The mysterious milk group, hands on hips, is being fought over by five dads who are going crazy over

Aning knew from a young age that she was an abandoned child at the foot of the capital.

On the day she was born, her body was covered in bruises, she was spitting out black mist, and there was thunder rolling in the sky.

The villagers all said that she was an ominous creature, a jinx, which is why her parents abandoned her at the rural farm right after she was born.

But Aning never believed it.

Ah Ning is not an ominous creature.

She believed that her mother and father must have had their reasons.

Tomorrow is her fourth birthday, and her mother and father have sent people to pick her up and take her home!

Aning stood at the village entrance facing the cold wind, her little face flushed red. In the distance, she could see a beautiful horse-drawn carriage coming this way.

"Little Aning..."

A blue-eyed rabbit poked its head out of a snow hole at its feet, as if it had just learned to speak, stumbling and stammering.

"You're leaving?"

Ah Ning lowered her head, looking at the bite marks on its ears, and was so heartbroken that she forgot to answer.

"Little rabbit, did that bad wolf bite you again?"

The rabbit spirit said indignantly, "N-nothing, next time I'll avoid it!"

"Don't be afraid, Aning will help you treat your ear."

As she spoke, Ah Ning's fair and delicate hand touched the ear that had been bitten and was bleeding profusely, and a complex mark slowly appeared on her palm.

Immediately afterwards, the wound emitted a soft golden light.

In the blink of an eye, the bitten ear was restored to its original state.

The rabbit spirit hopped and skipped around happily, "Little Aning, you're amazing!"

Aning pulled a rope with blue stones through it from her small purse and hung it on the little rabbit.

"A-Ning stuffed something into the stone."

"With this, the bad wolf won't dare bully you anymore!"

The rabbit spirit rubbed her little hand, her eyes welling up with tears of emotion.

After saying goodbye to the rabbit spirit, Aning took her short legs and soon arrived at the carriage.

Li Si, gripping the reins, shivered from the cold and spoke with a hint of impatience.

"You're Aning?"

"With such heavy snow, why didn't any adult bring you here?"

Ah Ning explained sweetly, "Grandma hurt her leg and can't walk. Ah Ning can manage by herself!"

As she spoke, she peeked into the carriage again, asking curiously:

"Uncle, Mother and Father haven't come to pick us up—"

"Your Excellency is so busy with state affairs, why would you need to handle such a small matter personally?"

Li Si took out a footstool and placed it beside her feet, his tone extremely cold.

"Step on it."

After saying that, he muttered something else:

"Given this lousy job in this snowy weather, I have to come to this remote mountain village to pick up some neglected little thing. I'm freezing to death!"

His voice was muffled, and A-Ning didn't hear him clearly. She obediently sat in the carriage.

The wind and snow grew heavier, making it increasingly difficult for the carriage to move, causing it to sway and stagger.

In the distance, several women's cries for help came with the howling wind.

Aning lifted the curtain and saw a person lying in the snow.

That was a woman.

He was dressed in white, with a pale face.

Ah Ning blinked, her large, grape-like eyes closed, then opened again.

But then they saw that the woman was shrouded in a faint black mist—

It's a spirit!

Seeing that the driver was about to get off, Ah Ning pulled the curtain open wider and spoke in a crisp voice:

"Don't go down, you'll get eaten."

The innocent tune made Li Si feel inexplicably uneasy.

Whether it was the cold wind or something else, he suddenly shivered, realizing he had been frightened by a young child. He turned and shouted at the carriage:

"You brat, you're just scaring people. Do you want me to dump you here?"

Ah Ning blinked, then innocently pointed behind him.

"Ah Ning wasn't trying to scare anyone, look—"

Li Si looked in the direction she was pointing, but was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost fell off the carriage!

In the snow, the woman was crawling towards them in an extremely contorted posture, moving so fast that she was almost invisible.

In the blink of an eye, they were right in front of each other!

Only when you get closer do you realize that there are a pair of eerily red eyes embedded in that pale face!

The woman's eyes gleamed red as she spoke in a sinister tone:

"My lord, I've sprained my ankle. Would you be so kind as to give me a ride?"

Li Si's heart was in his throat, and his first instinct was to drive away.

But at the crucial moment, the horse got frightened and refused to move an inch!

Li Si felt increasingly panicked.

He was only ordered to come to this remote mountain village to fetch an unloved girl; he never expected to lose his life here!

But... but if he runs away, this little girl will surely die.

Thinking of this, Li Si gritted his teeth and reached out to hug her.

"Hurry up and get on, or else—"

The words abruptly stopped!

Li Si was stunned by the scene before him.

The four-year-old toddler opened his bright eyes, his face showing no fear, and skillfully took out a talisman from the small pouch at his waist and lit it.

The talisman flew towards the pale-faced woman in the next instant!

The moment the talisman touched the fabric, the woman turned into a flurry of snow, vanishing completely...

Ah Ning patted the non-existent dust off her little hands and said crisply:

"Alright, Aning chased her away. Let's keep going!"

Li Si stared at the trail of crawling marks left in the snow, feeling a buzzing in his head.

He would never have believed such a thing existed if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

Looking at the still-wet baby again, Li Si felt a mix of emotions.

His daughter...

He's no ordinary person!

He swallowed hard, then suddenly remembered something, took out a piece of dry food and handed it over, his attitude completely different from before.

"Miss, the journey back to the manor is long. Please have something to eat to tide you over."

Ah Ning blinked.

Did the uncle give Ah Ning food because Ah Ning chased away the monster?

I have to say, Aning is amazing!

Aning accepted the dry rations, but didn't eat them.

Before I left, the old lady told me not to eat anything given to me by strangers!

As evening fell, the carriage came to a steady stop in front of the magnificent Prime Minister's residence.

Li Si immediately put down the footstool, his voice deliberately softening, "Miss, please be careful when getting off the bus."

Aning stepped down from the stool and followed Li Si into the mansion.

The Prime Minister's residence was very large, with many things she had never seen before; it was extremely beautiful.

When they arrived at a house, Aning saw a group of people.

A tall man in fine clothes stood on the steps. People around him deliberately kept their distance from him and waited respectfully, which showed that he was of extraordinary status.

Li Si bowed and stepped forward to greet him, "Prime Minister, the person has been brought back."

Ah Ning looked over curiously, only to hear the man called "Prime Minister" give a cold order.

"Take her inside and lock her up."

Ah Ning was a little confused.

Who should be locked up?

Didn't her parents bring her back to celebrate her birthday?

Why did the strange old man lock up Ah Ning?

Before she could figure it out, several hands wrapped around her.

Aning was uncomfortable being held and was about to break free when a weak yet extremely authoritative voice came from the side.

"Wait!"

Immediately afterwards, a woman who was extremely beautiful but looked haggard and sickly walked over shakily.

The moment she saw Aning, tears welled up in her eyes. She was about to step forward when she was stopped.

Huo Ting gripped her thin wrist. "Qiao Wan, what are you doing?"

With red eyes, Qiao Wan broke free from him and struggled forward to push away the people who were grabbing A Ning one by one.

"I need to bring my daughter inside. The snow is so heavy on the way, and she's come all this way; she must be freezing..."

Huo Ting frowned deeply.

"Qiao Wan! Do you know why we brought her back this time?!"

For what?

A month ago, the Imperial Advisor cast divination blocks and selected the three-year-old third daughter of the Prime Minister's mansion as a sacrifice.

The mother of the third young lady, Qiaoqiao, cried day and night in Huo Ting's ear, which softened his heart, and he finally decided to bring back Aning, who was far away in the countryside.

Let Aning be the sacrifice in place of Qiaoqiao, to die in Qiaoqiao's place!

Qiao Wan closed her eyes tightly and covered A Ning's ears with trembling hands.

"Huo Ting, A Ning is, after all, your own flesh and blood, you—"

"Qiaoqiao is also my own flesh and blood!"

Huo Ting's gaze was cold and hard, brooking no refusal as he said:

"Daliang has not seen a sunny day for several years, with continuous rain and snow, resulting in a sharp decrease in crop yields, widespread famine, and the people cannot afford to wait any longer!"

"A-Ning was born an ominous creature who would bring disaster to the Huo family. Exchanging her life for Qiaoqiao's life can be considered as accumulating good fortune for her, so that she might be reborn into a good family in the next life."

"The sacrificial ceremony will be held in three days. I will personally escort her to the altar!"

Qiao Wan's eyes were bloodshot, and she gritted her teeth, saying desperately:

"Huo Ting, is your heart truly made of stone!"

"Four years ago, I failed to protect Aning. Now that Aning is back, if you want to harm her, you'll have to step over my dead body!"