"What's going on? What's happening outside?" Lu Qingsi was startled awake and shakily leaned towards Rong Xu.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." Rong Xu held Lu Qingsi and their son in his arms. He thought for a moment and said, "Qingsi, put your clothes on first, and then we'll hide."
Lu Qingsi naturally listened to him.
They had just finished dressing when the child woke up.
"Wow—"
He cried loudly, waking up the thieves outside. They whistled and arrogantly said, "Oh, we thought everyone was dead. Turns out there's still a little brat left. Come on, let's go in and finish him off right away." They didn't care about human life at all, treating it as easily as crushing an ant.
"Husband." Lu Qingsi was startled and moved closer to Rong Xu.
"Don't be afraid," Rong Xu comforted Lu Qingsi, though he himself was also afraid.
They were an ordinary couple living in this small mountain village, barely surviving in this chaotic world. They had probably expected this scene, but now that it had actually happened, they still felt fear and regret.
Several burly men rushed in from outside, eyeing the three of them with ill intent.
The child in her arms was completely unaware of anything; he just felt he had been woken up and was very unhappy, crying incessantly.
"So noisy." The man said impatiently, and drew his sword and swung it at the child, but Lu Qingsi dodged it.
"This woman has such fair and delicate skin, she's really quite pretty." Their eyes immediately fell on Lu Qingsi.
"Who are you people?" Rong Xu shielded Lu Qingsi behind him.
These people didn't even bother with him, but they also looked at Rong Xu. One of them said, "This kid is not bad either. Doesn't Lao Liu love taking the dry road the most? Let's leave this to him. He'll definitely like it when he sees it."
He laughed loudly and pounced on them.
Rong Xu was putting up a fight at the front. How could a weak scholar like him possibly defeat these burly men? In the blink of an eye, one of them rushed to the back. He continued to fight them at the front, when suddenly a scream came from behind.
Rong Xu slowly turned his head and looked at Lu Qingsi, who had fallen to the ground.
Lu Qingsi's face turned deathly pale with pain, and blood suddenly spread from the hem of her skirt, a gruesome and tragic sight, like a painting stained with red... Clutching the swaddled baby in her arms, her eyes filled with panic, fear, and despair, she trembled as she reached out to Rong Xu, her voice hoarse: "Husband... save me... save our child..."
"Qing Si!" Rong Xu cried out in grief, his handsome face deathly pale, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at Lu Qing Si.
"Hahaha..." These people shouted together without any restraint: "It's just a child, what's there to be sad about? As long as the beauty is with me, it doesn't matter if she has a litter or two. That pretty boy is no match for you!"
"That's right, that's right. Following our boss is the best option. If the little one dies, we can just have another one."
Another person looked at the scene on the ground and exclaimed, "Wow, this is really beautiful! Such a red color makes people happy just looking at it."
"Get out!" Rong Xu, like an enraged bull, grabbed a hoe from the side of the house and hurled it at the people.
He knew perfectly well that he couldn't beat these people, but he still hadn't considered stopping. Anger blinded him, but it only strengthened his resolve.
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