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Not far to the side, a huge snow leopard stood still.

It stared silently at Song Qingqian, its deep eyes reflecting the image of mountains and lakes, exuding an innate aloofness and majesty.

"Is that the snow leopard mother? Don't worry! I will definitely save her!"

Song Qingqian carried the little snow leopard into the room, with the large snow leopard following at a distance. Only after she had treated the little snow leopard's leg did she take it out.

As soon as Dahuang saw the snow leopard cub, its fur bristled and it assumed an attack posture. However, after the snow leopard howled twice, Dahuang instantly hid behind Song Qingqian.

In terms of physique, Da Huang is far inferior to the snow leopard, which is almost twice the size of Da Huang.

In terms of fighting ability and wildness, Da Huang was far behind, so when faced with the threat of the snow leopard, Da Huang tucked its tail between its legs and hid.

"It needs to be cared for for a few days; you can't take it to a place that's too dangerous!"

As Song Qingqian spoke, she put the little snow leopard into a fence. The fence wasn't high, and it would have been easy for the big snow leopard to take the little snow leopard away, but it didn't. It just stood there obediently.

Having just been brought into her space, Song Qingqian didn't know how much it had been tamed. After hesitating for a moment, she reached out and tentatively touched its fur. The snow leopard then rubbed its head against Song Qingqian's hand in a friendly manner.

She immediately smiled and offered some advice: "You're new here, so you need to get along well with that wolfhound inside, okay? Those horses are precious too, you can't eat them..."

After giving her instructions for a short while, Song Qingqian went back to her room, took a quick hot shower, and then came out of the space.

By this time, the fog had dissipated considerably, and everything was clearly visible.

Many of the exiles were injured in the snow leopard attack and were now lining up, clutching their wounds and groaning in pain. Hu Guo was bandaging them one by one.

Song Qingqian looked up and saw Hu Dou and two officers skinning a snow leopard they had hunted. Beside him was a skinned, blood-soaked skeleton...

Seeing Song Qingqian approach, Lu Jingchuan quickly came forward to greet her and asked with concern:

"Qianqian, the situation was urgent just now, were you injured?"

"fine!"

Song Qingqian smiled faintly, handed him the two enormous plateau rabbits she was carrying, and asked in a low voice:

"Did any of the exiles lose their lives after the attack?"

After thinking for a moment, Lu Jingchuan said frankly, "Two people have been taken away. One is the Jiang family's youngest granddaughter, and the other is the Song family's matriarch. The soldiers just followed the blood trail but did not find them."

"Song Hansheng's mother?"

Lu Jingchuan nodded and explained, "It looks like it was bitten to death and then carried away; there's a large patch of blood over there."

Song Qingqian curled her lips coldly. This wicked old woman had finally been taken care of. Thinking of what she had done to the original owner, Song Qingqian felt only satisfaction.

"Didn't Song Hansheng protect her when she was bitten?"

"No, she seemed to have gone to relieve herself and wasn't in the exile group, so Song Hansheng and his wife didn't notice at all!"

Song Qingqian nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Is the Jiang family's granddaughter Jiang Yicheng's daughter?"

"Yes, Madam Qi fainted several times from crying, and was also badly beaten by Jiang Yicheng and that old man."

Lu Jingchuan sighed and explained that both adults bear responsibility for losing a child, but the Jiang family only shifted the blame onto a woman who was powerless to even kill a chicken, which was truly laughable.

"By the way, two people froze to death in the exile corps last night; they were dragged out and thrown by the soldiers."

Song Qingqian asked in confusion, "Aren't there carriages everywhere? How can they freeze to death if they're all crammed together?"

"They were two women, probably unwanted by their families and thrown out..."

"Isn't there a campfire? You shouldn't freeze to death just by warming yourself by the fire."

Seeing that Lu Jingchuan remained silent, Song Qingqian instantly guessed what had happened, so she didn't ask any more questions. Being pushed out usually meant that one had been bullied badly and had no strength left...

Thinking of what she had seen last night, Song Qingqian carefully surveyed the exiled crowd and, sure enough, did not see Liu Shi's figure.

That Song Hansheng is truly worse than an animal. Now, he's all alone in the Song family, completely without any burden or support.

When Wang saw her return carrying two large wild rabbits, she greeted her with a smile and asked:

"Miss Lu, where did you catch this wild rabbit? Are there any more wild rabbits around here?"

Song Qingqian smiled and nodded: "Yes, I was chasing the snow leopard when I saw a nest of wild rabbits in a crevice. I was lucky enough to catch two, but the others ran away."

Wang was filled with envy, but still asked in confusion, "Why is this wild rabbit so big? It looks different from the ones we usually see."

Wang Beimu walked over with a smile and introduced, "You don't understand. This is no ordinary wild rabbit in Miss Lu's hand. It's a plateau rabbit, which only lives in extremely cold regions."

"Really? Then if we run into one, we should catch one. This plateau rabbit looks very meaty!"

After Wang finished speaking, she smiled enviously.

There was still some meat left in the carriage, so Lu Jingchuan tied the limbs of two plateau rabbits and threw them into the carriage for the two children to play with.

Upon seeing the rabbit, Wang Ziwang pried open the old lady's hand and ran over on his calves, tugging at Song Qingqian's dress and saying ingratiatingly:

"Auntie, I also want to catch wild rabbits with Zhan'er and Yu'er. I'll be a good boy and definitely won't cause any trouble."

Song Qingqian smiled gently, pinched his little cheek, and said, "Go!"

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Mrs. Wang chuckled and explained, "My youngest son loves to join in the fun, and he's very easygoing. If he makes a mistake, you can just punish him."

"Auntie, you're joking. It's normal for kids to be naughty. Ziwang is a lovable child. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law both like him very much. Besides, he and Zhan'er are the same age and can play together!"

Seeing Song Qingqian and Wang Shi chatting and laughing, and noticing that Wang's son had entered the Lu family's carriage, Huo Shi hurriedly pushed her own son down from the carriage and urged him on:

"Tian'er, you go too! Just in case they sneak some food in the carriage, you'll get a share!"

"No! I'm not going, I don't like them! Zhan'er even yelled at me last time."

Huo Haotian plopped down on the ground and burst into tears. Since his grandmother passed away, no one cared about him anymore. He had to give in to Wanwan in everything he did. Why should he give in? He was the eldest grandson of the Huo family. His grandmother said that the Huo family should all do what was best for him!

"Hey, what's wrong? It's so cold outside! Quickly, get back to the carriage!"

Huo Chong hurriedly picked up his little nephew, wiped away his tears, and asked him with concern.

Huo Haotian shouted, "It was my mother! My mother pushed me down! She insisted I go to the Lu family, saying there was meat to eat there. I don't like it, I don't like it..."

Huo Haotian's voice grew louder and louder, and several families nearby immediately looked over. Upon seeing this, Huo's mother hurriedly got off the carriage, covered Huo Haotian's mouth, and threw him onto the carriage.

Huo Chong looked at everyone awkwardly, then nodded. Since his mother's death, his sister-in-law's controlling nature had become increasingly pronounced.

She even told him privately to try to win over Lu Lanyue, saying that since he had saved her life, the girl would definitely agree.

As long as he could establish this connection with the Lu family, the Huo family would have a future. But he didn't want that. He had always lived under his mother's control, and now that he had broken free, he just wanted to follow his heart.

It wasn't that Lu Lanyue was bad, it's just that he felt she was too young, and he didn't have those feelings for her. He didn't want to deceive himself, much less others...

Seeing this, Wang muttered to Song Qingqian beside her, "This child has been spoiled by his old woman. He's bound to suffer in the future."

Song Qingqian smiled faintly and nodded without refuting. Everyone knew what Huo was thinking, so why bother to bring it up?

Seeing that the two snow leopards were ready, Sun Wuyin called for the exile team to set off quickly.

Upon seeing this, Lady Wang lifted the carriage curtain, grabbed Prince Wangwang by the back of his collar, and pulled him out, warning him:

"It's time to leave. Go back to your own carriages!"

At first, she thought that since the two families were on good terms, there was nothing wrong with it, but after Huo Haotian made such a fuss, Wang Shi also felt quite embarrassed.

"Aunt, please let Ziwang stay. We haven't had enough fun yet!"

Zhan'er pouted and spoke, and Xiao Yu'er quickly nodded as well:

"Auntie, we like Brother Ziwang!"

Madam Wang chuckled and explained, "Your aunt made some pastries for you at noon, and then you played together. Now we're about to set off, and there aren't enough seats in the carriage for all of you."

"OK then!"

As she spoke, Xiao Yu'er stuffed a piece of dried meat into Wang Ziwang's hand and waved to him.

"No need, you can keep it for yourselves, we have some at home!"

Wang felt even more ashamed and wanted to take the dried meat back to Xiao Yu'er, but Wang Ziwang refused to give it to her and glared at her angrily.

Wang was so angry that she grabbed his ear and was about to teach him a lesson, but Song Qingqian stopped her with a smile.

"Auntie, what are you doing? What's with all this suspense? Why are you yelling at him!"

"No, I'm just embarrassed, I don't want people to gossip!"

Wang sighed and explained that this was exactly what Huo meant. Wasn't Ziwang trying to slap her in the face?

Song Qingqian smiled calmly, patted Wang Ziwang's head, and said with a smile:

"Who cares what they think? If you care about other people's opinions every day, you'll feel suffocated. We're open and honest, what are we afraid of?"

"Besides, it's just a piece of jerky. Our two children have eaten plenty of your food. If we were to calculate everything, how could we possibly keep track!"

Wang nodded shyly: "We don't mind, but we're afraid it might not be good for you!"

"Coincidentally, this is exactly what we fear least!"

Wang laughed heartily, then dragged her son and threw her onto the carriage.

Only after watching the carriage drive away did she scold her son:

"You just take whatever people give you? You've made me lose all face today!"

Wang Ziwang stubbornly retorted, "It was given by Yu'er, so it doesn't count as someone else. Besides, Yu'er gave it to me before, and I never saw you get angry!"

Wang was immediately rendered speechless by the rebuttal.

Wang Ziwang continued to retort, "Everyone else wants to give it to me, but I don't want it!"

"Mother, I like Xiaoyuer, and I want to marry her when I grow up!"

Wang was instantly amused by him and exclaimed, "You wish! Little Yu'er is the treasure of the Lu family. How could she be a match for you? Besides, how old are you? You're already thinking about finding a wife. How can you be so far ahead of your time?"