"I'm leaving. You stay in the car obediently," Lu Shiyan said, suppressing a laugh.
"Isn't there anything else?" Jiang Tangtang looked at him expectantly, still unable to believe that all he had given her was an ordinary amulet.
Seeing her dazed look, that feeling came back to him, and he inexplicably wanted to pat her head.
He lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on his hands, seemingly puzzled as to why he had such a strange feeling.
Seeing Lu Shiyan standing there motionless, cold sweat broke out on Xiao Hei's forehead. His throat was dry, and he tried his best to hide his nervousness, offering a slightly ingratiating smile, "Hero, shall we go?"
"Let's go!" Lu Shiyan composed himself and followed Xiao Hei, striding down the path.
Little Black hunched his neck, feigning fear and nervousness, and walked diligently along the mountain path. But when he passed a narrow section of the path, he pretended to lose his footing and suddenly fell.
The moment he fell, a large rock rolled down the cliff. Xiao Hei rolled on the spot, barely avoiding the rock, and successfully hid in the cave.
Lu Shiyan reacted quickly, leaping to the top of the cliff the instant the boulder rolled down, easily avoiding it.
Xiao Hei knew that Lu Shiyan was skilled in martial arts and difficult to deal with, so he had been acting like a coward all the way to lull him into a false sense of security and to succeed at this moment.
But he hadn't expected that Lu Shiyan's skills far exceeded his comprehension. Not only was he incredibly fast, but he also effortlessly leaped up such a high cliff—was he even human?
"Brother Xiao Hei, what's going on?" The rumbling sound of rocks startled Zhang Fan, who was dozing in the cave. He jumped up and asked nervously, "The mechanism outside the cliff is broken?"
The mechanism was set up by the boss, but it has never been activated in all these years.
His first thought was that it had been around for a long time and the mechanism had malfunctioned; he didn't realize that someone had deliberately opened it.
"What's wrong with you! You're about to die, and you still won't wake up." Xiao Hei felt a chill run down his spine as he thought about Lu Shiyan's methods.
He's dead!
Zhang Fan rubbed his eyes. "What do you mean, 'about to die'? By the way, Brother Hei, why are you the only one who came back? Where are the boss and the others?"
Seeing Zhang Fan's still bewildered expression, clearly not understanding the situation, a calculating glint flashed in Xiao Hei's eyes.
Seeing Lu Shiyan fall off the cliff, Xiao Hei suddenly reached out and pushed Zhang Fan over. At the same time, he quickly opened the fence in the cave where the children were imprisoned and ran out in the chaos.
There were more than twenty children locked in the dark cave. When the door opened, the children rushed out.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Xiao Hei escaped via a shortcut.
Lu Shiyan was blocked by Zhang Fan and then tripped up by a group of children, so he was a step slower than Xiao Hei.
In addition, his unfamiliarity with the surrounding terrain allowed Xiao Hei to find an opportunity to run back to the official road.
Jiang Tangtang had originally listened to Lu Shiyan and stayed obediently in the carriage with the other children, waiting for him.
The loud rumble startled her. The children, worried about Lu Shiyan, also asked her what was wrong. Jiang Tangtang left the children in the car and went down to see what was happening.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they got off the carriage, they bumped right into Xiao Hei, who was fleeing in panic.
Upon seeing Jiang Tangtang, Xiao Hei's eyes flashed with malice, and he slashed at Jiang Tangtang with his broadsword.
Jiang Tangtang knew things were going badly when she saw Xiao Hei, so she jumped onto the carriage and tried to escape. But she was weak and lacked physical strength, and was no match for the desperate criminal.
As the broadsword fell, Jiang Tangtang only had time to close her eyes. In her panic, she hurriedly prayed that she would be cleaved back to the modern world.
But to her surprise, the expected pain did not come; instead, Xiao Hei let out a blood-curdling scream.
Jiang Tangtang opened her eyes in a daze and saw Xiao Hei lying on the ground covered in blood.
Lu Shiyan stopped not far away, like a bird in flight.
Jiang Tangtang thought Lu Shiyan had flown to get rid of Xiao Hei, so she threw herself into his arms, "Husband, thank goodness you came, waaaah... I was so scared."
Lu Shiyan finally raised his hand and patted her head. "It's alright, it's nothing."
Jiang Tangtang tightened her grip and snuggled closer to him, the scent of his embrace making her feel inexplicably at ease.
"It's alright now, let's get in the car." Lu Shiyan gently patted her back.
Jiang Tangtang refused to move and said coquettishly, "My legs are weak, I can't walk."
Lu Shiyan carried her horizontally to the car, saying, "Wait here for me, I'll go take care of something."
After saying that, he got off the carriage.
Fang Mingming secretly observed Jiang Tangtang, feeling that this cousin-in-law seemed quite different from what his mothers had described.
What should I do if I have a crush on her?
If he likes her, wouldn't he be letting down his mother and older sister?
He was torn, not wanting to let down his mother and sister, yet unable to control his feelings for his cousin-in-law, Jiang Tangtang.
As he looked at it, he suddenly noticed that the color of the amulet around Jiang Tangtang's neck was wrong, and exclaimed in surprise, "Sister-in-law, your amulet is burnt."
"Huh?" Jiang Tangtang looked down in confusion and found that the amulet Lu Shiyan had given her had turned black, looking as if it had been charred.
But I've only worn this amulet for a short while, and it wasn't burned! Could it be that just now...?
Jiang Tangtang's eyes widened suddenly, somewhat incredulous.
She couldn't care less about being angry with the system. "System, system, come quick and see what's going on with this amulet I have."
The system, with an air of smugness, said, "Don't you already have the answer in your heart? Why are you asking me?"
"But I don't understand. Can you explain it to me?" Jiang Tangtang said, "Tell me, and I won't be angry with you anymore."
[Host, those books are all top-tier treasures. You'll understand their value later.]
Jiang Tangtang didn't want to discuss books with it. Unfortunately, apart from accidentally revealing the Little Immortal Lord's true identity the first time, whenever the system asked about the Little Immortal Lord, it remained silent, like a saw-off gourd.
Sometimes, when Jiang Tangtang questions it too hard, it will simply pretend to be dead.
"Third cousin-in-law, third cousin-in-law brought a lot of people back." Fang Mingming quickly forgot about Jiang Tangtang's talisman being burned and was distracted by the children outside.
Jiang Tangtang lifted the carriage curtain and saw Lu Shiyan leading a group of children toward them.
Like the children in the carriage, these children were dressed in tattered clothes and were filthy.
Even though they were all dirty, you could tell they all looked good.
Jiang Tangtang cursed the damned Prince Duan and Marquis Changping in her heart again, and asked Lu Shiyan, "What should we do with these children?"
Including those on the carriages, there were at least thirty children. How to accommodate so many children became a major problem.
On the way, Lu Shiyan had already briefly inquired about the children's situation.
The oldest child here is fourteen years old, and the youngest, like Fang Mingming, is only five years old.
Many of them had been locked in the caves for more than half a month.
In this chaotic world, after such a long time, it's hard to say whether my parents are still alive. More importantly, unlike in modern times, it's extremely difficult to find people in ancient times.
Moreover, with so many children, it won't be easy to find them in a short time.
After consulting with the children, the two decided to take them back to the valley first.
We can think about finding family members later.
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