“We’re not hungry, you can eat by yourself, just eat a little less…”
Sun Wu smiled bitterly, unable to bear to continue.
After making a deal with the barbarians, those people probably won't treat her well.
There wasn't much meat on her body to eat.
And all of this was their fault; they had no right to eat what she gave them.
"good."
Qin Jin'an was very obedient and well-behaved; she really only ate a few bites before putting the food away.
Sun Wu and the others felt very uncomfortable.
"Little deity, what can we do to save our family? How can we do this without hurting you?"
Zhao Long looked at Qin Jin'an and asked.
He wanted to save his family, but he didn't want to harm Qin Jin'an.
He wondered if there was a way to have the best of both worlds: to save his family without harming Qin Jin'an.
"You must hide me first, you can't take me directly. Only in this way can you get some money. You can ask for more, and with the money, you can help some people in need."
Qin Jin'an looked at their faces and then earnestly explained the solution to them.
"Do you want more? One hundred taels is already a lot."
Li Hu's eyes widened. The barbarian had already promised them a hundred taels, which was a lot. Each of the three of them would have more than thirty taels. How could they possibly ask for more?
Zhao Long was also troubled.
Sun Tzu didn't speak, but he was also thinking about this question.
"You should ask them for two thousand taels."
Qin Jin'an thought about it carefully for a moment before speaking.
They could have asked for more, but they couldn't ask for any more.
Because the three of them lacked courage.
"Two thousand taels..."
The three of them gasped in unison. They couldn't even imagine it, and for a moment they didn't even dare to agree.
"Thank you, little fairy, we'll consider it."
After a while, Sun Wu finally spoke.
They quickened their pace, wanting to go further and find a place in the mountains to hide Qin Jin'an.
Qin Jin'an fell asleep on Sun Wu's back. When he woke up again, he was in an unfamiliar mountain forest.
This is a natural, dry burrow that looks like the nest of some large wild animal.
Zhao Long started a fire and cleaned up all the debris and weeds in the cave.
"Little immortal, you're awake. Sun Wu and Li Hu have gone out, so they can only find something for you to eat. You'll have to make do with these next few days."
Zhao Long spoke apologetically, his gaze lowered, not daring to look Qin Jin'an in the eye.
By Qin's side, she was the apple of her eye, a precious treasure, well-fed and well-slept, and never had to suffer from hunger or cold.
But even after they captured her, they couldn't get her to eat or sleep properly.
"It's okay."
Qin Jin'an sat obediently in the haystack, seemingly accepting everything calmly without any complaints.
Zhao Long felt even more guilty, so he carefully cleaned the cave.
Sun Wu and Li Hu returned, and Sun Wu and Li Hu said, "Take good care of the little immortal."
They discussed it and decided that one person would stay behind to take care of Qin Jin'an, while the other two would go to make contact with the barbarians.
Raising the price to two thousand taels would undoubtedly be a risky move, and there might even be danger involved.
Li Hu's son is not even a month old yet. If something happens to Li Hu, his wife and child will not be able to survive.
"I will take good care of the little fairy."
Li Hu looked at the two of them solemnly and made his promise.
The three of them said nothing more.
Sun Wu and Zhao Long left.
Li Hu skewered steamed buns on tree branches and slowly roasted them by the fire. Once they were done, he handed them to Qin Jin'an.
"We can't afford meat."
Li Hu was worried that Qin Jin'an wouldn't eat it, but they really didn't have the money to buy meat; they couldn't afford meat buns.
Qin Jin'an smiled slightly and said, "Uncle, you should eat too."
Winters are very cold in the mountains.
Qin Jin'an wasn't hungry, but she was very cold.
She'll be staying for many more days; she might catch a cold and get sick.
Qin Jin'an looked at Li Hu and said, "Uncle, I've called a few friends over, don't be afraid, okay?"
Li Hu's eyes widened: "Friend?"
In this desolate wilderness, where is anyone?
Did someone follow them the whole time? Did the little immortal deliberately trick Sun Wu and Zhao Long into going to their deaths, leaving only himself to be easy to deal with?
Li Hu even stammered out his question.
Qin Jin'an nodded obediently, pointed to a yellow figure in the distance, and whispered, "My friend is here."
Li Hu looked over and was immediately shocked.
"Old, tiger..."
Good heavens, when did that tiger get standing there?
The tiger strode forward, its golden eyes gleaming with coldness, the horizontal stripes on its forehead displaying its domineering presence as the king of the forest.
Li Hu felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen. He wanted to run, but his legs were too stiff to move. He could even hear his own heart pounding in his chest.
The tiger entered the cave, didn't even glance at Li Hu, and went straight to Qin Jin'an, where it lay down.
Qin Jin'an obediently snuggled into the tiger's soft, warm belly.
"Brother Tiger, thank you."
Qin Jin'an felt the burning heat on the tiger's body and immediately felt no longer cold.
The tiger glanced at Qin Jin'an and snorted.
It glanced at Li Hu with disdain, a chilling glint in its eyes.
If it weren't for this two-legged creature, it wouldn't have had to become the tiger mother of this little cub.
Qin Jin'an was so cold that he started calling out to others with his consciousness as soon as he woke up.
She kept saying she was cold.
The consciousness conveyed was that she was crying.
It's especially pitiful; those with intelligence are impossible to ignore, and everyone is being driven crazy by the noise.
The wolf said: There's a big tiger here, I'm not coming!
Leopard: There's a tiger, it's not coming, it's not coming, stop crying.
Wild boar: I have no hair, I'm not coming, stop crying!
Upon receiving the feedback, Qin Jin'an didn't make aimless pleas for help. Instead, she cried out directly, "Brother Tiger, I'm so cold! Please save Yu Bao, Brother Tiger, waaaah..."
A child's cry is like a demonic sound; even a newborn baby's loud cry can startle an animal.
Hearing this crying, the tiger simply couldn't bear it.
It was irritable and full of murderous intent, and it followed the sound to its destination.
Let him see which despicable two-legged beast threw the child up the mountain!
Everyone says tigers eat people, but they don't.
People hurt each other because they're too annoying. If someone tries to hurt a creature, how can it not fight back?
Every year, some people abandon their children in the mountains.
Those children all starved to death. In winter, when they couldn't find food, the wolves would eat carrion.
The tiger was furious when it saw people.
Upon seeing the little person, the tiger's anger gradually subsided. It lay down, protecting the talking cub in front of it. "This child smells so good and is so cute," it thought. Then it looked up and saw another person.
It exhaled angry hot breath and questioned the cub in its arms.
Little Fish Baby, this person smells so bad, can't I really bite him to death?
The man seemed stunned, but he quietly picked up a stone. Was he going to use the stone to hit it on the head?
Qin Jin'an pinched the tiger's soft belly and shook his head: "Brother Tiger, you can't hurt people."
Intelligent animals do not harm people; harming people would damage their minds.
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