Before she finished her words, the little girl stretched out her hand and handed the peach to her again: "Here you go."
She stared at her in a daze. She saw the little girl's delicate face with an innocent smile, a pair of beautiful eyes that were very lively, and she was wearing a pink dress. The little girl looked very pleasing, which made her heart soften.
While reaching out his hand to catch the peach, he also said, "Come down! I'll carry you down."
"No, no, my brother and I are playing hide-and-seek." Yue'er shook her head and retracted her hand. She was about to stand up and hide again while holding onto the branch, but her foot slipped and her small body immediately fell down.
"Sister!" Mu Chen exclaimed, and reached out to grab her, but failed.
The lady standing under the tree saw the little girl fall down and let out a low cry, and hurriedly reached out to catch her. However, the impact of falling from the tree was so great that even though the lady caught her, she could not stand and fell down, with her hands tightly holding the little girl in her arms.
"Hiss! Madam!" The two maids exclaimed and hurried forward.
Yue'er blinked her eyes, looked at the woman who fell to the ground, and quickly got off her. She asked worriedly, "Auntie, how are you? Are you hurt?"
Mu Chen jumped down from the tree, stood beside Yue'er, and looked at the lady.
The lady smiled and said, "It's okay." She rubbed her waist and felt a stinging pain in her arm. She looked and saw that her skin was scratched by a stone and a trace of blood was oozing out.
"It's bleeding." Yue'er felt a little guilty.
"It's okay." The woman said with a smile. She looked at the two beautiful children in front of her and felt that they were so cute. She thought, how great it would be if she also had two children like this
"Thank you." Mu Chen thanked her, knowing that if she hadn't caught Yue'er, she would have been hurt even if she hadn't fallen.
"Whose children are you?" The woman sat on the ground, letting two maids tear off strips of cloth to help her bandage her wounds. She asked while looking at the two children.
Yue Er tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said, "I am the child of my father and mother's in-laws! However, we can't find my father and mother, so we live in Uncle Ning's house."
Hearing this, the lady was slightly startled: "How come you can't find your parents?"
Mu Chen pulled Yue'er, signaling her not to say too much, and said, "We are leaving." As he said that, he took Yue'er's hand and walked back the way they came.
However, just when they walked about ten meters away, they suddenly heard exclamations and the sound of sword energy from behind them.
Mu Chen and Mu Yue immediately stopped and looked back, and saw several men in black suddenly appeared from nowhere and were attacking the lady with swords. Two maids screamed for help, but one of them was killed by the men in black, and the other one protected the lady and fled, shouting for help.
"Yuer!" Mu Chen exclaimed, only for his sister, who was holding his hand, to break free from his hand and run away the next moment.
Without hesitation, Yue Er rushed towards the lady. Her small figure moved lightly and very quickly. As she rushed, she shouted, "Brother, call someone over!"
"ah!"
The lady's legs went weak and she fell down. The maid ran to help her up: "Madam, get up quickly, get up quickly!" However, at this moment, a long sword stabbed towards the lady's chest at an incredibly fast speed, intending to kill her!