Chapter 28: Seeking Money Over Life
Li Baisong smiled and pointed at the corner of Mr. Liu's mouth, then pointed at the corner of his own mouth.
Ah Liu subconsciously touched him and found his beard still stuck to his face.
Li Bosong quietly retreated behind Li Laoer and said, "This is really fake."
Most liars disguise themselves, either in character or appearance.
In his previous life, his mother always played stories for him when she didn't have time to talk to him. He thought that maybe a blind cat would catch a dead mouse, but he didn't expect that it really happened.
A sharp light flashed in A Liu's eyes, and the murderous intent was instantly retracted. "I spent the whole day hunting geese, but got pecked in the eye by a goose."
"If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet." Qin Fangci still stood straight.
"Old woman, you just come in and expose me like this, aren't you afraid that I will kill you to silence you?"
"Master Liu?" The dream was like a broken mirror, and Li Laoer was still struggling, trying to press the mirror back to its original place with his hands.
A Liu looked at him as if he was looking at a dead person. Li Laoer shuddered and suddenly retracted his hand as if he was scalded by hot water. The dream rumbled and collapsed and shattered.
No, how could such a good business just disappear?
"We're killing for our money. We only have a few hundred coins on us. It's not worth the risk." Qin Fangci said calmly, "We don't want to know your true identities. Once you leave this door, we'll just pretend we've never seen you."
"I've never seen anything like this before." Ah Liu gritted his teeth and said with a smile, "How can I let you guys be so relaxed and come and go as you please? Doesn't it make me, the master, look incompetent and let others manipulate me at will?"
The hunchbacked Huai Bo had stood behind the three men at some point, the broadsword in his hand flashing coldly in the sunlight.
Yan'er and A Liu approached step by step, and the three of them surrounded Qin Fangci and the other two.
Li Laoer shuddered and quickly jumped behind Qin Fangci. Qin Fangci couldn't stop his tall figure. "Mother, mother, mother, what should I do? They want to kill people!"
"Shh," Ah Liu raised a finger to his lips, "We don't want to take any risks, but if you insist on dying, we can help you."
Li Laoer covered his mouth with one hand and held Qin Fangci tightly with the other.
Qin Fangci: "..."
"You are all heroes who only seek wealth and not lives. We can give you all the money we have, and we promise not to report you to the police." Li Baisong's face turned red. He felt like his feet were not firmly planted on the ground. He was both scared and excited.
It's human nature to be afraid.
The excitement is that he has a more novel experience.
During the five years of his illness, he wanted to experience so much.
"Mom, give them the money. We can earn more if we lose it." Li Baisong stood beside Qin Fangci. "With mom, I'm not afraid of anything."
The mother and son's eyes met, and hidden in their eyes was a peace of mind that only they could understand.
Yes, as long as they are together, there is nothing to be afraid of.
"Mom, did you bring money?!" Li Laoer exclaimed, he was so heartbroken, how could she bring money!
What was even more heartbreaking was that he had also brought three taels of silver with him. Now he could only pray to God that these people would not search him.
God destined Li Laoer to suffer a great loss.
His three taels of silver were taken away, but it was not Yan'er who found him.
It was Huai Bo who searched for it!
The old hands stripped him of his clothes, leaving him only with a pair of underwear, and tied him up like a pig with a hemp rope.
Li Laoer was bent on the ground, breathing out more than breathing in, like a cooked shrimp, his skin was red to purple, he was embarrassed, angry, in pain, and also cold!
He was the only one among the three who got beaten up!
He would never forget the look in those three people's eyes when they felt they had gained something unexpected! Damn it! He had saved money for five years, and it was all gone!
Qin Fangci had no money left on her, so she brought one hundred copper coins from home, plus the four hundred and fifty-one copper coins she had earned from selling medicine, a total of five hundred and fifty-one coins.
The more than two pounds of dried meat in the basket were also taken away by those people, but the medicine was left behind.
Before leaving, Huai Bo carefully removed the gauze on Li Baisong's head, and only left with a look of regret after confirming that there was indeed a big cut.
Qin Fangci and Li Baisong were both very worried because of Huai Bo's action.
I wasn't so nervous even when I was tied up and searched.
Qin Fangci was tense and had prepared for the worst. The worst that could happen was that she and her son would die again.
The three men left with three bags carrying their money. Qin Fangci could not rely on Li Laoer at all, so she could only try to move her fingers to untie the rope.
After a moment, she felt her wrist loosen. It was Li Baisong who had freed one of his hands from the rope. The boy's wrist was very thin and bony. There was a circle of red marks on his wrist, and the skin was turned up. These were the scars from the friction with the rope.
Li Baisong quickly took out the rag from his mouth. The strange stench made him unable to help but turn his head to the side and retch, but his hands did not stop moving and quickly took out the rag from Qin Fangci's mouth.
The mother and son both leaned aside and retched.
Hearing the sound, Li Laoer woke up from his suspended animation and squirmed his body, making a grunting sound.
"Mmmmm (Mom! Save me!)"
"Mmmm! Mmm! (Little brother! Help me!)"
After Qin Fangci finished vomiting, she immediately asked with concern: "Xiaowu, how are you?"
Li Baisong took a breath and said in a hoarse voice, "Mom, I'm fine. How are you?"
"I'm fine too."
Li Lao Er struggled to move: "Mmm-Mmm-Mmm-" (Save me-ah!)
"Let's untie the ropes and leave quickly. We don't know if those people will come back." The mother and son untied the ropes while observing their surroundings.
It seems like the place is really deserted.
There was no guarantee that those people were still watching them in some corner nearby.
The rope around Li Lao Er was finally loosened, and he burst into tears, crying, "Damn it!"
"Shut up! If you miss, howl louder!" Qin Fangci scolded with a cold face.
Li Laoer suddenly closed his mouth and his whole body was shaking like a sieve.
Li Baisong quickly searched the room and finally found a tablecloth. "Brother, wrap it around yourself. We have to leave quickly."
Li Laoer nodded repeatedly, shaking his head left and right, and looking around.
Qin Fangci slapped Li Laoer on the back of his head and said, "Don't panic. Just pretend you've never been here."
"Mom," Li Laoer held onto Qin Fangci tightly even after being beaten, "Mom, I'm scared. I was almost beaten to death. What should we do? Will they follow us and stab us in any corner..."
Li Laoer made a gesture of wiping his neck and became even more panicked.
"If they're only after money, they probably don't want to make a big deal out of this. Let's just go home and not tell anyone."
Qin Fangci guessed correctly. A Liu and the other two have always been after money and would not kill anyone unless it was absolutely necessary.
What's more, this is still in Guangyi County. If we want to kill, we have to kill three people. It will be difficult to deal with too many corpses.
After the three of them left, they did not go far. Instead, they climbed over the wall and tiptoed into the next yard, which they also rented. Huai Bo and A Liu quickly changed their clothes. A Liu dressed like a young man again. Huai Bo was no longer hunched over, and he looked only a few years older than A Liu.
Yan'er nodded by the wall. When the human skin mask was removed from her face, she turned out to be a man.
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