"Stop right there!"

Seeing Zhao Ergou about to run away, Li Si was about to chase after him when Xiu'er instinctively grabbed him.

She didn't know why, but instinctively she didn't want Li Si to know about Zhao Ergou's existence.

"Xiuer, do you know him?"

"I...I don't know him, Brother Li Si, let's go home." Xiu'er shook her head frantically, hurriedly pulling Li Si along, and headed home.

Her mind was in turmoil. How could Zhao Ergou be here? She had assumed he was dead. After all, when Zhao Dayou returned from town, she heard he was covered in wounds and barely made it to the village entrance before he was too weak to go on his way, only managing to send a message through sheer willpower.

Moreover, even someone as powerful as Mo Bei went there and never returned, so she assumed that the town at that time must have been a living hell.

She knew Zhao Ergou's true capabilities better than anyone; there was no way he could have escaped from that situation.

Moreover, they had such a difficult journey south with a large group of villagers. How did Zhao Ergou survive and get here?

Even more strangely, how did he find himself? This series of questions remained unanswered.

"Brother Li Si, what brings you here?" Li Rouniang hurriedly went up to Xiu'er and Li Si as they entered the room one after the other.

“Xiuer was kidnapped outside, so I brought her back,” Li Si said.

"Xiuer, are you alright? Who is it? Why are they kidnapping you?" Li Rouniang suddenly remembered Xiuer telling her that someone had been secretly following her for the past few days.

Fearing this person had been following Xiu'er for more than just a day or two, she felt a surge of fear and quickly said to Li Si, "Brother Li Si, Xiu'er told me these past few days that she always felt someone was watching her. I went grocery shopping with her a few times and didn't notice anything unusual, so I relaxed. I didn't expect this person to show up today!"

This wasn't a coincidence; she did it premeditatedly.

Li Si frowned upon hearing this. He had originally thought it was just an accident, but he never expected it to be a premeditated scheme.

“This can’t be left unresolved. Are you sure you don’t recognize him? He ran too fast just now, and I didn’t get a good look at his face. Can you describe what he looks like to me? That way, I can tell my colleagues in the yamen to keep an eye out when they’re patrolling the streets. If we find him, we must catch him.” Li Si said earnestly.

He felt inexplicably nervous, without even realizing it himself.

"Brother Li, I was so nervous at the time. My mind is a mess right now, and I can't remember some things. Let me think about it carefully, and I'll come find you when I remember, okay?" Xiu'er said nervously.

Li Si could only comfort her, saying, "Alright, Xiu'er, then you should rest well. Come find me again when you remember. Also, try not to go out alone in the future. Stay with Rou Niang, since there will be more people to look after you. If you go out alone, never take the side streets. Always walk in crowded places."

"I understand, Brother Li, thank you."

Li Si then waved and left. Li Rouniang quickly looked her up and down: "Xiuer, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

"Rou Niang, Rou Niang~" Xiu'er held Rou Niang's hand, her hands trembling uncontrollably, and tears streamed down her face.

"Xiuer, what's wrong? Did the other person get hurt somewhere? Tell me quickly, don't make me worry." Li Rouniang was anxious and carefully observed Xiuer, afraid that she was really injured somewhere.

"No, Rou Niang, that person is Zhao Er Gou," Xiu'er said, holding Li Rou Niang and suppressing her fear.

Li Rouniang was stunned, never expecting to hear Zhao Ergou's name again. She exclaimed in surprise, "Impossible! How could Zhao Ergou be here? Wasn't he in town? Wasn't he already—"

"I don't know either. I don't understand anything. He pulled me over there, and my mind was a mess. Then Brother Li came over, and he ran away."

"What should I do about Rou Niang? He won't let me go; he'll come looking for me again," Xiu'er said anxiously.

"Didn't you tell Li Si about this?" Li Rouniang asked.

"I...I didn't, I don't know why, I don't know how to say it." Xiu'er was flustered. She didn't know why, but she instinctively didn't want Li Si to know about Zhao Ergou's existence.

Perhaps it was because she cared too much about Li Si, or perhaps she didn't want Li Si to know that her ex-boyfriend was such a disgusting person.

"Xiuer, this is no small matter. You can't be careless. There are old people and young children in the family. If Zhao Ergou barges in, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"How about this, I'll go with you. Let's go find the clan chief first and find out what's going on. Zhao Ergou probably knew you were here through someone he knew. If he comes back, he'll definitely look for the clan chief. After all, he's wandering around alone, without any roots or occupation, so there's no way he could find us," Li Rouniang said carefully, analyzing the situation.

Xiu'er nodded quickly, and the two closed the shop and hurriedly returned to Zhao Family Village. They found Zhao Youtian and said, "Clan Chief, Zhao Ergou is back, did you know?"

Zhao Youtian nodded: "Yes, Zhao Ergou is back. It's my fault for not notifying you immediately. When Ergou came back, things were terrible. He was skin and bones from hunger. He stayed in the village for more than ten days before he regained his strength. He told me that the town was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. He was also thrown into the pile of dead bodies like a corpse, but he was lucky enough to survive and crawled out of the pile of corpses."

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