"I don’t know." Caoya shook her head, and she hadn’t shed a tear from beginning to end; perhaps she had already cried enough. "But as long as I hide here, there will be a way... I am saving up firewood, and when there is enough, I will set a fire..."
"Shall sister help you kill them, alright?"
"Really?"
"Lying to you is a little dog."
Caoya imdiately showed her white teeth, smiling innocently: "Then can you help rescue my sister?"
"Yes." Yang Ruxin nodded, "I will definitely help you rescue your sister."
"Thank you." But Caoya suddenly knelt and kowtowed.
"Stand up." Yang Ruxin pulled the little girl up, "Where have you been hiding these days?"
"In the broken house behind." Caoya pointed behind, "There’s a tunnel there, I hide in it when soone cos..."
"How about you go there and hide for now? My brother and I will go in and take a look, and teach those bad guys a lesson. We’ll co out and find you..."
Caoya’s eyes flickered but she said nothing.
"My na is Yang Ruxin, you can call Sister Ruxin..." Yang Ruxin took out two stead buns from her backpack and handed them to her, "Eat well and wait for sister and brother, okay?"
Only then did Caoya nod with a smile: "Sister Ruxin, there’s a big dog in the yard ahead that bites, Brother Niu Zi was bitten to death by that dog."
"Sister will go over there and kill that big dog."
"Mhm." Caoya nodded, then turned and ran towards the back.
Yang Ruxin closed her eyes briefly; she felt an imnse rage building up inside her, as if she had the urge to destroy everything.
"Xinxin." Gu Qingheng reached out and held Yang Ruxin’s hand.
Yang Ruxin cald down, "Let’s go, in." Saying this, she looked at Xiaobai, "You find your own way in, and you must deal with that biting dog..."
Xiaobai made a whimpering sound and then vanished without a trace.
Just as Gu Qingheng embraced Yang Ruxin and they landed from the wall, they heard footsteps.
The two quickly hid behind so unknown plants nearby.
The approaching group was a Yuan Country patrol, consisting of six n.
"You guys go on. I need to take a piss," one of them said in the language of Yuan Country.
"Hurry up," one of his companions responded.
Then, a man walked towards the hiding place of Yang Ruxin, apparently about to undo his trousers and urinate.
Yang Ruxin’s mouth twitched slightly, about to act, but discovered Gu Qingheng had already made his move, and the man who had just undone his belt instantly collapsed on the ground.
"You can understand the language of Yuan Country?" Yang Ruxin glanced at Gu Qingheng.
Gu Qingheng nodded: "My eldest maternal uncle is proficient in all the languages of the countries bordering Daxuan... I learned a bit from him when I was a child. Although I’m not fluent, I can handle simple conversations..."
Yang Ruxin gave a thumbs up; although she had never t Shu Tongzhi, she knew that this uncle was a learned scholar who, instead of continuing with the imperial exams, went back to beco a teacher under Mr. Shen, and now, he had taken over Tongxiang Academy.
It seems he must be an understated talent.
Gu Qingheng possessed extraordinary intelligence, with an ability to rember everything at a glance or hearing. He said he studied with his uncle for a while, so he probably was already proficient in the languages of several neighboring countries.
Such an ability was not just beyond her reach; it was sothing that most people could only look up to and envy.
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