The sky gradually darkened.
Two little beans hid in a cool cave.
The cave entrance was not deep, just enough for two little beans to conceal themselves.
The Little Princess had eaten the last candied fruit and the second-to-last piece of osmanthus candy.
The two little beans’ clothes were torn and their faces were dirty; where could one see the semblance of noble Clan School students?
If they walked onto the Avenue, they were likely to be mistaken for little vagrants from who knows where.
The two little beans sat with their backs against the wall.
Xiao Jingkong sat on the outside, shielding the Little Princess with his body on the inside.
"Are you still hungry?" Xiao Jingkong asked her.
The Little Princess nodded then quickly shook her head and swallowed her saliva, saying, "Not hungry."
As soon as her words fell, her stomach started growling.
She covered her little belly and whispered, "I didn’t tell it to growl; it did it on its own."
Within a single day, the Little Princess had been kidnapped, locked in a dark room, fled with her companion, and hidden in this dark and damp cave; she was no longer the Little Princess of the morning.
She was a Little Princess who could endure hunger!
Xiao Jingkong took out the last piece of candy, broke off half for her, and carefully pocketed the other half.
"There are fruits in that tree over there, I’ll go pick some," Xiao Jingkong said, glancing at the piece of candy in the Little Princess’s hand, "By the time you finish this candy, I’ll be back."
"Mhm," the Little Princess obediently nodded, clutching his little hand, "You must come back."
"I will."
Xiao Jingkong slipped out to pick fruits.
Using his excellent tree-climbing skills, he swiftly ascended the tree, finding the fruits fuller and brighter than they looked from afar.
Picking them one by one was too slow, so he embraced a branch and shook it fiercely, causing the fruits to fall onto the ground with a rustling sound.
He climbed down, scooped them up with his shirt, and filled it with a heavy load of fruit.
He panted as he ran back.
However, when he returned to the cave, he found that the Little Princess inside was gone.
His little brow furrowed.
At that moment, the piercing scream of the Little Princess came from not far to the east, "Let go of me!" frёewebnoѵēl.com
"Over there!"
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