Just as the little ones were running for their lives, Ning Huan, holding a torch, seemed to faintly hear some sound.
She held her breath and quieted down completely, then listened carefully to the location of the sound.
Si Mo and Chen Liu ran to a place where the trees were not too dense. The wolf behind them had not been shaken off. When it saw that the two had stopped, it did not rush up.
Instead, he observed Si Mo and the other person from a distance, still uttering a chilling sound.
"Why isn't it coming up?" Simo asked, panting heavily.
Chen Liu frowned and said, "It's afraid of us, afraid that we don't have any weapons that can kill it. Once this thing realizes that we have no offensive capabilities, it will probably rush up and bite us to death."
As he spoke, he gripped the dagger in his hand even tighter.
"Young master, if the wolf charges at you, I'll go up and block it for you. You should run away and hide as soon as possible."
Just as Si Mo was about to say that he couldn't possibly escape alone, several voices came from not far away.
"Run! Run! They're catching up!"
"Ahead! Ahead!"
"There's another one ahead!"
Yang Xiaoshu and his four little ones ended up here by chance, with two wolves chasing after them and another wolf standing in front of them.
The wolf that had been eyeing Si Mo and Chen Liu heard the noise and rushed toward the four little ones, seemingly trying to surround them.
Chen Liu whispered to Si Mo, "Shopkeeper, the wolf's attention has been diverted. Let's take this opportunity and run!"
Si Mo said sternly, "Those voices sound like children. How can we just run away like that? Are they even human?!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Liu remained silent.
The next second, he drew his dagger and ran towards the location of the small balls of flesh.
The three-headed wolf surrounded the four little dumplings and Yang Xiaoshu in the middle, hesitating and still not daring to rush forward, as if it was wary of the fire in their hands.
The four little dumplings were tightly clutching the tinderboxes in their hands, seemingly aware that the wolves were afraid of fire.
But the flickering flames, carried by the wind, told them that the tinderbox was about to go out and they wouldn't last much longer.
Yang Xiaoshu burst into tears of fear, wailing, "Mother, help! Mother!"
Chen Liu ran over from a distance, his dagger flashing in the air. The slicing sound and the sparks made the three-headed wolf dodge in fear.
"Come with me!"
Chen Liu called out to the little ones to follow him, and they seemed to see him as a lifeline.
Sobbing, Yang Xiaoshu said, "Uncle, did you come to save us? I will remember your great kindness for the rest of my life, Uncle!"
However, the wolves seemed to realize that Chen Liu was just trying to scare them. Although they didn't rush up to surround them, they slowly followed Chen Liu's footsteps.
Chen Liu's heart was pounding. He dared not walk with his back to the wolves, for fear that they would pounce on him.
When Chen Liu brought the little ones to Si Mo's side, the wolves also surrounded them.
Si Mo asked calmly, "Manager Chen, wolves are social animals. These three wolves have been following us for so long, and we haven't seen any pack. Perhaps they've gotten separated from the group?"
Chen Liu shook his head: "You never know. What if they are wolves that have come out to scout? If they give a signal, a pack of wolves will follow."
As soon as the words were spoken, a wolf looked up and howled, followed by howls from afar.
Si Mo: "..."
Chen Liu: "..."
The wolf pack's response didn't seem very close. If they could take down these three wolves now, they might still have a chance to escape.
However, it wasn't just Si Mo and Chen Liu who thought this way.
These three wolves probably wanted to take care of them before the alpha wolf arrived.
After a few seconds of tense staring at each other, one of the wolves suddenly charged at Yang Xiaoshu.
Yang Xiaoshu screamed in fright and quickly squatted down, covering his head and not daring to move.
"careful!"
Si Mo reacted instantly, picked up his folding fan and struck at the wolf.
Chen Liu shouted loudly, "Can't you climb trees? Hurry up and climb up the tree!"
The four little ones trained with Ning Huan on a regular basis and developed some strength. Although they couldn't fight wolves, they were more than capable of climbing trees.
But Yang Xiaoshu had just recovered from an illness, and was not only weak, but also couldn't climb trees at all.
He stood under the tree and cried, trying desperately to climb up.
The four little ones reached out to pull Yang Xiaoshu up, but they couldn't reach him at all.
Si Mo turned around and said to Chen Liu, "Manager Chen, you carry that child up the tree, I'll block it for you."
Upon hearing this, Chen Liu exclaimed in surprise, "How can that be! Young Master, you take the child up the tree, I, Chen Liu, will protect you here!"
Si Mo frowned: "Stop talking nonsense, I'm the master, you have to listen to me!"
In a flash, a wolf charged straight at Yang Xiaoshu. Chen Liu didn't have time to refuse Si Mo anymore and instinctively rushed towards Yang Xiaoshu, pulling him up into the tree.
One of the wolves took advantage of Si Mo's distraction while covering for Chen Liu and bit him.
"Young Master!"
Chen Liu heard the sound and shouted anxiously.
Seeing that only Si Mo remained on the ground, the three-headed wolves surrounded him.
Unlike their previous apprehension, they all bared their fangs, ready to rush forward and tear Si Mo to shreds in the next second.
The blood flowing from Si Mo excited them even more.
The four little ones knew that the man below was surrounded by wolves while protecting them, and they cried out in anguish, "Help! Is there anyone who can help us!"
Chen Liu was about to jump down to save the person.
With a "whoosh," a sharpened bamboo stalk flew from afar and pierced the wolf that was leaping up to pounce on Si Mo.
As everyone looked, they saw a woman standing nearby, holding a torch, her hand still in the position she had just used to launch the bamboo arrow.
The two wolves seemed very angry because their companion had been attacked.
It let out a low growl like a wild beast and ran towards Ning Huan.
Ning Huan held the sickle for cutting grass in her hand, staring intently at the two wolves running towards her.
In truth, she had no confidence in dealing with the three wolves, but upon hearing the cries of the four little ones, she couldn't think of anything else. She sharpened the bamboo with her grass-cutting knife and suddenly shot it at the wolf.
During her university years, she was among the top three on the school's shooting team.
With such a sharp weapon, killing a wolf would be more than enough.
As she watched the two wolves charging towards her, Ning Huan recalled what her teacher had told her during her self-defense class: both humans and animals have weaknesses.
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