'This really, really isn't a dream!!!'

"If you don't leave now, I'm not waiting for you anymore," the boy's voice came from ahead.

"Yes!" With a sweet smile, she skipped after him.

"I'll take you home first, and when you get there, you'd better go inside obediently!" the boy said.

The girl seemed completely oblivious, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

"Now that we've already gone home together after school and you've agreed to meet my parents, the next step is just marriage, right?" Hanako smiled sweetly, her steps light.

"Hey, did you hear me?"

'Haven't we built up enough affection yet? What's missing? Could it be something Mom finds difficult to talk about?'

"Hey~! Hanako, did you even hear me?!"

"Huh? What?" Hanako tilted her head in confusion, then exclaimed with delight, "Could it be a marriage proposal?"

"That's enough... Shall we go?" the boy said, covering his face. Was this child beyond saving? Was he really beyond saving?

No! Don't give up too soon. Perhaps I can still try to save this child.

In the distant future, Qin Jing might feel immense regret for the decision she made on this day.

Maybe……

The children, who had been away from school for a week due to the kidnapping incident, received special care at the school.

Although teachers, parents, neighbors, and friends all showed concern and care, the children simply found the overreactions of others somewhat inexplicable. After all, to them, this experience was nothing more than a strange dream.

However, such days soon passed. When the children's families and teachers saw that there was nothing unusual about them, they stopped asking questions. As long as the other children had something fun or new to do, they quickly forgot about what had happened. The kidnapping incident gradually faded away with the passage of time.

Everything returned to normal. The children played every day, the teachers taught, the adults in the shopping street did their business, and Qin Jing and Xiao Kui went to school hand in hand. And so it went, day after day.

As a result, the primary school began its annual field trip.

"Huh? Nini's going to stay outside for a whole day and night? She can even soak in a hot spring, that's so nice!" Xiao Kui said enviously.

“You can participate once you start elementary school, and after I leave, the room will be all yours, which is great, isn’t it?” Qin Jing said with a smile. If he could read, he wouldn’t feel any different.

"Really! It's Aoi's room all to herself! Oh, right!" Aoi seemed to remember something, turned around and called out, "Dad, Mom, can I invite a friend over to stay overnight?"

"Are they classmates? Are they all girls?" Qin's father asked.

“Yes, Tomoyo-chan and the others!” Aoi said.

"That's fine," Qin's mother agreed.

"That's great! Then Nini, you can go with peace of mind! Kui was super happy that night too, she wasn't lonely at all!" Kui said provocatively to Qin Jing.

"Yeah, have fun," Qin Jing replied, amused, as she looked at her book.

"Hmph!" Xiao Kui angrily turned her head away. Seeing her brother's indifferent reaction, she felt an urge to bite him.

The next day, after arriving at the school, Qin Jing and her group boarded a long-distance tour bus and headed towards their tourist destination: a mountain bamboo forest inn where they could enjoy the flowers.

The children were peeking at each other and talking amongst themselves.

"You only have 500 yen in allowance, what did you buy?"

"I bought potato chips and candy!"

"I have chocolate cookies here."

"Let's take turns eating."

"Sure."

"Ah! Sunohara, have you started eating the snacks you bought?"

"You won't have anything left when you go on your trip."

Qin Jing sat in the last four-seater seat.

The one on the left is Hanako. "Shizuka, what snacks did you buy?"

"Oh, do you want some?" Qin Jing took out a chocolate bar and handed it to him. It was a snack he had just picked out, something convenient and easy to carry.

"I want to play Pocky with Shizuka," Hanako said, covering both sides of her cheeks.

"What is that?" Qin Jing asked, puzzled.

“That’s how it is, the two of us finish eating together, and then…” Hanako picked up a chocolate bar and brought the other end to Qin Jing’s mouth.

Qin Jing decisively bit down and broke it in two.

"Ah... the bridge of love between me and Shizuka," Hanako cried out in anguish.

Too lazy to pay attention to her, Qin Jing looked at the girls to her right and asked.

"Rin, Sakura, do you want some?"

"Don't talk to me now..." Xiao Lin looked unwell and buried her head in the front seat, remaining motionless.

"I'm sorry, I'm not very good with electronic devices or transportation. Are you feeling better, sister?" Sakura gently rubbed her sister's back.

"Haha, Yuan Lin, you really are a coward." The blonde girl Xing Nai, who was sitting in front, knelt on the chair and turned around to say smugly.

"You bastard... get away from me, I'll beat you up with Bajiquan..." Xiaolin said weakly.

"Then why don't you call me, you cowardly little Rin?" Hoshina tossed her hair triumphantly, constantly provoking Rin.

"Hoshina-san, please don't do this," Sakura said.

"Haha, if you're admitting defeat, I might be willing to give you a massage."

"Shut up……"

Even after the car arrived at its destination, Hoshina still didn't calm down.

Everyone else couldn't stand it anymore.

"Hoshina-san, that's going too far."

"That's why she doesn't have any friends."

"Some boys do like her, but she really is an annoying person."

"Hoshina, that's why you're being ostracized. You might not realize it yourself, but what you said was really awful. But you didn't mean any harm, right?" Qin Jing said, trying to smooth things over.

"Second place only! Don't think you can bully people just because you're pretty! Waaaaah!"

“This child is really… I’ll go and bring her back,” Qin Jing said to the others, and chased after them.

"Hey, don't wander off! Watch out for bears on the mountain!" Qin Jing shouted.

"Waaah, Shizuka, you might as well just get eaten by a bear!" Hoshina ran even faster instead.

Section 55 55 The Deep Bamboo Grove and Grass Echo

Qin Jing followed the girl deeper and deeper, surrounded by a deep bamboo forest, where the path they had entered through was no longer visible.

"Haa, haa..." Qin Jing overestimated her physical abilities. Although this whimsical girl had issues with emotional intelligence, her intelligence and physical abilities were extraordinary. She consistently ranked first in her grade in both academic and athletic subjects.

Although it was embarrassing, he was just an ordinary literature student; how could he possibly catch up with such an extraordinary genius?

Despite her complaints, Qin Jing still had to keep moving forward, after all, she couldn't just leave the girl there unattended.

Looking up at the sky from the gloomy bamboo forest, the sky was also gray and gloomy, and the surroundings were shrouded in an eerie silence.

"Hey! Did a child run into that bamboo forest?" The innkeeper exclaimed in surprise when she heard the teacher mention Qin Jing's crush on Xing Nai.

"What's going on? The online description said there were no dangerous wild animals around here, didn't it?" Seeing the other person's expression, the teacher asked anxiously.

"Well, this place has been developed as a popular tourist attraction for so long that we haven't seen wild boars or bears for ten years, but... there have been strange rumors lately."

"Strange rumors?" the teacher asked.

"It seems like that thing has appeared there..." the proprietress said mysteriously in a low voice.

"That kind of thing?!" The teacher swallowed nervously.

..............

As Hoshina continued to rush forward while crying, something suddenly jumped out of the bushes in front of her. Hoshina was startled, her foot hit a protruding rock, she twisted her ankle, and fell to the ground.

"Hoshina, I finally caught up with you. Are you hurt anywhere?" Qin Jing asked, panting as she caught up.

"Waaah, it hurts so much! Why did you chase after me! If you hadn't chased me, I wouldn't have run so far! There wouldn't have been anything jumping out of the bushes to scare me! There wouldn't have been any stones on the ground! And I wouldn't be like this! If I go back like this, they'll definitely laugh at me!" Xingna shouted at Qin Jing through her tears.

'Now is not the time to listen to a spoiled brat's complaints.' Thinking this, Qin Jing sat down, lifted Xing Nai's injured leg, took off her shoes and socks, and gently wiggled her little foot.

"What...what are you doing all of a sudden!" Hoshina exclaimed, her face flushed. Apart from her parents, she had never been touched like this before, let alone treated in this way.

"Don't move around, I'm holding your injury in place. Does it hurt?" Qin Jing asked, rotating her toes in a cross shape.

"No...no," Hoshina said, looking down.

"How about this?" Qin Jing rotated counterclockwise.

"It hurts a little."

"It seems no bones were broken, just a minor injury." Qin Jing nodded and helped the girl put on her socks and shoes.

"Oh... thank you."

"Then let's go back," Qin Jing said.

"Huh? How do I get back? I can't walk now," Hoshina said in frustration.

"It's okay!" Qin Jing bent down, put her hands on the girl's waist, and picked up Xing Nai.

"Whoa! What did you do all of a sudden?!" Xingna was startled and hugged Qin Jing's neck, blushing as she continued, "Jing, thank you..."

"..." Qin Jing carried Xing Nai for a few steps, then stopped.

"What's wrong?" Xingna, who was being carried by the princess, had her heart pounding, but when she turned her head, she saw Qin Jing, who was carrying her, looking like she was struggling, and asked.

"I'm sorry, you still have to get down first, you're too heavy..." Qin Jing said, exhausted. He really wasn't suited to being a handsome young man. She thought he'd be fine with just that little bit of weight, but unfortunately, his body was still that of a child.

"I'm not heavy! You're just too weak!" Hoshina said angrily after being put down.

"Don't have too high expectations for the Literature Department," Qin Jing said helplessly.

"So what do we do now? That's it! Why don't you squat down?" Hoshina said, having come up with a good idea.

"Hmm? What do you plan to do?" Qin Jing asked, puzzled.

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and squat down," Hoshina urged.

"Huh?" Qin Jing had no choice but to squat down.

Xingna pressed Qin Jing's head down, hopped on one foot, and jumped onto Qin Jing's shoulder, clamping her neck like scissors. She laughed and said, "That's it! Let's go! I bestow upon you the honor of being my horse."

"Get down here! What are you doing?! I can't even stand up like this. Get down here!" Qin Jing shook her head, patted the other person's cool thigh, and urged.

"Don't give up, keep going and get back up! You can do it if you try, run like a horse!" Hoshina squeezed even tighter, refusing to let go, it was like a deadly scissor kick.

"I told you to get down!" Qin Jing suddenly stood up, then lost her balance and was pulled backward by Xing Nai.

"Waaaaah!"

So the two of them fell to the ground.

"Hmph, useless guy!" Hoshina complained.

"If you say that again, I'll leave you here and go get the adults," Qin Jing threatened.

"Hmph... Don't go!" Hoshina wanted to argue, but looking at the gloomy bamboo forest around her, she quickly grabbed Qin Jing's sleeve and said angrily, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Even when asking for help, this brat still acts arrogant and domineering.

"As expected, it's still being carried from behind. Come on up," Qin Jing said, squatting down after resting.

"Oh..." Xingna helplessly lay down on Qin Jing, her nose touching the boy's hair. Although they were both sweating, the boy's hair still smelled very nice, with a faint fragrance.

Feeling the warmth of the boy's back, Hoshina thought to herself, even though he looks cute and pretty, he is still a boy inside. His body is slender and thin, but his back feels hard and reliable when you touch the bones.

Unbeknownst to her, Hoshina, smelling the fragrance and feeling the warmth, swayed as she walked and couldn't help but feel sleepy and started yawning.

Qin Jing, on the other hand, was relieved that she still had some strength.

This time we finally made it through smoothly, although my muscles will probably be sore for several days afterwards. I'm really grateful to myself for playing with Xiaokui every day; without that exercise, I probably wouldn't have been able to carry them, and they would have really been stuck here.

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