Her little face was soft, her voice was crisp, but her tone was serious, like a little adult.
Seeing this, Qiu Yan couldn't help laughing, and laughed out loud: "Taotao, what a nice name."
"My sister's name sounds nice too." Ye Taotao praised her seriously, "She looks even better."
Qiu Yan was so proud of her unpretentious appearance that he even felt less disgusted with this surname that he originally disliked.
Oops, why is this little girl so good at talking?
If it weren't for the fact that there were two adults following her, she would have wanted to take Ye Taotao with her and make him her own.
Just when Qiu Yan was thinking this, Ye Taotao suddenly spoke: "Sister, will you come with us?"
"Huh?" Qiu Yan thought.
With them? It's not that she's not unmoved, it's just...
She also came here because she heard that a valuable treasure was born in the Black Prison Mountains, but instead of grabbing the treasure, she had other thoughts and wanted to go deep into the Black Prison Mountains.
However, the depths of the Black Prison Mountains are no safer than the outside. There are countless monsters hidden inside, some of which have reached the Golden Core stage.
If such a little girl followed, she wouldn't be enough for the monster to fill her teeth, right?
Thinking of this, Qiu Yan raised his eyebrows helplessly and said to Ye Taotao: "Sister, if you want to go into the depths of the Black Prison Mountains, there will be danger, so I won't go with you."
"Huh?" Ye Taotao was a little disappointed. She really liked her beautiful elder sister.
Qiu Yan could only lightly tap the red rope on her wrist and said, "But my sister can't bear to leave Taotao. If Taotao wears this thing well, my sister will come to play with you when she has time."
Ye Taotao nodded heavily.
*
After watching Qiu Yan and the others leave, Bai Xin and Xiao Yan walked to Ye Taotao's side and noticed that the little monster was in a low mood, dejected and unable to cheer up.
"What's wrong?" Bai Xin asked with concern.
Ye Taotao bit her fingers, her eyes full of frustration: "Sister Qiu Yan is gone."
"Does the little monster like her very much?" Xiao Yan started to get angry, and his tone was a bit sour. After all, the little monster was not so reluctant to live by himself.
Ye Taotao nodded: "I like it!"
Bai Xin comforted: "Didn't she say she would come to play with you again?"
Only then did Ye Taotao show off her face a little.
Bai Xin raised his head and looked at Xiao Yan. In fact, both of them were a little wary of Qiu Yan. Seeing that Qiu Yan refused to go with him, they even breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, no one knows whether Qiu Yan will have other ideas if he discovers the secret of the little monster.
As for the piece of red rope Qiu Yan tied around the little monster's wrist, the two of them originally wanted to take it off. But now that Ye Taotao likes Qiu Yan so much, it's hard to do it.
Xiao Yan carefully observed the red rope and shook his head at Bai Xin, indicating that he didn't see anything.
It really just looked like an ordinary red rope, nothing special about it, but why did the man look so nervous just now and didn't agree with Qiu Yan giving the red rope to Ye Taotao?
They can't understand.
Unlike countless over-minded adults, Ye Taotao quickly recovered her mood, shook her wrist, and the two small bells at the end of the red rope jingled.
She bent down, gathered a ball of snow from the ground, twisted it into a small snowball, and threw it towards Xiao Yan.
Snowball fight!
Ye Taotao's eyes were sparkling. With such heavy snow, it would be a pity not to have a snowball fight.
Xiao Yan was hit by a snowball, but it didn't hurt at all. Even when he saw the little monster raising his chin and looking at him triumphantly, his hands were itchy.
A sneak attack during a snowball fight? Today I want to show her what I am capable of.
Xiao Yan bent down and grabbed two balls of snow, rolled a fluffy snowball, and threw it towards Ye Taotao.
"Giggle!" Ye Taotao smiled and dodged the snowball, then picked up another handful and threw it towards Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan managed to hide in time, but Bai Xin was hit by a snowball behind him.
The snowball hit her face, which was very cold. Bai Xin helplessly wiped the snow from his face, watching the two of them throwing it back and forth, and persuaded them in a good-tempered way.
"Slow down, Zai Zai, be careful not to fall."
"Xiao Yan, don't use too much force, or you may hurt Zaizai!"
"Stand still, what if you let her hit you?"
"..."
Ye Taotao swung her two short legs and ran very fast, throwing snowballs at Xiao Yan behind her as she ran.
Suddenly, the snow slipped under her feet, and she stepped on something. Her whole body fell into the snow with a "clack", and there happened to be another small slope there, and she rolled down the slope.
"Little monster!" Xiao Yan was startled, his heartbeat accelerated, and he hurriedly ran over there.
Bai Xin moved faster than him, and flew over, hugged Ye Taotao, tightly trapped the little monster in his arms, and rolled it into the thick snow.
Xiao Yan was a step late, and when he reached the place where the two fell, there were only traces of pressed snow on the ground, and not a single person was left.
*
"Daddy..."
Knowing that she had done something wrong, Ye Taotao yelled softly, her voice was low, and her little face was full of anxiety.
Bai Xin slowly opened his eyes. The little monster in his arms was unharmed, but looked at him with eyes full of worry and self-blame.
He twitched the corners of his lips, smiled, and comforted: "Daddy is fine."
The snow was soft, and he was indeed not injured, but...
Standing up and looking carefully at the space he was in, Bai Xin found that they seemed to be trapped.
This should be a secret realm. It looks like a cave of a powerful senior. I don’t know who it belongs to. There is a lot of spiritual energy in it.
In this way, it makes sense that there would have been an extra bamboo plant outside before.
It must have been raised because there has been some movement in the secret realm in the past few days and the spiritual energy inside has leaked out.
Bai Xin did not dare to move. He just stood there holding Ye Taotao and carefully observed his surroundings.
If this is really the cave of a senior, then no one has lived in it for a long time because a thick layer of dust has fallen.
"Papa, where are we?" Ye Taotao pulled his sleeve and asked.
Bai Xin comforted her softly: "It's okay. This should be the cave of a senior. He's not here, so we have to find a way out on our own."
With that said, Bai Xin held Ye Taotao in his arms and began to explore the cave.
The outside should be the living room, with only one stone table and two stone benches. The rest of the furniture is dilapidated and abandoned, and its original appearance cannot be seen.
Walking inside, it turned out to be a woman's boudoir. Thick dust covered the screen, the gauze curtains had long been eroded by time, and the stone bed was empty.
Only, the picture of a beautiful woman on the dressing table is still as neat as new.