The child looked at Lin Yuxin warily for a long time before nodding. However, he still did not trust these people. They all carried knives and had fierce expressions. They did not look like good people at first glance.

So he was still very wary of them.

Lin Yuxin saw through his guard and did not force it, so she asked Xueying to let him go. She finally had someone by her side, and if he ran away again, how could she find clues?

The moment the child was released, he immediately jumped several meters away and looked at them warily from a distance.

Lin Yuxin was not in a hurry. Instead, she asked Wang Yu to take out the steamed bun soup and put it on an empty table. Then she waved her hand and asked everyone else to step aside.

He took a few steps back before saying:

"Eat! When you're done, we can talk."

The child looked at Lin Yuxin, then at the steamed buns on the table and swallowed. He had been hungry for days and came out to eat today because he couldn't stand it anymore.

As a result, we met this group of people of unknown origin, but... they had food!

The child hesitated again, but still couldn't resist the temptation of food, and immediately looked at Xueying and others vigilantly, and walked towards them cautiously. Seeing that they didn't move, he suddenly grabbed the steamed bun and gobbled it up.

He was choking and uncomfortable but he didn't stop.

Lin Yuxin was helpless and could only say softly:

"Eat slowly and drink some water. If it's not enough, we still have some."

The child ignored him and continued to eat voraciously. He finished a steamed bun in two bites, and then picked up another one and started eating.

Seeing that her persuasion had no effect, Lin Yuxin did not say anything and just waited quietly for him to finish eating.

The child was full and had one steamed bun left. He picked up the bun and hid it in his arms. He looked at Lin Yuxin and the others, then turned around and tried to run away. However, Xueying flashed and blocked the door, grabbing the back of his collar, so he did not run away.

"You can't run away. We just want to ask some questions. We won't do anything to you."

Lin Yuxin raised her eyebrows and said lightly.

She really didn't expect that this child would want to run away after eating and drinking enough. How ungrateful! !

The child looked at Lin Yuxin warily. He knew that these people would listen to this beautiful young lady, so he locked onto Lin Yuxin directly.

The child hesitated for a moment, then realized that he couldn't escape, so he nodded in despair.

"Okay, let's sit down and talk!"

Seeing that he was not struggling, Lin Yuxin thought that he had figured it out, so she said calmly.

Then he walked to the table where the steamed buns were placed, which was the only intact table in the entire lobby. He pulled a stool, dusted it off, sat down, and then looked at the child.

Xueying immediately let go of the child's collar and stood at the door, blocking his way out.

After the child stood firmly, he watched her movements, but did not go over. Instead, he defensively found a corner of the wall a little away from them and squatted down, looking up at Lin Yuxin.

Lin Yuxin had no choice but to follow him. She asked calmly:

"Tell me, how do we get back from here? What happened? Where are the people here?"

The child sat there for a while before he spoke:

"I said, can you give me some more food?"

Lin Yuxin raised her eyebrows and nodded in agreement:

"Yes, as long as what you say is useful, I can give you food."

Seeing that she agreed, the child slowly spoke:

"My name is Gouzi. A month ago, my mother wanted to take my younger brother to seek shelter outside. She said that if it didn't rain, all the crops in the fields would die, and the food on the street was very expensive. We couldn't afford it. There was no more food in Jibei City!"

"Many people in the countryside had almost left. Just when my mother was about to take us away, a group of people came from the city with some tokens from above, saying that the food distributed from above had arrived and they were distributing it to the villagers for free."

"All the people in the county who had not left were very happy, thinking that the emperor had sent people to rescue them. We received two days' worth of food, which was not really food, but dry food, some steamed bread and cakes."

"But these are life-saving for people like us who have no food. People go to get them every day. Even if they taste weird, no one cares."

"You said those cookies and steamed buns taste weird? How do they taste weird?"

Lin Yuxin frowned and asked when she heard this.

"It smells like bitter apricots and mold. It smells weird."

Gou Zi thought for a moment and said.

"Keep going!"

Lin Yuxin thought about it, but couldn't figure out what was wrong with the taste, so she let Gouzi continue talking.

The dog nodded and continued:

"Within two days, people on the street started to behave strangely. They all had blank expressions and dull eyes. They walked stiffly and spoke slowly. Even my mother started to behave abnormally."

"Then these strange things gradually decreased, and the whole county was filled with weirdness. Some normal people noticed something was wrong and started to get scared. They wanted to leave, but they couldn't. Every time someone left, they would be sent back, and they would become abnormal the next day, and they would disappear after a few days."

"Until one day my mother disappeared. I searched for her for a long time but couldn't find her. I was afraid that something might happen to my brother before I found her, so I took my brother and hid away."

"Later, someone came to the county and said that the higher-ups had asked them to plant some trees. The group was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they hid those strange people. However, the uncles who planted the trees would go back every day, so they were never discovered."

"I was worried that they would really leave and never come back, and no one would notice what happened here. So one day, I hid in the place where they hid people and secretly released them."

"Finally, the people who came to plant trees noticed something was wrong. When they found out that I was the one who released the animals, they wanted to arrest me. I hid for a whole night."

"The next day, when I was about to be caught by them, two stranger uncles came and saved me. They kept me with them. They later lived in this inn. One of the uncles even gave me food. Until one day, the uncle told me to find a place to hide, so I took my brother and hid."

"But a few days later when I went out to look for food, there was no one on the street, just like a deserted city. I came to look for my uncle, but everything here was broken. My uncle was gone. I was so scared that I didn't even bother looking for food. I went back to my hiding place and hid there. When I came out again, it was just now."

As the child finished speaking, Lin Yuxin understood the whole process of the incident, but when she heard the uncle who fed him mentioned by the child, Lin Yuxin intuitively felt that it was Li Xiaochen.

She asked anxiously:

"Isn't that uncle wearing dark black clothes? He has starry eyebrows and sharp eyes, and he doesn't like to talk?"

Gouzi thought about it and nodded. The uncle was indeed quiet every time he fed him. He was a little afraid of him at first. If he hadn't saved him, he would probably have cried out of fear.

"Was there anything wrong before uncle disappeared?"

Lin Yuxin was delighted, finally there was news about him, and then she asked again.