The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Xiao Yuxi stopped crying when she heard the sobbing and looked at her, her face showing some confusion and helplessness.

Why did this older sister, who was comforting her the whole time, suddenly start crying herself?

Yan Shanshan wiped away her tears, looked at the little person in front of her, glanced at the increasingly dense trees around her, and asked in a trembling voice, "Xixi, do you really know the way?"

Xiao Yuxi looked around. "We've been going in the same direction the whole time, haven't we?"

“But we took a detour when we came here,” Yan Shanshan said weakly.

She has been reading a lot of storybooks recently, and the main characters in them encounter fairies in the deep mountains and forests.

They were now in a dense, deserted forest, perfectly fitting the description of a place in folk tales where fairies roamed.

Fairies can eat people.

Yan Shanshan crouched down and shrank back in fear.

In fact, she had been in pain ever since she first fell, and now that she has fallen a few more times, it seems to be getting more and more painful.

“Don’t be afraid, sister. Xixi used to go up the mountain often. As long as you follow one path down to the bottom of the mountain and walk around the bottom, you will definitely find the way.” Xiao Yuxi stretched out her hand and looked at her earnestly.

Yan Shanshan was slightly taken aback, blinked, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He was clearly much older than her, yet a little kid had to comfort her.

She quickly took Xiaoyuxi's outstretched hand, stood up, and wiped away her tears. "Did you often go up the mountain before?"

Xiao Yuxi picked up a stick and swept away the stones and branches on the road, nodding earnestly.

“Before, I had to go up the mountain to collect firewood every day, which we needed for the stove at home. After collecting firewood in the morning, I had to feed the chickens and ducks, and in the afternoon I had to take the dirty clothes from home to the river to wash them. I was very busy.” Xiao Yuxi didn’t feel embarrassed at all, and just told Yan Shanshan as if it were a very normal thing.

Yan Shanshan looked at her small, earnest figure sweeping the road with some shock, then looked at her and held her small hand.

At first glance, her hands do not look much different from theirs, but in fact, her palms do have calluses.

Yan Shanshan could hardly believe it. Although she knew the little girl was already five years old, she looked only four, even smaller than some four-year-olds.

What kind of person could make such a young child do so much work?

Even the maids in their household, who were the same age as her, only had to be playmates to the young masters and ladies; they didn't have to do any work at all. Some of the better ones even got to study as companions at the Imperial Academy.

Gathering firewood, feeding poultry, washing clothes...

She has a lot of things scheduled, but she's so small, how can she possibly manage?

"Did your parents tell you to do this?" Yan Shanshan asked curiously.

Xiao Yuxi shook her head. "My aunt and second sister both said that those aren't my real parents. My mother is a fairy in heaven. My father is with her in heaven. My aunt said that my mother is afraid of the dark, so when I grow up, I can hold a lamp for her!"

Although Yan Shanshan was only eight years old, she understood the meaning of those words better than Xiao Yuxi; her parents must have passed away.

Looking into her bright eyes, Yan Shanshan fell silent for a while before slowly speaking, "Yes, only when you grow up can you see the fairies in the sky."

Xiao Yuxi was very happy, "I knew it! My aunt and second sister would never lie to me!"

The two little ones walked slowly like this until the sun began to set, at which point they stared blankly at the village in front of them.

Yan Shanshan asked in confusion, "Weren't we at the Guosi Temple when we went up the mountain before?"

Xiao Yuxi nodded and reassured him, "It's okay, I'll go ask someone for directions."

Yan Shanshan grabbed her hand, pulled her back, and shook her head. "No, we didn't bring any guards. We don't know if these people are good or not, so we can't speak to them easily."

Xiao Yuxi nodded. It seemed so. The older brother had also mentioned that he would abduct children.

"Then let's follow the foot of the mountain in one direction, we're sure to find it!"

Xiao Yuxi is very optimistic.

She had accidentally wandered into the deep mountains before, and it was by this method that she walked all day to get home.

Yan Shanshan glanced back. She had a feeling that if they hadn't left and were still in the same spot, the maids would have found them long ago.

But the forest looked terrifying, and she was hesitant to go back the way she came.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally nodded and squeezed the little girl's hand, "Then let's go together."

The two children had only walked a few steps along the path when a woman washing clothes by the pond suddenly saw them.

"What families are you from, young ladies?" The woman wiped the water off her hands and stepped forward to look at them.

The two little girls were extremely beautiful, and they didn't look like children from ordinary families. Although their clothes were a bit dusty, the patterns on them clearly indicated that they were young ladies from the city.

Yan Shanshan eyed her warily, looking her up and down without saying a word, her gaze finally settling on her protruding belly.

Without realizing it, I breathed a sigh of relief, but I was still on my guard. "We're out having fun, and the guards are following us. By the way, where is the National Temple?"

"Guosi?" The woman was puzzled, but then she suddenly realized something and looked at the empty space behind the two little girls.

If there were guards with them, how could they allow their young lady to be flirted with by a peasant woman?

It really is a gift from heaven.

These two must be pampered young ladies from some family. They went to the national temple to offer incense, but got carried away and ended up on another peak.

In this way, it would take the guards three or four days to search the entire mountain, and at least seven days if they searched carefully.

"Your lips are all cracked. Why don't you come to my house for some water? After you've had your water, I'll take you to the temple, though it's a bit far."

Drink water?

Upon hearing this, Yan Shanshan subconsciously licked her lips, but still took a step back, saying, "No need, we're not thirsty."

After saying that, Yan Shanshan didn't intend to say anything more to her and directly said, "Do you know the approximate location of the National Temple? If you do, just point out the general direction, there's no need to take us there."

The woman smiled and pointed to her left, "Just follow this path, there's a side road that leads there."

Yan Shanshan nodded, took Xi Xi's little hand, and slowly walked towards the place she pointed to.

As Xiao Yuxi was being led away, she didn't forget to turn back and thank them.

Yan Shanshan finally led Xiao Yuxi to the path. "We'll be there soon."

No sooner had they finished speaking than two people simultaneously covered their mouths.

Yan Shanshan grabbed the person's arm in terror, scratching at them desperately, trying her best to turn her head to look at Xiao Yuxi, but she couldn't hold on any longer and fell into a deep sleep.