A shadow darted quickly through the deep mountain wilderness, moving so fast that it was hard to tell if he was carrying a child.
Ping'an held tightly to his neck with one hand and gripped the stone in the cloth bag hanging on his chest with the other. If an animal appeared, he could help.
The expressions on the father and son's serious faces were identical. When they heard a rustling sound not far away, both their eyes lit up, and they looked in that direction.
Zhang Guoqing didn't rush to act and asked softly, "What is it?"
Ping'an made a funny face — pig!
Zhang Guoqing gave him a thumbs up, "At least five hundred meters away. We're not in a hurry; let's listen for other animal sounds first. Before hunting, you need to survey the surroundings. Some directions have cliffs, those areas are dead zones. Even if you are confident, you can't go there.
