Liu Junlan simply couldn't believe that Lin Wanyue had been lost.

"You two, tell me properly, how did you lose your sister?" Liu Junlan asked anxiously, her face darkening as she grabbed Lin Zihan's hand.

When the brothers Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu first heard that their sister was missing, they refused to believe it. They searched the house thoroughly but couldn't find her, which terrified them.

Lin Zihan, tears streaming down his face, sobbed as he said, "My sister said she was sleepy and wanted to go to sleep... so we went out to play..."

Lin Ziqiu nodded in agreement, wiping the snot and tears from his face with his sleeve, his face streaked with tears.

"Grandma, don't be angry. My brothers are still young. My older brother and I will definitely find our sister." Lin Zheyun stood in front of her two younger brothers with great loyalty.

Lin Zhongyuan silently pursed his lips. "I'm going to find my sister."

"My sister is still so young. How could you two leave her alone at home and go out to play?" Liu Junlan's hands were trembling, and she was really panicking.

"Mother, don't worry. Wanwan has always been well-behaved. Maybe she just missed us when she went to look for us. Let's go look again. We'll definitely find her." Xuefu also advised from the side.

Xuefu had already thought it through in her mind.

The riverbed is dry, so there's no need to worry about Lin Wanyue slipping and falling in.

The only well where water could be drawn was locked by the old village head, and Wanwan was too short to climb up.

As for the villagers, while not all of them are virtuous, they are not particularly wicked either.

Liu Junlan nodded, her face pale. She tried to get up and find someone, but she was too panicked and felt weak all over, making it difficult to even stand up.

What she feared most was that Lin Wanyue would be taken away by someone else.

A pretty and clever girl like Lin Wanyue could fetch several taels of silver if sold to the city as a maid.

Then there's nowhere to find it!

Lin Zhongyuan and his three younger brothers split up to search for their sister, determined to find her.

Lin Ziqiu wiped away his tears and said in a sobbing voice, "I will definitely bring my sister back."

As soon as the four of them stepped out of the house, Lin Zheyun saw his father carrying his younger sister back.

"Grandma, Mother, my sister has been found! It turns out she was kidnapped by Father!" Lin Zheyun shouted quickly.

Upon hearing this, Lin Weiming felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

What's wrong with his stupid son?

What do you mean he kidnapped his sister?

How could he possibly abduct his own daughter?

However, when he carried Lin Wanyue into the courtyard, he saw his mother waving a large bamboo stick, which she usually used for drying clothes, menacingly at him.

"Mother! What's wrong? Why are you so angry? Who upset you?" Lin Weiming was clueless, but he remembered to first protect Lin Wanyue in his arms.

Xuefu knew that her man was probably going to get a beating, so she didn't say anything, walked over and took Lin Wanyue from Lin Weiming's arms.

"What else? How dare you ask! You went hunting in the mountains, such a dangerous place, how could you take Wanwan with you? If Wanwan encounters any wild animals in the mountains, I'll break your legs!" Liu Junlan was really angry. Seeing that her daughter-in-law had taken Lin Wanyue aside so as not to worry about accidentally hurting her, she swung the big stick and hit Lin Weiming several times.

Lin Weiming ran and jumped, trying to avoid it.

"Mother, I'm innocent! I didn't take Wanwan there. She insisted on coming with me." Lin Weiming pleaded loudly, "Mother, please don't hit me. I promise I'll tell you first if I ever dare to take Wanwan to the mountain again."

Liu Junlan glared at her, "You've got some nerve! You dare to bring people up here? I think you're just asking for a beating."

He then hit him twice more hard.

Hitting someone with a long bamboo stick is not very convenient, and Lin Weiming is agile and runs around, so he is prone to bumping into things.

Enraged, Liu Junlan threw the stick to the ground, her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.

Lin Weiming kept a safe distance, not daring to get close to his mother, for fear of being beaten up again.

After thinking for a moment, he carefully took out the large rabbit: "Mom, look at this rabbit, and this ginseng... Wanwan found them on the mountain."

"Father, what about the game you hunted yourself?" Lin Zheyun asked, deliberately bringing up the most awkward question.

“Uh…” Lin Weiming paused, then quickly explained, “Well, I was worried about Wanwan’s head injury, so I wanted to come back as soon as possible. I haven’t had a chance to hunt any prey yet.”

Liu Junlan jumped up and rushed to Lin Wanyue. After examining her closely, she discovered a small bump under her hairline on her forehead.

"What happened?" Liu Junlan reached out and gently rubbed Lin Wanyue's forehead.

"Hiss—" Lin Wanyue felt a little pain, her lips twitched slightly, and she looked at Liu Junlan pitifully: "Grandma, it's not Daddy."

Lin Wanyue felt she couldn't really blame her father for being knocked unconscious by a rabbit while hiking up the mountain, so she decided to say a few good words for Lin Weiming.

Lin Weiming was deeply moved. His daughter was indeed a thoughtful little angel. Even with such a terrible headache, she still remembered to help him!

They're much better than those four brats.

"Wanwan, just wait for Grandma to give your dad a good beating." Liu Junlan's eyes were blazing with anger. Just as she was about to pick up the big bamboo stick next to her, her good grandson handed her a lighter bamboo whip.

"Grandma, use this, it won't tire your hands." Lin Zheyun handed his grandmother the bamboo whip that his father usually used to beat him with.

Lin Weiming: "..."

You little brat, you just wait until your dad does it!

Lin Weiming shot him a murderous glare.

Lin Zheyun was not afraid at all.

Hehe, usually it's his dad who beats him, but this time it's finally his dad's turn to get beaten!

Apart from Lin Ziqiu, whose face was quite dirty from crying, the other three brothers couldn't help but feel a little schadenfreude.

"I'm warning you!" Liu Junlan whipped Lin Weiming several times with a bamboo whip, ordering as she did so, "If you dare to take Wanwan to those dangerous places again, don't blame me for being lenient!"

"Mother, I understand... I promise I won't take Wanwan up the mountain again." Lin Weiming said with a smile, flattering her, "Mother, I think what you said last time was really true. Wanwan is definitely our family's lucky star. Otherwise, how could I have caught such a big rabbit? I've never seen such a big one on the mountain before."

"Hmph! Do you even need to tell me that?" Liu Junlan snorted coldly.

She knew she had seen it before everyone else: her Wanwan was a lucky star, both smart and beautiful!

Lin Wanyue suddenly became a great contributor to the Lin family, as she was able to both knock out the rabbit and find ginseng.

Such a large ginseng root can definitely fetch a lot of money!

The few pounds of rabbit meat became insignificant. Liu Junlan waved his hand, "This rabbit is perfect for making soup, which will also nourish Wanwan. Who told it to be so blind as to bump into Wanwan?"

"Great! Great!" The whole family nodded in agreement, their mouths watering.

Finally, we can eat meat!