"Go on, then. Keep your children's watch on, and come back when Grandpa calls."
Qin Yan nodded in agreement.
Then she headed off with a group of little animals, her short little legs pattering along.
"Where are we going?"
Qin Yan followed the river, because Fubao could only travel through the water.
Fubao couldn't speak, but Meimei could understand, so Meimei acted as the interpreter.
Meimei said, "Fubao says there's a spot on the riverbed with unusual energy. There's probably treasure."
Qin Yan's eyes sparkled.
Treasure hunting! She loved that.
She followed them to the place Fubao had mentioned and discovered it was actually in the mountains!
Fubao swam straight upstream, even making it up cascades over a meter high.
Qin Yan gasped in amazement. After all, Fubao was so tiny, yet could leap over cascades more than a meter high against the rushing current. To Qin Yan, that was absolutely incredible.
Amid the beautiful baby's gasps of wonder, Fubao's leaps became even more graceful.
Fubao showed off to Qin Yan from every angle.
The little girl obligingly clapped like a little seal.
Meimei said, "All right, stop watching. Let's get moving."
Damn it, I could've been even prettier than that stupid, show-off fish!
"Is this the place?"
They finally arrived, and Qin Yan climbed down from Jinbao's enlarged back.
Walking mountain paths was exhausting. It was far too hard for a little three-year-old like her, and her slow pace held them up.
Jinbao had simply grown bigger and carried her.
"What a deep pool. There really is energy inside, along with very pure spiritual energy."
Meimei peered into the pitch-black pool, its bottom hidden from view.
Qin Yan scrunched up her little face. "Do I have to go into the water?"
She was a little scared. The pool looked