"Father and Second Uncle have been in the mountains for quite a while, haven't they?" Yun
Yanshui asked absentmindedly, sitting on a stool after eating his fill at the feast. His thoughts drifted to his father and uncle, who had led a group into Yunzhang Mountain several days ago. Their prolonged absence weighed on him, filling his heart with unease.
"It's been almost four days," Yun Qin, his mother, replied with a trace of worry in her voice. While she often reassured herself that her husband and brother-in-law were battle-hardened men who had survived countless life-or-death situations during their military service, their delayed return still gnawed at her nerves.
"Mother, how about I sneak into the mountains tomorrow to look for them?" Yanshui suggested. "It's been so many days, and I'm worried something might have happened to them."
Yun Qin hesitated but eventually nodded. "Alright, but you must be extremely careful if you go alone."
