Li Zhuzi felt a little guilty.

"Hua'er, it's not that Daddy doesn't want to, it's just that there's nothing else he can do. Think about it, the village chief and the others have been separated from us for such a long time. Even if we go after them empty-handed, we might not be able to catch up, not to mention we have to carry a corpse on our backs."

"Besides, the weather is so hot now. What if your mother's body stinks on the road? Do you want to stay with a stinking corpse all the way?"

Li Huaer lowered her head and said nothing.

It took a long while before he spoke.

"So what do you think we should do now? We can't just leave my mother to die in the wilderness, right?"

Li Zhuzi opened his mouth, wanting to say what else he could do besides leaving the body exposed in the wilderness. But he swallowed the words back.

"Dad doesn't want to do this either, but there's nothing we can do now. We have to find a way to survive. We can't let our lives end just for your mother's body, right?"

Li Zhuzi's words were not very clear, but Li Huaer understood the implication.

As a father, I don't intend to take care of my mother anymore.

After taking a look at the woman's body, Li Huaer suddenly felt a sense of sadness.

If it were me lying here now, I guess my father would give up on me without hesitation.

It was a pity for them, a couple, that they ended up with their bodies exposed in the wilderness!

"Hua'er? Hua'er? Are you listening to what Dad is saying?"

Li Huaer didn't answer.

Seeing this, Li Zhuzi spoke again.

"Hua'er, if you think your mother is lonely with her body exposed in the wilderness, then you should stay here with her. Your father hasn't lived enough, so I won't stay here with you and your mother."

After Li Zhuzi finished speaking, he stood up and ran away.

Li Huaer was so angry when she saw Li Zhuzi fleeing in a hurry.

Although my mother's death may not be related to my father, they are husband and wife.

It is said that a husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace after being married for a day, but now it seems to be just like that.

Li Huaer was a woman with no strength and no tools. She could not carry her own mother's body or dig a grave to bury it. In desperation, she had to drag the woman's body into the bushes and then picked some branches to cover it.

"Mom, don't blame me. I have no choice. I also need to survive. Don't worry, wait until this hurdle is over! Your daughter will find a chance to come back and take your body back. Rest here first."

After muttering to herself, Li Huaer returned the way she came.

If I had known that this road was as dangerous as Lin Jiuyue said, I should not have chosen this road.

But how did Lin Jiuyue know this road was dangerous? Did she have the ability to predict the future? No, that was impossible! If she really had the ability to predict the future, she wouldn't have followed everyone else to escape the famine!

But if she didn't have the ability to predict the future, how could she know that this road was dangerous? Besides, she had been walking with Lin Jiuyue for so long, and when she was with them, she really hadn't encountered any major danger.

Even if they encountered them, they were easily dealt with.

If I had chosen to go with them at that time, my mother would not have died and the others would not have been caught.

It was all Lin Jiuyue's fault. If it weren't for her, the village chief wouldn't have suggested letting everyone choose a route, and he wouldn't have chosen this route just to take a shortcut!

If she had told me that there were so many bandits gathering on this road, I would never have chosen this road!

Li Huaer didn't think about her own problems at all, but instead blamed all the mistakes on Lin Jiuyue.

People are always like this. When something happens, the first thing they think of is not to look for the reasons in themselves, but to blame others.

Some people go even further, knowing they are to blame, yet still find a scapegoat. Li Huaer is a typical example.

Lin Jiuyue didn't know that she was hated by someone without anyone noticing, and this person was Li Huaer, who seemed to have nothing to do with her.

After briefly dealing with the woman's affairs, Li Huaer tiredly hurried in the direction where Lin Jiuyue and the others were going.

I didn't stop along the way until it was dark, and then I saw a figure on the side of the road.

With the previous experience, Li Huaer became more careful and approached the people on the roadside quietly. After making sure that there was only one person, she saw clearly that the person was actually her own cold and cold father.

"Hua'er? Hua'er! You're here. Come, come and sit here."

Li Zhuzi acted as if nothing had happened and asked Li Huaer to sit by the fire.

Li Huaer didn't say anything and just sat down.

After what happened to her biological mother, Li Huaer's good impression of her biological father disappeared, and she even felt a little disgusted.

"Hua'er, why aren't you saying anything? Are you still blaming Dad?"

Li Huaer still didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Li Zhuzi put on a pitiful look.

"Hua'er, don't blame Dad. I have no choice. If I had any other ideas, I wouldn't let your mother's body be exposed in the wilderness. You said your mother is gone, and we who are still alive still have to live, right?"

"yes!"

When Li Zhuzi heard Li Huaer's reply, he thought his daughter had finally figured it out and was extremely happy.

But before he could be happy for two minutes, Li Huaer shattered Li Zhuzi's good mood.

"Yes, you're right. The living have to find a way to survive. My mother is dead, and it doesn't matter if you don't care about her body! But what about me? Am I dead too?"

"No! I'm not dead, your daughter, me, Li Huaer! A living person, in your eyes, is also someone you can abandon at any time!"

"Dad, am I not your daughter?"

Li Zhuzi opened his mouth.

"Hua'er, wasn't Dad too scared at that time? I just wanted to find the village chief and the others first, without thinking too much. Can you please forgive Dad? Dad promises that this kind of thing will never happen again. Please believe Dad..."

Li Huaer curled her lips into a sneer.

"Oh, believe you? Believe what?"

"Dad, do you take me for a fool?"

Li Zhuzi felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"Oh, I guessed it right? You have nothing to say?"

Li Zhuzi said guiltily.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Is Dad that kind of person in your mind?"

"yes!"

Li Huaer admitted it without waiting for Li Zhuzi to finish speaking.

"Now that we're out of the bandits' sight, do you think I'm useful again? Have you figured out how much food you want to exchange for me? Or do you just want to see how much blood you can suck from me?"

Li Huaer's family didn't have much food before, relying entirely on the help of Li Huaer's "lapdogs." They had a pretty good life along the way. At least they didn't starve to death.

Now Li Zhuzi wanted to rely on his daughter to get food for himself, so he spoke to Li Huaer in a gentle tone.