"I donāt believe it, my mom will definitely come looking for me."
The child shouted angrily, almost knocking over the old manās medicine sieve.
Looking closely, this child was none other than the Ye Familyās Second whom they were anxiously searching for, Ye Haoyang.
At this moment, a hissing sound came, and Yangyang turned his head to see the large snake that had saved him, with a small thin snake following behind.
The small thin snake was the one originally curled up inside the carriage, and the large snake was coiled on a jutting cliff edge.
When the carriage fell, the snake heard the sound inside and wrapped itself around Yangyang to get him out.
It was then found by the old man gathering herbs, who brought him back.
"Old man, arenāt these two snakes kind of strange?"
"Whatās strange about them?"
"Look, itās January, still pretty cold, why arenāt they hibernating?" Yangyang said, scratching his head, "Why was it coiled on the cliff edge?"
"Snakes fed with poison donāt need to hibernate," the old man rolled his eyes, his long eyebrows twitching a few times.
Being young, he didnāt think to ask why a poison-fed snake would be on a cliff.
"Oh!"
Yangyang nodded, patting the head of the large snake, "Thank you for saving me, Iāll take care of you from now on."
"Ha, with those little skinny legs and arms of yours, itās good enough if you donāt need others to care for you,"
the old man seemed to enjoy bantering with Yangyang, "Look at you, all tender like a boiled chicken, just stay here with me."
"If Iām a boiled chicken, youāre old donkey meat." Hearing this, Yangyang got indignant again, "Itās all your fault, if you hadnāt brought me back, my mom would have definitely taken me home."
"I did it on purpose, got a problem with that?" the old man snorted, "Little old me gets quite lonely staying here, you stay with me, and itāll be a huge benefit for your entire life."
The old man went inside and unapologetically closed the door.
Yangyang ran up, banging on the door, but there was no response.
He immediately began to wail loudly, "I want to go home, boo hoo..."
The non-stop crying was driving the meditating old man inside nuts. He opened the door and threw out a book, "Such a nuisance, finish practicing this and you can go home."
Upon hearing this, Yangyang quickly wiped his tears, took the book.
He flipped through it, getting more and more absorbed, "Old Huang, doesnāt this old man seem not so bad after all, huh?" Old Huang was the name he gave the large snake.
Prince Anās Mansion
The night was dark and windy, the entire mansion utterly quiet.
"Ah..."
A piercing scream came from the bamboo courtyard.
"Xiaxia, whatās wrong?" Ye Ziāan, who was in the outer room reading a book, hurried into the inner room.
"Brother An, I dreamed of Yangyang, he said he misses home and wants us to find him quickly." Just waking from the dream, Yang Chuxia was clearly very emotional, gripping Ye Ziāanās arm and refusing to let go.
"Iāve already sent people to look, Xiaxia, donāt be agitated, stay calm." Ye Ziāan held her in his arms, gently patting her back, "Today, my cousin sent more people, we will definitely find Yangyang."
"Donāt use his people, use our own," Yang Chuxia suddenly said, "Even if our own people are slower, itās safe."
How could Ye Ziāan not understand her intention? Not only Yang Chuxia, but he himself also doubted the origin of those two arrows, considering the one who most wanted Prince Le dead at that time was likely Baili Yan.