Dead or alive?

At the same time, several large ships were drifting in the Jiaohai waters of Liaohai City. A dozen men and women, dripping wet and shivering, climbed onto the ships from the sea.

A dark, square-faced man was cursing. "Damn you, you bunch of losers! You let a woman sneak onto the boat without even noticing! That's bad enough, but you even let her jump into the sea with her belongings. The seven or eight guys went after her, and you just stood there watching?"

"It was Seventh Brother and Eighth Sister who asked us to stay on the boat." A young man with a flat head muttered softly.

What a bunch of good-for-nothings! Square Face was furious, for his men and for the failure of this mission. "Damn it! Those young fools have burned and smashed things over the years, ruining so many treasures!

We can ship the goods out properly and make some money. Why do those soldiers have to interfere? Oh, it's okay for them to destroy the goods, but it's not okay for us to transport them. What's the problem? Also, why do those soldiers think the corpse is theirs? What if it's our corpse?"

He had a basis for this statement. If Old Seven and Old Eight were still alive, they would have contacted them long ago. Now that they couldn't be contacted, they were probably dead...

It's not much money, is it? Those foreigners are clearly just trying to take advantage of the situation. They're scrambling to offer up dead bodies as sacrifices. It seems they've never seen anything good before... The young man with the flat head who had just whispered back thought to himself as he wrung out the water from his clothes.

"Second brother, what's in the bag this time? Why do the higher-ups take it so seriously?" A pretty woman asked cautiously.

"There seems to be some kind of Buddha statue? The old man is a Buddhist, so he must have something useful for it. Things won't disappear out of thin air. Even if it's hidden deep down, we'll dig deep to find it..." The square-faced second brother softened his tone to the fourth sister.

"That wasn't us. It should be the man and woman who jumped into the sea with us. They were indeed very similar in size to us." Gu Xixi recalled.

"After we intercepted their stuff, they kept chasing us." Gu Xixi looked at the big black bag in Lu Jiamu's hand. The things in this black bag seemed to be very valuable in 2023. Jiamu took out a random item in the antique shop and asked someone to help look at it, and then he was targeted and insisted to buy it...

So, Xiao Gu Zhiqing and the others were truly not dead! Cheng Zhenzhu felt relieved. Being alive was good; nothing else mattered compared to life or death.

"Little Gu Zhiqing, I know you must have a lot of questions right now. But time is tight, and I'm not sure if I can contact you next time, so I'll keep this short.

Comrade Dawei and I took Jianxian and Siqi back from Zhao Dagui's home. They are doing well. The army has now confirmed your deaths. What are your plans?

Hearing the news about the children, Gu Xixi excitedly grabbed Lu Jiamu's arm. These days, what she wanted to know most was about the two children.

Knowing that his child was safe, Lu Jiamu finally felt relieved. Although he had more doubts in his heart, he also knew that now was not the time to answer questions.

"Our current strange situation is truly equivalent to death. Although we have protected a batch of cultural relics, we feel guilty towards our two children. Sister-in-law Cheng, if possible, I hope you can help us keep this secret from the two children and have Dawei conceal this news from the army."

"What happens after we keep it secret?"

This... Lu Jiamu and Gu Xixi were both silent. Yeah, what would happen if they kept it a secret? Now they were the only ones left with the two children, but they couldn't go back and protect them.

"Little Gu Zhiqing, Comrade Lu, if you agree, I would like to take the two children to Sanshi Island temporarily." Cheng Zhenzhu said.

Sister Cheng already has four children. How could she trouble Sister Cheng again? Gu Xixi instinctively felt that this was wrong.

Lu Jiamu felt the same way. He was already grateful to Cheng Saozi for helping raise Xiao An, and he felt ashamed to ask her to help raise his two children.

Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the two of them and felt a little repelled by the space. She quickly said, "I think I'm about to leave. Little Gu Zhiqing, if you have anything important to say, please tell me quickly."

"Sister-in-law Cheng, there is a password box in the Caoshi Army's house. The password is 707. There is some money in it. Take it. I'll leave the two children in your care." Gu Xixi said decisively.

If she were to ask who she trusted most in that era, it would definitely be Sister Cheng. Apart from Sister Cheng, she had no other choice.

Seeing this, Lu Jiamu no longer hesitated, "Sister-in-law Cheng, I explained some things in the letter to Dawei. Dawei is a trustworthy person. Tell him about our situation and then take the children back to Sanshi Island. He will help you take care of the rest. If possible, I hope Sister-in-law Cheng can help me remind the people in the army to be careful of the eye on their arm..."

Cheng Zhenzhu was halfway through her words when she felt herself being ejected. Comrade Lu's last words about being careful with something on one's arm, was he referring to eyes? Tears? Or something else?

"Cobra." Lu Jiamu finished his words, but there was no response. The connection was cut off again. He didn't know if Sister Cheng heard him, nor did he know if he would be able to contact her again next time...

"Sister-in-law Cheng left again." Gu Xixi frowned. She actually had a lot more to say.

She was too willful. Even though Jiamu said the mission was dangerous, she still took her two children and ran to Liaohai City. Later, she handed the children over to a woman who didn't know her own limits. Fortunately, the two children are fine. When she and Jiamu jumped into the sea, she really, really regretted it, but it was too late...

Lu Jiamu hugged his wife tightly and said, "The child is fine. You can have a good sleep today. Let's continue to find a way to get back tomorrow."

"Yeah." Gu Xixi nodded gently. The child was fine, which was really the most gratifying thing at the moment. She was really glad that it was Sister Cheng who was with the child at this time...

After a moment of darkness, Cheng Zhenzhu opened her eyes with a swish, and then felt a soft ball curled up under her armpit.

The little one had already fallen asleep, stripped off his cotton-padded jacket and trousers, now wearing a small vest and cuddling up to his blanket, sound asleep. He didn't know what he was dreaming about, but he had a sweet smile on his face.

Cheng Zhenzhu tapped the little one's chubby face, then stood up and wrapped Xiao San Tiao tightly in the quilt. The other little kids who were playing looked over, their eyes sparkling.

"Shhhhhh!" Cheng Zhenzhu put her index finger to her lips, telling them to continue playing. Then she took out a piece of paper and wrote seven words.