Yang Ruxin was really dumbfounded. She truly didn’t know how to deal with this little girl. If it were an adult, she could simply go up and slap her several times and then send her to the Governor’s Office, but this was just a child, not even six years old. How could she lay a hand on her?
At that moment, people in the courtyard, having heard the noise, followed out.
"Daya, is it really you?" Sanni exclaimed, "You actually dared to use poison, you’re too terrifying..."
"Go to the Governor’s Office and turn yourself in," Yang Ruxin took a deep breath. "You’re still young, your mother and grandparents are all right, so..."
"Why should they? Why should they not die? Why should you send me to the Governor’s Office? I don’t want to go." Daya fell to her knees. "Big cousin sister, please take me in. I really can work..."
"Daya, you..." Xun Hui looked at Daya in shock. "Where have you run off to? Do you even know..."
She couldn’t finish her sentence.
"Are you all blaming me? Why do you have the right to blame me? You’re no better..."
Yang Ruxin stepped forward and grabbed Daya’s arm. "Yang Rujue, everyone is advising you because you’re young. Don’t be ungrateful, hurry up and come with me to turn yourself in..."
"I won’t, I’m not going..." Daya was scared and struggled desperately, but it was in vain against Yang Ruxin’s strength; she just couldn’t break free. Finally, she simply bowed her head, opened her mouth, and bit down on Yang Ruxin’s hand.
Yang Ruxin gasped in pain and immediately let go, and the little girl turned and ran.
"Come back..." Yang Ruxin called out urgently, but the little girl ran faster and faster.
"I’ll chase after her, you all hurry and inform the village head..." Yang Ruxin instructed before taking off running.
"Xinxin, let Gu Yao go," Gu Qingheng called out eagerly. Although he had returned to his own yard, he had been paying attention to the commotion here and had come out when he was at the doorway...
"I’ll go with Gu Yao," Yang Ruxin stopped in her tracks and looked back at Gu Qingheng, "Don’t worry..."
Gu Qingheng nodded.
"Have Liuyun help too," Fang Tianze called out urgently from behind.
"Let Liuyun stay at home to look after things," Yang Ruxin waved her hand, then hurriedly chased after.
Originally thinking that a little girl wouldn’t run too fast, but after just these few moments of delay, the girl was already far ahead, running towards the woods behind the village.
"Yang Rujue, you come back..." Yang Ruxin yelled from behind.
But Yang Rujue ran even faster and disappeared into the woods in the blink of an eye.
Yang Ruxin’s heart skipped a beat; that woods was beneath the mountain she had bought. It was connected to a wasteland leading into the mountains, but a bit further was a cliff, and below was the Xiaocang River. The river, about to enter the mountain, had a large drop and swift currents there. If one fell...
"Gu Yao, she can’t get through the woods," Yang Ruxin shouted.
Gu Yao immediately used his Qinggong to catch up.
Yang Ruxin had been conditioning herself and with the help of the space, her strength and agility had greatly increased. Running at full speed, even her pace was not slow.
"Yang Rujue, come back..." Yang Ruxin ran into the woods and yelled, "I promise to take you in..." She had no other choice but to stabilize the little girl first. Otherwise, if something really happened, she felt she would be racked with guilt.