âTreasures arenât as important as Ball Ball! What if you encounter danger?â Leng Ruoxue caressed Ball Ballâs soft fur and coaxed.
âBig Sister, Ball Ball wonât be in danger.â Ball Ball was touched and happily rubbed Leng Ruoxueâs beautiful face with his chubby little body.
Butterfly flapped its wings and came in front of Leng Ruoxue. âGirl, donât underestimate this little thing. When he grows up, he will be very powerful.â
âBall Ball, you have to be careful!â Leng Ruoxue reminded. In fact, she had always treated Ball Ball as a child, so as a parent, she would naturally be worried if he ran around. But after listening to Butterfly, she also felt that she was a little too nervous. Children should be more independent.
âYes, Big Sister, Iâll be careful,â Ball Ball promised.
âDonât fly too far!â Leng Ruoxue warned again.
âOkay, Big Sister,â Ball Ball replied and then slowly flew away.
âDamn Freak, why are you laughing?â Leng Ruoxue asked in embarrassment when she turned her head and saw Freak covering his mouth and laughing.
âXueâer, I was thinking if you would also worry so much if we have a baby in the future,â Freak said somewhat hesitantly.
âDamn Freak, youâre thinking too far,â Leng Ruoxue scolded softly. She turned back to look at Leng Qingtian and the others.?Phew! Fortunately, they didnât hear it.
âIâm preparing for a rainy day!â Freak laughed softly.?Hehe, Xueâer is shy, so I definitely wonât laugh at her.
âFreak, itâs getting late. We have to find a place to camp.â Leng Ruoxue changed the topic.
âYes, this place isnât suitable. Letâs walk farther ahead!â Freak suggested.
âOkay.â
After walking for a while, Leng Ruoxue saw an open space not far away. So she stopped, turned around, pointed at the place, and said to Leng Qingtian, âGrandpa, letâs set up camp there!â
âOkay, Xueâer! Are you really not going to let Feng Da and the others sleep in your space?â Leng Qingtian asked softly.
âYep. As long as thereâs no danger, they have to stay outside,â Leng Ruoxue said. She didnât want to raise Feng Da and the others into flowers in a greenhouse.
âXueâer, youâre very biased!â Freak suddenly said.
âHuh? How am I biased?â Leng Ruoxue asked in puzzlement.
âYou were so worried about Ball Ball just now!â Freak reminded.
âBall Ball is a child, but Feng Da and the others are already adults. How can it be the same?â Leng Ruoxue glared at Freak.
âKids need more training. You canât spoil them!â Freak said.
âUh! Iâm not spoiling him! When he becomes an adult, there will be opportunities for training,â Leng Ruoxue quibbled.
Freak chuckled. âOh, Xueâer, where are we staying tonight?â
âOf course outside. We have to set an example!â Leng Ruoxue said very seriously.
âAre you sure we can stay here?â Freak looked at the open space. It wasnât very big!
âSure. They can share a tent with three people. In addition, we have to leave people on night duty,â Leng Ruoxue said after some calculations.
Leng Ruoxue turned her head and asked Butterfly, âButterfly, what do you know about this plain?â
âI only know that the nights on plains donât seem safe. I donât know anything else,â Butterfly said honestly.
âDidnât you call yourself an envoy of the mystic realm? You donât even know this!â Freak deliberately mocked.
âEnvoys of mystic realms arenât omnipotent!â Butterfly accepted its fate. It wasnât the first time it had embarrassed itself, so it was getting used to it.
âStop pretending to be pitiful. Go inform Feng Da and the others!â Leng Ruoxue ordered Butterfly, ignoring its self-pity.
âOkay, girl!â Butterfly answered solemnly and flew back.
Feng Da and the others accepted Leng Ruoxueâs arrangement, immediately set up their tents, and then cooked dinner.
Leng Ruoxue and Freak walked along the road and walked around, but they didnât find anything abnormal.
âXueâer, there seems to be no problems currently,â Freak said after walking around.
âOkay, get everyone to be more alert at night!â Leng Ruoxue said after some thought.
âMiss, food is ready.â Lin Yuan walked over at this moment.
âOkay. Freak, letâs eat first!â
âOkay.â
They walked toward the dining area together.
Everyone sat down around the fire.
âFreak, do you feel like there are eyes staring at us?â Leng Ruoxue whispered as she held a piece of grilled meat and leaned against Freak.
âYes, it should be in the grass,â Freak guessed.
âBig Sister, Iâm back.â At this moment, Ball Ball flew back, and his small paws were holding a lot of things.
âUh! Ball Ball, youâre really amazing.â Leng Ruoxue looked at the pile of things that Ball Ball placed in front of her, and two drops of cold sweat dripped down her forehead. At the same time, she was a little dumbfounded because she didnât recognize a single thing that Ball Ball brought back, including the black thing that she threw to Freak not long ago.
âHehe, Big Sister, these are all good treasures! There are still many over there, but Ball Ball couldnât take them all,â Ball Ball said with a face full of regret.
âEh! Little Ball Ball, what are these things you brought back?â Old Zao looked at the small pile of things on the ground with a face full of question marks. These things were neither herbs nor ores. What the heck were they?
âBall Ball doesnât know! Ball Ball only knows that they are all treasures,â Ball Ball said embarassedly. He knew these things because of his talents, so he wasnât sure what they were.
âBig Sister, Iâll go get some more.â Then Ball Ball flew away.
âEveryone, be careful. There seems to be something in the grass!â Leng Ruoxue reminded everyone in a low voice as she stored the things Ball Ball brought back into the bracelet. Then she stood up and shouted again, âLetâs rest early since youâre full!â