As a former mercenary, Mo Qianshang felt uneasy after being stared at for a few moments, and her head reflexively turned to look in the direction of Qin Baiyi.
Unfortunately, Qin Baiyi's strength was unfathomable. As Mo Qianshang made her move, he had already nonchalantly withdrawn his gaze, leaving Mo Qianshang to meet Qin Yuya's bright, watery eyes.
"Mother, I'm hungry..." The little girl had been quite frightened earlier, but now that she had recovered, she looked at Mo Qianshang with longing eyes, and rubbed her tummy with her fair little hands.
Seeing this, Mo Qianshang's previously cold and hard heart suddenly melted into a pool of sweet water, and she went forward to pick up the little girl.
"Yu Ya, just bear with it a little longer. Once Aunt Yao and the others are done with their work, Mom will make you some meat so that our Yu Ya can eat until her belly is round and full, okay?"
"Okay, thank you, Mother!" Qin Yuya's little face immediately lit up with a smile, and she glanced at Mo Qianshang with a slightly cautious look, as if she had made a great decision, and then gave her a big kiss on the cheek.
Stunned by Mo Qianshang's kiss, she recovered and kissed the little girl on both cheeks.
While she was happy, she noticed that the men she had swindled were looking at her with hostility, so she squatted down and quietly lectured and reminded the children.
"We're all on the run from famine now. You must remember, besides your mother's words, think carefully about everything anyone else says. Don't be easily fooled. Especially those smiling faces; they could very well be wolves in sheep's clothing. Be extra careful!"
As she said this, Mo Qianshang's heart was entirely focused on the children, and she didn't notice that Qin Baiyi, who was usually so icy, had just cracked a smile because of Qin Yuya's actions.
Upon hearing the words "smiling tiger," Qin Baiyi's hard-won smile instantly froze.
"They are still young. If you teach them like this without distinguishing right from wrong, what will you do if they become paranoid later in life?"
Sensing the slight displeasure in the man's voice, Mo Qianshang was utterly bewildered. She raised her head and met his indifferent and unfriendly gaze, which immediately ignited her anger.
"I know how to teach children. Before you speak, young master, shouldn't you consider the surrounding circumstances?"
"Young master, you may not know that a few days ago, some wicked people plotted to eat my children. I was unconscious at the time. If the children were too naive and had no sense of caution, what would have become of them?"
Along the way, Qin Baiyi only found their traces roughly and could not find out exactly what they had been through.
Upon hearing that the children had almost been eaten, a surge of guilt and shame welled up in Qin Baiyi's heart, nearly engulfing him.
Fortunately, Qin Yuya reached out her small hand and tugged at his flowing white robe, comforting him in a soft, sweet voice.
"Uncle, don't be afraid. With Mom here, we'll all be safe. Mom said she won't leave us and will make sure we have a good life!"
Praised by the cutest little girl, and with the children's savior sitting opposite him, Mo Qianshang felt relieved to see him speechless after being rebuked, and turned to continue quietly teaching the children.
Looking down at the heartwarming interaction between Mo Qianshang and the children, and at Qin Qingyu, who was intently watching Xiao Yaoshi being treated to her right front.
Qin Baiyi didn't even notice that when he looked at Mo Qianshang later, his gaze softened a bit.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
After living for about half an hour, Xiao Yao and her daughter finally managed to stabilize Liu Dashan's breathing, allowing them to breathe a sigh of relief and quickly wash the blood off themselves.
Ever since the day of their divorce, she has seen through everything and resolved never to have any contact with Liu Dashan again. Today's incident was purely accidental.
Regardless, Liu Dashan wasn't completely expelled from Fushou Village. Given Liu Dashan's shamelessness, his daughter would most likely be harassed by him again in the future. Even for the sake of her daughter's reputation, she couldn't just stand by and watch her die.
"Sigh..." Little Yao sighed with her eyes lowered, but she didn't notice that several burly men were coming towards her menacingly.
"Take this unwanted used shoe! You better not fall into our hands again, or don't blame us for demanding exorbitant prices!"
The men speaking were the same ones who had almost killed Liu Dashan. Little Yao had witnessed bloodshed while rescuing people, but now she was trembling with fear at their presence.
Seeing her like this, Mo Qianshang had no choice but to step forward and kick the most vicious one in the back of the knee, knocking him to his knees and onto the ground.
"If you don't want to be a decent human being, I can help you. But what kind of skill is it to threaten orphans and widows?"
Already harboring resentment towards Mo Qianshang, and then kicked like that, the man grabbed a stone from the side and was about to throw it at Mo Qianshang's arms.
Unexpectedly, just as he raised his hand, it was as if he had been struck by something, and it fell limply to the ground, the stone hitting him as well.
Chun Chun shot herself in the foot!
Seeing this strange situation, they no longer dared to confront Mo Qianshang directly. The others hurriedly helped the person who had fallen up to their feet and ran away quietly and slowly.
While others didn't see what just happened clearly, Mo Qianshang saw it all perfectly. Her speculative gaze met Qin Baiyi's precisely in the air.
Neither of them asked or confessed anything; instead, they built increasingly high walls of wariness around each other.
Once she was rescued, Yao instinctively tried to kowtow to Mo Qianshang to express her gratitude, but Mo Qianshang quickly stopped her.
"If you are truly grateful to me, you should know that I am not the kind of person who likes to kowtow and kneel down at the drop of a hat."
"Instead of demeaning yourself by being so self-conscious, you should use your own skills to stand up for yourself. To be honest, I can tell that my second son is very interested in medicine. If you have time, please give him some pointers."
"Good, good!" Little Yao nodded excitedly, her bright and charming eyes sparkling.
Once upon a time, some villagers heard that she had inherited excellent medical skills and came to her with gifts to see her for treatment.
At first, everything was normal, but some people who couldn't stand her getting better and better started spreading rumors about her behind her back, saying that she wasn't treating people's illnesses at all, but was being someone's lover!
The foul language quickly reached Liu Dashan's ears. He beat Xiao Yaoshi severely and threatened to break her and her daughter's legs if she dared to practice medicine behind his back again.
She wasn't afraid of getting into trouble herself, but her daughter was her life! From then on, she never dared to do anything related to medicine again.
Even the few herbs her daughter knew were things she encountered by chance when she took her daughter to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables, and she taught her about them incidentally.
Thinking back on everything that had happened, Xiao Yao couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
Mo Qianshang was most at a loss with a woman who was crying and sobbing, so she quickly changed the subject and stopped her.
"The place smells too bloody; we shouldn't stay long. I noticed those bandits were reinforcing us quickly, so there must be a hideout nearby. How about we check it out?"
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