After a long while, Lingti opened its eyes, and the black hole disappeared too.
"Meow~"
I found them, but their souls seem to be trapped somewhere. They can't come over.
Qin Yan looked bewildered. "Then... what should we do?"
Lingti licked its paw.
"Meow?"
Should we go find them?
Qin Yan's pretty little face was filled with confusion.
"How do we find them?"
Lingti said, "I'll lead the way."
Jixiang cawed. "I'll take you. I can fly."
Fubao anxiously circled Qin Yan several times, terribly frustrated that it couldn't speak.
Look at me, look at me! I can fly too!
Since this was a surprise for Fu Wenli, they certainly couldn't let him find out.
Qin Yan decided to go find them.
But she had to prepare.
First, she had to leave her uncles a note.
She could write now!
She took out a writing brush and a slip of paper.
Holding the brush in her little hand, Qin Yan carefully wrote on the paper.
I'm going out. Don't wor-ree. I'll be back veree soon.
Well, she used phonetic spellings for the characters she couldn't write.
She had learned pinyin. Her maternal grandfather had taught her at home.
"All done. Let's go."
She put on her little backpack, and Tuantuan hopped inside.
The Bee Queen and Little Butterfly landed on her.
Once Jixiang grew larger, Jinbao and Lingti took Qin Yan and jumped onto its back.
The enlarged Jixiang really made a perfect mount.
So cool!
Fubao flicked its big tail and flew up to follow them.
This was Qin Yan's first time running off on her own. She felt a little nervous, but it also seemed rather exciting.
The little girl's eyes sparkled. With Jixiang and the others around, she wasn't afraid.
"Kiddo, didn't you want to know what