"Master, it's not far ahead, please watch your step."
Xiao Jiu's tender voice rang in Yun Duo's ears, which invigorated Yun Duo, who was originally hungry and scared, and gave her legs, which were as limp as noodles, a lot of strength.
In the dead of night, while the Yun family was asleep, Yun Duo climbed out of the window—which had been gnawed through by termites—stepping over the pile of firewood. She stumbled out of the village by the moonlight and disappeared into the woods. Once she felt a little calmer, she realized she was so hungry she could barely stand. If she didn't eat something soon, she suspected she would faint from hunger.
Fortunately, Xiao Jiu said he could sense where there were beehives and could take her to find honey.
Just as Yun Duo was following Xiao Jiu, stumbling and falling towards the direction of the beehive, not far ahead of him, several men in black were talking in hushed tones.
"Boss, Fifth Master seems to have fainted. Should we go and save him?"
"Let's wait and see. Today is the last day. If we make a move now, even if Fifth Master loses, we won't be any better off if he gets angry."
"That's true. Although Fifth Master is young, he is still our master."
"So we're just going to watch from a distance like this? The dew's so heavy, what if Fifth Master catches a cold?"
"Someone's coming!"
...
"Master, we've arrived. It's in that tree over there."
Xiao Jiu's cheerful voice rang in Yun Duo's ears. Thinking of the sweetness of honey, Yun Duo swallowed hard, and her stomach rumbled again, much to her dismay. Yun Duo couldn't wait any longer and rushed towards the tree in front of her.
We've got honey to eat!
Although the moon is big and bright tonight, we are in the woods, and the clouds are so engrossed in the honey that they are not paying attention to their feet.
"oops!"
Yunduo tripped over something soft, and her body involuntarily leaned forward, about to fall.
"Master, be careful!" Seeing that Yunduo was about to fall, Xiao Jiu panicked. Completely forgetting that she had just been born and had no strength, she suddenly flew in front of Yunduo, trying to block the force of Yunduo's fall.
It's no use.
"Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu, are you alright? How could you be so silly? It's not like I'll get hurt if I fall. What if I hurt you?" Yun Duo asked anxiously as she scrambled to her feet.
Because there was a soft 'cushion' beneath her when she fell, Yunduo wasn't hurt. However, she had just felt Xiao Jiu fly in front of her to block her fall, and then she had crushed it. She couldn't help but feel anxious and worried, fearing that it had been damaged, or even…
Yunduo dared not think about it.
Although she only spent half a day with Xiao Jiu, she truly felt how good Xiao Jiu was to her, and her voice even trembled with tears as she spoke.
"It's alright, it's alright. Don't worry, Master, Xiao Jiu is fine. There's a gap, Xiao Jiu wasn't crushed." Xiao Jiu's voice quickly rang in Yun Duo's ears, sounding very happy. After all, Yun Duo was its master, and her concern and care for it meant she had accepted it. Naturally, it was very happy.
"Phew... That's great, I'm glad you're alright." Hearing that Xiao Jiu was alright, Yun Duo breathed a huge sigh of relief, and then realized that she had just fallen on a 'soft cushion'.
And which cushion feels like a person?
The cloud was startled and jumped away from where it was.
"Huh? What's wrong, Master?" Xiao Jiu was also startled when she saw Yun Duo's appearance, and flew backward with Yun Duo.
"There's someone here." Yun Duo patted her chest gently and said somewhat nervously, "I don't know if they're dead or alive."
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