"Xiao Zhao, are you looking for them?"

Madam Cao looked at Qi Yan and slurped, "Let me bite him, and I'll bring them to you, okay?"

Qi Yan: "???"

Yun Zhao: "!!!"

What did you say? I haven't even taken a bite yet!

However, if Madam Cao can rescue Meng Wenchang and Gu Dinghan...

Qi Yan silently hugged her pitiful self: "Don't even think about it!"

"Oh, Ah Yan, don't be so stingy!"

Yun Zhao pulled him aside and whispered some words of persuasion. Qi Yan glanced at Madam Cao, who was "glaring at him with hostility," and reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Madam Cao's eyes lit up, and she opened her mouth to bite, but Yun Zhao stopped her.

"Aunt Cao, eating raw meat will make you sick. Here's what we'll do: you go save the person, and I'll stew some meat for you here. It'll be ready to eat when you come back, okay?"

Madam Cao thought about it for a moment with her not-so-bright brain and agreed.

She truly lived up to her reputation as a Nascent Soul cultivator. Although she appeared foolish, she instantly displayed the demeanor of a powerful figure once she took action.

After Madam Cao disappeared into the house, Yun Yi said to Yun Zhao, "I'll follow behind her, just in case."

He can't just do nothing, can he?

After he left, Bai Lingxiao asked, "Zhaozhao, do we really have to..."

Cut off Qi Yan's flesh?

“No, that’s not true,” Yun Zhao said with a smile. “How could I bear to cut off Ayan’s flesh?”

As she spoke, she took out a piece of pork from her storage bag and asked Qi Yan to leave his scent on the pork, which should be able to deceive Madam Cao.

Bai Lingxiao was relieved.

To my shame, she was the one who should have been saving people, but she didn't do much; it was Yun Zhao and Qi Yan who did all the work.

She thought for a moment and offered to stew the meat, "Although this is not Junior Brother Qi's meat, it's not really appropriate for him to stew it himself."

Qi Yan took the pork from Yun Zhao and said helplessly, "Never mind, I've already 'cut the meat,' so it won't hurt to stew it."

In no time, Qi Yan had the meat stewing. Yun Zhao sniffed the aroma filling the room and swallowed hard. "Qi Yan, it smells so good..."

Qi Yan: "..."

"Really? Then Zhaozhao, smell it more."

Thinking of something, Qi Yan's eyes flickered, and he crossed his arms and yelped.

Yun Zhao immediately asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Qi Yan said weakly, "I cut myself, and I'm bleeding. Zhao Zhao, please bandage my wound."

Yun Zhao: "..."

She slapped Qi Yan's arm, which he was covering, with a hint of annoyance. "Stop pretending! You're perfectly fine!"

Qi Yan grumbled and insisted that if they were going to put on an act, they should go all the way, clinging to Yun Zhao as he bandaged her up.

Having no other choice, Yun Zhao had to pull him into the inner room.

Bai Lingxiao watched them playfully bickering and was just about to go check on how the stew was going when he heard some indescribable slurping sounds coming from the inner room.

She glanced at the four children playing in the corner, took a deep breath, activated a concealment array, and enveloped herself and them all inside.

With children around, remember to activate your own concealment array next time!

After a while, Yun Zhao came out with a flushed face, followed by Qi Yan, who was beaming.

Bai Lingxiao didn't say anything, but when Yun Zhao saw the array she activated, the blush that she had managed to suppress resurfaced.

She glared at Qi Yan fiercely. He was the one who "cut off his own flesh," but she was the one who got hurt!

Yun Zhao touched her slightly swollen lips. She had applied ointment, but the swelling hadn't gone down yet.

She was furious and kicked Qi Yan, only to find that this guy... was even more lively!

Qi Yan thought that hitting someone was a sign of affection, scolding someone was a sign of love, and kicking someone when the feelings were deep showed that Zhao Zhao loved him very much!

The stew was ready. Qi Yan took "his meat" out, leaving the extra ribs and other ingredients he had added while stewing in the pot. The three adults and four children squatted by the pot, munching on the meat and drinking large bowls of juice.

Before they had finished eating, they heard a commotion outside. Yun Zhao washed his hands and went out to see what was happening. Wow, Madam Cao and Yun Yi were each carrying someone back.

Madam Cao tossed Gu Dinghan, whom she was holding, in front of Yun Zhao as if presenting a treasure, "Little Zhao, look, isn't that them?"

With her throw, Gu Dinghan's head hit the ground with a loud thud. Yun Zhao felt pain for him. She brushed aside Gu Dinghan's hair to check.

"Yes, it's him!"

The one Yunyi was carrying was naturally Meng Wenchang. They put the two of them on the bed in the inner room, and Bai Lingxiao took their pulses.

"Phew, it's nothing serious. I was just drugged and knocked a few times. I'll take an antidote and wake up tomorrow."

Yun Zhao glanced at Madam Cao, who was eating with sauce all over her mouth, and whispered to Bai Lingxiao, "Senior Sister, when are we leaving here?"

"And what about Madam Cao? What will happen to her?"

They couldn't possibly take Madam Cao away, but if they left her behind... Putting aside whether they could carry Madam Cao away on their backs, Madam Cao's mentally challenged state meant she couldn't live alone, and she had helped them a great deal. Leaving her like this wouldn't be a good idea.

"As long as she doesn't die," Qi Yan frowned. "Zhao Zhao, she is powerful and ordinary people can't hurt her. Besides, the people from the town mayor's mansion will definitely come looking for her when they find out she's missing."

"Let's hurry up and leave. If we get discovered, it will be difficult to leave."

For some reason, Qi Yan didn't like Madam Cao very much, and always felt a sense of disgust towards her.

He thought that Madam Cao wanted to eat his flesh, which was why he hated her. He didn't think much of it; the most important thing right now was to leave this place.

“Alright,” Yun Zhao glanced at Madam Cao, who was only focused on eating, “we’ll think of a way tomorrow to keep her out of the way.”

Bai Lingxiao nodded. She stood up and fed Gu Dinghan and the other person the pills, when she suddenly remembered something.

“Wait a minute,” she swallowed hard, then hesitated, “have you noticed something?”

Yun Zhao and Qi Yan exchanged a glance and shook their heads simultaneously.

Bai Lingxiao pointed at Madam Cao and said with difficulty, "Zhaozhao, your method just now fooled Madam Cao, but in her eyes, she really ate Junior Brother Qi's flesh..."

Yun Zhao chimed in, "So, Madam Cao can actually eat human flesh!"

She was instantly terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. Good heavens, what on earth is wrong with Madam Cao?!

Qi Yan touched his arm and said with a gloomy expression, "Never mind her, we won't see her again anyway. By the way, Zhao Zhao, I didn't say this before, but actually I feel uncomfortable all over whenever I see her."

He was a demon, and sometimes he trusted his intuition more than humans. His intuition told him that he should stay away from Madam Cao.

Yun Zhao frowned and glanced at Madam Cao with a complicated expression. Madam Cao noticed that she was looking at her, so she raised her head and grinned at Yun Zhao.

With bright red sauce sticking to her lips, Yun Zhao silently took a step back.

She couldn't help but recall some horror movies she had watched before.

It's kind of scary.

Yun Zhao took a deep breath, "We'll leave tomorrow!"

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