Despite having countless questions in her mind, Lin Qixia ultimately asked none of them, and instead said to him, "Wake everyone up first, and hide."

"Okay," Huo Yanqing replied.

After that, Lin Xiao, He Zhilan, Lin Jiudong, and Lin Yi were all woken up one by one.

"What happened?" Lin Jiudong asked in a trembling voice, looking at the chaos outside.

Lin Yi huddled in He Zhilan's arms, afraid that the bad guys would break in at any moment and take her away.

Lin Xiao and Lin Qixia shared the same idea and were in complete agreement: "We can't stay here any longer. Let's find a place to hide."

"Let's go quickly," Lin Qixia urged.

Afterwards, they left the courtyard with the other members of the Lin family.

"Go and call Shufen and Yunxia to come along," He Zhilan whispered as she passed by Yunxia and Li Shufen's house.

Lin Qixia stopped in her tracks upon hearing this. Just as she was about to say something, Li Shufen's screams rang out from the courtyard ahead: "Let go of my son! Let go of me!"

Zhang Dazhuang also shouted, "Let us go!"

"It's too late," Lin Qixia said to He Zhilan dejectedly.

Looking at the scene in the Zhang family's courtyard, He Zhilan's eyes also reddened. She gritted her teeth and said to Lin Qixia, "Let's go! Let's go see Yunxia and the others."

Clearly, she was still unwilling to accept it.

Lin Xiao did not stop her, and Lin Qixia agreed.

They continued to sneak through the village, their backs bent, but before they reached Yunxia's house, they bumped into someone they knew.

"Sister Xia'er!" Tian Ye'er was very excited when she saw Lin Qixia.

As soon as she spoke, people in the distance immediately turned to look.

The bandits, holding torches, peered over and roared, "Who's there?"