The group ran far from the city gate before stopping. All the guards at the city gate had fainted and would not wake up for two days without an antidote. Ye Moxun threw the mother and son, who were also unconscious, to the ground. He had carried them so far that both of his arms were starting to ache.
He shook his arms a couple of times to calm down, then took out the antidote and fed it to the mother and son. Soon after, the woman and her son woke up. As soon as they opened their eyes, they saw two strangers standing there staring at them, which really startled them.
"Who are you people? Where is this place?" The woman held her thin son tightly in her arms, as if she could protect him that way.
“Don’t be afraid, auntie. We’re not bad people. We saw you and your son being beaten at the city gate and we couldn’t stand it, so we stepped in to save you.” Song Tantan squatted down, looking them in the eye.
The woman saw that the girl had bright, smiling eyes and a lively, charming smile, and instinctively felt that she was not a bad person. Recalling the scene at the city gate, she couldn't help but burst into tears. "It was the young girl and this young master who saved my mother and me?"
In fact, Song Tantan and Ye Moxun were still disguised at this time, not showing their true faces. They just didn't hide their age, and at this moment they looked no different from their real age.
"Otherwise, how did you get out of the city gate? Look around, isn't this the place you pass through on your way home?" Song Tantan asked instead of answering.
Only then did the woman help her son to his feet, and as she looked around, she discovered a path not far away—the way home.
"Thank you both for saving us, young heroes. But how did you know we would have to pass through here to get home?" The woman asked, a mixture of curiosity and suspicion.
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