Don't mess with the little apprentice sister! She is greedy and immoral

It seems that either it was the butterfly effect caused by her rebirth, or Mingzhe secretly retained most of the black iron.

Qin Zhen is more inclined to the second possibility.

Qin Zhen picked and chose some things again, but she didn't take anything that might expose Mingzhe's identity, even if that thing might be worth a lot of money.

She doesn't like to cause trouble for herself.

But at this moment, a noise suddenly came from the workshop.

"Bang." There was the sound of something breaking.

Qin Zhen vigilantly picked up the remaining half of Mingzhe's broken sword, and then moved silently towards the workshop.

Soon, Qin Zhen saw clearly what was going on inside.

This workshop was not very big, and it contained mostly forging tools. Everything was neatly organized, except for -

Qin Zhen looked at the child who was tied up in the corner of the room and the broken ceramic jar beside him.

The child didn't look very old, probably about six or seven years old. He was thin, wearing coarse cloth clothes, and had a pair of clear and innocent eyes.

The moment he saw Qin Zhen, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, but then it was followed by fear and nervousness.

Before Qin Zhen could say anything, the child shouted at her without thinking: "Sister, run! There are bad guys!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhen quickly scanned the room vigilantly, but did not sense the presence of any other life, including... the child in front of her.

"Where are the bad guys?" Qin Zhen seemed to understand something.

"I, I don't know either. I was knocked unconscious by him."

"What does he look like?"

The child quickly described her: "She was wearing white clothes and looked pretty good, except that her eyes looked a bit fierce..."

It is wise.

"He left already."

"Really? That's great!" The child didn't seem to be very good at hiding his emotions. When he heard this, he was so happy that his gums almost popped out of his mouth.

"Are you happy?"

"Ok!"

"Oh, then you are too happy too soon. How do you know I am not a bad person?"

"But, but Sister looks a lot like Lian-sama, not a bad person."

"Even if I eat children, I am not a bad person?"

The child suddenly opened his eyes wide when he heard this, and after realizing what was happening, he cried out, "Don't, don't eat me. I haven't taken a bath for three days. No, I'm not delicious."

Qin Zhen: “…”

When the child saw that Qin Zhen stopped talking, he thought that this trick worked and started to work hard.

"Um--"

"What are you doing?" Seeing the child's face turned red from working so hard, Qin Zhen asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, the child solemnly declared: "I, I'm going to poop in my pants pocket! You can't eat it!"

six.

Seeing the child trying so hard to roll his eyes, Qin Zhen finally sighed: "I was just kidding, do you believe this?"

Child:"……"

Mother, I might have met a dog.

Qin Zhen helped the child untie the rope. Even though she was smiling, the child still ran to a corner farthest from her vigilantly, not daring to look at her.

"Why are you hiding so far away? Are you really pulling your trouser pocket?" After confirming that the child was temporarily harmless, Qin Zhen became a little more casual in his attitude towards him.

"I didn't!" the child retorted without thinking.

But he rarely spoke so loudly. After he finished speaking, before Qin Zhen could react, the child felt embarrassed and quietly argued, "I, I didn't."

"Okay, if you say no, then no." Qin Zhen was very willing to follow suit. "Look, I saved you. In exchange, can you answer a few questions for me?"

"…Then ask."

"What's your name?"

"My name is Xiao Yan."

"Which word?"

Xiao Yan shook his head, not seeming to understand what Qin Zhen meant: "Are there many kinds of Yan characters? I don't know which character I belong to. Daddy said that we are craftsmen, so it should be the Yan of craftsmen?"

The little child tilted his head, thinking hard.

"Well, Xiaoyan, why are you here?"

"Me?" The child looked at Qin Zhen strangely, "This is my home, why are you here?"

"your home?"

"Yeah." The child nodded affirmatively.

Although Qin Zhen felt a little strange, she did not ask more questions, but asked about other things.

"Why did that bad guy knock you out?"

When Qin Zhen said this, she was still holding the rope in her hand. She tied a knot on her left hand with one hand, but with a slight movement, the knot automatically came loose.

It may look like an ordinary rope, but in fact it cannot tie anyone up.

Because, this is the soul-binding rope.

"Why? I don't know. I wanted to make a gift for Master Lian, but I suddenly heard someone talking at the door. I got scared and hid. Who would have thought that this bad guy would suddenly appear, rummaging through the boxes, and knock me out when he saw me. When I woke up, I found myself tied up."

Knocked out...?

Mingzhe wouldn't be so kind.

He will spare no effort to remove all obstacles, even if it is a child, he will not let it go.

I'm afraid he wanted to kill the child at first.

But after he took action, he discovered that the child was abnormal, so he had to use a soul-binding rope to trap him, and then left with the black iron in his arms.

"Master Lian, who is that?" This was the second time Qin Zhen heard the child mention this name.

The child looked at Qin Zhen strangely when he heard this: "Master Lian is Master Lian."

"…What does she look like?"

"She is very beautiful, like a fairy. No, that's not right. She is a fairy. The village chief said that she is a deity."

Divine being, Lord Lian.

Qin Zhen narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Why did the village chief say she was a fairy?"

"Because it will rain, Master Lian!"

"rain?"

The child seemed to be particularly fond of Lord Lian. When he talked about this, his eyes flickered with full admiration.

"Yes, it's raining. It has been a long time since we had a heavy rain in Anning Village. The village chief said that if it doesn't rain, this place will turn into a sea of ​​yellow sand and we won't be able to survive. He also said that it rained here a long time ago. We must have offended the gods, so this place is despised."

"Then, this Lady Lian made it rain for you? Why didn't she do it before?"

"Because Lady Lian passed by our village. She is really very kind. After the heavy rain, green grass sprouted in many places. It was so beautiful."

"Is she still here now?"

The child shook his head: "She left and said she would come to see me again if she has time, so I have to prepare a gift for her and give it to her as soon as she comes back!"

Qin Zhen always felt like she had grasped something, but she couldn't figure it out clearly now, as if something key was missing.