"Bai Lingyu felt lucky and said with a joyful heart, "It might be from big sister."
"Should we still wake up Brother Fox?"
Bai Lingyu shook the water jug by the bed and found it empty, realizing Brother Fox must have already had a drink.
So she shook her head, "Let’s give him more to drink when he wakes up."
Xiao Shan nodded in agreement and quietly lay down next to Bai Lingyu.
"Xiao Yu, tell me again the story of how you and Brother fought the wild boar."
This had become Xiao Shan’s nightly bedtime story.
Bai Lingyu began to recount slowly the ordeals she and Li Wenli had faced these past few days.
As she spoke, the two children fell asleep.
It had been a very long time since everyone had felt such peace, and by the time Bai Junjun woke up, it was already evening.
When she went downstairs, all she saw was Bai Sasa cooking rice over a fire, while Xiao Shan was helping.
"Where’s Xiao Yu?" Bai Junjun asked instinctively.
"He and Brother Fox went fishing," Xiao Shan answered loudly.
"You’re not going?" Bai Junjun was somewhat surprised, since besides Xiao Yu, Xiao Shan had also become quite fond of following Li Wenli around lately.
Right then, Xiao Shan was happily carving wood with a stone awl, his head shaking with delight, "I’m making a super good-looking honey jar."
"?" Bai Junjun was confused; she had only taken a nap, what had happened?
Bai Sasa covered her mouth, giggling as she explained, "Just now, Brother Wenli said Xiao Shan and Xiao Yu had worked hard fetching water for him, so he wanted to reward them with honey. Xiao Yu foolishly ate his share, but Xiao Shan didn’t. He wanted to make a jar to keep the honey and savour it countless times."
"..." Bai Junjun was dumbfounded. Was Xiao Shan really that shrewd?
She touched Xiao Shan’s head admiringly, "Keep it up."
"I wonder how Xiao Yu and the others are doing with the fish; they’ve been gone for quite a while," Bai Sasa mumbled, commenting on the current situation.
Hearing this, Bai Junjun felt a responsibility to look for them and silently headed towards the creek.
However, Bai Junjun could never have imagined the astonishing scene that awaited her at the creek.
Right now, Li Wenli stood on the bank, while Bai Lingyu was alone in the creek, both hands raised, with many fine, tiny water droplets floating around him.
The little droplets trembled gently. Li Wenli said something, and Bai Lingyu tried to squeeze his hands together in the air, resulting in the water droplets instantly shattering with a pitter-patter as they fell back into the water.
Bai Lingyu turned around, happy, and looked at Li Wenli, "Brother Fox, I did it!"
"Hmm." Li Wenli nodded, smiling faintly.
Lui Wenli was about to offer some words of praise when he saw Bai Lingyu’s face turn increasingly panicked.
He immediately had a bad feeling, and, sure enough, when he turned around, he saw Bai Junjun standing behind him with a furious expression.
"Big...Big sister." Bai Lingyu called out, stunned.
However, Bai Junjun didn’t even look at him and simply said, "Go back first."
"I..." Bai Lingyu suddenly panicked, wanting to explain but not knowing where to start.
"I need to talk to him, you go back first," Bai Junjun said sternly.
"Go on, it’s fine," Li Wenli also reassured Bai Lingyu.
It was only then that Bai Lingyu reluctantly left, looking back every three steps.
Once the child was far enough away, Bai Junjun turned her serious gaze to Li Wenli.
"Tell me, who are you really."
Bai Junjun spoke again, "At first, I thought you were a local with a Special Ability, but now it’s clear that’s not the case. If I’m not wrong, you possess the Special Abilities of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, don’t you, Fox?"