The man only saw the little guy inside the door turn around and run away.

He could only urge his companions on.

"Can't you hurry up? It'll be terrible if someone sees us. There are people coming and going here."

"I told you not to rush me, so who's to blame? I originally said we'd wait until dark before we made our move, but you insisted on doing it now."

How can you blame me?

His mother's gone now, why don't you take this opportunity to get the child away? Do you want to be caught red-handed?

The lock in front of him opened, and the man took it off, pushed the door open, and said with a smile,

"Alright, everything is ready."

"Let's hurry. Quickly grab one child."

The two entered the room and quickly closed the door from the inside.

But they found the courtyard to be quiet.

The two were a little surprised; hadn't they just seen a little guy?

The two exchanged a glance, secretly pleased. It seemed the three little ones weren't causing any trouble, which made it easier for them to take them away. If they started crying later, they could just knock them out.

The two rushed into the house and lifted the curtain.

The curtain was opened, but suddenly a bucket of cold water was poured over their heads from the doorway.

The two people were shivering from the cold in the dead of winter; the outside temperature was below -20 degrees Celsius.

Neither of them expected it to be a large bucket full of water.

I don't know who's so despicable; they would never suspect that it was those three kids who did it.

This bucket of water is too much; how could those three little kids, not even five years old, possibly move it?

The two men, their clothes soaked through, spoke angrily, their teeth chattering.

"Who's in the house? Get out here!"

The two men kicked the door open, only to find a little girl standing right in front of them, grinning and showing her teeth.

The two were somewhat suspicious. The little girl was quite cute, but they wondered which member of the family she belonged to.

However, they weren't after the little girl. They heard that Ouyang Zhenyu only had one son, and that's the son they wanted.

The man forced a fake smile.

"Little friend, where is your brother?"

The little girl opposite me flashed a smile, revealing two rows of tiny white teeth, and said...

"Uncle, my brother is in the inner room."

Upon hearing this, the man gave his accomplice a wink.

"You keep an eye on this little girl, I'll go inside and bring that boy out to cover his mouth, then we'll run away as fast as we can."

His companion nodded.

"Oh dear, there's definitely no one else in this room. You didn't even look, there are only three little brats."

What other tricks can they possibly pull?

"Think about it yourself, if there was even an adult in the house, why would that woman lock the door when she left?"

The man nodded, but then suspiciously wrung out the water from his clothes.

"Did the bucket of water just run to the door by itself?"

"No matter what, there are definitely no adults here. Otherwise, you should be careful."

His companions didn't seem to care and instead sat leisurely next to Xiao Guai.

"Little girl, Uncle will sit here with you. Oh my, your family has so much food, including bananas. You must be quite wealthy."

Xiao Guai smiled and took a banana, peeled it, and handed it to the man.

"Uncle, please have a banana."

The man smiled and tried to pat Xiao Guai's head, but Xiao Guai cleverly dodged away.

"Little girl, you are so polite!"

"My aunt and uncle taught me to be polite to guests. You are naturally our guests."

The man took the banana.

He stuffed a big bite of the banana into his mouth; this kind of thing isn't something you can buy with money in the market.

You should know that even in the supply and marketing cooperatives in their remote Northwest region, bananas are unavailable.

You can't buy it even if you queue up at the grocery store; it's a special-supply item.

One stick wasn't enough to quell his anger, and when Xiao Guai handed him another one, the man didn't stand on ceremony and began to eat and drink heartily.

Meanwhile, the man's accomplice carefully lifted the curtain of the inner room.

Peeking cautiously inside, I saw only two little kids sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed).

I don't know what they're doing on the kang (heated brick bed).

They must have been playing a game; the two children immediately turned around when they saw him lift the curtain and come in.

The moment the man saw the boy, his eyes gleamed with excitement. If he could just take the boy away, he would have everything he needed to achieve.

This is 1,000 yuan. The other party said they would give them 1,000 yuan as long as they brought the boy there. These days, 1,000 yuan is an astronomical figure.

Otherwise, the two brothers wouldn't have taken such a risk. The man strode in, but unexpectedly, he had only taken one step when...

He cried out in pain and immediately collapsed to the ground.

The man who was sitting in the living room eating a banana suddenly jumped up and rushed over.

"Old Liu, what's wrong?"

He waved the stick in his hand, only to see Old Liu clutching his foot and groaning in pain on the ground.

Only then did they realize that there was a mousetrap stuck on Old Liu's foot.

This mousetrap shouldn't be called a mousetrap; it's more like an animal trap.

The huge jaws clamped down on Lao Liu's foot tightly.

Blood was streaming from his ankle.

Old Liu's face turned pale with pain.

"Quickly, Fifth Brother, help me pry this clip open."

The fifth brother first looked around the room, then checked under the cabinets and bed, but found no one hiding there. The two little ones were clearly terrified and sat motionless on the bed.

Only then did he feel relieved enough to run over to Old Liu, put the stick on the ground, and forcefully pry open the mousetrap with both hands.

But the rat's house was just too hard.

He tried his best, but he could only pry it open a little bit, which was a drop in the ocean for Lao Liu's ankle.

The fifth brother held the mousetrap firmly and said...

"Old Liu, try to use your strength too, I can't pry this clamp open at all."

Old Liu was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"I can't. If I could use my strength, what would I need you for? Hurry up, my leg is about to break."

Just then, Lao Wu ran out of strength in his hands. With a crack, Lao Liu let out a scream, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The mousetrap nearly snapped Old Liu's ankle in two.

The white bones were already exposed.

The fifth brother was so frightened that he panicked and hurriedly shook the old man.

"Old Liu, Old Liu, wake up."

I didn't mean to, I was just so tired, damn it! Who put that mousetrap?

"Of course I did it."

When Lao Wu heard the sound behind him, he turned around abruptly and saw a little boy swinging a stick at him.

The boy had actually picked up the stick that she had just put on the ground.

Even though he was a little kid under five years old, when that stick hit him, the fifth child felt as if a rock had hit his head.

His vision went black and he collapsed to the ground.

Seven held the stick in his hand, looking at the two unconscious people in front of him.

"She's already passed out, quickly get a rope."

Despite their young age and short limbs, the three of them were surprisingly adept at tying people up with ropes.