Chapter 180 Greed
A steady stream of steel-toothed rabbits attacked the man on the ground, and the sounds of painful howling were endless.
Gu Qinfeng and a few others anxiously stepped forward to help drive away the Steel-Tooth Rabbit, but their movements were too slow. Before the sticks could hit the Steel-Tooth Rabbit, the Rabbit had already bit off a large piece of meat.
"Ah, ah!! Brother Gu, kill, kill me! Ah! Brother Gu, I beg you, kill me..." The man on the ground pleaded with Gu Qinfeng in despair.
Gu Qinfeng stood there in a daze, hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, took out the crossbow and aimed at his companion on the ground, but his hand on the trigger was unable to pull the trigger.
Suddenly, a steel-toothed rabbit took advantage of everyone's inattention, jumped up, opened its big mouth and bit the man's neck on the ground.
The man on the ground suddenly felt a pain in his neck and subconsciously raised his scarred hands to cover his neck. Bright red blood gradually seeped out from between his fingers, and soon he was dead.
Perhaps he felt unwilling to be bitten to death by the rabbit. When he died, his eyes were wide open and his mouth was slightly open, as if he wanted to say something, but he never had the chance.
Seeing their companions being bitten to death by the steel-toothed rabbits, with only their remains left, Gu Qinfeng and his companions stood helplessly by the side, with grief-stricken expressions on their faces and bloodshot eyes.
Xia Xiaoman watched the farce in front of him coldly, with a barely perceptible sneer on the corner of his mouth.
Suddenly, Gu Qinfeng turned his head and glared at her, gritting his teeth and said, "It's you! You killed him!" His voice was full of anger and grief, as if he wanted to eat Xia Xiaoman alive.
Xia Xiaoman sneered, "The trap I set was at the indoor door. If you hadn't broken into my house without permission, how could you have fallen into the trap? It's better to say that it was your greed that killed him than to say that I killed him!"
Gu Qinfeng's face turned gloomy, and he said angrily: "Yes, I admit that it was immoral for us to break into your house, but our original intention was just to steal some supplies, and we didn't intend to kill anyone!"
"Is there a difference between stealing supplies and killing people? You don't think you are noble just because you stole some supplies and didn't kill anyone!" Xia Xiaoman said sarcastically.
In this extreme cold, without supplies, what awaits her is freezing to death or starving to death. Supplies are life, and stealing other people's supplies is almost equivalent to killing them. She doesn't think there is anything wrong with her counterattack.
Gu Qinfeng clenched his fists and said, "You're right. Since stealing supplies is no different from killing people, don't blame me!" He raised his crossbow, aimed at Xia Xiaoman and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Xia Xiaoman was prepared. The moment he pulled the trigger, she immediately dodged to the side, while constantly mocking him.
"The crossbow in your hand was copied from mine by old man Luo. If old man Luo knew that the patrol would use this crossbow against his own people, he would rush out with a big knife and chop you, the treacherous and hypocritical villains, to death!"
Gu Qinfeng was so angry at the ridicule that he yelled and asked his companions to follow him. Since the relationship has been torn apart, there is no need to show mercy. Today it is either you die or I live!
Xia Xiaoman was also ready to take out her pistol and kill them one by one. Just as she was about to take out her pistol, a strong light hit them.
"Hey! What are you doing?" A deep voice sounded from behind. Xia Xiaoman immediately put the pistol back into the space and turned to look behind.
Not far behind me, a snowmobile was parked on the side of the road with two soldiers sitting on it. The soldier sitting on the back seat was holding a spotlight in one hand and a pistol in the other.
Seeing that they did not continue the attack, the soldier in the car got out and asked, "What happened just now? Did you guys want to beat someone up or kill someone?" The soldier looked at Gu Qinfeng with sharp eyes.
Gu Qinfeng didn't say anything. The younger brother beside him said, "Brother, this is a personal grudge. This woman killed our brother, and we just want to beat her up to vent our anger." As he spoke, the younger brother pointed to the wreckage not far away.
When the soldier saw the human bones being gnawed by the steel-toothed rabbits on the snow, his brows furrowed into a "川" shape. "Please tell me clearly, what happened? What happened to the corpse?"
The younger brother looked at Gu Qinfeng hesitantly, not knowing whether he should tell him about how they broke into other people's houses and stole supplies.
Xia Xiaoman did not have such concerns and said frankly: "This house is mine. I was out looking for someone just now and these people wanted to take the opportunity to break into my house and steal things."
"Every time I leave home, I set traps in my house to prevent others from emptying it out."
"The person who died was very unlucky and fell into a trap, so he became like this."
The soldier's mouth twitched. "What kind of trap did you set that can turn a living person into a skeleton?"
Xia Xiaoman explained: "I put some powder on the door. If someone breaks in, the sealed bag containing the powder will be separated and the powder inside will be sprinkled on the thief who enters my house."
"These powders are made from the dried internal organs of steel-toothed rabbits. They have a strong fishy smell. When the powder is spread, the steel-toothed rabbits around will smell the smell and actively attack humans."
Xia Xiaoman didn't say anything next, but everyone present saw what happened after being touched by the powder.
The soldier swallowed his saliva and thought to himself that this man was quite ruthless, to be able to think of such a vicious trap of killing someone with a borrowed knife.
"Is what she said true? Do you have anything to add?" Brother Bing looked at Gu Qinfeng and the others.
Gu Qinfeng and the others didn't say anything, and there was nothing to say. Xia Xiaoman's statement of the facts was not false.
Seeing this, the soldier's face darkened instantly. "A few grown men went to a little girl's house to steal supplies. Don't you feel ashamed? I feel ashamed for you. You still have the nerve to embarrass a little girl. Are you worthy of being men?"
After scolding Gu Qinfeng and the others, seeing the remains of corpses on the ground, Brother Bing changed the subject and pointed his spearhead at Xia Xiaoman, "You too, leave them a way out so that we can meet again in the future. It's wrong for them to steal things from your house, but you shouldn't... do it so cruelly."
"Open your eyes and look at yourself. How can you sleep at night if a good person becomes like this?"
Xia Xiaoman glanced at the corpses on the ground. She could sleep, but she couldn't sleep peacefully. There was the steel-toothed rabbit in front of her and Gu Qinfeng's enemies behind her. As long as the wall was not built, she couldn't expect to have a peaceful sleep.
Things like home robbery often happen when natural disasters are frequent, and the soldiers have become accustomed to it.
Xia Xiaoman was acting in self-defense, so a few words of admonition would suffice. Although one of Gu Qinfeng's companions died, it was their own fault, and the death of a companion could not offset their mistakes.
The soldier arrested Gu Qinfeng and others and took them to labor camp. Before leaving, the soldier gave Xia Xiaoman a lecture and told her to take it easy and not to get herself burned.
Xia Xiaoman responded perfunctorily, and after the soldier and his men left, he went home and set a few more identical traps.
The look in Gu Qinfeng's eyes when they left was still imprinted in her mind. Those eyes that wanted to tear her apart, she knew without thinking that they would definitely come back to seek revenge on her. If she didn't set a few more traps, she would really not be able to sleep well at night.
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