Chapter 79 079 The Dog Wakes Up

Qin Feng entered the courtyard half an hour after the two men were beaten. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Ma Dahua pulled him into the house.

"What are you doing? It's broad daylight, this is such a bad influence!"

He didn't say anything, but his hands were busy. He casually touched Ma Dahua's hand, and his sly smile made Ma Dahua roll her eyes several times.

"Go away, I'm talking to you about serious matters."

"What did you say? Tell me, I'm listening."

Ma Dahua whispered mysteriously in Qin Feng's ear about how Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Ye had been beaten.

Qin Feng's lips twitched as he looked at Ma Dahua in disbelief. "Xiao Xiao is lost again? No way?"

Is it really that stupid?

Ma Dahua sighed and said worriedly, "What do you think will happen to this child in the future? Will she still be able to get married? Everyone in our village knows that she has been lost twice. If all else fails, should we ask my second son to look for her in the city?"

Qin Feng narrowed his eyes. "Let's talk about it later. The child is still young. Qin Ye, on the other hand, should probably find someone to date."

Ma Dahua nodded. "It's time to start dating. If we wait any longer, we won't be able to find a good girl. But let me make this clear: if this daughter-in-law treats Xiaoxiao badly, I won't allow it. Even if we're going to find someone, we'll find someone who treats Xiaoxiao well."

Qin Feng nodded with a smile, "That's right, we have to find a sister-in-law who is good to Xiao Xiao, otherwise what if she bullies Xiao Xiao in the future?"

My wife really cares about my niece. Since you're so good to Xiaoxiao, why don't you just take her in and raise her as your daughter?

Ma Dahua rolled her eyes at Qin Feng. "Do you think I don't want to? I'm just thinking that the third son's family only has one daughter, and they need her to carry on the family line. Otherwise, I would definitely adopt her as my daughter."

After dinner, Qin Feng looked at Qin Ye with a gloating expression.

"Got beaten? Serves you right!"

Qin Ye: "..."

I knew he wasn't his biological son. How could his biological father say he "deserved" to be beaten?

Ma Dahua smiled and glanced at her son, then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with affection.

"Xiaoxiao, does your arm still hurt? Apply some more medicated wine later. Take the rest back and use it for a few more days. Don't be stingy with it."

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled and nodded, "Okay, I know. I was just about to tell Grandma that I don't have any more medicinal wine on me, so I'll take this one from home."

Grandma Qin glared at Qin Xiaoxiao with annoyance, "Take it, give her a lot, toughen her up so she can withstand more blows next time."

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly put down her bowl and hugged the old lady's arm. "No, Grandma, I already said I won't do it again. I'll never make you angry again. Whatever you say goes."

Grandma Qin snorted coldly, "You said the same thing last time."

Mrs. Qin made it clear she didn't believe him, and Qin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to give up after a few words of coaxing. She then turned to coaxing Qin Ye, preparing to ask him to take the blame again next time.

Qin Xiaoxiao was extremely busy during the meal, serving food to Old Mrs. Qin, pouring wine for Qin Aiguo, and serving rice to Qin Ye. Qin Feng and Ma Dahua also ate quite a bit of the food she served. It wasn't until the end of the dinner that Qin Xiaoxiao finally finished the last bite of her meal under the glare of Old Mrs. Qin.

Ma Dahua cleared the table away, and Qin Xiaoxiao then clung to Qin Feng again.

"Grandpa, how's Qin Gouzi? Has his fever gone down? Has he woken up? Did he say who brought him up the mountain?"

Qin Feng glared at Qin Xiaoxiao, annoyed. "You still dare to talk back? Let me tell you, this is a one-time thing. If there's a next time, see how I deal with you."

Qin Xiaoxiao begged for mercy repeatedly, and Qin Feng didn't say anything more. He then explained Qin Gouzi's condition.

"The person has woken up, but the fever hasn't completely subsided. They need to stay at the medical center for the night to see if the fever is still there by midnight. If not, they'll need to be given another pill. If the fever is still there by tomorrow morning, they'll need to be sent to the hospital."

The police also arrived. According to Gouzi, an old woman he didn't know tricked him into going up the mountain. Later, a man came out, covered his face with a handkerchief, and then he disappeared.

When he woke up, he was in a cave with his mouth gagged and his hands and feet tied, so he couldn't shout.

Qin Laoliu said that it gets cool in the mountains late at night, and if you get scared, it will catch fire.

The traffickers probably abandoned him because he had such a high fever and they didn't want to take him along as a burden.

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded, "That should be it. They want the dog to fend for itself."

Qin Ye chimed in, "If no one had discovered that cave, Gouzi might have really died. If he had died in the cave for months and no one had found him, his remains might have been carried away by wolves. In that case, there would be no way to prove his death, and we wouldn't be able to find him even if we wanted to."

The Qin family fell silent, feeling that these human traffickers were incredibly heartless. How could they bear to leave a ten-year-old child alone in the mountains?

Qin Xiaoxiao said, "What's this? Sometimes death is happier than life. Haven't you seen those children in later generations whose legs were broken and who were made into deformed children to beg? They were normal children before, but they became like that after they were in the hands of human traffickers."

Living like that is worse than being dead!

Seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao was about to leave, Qin Feng suddenly said, "Xiaoxiao, you know a bit about Gouzi's parents' situation, so don't expect them to come and thank you. Don't hold a grudge against Gouzi because of this. That kid is sensible; he'll remember your kindness."

Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hand, "It's no big deal, just something I did on the spur of the moment. If you have time, tell Gouzi not to take it to heart, and to live a good life from now on, to make something of himself, and to show those who bullied him that Gouzi is better than anyone else, and to make them regret it."

Marrying a stepmother and having your biological father turn into a scumbag father is normal.

She had long since become indifferent to family ties. She was just lucky to have been born into the Qin family. Otherwise, she would have been even more ruthless. She could have completely ignored what happened to Gouzi today and let him die in the cave, since it had nothing to do with her anyway.

She was just that indifferent; she could completely disregard life, since human life was the least valuable thing in the apocalypse, and she was used to it.

But since her uncle was the captain, if the dog really died, her uncle would definitely be implicated and wouldn't even deserve a scolding. That's why she risked her life to take action.

Back at the educated youth compound, Qin Xiaoxiao didn't turn on the lights, sitting alone in the darkness looking towards the mountains.

Getting lost twice in the mountains forced her to confront her situation.

She has several more years to go here, and if she wants to have a better life in the future, going up the mountain to find local products is inevitable. She can't ask Qin Ye to come with her every time she goes up the mountain, can she?

There are so many good things on the mountain. For those things, she must rise up and not rely on Qin Ye any longer.

With that in mind, Qin Xiaoxiao set an alarm in her spatial dimension and went to sleep fully clothed.

In the middle of the night, the alarm clock rang loudly in the room. Qin Xiaoxiao rolled over and got up, stepping out of the door.

After carefully leaving the educated youth compound, Qin Xiaoxiao ran wildly towards Mao'er Mountain.

(End of this chapter)