However, what he didn't expect was that Gu Yue insisted on being carried by him from here onward. Whenever he tried to ask her to get down and walk, she would vehemently refuse, and in the end, he had no choice but to transfer her onto his back. Thus, Gu Yue clung onto his back with a wide smile on her face as they continued deeper into the forest.

"I must've owed you money in my past life!" Tang Wulin couldn't help but chuckled in an amused manner as he looked at the pair of arms hanging down the front of his chest.

Gu Yue ducked down and planted a kiss on his cheek as she said, "Father, I like you."

Tang Wulin faltered slightly, and just as he was about to say something, a sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in his heart as he reflexively sprang into the air.

A brown figure whizzed past beneath his feet, and if he hadn't jumped into the air, he would've been struck by it for sure.

"Who's there?" Tang Wulin yelled, but he couldn't see anything from the direction the sneak attack had come from.

His eyes narrowed slightly as a cold aura began to emanate...