"Is she your daughter?" Aunt Liu exclaimed in surprise. The next second, a pair of hands covered her mouth.

Zhou Chunhua nodded firmly.

Furthermore, if she wasn't mistaken, the "man who had served in the army" that Aunt Liu had just mentioned was very likely Old Chen.

Based on this speculation, who else could Old Chen and Lu Ming want to take away besides Nini?

"Aunt Liu! Please, help me!" Zhou Chunhua's eyes were sore and her vision was blurring uncontrollably.

Aunt Liu shook her head and gently closed the door beside her.

"It's not that I don't want to help you! It's just that even if I take you to your uncle's house, you can't possibly take her away!"

“Let’s give it a try! How will we know if we don’t try?” Zhou Chunhua said firmly.

As long as it's Nini, she'll risk her life to fight her way out and get Nini out of here.

"She was so young when she was abducted. I've been looking for her for so many years, and now that I've finally found her, how could I possibly abandon her?"

"Aunt Liu, please help me! Let's escape together!"

As she finished speaking, Aunt Liu's eyes turned deathly still: "Escape? I don't want to escape!"

Aunt Liu suddenly laughed: "All these years, what has kept me alive is their lives! I want them dead! All of them dead!"

What a pity! What a pity I can't get out of here! If I could, I'd make sure they were thoroughly and completely dead, beyond any hope of escape!

Looking at Aunt Liu, whose expression was somewhat deranged, Zhou Chunhua felt a deep empathy and heartache. The hatred in one's eyes couldn't be faked unless it was something truly experienced.

What the criminal did was utterly inhuman! Even being slowly sliced ​​to death wouldn't be enough to vent his anger!

Aunt Liu suddenly grabbed her shoulder and said, "There's another way! I'll take you into the mountains when it gets dark. If you're lucky, you might run into Lu Ming and the others."

No! You must find them! Otherwise, you might die in the mountains. So, go find him! He definitely knows how to get out of these deep mountains alive..."

"I'm not leaving!" Zhou Chunhua interrupted before Aunt Liu could finish speaking, "I'm going to find my daughter and take her with me."

"Don't be silly!" Aunt Liu shook her head frantically. "You have no chance of seeing her! Here's what you do: you go first and see what you can use as a marker. I'll try to tell her to go into the mountains and follow the markers to find you."

Only in this way can you and your daughter possibly leave here alive! Even if your daughter doesn't have a chance to escape, as long as you escape, you can call for help from the outside world! Then, you and your daughter can see each other alive!

"No!" Zhou Chunhua still refused.

“Okay…” she said calmly, “Tell me the direction Nini is in, and I’ll go find her myself.”

"Why...why are you so stubborn?"

"Because I am her mother! If even I am afraid of death and only think about running away, then what am I here for? How can I be worthy of her calling me 'Mom'!"

"Sigh!" Aunt Liu sighed, "Alright, let's give it a try!"

After saying that, Aunt Liu rolled up her sleeves, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

Zhou Chunhua looked at Aunt Liu with a puzzled expression.

At this moment, Aunt Liu, with her eyes closed and taking deep breaths, seemed to be making a major decision.

The next second, she suddenly opened her eyes and said, "Come on."

Before she finished speaking, she turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

Zhou Chunhua quickly followed.

However, as they followed, they discovered that Aunt Liu had turned around and gone up the stairs.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she felt a sudden emptiness.

In her nervousness, she couldn't help but reach into her pocket.

After taking out her flashlight, she quickly followed Aunt Liu.

This thing has a very short reach; it only works when you're close to it.

In the blink of an eye, she followed Aunt Liu to the second floor.

Aunt Liu didn't even glance at her before walking towards one side of the second floor.

Later, she followed Aunt Liu into a room on the second floor.

It was a storage room, filled with all sorts of random things.

Aunt Liu suddenly bent down and picked something up from the ground.

Zhou Chunhua squinted and looked, and what she saw was... a knife!

It's the kind of knife used for chopping wood, with a blade about the length of a forearm and very thick.

However, the blade was polished so brightly that it looked like it was sharpened regularly.

After getting the knife, Aunt Liu turned around, walked past her, and went back the way she came.

Zhou Chunhua quickly followed.

After leaving the room, she followed Aunt Liu to the other side of the corridor.

The courtyard is actually not very big; it's shaped like an inverted L.

On the longer side, there are three rooms.

The shorter end is a room.

The place they just went to was a room at the very end of this side of the building.

At this moment, she had followed Aunt Liu to the door of the room on the shorter side.

The door wasn't closed, and there was light inside.

Aunt Liu strode into the door with her head held high, and then she heard Huang Er's voice coming from inside.

"Are you done?" he asked.

“Jiabao is still working,” Aunt Liu replied.

Then they heard footsteps coming from inside, heading their way.

"What's wrong with him? Is she really that difficult just because she's a woman? This kid, has he fallen for her? Useless bastard! He can't even walk past a pretty woman?"

Aunt Liu turned her head and winked at her, then stood under the lintel of the door leading to the inner room.

Zhou Chunhua quickly understood and lay down against the wall next to her.

She leaned against the wall, listening to the footsteps inside getting closer and closer.

Then the footsteps stopped beside her.

"What are you doing carrying a knife in the middle of the night? Could it be that that useless idiot didn't do it, and now I have to go?" Huang Er sneered, "Like father, like son. No matter how good the seed, it's useless! Give me the knife!"

Zhou Chunhua glanced sideways and saw a hand reaching out towards Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu's face was devoid of its usual smile; now it was long and expressionless.

Just as Zhou Chunhua was confused, Aunt Liu's lips suddenly curled up, and the next second, she suddenly raised the knife in her hand and lunged at Huang Er.

With a muffled thud as the two fell to the ground, a loud crash followed.

It was obvious that it was Aunt Liu's knife that struck the ground.

"You damned woman! You've gone mad!" With Huang Er's angry roar, Aunt Liu let out a shrill wail.

The next second, a butt appeared in Zhou Chunhua's field of vision.

Those pants... belong to Huang Er!

Just as she gripped the flashlight and was about to make a move, she saw Huang Er dragging Aunt Liu by the hair and backing towards her.

Huang Er grabbed Aunt Liu's hair with one hand and clenched his fist with the other, slamming it into Aunt Liu's face with a bang.

For a fleeting moment, she seemed to see Aunt Liu's face dented from being punched.

Zhou Chunhua flicked the safety pin, pressed the switch, and thrust it towards Huang Er's buttocks.

In an instant, the crackling sound of electricity filled the air.

Huang Er turned his head and stared at her with wide eyes.

His mouth opened and closed repeatedly, but no sound came out.

Zhou Chunhua turned off the flashlight and kicked Huang Er to the ground.

Only after confirming that Huang Er had released Liu's hair did she press the switch again and hold the flashlight to Huang Er's chest...