I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

After the literary gathering banquet, Su Songchuan bid farewell to Master Li and then reluctantly said goodbye to Li Shuer before returning to the academy in a daze. He felt that he hadn't performed very well today, at least not as well as Sun Zhen in front of Master Li.

Fortunately, he seized the opportunity to stroll through the garden alone and ran into Li Shuer, which left a good impression on her. As for how long this good impression would last and how to maintain it, that was something Su Songchuan was worried about.

However, the literary gathering is finally over today, and Su Songchuan can finally get some rest. He has been working like he was preparing for the imperial examinations these past few days, which has really worn him out.

Su Banxia had finished processing the candied hawthorns early on, thinking that she must go up the mountain today to find Wei Kezhi. How could he have been absent from work for so many days without reason? She, his assistant, was too busy to keep up with the work.

Even though Su Banxia was upset that Wei Kezhi didn't come down the mountain to help, she was actually more worried that Wei Kezhi might have encountered some danger on the mountain. So, no matter what, Su Banxia was determined to go up the mountain alone to check on him.

When everyone returned to the courtyard on Dwarf Mountain, Su Banxia assigned tasks to everyone, packed some dry rations, and went up the mountain.

She was thinking that Wei Kezhi hadn't come down the mountain to eat for so many days, and that the food on the mountain must have run out long ago. So she went up the mountain this time not to say anything else, but just to see what he was busy with.

It was already quite late, and Su Banxia was afraid of having to descend the mountain in the dark, so she didn't dare to linger on the way. Even though she saw various wild vegetables and mushrooms along the way, she didn't dare to pick them.

I rushed as fast as I could and finally reached the mountain before evening, only to find the gate of the bamboo grove courtyard wide open. I had a bad feeling and rushed into the house. The house was in a mess and there was no sign of Xiao Hei.

Wei Kezhi was nowhere to be seen. Startled, Su Banxia dropped what she was holding.

"Wei Kezhi, where are you? Come out quickly, don't scare me! Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei, are you there?"

Su Banxia shouted loudly in front of and behind the house.

Seeing that she couldn't see Wei Kezhi, Su Banxia panicked even more. She felt weak all over and just as she collapsed to the ground, completely exhausted, she suddenly heard a familiar groan.

Su Banxia turned her head and met Xiao Hei's dirty appearance, looking at her pitifully, which really made her feel sorry for him.

Su Banxia hugged Xiao Hei tightly, tears and snot streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"Little Black, Little Black, where did you go? I called you for so long, why didn't you come out? You worried me to death."

As she spoke, Su Banxia rubbed her face against Xiao Hei's neck, wiping all the snot and tears from her face onto Xiao Hei.

"Waaaah... Little Black, where did your master go? He disappeared without a word. He's such a heartless man. Do you think something might have happened to him?"

Su Banxia suddenly felt a pang in her heart. If Wei Kezhi died, what would become of her? Would she ever be able to make such a good friend again, or have such a loyal follower again…?

Thinking this, Su Banxia felt increasingly sad, but she hadn't completely lost her composure.

She struggled to her feet and ran to the cellar, where she cleared out all of Wei Kezhi's previous stock and stored it all in her own space.

Then Su Banxia climbed out of the cellar and cleaned the yard. She then took out paper and pen, wrote a simple letter, and placed it on the table inside the small bamboo house.

Then she picked up Xiao Hei, locked all the gates of the bamboo house, and hurriedly headed down the mountain. Su Banxia knew she had to get down the mountain before dark, otherwise it would be too dangerous.

But when a person is about to have bad luck, even drinking cold water can cause them to get stuck in their teeth.

Just as Su Banxia led Xiao Hei to the hillside, they heard a wolf howl from not far away.

"Ouch..."

Then came the second, third, and fourth sounds.

Su Banxia was so frightened that her face turned pale. She wanted to bring Xiao Hei into the space, but unfortunately, Xiao Hei was an intelligent living creature and she couldn't bring it into the space no matter what she did.

Perhaps this space is afraid of its secrets being exposed, so it does not allow anyone or any animal other than itself to enter.

Just as Su Banxia was feeling somewhat helpless, she heard the wolf's howl getting closer and closer. However, she didn't want to leave Xiao Hei there alone.

So Su Banxia found a big tree nearby, threw Xiao Hei onto the trunk, and pushed it up to climb. She saw that Xiao Hei had climbed to a safe branch.

Su Banxia hurriedly grabbed the tree trunk and started climbing. Just as Su Banxia was halfway up,

The alpha wolf plunged into the bushes. Smelling the scent of Su Banxia, ​​the wolf walked directly to the tree trunk. Looking up, it saw Su Banxia nervously clinging to the trunk, too afraid to move.

Little Black seemed to sense the danger and growled a few times at the wolf under the tree.

The wolf looked up and saw a dog in the tree; its eyes immediately flashed with murderous intent.

Then it growled a few times, and a pack of wolves rushed in its direction.

Upon seeing this scene, Su Banxia was immediately paralyzed with fear. She gritted her teeth and entered the spatial dimension.

Although she could hide in the spatial dimension, Su Banxia was worried about Xiao Hei's safety, fearing that if Xiao Hei didn't think of her for a moment, it would go down and fight the pack of wolves again...

So, Su Banxia was feeling quite uneasy while staying in the space. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her as she turned to look at the stove in the space.

"These wolves must be afraid of fire. If I take fire from this stove, I should be able to get it out and drive these wolves away."

Thinking this, Su Banxia, ​​holding a torch in one hand, used her mind to exit the spatial dimension. Upon emerging, she found herself still lying in the middle of the tree trunk, and startled, she quickly grabbed the trunk with one hand.

Looking up, I saw that Little Black was still perched on the branch, looking warily down at the ground. I breathed a sigh of relief.

But before Su Banxia could catch her breath, she felt something pulling at her feet.

Su Banxia looked down and saw that the wolf king, the leader of the pack, had already started to stretch out and climb the tree. Just now, it was the wolf king's claw that had accidentally snagged Su Banxia's skirt.

Seeing this, Su Banxia didn't hesitate and immediately picked up the torch in her hand and waved it at the wolf king.

But to everyone's surprise, the wolf king seemed completely unfazed by the power of the torch. The more fiercely Su Banxia waved it, the more determined the wolf king became to climb upwards...