As the sun began to set, Mo Qingze and Cui Qingrou returned, and with them came Xiao Ruiyuan, whom they had encountered on the road.
Mo Qingze didn't express any objection to Xiao Ruiyuan joining their family outing, which eased the somewhat anxious Mo Yan.
However, she let her guard down too soon. The next day, when the group arrived at the foot of Bao Hua Temple mountain and saw the steps rising steeply out of sight into the clouds, along with Xiao Ruiyuan carrying six large bundles for their family of five plus himself, she couldn't help but marvel at the old saying, "The ginger gets hotter with age." Her father was too cunning.
That being said, Mo Qingze's cunning couldn't withstand his daughter's sabotage. Mo Yan decisively distributed the six parcels among the Six Beasts, each beast holding one in its jaws.
