The gangster had a rat-like appearance and a pungent sour smell on his body.
Jiang Yue changed her position and found a rock to sit down and rest.
She moved her feet and took a deep breath. Her ankle was swollen like a steamed bun.
The thug came over, grinning, showing his yellow and black teeth, "Young lady, your feet are swollen, do you want me to rub them for you?"
The other refugee groups ahead had already stopped to rest. Jiang Yue observed with her peripheral vision that among these people, there was no child under the age of 5 and no one over the age of 50. They could be called a strong and robust group, but they were just concentrating on hurrying on their way, with numb expressions on their faces, without a trace of life.
However, I'm afraid her arrival just added something fresh and exciting to the other party's boring life of fleeing famine.
Among those people now, some watched the fun with cold eyes, and some had worries in their eyes, but Jiang Yue was sure that they would not and could not help, after all, the other party was from the same camp.
Jiang Yue had a cold face and spat out one word to the gangster, "Get lost!"
She couldn't understand why he was still thinking about the two pounds of flesh beneath him, even though he was almost dead. Was he really an animal who only thought with his lower body?
Such a person made her think of those people who had to escape the lockdown to go on dates during the epidemic, which was simply unreasonable.
"Don't be embarrassed, little lady. You see how hard it is for you to escape the famine alone. Why don't you come with me? I'll take you into the village. How about that?"
There was also someone with ill intentions in front, who glanced sideways, covered his mouth and smiled, "Yes, my dear, if you follow Lai San, you won't have to worry about food and clothing, but at least you won't starve to death..."
Lai San? A scoundrel, I guess.
"How can a young lady travel alone without a man to protect her?"
Jiang Yuek saw too many men who sold their wives and children to exchange for food, and it was not certain who would protect whom!
Those people were talking to each other, and with Lai San's sweet talk, if it was really a little girl who was alone and fragile, she would probably nod in agreement.
Jiang Yue had seen many scoundrels and knew that she couldn't show any "easy to talk to" appearance. She remained expressionless and said in a cold tone, "No need, stay away from me!"
The gangster had a playful look on his face, and there was only a big mouth on his skinny face. It opened and closed, and the words that came out of it were full of stench.
He didn't care about her reaction. He came closer, half squatted, and reached out to touch her feet.
"Is there something wrong with your ears? Can't you understand what people say?" Jiang Yue stood up, took out a knife from behind, and put it against his neck.
"Ouch!" The knife was so sharp that a streak of blood instantly appeared on his dark neck, stinging him. Lai San didn't dare to move, not even daring to swallow his saliva. Cold sweat broke out in the cold spring.
"My dear, I was wrong, please forgive me..."
The team in front didn't expect that she had such a sharp knife, which was better than their own rusty and bent kitchen knives, and started to make a commotion.
"Phew—she has a knife!"
"Oh my god, this little girl is so fierce!"
"Hmph, if you ask me, Lai San deserves it. Who told him to tease a young lady?"
If it is not a year of disaster, if you molest a decent girl, you will be scolded at best and beaten with a stick at worst.
Lai San's father and mother had been hiding well just now, unaware that their son was doing something bad, but now they came running over in a panic to beg for mercy.
"Please, don't hurt my son! We apologize on his behalf, please forgive us!"
"Young lady, please let my son go! He is still young and doesn't understand!"
Whether in ancient times or modern times, there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor. Some people are as well-maintained as the mother of the savior and their age is invisible, while others are as old as the couple in front of us and their age is invisible.
She lowered her head and saw Lai San, who was shivering. He had suffered from the hardships of fleeing famine, and his face was sallow and wrinkled. He looked ten years older than her.
Perhaps in the eyes of parents all over the world, no matter how old their children are, they are still children. But if they are brought up like this, they are already ruined.
There was already a pool of yellow urine on the ground, and he smelled even more stinky. Even the mask couldn't cover up the smell.
At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties stood up, looked at Lai San's family with a look of disappointment, spat a few times, and then smiled awkwardly at Jiang Yue.
"Don't be offended, young lady. This Lai San has been spoiled by his family. I am their village chief. I want to apologize to you on their behalf. Please forgive him, young lady."
If there wasn't a strong laborer in his family, he wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess!
Jiang Yue saw that his attitude was okay and he didn't want to kill anyone, and he didn't have time to investigate the fact that he was the village chief but was incompetent and condoned the crime.
She retracted the knife, raised her chin slightly, and said lightly, "Go away."
Lai San didn't even dare to answer and was dragged away by his parents with his legs limp.
After this, the village chief kept a close eye on the villagers, forbidding them from causing any more trouble. Without him saying anything, those people no longer dared to covet her, their gazes averted, and they all retreated further away.
Just what she wanted.
Despite his swollen feet, Jiang Yue walked faster than them alone and soon he was ahead of the refugees.
She would walk for an hour and rest for a maximum of half a quarter of an hour, but she didn't care until her feet were blistered and rubbed, and pus and blood were oozing out.
She looked up at the top of the mountain in the distance. She could already see Tianxia Mountain. Just two more days of walking and they would be there.
Unfortunately, the weather was not good. It started to rain heavily shortly after nightfall, stopping her in her tracks.
There were flashes of lightning and thunder, and soon, even though Jiang Yue was wearing a straw raincoat, he was still soaked all over.
The heavy rain rushed down like a waterfall, as if it was going to drown the whole world.
The rain blurred her eyes and she accidentally stepped into a pit.
"hiss--"
She quickly put her hands on the ground to protect her face.
Looking at his palms that were bleeding from being rubbed by stones, he sighed, walked around the path and headed towards the village nearby.
No one knew if there was anyone in this village. It stood there in the rainy night, completely deserted.
She crossed the village entrance and walked towards the first house.
This was a wooden house, standing firm in the wind and rain. However, Jiang Yue could see traces of damage on the walls, like an old man in his twilight years.
She pushed gently and the gate opened.
In the silent night, the only sounds in her ears were the sound of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, her own heartbeat, and the heavy "pa pa" sound of her stepping into the puddles.
Jiang Yue became alert, holding a knife in his hand.
At this moment, the broken door of the wooden house creaked and opened a crack.
"Bang!" A tree outside was struck by lightning and fell to the ground.
Lightning cut through the darkness, and in that instant of light, Jiang Yue saw a pair of eyes from the opened gap.
A pair of eyes with only whites.
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