Hua Xiao was also very frightened. Her whole body was still shaking. Her eyes were staring blankly at one place. Her eye circles were red and she looked like she was about to cry.

Hua Shi looked at his two arms that were swollen from being beaten, then looked at his two younger siblings who were crying loudly, and sighed.

"Okay, stop crying. What's there to cry about? You're really stupid. If you don't run away, are you going to keep cowering and let her beat you? The way she's acting, she'll be lucky if she doesn't beat you to death."

Hua Shi stretched out his hands, pressed down the two men's heads, and pulled them over.

The two men were only about as tall as her waist. They looked up at her with tears in their eyes. Her round head and messy hair really did look a bit like a carrot head.

Hua Li looked at Hua Shi in a daze, obviously startled by her sudden action of pressing her head. He blinked with tears in his eyes and looked at her in a daze.

Hua Xiao lowered her head and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand to wipe back the tears before she raised her hand to knock away the hand that was pressing on her head.

"Just talk, don't touch me!"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Stop crying. You're exhausted from running. Find a place to sit down and rest for a while."

Hua Shi let go of her hand with a helpless tone, and pulled Xiaoying, who had been ignorant the whole time, and sat down on the grass by the roadside.

Hua Xiao and Hua Li also moved over, but their expressions were still uneasy, and their eyes were full of panic and helplessness that could not be concealed.

Hua Li sniffed, raised her hand to wipe all the tears and snot on her sleeve, wiped her dirty face, and asked with sobs,

"So what do we do now?"

Hua Xiao shook her head and subconsciously turned her gaze to Hua Shi.

Hua Shi pulled Hua Ying to sit on the grass, looking forward.

In front of me is a sparse grove of trees. There are such thin and long trees everywhere in Shoushan Village. Maybe it is autumn, and the leaves on the treetops fall from the branches one by one when the wind blows.

Not far away were endless mountains and forests, and endless fields. On the grassy slopes, you could vaguely see white dots dotted among the green, like white sheep...

The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the setting sun embellished the scene. The crimson rays of light spread from the mountaintops, dyeing the entire sky a bright red...

The scenery before my eyes should be extremely beautiful, but there is an unconcealable melancholy in Hua Shi's eyes.

She sighed, "Wait until it's dark, and Nai will have almost calmed down and gone to sleep, then we can sneak back."

Hua Xiao and Hua Li nodded dejectedly. Apart from this, there seemed to be no other way.

Hua Shi retracted his gaze and looked at the two drooping carrot heads. He looked hesitant and asked,

"I haven't asked you yet. What exactly happened? Why did the Xie family's grandmother suddenly ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage? And why is grandma so angry?"

Hua Xiao's body stiffened, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at the flowers...

…