Huo Mingchen looked at the situation outside with an extremely cold gaze: "These people have started to go crazy. I'm going out to beat them up."
"no."
Cheng Shanshan stopped Huo Mingchen.
She knew all too well how ruthless these people were. Although Huo Mingchen was very powerful, he couldn't fight against so many people. It wasn't impossible for the crowd outside to launch an attack and set a trap!
Huo Mingchen understood Cheng Shanshan's concerns and explained, "This time I went out to teach them a lesson, and they won't dare to come again. If we continue to hide, they might resort to some underhanded tricks."
Cheng Shanshan frowned: "Are you afraid they'll set fire to it?" When the rain was still falling, their cave was relatively safe, but now that it has stopped, the people outside can use fire attacks and smoke bombs, which are things they can't avoid.
"yes."
Huo Mingchen had already picked up his weapon: "So, I need to warn you first that I'm not someone to be trifled with."
“Then I’ll go with you.” Cheng Shanshan was determined to go for it, so she picked up the stick next to her and stood in front of Huo Mingchen.
Huo Mingchen disagreed: "I can handle this myself. You just wait." With that, he pushed Cheng Shanshan aside and quickly slipped out.
At that moment, the people outside indeed set up a fire, and when they saw Huo Mingchen, they were all startled.
After all, apart from his physique, everything else about the person in front of him had changed.
When someone recognized him: "Huo Mingchen? Looks like you're having a good time with all those women, you've turned yourself into a gigolo!"
Huo Mingchen wielded the stick, his appearance changed, but the terrifying ferocity he exuded only increased: "Zhang Wang, do you want to die?"
"..."
Zhang Wang's body trembled instinctively.
But thinking about the number of people on his side, and then looking at Huo Mingchen, who was all alone, he suddenly felt more confident: "Living is so much better, who wants to die?"
The people next to him immediately chimed in and swung their sticks: "That's right, just by looking at you, we can tell you've hidden a lot of food inside. Hurry up and take it out and share it with us, or don't blame us for being impolite."
They ate everything they could, and even things they couldn't.
When I'm really hungry, I have this urge to take a bite of anyone with fair and tender skin.
Huo Mingchen glanced at the group of people whose eyes were green with envy, and coldly rebuked them: "There's nothing in here, so get out of here right now."
"Who would believe you!"
Zhang Wang gritted his teeth: "I heard that Cheng Shanshan bought a lot of stuff before, and it's all piled up in there now, right? You three can't possibly finish all that, so why don't you share some with us!"
Huo Mingchen narrowed his eyes slightly: "Where did you learn all this?"
"It's none of your business how we know," Zhang Wang said, giving a wink to the person next to him, who immediately threw the torch he was holding onto the pile of firewood.
Normally, after a heavy rain, damp firewood cannot be lit.
But what they found were branches of pine and bark of birch, both of which contain natural oils and can burn quickly even after being washed by rain.
Seeing this, Huo Mingchen immediately went to put out the fire, but he was surrounded by a group of villagers before he could finish. Zhang Wang even coaxed him, "Actually, Cheng Shanshan isn't that great. Why don't you come with us? I guarantee I can find you a prettier and more docile girl, like her cousin Cheng Wan'er, who's pretty good."
"Cheng Wan'er?"
She didn't die, which explains everything.
At this moment, Huo Mingchen deeply regretted his decision to let "heaven" take her away. He never expected that not only would she be unharmed, but she would also stir up so many troubles among the villagers.
As he was thinking this, he glanced at the people surrounding him, and then, without saying a word, picked up a stick and started hitting them.
Zhang Wang was the first to be hit. He clutched his buttocks and howled, but before he could escape, Huo Mingchen grabbed him and threw him into the fire.
Of course, his purpose was not to throw it in, but to use his body to extinguish the raging flames, and then he repeated the operation one after another.
Zhang Wang became a quintessential tool for forcibly putting out the fire.
The others were all stunned by Huo Mingchen's powerful and astonishing arm strength, and none of them dared to step forward, instead retreating several steps.
The fire was quickly extinguished, and Zhang Wang was burned to a "hairy pig" appearance. His voice was weak and feeble: "Huh... spare me, I'm going to die."
"Shall I choose another one?"
Huo Mingchen glanced at them coldly.
That look immediately scared away a large number of people.
Only a few remained still, simply because their legs were numb.
Zhang Wang really wanted to cry, but it seemed like all the tears inside him had been dried up.
At this moment, Huo Mingchen suddenly threw him to the ground, then looked down at him with contempt: "Tell me what Cheng Wan'er told you, and I'll let you go this time."
"She is..."
Zhang Wang recounted what happened in fits and starts.
It turned out that after the flood swept away the three women, they were rescued by people downstream and then went to hide in the mountains with them.
Cheng Wan'er had previously followed Cheng Shanshan and saw her and Huo Mingchen tinkering in the cave. At the time, she secretly mocked the two of them, saying they wanted to build a private dating spot.
As things suddenly changed and became like this, she started making up all sorts of stories, even telling the villagers that Cheng Shanshan had a large amount of stockpiled goods and items.
That's why these people have repeatedly come to cause trouble.
After listening, Huo Mingchen released Zhang Wang and returned to the cave, where he told Cheng Shanshan everything: "Although I drove them away this time, with Cheng Wan'er around, those people will be mobilized again."
Cheng Shanshan clenched her fists: "Truly, evil lives on forever!" She took a deep breath before continuing, "Brother Huo, I think we can't just sit here and wait to die. We have to take the initiative."
Huo Mingchen smiled slightly: "What a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too."
The two hit it off immediately.
Preparations were quickly made.
However, Bai Shi didn't understand what they were busy with.
At this time, she couldn't express her opinion, so she could only silently do other things. For example, Huo Mingchen's men's clothing was too short for Cheng Shanshan, so she used other clothes to fit him, and it fit him surprisingly well.
Cheng Shanshan exclaimed, "Mom, your cooking is really good!"
Bai said, "I can't do anything else, I can only help you with small things."
"This is no small matter; it's very important." Cheng Shanshan only acted like a soft, cuddly rabbit in front of Bai Shi: "It's really good to have Mother around."
That night, Cheng Lishan checked her inventory and was surprised to find a strange box in the corner.
Inside, there's a key and a notification sound: Congratulations, you've opened a new room.
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