"Wait a minute." Gao Yixiang glanced at the village entrance and saw that Gao Dongxing and his mother had already disappeared. He suddenly felt that the people in front of him looked particularly pitiful.
Cen Ran and the others turned to look at him curiously, "Is something the matter?"
Godfrey Gao scratched his forehead and whispered a reminder to them, "If you want peace in the future, go to Pinghe Village. There's a big lake there. You can settle down there first; it might be a way out for you in the future."
Cen Ran looked at the unfamiliar young man in front of her with some surprise. She had heard of Pinghe Village, but hadn't paid much attention to it. Now that someone had specifically reminded her, it was worth going to take a look.
"Thank you!" Cen Ran and her sister bowed to him. "We'll get through this."
After finishing her sentence, Cen Ran left with her younger sister and aunt.
After watching them walk away, Godfrey Gao said to his companion, "That kid Gao Dongxing will definitely regret this later."
That same night, while everyone was fast asleep, many shimmering green lights appeared on the hillside at the entrance of Pinghe Village, staring intently ahead.
Wu Shan rubbed his eyes, looked carefully, and wondered if he was seeing things.
"Ah Heng, come and take a look. Is there some light over there?" He called Yun Heng and the others over.
Yun Heng and the other two quickly gathered around. The village had repeatedly told them to be vigilant at night, so they all took it very seriously.
"What kind of animal is that? It doesn't look far from us." Yun Heng has good eyesight, but he can only judge the distance.
"Should we notify the village?" Liu Xinwei asked them, somewhat uncertain.
"It's mainly people from outside the village. I don't know if they've discovered it yet." Yun Heng saw that even the bonfire at the village entrance had gone out, and he wondered if the people on night duty had gone to sleep.
"Let's throw a stone down. I think I saw someone resting by the corner of the wall before dark." Wu Shan still thought it would be better to inform them, just in case there was an emergency.
“We are surrounded by mountains on all sides, which is the downside. We only have some understanding of the mountains behind us. We don’t know the current situation of the mountains and forests across the way.” Yun Heng looked at the mountains and forests across the way, which were still areas that the village had not yet set foot in.
It wasn't that they deliberately forgot, but rather that, based on the road leading to the county town, they figured there couldn't be many animals in this area of mountains and forests.
Dong Ge and his group escaped through this mountain path before. Cheng Ge also said that he would explore this area when he had time, but he has not found the opportunity yet.
"Here, who wants to throw it?" Liu Xinwei found a small stone in the corner and handed it directly to everyone.
“I’ll take it. I made a point of checking where they were resting before dark.” Wu Shan took the thumb-sized rock and tossed it down, following his memory.
"..."
After waiting for a while without hearing any sound, Yun Heng turned to look at him, "Brother Shan, are you sure it's over there? Why isn't there any reaction?"
"It must have hit them, otherwise we would have heard the sound of the stone hitting the ground. These people must have been sleeping too soundly." Wu Shan had no doubt about his memory. The only explanation now was that the other party was sleeping too soundly, and the stone was too light to wake them up.
"How about we throw it again, this time let's find a bigger one?" Yun Heng started looking at every nook and cranny on the ground, but surprisingly, he couldn't find a single stone.
"I'll go down and find some, but not big ones, what if they hurt someone?" Wu Shan decided to find some small stones, one or two if one wasn't enough, he couldn't let anyone get hurt.
To avoid making a mistake, he threw two small stones at once.
"Who the hell is it? It's so late and you're not letting people sleep. I'll beat you to death!" A cursing voice came from under the wall.
"Hey, who are you cursing?" Yun Heng shouted at him from the wall.
The other person stopped speaking when they heard the sound coming from the wall.
"I don't know which heartless person threw stones at me in the middle of the night. I'm so sorry for disturbing you." The person who was cursing before suddenly changed his attitude completely and explained to Yun Heng and the others in a low voice.
“We threw the stones; you can see for yourselves on that mountain.” Wu Shan didn’t want to argue about this trivial matter anymore, so he pointed to the green light on the mountain and told them to see for themselves.
Many people below were awakened by their voices. They were still lying in their original positions, not wanting to get involved.
Now, as soon as they hear that they are being told to look up at the mountain, they all stand up and gaze into the distance.
"What is that?" someone exclaimed. Once someone took the lead, a commotion broke out below, and soon all the people living by the lake were awake.
"What do we do now? Will they come down the mountain?"
"Open the door and let us in!" It's unclear who started it, but soon a lot of people crowded outside the village entrance, even banging on the gate.
"These bastards, I should have known better than to notify them." Yun Heng never expected that these people would not try to find a solution but instead besiege his village.
"Sound the gong and call the villagers over," Wu Shan shouted to Liu Xinwei, who was standing there dumbfounded. He then went over and found the incandescent light bulb that had been placed there, and skillfully lit it.
He hung the lamp on the corner of the wall, and now those people who wanted to cause trouble at the main gate below had nowhere to hide. Wu Shan and the others looked at these people deeply and made a mental note of them.
Those who were leading the disturbance immediately stopped when the lights shone on them, and dared not continue to abuse the village gate.
"Keep kicking, keep going, keep kicking if you dare." Yun Heng glared hatefully at the people below. "It's true that good deeds are never rewarded. Let's see who will be willing to tell you things in the future."
"Can't you let us go in and take shelter at this time? How can you be so heartless?" When those people saw that their plan had failed, they started to sow discord.
"If we had known, we should have been more cold-blooded and slept soundly under the covers. That might have been more pleasant," Yun Heng retorted.
"You should think of a way to deal with this predicament first, instead of forcing us to open the gate and let you into the village," Wu Shan told them, pointing to the mountain.
"It's not that complicated. Just open the gate and let us in to take refuge." Someone below continued to lead the charge, trying to force the people of Pinghe Village to open the gate.
"And then what? Are you going to hide here tonight, then tomorrow night, and the day after that, endlessly hiding in our village?" Yun Heng was amused by his logic.
“We’re all human, shouldn’t we help each other out at a time like this? Besides, we’re just going in temporarily to avoid danger; we’ll come out once the danger has passed.” His words quickly resonated with many others.
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