Return of the Phoenix Lady

"Mom, you are right. I will help you! Let's go! Let's go find them!" The girl looked at the vibrant forest with some excitement.

"Okay!" After the woman told her life story, she felt relieved and her depressed mood improved a lot.

One day later at night

"Ha! I didn't expect that the talented boy could run so fast with that little girl who has no magic power or fighting spirit. I really underestimated them!" The woman said with a little surprise.

"Yes! Mother, I want that boy to be my husband. Tomorrow, when you meet him, please go easy on him! Otherwise, I will be heartbroken!" The girl said shyly. If she only admired his appearance at the beginning, now she admired his strength. Which woman would not want to marry a handsome and capable man!

"Hahaha~Okay! Since my precious daughter likes him, I will grant your wish. When the time comes, even if he doesn't want to, I will snatch him away to be your husband, okay?" The woman was very satisfied with this handsome young man who had extraordinary strength at such a young age. Moreover, her daughter liked him so much, and it would be the best for him to be her son-in-law. Her daughter was cute and beautiful, and her strength was also good. Her son-in-law was handsome and extraordinary, and his strength was even more extraordinary. The two of them were simply a match made in heaven! The more the woman thought about it, the more satisfied she became. She seemed to have regarded Yingchen as her own son-in-law, and was just waiting for the two of them to get married and live in harmony as a family.

"Mom, since that's the case, let's take a rest too! My husband won't be able to run away tomorrow anyway." The girl already regarded Yingchen as her husband.

The mother and daughter thought Han Xing and Ying Chen were running deep into the forest, but they were actually more leisurely than them, barbecuing and practicing at the edge of the forest...

Noon of the third day

"Mom, I'm curious, how can they run so fast? And all the monsters we've seen along the way said they've never seen them. This is too strange! The most important thing is, we haven't found any dead bodies or bloodstains of monsters along the way. Could it be that they cleaned up the scene as they ran? My husband's strength is too strong!" The girl frowned and said puzzledly.

"I find it strange, too." The woman thought as she walked forward. In this way, until sunset, the mother and daughter still did not find any trace of them.

"Mom, what should I do? Why can't I find them? How could this happen? How could they run so fast? Could it be that they used some magic weapon?" The girl was anxious. She didn't want to let her husband fly away!

The woman thought about this all afternoon, and always felt that there might be something she had not thought of.

The girl looked at the setting sun and said anxiously, "Mom, it's already the hour of Xu. There are still two hours until the hour of Zi. When the time is up, the game will be over! Then my husband will be... Mom, why did you stop?! Hurry up! Maybe they are just ahead. They won't wait for us here! Hurry up! We must find them before the hour of Zi!"

Wait here? Yeah! They can't possibly wait here for us! They'll definitely run away, deep into the forest...

"Those bastards from before? Have people been here before? Also, can we walk to the end of this forest in three days?"

"I don't know how long ago, several groups of people came here, but they either couldn't afford to play or lost the game. Also, don't even think about reaching the end of the forest in thirty days, let alone three days. To tell you the truth, my mother and I have wanted to get out of here, but no matter how long we walked, we never got out. So, you should just try your best to walk as far as you can!"

Thinking back to our previous conversation, no! That's not right! There's no way to escape here. So, they're just hiding from us, hiding from us... Ah! I get it! If they want to escape, they can only go deeper into the forest, but if they want to hide from us, there's more than one way! So where did they go? Could it be... bad!

"Hurry! Go back!" The woman pulled the girl back without saying a word.

"Mother! Mother, what's wrong with you? Why do you want to go back? Maybe they are just ahead? If we go back, won't our efforts be in vain? Mother, are you giving up? Don't you want that little girl to be your slave? Don't you want him to be my husband? Are you going to admit defeat? Mother!" The girl shouted anxiously, unwilling to give up. Maybe victory was just around the corner. Was she going to watch it slip away? Mother, what's wrong with her? Why is this happening?

Seeing that her mother didn't say anything and just walked back desperately, the girl finally angrily shook off the woman's hand and said angrily: "You don't go to look for her! I will go!" After that, without waiting for the woman to react, she turned around and continued to walk deep into the forest.

The woman looked at the sky, sighed, pulled the girl back and explained, "Silly girl, don't go, you won't find them!"

The girl was unconvinced and said, "How is that possible? Why can't I find them? I can do it!"

The woman soothed him, "Don't get excited. Listen to me first. If you keep looking for it impulsively, you won't be able to find it even if you wait until dawn. Besides, we've already lost!"

"What? How is that possible? The time hasn't come yet, why do you say that, mother?" The girl opened her mouth in surprise.

"Oh... It was my negligence this time. I should have discovered it earlier, but I only realized it now. It's too late to go back now." The woman sighed and shook her head.

The girl was confused and didn't understand what her mother was saying.

The woman then explained, "In fact, they have never been here. They are probably always at the edge of the forest!"

"What? The edge? Why would they think of that place?" The girl was surprised again.

"Because this is exactly what we didn't expect! They deliberately made us think that they were still the same bad guys as before, and would run into the forest stupidly, but we didn't expect that they would be so smart and deliberately avoid us. We thought they were working hard to kill monsters, but in fact they might be having fun leisurely. Now, they may have gone back! If we rush back now, the time will definitely be over, so we are bound to lose this game!" The woman sighed. How long has it been since she met people as smart as them?

"So that's how it is, Mom. I'm sorry for what happened just now. I was too impulsive and talked back to you." The girl looked at her mother guiltily.

"It's okay. Mother knows that you like that boy very much, that's why you are so anxious. Don't worry, mother will definitely let you get him! Let's go back!" The woman looked at the girl lovingly, with determination in her eyes.

"Yeah!" The girl looked at her mother trustfully, thinking of her lover with joy in her heart.

Child

"Young Master, they should have discovered it!" Yingchen asked uncertainly.

"I don't know, but if they haven't discovered it yet, they are no different from fools!" Han Xing shrugged and said indifferently.

"..."

"Haha! Little girl, so it was your idea! Not bad!" The woman and the girl hurried over and saw Han Xing and Ying Chen chatting leisurely. Although they admired Han Xing's wit, their tone was slightly sarcastic.

Han Xing turned around slowly, smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for the compliment!"

The mother and daughter were ashamed when they heard this. They were obviously being mocked, but they acted as if they were really being praised. They had seen people with thick skin, but they had never seen anyone with a face as thick as this girl's, which was thicker than the skin of the divine beast.

The woman said seriously, "Little girl, you win this game. We will keep our word and return the bird to you!" After that, she waved her hand, and Xiaohuo appeared from nowhere and pounced on Han Xing.

"Xiaoxing! I miss you so much!" Xiaohuo said coquettishly, which was rare.

Han Xing gently stroked Xiao Huo's head and smiled strangely: "Who said... I only want Xiao Huo as a trophy?"