Chapter: Chapter 296 Why are you looking, family needs to kiss every day?
Clinging to the city wall, the thin figure approached little by little.
His movements were slight, doing his best not to startle the other person.
For this man, this was not the first time he had committed murder and robbery.
So, apart from his heart beating a little faster, he had no other superfluous emotions.
The weak are prey to the strong, and only the fittest survive.
If it weren’t for Miss Wang, who was in charge of distributing the congee, having an army escort every time she went out of the city, they, these refugees, would have picked her clean long ago.
The man licked his lips subconsciously at this thought.
Thinking of the scene he had glimpsed casually during the day, waves of hunger came from his abdomen.
Although he didn’t know what exactly was in that bundle, judging by the woman’s attitude towards the boy when she was handing out the congee, it definitely wouldn’t be anything bad.
At the very least, there should be some food.
The man thought greedily that if he could get enough food, he wouldn’t have to stay here and wait to die.
As long as the food could last him ten days, it would be enough to support him in going further south.
The corners of the man’s mouth slowly stretched into a grin.
Now, he had already begun to fantasize about a life of abundance in his mind.
Amidst the wind and snow, the faint footsteps finally stopped.
Looking at the two children still huddled together and fast asleep, a cruel smile appeared on the man’s face.
As for compassion and sympathy, they had long been thrown away on the road of fleeing from disaster.
Those who had sympathy could not have reached Liucheng at all!
So, the man’s eyes hardened, and without further hesitation, he raised the stone he had been holding to smash the boy’s head.
But in that instant, the boy, who should have been fast asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.
There was no panic or fear in his eyes.
There was only silence, like the dark night.
The man’s expression changed, and he was startled, momentarily stunned by the gaze.
The next moment, he felt something trip his foot, and then, losing his balance, he fell heavily to the ground with a dull thud.
The stone in the man’s hand also rolled down, pressing heavily on his leg.
His eyes widened, and he was about to let out a scream.
But faster than his cry was another small figure.
The short-haired girl skillfully climbed onto the man’s back. Her seemingly slender arms showed astonishing strength at this moment.
The girl bent her elbow and tightly choked his throat. The force was so great that the man’s expression contorted violently, his face twisted, and his eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.
On the other side, Chen An swiftly retracted his leg, then flipped over, his entire body weight pressing down on the man’s lower body.
Veins bulged all over the man’s face. He began to struggle and writhe wildly, trying to shake off the arm that was choking him.
But he had clearly underestimated Mu Sanniang’s strength.
The girl’s arm was as solid as cast iron, and no matter how he struggled, it remained motionless. Instead, it tightened bit by bit.
The man’s cheeks rapidly swelled and turned red.
Then, a highly foul-smelling odor, along with some fishy, yellowish liquid, flowed out from beneath him.
His frantic struggles began to weaken little by little, finally ceasing.
After who knew how long, seeing that the man seemed to be completely still, Chen An let out a long sigh of relief. He jumped off the man and was about to speak.
He saw the girl take out a broken piece of tile from her pocket.
The edge of the tile had been deliberately sharpened.
With a stern expression, the girl quickly sliced open the man’s throat.
Crimson blood began to flow slowly down the man’s throat.
After doing this, she pushed the corpse away and stood up.
Seeing the boy staring blankly at her, Mu Sanniang frowned.
She looked down, then patted her pant legs. They were still quite clean, not stained with anything dirty.
She asked, somewhat puzzled, “What’s wrong?”
Hearing her question, Chen An came back to his senses.
He thought of the girl’s calm finishing move and technique just now, and a chill inexplicably ran down his neck. He quickly shook his head.
“N-nothing.”
He wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and sat down beside the girl.
He let out a sigh of relief, and his heart rate slowly returned to normal.
Thinking back to their coordination just now, it was simply perfect.
They gave the man almost no room to retaliate.
Of course, all of this was based on Mu Sanniang’s monstrous strength.
Her strength was far greater than that of children her age. Coupled with the fact that she might have drunk two bowls of congee during the day, Mu Sanniang herself knew that the strength she exerted tonight was several times greater than usual.
It could only be said that this man had been vigilant and cautious enough.
He just happened to encounter a freak like Mu Sanniang, and with one planning against a surprised opponent, the two successfully counter-killed him without much trouble.
How could his supposedly flawless disguise escape Mu Sanniang’s eyes?
With her small and young body, Mu Sanniang had survived this long not by luck.
And certainly not by the pity of others.
It was no exaggeration to say that, precisely because of her age, there were not a few people who wanted to lay hands on Mu Sanniang.
But in the end, only Mu Sanniang survived.
Under the faint moonlight, the girl wanted to search the corpse, but thinking that the man’s pockets were probably cleaner than her face, she gave up the idea.
She glanced at the boy beside her, her expression hesitant for a moment. She put away the tile and actively moved closer to him.
They stood shoulder to shoulder, neither in a hurry to speak.
After a while, Mu Sanniang suddenly said, “Was I too fierce? Did I scare you?”
Chen An was taken aback, then shook his head. He smiled, “Sister, what are you talking about? If it weren’t for you today, we would have been in trouble.”
Hearing this, Mu Sanniang brought her small face over and rubbed against Chen An’s cheek.
Her small hand gripped his collar, her eyes bright.
“Brother, don’t worry, as long as you don’t leave me and are obedient, I will definitely protect you.”
Her expression seemed a little uneasy as she said this.
Chen An looked at her, thinking of the girl’s experiences, and suddenly understood why she had been so insistent on the word “family” before.
He said no more, only returned a tight hug.
A faint warmth spread across his face.
Chen An looked over and saw Mu Sanniang seriously retracting her tongue, muttering, “Why are you looking? Family needs to kiss every day.”
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The night passed without incident.
When the sun rose as usual the next day, the corner where they had slept for two nights was long gone, and the two of them were nowhere to be found.
Only a thin corpse was gradually being buried by the wind and snow.
Following the direction indicated by the note, Chen An and Mu Sanniang embarked on the road to Yunji Town.
At that time, the Wang family in Liucheng had likely already forgotten this gift they had casually given.
But the gears of fate had begun to turn from this moment on.
(End of this chapter)
