Several sika deer jumped and kicked their hooves excitedly.

"Ah! The little beauty is speaking to us."

"Yes! Yes! Should we go over there? But I'm afraid of the man next to her."

Qu Jingyao heard the conversation between the two from a distance. She held her forehead with her hand helplessly, then smiled: "Don't worry, this is my brother. He won't hurt you, right, brother?"

Qu Qingchen was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly called out, and then nodded blankly. He didn't know whether the sika deer could really understand, but looking at his sister, it seemed as if he could really talk to them.

After Qu Jingyao's repeated assurances, the sika deer slowly approached the brother and sister.

Qu Qingchen stared at the scene in front of him with his body stiff. He saw the sika deer stopped about ten feet away from the two of them.

"Come on! Don't worry, we'll see each other often after we get to know each other."

Qu Jingyao's delicate face was as white as jade, as if glowing with a soft luster, her eyebrows were as dark as distant ink, slightly raised with just the right arc, her clear and watery eyes flashed with gentle light, and her red lips were slightly raised.

"Let's go over there. My little beauty! She's so gentle."

As he spoke, a smaller baby sika deer ran straight towards Qu Jingyao.

After seeing this scene, Qu Qingchen finally believed what his sister said.

"Brother, touch it. Now you believe my affinity with animals. I really can understand what they say."

The brother and sister surrounded the group of sika deer, looking around. Qu Qingchen's shock surged like a surging tide, and his eyes were filled with a gentle smile as he looked at his sister.

A quarter of an hour later, Qu Jingyao heard her mother calling her and told her brother that she would accompany her mother back to the village and would be back later.

"Do you want me to go with you? I'm afraid of the Wu family..."

"Don't worry, brother. They won't dare to do anything in the village." Qu Jingyao soothed her brother's emotions, then waved her hand and ran towards Liu.

The deer followed him to the edge of the valley and did not turn around and leave until Qu Jingyao promised to come back later.

Liu reached out and touched her forehead: "You! Let's go."

She giggled and took Liu's arm, and the mother and daughter walked towards the cave.

The mother and daughter walked through the cave and chatted as they headed straight towards the village.

However, they did not know that at this time, people from the village government office were forcing Qu Shuliang and Qu Shushan to perform labor service at Qu's house, while the village head and the clan leader were helping Qu Shushan to plead for mercy.

"Sir, are you mistaken? Qu Shushan is a student after all, how could he be sent to perform forced labor?"

Mrs. Xu and her daughter-in-law cried and begged them to pay the money. Isn't it enough?

But the officials had received benefits from the legal advisor, so how could they do as they wish?

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm telling you, you bunch of peasants, this is what the higher-ups want. Who among you dares to disobey?"

Seeing the arrogant look of the official, no one in the village dared to step forward. They all said that the Qu family was in such a state because they had offended Mr. Wu.

The village head looked at the officials in front of him and felt that if he didn't let them take the person away today, things would probably not end well.

"My son is a student at the Qingxuan Academy in town! How can he be forced to do corvee labor?"

With a clang, the officer drew out his sword and shouted coldly with a fierce look in his eyes: "Stop talking nonsense. I'm just following instructions. There's another song...?"

"Qu Qingchen." The officer beside him reminded.

The officer asked the Qu family with a gloomy face where Qu Qingchen was, and said that they would be taken away together to perform labor service today, and no one would be able to escape.

At this time, Old Lady Xu hurried forward and said to the officer with a look of resentment: "Sir, if you arrest Qu Qingchen, then my son won't have to..."

At this time, Mrs. Wu was also holding her husband's arm and crying to the officer, saying that it was all Qu Qingchen's family who harmed them. Just arrest him, what does it have to do with them!

They would pay whatever amount of money was asked for, and hoped that the officials would show mercy.

The butler of the Wu family carriage, which had been in the back, got out and walked towards the Qu family with a big belly.

"Oh, it's so lively!"

When the officers saw that it was the housekeeper of Mr. Wu's family, they greeted him with a smile: "Hey, isn't this the housekeeper Qian? What brings you here?"

"Someone cheated the Wu family out of their money, and the master sent me to recover it."

As he spoke, his sinister eyes shot towards Old Lady Xu from the Qu family.

She just shrank back with her eyes evasive. Qu Huaer, who was hiding by the gate, had hatred on her face.

"It's all Qu Jingyao's family's fault. My whole family has suffered, including my aunt..." Qu Xiuxiu said with a sad face. When Qu Huaer heard these words, it felt like a slap in the face and a joke on her.

"Get out, you're not a good person either." Qu Huaer's eyes flashed with resentment. She said this and turned around and walked towards the house.

Qu Xiuxiu was so scared that she stepped aside, crumpling the handkerchief in her hand, with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

She didn't understand why her aunt had been treating her like this recently. What was this unwanted bitch doing so arrogantly?

Just when the Qu family was in chaos, Qu Jingyao and her daughter had already come to the village along the back mountain. Those with sharp eyes could see their figures from afar.

"Look, the Shusheng family is here."

Aunt Cuilian, the wife of the village head, glared at the quick-talking woman with a sullen face: "How come you're everywhere? Only you have eyes?"

As she spoke, Aunt Cui Lian walked straight towards Liu's mother and daughter, winking at them as she walked.

"Hey, go back quickly."

Qu Jingyao, holding Liu's arm, had already seen a group of people in front of the Qu family's gate in the village, as well as the officers with swords. She frowned and listened to the conversation between Aunt Cui Lian and her mother.

"Yunshuang, you'd better go back quickly. Those officials are colluding with the Wu family and want to take Qingchen to perform corvee labor. You know how a child can bear to be sent to perform corvee labor at this time!"

When Liu heard her words, her heart skipped a beat. It seemed that what was supposed to happen had finally happened, but it was too late to leave now. Old Lady Xu ran towards the mother and daughter like a madman, grabbed Liu's arm and dragged her towards the crowd.

Qu Jingyao suddenly slapped Old Lady Xu's hand away, while Aunt Cui Lian beside her tried to persuade her.

"Ouch! You little bitch, how dare you hit your grandma? I'm going to die. God, please open your eyes and kill these unfilial descendants who have no respect for their elders."

The village head saw the situation becoming increasingly chaotic, and Old Lady Xu was still resorting to this act. It was really...

The clan leader looked at the officers and steward Qian with a cold face and said nothing. The current matter was not something he could interfere with. If it weren't for Xu's mischief, why would it have turned out like this?

"If God really has eyes, he would strike down those evil people with evil intentions."

Qu Jingyao hugged Liu's arm, and the cold light in his eyes shot towards the Qu family.

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