat ferocious, and it's not surprising that some big fish will bite the babies. Shen Miao comforted the aggrieved baby for a few words, took out iodine and gauze, cleaned the wound, and bandaged it.

Erbao seemed to feel embarrassed and sat there silently.

Shen Miao tried to talk to him, but he was listless and didn't seem to care. After thinking for a moment, Shen Miao took Erbao's hand and started to walk outside. Erbao quickly asked, "Mommy, where are we going?"

"Kill the fish to avenge my family!" Shen Miao coldly uttered the four words.

Erbao thought his mother was so cool, and he couldn't help but follow Shen Miao to the river. Shen Miao didn't use a regular fishing net; she just released her superpower, and the water in the river suddenly surged up into a huge column of water that crashed heavily to the ground.

After several such incidents, the river was almost drained dry by Chen Miao, and the ground was covered with white fish, most of which were already dead. Occasionally, a few would twitch a few times, proclaiming their dwindling vitality.

Erbao was stunned by this scene and was too excited to speak. He could only keep clapping his hands until they were red.

"Mom is amazing!"

Da Bao, San Bao, and Si Bao ran over from elsewhere and were also stunned by the scene before them. After learning that it was Shen Miao who did it, they started showering her with compliments.

Enjoying the adoration of the little ones, Shen Miao said nonchalantly, "Alright, many of the man-eating fish inside have died. We'll come back for the ones that aren't."

It's tiring to finish it all at once; it's more fun to do it several times.

When Shen Miao returned home with her children, carrying strings of fish, she saw Qing Chen standing at the door, staring at them with a strange look.

The children, not understanding what was going on, grinned and said, "Daddy, we have lots of fish, enough to eat for many, many days."

Qingchen then took the fish from the children and asked, "Why did you catch so many fish out of the blue?"

Mentioning this, the children got excited, waving their little hands and saying proudly, "Mommy caught all of these. Mommy is so amazing. One nasty big fish bit Erbao's hand, and Mommy killed all the fish in the river."

"Not all fish, Sanbao, you're talking nonsense. It's a large portion of fish," Dabao corrected.

Xiao Sibao nodded and said softly, "Big brother is right."

Qingchen looked at Shen Miao with a half-smile, clearly saying nothing, but Shen Miao inexplicably understood his meaning. Her cheeks flushed slightly. Well, she didn't want to do this either, but when she saw the wound on Erbao's hand, she got angry and lost control.

"If you keep going like this, when will Erbao ever grow up to be brave?" Qingchen said to Shen Miao in a low voice as he fell behind.

Shen Miao was extremely embarrassed, but still insisted on being stubborn, "This has nothing to do with courage. This is what I should do as a mother. We can talk about building courage later."

Qingchen clicked his tongue softly, but said nothing.

Just as Shen Miao was worrying about what opportunity to create to help the kids grow up bravely, Huo Hu came to say goodbye, looking preoccupied.

"You're leaving? Where are you going? When are you coming back?" Shen Miao blurted out.

"Go far away." Fire Tiger didn't specify a location, speaking vaguely.

Shen Miao realized something was wrong and pressed for an answer. Huo Hu said helplessly, "I don't know exactly where, but this trip is unlikely to go smoothly. So, I really can't give a definite answer as to whether we can come back or when we will return."

Upon hearing this, Shen Miao knew this wouldn't do. Wasn't this just sending them to their deaths? Huo Hu was now considered her friend, and he had helped her a lot. He had saved her once before and later helped her train her beasts. She couldn't just stand by and watch it get into trouble.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Miao asked, "When are you leaving? I'll take you there."

Huo Hu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she had agreed, but then felt a little disappointed. After telling Shen Miao the departure time, Huo Hu left.

Meanwhile, Shen Miao was making arrangements in a flurry of activity.

She first went to Jiuying and asked about Huohu. The two were good friends, and Huohu would tell Jiuying many things. From Jiuying, Shenmiao learned that Huohu was going to find the stolen demon pearl.

Because we don't know who stole it, this trip will be very dangerous.

Shen Miao understood, and then told Jiu Ying that she would go with Huo Hu to find the Demon Pearl, and that Xuan Ran Jun would be left to him and Qing Chen Xue Lang. Jiu Ying only asked one question, "Did you tell Qing Chen and the cubs?"

Shen Miao's next step was to go find Qing Chen and Zai Zai, as these were the most difficult to deal with. She thought of many ways to phrase it, but when she finally spoke, the Zai Zai still started making a fuss.

"No, no, no, I want to go with my mother."

Shen Miao felt things were getting a bit tricky, so she asked Qing Chen for help. Qing Chen remained calm and collected, avoiding eye contact with Shen Miao.

Shen Miao knew that Qing Chen was actually unhappy. Although Qing Chen didn't say anything when she went out several times, she would be very cold to her for a while each time she came back.

She felt somewhat helpless about this.

Finally, Shen Miao used all her skills to persuade the children and agreed to many of their conditions, such as returning as soon as possible and bringing them gifts.

On the day she left, Shen Miao took advantage of the children being fast asleep and quietly left. After taking a few steps, she sensed something, turned around, and saw a figure flash past the doorway.

She rubbed her eyes, thinking she was seeing things, but upon closer inspection, she realized that the corner of her clothes hadn't been properly hidden by the door.

Shen Miao immediately curled the corners of her lips and chuckled softly.

The main villain actually gave it to her, and she's too shy to show her face—how adorable!