Chapter Forty-Nine: With a Fierce Little Fist, the Captain Shakes Heaven and Earth

Seeing that the two of them were completely ignoring her, Jiang Xiaxia hopped around on the tree a couple more times, looking as though she might leap from this branch to the opposite one at any second.

This scared Wang Lianjun out of his wits. With a slip of his foot, he let out a "whoosh" and slid right down the trunk.

Standing at the base of the tree with his arms wide open, he cried out anxiously, "Xiaxia, get down here right now! Uncle is right here to catch you!"

Jiang Xiaxia looked down at Wang Lianjun, then turned her gaze back to the man still up in the tree, tilting her head in utter confusion as she asked, "What about you?"

Xia Ming narrowed his eyes slightly. "I'm not coming down!"

After saying this, he paused, but couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "When did you figure out I was up here?"

Jiang Xiaxia tilted her head to think for a moment, then replied in a crisp, clear voice, "This morning! When I was going to beat Meili to death!"

Recalling that morning when she had intended to silence Liu Meili permanently, she had sensed a wave of intense murderous intent washing over her.

Her grandfather, grandmother, and Uncle Jun had all looked at her with eyes full of worry, but the hostility radiating from that particular direction was naked and unmasked murderous intent.

She had known instantly that if she actually killed Liu Meili, this person would not hesitate to strike her down.

Though unsure what methods he might use to kill her, her little mind had already rapidly and precisely plotted out escape routes, confident she could make a clean getaway, which was why she hadn't rushed to find him.

Upon hearing the little girl's words, Xia Ming instantly fell silent.

He had always been extremely confident in his ability to conceal himself, never imagining that on only his second day of hiding, he would be discovered by his target.

Yet this little girl right in front of him...

Xia Ming couldn't help muttering to himself: Was there even any point in him staying hidden here now?

However, before Xia Ming could figure out his next move, Jiang Xiaxia had already nimbly started climbing down by herself.

By the time she reached a height half a person off the ground, a pair of large hands suddenly gripped her waist firmly.

Turning her head, she saw Uncle Jun wearing a look of lingering fear.

"Never climb up that high again in the future! It's way too dangerous!" Wang Lianjun, usually so cheerful, put on a rare stern face toward the little girl, his expression brimming with anxiety.

Jiang Xiaxia tilted her head, looking at him with utter incomprehension, before patting her own little chest and declaring with absolute confidence, "Safe!"

She knew very well that before she climbed up, she had already calculated the angles of force