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Chapter 3859: We'll Always Meet Again

Since they were schoolmates, she probably had seen them before.

Little Qiao couldn't be bothered to distinguish who was who. She merely glanced at them and dutifully called out, "Hand over all your rubies!"

Everyone: ...

If they had the strength, they truly wanted to beat the Little Princess Consort to death right then and there.

She was just too infuriating.

Always demanding their rubies, how could she be so ruthless?

"Wait, wait," the few people behind weakly protested. They didn't want to argue with the Little Princess Consort anymore and just grudgingly pulled out the rubies from their pockets, handing them over with expressions of utter despair.

If they didn't hand them over now, they'd probably get another beating and have their rubies searched out anyway.

Only a fool wouldn't recognize the current situation.

Qiao Mu reached out and took the rubies one person handed her, glancing at him with a slight frown. "You look familiar."

The person's mouth twitched, and he said with a helpless expression, "Princess Consort, have you forgotten? We met at the Ox Head. You even gave us a ride."

Oh, really? She looked at the muddy figures again, vaguely distinguishing their faces, and nodded. "Oh."

The person silently mourned for himself, then pitifully said, "Princess Consort, I am Qiu Fu."

"These are Lu Pinwen, Han Jing, and Zhang Mingqiu. A few days ago, it was the four of us who rode in the Princess Consort's carriage. We only separated when we reached the entrance of the Phoenix Wood Forest."

Qiao Mu had completely remembered now. It was when they reached the Phoenix Wood Forest; she originally wanted to trick them out of their rubies, but those four were quite smart and stayed outside the forest, not daring to enter.

Heh heh, truly, life is full of unexpected encounters.

"You see, it's pouring rain outside. And you've already taken our rubies, so can we please come in and take shelter from the rain now?"

Qiao Mu stepped aside, and the muddy figures all rushed in, huffing and puffing.

The two teams, fifteen people in total, all looked miserable, as if they had been tormented terribly by the Phoenix Wood Forest.

What a group of unlucky kids. It seemed they still hadn't recovered their cultivation over these past few days.

It had already been half the trial time. Without cultivation, they couldn't open their inner worlds, constantly wandering aimlessly in the Phoenix Wood Forest, often being chased and attacked by the beasts within. Their lives must have been quite difficult.

Qiao Mu looked down at the small stew pot in her hand and continued pattering towards the outside of the cave.

"Princess Consort, what are you doing?!" Several mournful cries immediately rang out in her ears.

The Little Princess Consort turned her small head blankly, her gaze falling indifferently on them.

"Dumping leftovers."

As soon as she said this, all fifteen people from the two teams stared at the small soup pot in her hand.

"C-Can you not dump it?"

"Can we have it?"

The Little Princess Consort suddenly felt a bit awkward under their intense gaze.

Her small hand stiffly holding the pot of mushroom and meat stew, Qiao Mu said expressionlessly, "It doesn't taste good."

"No, it's fine!!" Qiu Fu, Lu Pinwen, and the others directly stepped forward, their eyes eagerly fixed on the soup pot in her hand.

It was as if throwing out the contents of the soup pot now would be an extreme waste of valuable resources.