Feeling they'd made their hints clear enough, a smart person would probably produce the stolen items and say, with a high-sounding air, "I know you're upset about losing your things, but I really didn't take those."
To show my humanitarian concern, I've set aside some of my own food rations for you all to get through this difficult time together!
See? He saved face while also earning praise for his righteousness.
Even if these old women still had doubts, they couldn't say anything for the sake of the food.
Ke Yuanruoxi didn't understand at all, and shook her head, saying, "Abao, I'm fine. For you, I can endure any hardship!"
Aunt Hua was furious when she heard that the two of them were showing off their affection.
Without knowing how to control his strength, a cracking sound was heard, followed by Yuan Ruoxi letting out a scream of "Ah!"
The world is quiet!
"Why did you hit me so hard?"
"I didn't use much force!"
"You beat someone until they were screaming? They're probably broken a bone!"
"Sigh, this isn't my fault. I didn't do it on purpose. It's just that this little girl stole our grain and refused to hand it over."
"So what do we do now?"
"Who knows! But I can't go hungry!"
Yuan Ruoxi was sweating profusely from the pain, but listening to these old women discussing food without regard for her, a wounded woman, she became so angry that she started to speak recklessly: "What are you dreaming about? Even if I had some, I wouldn't give it to you bunch of heartless bastards!"
"Oh dear, you haven't had enough of that yet? Well then, I'll show you what I'm capable of!"
Originally, I thought that since the other party was a superhuman, I shouldn't go too far and just let her return the wheat.
But this little girl is so ungrateful.
Aunt Hua didn't hold back and continued pinching Yuan Ruoxi, but she still avoided the left leg that she had accidentally broken with a stick earlier.
Yuan Ruoxi dodged left and right, her leg naturally shuffling on the ground, making her already broken leg even worse.
It felt like a bone was being pierced into my flesh; the pain was unbearable.
Tong Xianbao's eyes were red. Although Yuan Ruoxi was a bit sharp-tongued, you can't treat people like this.
He struggled to break free from the person restraining him, then ran towards Yuan Ruoxi and shoved Aunt Hua away.
"Whatever she did was her own business to handle. Are you trying to disregard the law by resorting to vigilante justice here?"
"If we're talking about disregarding the law, aren't you shameless thieves the ones who came to steal first? You want me to go to jail? You thieves aren't any better!"
"Ha, I know very well that stealing grain is a serious crime these days!"
Tong Xianbao felt a little guilty upon hearing this, but still said, "I've said it eight hundred times, where's the evidence?"
"You bastard, you think you can't do anything to me, huh? Fine, I can't argue with you two anymore, I'm going back to your boss right now!"
After saying that, Aunt Hua left with a group of elderly women.
Yuan Ruoxi was left lying on the ground, crying and laughing at the same time. Tong Xianbao was also heartbroken, wondering how he had ended up with such a troublesome person.
"Abao, I did it! I saved our food!" Yuan Ruoxi said excitedly to Tong Xianbao.
Tong Xianbao sighed, thinking that although she wasn't very bright, at least she was sincere towards him.
He stepped forward and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you alright? This leg..."
Tong Xianbao placed his hand on Yuan Ruoxi's left leg and applied a little force, and Yuan Ruoxi screamed in pain.
"Then, can you still walk?" Tong Xianbao asked hesitantly.
Yuan Ruoxi shook her head, "Probably not!"
"Then you wait here, I'll go find Sun Sainan to carry you." Tong Xianbao said and prepared to leave.
Yuan Ruoxi tugged at his sleeve and asked pitifully, "Can't you carry me on your back?"
Tong Xianbao didn't waste any time and immediately lifted his clothes to show the other person the dark bruises underneath. "I'm injured, and I'm afraid that if I fall while carrying you, it will worsen your leg injury."
Yuan Ruoxi felt a little ashamed and said with red eyes, "I've dragged you into this. Please come back soon, I'm scared to be here alone!"
Tong Xianbao glanced at Yuan Ruoxi, then left.
It's not that he can't carry it, but he's genuinely afraid something might go wrong if he does.
Unlike Sun Sainan, he wasn't physically strong. He worked for the guard team, relying entirely on Yuan Ruoxi's spatial ability to complete his tasks.
He wouldn't care much if Yuan Ruoxi's leg was crippled, but he was afraid the guards would hold a grudge against him.
After Tong Xianbao left, he went in the direction he came from to find Sun Sainan and Lu Nanfang.
However, after walking for a long time, he only saw two backpacks under the peach trees when he arrived at the peach grove.
"Where is she?" Tong Xianbao had completely forgotten about the plan he had made with Lu Nanfang to send Sun Sainan away.
Tong Xianbao was dumbfounded. He hurriedly ran around, calling out, "Old Sun? Nanfang?"
However, no one answered.
At first, Yuan Ruoxi didn't think much of it after the person left, but gradually, with only birdsong, insect chirping, and the rustling of wheat all around, she started imagining wild animals hunting, rapists forcing themselves on women, and human trafficking.
You scared yourself half to death.
They felt they couldn't just sit here and wait to die; they needed to find a safe place as soon as possible.
So, dragging his aching left leg, he limped off in the direction Tong Xianbao had left.
However, she doesn't have a very good sense of direction. She took the wrong turn at the fork in the road.
Then, to make matters worse, he lost his footing and fell into a ditch. He was completely stunned and passed out.
This resulted in no one knowing where she went.
Even after Tong Xianbao searched for more than two hours and finally met Sun Sainan, who had returned empty-handed, he still couldn't find the missing person, Yuan Ruoxi.
Everyone panicked.
Sun Sainan was worried that the other party might have encountered some kind of criminal gang, but Tong Xianbao didn't think that much about it. He just said that a few older women had caused them trouble before, and wondered if they might have taken the person away.
Just as they were about to go back to look for the person, they ran into Li Sikai and his group who had come after hearing the news.
After Tong Xianbao shared his guess with the others, they immediately shook their heads, saying it was impossible.
On the way here, I was stopped by a group of old women who complained about me, and they already knew most of the details.
No one would have expected a space ability user to do something so tasteless, so Li Sikai was thoroughly humiliated by the other party.
Although he already knew what had happened, he still smiled and said he would investigate.
Once it is confirmed that these two individuals committed the wrongdoing, they should apologize and make amends as appropriate; the guard team will not shirk its responsibility.
However, at this time, Li Sikai did not know that Yuan Ruoxi's leg was broken, otherwise he would definitely have changed his story.
As for Aunt Hua and the others, they simply ran into their superiors and couldn't help but vent their frustrations.
As they talked, he remembered that he had broken Yuan Ruoxi's bone, and feeling a little guilty, he deliberately concealed it.
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