Chapter 105 Someone Climbed Through the Window at Night

We took out the emergency lights, chose a few clean houses to live in, and chose one to make a fire and cook. After a day of fun, we were hungry, so we all worked together to make a sumptuous meal. After we were full, we went to bed in two rooms.

The vines left branches in every room, and the men took turns to keep watch. General Goshawk also joined the watch team.

The darkest time before dawn is also the easiest time to relax.

Ao Chengyi and Duan Jianghe guarded the last section. The goshawk nested on the roof, the generals guarded the corridor, vines climbed on every window, and the rooms were guarded like iron pipes to ensure that no water leaked out.

In the basement of the hotel, the door was opened silently. The general and the hawk opened their eyes at the same time. The vines shook and returned to their original state.

Ao Chengyi raised an eyebrow, "Guard well and wait and see what happens."

Duan Jianghe nodded.

The basement door was quickly and silently closed again. A black figure hunched over and moved around the hotel with familiarity, climbing up to the second floor easily through the window.

In the darkness, I didn't notice the vines growing nearby, so I crawled through the window and found myself in the room where the team cooked. It was very clean inside, with only the lingering fragrance lingering.

The black shadow was disappointed. He looked at the next room, clenched his fists, and made up his mind to fight.

Unexpectedly, before any action was taken, the room was suddenly brightly lit.

The black shadow was shocked and immediately tried to escape through the window.

As he turned around, vines swarmed over, blocking the entire window. The door was suddenly pushed open, and a huge monster rushed in. In an instant, it was stepped on. The sharp claws were on his neck. He could feel the coldness of the claws through his flowing pulse, spreading throughout his body and reaching his heart.

The shadow knew that he was finished.

The large team walked into the room and looked down at the shadow.

This was a skinny, haggard middle-aged man. When he saw them, apart from the initial shock, he felt only dead air, a dead heart as if he had lost all hope. He simply closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said nothing, allowing himself to be beaten and killed.

Ao Chengyi sneered, "Guo Zi, go get some of you and bring the people in the basement up."

The shadow suddenly opened his eyes and, ignoring the sharp claws on his neck, struggled to get up. "If you are angry, come to me. Don't touch them. I just want to steal some food. I don't want to hurt anyone. Let them go. Please let them go."

Blood was flowing from the neck, but the black shadow seemed to feel no pain. His friends ignored him and struggled more and more fiercely.

No matter how hard he tried, the five people in the basement were finally brought out: two elderly people, a middle-aged woman, and two children. This must have been a family of six. They were all so dirty that their original appearance was unrecognizable, and they were so thin that their bones were visible, comparable to African refugees. Their expressions were miserable, and they walked with three breaths, as if they would fall down at any time.

The two elderly people supported each other and walked shakily. A little girl of three or four years old tugged at the middle-aged woman's clothes and followed her step by step. The middle-aged woman was carrying a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old on her back, panting heavily.

The boy was sleeping, his face dark.

The shadow's face was ashen, his eyes bloodshot. "Please, let them go. Just take my life. Please."

When the little girl saw her father, she let go of the woman's hand and staggered over. She was not afraid of the general at all and knelt in front of the man, "Daddy, it hurts, Tongtong, blow on it, it won't hurt." She raised her head, stared at the general with her unusually big eyes on her skinny little face, "Dog, my dad is a good man, please don't hurt him, okay?" She used her little hands like chicken claws to pry off the general's claws.

The four members of the family who reacted turned pale with shock, "Tongtong, come back, Tongtong."

The shadowy man pushed the little girl away, but he was too anxious and didn't control his strength. The little girl was so thin that she was thrown away.

"Tongtong" and the two old people staggered over, but they could not catch up with them in speed. The woman was worried about the child on her back and could only worry.

Lan Shiruo frowned slightly and moved to the side, and the little girl fell on her legs.

Ao Chengyi's handsome face was cold, and he hugged his young wife to examine her.

Lan Shiruo shook her head lightly, "It's okay." The little girl's strength was not enough to hurt her.

"Tongtong, how are you? I'm sorry. Dad didn't mean it. I'm sorry." The man choked.

Tongtong is a strong little girl. She got up by herself and wiped away her tears. "Tongtong doesn't hurt. Tongtong won't cry. Daddy won't cry either. Tongtong doesn't hurt at all."

The two old men rushed over, hugged the little girl and called her their darling.

Lan Shiruo subconsciously hugged the little Lebao in her arms tightly. After becoming a mother, she couldn't bear to see her children suffer.

The woman put the boy down from her back and ran over. The family hugged each other and cried.

Ao Chengyi hugged the mother and son and moved away a little. The smell of these people was so intoxicating.

Little Lebao was woken up by crying. He twisted and turned in his mother's arms and opened his eyes to look around.

Lan Shiruo stuffed the prepared milk powder into the little guy's mouth. The little guy accepted everything and could eat anything. He nestled in his mother's arms, his eyes rolling around, and ate with great relish.

The family cried enough and began to beg again, "Good man, good man, we old couple know that it was wrong for us to steal things, and you have reason to be angry. Please, let my son, daughter-in-law and two children go. We old couple give you our lives, please, they are still young and have a future. We are old and can't help, but are still a burden. If we die, they will feel relieved. Good man, please, take our lives to vent your anger, please."

The old couple kept kowtowed on the ground, and blood came out in the blink of an eye.

The woman had to protect the two children and could not hold the man back. The man could only scream at the general's feet, "Mom and Dad, please don't do this. I was the one who stole the things. It's my right to take my life. You should live well, live well."

The whole family started crying again. Little Lebao stopped eating and tilted his head to look.

Lan Shiruo couldn't stop it, so she could only ask Lebao's father to speak up.

Ao Chengyi raised his eyebrows, his stern face filled with chill, "Shut up, General, let him go."

The general narrowed his purple eyes at the man, loosened his claws, and lay down beside Lan Shiruo's legs.

The man ignored his own injuries and rushed over to help his elderly parents up. He looked at the larger group and said, "I'm sorry. I'm not trying to defend myself, but I'm asking you to please not hurt my family. They deserve my life, but without me, they won't live much longer. To avoid dirtying your hands, let them perish on their own. Please."

Ao Chengyi's expression remained unchanged. "Tell me who you are."

The man was stunned for a moment, and told the truth, "My name is Fang You. They are my parents, my wife and children. My father is a retired teacher, and my mother is a rural woman. My wife and I run this small hotel and we have two lovely children. After the end of the world, our family wanted to find a safe place outside. Unexpectedly, we were robbed not long after we went out. After the family finally saved their lives and returned here, we were penniless and had nothing. In order to survive, I let the elderly and children stay in the basement. I went out during the day to find something to eat nearby, and hid in the basement together at night. In order to avoid being discovered by monsters, I had to make myself dirty and smelly. This place is relatively remote, and there is nothing around. In the end, there was no other way, so we set our sights on the people who came here to spend the night." When he said this, there was a suspicious blush on the man's thin face.

"It's just that not many people stay here overnight, and we don't get much stuff either. We have to be careful, so we get even less. But we've never hurt anyone, nor do we intend to. We just want some food and medicine. My son got sick a few days ago, and I finally waited for someone to come, so I came out here to find some medicine and food from you. I didn't dare to think of anything else. I'm telling the truth."

(End of this chapter)