Chapter 64 You want me to be your father?

It was summer, but the mountain nights were very cold, so cold that it made you shiver.

Before I knew it, it was dawn.

At the cave entrance, seven or eight men threw the dead bandit into a dug pit, covered the blood on the ground with withered leaves, and left silently.

Lin Anyuan wiped the blood off his face with his clothes. In the morning light, his face was as handsome as a ghost.

"Village chief, once the sun comes out, let everyone pack up and go down the mountain."

The village chief, still shaken from his sprained ankle, trembled as he leaned on his crutch, somewhat dazed. "Lin Anyuan, what exactly happened? These bandits..."

How did they suddenly start fighting? And all the bandits from Snake Village are dead?

Are they safe? They don't have to go up the mountain to be bandits anymore?

"Yesterday, the bandits from Snake Village ran into another group of bandits. The two groups killed each other, and I learned that their goal was to kill and rob all the villages in Min County. A few heroes and I rushed up the mountain to find everyone."

As Lin Anyuan spoke, he glanced at Ye Wan in the corner.

Ye Wan was applying spiritual spring water to Er Ya's face, worried that the wound might get infected because the cave was in such a mess.

Last night, she hid her three children in a crevice, with leaves and flowers blocking the opening. All three children were fine and not frightened.

"Thanks to you, otherwise our entire village would have died like in Heping County."

No sooner had the village chief finished speaking than a piercing cry rang out.

"Mother, wake up, Mother!"

An obese girl was lying on the ground, shaking a woman of similar size incessantly.

Zhang Erniu's family members whispered to her, "Lamei, don't cry. Your mother has passed away. Please accept our condolences."

"Why didn't you save my mother? You're all alive and well, how come my mother died!"

Wax Plum cried and made a scene, refusing to give in.

A woman spoke up impatiently, "What are you shouting for? It wasn't just your mother who died; many men were injured too! Who told her to run towards the bandits? The rest of your family are alive and well!"

After being scolded, Lamei dared not cry loudly and instead cried in a low voice.

Lamei's mother was unlucky; don't blame her for being too clever and trying to run towards the cave entrance, only to be killed by bandits.

"Big sister, are you alright?"

"Sister-in-law Hua... are you alright?"

Ye Wan and Wang Ming's voices rang out at the same time.

Seeing Ye Wan looking over, Wang Ming immediately lowered his head, looking uncomfortable.

Ye Hua remained calm. "It's alright. We hid in a dark place where no one could see us. How is your grandmother?"

Wang Ming didn't dare look at her, and said with his head down, "My grandmother is old, and she may have been frightened, so she has a fever."

"It's good that no one is injured. Let's go to the village and get a doctor to take a look."

Wang Hu came over with a simple, honest smile. He pulled Ye Hua aside and said, "Hua'er, are you alright? I asked you to hide at my place last night, but you wouldn't come. There were too many people behind me, so I didn't see you."

Ye Hua avoided him, and he glanced at her without saying a word.

Ye Wan got angry just looking at this guy and didn't even give him a second glance.

Wang Hu's face darkened for a moment, then he lowered his head and went back to the villagers of Wangjia Village.

Seeing this, Wang Ming also quickly left.

Ye Hua carried Sanya and didn't go to Wangjia Village for the time being.

"Ye Hua, Ye Wan, you two brats, come and check on your brother right now!"

Old Lady Qian screamed in the cave.

Ye Wan frowned. There were too many people last night, and she didn't even see that these two troublemakers were also in the cave.

Ye Yaozu lay on the ground, clutching his leg and groaning in pain.

Seeing that it was just the mother and daughter, Ye Hua asked, "Mother, where's Xianglan?"

"Xianglan is doing embroidery at Zhang Fu's house, not in the village! She'll be fine!"

Old Mrs. Qian pointed at Ye Wan and Ye Hua, "You two heartless bastards, you didn't even know how to protect your old mother and Yao Zu, you unfilial things, why didn't you let the bandits kill you last night?"

"Why didn't you let the bandits kill you? It seems those bandits are blind too!" Ye Wan said coldly.

If it weren't for her and Lin Anyuan, the mother and son would have been dead long ago, yet they still dare to point their fingers at her and curse her.

Old Mrs. Qian was stunned for a moment, then slapped her thigh and cried out, "You wretched girl, I've raised you for nothing! If I had known you would be so heartless, I should have strangled you when you were born!"

Ye Wan scoffed, "Then why don't you just strangle me! You've already sold me out, I have nothing to do with you!"

"You brat, even if I sold you out, I'm still your mother! What kind of medicine did you put on that good-for-nothing? You put it on your brother's leg!" Old Mrs. Qian stared at the bamboo tube in Ye Wan's hand.

Her son's arm is just healed, but his leg absolutely cannot be ruined.

"Serves you right! I didn't bring any medicine, it's just water!" Ye Wan said, then drank the rest in one gulp.

Old Mrs. Qian was thirsty and wanted to drink, but before she could even say anything, Ye Wan drank it, making her angry and cursing.

Ye Yaozu saw that Lin Anyuan was also there, and kept his head down the whole time, not daring to say a word.

He saw Lin Anyuan kill someone last night! Just like chopping vegetables and cutting melons! It was terrifying.

"The sun is out, let's all go down the mountain!"

The village chiefs of the three villages shouted, and everyone organized to go down the mountain.

The village chief arranged for the dead and the injured, who were unable to move, to be carried away. Fortunately, the cave was large enough to accommodate so many people.

"Someone help me! My son Yaozu has injured his leg and can't walk!"

Old Lady Qian called for help for a long time, but no one was willing to help. In the end, she spent one hundred coins to hire two young men from the same village to carry Ye Yaozu down the mountain.

The road down the mountain was more difficult than the road up. When they reached the foot of the mountain, many people wept with joy, while others cried out in anguish.

In any case, most people are doing well.

Everyone rushed back to their homes. Many houses in the village had been vandalized, but after some cleaning, they were still habitable.

Another village suffered a worse fate, as it clashed with another group of bandits and several houses were burned down.

"Fortunately, our house is a detached house with its own yard, and no bandits have come. Our house is still fine."

Er Ya was delighted to see that no bandits had entered her yard. She pushed open the gate, realizing that they hadn't even locked it when they left.

"Mom, where are the chickens? Where are our chicks?!"

I only brought a bag of food when I went up the mountain; I definitely couldn't bring the chickens.

"I'm hiding in the back. You hurry back inside and check how badly you're hurt."

Ye Wan used an excuse to send the three maids and Lin Anyuan away, went around to the back of the house, and took out a chicken from her spatial storage.

"Mom, you're so smart! All our chickens are perfectly fine!"

Hearing the rooster crow, Er Ya happily spoke up.

The livestock of other households in the village were not spared either; they were all slaughtered and taken away. However, the bandits did not get away with it either; they could take the animals home and eat the meat, so it wasn't too much of a loss for them.

"Are you injured?"

Ye Wan saw that Lin Anyuan had rolled up his sleeves, and there was blood on his wrist.

"It's just some minor scratches." Lin Anyuan took off his tattered outer clothes, leaving only his inner garment, and washed the blood off his hands.

"The water in your yard isn't clean. Even a scrape is still a wound. Be careful not to let the wound get infected."

Ye Wan hurriedly went into the kitchen, scooped up some clean water, and mixed it with some spiritual spring water for him to wash.

Lin Anyuan glanced at her, washed his hands and face with clean water, and rubbed the bloodstains on his arms little by little.

"Where are the people you brought last night?"

Ye Wan looked at him, and Lin Anyuan understood what she was asking.

"We've gone up Snake Mountain." Lin Anyuan lowered his eyes, a small shadow beneath his thick eyelashes. "The bandits of Snake Village are all dead. They have nowhere to live, so there won't be any bandits on Snake Mountain anymore."

Ye Wan looked at him intently, as if she were seeing him all over again. "Lin Anyuan, how come I never noticed how saintly you were before?"

Despite the villagers' attitude towards him, Lin Anyuan still saved everyone without holding a grudge.

"Holy Father?"

Lin Anyuan took a moment to understand those two words, and his expression cracked for a split second.

"You want me to be your dad?"