"Mother, Father, we're back."

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

Before the siblings even appeared, Xu Zhuzhu's excited voice rang out from inside the house.

However, Xu Zhuzhu, who brought Xu An home, swayed as soon as she landed and could hardly stand.

Xu An, who was already holding Xu Zhuzhu's hand, quickly pulled her back, "Little sister, are you alright?"

Xu Zhuzhu smiled and shook her head, saying it wasn't a big problem.

Mr. and Mrs. Xu Wenjie rushed forward and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"Brother, you're making a big fuss. I'm fine."

She shook her head to relieve the feeling of weightlessness she had just experienced.

Nothing serious happened, it's just that the distance traveled this time was a bit far, and it took quite a long time.

She was overworking her brain and felt a little dizzy.

She figured it out in her mind, and sure enough, limiting the teleportation distance to within 500 meters was the most reliable and less troublesome thing for her.

After thinking it over, he threw the animal trap she had brought back onto the ground.

He said to Xu Wenjie, "Father, we'll definitely need this tomorrow. I was worried they'd throw it away and it would be hard to find later, so I brought it back."

Seeing the bloodstained animal trap with a small piece of cloth still attached, Xu Wenjie praised, "I had forgotten about that. Our Zhuzhu is so thoughtful."

Xu Zhuzhu raised her chin high, looking extremely arrogant. She could never get enough of being praised.

Everyone laughed.

Actually, Xu Wenjie hadn't forgotten, but Zhang Xiaolin had taken it away, and he wasn't comfortable letting the two children retrieve it alone, so he simply didn't bring it up.

Unexpectedly, he brought his daughter back by chance, which made his plan a little safer.

Xu Zhuzhu, this time, seemed to believe that something is better than nothing.

However, after saying this, she yawned twice in a row, as if all her energy had been drained in an instant, and her eyelids seemed to stick together forever.

Seeing that Xu Zhuzhu looked listless, Zhang He knew without a doubt that Xu Zhuzhu was also exhausted, and felt extremely sorry for her.

This happened several times in one night; such a young child's body definitely can't handle it.

Seeing the blue edges appearing on the top of Dongshan Mountain, he quickly urged the others to go to sleep.

"It's almost dawn, get some rest! We can talk about it tomorrow."

After saying that, he tucked the dejected Xu Zhuzhu into the quilt.

The quilt had been torn to shreds by wolves, but fortunately, Hu Sanniang helped sew it up during the day. The stitches were rough due to the rush, but at least it didn't interfere with her sleep.

Xu Wenjie saw that it was almost dawn, and apart from a few wolf howls in the forest during the first half of the night, he hadn't heard a sound during the second half, so he relaxed.

His eyes were a little sore, but he had already passed the drowsiness, and now he really couldn't fall asleep.

Seeing his distress, Zhang He advised him, "At least take a nap, otherwise how will you have the energy tomorrow?"

Xu Wenjie smiled. Zhang He was right, so he followed her advice and decided to close his eyes to rest and prepare for what was to come.

The two children are really exhausted these past two days.

Xu Zhuzhu, in particular, fell into a deep sleep as soon as she put her head on the pillow.

He was chatting away with Zhang He just a second ago, and the next second he was snoring and sleeping soundly.

Zhang He looked at it, and felt another pang of sorrow in her heart.

It was probably near the garbage dump. They had already cleaned it up before they came back in the morning, so Xu Zhuzhu didn't need to worry. With nothing on her mind, she slept well.

Some slept, some dozed off, and the family spent a relatively safe night.

It seems that when a person is sleeping very deeply, time passes in the blink of an eye.

Or perhaps out of excitement, Xu Zhuzhu woke up very early.

At this moment, Xu An was still fast asleep, and even her mother had just gotten up and was combing her hair while fiddling with the brazier.

The fallen hair was thrown into the brazier, and with a soft "sizzle," a strange smell of burnt hair wafted up.

She sniffed; the smell was rather pungent.

"Mother, where is Father?"

Her father was no longer in the house.

She fell asleep quickly yesterday; I wonder if her father woke up yet.

Seeing that her father was not there, she quickly asked her mother.

Worrying is one thing, but more importantly, how could she, a bystander, miss out on such an exciting story of her father setting a trap for someone?

Zhang He could easily see through her thoughts. Seeing that she hadn't slept much last night and was getting up so early in the morning, she said, "Your father and your Uncle Li are in the backyard. Why don't you rest a little longer?"

Xu Zhuzhu shook her head frantically; she couldn't sleep and was making a fuss about getting out of bed.

Zhang He sighed helplessly, "Sit down first, and wait until the cotton-padded coat gets warmer."

Just as the mother and daughter finished speaking, they heard Li Quanfu's furious voice coming from the courtyard.

"This is absolutely outrageous!"

Her father gently persuaded her from the side, "Brother Li, please calm down. Since I invited you here, I naturally know who that person is. Don't worry about not being able to catch him."

"That makes sense, but their family has always been cunning. Even if you point it out, they might not admit it."

Li Quanfu's words make sense.

However, Xu Wenjie had his own plans. "I didn't expect them to acknowledge it, I just needed..."

Xu Zhuzhu heard her father chuckle softly, and their voices gradually faded away. She pressed her face against the wall and could no longer hear what her father and the others were saying.

Just then, Zhang He brought over a warm cotton-padded coat. Seeing Xu Zhuzhu pressed against the wall, she quickly pulled it down for her. "Little rascal, don't you feel cold against the wall? Put this on quickly."

She obediently put it on.

Just then, her father came in and was somewhat surprised to see Xu Zhuzhu up so early. "Lazy Zhuzhu, you're so energetic today?"

Xu Zhuzhu smiled but remained silent.

Xu Wenjie pinched her soft cheek and then smiled at her mother, "He Niang, it's time to wake An An up. We need to get ready to go to the village."

Xu Zhuzhu suddenly felt excited. Usually, Zhang He would have to urge and coax her to get up and wash up, but now she didn't want to wait a moment longer.

"Husband, don't we need to do anything else?"

Xu Wenjie smiled gently, "Just do as I said last night, you and the two children do, leave the rest to me, but if necessary..."

He pinched Xu Zhuzhu's little nose again, "We still need our Zhuzhu to do us a small favor."

Xu Zhuzhu nodded with a simple smile; of course, she had no problem with it.

"Father, just tell me, and Zhuzhu will definitely do it."

"Father knows you can do it."

Xu Wenjie affectionately ruffled her hair and pulled Xu Zhuzhu to wash up. Xu An also got up, still sleepy.

……

Not long after, at the entrance of Zhang Erye's courtyard in Laoya Village.

Zhang He held her two children, crying her heart out. The two children also cried their hearts out, banging on the Zhang family's door as they sobbed.

"...Uncle Zhang, please return my things. That's the only thing my father, the maternal grandfather of my two children, left me. You can take anything else, but not that one thing. Please..."

Zhang He said, wiping away her tears.

The Zhang family ancestors arrived early and naturally occupied the best location to build their courtyard, which was in the middle of the village, on both sides of the big locust tree, where the Zhang family lived.

The house was surrounded by neighbors, so even the slightest noise could be heard by everyone in the neighborhood.

The villagers have been exhausted these past two days because of the wolf pack incident, so much so that they are easily startled by the slightest sound, let alone Zhang He's sobbing, which is truly heartbreaking.

This quickly attracted a group of women to watch.

"My goodness, isn't this Madam Xu from the duck-butt family? Weren't they said to have been eaten by wolves? Isn't she still alive?"

"It's probably just some kids who didn't see clearly and made it up. What kind of guts could those few young punks have?"

"Yes, it's quite a story. I knew it! How could a perfectly good house be carried away by wolves while hiding inside? It sounds like a lie. But what's wrong? Why are they crying like this in front of Master Zhang's house? They look so pitiful..."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhang He cried even harder...

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