Chapter 675: Are They Ungrateful Wolves?

"Oh no."

Nianyin let out a startled cry and was about to jump down.

Shi Youxuan hurriedly grabbed her: "What are you doing? Do you not want your life anymore?"

"Miss, your backpack is in the tree hollow, I have to snatch it back."

She still wanted to go down, but Shi Youxuan refused to let go: "No, I order you to stay here quietly, you are not allowed to go."

"It's just a backpack, what does it matter if it's gone? Do you really have to risk your life to snatch a bag from a wolf's mouth?" Shi Youxuan was furious.

After spending these past few days together, she had always thought Nianyin was a very smart girl; who knew she couldn't even distinguish such a simple matter of priority? She was truly very angry.

Jian Yining also comforted her: "It's just some food, we can go down and pick up some canned goods after they leave." There was no shortage of food in the Forest, and the fruits growing on the trees were very plump.

Nianyin: "Miss, there are photos of the little miss in your backpack, I'm afraid they will be eaten by the wolves."

Shi Youxuan:...

That's right.

Before they left home, Shi Ran had solemnly put photos of herself and her younger brother into her mother's backpack, so that if Mom and Dad missed them, they could take them out and look at them.

Shi Youxuan had been taking them out to look at them for the past two days, and Nianyin had seen it.

All three of them were very moved, but they joined together to stop Nianyin from going down.

In this short while, the pack of wolves had already come out with everyone's backpacks and run away!

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault for inviting the wolf into the house." Shi Youxuan apologized sincerely, regretting her actions.

At the time, seeing Xiaobai looking so cute, her maternal instincts had overflowed.

If she had known earlier that her kindness would almost lead to being eaten by wolves, she wouldn't have given it meat to eat, not even the broth.

Nianyin was puzzled: "Bai Lang usually don't attack people on their own initiative, what happened this time?"

Nianyin told everyone that because these wolves were covered in snow-white fur, they were called "Bai Lang".

Bai Lang were rarely seen in the Forest, and they had high intelligence, being smarter than other animals.

However, Bai Lang did not easily get close to people, nor would they easily attack people; today's situation was very strange.

Shi Youxuan: "What else could it be? Wealth shouldn't be flaunted; we had good food and were discovered, so they just followed the scent and came over."

She had often heard of robberies before, but this was the first time she had heard of being robbed by a pack of wolves—phew! Or rather, encountering it!

The group stayed in the tree until the sky brightened before climbing down.

Now this was great; all the backpacks were gone, so they were traveling light.

These beasts were really something; not only did they drag the backpacks out of the tree hollow, but even the backpack Shi Youxuan had thrown out was dragged away.

It seemed these wolves were more passionate about backpacks.

Because they hadn't taken all the food, nor had they eaten it; they just took every single bag.

Nianyin used a Dagger to cut some vines, and after her fingers flew for a while, she wove a beautiful basket, even with shoulder straps.

Shi Youxuan exclaimed: "Nianyin, your hands are so skillful! This basket you wove is almost like a piece of art."

Nianyin blushed: "I don't deserve such praise, as long as you like it, Miss."

Shi Youxuan really disliked her calling herself a "servant," so she said: "I don't care what you call yourself in front of your Clan Leader, but in front of us, you and I can just address each other normally. Wan'er is my sister, and from now on you are my sister too. Don't call me Miss, it's too distant."

She genuinely liked Nianyin; this girl was clever and skillful, with too many virtues. If someone could marry her in the future... forget it, the women of the Ji Family don't marry!

The group continued forward.

It would still take a few days to walk out of the Forest, but now that they had no dry rations, they could only live off the land and eat whatever was available here.

The group hunted, picked mushrooms, and gathered wild fruits as they walked.

The first day, the mushroom soup they drank felt like a rare delicacy, but after eating it for every meal for several days, Shi Youxuan felt like vomiting just smelling the scent of mushrooms.

They couldn't eat too many wild fruits either.

Big, sweet fruits only existed on the premium shelves of supermarkets.

It wasn't the season for fruits to ripen yet; the ones hanging on the trees looked quite large, but they were green.

When they picked one and took a bite, it was sour and astringent, very unpleasant.

Shi Youxuan and Jian Yining took one bite and threw them on the ground: "Phew, phew! Can't eat these."

Consequently, Sheng Hanyu didn't even bother to taste them.

Nianyin picked a few and put them in the basket; the others didn't understand at first, but they soon realized why.

Sheng Hanyu caught a rabbit, and the cute bunny soon became a sumptuous lunch for the four of them.

Nianyin smashed the sour fruits and evenly applied the fruit juice onto the rabbit, her movements very gentle, as if she were giving the rabbit a full-body spa.

Then she set it over the fire to roast.

Shi Youxuan reminded her: "Nianyin, did you forget to add salt?"

Nianyin: "In reply to Miss, I didn't forget, but the salt bag was lost, it's gone."

Shi Youxuan:...

Throughout this journey, Nianyin had been taking care of everyone, climbing trees to pick fruit, hunting... the salt bag had been hanging at her waist the whole time, and no one had noticed when it fell off.

Without salt, their already monotonous food became even more bland.

They had been trying very hard to save the canned goods, but they were getting fewer and fewer, and finally, there were none left, yet the Forest still had no end!

Later, it wasn't just rabbits; there were small deer.

Even cobras and bamboo snakes were caught by Nianyin to improve their meals.

Nianyin hadn't been idle on this journey either; whenever she had time, she would weave straw sandals, rain capes, and conical hats, then distribute them to everyone to shield them from the wind and rain.

One week later.

They reached the edge of the Forest, and Nianyin asked everyone to rest in place while she went back to contact her sisters and scout the situation.

Shi Youxuan took the Hushunfu her mother-in-law had given her off her neck and hung it around Nianyin's neck: "Wear this, it can protect you and keep you safe." Originally, Shi Youxuan didn't believe in these things, but now she was very willing to believe that the Hushunfu was truly effective.

Zhu Yiwen is extremely cunning; if he discovers Nianyin has returned, she will surely die without a doubt.

But according to the plan, they cannot rashly go over, otherwise everything everyone has risked their lives to do these past few days will have been in vain.

"I cannot take this, your safety is more important than mine." Nianyin knew this was a Hushunfu and refused to take it no matter what.

Sheng Hanyu said: "If I tell you to wear it, then wear it; your mistress's safety is protected by us." As he spoke, he took the Hushunfu from his own neck and put it on Shi Youxuan's neck.

"Thank you, Mistress." Nianyin then accepted it and vanished into the night.

The bonfire was blazing.

Snake meat and mushroom soup was boiling in the pot.

Shi Youxuan had no appetite but still drank quite a bit, then stared blankly at the bonfire.

Nianyin had been gone for a day, and she had no idea how she was doing now.

It would be best if she successfully contacted the sisters and was absolutely not discovered by Zhu Yiwen.

She was lost in thought when she suddenly felt something rubbing against her leg.

"Stop messing around." She thought it was Sheng Hanyu joking with her.

However, when she looked up, Sheng Hanyu and Jian Yining were whispering to each other, and the two of them were sitting opposite her!

She looked down abruptly—a small, white, fluffy head was rubbing against her leg!

"Xiaobai?"

It was indeed the Bai Lang.

Xiaobai raised its head: "Awoo—" it sounded fiercely cute.

Shi Youxuan instinctively wanted to reach out and hold it, but immediately remembered the scene of its mother leading a pack of wolves to attack them.

She stood up, jumped a meter away, pointed at Xiaobai and said: "Go away, stay far away from us, don't pretend to be cute to trick us anymore."

"Woo-woo—"

Xiaobai didn't leave; it even sat on the ground and raised its two front paws to cover its face, as if it were embarrassed.

It made a "woo-woo" sound in its throat, as if it were explaining, or perhaps feeling very aggrieved.

Jian Yining was furious; he picked up his hunting rifle... then put it down!

He picked up a large wooden stick again, but just as he stood up, he threw the stick down again—it was still too big!