Captain Wu nodded. This little girl may be small, but she has more energy than those of us who have served in the military. We almost couldn't keep up with her pace on the way back.
"Let's part ways here. Don't mention what happened these past two days when you get back to the village. The reward will be given to you secretly. If you find any more clues in the future, you can come and find me directly."
Qian Sanbao quickly replied, "Okay, okay, we won't say anything when we get back. We'll be going now."
Captain Wu nodded. Qian Sanbao pulled Qian Xiao to leave, but couldn't budge him after the first pull and the second. "Erdan, what's wrong?"
"Third Uncle, we've come all this way, let's take the pears from the tree back with us."
Qian Sanbao was also impressed. After all these days of hard work, his eldest niece wasn't tired at all: "Alright, then go up the tree and shake those pears down. Your third uncle will catch them down here."
Captain Wu shook his head with amusement, waved his hand, and led his men along another path. He thought to himself, "If only this child were my own daughter. Although she's a bit wild, who wouldn't want her skills?"
The uncle and nephew finally picked all the pears from the tree before returning home.
As soon as Qian Xiao entered the courtyard, he was stopped by several of his women, who began to examine him from all sides.
The old lady handed Qian Xiao a sharp slap on the back: "You brat, you think I've lived too long, don't you? I told you not to do dangerous things, what did you promise me? Why are you doing things that are more dangerous than ever?"
Li Guizhi's eyes were red and swollen. She hadn't dared to get a full night's sleep in the past few days, afraid that she would wake up to bad news about her daughter: "You brat, you scared your mother to death! When your father comes back, I'll make sure he punishes you!"
"Oh my god, don't cry. Look, I'm back safe and sound. Your daughter even did a good deed and got a bonus. I'll use the bonus to buy you meat."
"You naughty girl," Li Guizhi always found herself both amused and exasperated with her daughter, who was acting like a spoiled brat.
The second and third aunts breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Erdan could still joke around. They only had this one daughter, and they would be heartbroken if something happened to her.
"Mom, sister-in-law, don't talk about Erdan anymore. Our Erdan is a hero. Come on, Erdan, go wash up properly. Your aunt will make you something to eat. Eat and then rest well. You must be exhausted after all these days."
"Yes, yes, Mom, sister-in-law, let Erdan wash up first, eat, and take a nap. We can talk about it later when she's rested," Auntie San quickly came to her niece's rescue. The child's eyes were bloodshot from staying up so late; she must have suffered so much these past few days.
The old lady wiped her face: "Yes, yes, hurry up, don't say anything else, let Erdan rest first."
Four women busied themselves around Qian Xiao. Qian Sanbao, who was walking behind Qian Xiao, raised his hand and looked at his mother and wife who were walking away. "No, have you forgotten about me? I've been busy for several days. Why doesn't anyone care about me?"
The old man was relieved to see that his granddaughter was alright. When he looked up, he saw his youngest son holding up one hand: "What's with the weird look? Hurry up and get on with what you're doing."
Qian Sanbao chuckled foolishly, thinking that the men in his family were worthless. He quickly put down his basket and went to find his wife. He also wanted to wash up and have a hot meal. The dry food he had brought back was not enough, and he hadn't dared to eat much, for fear of making his eldest niece hungry. His stomach was empty.
After finishing her meal, Qian Xiao lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and fell asleep instantly. The baby's body really can't handle staying up late. Li Guizhi went into the room, lovingly tucked her daughter in, and only left after seeing that her daughter was sleeping soundly.
When Qian Xiao opened her eyes, she glanced outside. It was dark and she didn't know what time it was, but she felt a bit cold. Had the weather changed? She tried to shrink deeper into the covers. Although her stomach was protesting, she didn't want to get up at all.
"Host, you're awake?"
"Hmm, what time is it?" Qian Xiao's voice was lazy, as if the gloomy weather was perfect for lying in bed and sleeping in.
"9:30 AM, host, would you like to know what's inside that cave?"
"In no mood."
The two eggs I just showed the host in the video? "Why don't you want to know?"
"You don't know the old saying in the Dragon Kingdom, 'Curiosity killed the cat.' We shouldn't pry into things we shouldn't know. The more you know, the faster you die. As long as we know there's a bonus, that's already a pleasant surprise."
She was thinking of following along and didn't think about the bonus. At the time, she was filled with patriotism and felt that she should do it for her country.
"Okay, if you don't want to know, then don't look."
"Host, do you remember the power-activating potion you drank?"
"What's wrong? My superpower didn't come out, but it wasn't a complete waste. Look how many times stronger I am than before."
"No, do you remember when you were fighting the second person, and the moment he looked at you as he was about to draw his weapon, it was like he froze?"
"I remember. I was just thinking of asking you what happened. Was I so ugly that I scared that person into not moving?"
No way! She looked at her appearance in this life through the water's surface. It wasn't much different from her previous life, except that she was a bit darker and thinner, not as fair-skinned or plump as she was in her previous life. She wouldn't say she was a great beauty, but she was definitely a pretty young lady.
Is there really such a big difference in aesthetic taste between foreigners and their own people?
"No, that's because of your special ability. You activated your special ability because of the emergency, which hindered the other party's actions and made them stop."
Qian Xiao sat up abruptly: "What? What did you say? You mean I activated my special ability back then? How come we didn't sense it at the time?"
"You forgot, I said before that I seemed to sense fluctuations in your superpowers, but it was because you didn't know how to use them that we couldn't find out whether you had activated them."
Is that so?
"Then tell me, what is the superpower I've unleashed? It can even stop people from moving?"
"From my observation, it should be a mental ability. There are many branches of mental abilities, which have evolved into different mental abilities. Your ability is most likely control."
"control?"
"Just like in novels, she can control other people's actions?" If that's the case, she'd be incredibly powerful. If she didn't like someone, she could control that person to slap themselves in the face.
"Pretty much, but you'll still need to develop its specific functions yourself, though it should be roughly the same."
"But the problem is, I can't feel my superpowers anymore, and I don't have any textbooks or anything, so how am I supposed to train?"
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