Nanxing didn't look up, but Ah Li looked up at the dagger in the boy's hand, and then at the stone in his hand.

A dagger is still the best tool.

Ahri took the dagger and said to the boy, "Thank you."

The boy squatted down and said to Ahri, "Could you give me a bowl of water?"

“Okay, Nanxing, give this man a bowl of water.”

Nanxing reluctantly poured water and placed it in front of the boy.

The boy drank a bowl of water and said, "My name is Kong Qing."

Ah Li said, "My name is Nan Tian Li, and he is my son, Nan Xing."

Kong Qing noticed that Ah Li was using the dagger like a kitchen knife, and he said, "Thank you for saving me."

Ahri said, "It was my son who found you, and it was you who exchanged your jade pendant for his help to save you."

Kong Qing recalled that it was indeed true; when he was lying at the bottom of the cliff, he did encounter someone who took out the jade pendant he was carrying.

Ali took the chopped chicken to cook, and she also cleaned the dagger with wood ash and rinsed it with water before returning it to Kong Qing.

Kong Qing said, "I might stay here for a long time. Here, take this dagger in exchange for my permission to stay."

Ahri looked at the dagger. It was quite nice; the iron sheath around the dagger was inlaid with many gems.

Nanxing picked up some branches and threw them into the fire. He would still look at Kong Qing. The man was still handsome, but he preferred talking to his father and didn't want to talk to him.

Ah Li looked at Nan Xing and said, "Give him back the jade pendant, and we'll keep this dagger."

Nanxing responded and went back into the cave to take out the jade pendant.

Kong Qing said, "The jade pendant was given to him when I asked him to save me. The dagger was something I was going to keep. You don't need to return either of them."

Ah Li noticed that when Kong Qing spoke, her gaze would occasionally fall on the peach blossom on her abdomen, so she stood up and said, "Fine, then I won't return any of them."

This was the first time Kong Qing had ever seen a man with a peach blossom birthmark. He had only heard of it before, so he was a little curious.