"I am Xiaofeng, the older brother. Since you have an eldest brother, you can call me second brother," Xiaofeng also hurried over.
Little Yingying sweetly called out to her brothers and sisters, making Sini and Xiaofeng so happy they couldn’t contain themselves.
Zhou Xiao, seeing her younger sister happy, naturally felt great joy as well.
In the afternoon, under the accusing stares of her younger siblings, Yang Ruxin still ventured up the mountain again. She went in search of Xiaolun, who had come out of the space the other day and whom she had wanted to introduce to her family, considering to keep it as a pet. But the creature hadn’t shown up since, and due to her preoccupation with the affairs of the old residence, she hadn’t paid it much mind. But now she wanted to check on it.
Unfortunately, even after calling out in the woods for ages, she didn’t get a response from Xiaolun, and even Dabai and Xiaobai were nowhere to be seen.
"Nothing bad must have happened, right?" Yang Ruxin frowned. She continued calling for a long time, even going near the cave where Dabai and Xiaobai previously stayed, but they were nowhere to be found. Her heart began to race; however, she also knew that worrying wouldn’t help, she could only wait for them to come find her.
She also tried to reassure herself that Dabai was the king of the mountains, Xiaobai was a descendant of the Wolf King, and Xiaolun was exceedingly clever, supposedly even a descendant of the Snake King from Snake Valley. Surely, they would be alright.
Thinking this way, she felt somewhat relieved.
On her way back, she picked some herbs she was familiar with and even found two little bunnies in a nest, which looked like they had just been born not long ago.
"Perfect to take back for Xiaosi and Xiaobao to raise," Yang Ruxin placed the two little ones into her basket and, noting that it was getting dark, hurried down the mountain to return home.
But as she arrived at the edge of the village, she saw several small figures from afar.
Yang Ruxin’s heart warmed, and she rushed over.
"Big sister..." Sini and Xiaobao ran towards her as fast as their legs would carry them.
"Why have you run out here?" Yang Ruxin took one little girl by the hand and looked up at Zhou Xiao and Sanni.
"Sini is cooking, and everyone was worried about you, so we came out to check on you," Zhou Xiao said with a smile, offering to help Yang Ruxin with her basket.
"No need, let’s hurry back, I brought some little friends home," Yang Ruxin shook her head, and then led the little ones back home to the courtyard.
When everyone saw the two little bunnies, they all cheered and then busied themselves with building a bunny hutch.
Meanwhile, the Yang Family’s old house was in stark contrast with the lively warmth of the small courtyard, filled with a heavy gloom.
After Yang Anshi was carried back, Yang Peili didn’t even seek a doctor, but woke her himself by pressing acupoints. However, after waking, her gaze was vacant, without the scolding that was expected, probably from being terribly frightened.
Feng Caie, upon returning, was thrown into the courtyard by Yang Baichuan, soaked in urine. He certainly did not want her on the bed. Fortunately, she woke up on her own without needing to be pinched, but she too was pale and shaking, evidently scared into shock.
Luckily, she managed to clean herself and change into fresh clothes. However, as soon as she lay down, she developed a fever and began to mutter delirious nonsense.
There was no choice but to summon Li Yi, who was drinking with Wang Zhenggang. After giving her a couple of acupuncture treatments and prescribing medicine, she finally calmed down.
Yang Baixiang couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. With his mother and second sister-in-law feeling unwell, they would likely have no time to trouble Dani’s family, and they might finally enjoy a few peaceful days.
But just at this moment, Yang Baihe suddenly ran back crying, even with blood in her mouth, which instantly stirred up excitement in the eerily quiet old Yang Family home.