Lu Jingzhi tied it up in the bushes next to the mountain stream, using her wood mastery special ability to grow vines, wrapping layer upon layer around it.
"It shouldn't be eaten by wild beasts this time, right? I won't have to wait long, I'll come back tonight and take it away."
Humming a tune as she returned home, she met Mrs. Zheng, who was just leaving her house.
Lu Jingzhi politely greeted her.
"Xiaomiao is back?" Mrs. Zheng took her hand, looked at the big basket on her back, and laughed, "Xiaomiao is so capable, bringing back a full basket of wild vegetables."
Actually, that wasn't the case.
Only the top layer was wild vegetables.
Lu Jingzhi didn't say much, simply smiling obediently, "Mrs. Zheng, are you looking for my mother for something?"
Mrs. Zheng nodded and said solemnly, "Xiaomiao, have you heard? Your second cousin is missing."
