Dong Huiying suddenly had a bizarre feeling. Was this kid Yue Ning worried that she wouldn’t have enough to eat? As she ate the roasted pheasant, she sneaked peeks at him again and again, which eventually irritated him to the point of anger. "I’m going to take a walk to aid digestion!" Afer finishing the chicken wing and tossing aside the bones, he hurriedly got up and quickly walked into the small grove behind them. Dong Huiying let out a soft chuckle. It turned out this kid was quite adorable. Looking at the roast pheasant in her hands, she finally decided to leave some. Besides, the pheasant was truly too fat, and even if she wanted to finish it off, she wouldn’t be able to. After calming down in the grove for quite a long time, when Yue Ning came back, he saw a clean cloth beside the fire, with the now cool pheasant on it. He pursed his thin lips, inexplicably a bit happy, and then picked up the pheasant. Not caring whether it was cold or not, he bit off a big chunk, wolfing it down like a wolf cub. But suddenly, Yue Ning’s face turned serious. Inside the carriage, Hong Xiangjun and Dong Huiying, who had been sharing snacks, hurriedly lifted the carriage curtain. Hong Xiangjun leaned out and listened for a while, then immediately jumped down from the carriage. "Quick, put out the fire, we need to get moving!" Yue Ning nodded vigorously, extinguished the fire quickly, and then the two of them jumped back into the carriage. Hong Xiangjun raised her whip and with a snap hit the horse’s backside, causing the big black horse pulling the carriage to lift its hooves. Dong Huiying sat inside the carriage, asking in a confused tone, "What happened?" She had apparently heard a sound like the beating of drums. Yue Ning furrowed his brow, "It might be bandits." While driving the carriage, Hong Xiangjun said, "It’s not ’might be’ – they are horse bandits! Sister Xiao Dong, I’ve prepared several conical bamboo hats, chest wraps, and short-padded jackets in the carriage, get changed quickly!" Dong Huiying was perplexed by this, but seeing the urgency on both Hong Xiangjun’s and Liang Yuening’s faces, she immediately unpacked Hong Xiangjun’s luggage. Seeing her take out a chest wrap, Yue Ning anxiously untied his belt. After a slight pause and a blush, he climbed off the carriage. "You go inside, I’ll drive the carriage!" Hong Xiangjun gave him a glance, didn’t argue, and with the wind howling, rustling noises occasionally came from inside the carriage while a group of bandits could be seen approaching from afar. Yue Ning tightened the reins, but they were surrounded by bandits in all four directions – front, back, left, and right. The atmosphere was tense. These bandits were odd, their faces covered with black masks, yet their figures revealed they were men, all slender like willow branches and with fair, delicate skin. But their eyes – cold, ruthless, filled with a murderous air. And the swords they held dripped with blood. Dong Huiying followed Hong Xiangjun, crouching as she emerged from the carriage. Yue Ning’s face was frozen cold; he clenched his axe, instinctively shielding Dong Huiying. "Eldest Brother, all men in this carriage?" Dong Huiying furrowed her brow and instinctively looked toward the one called ’Eldest Brother.’ The person’s face was obscured by a mask, making it impossible to see clearly. In the Dayuan Dynasty, except for a few exceptions, like the Liang family, who were seen as ’anomalies’, most men tended to be somewhat short. The average height was around 175 centimeters, and their bodies were generally slender. And for some reason, until now, Dong Huiying had only seen obese women, but the men were all thin and frail. And this ’Eldest Brother’ on horseback, his build was slender and he wasn’t tall, but he seemed not to be an adult man; rather, he looked more like a teenager?