During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

"Second-in-command."

Ye Qingqing spoke slowly, her voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears, "Now, do you still want to burn down our Kaoshantun?"

The second-in-command shuddered.

Looking into Ye Qingqing's eyes, which appeared exceptionally deep in the firelight, he suddenly felt that this girl, who was only a teenager, was even more terrifying than these wolves!

She can get out-of-season wild vegetables, raise wolf cubs, and now she can even command a wolf pack!

Is this even human? It's a mountain spirit!

"You...you vixen...you witch!"

The second-in-command was so frightened his legs trembled. He pointed at Ye Qingqing and yelled, "You're a witch! You know witchcraft!"

"Awooo..."

The two boys, Da Lang and Er Lang, cooperated perfectly, howling at him twice, their little paws flailing wildly in the air, yelling and cursing filthily.

"Retreat! Everyone, retreat now!"

The second-in-command couldn't hold on any longer and turned to run away.

Food is important, but right now the most important thing is to stay alive.

"You think you can just come and go as you please? You think it's that easy!"

Ye Qingqing sneered and looked towards the direction of the wolf pack, staring directly into the eyes of the alpha wolf.

The alpha wolf, which had been standing on the perimeter, seemed to understand her meaning. Its ears suddenly twitched, and it suddenly howled to the sky.

"Awooo..."

With that howl, the wolf pack sprang into action!

Like a gray whirlwind, the vicious wolves pounced on the bandits in an instant!

"Ah... Help!"

"Wolves are eating people! Run!"

……

A heart-wrenching scream pierced the night sky.

The bandits were so frightened that they abandoned their armor and fled in all directions.

But their escape route had long been blocked by the wolves. Several wolves pounced on one of the bandits, their sharp claws tearing his cotton-padded coat to shreds in an instant. Blood splattered on the white snow, a glaring red.

The second-in-command was terrified and was pounced on by a male wolf, instantly leaving a row of bloody holes in his thigh.

He screamed like a pig being slaughtered and struggled desperately, but the wolf held on to him tightly and wouldn't let go.

"Merciful witch, spare me! Merciful witch, spare me!"

The second-in-command kowtowed to Ye Qingqing, crying and begging, "Grandma! Heroine! I was wrong! I'll never do it again! Please let these wolves go!"

Ye Qingqing watched him struggle in the wolf's jaws with a cold heart, without a trace of pity.

Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. This band of mountain bandits has committed countless atrocities, burning, killing, and looting. If it weren't for the help of the wolf pack, she and her family would be the ones who died today.

Holding the wolf cub, she walked up to the second-in-command and looked down at him.

"Sorry, it wasn't me who bit you... I told it to let go, but it won't stop."

Second-in-command, remember to be a good person in your next life.

After saying that, she gently raised her chin towards the male wolf.

"Snap!"

A sharp cracking sound, the sound of bones breaking, came from the alpha wolf's mouth.

The second-in-command let out a scream as a bloody leg was severed on the spot!

He scrambled and crawled, writhing in pain, barely recognizable as a human being. The other bandits followed suit, fleeing in terror.

The wolves relentlessly pursued them, and the screams and howls gradually faded into the night.

I really didn't expect that a crisis would be resolved so easily.

Ye Qingqing let out a long sigh of relief, her tense nerves finally relaxing. She patted her two sons, Dalang and Erlang, in her arms and whispered,

"Well done, little ones."

"Aww..." The two wolf cubs rubbed against her palm and made satisfied humming sounds.

At this moment, Ye Dazhuang stepped forward, looking at the wolf pack gradually disappearing into the distance, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

He walked to Ye Qingqing's side and whispered, "Qingqing, this pack of wolves..."

"They're not here to eat people, don't worry, they won't hurt us."

Ye Qingqing shook her head and looked at the alpha wolf that had been standing not far away, quietly watching her.

It was a robust gray male wolf, its fur shimmering silver in the moonlight, its eyes deep and weathered.

It stood there, neither approaching nor leaving, simply watching Ye Qingqing quietly, as if looking through her at the two little wolf cubs in her arms.

Ye Qingqing frowned unconsciously.

Could this male wolf be the father of the wolf cubs?

It smelled the child's scent and led its pack of wolves to the scene, only to find its own child being held in a human's arms.

Fortunately, it didn't order an attack or tear her apart; it just looked at her with that complex gaze.

Ye Qingqing could see the hesitation and struggle in its eyes: should it take back its child, or... trust this human?

Ye Qingqing carried the two wolf cubs and slowly walked forward.

She showed no hostility, nor did she try to approach; she simply stood a few steps away and spoke to the male wolf in a calm tone.

"I know you are their father. Their mother is dead, but I didn't kill her."

I did not harm them, and I will not harm them. I will feed them, give them water, and teach them how to survive.

The male wolf listened quietly.

Although it couldn't understand her words, it seemed to sense a sincere and harmless feeling from her eyes and tone.

It took a small step forward, its nose twitching slightly as it sniffed the mixed scent of Ye Qingqing and the wolf cub.

Da Lang and Er Lang also saw the male wolf. They poked their heads out from Ye Qingqing's arms and howled at the wolf, as if calling for their father.

The male wolf's gaze softened slightly.

After a long while, it suddenly raised its head and let out a low, long wolf howl.

There was a hint of sorrow, a hint of reluctance, and a hint of... entrustment in that voice.

Then it turned around and, with steady steps, led the pack into the depths of the dense forest.

The wolf pack's figures were gradually swallowed by the darkness, leaving only the wolf's howl echoing in the night sky.

"Let's go," Ye Qingqing said softly, patting the heads of the two wolf cubs. "Let's go home."

Seeing this scene, Ye Dazhuang's confusion about Ye Qingqing deepened even further.

How could this girl make a wolf willingly hand over his child to her?

What magical power does she possess?

……

The next morning, Kaoshantun was in an uproar.

The howling and screams of wolves last night woke up half the village.

Everyone huddled behind the windows, trembling with fear, thinking that the bandits and wolves were about to massacre Kaoshantun. But after waiting for a long time, there was no sound at all.

It wasn't until dawn that anyone dared to go out and find out what was going on.

Soon, the news spread throughout Kaoshantun:

Ye Qingqing, the second daughter of the Ye family, can control beasts!

The two wolf cubs she raised last night were the ones that attracted the wolf pack, scaring more than twenty bandits so badly they fled in disarray!

"Really? That girl can command a wolf pack?"

"Absolutely true! My second uncle's cousin's neighbor saw it with his own eyes last night! The pack of wolves was a dark, dense mass, and they all obeyed that girl's commands!"

"My goodness, is she even human? Is she a fairy from the mountains descended to earth?"

"No wonder she always manages to hunt successfully when she goes up the mountain; it turns out she has a pack of wolves helping her hunt!"

"That's not all! I heard she even became sworn brothers with wolves, and the alpha wolf is her brother. From now on, who in our Kaoshantun will dare to mess with her?"