After crossing a mountain, a clear stream gurgles down the valley.

Xiao Ruyu took a breath of fresh air and walked briskly towards the stream.

【The river here looks so clean. 】

She bent down, scooped a spoonful of stream water and poured it into her mouth.

Doctor Yang followed behind him, admonishing him from a distance, "Slow down, don't fall into the river."

[Master, you look down on me, but I am not stupid.]

Xiao Ruyu giggled, turned around and splashed water on Eleven.

"Eleven, let you have a taste too."

Eleven dodged helplessly, his eyes full of doting.

He stayed behind Xiao Ruyu, not moving an inch, his peripheral vision scanning the river.

The water in the river was not very fast, and several fat fish were swimming leisurely under the water.

"Little princess, let's catch some fish and grill them."

Xiao Ruyu came over and clapped his hands in applause.

[Okay, okay, I want to eat big fish too. ]

"Then you guys catch them first, Master will go and light a fire."

Doctor Yang agreed with a smile, put down his luggage and started looking for firewood.

Xiao Ruyu was directing Eleven and quickly saw a fish swimming under his feet.

【Here here! 】

Eleven rolled up his sleeves and stared at the fish in the water with sharp eyes.

Whoosh—with a flick of his hand, a big fish was in his hand.

[What a big fish! Eleven, you are so awesome! ]

Xiao Ruyu came closer and looked at him with admiration.

Eleven scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I just acted quickly."

Out of the corner of his eye, Xiao Ruyu saw a larger fish swimming by and excitedly pointed in its direction to Eleven.

[There is a very big fish over there. ]

Seeing that the fish was closest to her, Xiao Ruyu also felt itchy and prepared to catch one like Eleven did.

【Eleven, watch me.】

"Be careful, little princess. The moss in the water is slippery."

Eleven quickly reminded.

【Don't worry! 】

Xiao Ruyu tiptoed to the side of the fish, waited for the right opportunity and pressed it in with one hand.

The fish was caught in her hand and kept jumping around.

[I caught you! Hey wait! ]

Before she could even feel happy, Xiao Ruyu slipped and fell into the water, and the fish in her hand also took the opportunity to escape.

"Little Princess!"

Eleven walked over quickly, picked up Xiao Ruyu who had fallen into the river, and carried her to the shore.

Fortunately, Eleven acted in time, otherwise she might have been washed away by the water!

“Cough cough…cough cough cough”

Xiao Ruyu took several gulps of water and kept spitting out the water.

"What's going on?"

Doctor Yang had just brought over a bundle of firewood. Seeing her like this, he quickly dropped the firewood in his hand and rushed over.

After patting her on the back, Xiao Ruyu spat out a tiny fish.

[Ah——What is this?!]

She was so scared that she was thrown several meters away and was soaked from head to toe.

Doctor Yang looked at the fish and couldn't help but teasing, "Little princess, are you so impatient to eat it?"

【Master! 】

Xiao Ruyu's face flushed, and she stretched out her little hands to wring out her wet clothes, but found that it was of no use.

In the blink of an eye, Eleven came over from the other side and brought her new clothes.

"It's all Eleven's fault for not taking good care of the little princess... Fortunately, nothing serious happened..."

He took off his coat and put it on Xiao Ruyu, then handed the clothes in his hand to her.

"Go change your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

Xiao Ruyu took the clothes and quickly disappeared into the bushes nearby.

It's so embarrassing!

As she changed her clothes, she covered her face with her hands, thinking about the embarrassing incident just now.

Wow...why am I always so unlucky?

After changing clothes, Xiao Ruyu still lingered and refused to go back.

Her little feet kicked the pebbles in front of her boredly and she moved her steps hesitantly.

"Hey, is there a little doll over there?"

A man's voice came into her ears. Xiao Ruyu raised her head and met his eyes.

【Why is there someone here? 】

When Xiao Ruyu was wondering, the man was overjoyed. He nudged the elbow of the person next to him and whispered.

"This little kid is here alone, and he looks very cute."

"If you sell it, it will definitely find a good family!"

The man was young, but he was full of evil intentions.

He stared at Xiao Ruyu intently and walked towards her with a gloomy look.

After taking only two steps, another person grabbed his sleeve and said, "Didn't Wang Xiaozhuang say that we would change places after we finished the last job?"

"If anything happens to you..."

Xiao Ruyu originally wanted to run away immediately, but she heard a familiar name.

Wang Xiaozhuang? Isn't that the woodcutter's son?

I didn't expect that after searching for him so hard, I heard the news here.

She immediately stopped and stood obediently in front of them, looking at the two of them with her round eyes.

The man was a little hesitant at first, but when he saw her like this, he put everything behind him.

"Why do you listen to him? He's just a blockhead."

"Besides, it's not too late to stop after this job."

Seeing that he was determined to do so, the other person did not stop him. He looked at Xiao Ruyu's obedient appearance and kept muttering.

"This little kid isn't afraid of people. If he can be sold for a good price, we brothers can have a good time again."

The two men did what they said, took out a rope from their bag, and walked towards Xiao Ruyu with a grin.

Xiao Ruyu felt annoyed when she saw how they were hesitating.

The man grabbed her and half coaxed and half tricked her, "Little girl, come with me. I'll take you to eat candy."

"I don't want to..."

Xiao Ruyu pretended to struggle twice, her calves twitching.

Another person quickly stepped forward to help hold Xiao Ruyu down. At this point, both of them were too lazy to pretend and glared at her ferociously.

"If you don't obey, I'll throw you into the river!"

Xiao Ruyu pretended to be afraid and shrank her neck, then obediently let them tie her up.

The man carried her on his back and without stopping for a moment, he immediately left along the path.

Along the way, Xiao Ruyu quietly left some things behind him.

…

As nearly an hour passed, Eleven saw that Xiao Ruyu had not returned yet, so he set out to look for her.

"Oh no, Master!"

Eleven rushed out from the bushes nearby, his face full of anxiety.

"The little princess is missing?!"

Upon hearing this, Doctor Yang dropped the wooden stick he was using to grill the fish and followed Eleven to look for it.

The place where people used to change clothes was now empty, leaving only the originally wet clothes there.

"Don't panic! The little princess has spiritual power, ordinary people can't hurt her, look around first!"

Doctor Yang forced himself to calm down and groped for clues on the ground.

"Master, look, what is this?"

Eleven soon made a discovery and saw strange symbols on the ground.

He looked at it carefully and realized, "This is the clue left by Yu'er!"