Wanting to Tear Something Apart

In the end, Xue Shao narrowed down the area, kicked aside a stone beneath a locust tree, and only then did Xiao Hong sense something. She stared woodenly at a spot.

One look from Xue Shao, and he immediately went to dig with Xi Jin.

By comparison, Miao Zhen, Miao He, Tao Yanbai, and Bangchui, who had met up elsewhere, had it much easier.

They had only gone their separate ways for a short distance when the indecisive Tao Yanbai looked down at Bangchui, whose eyes were rolling busily in his arms, and decisively turned around to find Miao Zhen.

"Fourth Junior Sister, let's go together." Tao Yanbai hugged Bangchui tightly. "I'm afraid it'll run away."

Miao Zhen glanced at the ginseng doll in his arms, its eyes brimming with excitement, and said, "Even if it runs, we can find it again. Something like it might have a slim chance of survival if it hid deep in the mountains and old forests, but here, the moment it shows its head, it's dead. Rather than following someone else, it might as well follow us. At least we only occasionally wash its feet or give it a bath. Junior Martial Uncle would at most pull out two of its whiskers. If it falls into someone else's hands, they'll probably stew it whole, tassels and all."

The eager Bangchui immediately calmed down. It silently squatted in Tao Yanbai's arms. Seemingly afraid Miao Zhen would make a move, it even turned around and wrapped its arms around Tao Yanbai's neck, looking ready to burst into tears.

Only then did Miao Zhen stop threatening it. She said to Tao Yanbai, "Still, it's good that we're together. This forest is so large—we can't just search blindly."

Miao He asked, "Then how do we search?"

Miao Zhen