After dizzying An Qi, Xiao Jingchen decided to go to the stream alone to wash up.

  The morning mist wraps around the tip of her nose, making everyone's mood calm and peaceful. The cool creek water envelops her small paws, and she almost has a sense of returning to the temple herself. Every morning, she washes up in the small river on the mountain slope, then carries a heavy bucket back home, exchanging sincere smiles with fellow disciples who are also carrying water as they pass by.

  Several small birds chirped and landed on a small stone protruding from the water's surface, their sharp beaks pecking at the clear water...

  An Qi's eyes widened in shock, her gaze dull. "Don't birds usually drink dew from leaves on trees? Why are even the birds in scenic areas so weird?"

  Xiao Jingchen curiously gazed at the few small birds, just last night thinking that the birds had been eaten by bad people, didn't expect to see a few survivors this morning. Xiao Jingchen's heart immediately overflowed with warm joy. After drinking their fill of water, the birds flapped their small wings and flew away. Xiao Jingchen subconsciously stood up, stepped on the small stones in the middle of the stream, and jumped to the other side in a few steps. He looked up at the birds' flight path and slowly followed them forward.

  Anqi opened his mouth to shout at Xiaojingchen, but thinking that the little fool seemed to still be angry with him, he didn't dare to provoke Xiaojingchen's temper, so he swallowed back the words that had reached his throat. He trembled and jumped onto the small stones to cross the stream, but ended up getting his shoes wet anyway. Looking down at his dripping shoes, Anqi didn't mind too much and hurriedly chased after Xiaojingchen.

  Xiao Jingzhen was chasing after those cheerful chirping birds with all her heart, completely unaware of the direction she was heading in. Moreover, she was born a big road idiot and even if she had noticed, she wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between these similar-looking trees and the small paths between them.

  An Qi followed Xiao Jingchen over. His mind was torn between "going up to talk to Xiao Jingchen now" and "continuing to follow her like a wall painting", his gaze stuck on Xiao Jingchen's back. Completely unaware of the surroundings.

  The light seemed to be getting dimmer and dimmer, even affecting his vision. An Qi finally felt that something was off. As the sun rose, it should have gotten brighter, but how could it possibly get darker?

  The line of sight is good and easily pulls out from Xiaojing Chen's body. An Qi suddenly stops his footsteps, looking around at the unfamiliar environment in a daze, shouting loudly. "Jingchen!"

  The birds were frightened by the sudden cry and quickly disappeared into the dense tree crown. Xiao Jing dust pouted, turned her head to glare at An Qi, An Qi shrank his neck in guilt, and muttered "We seem to be lost!"

  Xiao Jingzhen was stunned. Turning his head to look around, indeed, the surrounding trees were much taller and larger than those at the filming location. The distance between the trees was extremely dense, with lush canopies almost connecting into one piece. Layer upon layer of branches and leaves blocked out the sunlight, making it very dim under the trees. Thick tree roots burst forth from the ground, and in the gaps between the intertwined roots grew all sorts of hardy weeds.

  It's very quiet. Quiet to the point of being eerie, with a scent of rotting leaves in the air, An Qi felt a bit scared and leaned tightly against Xiao Jingchen, her voice trembling with fear "What do we do now? Wait for the film crew to find us?"

  Xiao Jingchen stood there silently, her big eyes seriously sizing up everything around her. A minute later, she lifted her small foot and started walking again. An Qi followed closely behind without saying a word, thinking that Xiao Jingchen was heading back... Kid, you're too naive!

  Following a road idiot will only make the road more and more crooked o(╯□╰)o

  Jie Cui has a wealth of experience getting lost in the mountains and forests. When she was still at the temple, she would get lost almost every month, to the point where if she could go five days without getting lost, her fellow disciples would worry that Jie Cui had been training too hard in the martial hall and didn't have the energy to run off into the mountains and cause trouble for the small animals.

  Because Xiao Jingchen was born with a poor sense of direction and often got lost, in order not to hurt her young heart, neither Shifu nor Shixiong nor even Shifu had ever had an in-depth discussion with her about the issue of getting lost. Only when all the disciples in the temple couldn't find her for more than four hours would they form a group to search for her in the nearby mountains and forests. Even Bai Xijin would quietly go and bring Xiao Jingchen back after she got lost.

  So, although Xiao Jingchen knew she often got lost, she wasn't afraid of getting lost at all. She knew that after getting lost, she would always run into familiar people, like her senior brother, junior sister, or father. But, those silly girls, did you really "run into" them? ???????

  They have no idea how hard it is for a kid who has lost his way in life to find a direction, and the little monk is stubbornly walking in one direction. His simple brain only has one thought, constantly repeating -

  Just keep walking and you'll meet Dad soon!!!!!!

  An Qi followed Xiao Jingchen, walking forward with a single-minded thought, and didn't know how long he had walked. He, who was less than half a root of nerve, finally felt that something was not quite right again, because around him, in addition to the towering trees that blocked out the sky, there began to appear some strange and terrifying animal calls - even idiots knew that within tourist scenic areas, apart from artificially raised monkeys and the like, there were no wild animals!!!

  An Qi gently tugged at Xiao Jingchen's sleeve, her big eyes darting around uneasily as she stammered, "T-this... what sound is this?"

  Xiao Jing dust steps evenly and calmly, without looking back, said "Owl!"

  "Cat... cat owl?" An Qi subconsciously started stuttering "Don't owls only come out at night?"

  Xiao Jing dust looked back at him with a puzzled expression and asked "Who said that?"

  An Qi replied vaguely, "It's what the book says."

  Xiao Jingchen: "......" Bullying her because she can't understand books? Hmph!

  Xiao Jingchen didn't pay attention to himself, An Qi hurriedly followed up, after a while, a lonely and terrifying beast roar pierced through the clouds, An Qi was startled and stumbled, almost falling down. At the critical moment, he grabbed Xiao Jingchen's paw and asked with tears in his eyes, "What is this sound again?"

  "Wolf howl!" Xiaojing dust single-handedly picked him up. Fortunately, he helped pat the dry branches and leaves on his knees, An Qi completely ignored Xiaojing dust's kindness at this moment, and his whole heart was occupied by the wolf howls "Wolf? Is there a wolf here?"

  Xiao Jingchen gave him a strange look and said matter-of-factly, "Of course there are wolves in the forest."

  "Waaah, when are we finally going to get to the campsite? I'm scared!" It takes a lot of courage for a boy to admit he's scared in front of someone younger than him, especially when that younger person is as calm and collected as if she were just out for a stroll in the countryside... which, in fact, was exactly what Xiaojing thought she was doing.

  Xiao Jing dust tiptoed. The soft and fluffy paws touched An Qi's forehead "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."

  An Qi: "......" Why would he have a desire to die on the spot and be buried instantly?!

  Two little friends continued to trek hand in hand on the road of "Encountering Dad", with rugged tree roots and weeds sprawling all over the ground, making it increasingly difficult to walk. Xiao Jingchen walked lightly and happily like a mountain elf, while An Qi stumbled along like a dying wild boar, their mental states forming a stark contrast.

  Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the nearby bushes, An Qi was frightened and his hairs stood on end, his voice trembling with fear "What's that noise?"

  Xiao Jing jumped up onto a giant tree root over two meters in diameter without looking back, then pulled An Qi and said "The sound of the snake walking on the road."

  "Snakes~~~~~~~......" Can it walk or not????? —— Isn't that beside the point?!

  But any normal kid, almost none of them are not afraid of snakes. As soon as they hear that it's a snake, feeling the crisis rapidly approaching in the bush, An Qi's whole body was shocked, he suddenly jumped up, and in an instant, his climbing speed burst out to be comparable to that of a monkey. However, after all, he didn't have the agility of a monkey, his toes stepped on the tree root, the sole of his shoe rubbed against the moss and slipped, and he fell sideways with an unstable center of gravity, taking Xiao Jingchen, who was tightly held in his hand, to fall out together.

  It looked like a thicket, but after crashing in, An Qi discovered that there was a small slope under the bushes. Due to inertia, he rolled down the slope directly. Because of excessive fright, he let go of Xiao Jingchen's hand. His two paws were constantly scratching but had no foothold, and his feet kicked and kicked but still couldn't stop his rolling body.

  An Qi could clearly feel the hard stone grinding against his shoulder and back, a wave of scorching pain, and his cheek was also scratched by the blocking branches with many small wounds. But he had no time to care about these now - An Qi's eyes widened in horror, and at the end of the slope was actually a cliff.

  Anqi didn't have time to react before he tumbled over the cliff. He only felt a void beneath him, his heart suddenly racing up to his throat. The wind at the bottom of the cliff blew against his freely falling body, making it as cold as a corpse. Anqi subconsciously closed his eyes and opened his mouth wide in a desperate scream. Just as the scream was about to escape from his throat, he felt his ankle suddenly tighten, and then his entire body crashed heavily into the cliff wall, no longer falling downwards.

  An Qi's eyes fluttered open, staring at the deep cliff below, a wave of dizziness washed over her, she rubbed her sore nose, An Qi turned back, then stared in horror at Xiao Jingchen who was hanging outside the cliff with one hand grasping a withered vine on the cliff wall, her other hand still firmly clasped around An Qi's ankle, the two little ones hung like roasted kebabs on the edge of the cliff.

  Anqi choked back a sob and said in a tearful voice, "Jingchen, let me go, or we'll both fall to our deaths."

  "Good." Xiao Jingchen nodded without hesitation and let go, An Qi didn't even have time to react, he could only stare blankly at his ankle that had just escaped from Xiao Jingchen's grasp. His mind was a complete blank, leaving only unconscious frantic scrolling.

  "How can this be? How can this be?" "How can this be? How can this be?" "How can this be?"

  A normal person would say something like "I'd rather die than let go" or "If we're gonna die, we'll die together", right? That's how it's always portrayed on TV. He was just being polite and said it casually, but bro, why did you really let go?

  This is unscientific!!!!!

  Don't talk about science with stupid dolls, because science is their family business.