Ah Liang wasn't actually against the suggestion, but he felt something was off. When he saw the other person, he felt uneasy, as if something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

While lost in thought, Yun Zhe considered how to deal with this hot potato in his hands.

At this moment, Wood's thoughts resurfaced in Yun Zhe's mind: "Damn it, your lord has been kidnapped, and you didn't even send anyone out to look for him?! These scoundrels, if I get back safely this time, I'll definitely punish them properly. What do you mean by not having the right to one's virginity? I'll make sure they have it, and I won't let a single one of them get away with it!"

Yun Zhe rubbed his temples, suddenly feeling an urge to kill the fat man behind him.

Suddenly, the sound of small branches breaking reached Yun Zhe's ears. One sound, then two, came from both sides of the road. The sounds were far away and faint, but Yun Zhe could still tell that two humanoid creatures were rapidly approaching from either side of the road.

Yun Zhe glanced at Wood behind him; he was so sleepy he was about to fall asleep, completely unaware of his surroundings.

Yun Zhe continued to examine carefully, and indeed there were only two, one on each side of the road. They stopped! No, they just slowed down. The one on the left climbed a tree, while the one on the right was still slowly approaching. Judging from the sounds, they were only twenty or thirty meters away!

The person on the right suddenly stopped, and then birdsong rang out. The birdsong was actually made by the two people. After a while of chirping, the person on the right slowly approached Yun Zhe again.

Yun Zhe slowed his pace, pondering how to deal with the two men. Just then, the man on the right stopped about fifteen meters away. He paused only briefly before continuing his slow approach towards Yun Zhe.

Yun Zhe continued walking slowly forward, and then he heard the sound of a bow being drawn on his left and the sound of a crossbow being cocked on his right.

Yun Zhe looked at both sides of the road and roughly located the two people, but the shadows of the trees were too deep to see where they were at all.

One step, two steps, three steps, Yun Zhe walked slower and slower, getting closer and closer, and could even hear the pounding heart of the person on his right.

Ten meters.

Two arrows, gleaming silver, shot straight at Yun Zhe, followed immediately by a second arrow from the tree that pierced the air and struck Wood on horseback, and then a third arrow...

The person in the tree fired three arrows in quick succession; that's quite a skill.

However, Yun Zhe was prepared. He turned around and dodged two arrows. He then kicked the horse, and as the horse turned, one arrow only hit Wood's buttocks. The last one was blocked by Yun Zhe with a wave of his sleeve.

"Ah ...

The two men were quite surprised by Yun Zhe's actions and were momentarily stunned. Yun Zhe, however, showed no mercy, suddenly rushing to the right and taking down one of them in one gulp. The man on the left quickly jumped down from the tree and ran back, but it was no use; Yun Zhe was faster. Before the man could run two steps, Yun Zhe was already behind him and accurately took him down as well.

Yun Zhe wiped his mouth, then drew his sword and slashed twice at the bite marks on the two men, before slapping Wood awake, who had fainted from the pain.

Wood lay sprawled on the horse's back, tears and snot streaming down his face from the pain, whimpering in agony.

Yun Zhe had no choice but to pull the two of them in front of Wood. The sight of the two in such a terrible state made Wood gasp and hurriedly turn his head away.

"Look, look, isn't this someone you know?" Yun Zhe patted Wood's head lightly.

Wood slowly turned his head and saw two familiar faces. These two were hunters, very skilled; his second brother would always take them hunting every year…

Second brother...

Yun Zhe immediately understood Wood's thoughts, since Wood's mind was completely transparent to Yun Zhe at this moment.

But he still had to put on an act. Yun Zhe patted Wood's face and said, "Speak up, do you recognize me?"

"I know them, I know these two people," Wood managed to utter, then fell completely silent, seemingly forgetting the pain in his buttocks.