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In an instant, the boy standing on the shore glared at Ziyan with a mix of anger and speechlessness.
He inexplicably cursed inwardly, "Stupid girl, you'll know the consequences if you fall again."
At that moment, the person happily picking up snails in the river had no idea that she would be innocently cursed for simply gathering snails.
She continued to walk forward with a cheerful stride, bending down to look for more.
Suddenly—without noticing her footing, she stepped on a round stone covered in moss and slippery.
Before Ziyan could react, she quickly lost her balance and fell directly into the water.
With a scream of "Ah—"
Ziyan's body plunged into the water.
In a hazy blur, a slender figure leaped from afar and appeared before Ziyan. Immediately, she was scooped up from the water and lifted onto the shore.
Soaked and resembling a drenched chicken, Ziyan looked up to see none other than Gu Yuxuan.
At that moment, she found herself in his warm embrace, and Ziyan hurriedly tried to push him away with all her strength.
Gu Yuxuan looked down at Little Ziyan, who was struggling in his arms. He calmly released her and took a step back, then coughed a few times into his hand to cover his embarrassment and guilt.
Right, it was guilt! Hadn't he just cursed this girl to fall again?
This curse was surprisingly effective!
As Gu Yuxuan muttered to himself, he couldn't help but chuckle. But when he met Ziyan's eyes filled with suspicion and fury, he fell silent.
Gu Yuxuan immediately stopped her somewhat schadenfreude thoughts. She seemed to feel guilty and eager to please as she took off her outer shirt and walked over to Ziyan, pointing at her wet clothes.
Then she stuffed her outer shirt into Ziyan's hands, turned around, and quickly walked away.
Ziyan glanced around to see that no one was nearby and planned to change out of her top and put on Gu Yuxuan's shirt.
However, after thinking it over, she felt it was inappropriate: she wouldn't know how to explain it to her mother later.
So, she quickly put on her shoes, holding onto the shirt she didn't dare to change into, and hurriedly ran home.
When she got home, she realized she had forgotten to bring back the Bamboo Basket.
Seeing that Zhou was not in the yard, Ziyan quickly slipped back into her room and changed out of her soaked clothes as fast as she could.
After emerging from the house again, she touched her hair, relieved that the water in the river was shallow and her hair hadn't gotten too wet.
She lightly patted her chest, took a deep breath, and swiftly found a basin to wash and hang up her clothes.
Once everything was done, she noticed Zhou walking in through the yard gate, carrying a large bundle of fresh green spring bamboo shoots.
Ziyan used the excuse that there were many sticky seeds from a plant that clung to her clothes to explain why she had changed outfits, which made her skin itch.
Zhou simply responded with an "oh" and didn't think much of it. She sat down on a low bamboo stool in the yard and began peeling the bamboo shoots.
With thoughts still lingering on the basket of vegetables, Ziyan said, "Mom, last night's stewed mountain chicken with mushrooms was really delicious. You take your time peeling the bamboo shoots; I left my bamboo basket outside. I need to go get it and see if I can find some more mushrooms by the tree stumps along the riverbank."
Zhou looked at Ziyan with a gentle smile and nodded: "Alright, go ahead! The earlier you go, the earlier you’ll be back."
"Okay, Mom, don't worry. I'll be back soon," Ziyan replied.
Ziyan quickly responded while jogging out of the house. Once she had distanced herself, she reached into her outer garment and pulled out Gu Yuxuan's deep blue coat, heading towards the riverbank.
Earlier, Gu Yuxuan had taken off his outer garment but hadn’t actually run far; he waited at a suitable distance for a while.
Thinking that the "little girl" should have finished changing her clothes, he leisurely walked back.
However, he only found a Bamboo Basket sitting on the ground, with no sign of her anywhere.
The clever and observant Gu Yuxuan quickly realized: she must have gone home to change. Since the basket was still here, she would definitely return.
With that thought, the seemingly aloof Gu Yuxuan bent down and pulled out a finely crafted dagger from his boot.
He then found a relatively straight and sturdy Long Tree Pole nearby and used the dagger to sharpen one end, creating a long-handled weapon.
Afterward, he rolled up his pant legs, took off his boots, and waded into the deeper water, firmly gripping the thicker end as he began to search.
In just a short while, Gu Yuxuan emerged from the water holding two large Azure Fish.
Each fish weighed about four to five pounds. He tied them together with some grass rope and then returned to the water's edge to wash his face before putting his shoes back on.
After completing all this, Gu Yuxuan tidied up his clothes and hair, then stood elegantly in place, waiting for Little Ziyan to arrive.
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