Aino walked out of the room herself. Other than a slightly sprained left foot, she was lively and in great spirits.
Sabrina immediately hugged her daughter. "It's fine as long as my daughter is well. You've scared me to death. Tell me, how did you escape?”
Everyone was looking at Aino. Many of them were smiling in tears. That was particularly so for her uncle, Zayn. His tears were unable to stop streaming down his cheeks. Zayn had watched Aino grow up. Since the moment she was born, he had been protecting her as if he was protecting his own life. He had changed her diapers, cleaned her wastes, and fed her formula powder. In Zayn’s heart, Aino was just like his own biological daughter.
"Uncle Zayn, stop crying." Aino got out of her mother's arms and came to Zayn.
Zayn immediately hugged Aino. "Promise me, don't ever go out alone anymore in the future. It's too dangerous this way!"
Aino shook her head. "Uncle Zayn, I am already grown up now. With my intelligence, no one can harm me."
The young girl who had just gotten out of danger immediately became cocky.
Zayn changed the topic. "Hurry up and tell me, how did you get yourself out of danger? How did you escape?"
Lokni did not say anything anymore. It was very obvious that his brothers were right.
After the three brothers meticulously thought about it, they decided not to tie Aino up too tightly. It was enough as long as she was unable to run away. She was just a child. Besides, she was being watched by three men, so how could she run away? She had long been scared silly. Also, they were in the deep mountain. A 13-year-old child may have long gotten lost. She would not dare to run away. After they had figured that out, the three brothers treated the child extra politely. Aino also pretended to not be that hostile toward the three of them anymore.
Every time Aino slept for a while, she would wake the three brothers up. She would do this for a moment, then do that after another. She cried wolf in one moment, then said there were cries of wild beasts in another moment. She created all sorts of disturbances for the three brothers and made them incomparably nervous. Long after midnight, the three brothers unexpectedly had fallen asleep.
However, Aino did not sleep. She was very, very sleepy, but she kept telling herself that she must not fall asleep and she had to hold on. At the time when she wanted to sleep the most, Aino actually bit her tongue very hard.
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