"Hmm? So many uninvited guests have managed to get in here."
Xiangliu suddenly cast his eyes in the direction of Niannian and the others. Then a ray of light shot out from his fingertips, heading straight towards them.
Sensing the danger, Xiaotuanzi grabbed the two senior brothers and started running for their lives.
That was the infamous ancient fierce beast!
Although some ancient records and stories depicted it as rather weak, and its status was not as high as that of Taotie, Yazi and other fierce beasts, it was still far beyond their capabilities.
After all, it was a monster that had lived for thousands of years. Those who managed to subdue it were all outstanding figures of their time, and some even had the bloodline or shadow of ancient gods.
Of course, the legend of the Sun Country was an exception.
After all, it was just a legend. If it were true, they wouldn't be seeing Xiangliu here.
Xiaotuanzi ran in a panic without a clear direction.
Since they had already been discovered, making a commotion didn't matter at this point.
The black shadow also saw them, but it didn't act rashly.
After all, it had been beaten once on the ground. Now seriously injured, charging up would be meaningless.
Watching their figures getting farther and farther away, the evil god asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to chase them?"
"Chase them? Once they enter the direction they're running towards, they'll never get out. I was trapped there for a long time back then."
Xiangliu showed a sinister smile. He somehow produced a folding fan and started fanning himself.
Niannian, who had managed to escape, found that there were no pursuers behind her and Xiangliu didn't come after them. Gradually, she slowed down.
They had no idea where they were. There was no one around, not even a single ghost.
Just a short distance ahead, a mirror suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"What's that mirror?" Niannian murmured curiously.
Children always had boundless energy and an extremely strong sense of curiosity.
When they saw something they didn't understand, they would want to go and take a look.
It was just a mirror. As long as they didn't touch it, there should be no problem.
Taking small steps, Niannian walked towards the mirror. She didn't notice that the two senior brothers were getting farther and farther away. They stared blankly at Xiaotuanzi's departing back, their faces expressionless and their eyes empty, like two puppets.
Just as she was about to reach the mirror, Niannian suddenly stopped.
Another scene appeared in her eyes.
It was no longer the desolate and empty area, and the mirror was gone.
Instead, there was a face that wasn't young, but still showed traces of beauty.
Niannian was quite familiar with this face. It was the human trafficker who had abducted her by chance in the underworld that day.
Why was this evil ghost here?!
Niannian instinctively wanted to reach for her satchel and take out a talisman to deal with the ghost. But then she suddenly realized that her satchel was gone.
She raised her hand and stared in surprise at her much smaller hand, completely at a loss.
She had become smaller?
How could this happen?
"Damn it! Why are these cops chasing us like crazy this time? We can't keep this kid. If we take her with us, we'll be easily discovered. We have to get rid of her quickly."
Hearing someone speaking, Niannian noticed that she was now in a car.
The smell inside the car was disgusting, a mixture of cigarette smoke and stinky sweat.
The human trafficker, who should have become an evil ghost, was actually a living person. She frowned and said hesitantly, "But the employer said that this child must be kept safe."
"Just find a deserted place and throw her out. Who would notice in this cold winter? A child this small will freeze to death soon. Anyway, the employer's requirement is that they'll never see this child again. Whether we sell her or kill her, it's the same. Moreover, she's just a girl. She won't be worth much. We've already made a fortune. There's no need to keep her."
The man driving in the front, Chen Sheng, said. The cruelty in his words was hard to believe.
The woman was silent for a while and finally nodded.
They drove all the way to a sparsely populated area and temporarily stopped the car.
Niannian was thrown on the side of the road like this.
There were some shelters nearby, and with the snow covering, it was almost impossible for anyone to notice her.
She definitely had no memory of when she was just born.
No matter how extraordinary Xiaotuanzi was, she couldn't go against the biological instinct.
But she had heard that her master had picked her up from the roadside in such a cold winter. Combining this with seeing the living human trafficker, a bold idea popped into Xiaotuan's mind.
She had gone back to the past?
Could there really be such a miraculous thing in the world that one could travel back in time?
Niannian was a little incredulous. Her big, black eyes blinked.
If she had gone back to the past, she would surely wait for her master to pick her up.
The drowsiness of a baby's body was hard to resist. With this thought in mind, Niannian couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell asleep by the roadside.
When she woke up again, she didn't see her master.
Instead, she saw a woman dressed like a peasant woman. Seeing her open her eyes, the woman clicked her tongue and said, "What kind of parents are these? They're so cruel. They just leave a little kid in the snow. It's obvious they want the child to die. Really, in this day and age, how could there be such people?"
The woman kept scolding the person who had thrown the child as a heartless fool while deftly changing the baby's diaper.
Xiaotuanzi blew bubbles from her mouth and stared blankly as the woman fussed over her.
Where was her master? Where had he gone?
Why was the first person she saw when she opened her eyes this strange aunt instead of her master?
Could it be that someone else had picked her up before her master did?
One question after another popped into her head, but there was no one to give her the answers.
Before falling asleep again, she heard the conversation between the woman and her husband.
"It's obvious that this is a child that someone else doesn't want. If we send her to the police station and find her biological parents, so what? Maybe they'll just throw her out again the next day. If we weren't here, this child would definitely freeze to death."
"But we can't keep her in our family. Look at our situation. How can we afford to raise a little girl?!"
"Then what do you suggest? You can't just watch this child freeze to death outside!"
"How about we send this child to the orphanage tomorrow? Old woman, I know you're kind - hearted and want to keep her, but our family really can't afford it. If you send her to the orphanage, maybe some good family will adopt her in the future, so she won't have to suffer with us."
After much persuasion from the old man, the woman finally let out a long sigh and nodded in agreement.