At dawn, Yu Shu was woken up by the sound of birds chirping in the forest. She shivered in the cold of the morning and woke up all of a sudden. Her movements were too big, and even Yu Xiaoxiu, who was lying on her lap, woke up.
"Oh."
"It's dawn. Let's go out." Yu Shu's voice was hoarse and she was sore all over.
Yu Xiaoxiu looked outside. The sky was bright. It was the time when he usually got up for school.
"Ah! Oh no, I can't make it for class. "
Yu Shu climbed out of the cave first. Her legs seemed to be filled with lead. She stood outside and stretched, moving her muscles and bones. She yawned and turned around —
"What class? It's good to go back safely — Ah!"
Yu Shu screamed like a cat whose tail was stepped on. She stared at the young Taoist sitting cross-legged on the top of the cave. He was still wearing a white Taoist robe. It was so clean that it didn't look like he was drenched in the rain. Bathed in the morning light, his eyebrows were like swords, his eyes were bright, and he looked handsome. Although he was not outstanding, Yu Shu was so scared that her hair stood up.
Jing Chen raised his hand and was about to speak, but he was stopped by Yu Shu's scream.
"What's wrong — Ah!" Yu Xiaoxiu hurriedly came out. When he saw the person on the top of the cave, he also screamed. He peeped from the window last night and recognized the Taoist in the white robe.
Yu Shu cried out guiltily, while Yu Xiaoxiu was surprised. The two of them stood together crazily, staring at each other like two frightened animals. Jing Chen mistakenly thought that he had scared them, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, but I didn't say anything.
"Don't be afraid. I'm not a bad person."
The surprise was only a blink of an eye. Yu Shu realized that she had lost her composure just now. She quickly grabbed Yu Xiaoxiu and stepped back. She pressed his head and bowed deeply to the Taoist Jing Chen,
"Thank you for saving us last night, Master."
Yu Shu whispered in her heart: Why did this person chase them here? What does he want to do? Does he want to repay their kindness? Who cares? I'll call him Daxia first and coax him to feel better before anything else.
Yu Xiaoxiu also thanked her, "Thank you, Master."
"Don't be so polite. I was attracted by their magic circle, not to save people." However, Jing Chen did not accept their thanks. He did not sleep for the entire night, but his face was still clear and bright, as if he had been washed by the spring rain. It was clear that he was a person outside of the secular world, too far away from it.
Yu Shu thought that he was just being polite. He was the most polite and easy-going Taoist priest she had ever met. She straightened her back and asked carefully,
"Master, what happened to those bad guys last night?"
If Jing Chen was more worldly, he might be able to see Yu Shu's selfish nature from this sentence. After something like that happened, she did not first ask about her benefactor, nor did she ask about those trapped children. All she cared about was whether the group of thieves had been cleaned up and whether they would come to find trouble with her in the future.
Jing Chen didn't think much, "I sealed their acupoints. They will be unsealed after 24 hours."
Isn't it too easy to let them off? They killed and kidnapped people, and only got detained?
For her own safety, Yu Shu couldn't directly say that he didn't handle it well, so she euphemistically said,
"There are still some people locked in the yard. When I left, they were still unconscious. I don't know if they ran away."
Jing Chen said, "They were not unconscious. They were drugged. When I left, I woke them up and let them all go."
Yu Shu said, "What if those bad guys get free and come out to hurt people again?"
Jing Chen shook his head. The laws of nature were natural. This time, he was the one who encountered it. If there was another disaster, then it was up to the heavens.
But Yu Shu took his shaking head as a denial. She thought that he said those people would not come out to hurt people again. She almost asked why. But on second thought, those people were all evil. When they met the righteous sect in front of them, they turned against each other and didn't kill them. When they woke up, they would be busy running away. How could they dare to stay in Yiyang City and continue to commit crimes?
Yes, so they would not come out to hurt people again. At least, they would not hurt people in Yiyang City.
With such a misunderstanding, Yu Shu looked at Jing Chen again. There was more admiration in her eyes. This Taoist was young, but he was very smart.
Yu Xiaoxiu watched from the side as his sister and the white-robed Daoist finished their conversation, then interjected.
"Taoist priest, why are you following us?"
The child spoke thoughtlessly. He asked the question that Yu Shu wanted to ask but did not dare to. Yu Shu secretly thought that it was a good question. Then she saw a blur. This Taoist Jing Chen floated down from the stone cave and stood in front of them. He glanced at them with a strange look and took the lead to walk forward.
"It's just some lucky chance. Let's go. I will send you back. This forest is remote. Don't get lost again."
Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu looked at each other. After a moment, they held hands and trotted to follow him. They did not notice that around the cave, on the wet soil after last night's rain, there were a few traces of animal footprints.
***
Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu were hungry last night. After a night of fright, they fell asleep. When they woke up this morning, they walked in the forest for a while and were so hungry that they could not walk. Yu Shu remembered that there were still two pieces of pastries in her flower bag. She took them out immediately. Although they were a little wet, they were still edible.
Yu Shu broke off a piece and tasted it. She looked at Jing Chen who was leading the way. This person didn't have a backpack on his back, only two long swords tied with leather ropes. He didn't look like someone who would carry rations on a journey.
Yu Shu didn't want to keep the cake to herself, so she gave Yu Xiaoxiu an intact piece of pastry. She had a crumbled piece wrapped in a handkerchief. She trotted forward and called out to the man,
"Master."
"Hmm?" Jing Chen turned his head and saw Yu Shu holding a few pieces of cake in front of him. The cake did not look good. It looked wet and sticky, but it made his eyes light up inexplicably.
Yu Shu did not notice his strange expression. She reached out and handed it to him. She said politely, "You can eat it first. It's still a long way from the city."
Yu Shu's original plan was to be courteous with him and wait for him to decline before taking the pastry back for herself. She didn't expect him to stretch out his hand and take the pastry from her, thanking her seriously.
"Thank you."
After that, he pinched a piece into his mouth and ate it calmly. His movements were very elegant. It was not obvious that he had been hungry for several days.
Yu Shu returned to Yu Xiaoxiu's side. She snatched half of the cake from him and stuffed it into her mouth.
While the three of them were hurrying on the road in the suburbs, Yiyang City was in chaos.
The disappearance of Xue Wenzhe was not a trivial matter. His grandfather, the Liu family, was a big family in Yiyang City. Losing such a grandson caused a commotion in Yiyang City in the middle of the night.
Several young masters and young ladies who had dinner with Xue Wenzhe in the Drunken Immortal Restaurant last night were taken out of bed by their parents. They carefully asked about the last young master of the Liu family they saw last night.
The whole government office was alarmed. Many people in the city stayed up all night because of Mr. Xue.
In contrast, only Aunt Liu was worried about Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu for a whole night.
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