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"Big, big brother, we're... finished." Xiao Moyu couldn't even speak properly.
Xiao Moyan just stared wide-eyed at a large creature covered in spots not far from them. She had no idea what it was, but she could sense a threat and the aura of death emanating from it.
Xiao Mohe gripped his two younger siblings' hands tightly. No, they mustn't die. He hadn't avenged them, hadn't raised them to adulthood, hadn't gone back to find his grandmother. He absolutely mustn't die.
Gritting his teeth, what can he do? What should he do? Who will save them?
Suddenly, Xiao Mohe thought of the soldiers who had just left. However, they were already gone, and even if he called out, they wouldn't hear him, and it would only alert the two beasts in front and behind him.
Feeling his younger brother and sister-in-law trembling, Xiao Mohe made up his mind, grabbed them, and ran in the direction the soldiers had left.
They ran while constantly looking back, as if their movements had startled the tiger and leopard, both of whom were looking in their direction. Xiao Mohe felt his heart was about to stop beating, but his body kept running mechanically.
He kept looking back as he ran.
They didn't know how far they had run, but just when Xiao Mohe could no longer see the two beasts, he turned around and a large, striped tiger with its blood-red mouth wide open pounced on the three of them.
"Ah, no!"
"Ahhh!"
"Waaaaah!"
......
Time seemed to stand still. Xiao Mohe tightly shielded his younger siblings in front of him, using his own back to block the tiger's attack. He thought, even if I die, I'll die first.
Maybe the tiger will be full after eating him and won't want to eat his younger siblings anymore.
But after waiting for a long time, he still didn't feel any pain. His younger sister-in-law was sobbing softly in his arms. Xiao Mohe mustered up his courage and turned his head, only to see the little girl he had seen yesterday lifting up the tiger's chin with her hand.
With his other hand, he grabbed one of the tiger's front paws.
Seeing Xiao Mohe looking over, Tang Yue lazily pushed the tiger back a few steps. The tiger reluctantly took a few steps back.
Xiao Mohe felt his whole body go limp, and he collapsed to the ground, hugging his younger brother and sister-in-law.
Tang Yue gently patted the tiger's leg. "Look at you, you scared them! Also, didn't you see they're the same as me? If I can't eat them, then they can't eat them either, understand?"
The tiger glanced at Tang Yue, then its two large eyes remained fixed on Xiao Mohe and the others.
Tang Yue sighed helplessly, tugging at the tiger's whiskers to make it lower its head. "I'm talking to you, so please respond. I said they can't be eaten, did you understand?"
The tiger seemed disgusted by Tang Yue and awkwardly turned its head away. Tang Yue then turned to look at Xiao Mohe and his siblings, "Alright, it must have been the smell of your roasted rabbit that attracted it."
Now that it has promised not to eat you, you can leave.
None of Xiao Mohe's three siblings got up. Tang Yue blinked her big eyes, seemingly a little confused. "Don't be afraid. Oh, then I'll take it and go first."
After saying that, Tang Yue jumped onto the tiger's back to leave, but Xiao Mohe suppressed his trembling. "Wait."
Tang Yue was turning the tiger around when she heard Xiao Mohe calling her. She turned around on the tiger's back and asked, "Are you calling me?"
Xiao Mohe felt a little embarrassed. His grandmother had always taught them to be polite, but these past two days he had been being impolite to this group of people.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to."
Tang Yue didn't know what his apology was mainly about, so she didn't say anything.
Xiao Mohe helped his younger brother and sister-in-law slowly stand up. Although his legs still felt weak when he saw the big guy in front of him, he still wanted to ask.
"Is it your pet?"
Tang Yue's eyes widened, looking utterly shocked. "You're overthinking it. I'm not capable of raising it, and we've only known each other for a couple of days. We're not familiar with the area, so we'll just ask it to show us the way."
"lead the way?"
"lead the way?"
The three siblings were incredulous. How could they be so powerful that they could get such a ferocious beast to lead the way for them?
Tang Yue didn't want to explain too much. Their goal was to get these three children out of the Qinling Mountains, as it was too dangerous there, and they couldn't just stand by and watch them die. As for their own affairs, they naturally wouldn't say much.
"Um, is there anything else? If not, I'll be going."
"no."
"No, little sister."
The last sentence was spoken by Xiao Moyan. After all, she was still young, only seven or eight years old, and she was genuinely terrified when she first saw the tiger. But now, seeing that Tang Yue wasn't afraid at all, her mind started to wander.
Thinking that even children younger than himself weren't afraid, this big guy probably wasn't that scary either.
"You called me little sister?"
Tang Yue looked at Xiao Moyan. This girl is quite bold. Judging from her current appearance, she doesn't seem afraid anymore.
Xiao Moyan quickly nodded, "Little sister, don't go. Over there..."
She pointed towards their cave, but when she turned around, she realized her finger had almost pierced the leopard's mouth. Terrified, her face turned pale, and she quickly pulled her hand back and burrowed into her older brother's arms.
Waaaaah, it's still so scary, what should I do? Why isn't that little girl afraid?
A sly glint flashed in Tang Yue's eyes. "Miss, what were you about to say?"
Xiao Moyan didn't even have the courage to turn her head to look at Tang Yue at this moment. Xiao Mohe hugged his younger brother and sister-in-law tightly, and seeing that the leopard hadn't attacked them for a long time, he stiffly turned his head to look at Tang Yue.
"This, this is also for guiding you?"
"Yes.
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