Chapter 12: I Am Qilin Little Fairy Yo
The army people were already used to it.
Hearing the parrot mention apples, everyone, without a word, took Qin Wanwan with them.
Two apple trees, the fruit on them wasn’t exactly big, they nimbly climbed up and picked a few.
Qin Wanwan was a clean person and even wiped it with a small handkerchief before eating, then took a bite that was so sour her whole face scrunched up.
“Sour.”
“Wild apples, it’s okay, they have a bit of sweetness.”
The others didn’t mind.
Especially the Li siblings, they had eaten grassroots before.
Qin Wanwan looked at everyone. Since Daddy wasn’t here, she couldn’t give the bitten apple to others; that wouldn’t be polite.
But she didn’t want to waste food.
Let’s take it back for the horse.
As a few soldiers were about to pick all the other apples, Colonel Lin’s expression suddenly changed.
“Everyone hide.”
The others reacted quickly, taking the Li siblings to find a place to hide.
The forest instantly became quiet.
Qin Wanwan was held by Colonel Lin, lying in the grass with her mouth covered.
“Be good, Wanwan, don’t speak.”
Qin Wanwan pursed her small lips and nodded. Later, she didn’t need anyone else; she covered her own mouth with her small hands, her clear black and white eyes staring ahead.
They didn’t have to wait long before a group of people arrived.
About six or seven people carrying weapons, driving a group of villagers who couldn’t even hold a chicken.
When the Li young brother saw this, he instantly gripped the grass in front of him.
“Hurry up, what are you dawdling for!”
The bandit holding the whip struck someone who was walking slowly, and a scream immediately came out.
That group didn’t linger and headed deeper in.
Colonel Lin watched the direction they left with a thoughtful expression: “Two of you, escort these three back. The rest of you, follow me.”
Before Qin Wanwan could speak, Li’s young brother immediately struggled.
“I want to go too. My father and eldest brother might be there, I want to go with them.”
“Nonsense, who knows how many people are over there. If you small ones go and get discovered, you’ll just be a burden.”
Colonel Lin spoke impolitely, but it was the truth.
Qin Wanwan’s eyes widened. Holding the half-eaten apple, she hadn’t quite reacted yet.
“Wanwan, how about Uncle Lin sends you back?”
Qin Wanwan blinked her eyes and shook her head.
“No, I’ll be good and stay with Uncle.”
She tried to act spoiled: “Wanwan is really good, Uncle Lin~”
Colonel Lin couldn’t indulge her this time.
Seeing that she couldn’t get her way, Qin Wanwan’s face fell, and she crossed her arms indignantly, turning her head to show him the back of her head.
She showed her anger through her actions.
Colonel Lin felt a bit helpless and amused, lowering his voice to coax her.
“Be good, Wanwan, you don’t want to get hurt either, right? If you go back, maybe Daddy will be back.”
Qin Wanwan’s eyes rolled: “Okay then.”
Colonel Lin sent two people to send the three children back.
Then he led the remaining people to track the direction the bandits had gone.
Qin Wanwan was a little unhappy being held by a stranger, her small brow furrowed.
After they could no longer see Colonel Lin and his group, she mumbled something under her breath.
The soldier holding her lowered his head to hear what she was saying, and a colorful snake dangled down from a tree.
The soldier was so scared he quickly retreated.
Qin Wanwan seized the opportunity to struggle free.
More and more snakes appeared around them. This scene terrified everyone except Qin Wanwan; it was too weird.
Qin Wanwan pulled the Li siblings and ran.
“Keke, lead the way. Uncles, don’t be scared, they don’t bite~”
After saying that, she ran off with her short legs.
Wherever she passed, the snake swarm automatically parted to make a path for her.
After running far away, the snake swarm also dispersed.
The two soldiers wanted to look for them, but it was too chaotic earlier, and they didn’t even notice which direction Qin Wanwan ran.
“A newborn calf fears no tiger” is a saying that describes little ones like Qin Wanwan, who have had a smooth journey and have never feared anything.
She patted her chest and said to the two still stunned Li siblings, “Let’s go, Wanwan will take you to find Daddy.”
“Keke, do you know where they went?”
Keke stood on her shoulder and tidied its feathers: “I know, Wanwan, follow me.”
It was then that the Li siblings finally reacted. Li’s little sister’s eyes widened as she looked at Qin Wanwan.
“Are you, are you a fairy?”
Qin Wanwan shook her pretty head with two cute little buns.
“Yes, yes, I’m a little Qilin fairy.”
Adults might not believe her, but innocent children certainly did.
Li’s little sister’s eyes were almost turning into stars of admiration.
Li’s little brother was skeptical; what kind of fairy could command snakes?
They followed Keke through the mountains and actually took a shortcut, leading the three children directly behind the bandit stronghold.
Their little faces were dirty, and their hair was messy as they lay on the mountain, looking at the busy people below.
The bandits held weapons and whips.
More people were bent over, their expressions numb as they moved stones.
Anyone who stopped to rest for a moment would be beaten and scolded.
Li’s little brother’s eyes turned red, his face full of anger.
“My father and eldest brother must be here too!”
He desperately wanted to rush down to find his family without a second thought, but having experienced so much forced growth, he knew he couldn’t do that.
Otherwise, he would implicate his sister and their benefactor.
Qin Wanwan’s small brows were furrowed: “Where’s Daddy?”
Didn’t he go to fight bad guys? Why wasn’t he here?
Keke explained to her, “The bandit’s lair is on another, more hidden mountain.”
“Then what about here?”
There are bad guys here too.
Qin Wanwan looked at Keke with clear, confused eyes.
Keke said, “This is where they do their evil deeds, they’re digging for silver.”
Silver!!!
Qin Wanwan’s first thought was that it was something Daddy liked.
Li’s young brother’s eyes widened; they were digging for silver!
“Keke is lying. Wanwan has seen shiny silver, this is just stone.”
Although she was small, her eyesight was good.
Keke nudged Qin Wanwan with its head, “Cub, I wouldn’t lie to you. Silver is extracted from those stones, and this kind of stone is called silver ore.”
Keke, as if understanding but not quite, made an “oh” sound.
“Doesn’t Daddy come here?”
“He might take some time to find it. Let’s leave here first so we don’t get discovered.”
Although Keke was a bird, its knowing demeanor convinced the Li siblings and made them believe this bird was definitely a spirit.
But this bird didn’t eat people, so it was a good spirit.
The three children quietly left, but they didn’t go far.
Qin Wanwan wanted to wait here for her Daddy.
The Li siblings were also anxious, desperately wanting to see their family.
Li’s young brother, with red eyes, wiped away tears, “I’m so useless, I can’t do anything. If only I were more powerful.”
The image of Xie Chong, clad in armor and leading his soldiers to suppress bandits, appeared in his mind, and he couldn’t help but yearn for it.
If he were that powerful, the bandits wouldn’t have captured his family.
