Night had fallen. In a forest within a valley, a tent had been set up. The crackling bonfire cast the shadows of several people long across the ground.
A large pot hung over the fire, meat soup bubbling within and steaming away. A rather attractive middle-aged woman patiently stirred it with a ladle. Not far from her, a woman in green robes with a neat high ponytail gripped a longsword and seriously chopped firewood.
Watching the peaceful scene in the camp, Liuli could not help sighing. She lowered her head gloomily between her knees, her beautiful eyes dimming as she muttered softly, "Why isn't he back yet..."
Nine days had passed since their clash with the Search Team, making this the twenty-ninth day since her agreement with Xiao Yan. Yet the figure she had longed for day and night still had not appeared before her.
Seriously, he had clearly promised to return in twenty days. What a liar!
"Big Sister, open up, ah..." Ping'er smiled as she used her chopsticks to hold a meatball before the absent-minded young girl's mouth.
Liuli came back to herself, raised her head, and smiled at the little girl before opening her mouth and letting her feed her the meatball.
"Is it good?" the little girl asked nervously.
Liuli nodded happily. "Mm, it's delicious!"
"Then... does Big Sister want to eat it from now on too?" The little girl clutched her wooden bowl and asked cautiously.
Liuli was slightly stunned, then smiled helplessly. "Did your Mother ask you to ask me that?"
The little girl secretly glanced at the woman making soup in the distance, bit her lip, and nodded. "Mother said that if I didn't ask, Big Sister would leave us..."
"Don't worry. Big Sister will get you settled. But Big Sister has things