Liu Zi quietly walked to the door, listened intently, knocked three times, paused for a moment, then knocked twice more, repeating this twice before opening the door.
This was something Ma Shan had agreed upon with him before he left, in case people from the village came over.
"Big Brother." As soon as the door opened, Wang Sanbao and Ma Shan quickly came in. Ma Shan even looked outside and saw nothing unusual.
The situation outside was pretty much as he had imagined. The villagers were all focused on finding someone, and when they encountered someone, he would turn his face away and pretend that he was also looking for someone, without arousing anyone's suspicion.
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“I found a small path, and we’ll be able to get out of here soon.” They had walked along many small paths and found that most of them were occupied, but there were one or two particularly secluded ones that were left unattended.
"Big brother, a kid has run away," Liu Zi said guiltily.
"What did you say?" Ma Shan's eyes widened as if he wanted to devour Liu Zi.
Liu Zi was frightened by his glare and shrank back, not daring to speak.
"waste!"
Ma Shan pushed open the door and saw that there were only four children inside.
Wang Sanbao followed behind him, glanced inside, and almost choked on his breath. "That brat Fu Man'er ran away?"
"Of all these children, why did it have to be him who ran away?" Wang Sanbao shouted angrily. "How could you be so careless as to let her get away?"
What was the point of all this? Wasn't it to send that brat away, far away? Now that she's escaped, what does that mean?
It was one thing for Liu Zi to be scolded by Ma Shan normally, but now a weakling dared to yell at him. Liu Zi was about to talk back with a dark face when Ma Shan impatiently shouted.
“Speak up, how do you judge people?”
She's just a little girl, and her hands are tied. Where could she possibly run off to?
Since the incident had already occurred, Liu Zi naturally tried his best to shift the blame onto others, blaming Lu Sheng for this and Fu Man'er for that, in short, that the person running away was just an accident.
Ma Shan was utterly exasperated. He knew Liu Zi better than anyone. "Have you searched the house and the yard? Did he really run away?"
He still couldn't quite believe that a little girl could run away right under the adults' noses.
Seeing that he didn't believe him, Liu Zi led them to search again. When they finally found the broken straw rope behind the woodshed, Ma Shan finally believed that Fu Man'er had run away.
He suddenly remembered the figure he had seen on the way back. Wang Sanbao said it was a stray cat, probably Fu Man'er.
Damn it, if he had just glanced at it a little longer, maybe, maybe...
"Big brother?" Liu Zi cautiously observed Ma Shan's expression. "What should we do now?"
If that girl runs out and tells the villagers, their current location will be exposed. If they don't leave soon, the villagers will likely come looking for them.
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Masan understood this, but he was unwilling to accept it. Was the cooked duck going to fly away like this?
"It's all because of you, you piece of trash." Ma Shan finally couldn't hold back and punched Liu Zi in the face. The force was so great that blood flowed from the corner of Liu Zi's mouth.
"Me, a piece of trash? How dare you call me that? If you hadn't been so greedy, we would have just grabbed that fat baby and left. It was you who insisted on taking all five of us, which is why we're still stuck in the village."
Liu Zi also harbored resentment. Even if he had done something wrong, so what? It was still Ma Shan who was at fault first.
If it weren't for the wrong timing, Mashan would have wanted to give Liu Zi a good beating to see if his head contained shit or urine.
"Go to the house and bring a child over. Let's go," Ma Shan instructed Liu Zi.
He had just looked over the low wall and realized that if he jumped down, he could reach the path they were on without having to risk being discovered by the villagers and having to go around from the front.
"Why take the child?" Hearing that they were leaving, Wang Sanbao breathed a sigh of relief. With these two people not at his house, things would be much easier. But then he heard that they were taking the child with them. Fu Man'er had already run away, so why take the child?
“Yeah, brother, why bring the kid along? It’s too much trouble and will delay our escape.” Liu Zi shared the same question.
Stupid! Stupid! Masan couldn't find anything else to describe Rokuko besides stupid.
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"Just take him, stop talking nonsense and go!" Ma Shan really didn't want to explain anything more to this idiot.
Liu Zi had no choice but to go, but Wang Sanbao stopped him, saying, "Brother Mashan, you should just run now. Why are you taking the child with you?"
Just like Liu Zi said, it's troublesome for two people to run so fast while also taking care of a child.
"What if I don't bring a child with me and get caught by your villagers?" Ma Shan smiled sinisterly, making Wang Sanbao's hair stand on end.
He understood that Ma Shan wanted this child as a talisman, and would use the child to threaten the villagers into not taking action if necessary.
"What? You won't let me?" Ma Shan looked at him threateningly. Wang Sanbao let go of his hand and said with a forced smile, "I'll let you, of course I'll let you. Just bring the oldest girl."
Anyway, Lu Sheng's father is gone, and his mother doesn't care. Even if he's been arrested, it won't make much difference.
"Then take her with you. It was that brat who caused all this trouble." Liu Zi was still angry with Lu Sheng, so he decided to bring the girl along. Once they escaped, he would give her a good beating and then sell her to a brothel.
Ma Shan looked at Wang Sanbao with a puzzled expression. "Why bring the biggest one?" Based on his past experience, the boy was the most important.
“The older one is more sensible, and he won’t be a burden to you.” Wang Sanbao had a sudden inspiration and came up with an excuse.
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At this moment, Ma Shan was only thinking about having a talisman and didn't care much about whether it was a man or a woman. He nimbly climbed up the wall and waited for Liu Zi to bring the person over so they could immediately climb over.
When Liu Zi arrived at the door of the woodshed, he found that the door was closed and he couldn't push it open. It seemed that someone had locked the door from the inside.
"When I catch you, I'll teach you a lesson." Liu Zi cursed, took two steps back, and prepared to kick the door open with all his might.
Before he could even stick his foot out, he heard the door bang open, but it wasn't the woodshed door that opened; it was the main gate to the courtyard.
Xu Genshan led the group to break down the door and immediately saw unfamiliar faces in the courtyard. "Patricksters."
Liu Zi realized what was happening and tried to run away, but he was no match for the crowd. The villagers swarmed forward and grabbed him without giving him a chance to catch his breath.
"Another one jumped over the wall from behind and ran away." Someone with sharp eyes saw Ma Shan jump over the wall, so the remaining people either jumped over the wall or ran over from the outside to chase after him.
With so many people in the village, there was no worry about not being able to catch up, so Xu Genshan and his group didn't follow them.
When Xu Yi brought Fu Man'er over, the door to the woodshed had just opened. Lu Sheng had crawled over and bolted the door while they were behind them, otherwise she would have been taken away.
"Quickly, get the doctor here. These children are still unconscious."
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The moment the adults who had lost their children held them in their arms, they could no longer hold back their tears. The feeling of having lost and found their children left them speechless.
"Sister Lu Sheng." As soon as Fu Man'er saw Lu Sheng, tears streamed down her face.
The other children were being held by their relatives, but Lu Sheng was all alone. She leaned weakly against the wall, and when she saw Fu Man'er coming over, she managed a weak smile. "It's alright. We're all alright now."
For some reason, the words "It's alright" made Fu Man'er's nose sting even more.
The village doctor arrived quickly, examined the children one by one, and said that since they had been drugged, it was nothing serious. He performed acupuncture, and the children would wake up soon.
There might be a period when he feels weak, but that's okay. He prescribed some medicine, which he brewed and gave to the child.
"Doctor, please take a good look at my daughter. She was drugged twice. Is she really alright?" Xu Genshan was still worried and called the doctor over again. Other children were given acupuncture and medicine, but his daughter didn't seem to have any problems.
"It's really nothing. Look at your daughter, isn't she much better than these other kids? Don't worry, if there were anything wrong, I could see it." After much persuasion from the doctor, Xu Genshan finally gave up.
However, he still felt uneasy and decided to take Man'er to town to check things out tomorrow.
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