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âFather is here?â
Su Qingluoâs heart leapt with joy as she took out a small handful of dried sweet potato from her storage ring to reward Little Kingfisher.
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Little Kingfisher happily ate the dried sweet potato: âHe kept mumbling about wanting to come to the other side of the river to find you guys.â
A warm current surged through Su Qingluoâs heart: âGood thing he didnât come. Itâs hard to see clearly in the dark, so he would have gotten lost if he did.â
âThe rain is about to stop.â
Little Kingfisher picked up a piece of dried sweet potato, tilted its head back and swallowed it, suddenly chiming in with a smile.
âReally? How do you know?â
Su Qingluoâs eyes brightened instantly.
âBirds are flying in from the south, saying that the strong wind blew away the rain clouds in the Qilian Mountain Range last night, and the rain has stopped to the south.â
Little Kingfisher spoke with certainty: âI reckon today our side has strong wind as well, so after blowing all night, it should be able to blow the clouds away.â
âThat would be great. If it keeps raining, Iâm afraid there will be a landslide.â
Su Qingluo worried: âIf the mountain road is blocked and transportation is inconvenient, the relief supplies from the outside canât be transported in, and the disaster victims will suffer.â
âMaster, thereâs some bad news I havenât had the chance to tell you.â
Little Kingfisher paused while eating the dried sweet potato: âThe flood has destroyed the forest, and the mountain has already had a landslide. The mountain road leading to Furong Town is blocked by giant rocks rolling down from the mountain, and horses and carts canât get through.â
âReally?â
Su Qingluo was extremely annoyed: âWhat should we do now? The worst case scenario we feared has come.â
âIsnât there a female official in the Imperial Residence?â
Little Kingfisher did not care: âWhen the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. We ordinary folks just need to keep our distance and watch.â
âYou make it sound easy.â
Su Qingluo laughed in exasperation: âBoth female officials are my masters. Itâs not right for a student to just watch while their masters suffer.â
âBesides, both of my masters are very kind, especially Female Official Xu Yanru. I always feel that she has a special bond with me, as if sheâs deliberately hiding something from me.â
âHehe, she is probably Xu Ruyunâs sister, the one you once saved in Mingshui County. They look similar.â
Little Kingfisherâs small eyes were crafty, having noticed that Xu Yanru was kind and resembled someone Su Qingluo had met before.
Now that her master had brought it up, it followed the topic and shared its guess.
âIs that all there is to it?â
Su Qingluo also had a feeling, but she couldnât quite figure everything out.
Of course, with her current thoughts, she could never imagine that the Imperial Court had already uncovered her true identity.
It was because Xu Ruyun was worried about her background and didnât want the Empress to be suspicious, so she suppressed this matter and didnât report it to the Empress.
Xu Yanru was Xu Ruyunâs real sister. The two sisters shared a deep bond, and Su Qingluo was Xu Ruyunâs lifesaver.
Both in emotion and reason, Xu Yanru would look after Su Qingluo.
On the matter of her secret identity, the two sisters also shared the same understanding and temporarily kept it hidden for her.
âAnyway, if Master wants to help, letâs help.â
Little Kingfisher was not worried at all, and continued eating dried sweet potato with a smile.
âWeâre at the riverbank.â
Wang Meng couldnât hear the conversation between the girl and the bird. He held the Night Pearl to light the way, and upon seeing the riverbank just ahead, he exhaled in relief, revealing an uncontrollable delight.
âAre Father and the others still rescuing people?â
Su Qingluoâs heart also leapt with joy as she looked in the direction of the sound.
âYes!â
Little Kingfisher flew high, circling above the raft, its bright little eyes accurately capturing the sight of the ten-thousand-year-old turtle.
It could clearly see the two exhausted figures on the turtleâs shell.
Su Qingluo sighed in her heart: âFather and the others must be tired too after a whole day of work. Staying up all night keeping watch, they may not be able to hold on much longer.â