Thanos's biological daughter in period fiction

"Don't worry, it's alright, Dad will go check and come back..." Knowing that there might be something or someone else near the village, he couldn't possibly not go and investigate.

He patted his son's head and told him to go home first. Only after he was sure his son had stepped inside did he quickly head towards the place his son had mentioned.

The cliff here isn't very high, and there are several slopes leading down to it. The residential area is quite far away, and wolves used to frequent the area below, so the adults in every household in the village always warn their children not to come here.

Xia Jixuan inspected the slope and found no signs of human activity. The only landslide area, where there were hand and footprints, seemed to have been cleared away. It should be the place where his son said he fell down.

Looking at the elevation, he realized this spot was the highest among the surrounding small hills. The child, perhaps afraid of worrying him, didn't tell him the truth.

The little brat must have been seriously injured back then. Recalling the previous few letters I exchanged with my wife, including one from over a year ago, she said that the weather had become very strange and that the harvest might be reduced during that season.

She added that her eldest son, being mischievous, had fallen somewhere and injured his arms, legs, and knees. She couldn't say where he fell, only that he was roasting bird with his friends when his older cousin saw them and chased after him trying to take it, at which point he tripped and fell.

It turned out that's when he fell, but the child didn't tell the truth. Actually, at this moment, Xia Jixuan had already secretly made a decision in his heart: he would find some time to teach his nephew a lesson.

His absence doesn't mean he's easy to bully. It really must be Old Xia's family, after all. What's the point of all this talk about food? Brothers and sisters? They don't even exist.

Knowing the drawbacks of this kind of education, he would never use it to raise his children again. Although the children in the family are not far apart in age, they are all well-behaved under his wife's guidance. The two older brothers know their younger sister is still small and know to give in to her, and the little girl isn't the domineering type.

I personally tested the height of the slope, and the last section is a cliff-like drop of about three or four meters. The most serious injury to the child was probably from falling from here.

Because the bottle was buried underneath, the ground was very hard. It was probably even harder than before because it hadn't been washed by rain for over a year.

As soon as he stepped onto the ground, Xia Jixuan felt its hardness. He took a handy little tool from Qingyu Residence and carefully began to dig away the dry soil.

Indeed, they unearthed the bottles and jars their son had mentioned. These days, the only bottles used in the supply and marketing cooperative were clear ones and dark red, almost black, soy sauce bottles. Clear bottles, aside from canning jars, were mostly found in big cities, like soda bottles. These light green glass bottles were still unavailable in small towns like theirs.

There were some bottles that looked like liquor bottles underneath, which must have been left behind by the Japanese soldiers. He dug up a few and then stopped. After confirming that these things had been buried for some years, he took out a small notebook and started making notes.

This is his habit, and also evidence. He records all these investigative tasks, including the evidence he finds about you each time, along with the location and time.

He didn't wear a watch this time, so he could only write down an approximate time. He needs to find some time to explore Qingyu Residence more thoroughly and determine exactly what's inside.

Especially watches; he wondered if there were any watches in Qingyu Residence. Just as he was thinking about finding a wristwatch or a pocket watch, a pocket watch suddenly appeared in his hand. He opened it and looked at it; the pocket watch was brand new, with no signs of use.

The second hand is moving, but he doesn't know if the time is right. It's 10:30 AM now, and looking at the sky, he guesses it's about right, so he'll just keep it as it is for now.

Then he noted the time in his notebook and headed towards the cave in the direction his son had indicated. Although it was a bit far from the residential area, if they started a fire here, the smoke would be visible from the residential area.

Even if they could cook inside the cave, without a chimney, it's impossible for people to stay in the cave while cooking, especially when burning firewood.

Although it was a little past 10 a.m., the area below was desolate. Most of the once lush trees were now withered and dead. The few that were still alive had no leaves left, and there was nowhere to hide.

Xia Jixuan walked very carefully and quickly found the narrow crevice his son had mentioned. There were indeed many dry branches and leaves outside, and it seemed that there used to be ivy, but because of the drought, the ivy had all died and was now hanging there dry.

Xia Jixuan didn't rush forward, after all, he didn't know if anyone was still living there. Having nowhere to hide was a fatal flaw, and since he had no combat uniform or other concealment tools, he could only rely on his own caution.

He took some insect repellent powder from Qingyu Residence and sprinkled some on himself. There was a pharmacy inside Qingyu Residence, which he had discovered by chance. He had tried this insect repellent before, and it was very effective. After the new house was renovated, he sprinkled some of this insect repellent powder around the inner wall of the courtyard.

He sprinkled some vegetables in both the front and back yards, but fearing it would affect the treehouse's growth, he only sprinkled them around the outer edge of the garden. Perhaps because of the well water incident, he had high expectations for everything in the space.

He was thinking to himself how effective this stuff was, and how great it would be if he had the formula. He could take it back and have the doctors at the hospital prepare it, so that even if they went on missions in the dense forest, they could stay away from snakes, insects, and rodents.

The problem is that many of those missions are in the mountains and forests, where there isn't much of anything except snakes, insects, rats, and ants. And if they're in hiding, they can't move, which is incredibly uncomfortable.

If he had such a medicine pouch with him, he could avoid this situation. He knew that the products from Qingyu Residence would definitely be more effective than those from outside; there was no doubt about that.

What Xia Jixuan didn't know was that the insect repellent formula he wanted was already on the living room table of Qingyu Residence, something he could see as soon as he entered the room.

Xia Jixuan had already arrived at the cave entrance. After observing for a while, he found that there was no sign of life or activity, and he began to wonder if the place was deserted. With nowhere to hide and no way to stay there any longer, Xia Jixuan decided to go inside and check. The worst-case scenario was that if he found someone there, he could simply return to Qingyu Residence.

He could get in as long as he could keep those people out of sight. It was his last resort to save his life; he figured it wouldn't work if he were leading a team on a mission.

His teammates are all very observant and quick-witted; they can detect even the slightest movement. Let alone once or twice, they would definitely be discovered the first time he used it.