“Then let Medi go,” Dong Ge decided. “But I’ll go with her.”
Everyone objected, but the first to speak up was Medi, "You can't go. We don't know if they have a picture of you or anything like that. If they find out about you, it'll be troublesome."
Meidi's words were met with agreement from everyone, who began nodding in support of Dong Ge.
Under everyone's urging, Dong Ge could only nod and indicate that he would not go down the mountain.
But he was also worried about Meidi, so he pointed at Akun at the cave entrance and said, "Let that kid go down with you. Anyway, he looks a bit like you, so you can say you're siblings."
Medi nodded. "That works too. I can always ask him to run errands if I need to."
Qiyue glanced at Akun, then at Meidi, and swallowed back what she wanted to say.
Meidi, with Akun by her side, waved goodbye to the people who had seen them off down the mountain, and began to walk out along the path at the foot of the mountain.
The two siblings barely spoke along the way and didn't encounter anyone.
"Sis, are we really going to look for another place to stay?" Ah Kun looked around to make sure no one was around before speaking.
"What can we do? So many people on the mountain need to make a living. We can't just not come out to find a way to survive, can we?" Meidi watched her step carefully and only continued walking forward after tapping the ground with the bamboo stick.
Seeing that they were alone, Ah Kun finally spoke up to persuade Mei Di, "Sister, can't we find a place to live a proper life? Even if farming is tiring, at least we can live with peace of mind. When will this constant hiding ever end?"
After hearing his words, Meidi stopped and turned to look at him. "There's no turning back now. From the very first day I was with Dong Ge, my hands have been stained with blood. And you, as my cousin, can't escape this either."
Ah Kun bit his lower lip with his upper teeth. "Sis, let's find a secluded place and start over. I'm strong, and if we work hard, we can support both of us."
Meidi patted his head, wondering when her cousin, who was shorter than her, had grown a head taller. "Silly Ah Kun, do you think the world is that simple now? Let alone whether we can escape, it's hard to find a place to survive right now. Don't forget, there are refugees everywhere, and we're even worse off than refugees. Nobody will take us in."
Meidi looked up at the sky, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Now it was just her and her cousin at home. She had wanted to get her cousin out of the gang, but she hadn't been able to find a suitable place to settle him.
Ah Kun thought for a moment, "Why don't we go find the army? We've turned over a new leaf, so it shouldn't be too difficult for them to settle us down."
Meidi looked at Ah Kun seriously, "How could you have such thoughts? Brother Dong has treated us very well. If we betray them, what will happen to them? Have you thought about that?"
Ah Kun was speechless. He only wanted to get rid of the situation, but he didn't want to bring disaster upon everyone.
Meidi was still worried. She pulled Ah Kun's ear and made him look into her eyes. "We won't be treacherous people. If you dare to do anything behind my back, then don't call me your sister."
Ah Kun had never seen his cousin so serious before. He quickly nodded and said, "I understand. I don't know how to do anything."
Medi glanced at him a few more times and temporarily believed him. "Let's go! We need to find a place where people live before dark, otherwise it will be dangerous in this desolate wilderness."
After speaking, Meidi turned around and continued to lead the way. After she turned around, Akun wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. His cousin's expression just now was really a bit scary.
He knew that his previous thoughts were somewhat unethical, but he really didn't want to live like this anymore; it was so different from what he had imagined.
Several times when he saw Dong Ge and his gang treating the villagers cruelly, he wanted to run out and stop them, but each time his sister stopped him.
He didn't understand why they had to kill everyone when they could have spared their lives.
Just to prevent people from informing on them and seeking revenge, which meant the lives of some people were at stake.
Looking at his cousin who had protected him all the way, Ah Kun had mixed feelings. He knew that he was still able to survive so well and keep his hands clean because of his cousin's protection.
However, he sensed that his cousin was now leaning towards Dong Ge, and even liked to consider Dong Ge and the others in everything she did, which he couldn't understand.
After they came down the mountain, Dong Ge also started walking back.
July followed him closely, asking, "Boss, are you really so comfortable letting them go down the mountain? Aren't you afraid that those cousins will take the opportunity to run away?"
Dong Ge stopped and looked at him. "Third brother, don't think so badly of everyone. Although Meidi is a woman, sometimes she is more reliable than some men when it comes to loyalty. Just because she was willing to fight alongside me and not abandon me, I made up my mind to stop doubting her."
“Just because Medi has no ulterior motives doesn’t mean that the guy next to her is innocent. Is that guy still clean?” Liu Zheng now agreed with the third brother’s idea.
"Then why did you agree to let the two siblings go down the mountain? Why didn't you bring it up before?" Dong Ge said to the two of them in an annoyed tone.
“If we don’t let that kid go down the mountain, you’ll go down with him, so of course we can only choose him. Otherwise, you wouldn’t feel comfortable with someone else going down the mountain with Meidi, right?” Liu Zheng winked at him as he said this.
Dong Ge stepped forward and kicked him, "We're all brothers, what's there to worry about? But you don't need to worry either, with Meidi around, that kid won't cause any trouble."
Seeing how confident Dong Ge was, everyone stopped saying anything. On the way back, they picked up some wild mushrooms as they continued to stock up on what they needed to before deciding on their next move.
Si Cheng and Yun Qi finally arrived at the main road before dark. This area was not far from Gaojia Village. They could only drag their prey to Gaojia Village to stay for one night and then return to the village the next day.
“Brother Cheng, it’s you guys,” the villagers guarding the other side of the trench recognized them at a glance. “Wait a moment, we’ll let you in right away.”
Si Cheng and his group stopped at the village entrance as soon as they entered the village. "We'll rest here tonight and go back to the village tomorrow. Don't worry about us."
The guards at the village entrance dared not leave the people there unattended, especially after seeing the large pile of prey they were dragging. They quickly sent someone back to the village to call the village chief.
Upon entering the village, Yunqi said to Sicheng, "You all wait here first. I'll go into the village to see my aunt and uncle. It wouldn't be right not to say hello after arriving here."
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