The beloved baby has a space

"When the phoenix rises in the west, the world prospers. When chaos arises, a goddess descends. When families fall, nations perish." Ayu murmured to herself, frowning.

[Honey, is there something wrong with what you said?]

"Too blunt," Ayu said. "It's like something written by someone with little education, or rather, it's meant for people with little education."

This is likely something prepared for public opinion building. Such materials are usually simple and easy to understand, so that more people can accept them.

“You’re right. This matter seems to involve a lot of people. I need to go back as soon as possible and discuss it with Brother Ayou.”

An extra brain equals an extra bit of wisdom.

"That kid's about to realize you're missing. Go rescue that female student first, then I'll see if there's any way out of here."

Tuanzi bought Ayu some protective gear in advance before focusing on studying the map.

"Okay." Ayu quickly walked towards where the female students were.

She didn't really trust the students she had just met; their eyes were filled with too many ulterior motives.

They probably didn't take her seriously because of her young age.

The female student wasn't necessarily a good person, but if she really had to choose a student to complete the mission, she would naturally prefer to save the girl first.

The ancient city was extremely dark. As Ayu used her light-footed skills, she threw luminous pearls around.

This thing is really cheap in the mall, so she bought a lot of it.

"let me go!"

"Zheng Lin, I am the daughter of the prefect! How dare you treat me like this!"

"open!"

A hurried female voice rang out, but instead of arousing the others' fear, it made them even more arrogant.

A scholar in a long robe sneered: "Don't say you're just an unfavored illegitimate daughter of the prefect's family. Even if you were the prefect's most beloved daughter, so what? No one would know you died here!"

The others were even more disdainful: "It's your good fortune that you've survived until now. Now it's time for you to repay them."

Some people's ugly desires cannot be concealed even by the darkness of night; they even want to loosen their belts.

"Zheng Lin, stop talking nonsense and give her to us first—"

Zheng Lin glared at the man with disgust: "What else is on your mind besides those things? Business is more important!"

He disliked Cheng Yuhe, and he also disliked these students who were ignorant yet still lustful.

Cheng Yuhe's clothes were already tattered. She was tied to the altar and wanted to bite her tongue to commit suicide, but she didn't dare.

Zheng Lin had warned her that she still had value while she was alive, but if she died, there was no guarantee that her corpse could be used for anything.

These words made Cheng Yuhe hesitant to act rashly.

She was filled with utter despair, wishing she could hack these hypocritical villains to pieces!

"Stop dawdling! Those man-eating rats will be here again soon. Quickly bleed her!" the burly student shouted. "I don't care about your fancy talk. Just bleed her now. If the man-eating rats come, I'll throw you all in!"

Upon hearing this, someone immediately picked up a not-so-sharp dagger and walked towards Cheng Yuhe.

Cheng Yuhe yelled, "Get out of here!"

She had five or six wounds on her arm; some of the ugly wounds had scabbed over, while others still revealed the flesh beneath.

The student with the knife remained silent, the dagger aimed directly at Cheng Yuhe's arm, about to sever it.

Suddenly, he felt a pain in his hand, and the dagger fell to the ground.

"What's wrong? He can't even hold the knife properly!" The burly student frowned.

The student with the knife clutched his right hand tightly, screaming, "Ah, my hand!"

"Who?!" The burly man reacted, walked towards the student, and tried to pick up the dagger on the ground.

He reached out, and a pebble was thrown at him; he barely dodged it by sidestepping.

The pebble landed on the ground, making a shallow crater, then bounced off and rolled a few times, emitting a faint light.

It is a luminous pearl.

"Who is it?!"

The burly student was enraged.

Zheng Lin also looked wary and hid himself behind several students.

He subconsciously glanced towards where Cheng Yuhe was, only to find that Cheng Yuhe, who had just been tied up, had disappeared.

"Where is Cheng Yuhe?!" he exclaimed in shock and anger, kicking a student next to him. "Where is Cheng Yuhe?!"

He quickened his pace, but all he saw were pieces of rope broken into several pieces on the ground; not even a corner of his clothes remained.

The other students panicked. Who could have rescued someone right under their noses without them noticing? And that person even used a luminous pearl to injure someone.

Could it be another group of people?

No, although there was one martial arts master among them, that person's level was far inferior to the one in front of them.

Everyone has been here for a long time, and their physical condition is no longer what it used to be, and their strength is even worse.

"Cheng Yuhe!" Zheng Lin walked around a few times but didn't see her, so he shouted.

As soon as the shout came out, several bats flew out from the gap, and there was a rustling sound in the darkness.

"Shut up, Zheng Lin, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you!" the burly student said coldly. "Since that person only wanted to save Cheng Yuhe, he must be afraid of us and doesn't dare to confront us directly. You should think about who should be sacrificed next after Cheng Yuhe is gone."

After he finished speaking, everyone else fell even more silent.

Sacrifice involves offering blood at the altar; only with blood will the man-eating rats dare not come up.

Many of them have already died for this, and now there are not many left.

Everyone looked at each other warily, and the atmosphere was very tense.

At that moment, Ayu, with Cheng Yuhe, stood on a rooftop three zhang high, looking directly down at the group of people below.

Cheng Yuhe wanted to cough, but she covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from making a sound.

Ayu tossed her a bottle of medicine: "Cough if you want to, they won't hear you."

"Cough cough cough—" Cheng Yuhe couldn't help but let go of his hand and coughed violently.

Sure enough, the people below were completely unaware.

Cheng Yuhe was very obedient. She neither asked who Ayu was, nor why she was there, nor why she had saved her.

When Ayu gave her medicine, she shoved it directly into her mouth, regardless of whether it was poison or not.

The medicine was very dry, and she almost choked, so Ayu brought her a bowl of water.

Cheng Yuhe's eyes lit up. She picked it up and drank it. After taking a big gulp, there was still half a bowl of water left.

She was a little embarrassed and handed the water back, saying, "Thank you... thank you."

"Let's finish it," Ayu said.

Cheng Yuhe asked cautiously, "Aren't you going to drink?"

Even when she heard that Ayu was a little girl's voice, she showed no disrespect whatsoever.

"Drink," Ayu said.

Cheng Yuhe picked up the bowl, tilted her head back, and drank it all in one go, even secretly licking back the water droplets that accidentally got on the corners of her mouth.

This water tastes so sweet!

Cheng Yuhe secretly sized up Ayu. Although it was dark and she couldn't see clearly, it didn't stop Cheng Yuhe from thinking that Ayu was very beautiful.

She wanted to say something more, but a wave of drowsiness suddenly washed over her, and she drifted off to sleep.

When Cheng Yuhe woke up again, she found that it was already daylight. Although the ancient city was still shrouded in a gray haze after dawn, at least she could see her surroundings clearly.

She had the best sleep she'd ever had, and even subconsciously wanted to stretch, only realizing it after she had already stretched her arms.

The various aches and pains that had been plaguing my body seemed to have disappeared.

The gruesome wounds on his arms have faded to shallow marks, making them look as if a long time has passed.

"I slept for so long?!" Cheng Yuhe was so shocked that the last bit of sleepiness disappeared.

As soon as she moved, she fell straight down.

It was still on the eaves.

"Ah!" Cheng Yuhe exclaimed instinctively.

The next moment, a shawl was draped down, wrapped around Cheng Yuhe's waist, and she was dragged up again.

Still shaken, she finally saw Ayu sitting next to her.

A young girl dressed in red looked at her with a gentle expression.

"you're awake?"

“Benefactor…” Cheng Yuhe stammered, her hands and feet went weak with fear, her body trembling uncontrollably, and she didn’t know what to say.

“Cheng Yuhe, the third young lady of the Prefect's Mansion in Fengming City, was also a student at Fengming Academy disguised as a boy. She disappeared six months ago.” Ayu looked at her. “Miss Cheng, would you mind telling me what exactly happened here?”

Cheng Yuhe wasn't surprised that Ayu knew her identity; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Ayu ask that question.

"About seven months ago, a fortune teller came to the prefect's residence..." (End of Chapter)