"Can you tell us about the village chief?" Shu Lan asked the little girl.
"The village chief is a very good person." The little girl's eyes seemed to light up when she talked about the village chief. "When people in the village get sick and don't have money to see a doctor, the village chief will pay out of his own pocket to help them find a doctor. Whenever anyone in the village is in trouble, the village chief will do his best to help."
“Once, my mother was sick, and we didn’t have enough money to see a doctor. It was the village chief who helped us.” The little girl blinked. “So the village chief is a really good person!”
Looking at the adoring light in the little girl's eyes, Shu Lan felt a pang of pity. He worried about what might happen next, fearing she wouldn't be able to accept that the village chief was her mother's killer, and wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.
Qin An was still feeling annoyed that his master was touching other children's heads, but when he saw the little girl's behavior, he fell silent.
Shu Lan and Qin An exchanged a glance and nodded.
"It's not safe outside right now, you should go home quickly." Shu Lan pulled the little girl up and prepared to take her home.
"Xiaoyou, Xiaoyou, where are you?" At that moment, an anxious call came over.
"Auntie, I'm here!" The little girl let go of Shu Lan's hand and rushed towards her aunt who had come looking for her.
The aunt caught the little girl and bowed to Shu Lan and the others, saying, "Thank you for your help, esteemed immortals."
"No trouble at all. Please keep a close eye on the children in your household from now on," Shu Lan said with a smile, waving her hand.
"It won't happen again." After saying that, the aunt took the little girl and left.
After taking two steps, she turned back and said something seemingly unrelated: "The answer you're looking for might be in the back mountain." Then she left completely.
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