"Grandma?"

"Grandma?"

No response...

The cabin was empty, containing only a bed, a simple wooden wardrobe, and a table with bricks propping up the legs.

Little Aning stood at the door, a sense of panic rising in her heart for the first time!

Aning turned around and saw her mother had already gotten off the carriage. She cried out anxiously, "Mother! Grandma is gone!"

Qiao Wan frowned. "What?"

She quickly stepped forward and took the child's hand. "A-Ning, don't rush. Think about where Grandma usually goes at this time of day. Maybe she's gone out?"

Ah Ning shook her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Grandma injured her foot a while ago, and it has been difficult for her to walk ever since. When the carriage came to pick up Aning that day, Grandma was unable to go out to see Aning off because of her leg injury."

"Something must have happened to the old lady!"

When the person he had relied on since childhood had an accident, the little guy panicked and didn't know what to do. He was so anxious that his face turned red.

Qiao Wan is an adult after all, and she is much calmer when faced with problems.

She carefully looked around the dilapidated little wooden house, then suddenly thought of something and said:

"Isn't Ah Ning supposed to be good at divination? Can you calculate whether Grandma is in danger?"

Upon hearing this, Aning sniffled, stretched out her little hand and then withdrew it, choking back tears as she said, "Mother, Aning doesn't dare to count..."

"Last night's dream was so real, so vivid. Ah Ning was afraid that Grandma would really be carried off by a bear..."

Seeing her pitiful look, Qiao Wan felt a pang of sympathy, squatted down to be at eye level with her, and said softly:

"Ah Ning, don't think the worst of things, just do it."

"Think about it, if you realize now that Grandma is in danger and rush over, can't you still save her?"

"In other words, if the old lady is really in danger right now, but you don't even have the courage to consult a fortune teller, wouldn't that delay the time needed to rescue her?"

The little girl's nose was red; she was frightened by the dream she had last night. After listening to her mother's analysis, she felt that she shouldn't have acted that way, so she started to cast a divination.

Aning pulled out a piece of clothing that her grandmother often wore, cut off a piece of fabric with scissors, and then skillfully took out cinnabar from the cabinet and wrote her grandmother's birth date and time on the strip of cloth.

He then formed a mudra with his hands and chanted a spell over the cloth strip at an extremely fast pace.

Soon, the strip of cloth rose into the air.

But Ah Ning became even more unhappy, and a tear uncontrollably slid down her cheek.

But she didn't waste any time and said to Qiao Wan:

"Mother, Grandma has really had an accident!"

"A-Ning is going out to look for her now. Mother isn't feeling well, so she should stay here. A-Ning will come back as soon as she finds Grandma!"

Qiao Wan hugged the child tightly, gently patted her back, and said softly, "Go on, Mommy will wait for you here until you bring Grandma back. Everything will be alright, don't be afraid."

She knew that the reason her cursed body was able to travel all the way here by carriage was entirely thanks to the cup of talisman water that A-Ning gave her every day.

But she's already feeling a bit unwell, and she might not be able to keep going out to look for people in this cold weather.

If she goes with her, she won't be able to help A-Ning; instead, she'll only be a hindrance.

Watching Aning run off, Qiao Wan was worried, but she also knew that staying here was the best choice at this moment.

Here, Ah Ning followed the fabric that was flying forward and soon left the village and headed into the mountains.

Worried that something might happen to the old lady, Aning walked very fast with her short legs, afraid that she would be a step too late and miss the boat.

"Ah Ning! Ah Ning!"

The little rabbit spirit suddenly popped out of the ground, its two huge blue eyes wide open. "You're finally back!"

She was delighted to see the little rabbit spirit, Ah Ning, but she didn't have time to linger and spoke quickly:

"Little bunny, Grandma's in trouble! Aning has to go find Grandma quickly! Aning will come back to play with you when everything's alright!"

The little rabbit spirit hopped along behind her, shouting loudly:

"Ah Ning! I know where Grandma is!"

Ah Ning immediately tensed up: "Where?"

"In the bear's den!" The little rabbit spirit spoke with a clear and loud voice, no longer stuttering as before.

Ah Ning's light eyebrows furrowed tightly: "Do you know where the bear's den is? Take Ah Ning there quickly!"

The two little ones went into the mountain one after the other.

Ah Ning grew increasingly anxious.

It seems that the dream I had last night was real!

My master said that prophetic dreams are never a good omen...

The bear's den wasn't far; we arrived in no time, right halfway up the mountain.

Aning couldn't wait and rushed in.

It was pitch black inside when suddenly a pair of red lights appeared.

Those are a bear's eyes!

The bear suddenly pounced on Aning!

Fortunately, Ah Ning reacted quickly, pulling out a talisman to shield herself and sending the bear flying several meters away!

Bears are large and heavy, and when they fall to the ground, they cannot get up quickly.

Taking advantage of the gap, Ah Ning quickly ran towards the depths of the cave with her short legs!

A short while later, we saw light.

But what she saw before her left her stunned...

On a large rock with a smooth surface, there was a pile of wild fruit. The old woman was sitting next to the pile of wild fruit, with a soft animal skin under her.

Grandma was overjoyed to see Xiao Aning and quickly put down what she was holding to get down.

The rock was a bit high, and fearing she might fall, Ah Ning quickly went over and placed her hand on the old woman's knee, asking with great curiosity, "Grandma, what are you doing here?"

"When Aning came back and didn't see you, she thought something had happened to you..."

Upon hearing this, the old woman smiled and gently patted the top of her head.

"Good, good, good, our little Aning is such a filial and good child."

Just then, the bear limped over, looking at Aning with some wariness.

Ah Ning, however, no longer harbored the hostility she had shown at their first meeting. Instead, she looked up and asked, "Little Bear, I hope I didn't hurt you just now? Ah Ning was too anxious..."

Upon hearing this, the bear shook its head repeatedly, relaxed its body a bit, and sat down against the wall.

Seeing that Grandma was safe and sound, Ah Ning wasn't so nervous anymore. She blinked and asked, "Grandma, Little Bear is a good bear, right?"

The old woman nodded, as if she had thought of something, and the smile on her face disappeared.

"Was it the day before yesterday, or yesterday? Grandma is getting old, she can't quite remember."

"A group of people suddenly came to my door, saying that I owed them a large sum of money and that I had to pay it back."

"But Grandma never borrowed money from anyone. They came up and tried to rob us, but there was nothing of value in the house. So they forced me to go to the Prime Minister's mansion to ask for money..."

"Fortunately, the bear passed by and scared those people away, bringing the old woman to this mountain."

As she spoke, tears welled up in the old woman's eyes. "Ah Ning, they know you're the daughter of the Prime Minister, and they've come here specifically for you...!"

Ah Ning understood; bad people were bullying the old lady!

Ah Ning, with a serious little face, said earnestly:

"Don't worry, Grandma, Aning will definitely not let you be bullied for no reason!"

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