Chapter 92 Want to Live
An unpleasant voice rang out, and Fan Xiaoxiao was startled. She looked up and realized that Madam Ye was standing right in front of her.
"You're still alive!"
This was truly wonderful news! The small cloud that had just gathered in Fan Xiaoxiao's heart immediately dissipated. She struggled to stand up, but suddenly, Madam Ye abruptly turned her head towards the boulder and forcefully pushed Fan Xiaoxiao away.
"You!" Fan Xiaoxiao was startled, thinking that Boss Ye had lost his mind. But then, with a whoosh, an arrow pierced between the two of them, its fletching still trembling slightly.
"!!!" Having escaped death once again, Fan Xiaoxiao stared at the arrow and instinctively looked towards the other side. It was that man named Tu Ban!
Where is he/she?
"Huh?" Fan Xiaoxiao was still a little confused and looked at Ye Niangzi with a blank expression.
The other person frowned, and asked again, somewhat impatiently, "Where is the archer?"
She then realized what was happening and quickly stood up, saying, "Straight ahead, approximately..." Fan Xiaoxiao paused slightly, converting the approximate distance into this way of speaking.
"About two *yin* (one *yin* is ten *zhang*, and one *zhang* was about three meters in the Zhou Dynasty) away!"
Lady Ye nodded, and in a flash, she headed towards the opposite side.
However, Tu Ban on the other side was extremely cunning. As soon as Ye Niangzi disappeared, he immediately hid behind the nearest rock. Fan Xiaoxiao frowned, knowing that the other party was taking advantage of Ye Niangzi's inability to see. She shouted in that direction, fearing that Ye Niangzi might accidentally fall into the other party's ambush.
"Don't go over there! He's hiding!"
Just as Fan Xiaoxiao's guess was confirmed, rustling sounds came from between the boulders, as if people were everywhere. But Madam Ye's steps did not stop at all; on the contrary, she moved even faster.
This action left Fan Xiaoxiao bewildered. She could only run out a little, her eyes fixed on the middle of the stones, trying her best to figure out where Tu Ban had gone for Ye Niangzi.
"Come back!" Startled by Fan Xiaoxiao's actions, Xiaoyu waved her hands frantically, shouting for Fan Xiaoxiao to return quickly. Unbeknownst to them, in the shadows, a gleaming arrow was aimed directly at them.
"Whoosh"
An arrow shot straight from the shadows towards Xiaoyu. Fan Xiaoxiao was startled and instinctively turned around. A soft "plop" was heard, and drops of blood dripped to the ground.
"You...why..." Xiaoyu's voice trembled slightly. She looked at the person blocking her way in disbelief. They...they had only just met, hadn't they? Why?
Fan Xiaoxiao struggled to stay upright, unsure how to answer the child's question; her actions had been entirely instinctive. Fortunately, the arrow had only pierced her shoulder and hadn't caused fatal damage.
"Quickly retreat." After struggling to utter these words, she hurriedly led Xiaoyu back to the cave entrance.
At that moment, the person in the shadows emerged. Holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, it was none other than Qin Tiedan, the one who had captured Fan Xiaoxiao and the others!
Fan Xiaoxiao frowned, realizing this was a trap. It seemed the other side had deliberately lured Ye Niangzi away before sending reinforcements to deal with these defenseless weaklings.
She gritted her teeth, protecting Xiaoyu behind her as she retreated. Her eyes kept glancing towards the boulder. "Boss Ye! Come back and save us! We're going to die!"
Qin Tiedan seemed to see through her thoughts and sneered, "If you're still waiting for that little wench to come back and save you, I advise you to give up on that idea! Actually, we should thank you. The falling boulder has provided us with shelter. You've outsmarted yourselves."
After saying that, he nocked an arrow and shot it at Fan Xiaoxiao and the others.
"Whoosh!" The arrow landed right at Fan Xiaoxiao's feet, very close.
"Oops, missed?" Qin Tiedan shook his head with feigned regret, then nocked another arrow. He licked his lips with his scarlet tongue and grinned maliciously, "This time, I won't miss."
Fan Xiaoxiao's heart clenched, but her feet continued to retreat uncontrollably.
"Crack!" Her heel suddenly bumped into something, making a sound. She looked down shakily.
Firecracker! Who dropped that firecracker?! A surge of joy filled her heart. She patted Xiaoyu's hand protectively, gesturing for her to look at the ground, then looked up at Qin Tiedan herself.
Hey! Big guy!
Seeing that Fan Xiaoxiao had stopped moving and was even trying to talk to him, Qin Tiedan was slightly taken aback. He then frowned and continued to aim his bow at them.
"Big guy! You don't really think we have no other options, do you?!"
Qin Tiedan's hand paused slightly, then he let out a cold snort: "Pretentious."
Seeing that he wasn't falling for her trick, Fan Xiaoxiao's heart pounded. Just then, she suddenly felt Xiaoyu tap her back – it was a firecracker! Fan Xiaoxiao's heart calmed down slightly. She gritted her teeth, then suddenly looked towards the boulder, waving her hands and shouting, "Boss Ye!!! You're back! There's someone to your right! Save us!"
Qin Tiedan was shocked. Impossible! How could that woman have escaped his older brother and the others! But his instincts kicked in, and he turned around. Fan Xiaoxiao's eyes snapped to the side. Now!
When Qin Tiedan glanced at his empty back, he immediately realized that he had been tricked!
But it was too late. With a "snap," something ignited. Then, a bamboo tube was thrown at his feet. He looked down and saw it was that strange firecracker!
"Bang!" A loud explosion followed, and Qin Tiedan let out a pig-like scream, his bow and arrow falling to the ground. His leg was mangled beyond recognition, and the flying dust stung his eyes, causing him to writhe on the ground in agony, clutching his leg. Fan Xiaoxiao didn't give him a chance to react. She pulled out Tieji's dagger from behind her back, and without hesitation, gritting her teeth and enduring the pain of the arrow wound, she rushed forward and plunged the dagger deep into Qin Tiedan's heart!
The sudden, intense pain caused Qin Tiedan's body to convulse. Fan Xiaoxiao, not daring to be careless, pulled out her dagger and stabbed him several more times. Warm liquid splashed onto her body and face.
"It's over! He's dead! He's dead!!!" Xiaoyu rushed over, grabbed Fan Xiaoxiao and pulled her back, shouting at her repeatedly.
Fan Xiaoxiao was startled awake. The dagger in her hand clattered to the ground. Not daring to hesitate any longer, she quickly took Xiaoyu back to the vicinity of the cave.
At this moment, two or three more bandits sprang out from the boulder. Almost the instant they emerged, they saw Qin Tiedan lying on the ground.
"Tiedan really came here by himself! Huh? He! He's dead!!!"
"They killed Tie Dan!!!"
"Charge!!! Kill them!! Avenge Tie Dan!!!"
They went inside and discovered Qin Tiedan's dead body. Shouting, they rushed towards the two people in front of the cave.
Fan Xiaoxiao's face drained of all color; she was now truly unarmed. Resigned, she closed her eyes, while Xiaoyu turned to stare into the cave.
"Grandpa!"
"Whoosh!"
(End of this chapter)
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