Hua Xiao choked with tears, and through her tearful eyes, she clearly saw her second brother's expressionless face.

That gloomy and tense face was so pale that it was frightening...

Hua Xiao was so excited that her whole body trembled. She suddenly burst out with a huge force, pushed Hua Yu who was blocking her way away, and ran towards the open gate.

"Brother! I'm sorry!"

Hua Xiaocai ran out of the yard and whimpered without looking back.

Hua Li, who was busy crying, was so shocked when she saw this scene that she forgot to sob. She blinked her tearful eyes and stared blankly as Hua Xiao just ran away.

Hua Yu closed his eyes, twisted his neck, and took a deep breath.

"Second brother...?" Hua Xiao asked in a trembling voice.

Hua Yu tilted her head and glanced at him.

Hua Li shrank his neck and fell silent.

Where can I go?

What a clever and good sister he is, she even knew to look for someone at this time...

There is no way.

Hua Yu scolded Hua Li and told him to go back to the house and not to come out until he was called.

Hua Li's eyes welled up with tears again because of the yelling.

Everyone who knows him well knows that Hua Li is a person who likes to cry easily. Although he looks brave, he is actually very timid and easily influenced. Most of the time, when others say something in a harsh voice, he will be scared and do something timidly.

Although he knew clearly that his second brother was up to something, he could only cry and shed tears, not daring to resist.

After Hua Li returned to the house crying, Hua Yu walked towards the small kitchen.

“Click.”

The iron chain was pulled open by someone from the outside.

Hua Shi had been listening to the sounds outside with his ears perked up. In the blink of an eye, he saw Hua Yu suddenly appearing outside the door.

The young man walked inside against the light.

Hua Shi looked up warily.

Then I heard Hua Yu's emotionless voice: "Your good sister ran out to find someone for you. There's nothing I can do. I originally wanted to send you off tomorrow, but now I have to send you off early."

Somehow, his words were tinged with regret. But those cold, dark eyes were terrifying to look at.

Hua Shi's vigilant gaze did not move away. She quickly looked Hua Yu up and down. After making sure that he had nothing on him, she calmly moved the root of her tongue, which had softened a little.

"Hua...Yu?!"

Hua Shi suddenly spoke.

Hua Yu paused as he walked over, blinked, tilted his head, looked at the sky which was turning a little gray, and uttered a soft "ah": "It seems the effect of the medicine has worn off..."

As he spoke, without pausing, he bent down, grabbed Hua Shi, who was lying on the ground, with both hands, and with a little force, pulled her up.

The strength is somewhat surprising...

Hua Shi stared, and was pulled up by him.

Hua Yu frowned.

He seemed to feel that her bound feet were too heavy and difficult for her to move, so he squatted down and untied the ropes that bound her feet.

As the rope loosened, Hua Shi's legs, which had been pressed for too long, went limp and she almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the boy held her hand tightly and did not let go, and pulled her up again.

"Okay, let's go." Hua Yu said.

He was about to pull her out of the courtyard...

As soon as Hua Shi stepped out of the kitchen door, he gave a strong push and ran two steps towards the main hall, shouting, "Eleven! Xiao Hei!!"

These words lingered in her mouth for a long time, waiting for her lips and tongue to recover so that she could shout them out quickly.

This sound almost permeated the entire courtyard...

"Eleven! ...Hei-kun!"

Hua Shi shouted sharply and hurriedly twice.

Last night, when the three little black dogs came back from the mountains, they brought back two dead adult roe deer.

Normally, if there was a good harvest the day before, White Fox and Little Black would not go into the mountains the next day, but would stay in the house and wait obediently for her to cook and eat the prey she brought back yesterday.

So, Hua Shi, who was familiar with this habit, knew that Xiao Hei and the other three were staying quietly in the house, and probably lay on her kang, waiting for her to come back...

After her tongue recovered and she was able to speak, Hua Shi kept waiting, originally thinking that he would call her quietly later when it was dark and quiet.

Now, being taken out to the yard, if I don't shout, I'll have no chance...

Hua Yu is such a bastard!

“Mmm…”

Hua Yu didn't expect Hua Shi to suddenly rush out two steps and shout towards the yard. When he came to his senses, he rushed over without thinking, and held Hua Shi down, covering his mouth tightly with his hands as he was about to shout again.

I want to struggle when I spend time.

But it was obvious that the effects of the medicine in the body had not completely dissipated, and the little strength he put in struggling was of no use at all.

With her mouth blocked, she could hardly breathe out. She could only feel her chest pounding violently and her eardrums vibrating...

“Bang!”

The sound of the door being slammed open came from...

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