"Ni—"
The woman's voice cut off abruptly.
The person who appeared from behind the bushes wasn't the child she had been longing to see.
Instead, it was a strange young man.
He was tall.
And burly.
His face was shadowed.
Because he was wearing a raincoat, and...
The light was already dim in the mountains.
With the rain, the sky had grown even darker.
The woman couldn't make out the other person's expression.
Even though he was looking down at her.
The intimidating height difference made her unconsciously take a step back.
A frightened expression appeared on her pale face.
The faint surprise and hope she'd felt at the sight of the person who had appeared vanished without a trace.
"Qianqian."
Hearing the commotion, the woman's companions hurried over to her.
Two women and one man.
Along with the woman herself.
All four looked at Zhang Bo with wary expressions.
Zhang Bo: ...
Xiao Xiao emerged from the bushes.
He blinked at the scene before him.
Zhuge Yun and Zhao Luzheng soon followed him out of the bushes.
Zhuge Yun tugged at his raincoat hood.
A branch had nearly pulled it off just moments ago.
It had given him quite a scare.
After carefully checking it and confirming it wasn't torn, he breathed a sigh of relief.
If his raincoat tore in weather like this, it would be a real hassle.
He had no desire to end up soaked to the skin.
Zhuge Yun adjusted his hood again, then looked up.
The next second, he froze.
Huh?
Wasn't the atmosphere here a little strange?
His gaze swept across the faces of the people opposite him.
They looked as if they'd seen a bad guy...
His mouth twitched.
"Eldest Brother."
He turned his head.
"Next