But the way down the mountain is really difficult to walk on, and it has been raining for the past few days, so the road is very slippery.
An An followed behind him with difficulty, moving forward carefully and looking around from time to time.
She wanted to see this place clearly. In case her fifth uncle didn't send her home, or if her fifth uncle locked her up here again, she would have to find a way to escape by herself.
"ah……"
Perhaps because she didn't see the road clearly, An An, who was walking attentively, suddenly slipped and fell directly to the ground. At the same time, she let out a cry of "Ouch".
Leng Xi turned around, and when he saw An An struggling to get up from the ground, he quickly ran over and helped her up.
An An stared at him with a pair of innocent big eyes, pouting aggrievedly:
"Uncle, I'm sorry. It was my fault."
"It's okay, let's go."
An An nodded and was about to stand up from the ground, but suddenly her left foot went weak, she cried out "ouch" again and fell to the ground.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Leng Xi looked at An An, who was sitting on the ground with tears in her eyes, and asked with concern:
"What happened to your foot?"
"pain……"
An An grinned and touched her ankle, looking at Leng Xi timidly.
She was afraid that Leng Xi would think she was troublesome and leave her here.
Leng Xi's eyebrows flickered, and he said softly:
"I twisted my ankle."
Leaving these words behind, he stood up from the ground. Just as he was about to turn around, An An asked in a crying voice:
"Uncle, don't leave me..."
When Leng Xi heard these words, he suddenly felt a soreness in his eyes.
How much does this little girl need him at this moment?
Just a random turn of his could scare her to tears. It seemed that she was really scared.
His pupils shrank, he shook his head, squatted in front of her, and called softly:
"Come up, I'll carry you."
Just now, An An thought Leng Xi was going to abandon him here. When she saw Leng Xi squatting in front of her, she immediately grinned, climbed directly onto Leng Xi's back, and said timidly:
"I...thought you thought I was troublesome and wanted to abandon me."
Leng Xi carried An An on his back and walked forward, thinking about something in his mind.
"Uncle, why are you ignoring me? Am I too heavy? Otherwise, put me down and I can walk by myself."
As she was about to break free, Leng Xi frowned slightly out of habit and scolded her coldly:
“Don’t move…”
An An was frightened by his suddenly raised voice and froze in silence. Her little mouth closed tightly, not even daring to breathe loudly.
Leng Xi realized that his tone was too harsh, and he slowed down his speech.
"You are only six or seven years old. Uncle can carry you on his back."
An An lay on Leng Xi's back, not daring to say anything more. Her big eyes kept turning around, looking to the sides from time to time. She wanted to remember this place well.
After a while, Leng Xi carried her to the foot of the mountain, where a horse and a carriage were tied in a secluded place.
He placed An An in the carriage, glanced at her, then lowered the curtain, stepped onto the shaft, raised the whip, and the carriage began to move forward quickly.
The road was very bumpy. An An sat in the car, imagining the scene when she would see her father and mother.
But she was also a little worried. Would Leng Xi really be so kind? Would he really let her go home?
Thinking of this, she secretly opened the curtain door and took a closer look. The carriage was now traveling on a spacious official road, but this was not the direction of the capital. It seemed to be the opposite direction of the capital.
An An's heart suddenly rose to her throat. Where was he going to take her?
She began to get anxious. She didn't know what to do. The carriage was moving very fast. If she jumped out, she would fall to her death.
What should I do?
Her face flushed red, her heart was pounding, and she was so anxious that her little hands kept clenching together, but she couldn't figure out what to do no matter how hard she tried.
At this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped and she felt Leng Xi coming to lift the curtain door. She quickly closed her eyes, leaned against the carriage, and pretended to be fast asleep.
Leng Xi glanced at her, narrowed his eyes with a feeling of pity, and lowered the curtain door.
An Anwei opened her eyes and vaguely heard someone talking outside.
"Don't worry, this child won't suffer if he follows us..."
She looked through the gap in the sedan chair curtain and saw Leng Xi talking to a man and a woman. From their conversation, she roughly understood that Leng Xi wanted them to take him away, the farther the better, and it would be best if he never appeared in the capital again.
This fifth uncle really had evil intentions. She tried her best to please him along the way, but still failed to make him change his mind.
If she really fell into the hands of these two strangers, not only would she suffer, but once they took her away, it would not be easy to escape. She had to find a way to leave here as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, she bit her lip, quietly crawled to the back of the carriage, and stuck her head out of the small window. After measuring, she found that she could escape from there.
Without further ado, she carefully crawled out of the small window, not caring even if her clothes were scratched.
Leng Xi's face looked very ugly, but the man and woman standing opposite him were smiling brightly.
Because they not only got a child, but also got one hundred taels of silver.
They would never dream of such a suitable deal.
Leng Xi looked at the two people in front of him with obscene smiles and said in a cold voice:
"You must not neglect this child in the slightest. I will have someone look after her regularly. If you dare neglect her, I will kill you."
The middle-aged woman in front of him nodded and bowed hurriedly and replied:
"Don't worry, we've accepted your money and will definitely treat her like an ancestor. How dare we neglect her?"
Leng Xi really wanted to explain a few more things, but he was afraid that if he said too much, it would arouse the other party's suspicion.
Then, he pointed at the horse and said, "This carriage goes with you. If she asks about me when she wakes up, you tell her..."
At this point, he choked and didn't know how to tell An An.
At this time, the woman said with a smile:
"We'll just say we're her father and mother, and that you sent her back. You have something else to do, so we'll leave first and come back to see her later."
This reason was made up by Leng Xi for them, but he actually forgot it at the critical moment.
He sneered to himself and nodded.
"Well, let's get going! Remember my words. Don't neglect her. Don't..."
"Oh no, that kid ran away."
Before Leng Xi could finish his words, the man pointed at the back of the carriage and shouted.
Leng Xi was so frightened that he turned around and saw An An running towards a mountain. He quickly turned around to chase her, and the woman and man also chased after her.
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