Wu Hua, flattered by its little compliment, stopped being jealous and happily ran around the room with it in her arms.
Qin Luo watched them run away, a wave of emotion washing over him.
If Su Junli hadn't met Wu Hua, she would have died long ago, and Su Junli wouldn't have been able to reincarnate.
The Qin family might not survive that famine, and Fan Xing and Xia Beinian would also perish.
Not to mention the encounters with humans and beasts that followed; all of this was brought to her by Wu Hua.
Thankfully, there was Wu Hua; thankfully, everything is alright…
Early the next day
Qin Luo and Wu Hua had just returned to the house when they heard Chan'er practicing speaking outside the door.
"Mother, Mother; Father, Father..."
"Chan'er is so amazing! Next time we go to see Daddy, can you call out to him?"
"good!"
Qin Luo and Wu Hua pushed open the door, and Yue Niang, hearing the sound, looked over.
"You're awake! Did you sleep well last night?"
“I’m fine! Sister-in-law, let’s not wait until next time, let’s go see them today! I also want to see my brothers, it’s been so long, I don’t even remember what they look like!”
Yue Niang had heard Qin Yunhe say that Qin Luo had been ill for many years, so it was quite normal for him not to remember what his brother looked like.
So he agreed to her suggestion.
"Okay, let's go take a look later!"
After they made their agreement, Qin Luo went to the donkey cart to get food.
Wu Hua went to wake Wang Yue up, while Yue Niang and Chan'er set out the bowls and chopsticks.
Everyone was busy with their own things when suddenly Qin Luo shouted.
"Donkey-hide gelatin..."
Thinking something had happened, Wang Yue grabbed Wu Hua and ran towards the stable.
Yue Niang and Chan'er followed closely behind, and when they arrived, they were immediately stunned by the scene before them.
The donkey-hide gelatin and the dead horse lay motionless on the ground, as if they were dead.
Several people rushed forward to check on it. Wang Yue ran to the dead horse with heartache and stroked its head repeatedly.
"Dead Horse, wake up! Don't scare me. I was just joking when I said I'd replace you. If you wake up, I'll never replace you..."
The Moon Maiden was so anxious she was about to cry.
"Could they have been harmed? I heard them making noises last night, but I thought they were just having trouble adjusting to their new environment, so I didn't think much of it. It's all my fault; I should have kept them indoors!"
Wu Hua held her hand and comforted her.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law! They're not dead, and it wasn't someone else who killed them!"
Upon hearing this, Yue Niang looked at it in confusion.
How did the little one find out?
Wu Hua couldn't very well say that she set up a barrier in the courtyard as soon as she entered yesterday, could she?
He could only look at Qin Luo and pin the blame on her.
"Luo Luo just checked their carotid arteries, and they're still beating. If someone else had killed them, they would have taken them away and eaten them long ago. Why would they be left with corpses?"
After hearing its analysis, Yue Niang felt frightened.
"What's going on? Could it be a ghost?!"
Qin Luo immediately denied it upon hearing this.
"No, one of them is faking it!"
The Moon Goddess was stunned by what she said.
"Who two?"
Then he pointed to donkey-hide gelatin and dead horse: "Those two?"
Qin Luo nodded, then took out the vine hanging from his waist.
Slammed the vine hard against the ground
"Get up by yourself, or do you want me to finish smoking before you get up?"
The moment Ejiao saw the vine fall to the ground, he knew his plan had failed.
Last night it finally got the chance to be alone with this dead horse.
I was thinking of calling out my eldest son and killing it with a bull's horn.
Unfortunately, without Qin Luo and Wu Hua's permission, Niu Niu couldn't get out and couldn't hear its calls.
The more it thought about it, the angrier it became, and the angrier it became, the more it thought about it. Finally, it decided that it couldn't let this opportunity slip away.
So, taking advantage of the dead horse's sleep, I gave it a good whack with my donkey hooves.
The dead horse wanted to resist, but it had only drunk from the diluted stream water a few times.
No one has the strength of someone who's been drinking donkey-hide gelatin for years; it knocked him to the ground in no time.
He wanted to shout, but Ejiao sat on his head.
Its nose and mouth were completely blocked by its rear end being slapped, just as it felt its horse form was about to end.
The donkey-hide gelatin finally stood up and made soft, whimpering noises.
It couldn't understand a word, and then it was bombarded with a barrage of attacks from the donkey-hide gelatin, after which it fainted.
When Ejiao saw that the donkey had fainted, he withdrew his hooves.
Its neighing was merely a way of telling the dead horse: You caused me to be whipped so many times by the bandits; the previous lashes plus this beating have made up for it.
They started kicking it again because of its bad attitude; they felt they should collect some interest.
But to its surprise, even as dawn broke, the dead horse was still asleep!
It was terrified. It ran over and gently poked at the horse a few times, but the dead horse still didn't respond.
Upon hearing footsteps, it quickly lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.
Thinking that maybe this way I could get away with it.
But it seems to have forgotten Wu Hua's abilities; auspicious beasts are far more sensitive to other animals than to humans.
Wu Hua knew at a glance that it was pretending.
It knows, which means Qin Luo knows too.
Once the truth about the donkey-hide gelatin was revealed, he could only stand up and look at the two of them with eyes full of grievance.
It's as if she's accusing them of not helping her get revenge before, which led to this tragedy...
Qin Luo and Wu Hua never expected that it would be so vengeful.
Having already beaten the dead horse, I felt that whatever grudges they had should be settled.
Who would have thought that donkey-hide gelatin would hold such a grudge? Given the chance, it would unleash such a powerful attack.
Both of them turned their gaze to the dead horse, only to see Wang Yue holding it and crying uncontrollably.
The dead horse lay there quietly; if it weren't for the still-pulsating carotid artery, it would have looked exactly like a dead horse.
Unaware of the truth, Wang Yue believed that her beloved horse had been murdered by thieves.
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