Lin Xin lay off to one side, sleeping around the fire like everyone else, though he could hear the others whispering secretly.
He did not know who these people were, but from the sound of it, they had other plans. They were not truly following this convoy across the border to the Central Yin Prefecture.
From their conversation, it seemed they planned to leave the group tonight. Before leaving, they also intended to pull one last trick on the convoy's leader.
And their target seemed to be that kind little girl, Ma Qiuqiu. From what they said, they were planning to make a move against her.
Lin Xin turned over and heard several people quietly get up and leave the mushroom-tree house. Before long, he faintly heard footsteps crunching into the Snowy Land outside.
He got up, thought for a moment, then decided to follow them.
In the middle of the night, once he left the little house, wind and snow swirled everywhere outside. All he could see was a vast expanse of white.
Those people had not deliberately erased their tracks. Their footprints simply led away from the tree house.
Lin Xin followed them along the tracks. Before long, he arrived beside a mushroom tree, where several blurry figures were already standing.
Because of the difference in their physical abilities, he could see them, but they could not see him.
He found a place to hide and quietly waited, wanting to see what these people were really after.
He had nothing better to do anyway. That little girl was rather cute and kind-hearted. It would be a pity if she were simply plotted against, so he might as well come out and see what happened.
Before long, several more people emerged from the Snowy Land. There were both men