As she walked further away, she could no longer see the children's pitiful expressions or hear that terrifying cry of "Mother." A mountain breeze blew, and Hong Xiaoduo felt her agitated heart calm down a little.
His hand touched the sword at his waist again, and the scene of saving people yesterday was just too exciting.
The man who abused the children had a burn scar on his left cheek; just looking at his intact right half of his face, he didn't look like a good person.
At that time, the man was sitting at the foot of the city wall, holding a wine pot in one hand and a chicken in the other. He was drinking wine and eating meat while the two children massaged his back and legs. The other children knelt beside him, trembling.
The man was not only picky about serving his two children, complaining that the back massage was too light, but he also slapped one of the children across the face. The child's face immediately swelled up, and blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Then she scolded him for pinching his leg too hard! She kicked him, and the child fell to the ground and lay there for a while before recovering.
The other children kneeling nearby were worried and wanted to go forward, but they looked at the man timidly.
The two children, who were being beaten and kicked, dared not cry out in pain and continued to serve him. It seemed that this kind of thing happened often.
The man cursed and spat bones on the ground, yelling at the children nearby to crawl over and gnaw on the bones, barking like a dog as they crawled, while he laughed loudly.
The passersby just shook their heads, looked at the children with pity, sighed, and walked away.
Hong Xiaoduo, who had just come to her senses, kept telling herself, "Don't be impulsive, it's fake, it's all fake, it's just a story, don't take it seriously."
However, the man seemed to have grown tired of watching the children gnaw on the bone. He turned around and called to the other children to go and grab the bone, saying that whoever got it wouldn't be punished.
Hong Xiaoduo imagined the cruel scene that was about to happen and wanted to walk away, but she didn't expect that none of the kneeling children would listen to the man and get up to snatch the bone from their companion.
Although they were all afraid of the man, no one listened to him.
Seeing that they were not obeying his orders, the man flew into a rage and got up to run towards the children.
Seeing him raise his foot to kick, the two children who had been massaging his back and legs quickly knelt down and hugged his legs, begging him to spare their companion. The man became even angrier, picked up the wine jug in his hand, and swung it down on one of the children's heads. The porcelain jug hit the child's forehead and cracked instantly, and blood immediately flowed from the child's forehead.
Even after all this, the man showed no sign of giving up, and with the broken spout in his hand, he was about to poke it into the other child's face.
In her haste, Hong Xiaoduo threw a stone she was holding at the man.
In that situation, shouting for him to stop would have been pointless. When she threw the stone, she was hoping it would hit the man's face; if it hit his body, his thick skin wouldn't hurt. She didn't really expect to be accurate when throwing a stone.
Even after the stone left her hand, she began to regret it, wondering what if it had hit the child?
But, as heaven knows, that egg-sized stone just happened to hit the man in the face.
The man covered his nose and screamed in pain, staggering backward. The two children released their grip on his legs, and the man fell backward to the ground.
Hong Xiaoduo's mouth was wide open. How could her aim be so good? And how could she use so much force?
The children also looked very surprised. They first glanced at the man who had fallen to the ground, and then they all looked at her.
For a moment, time seemed to stand still. After a while, she and the children realized that the man who had fallen to the ground hadn't moved at all.
"What are you standing there for? Run!" Hong Xiaoduo gave up on checking if the man was alive or dead. She felt like she had caused trouble, but she didn't just run away.
Then, the group of children looked at the oldest one, and led by him, they ran off with Hong Xiaoduo.
One adult and seven children were all afraid that the man would chase after them. Those who couldn't take it anymore would stop to rest along the way. Once they had rested enough, they would continue to run. Yes, they just ran. And that's how they ended up here.
"Was it just a coincidence, or is it because of my identity as a female knight-errant that I really have the kung fu to hit whatever I want?" Hong Xiaoduo muttered to herself as she walked into the woods, looking at her hands.
Whether it's true or not, we'll find out by trying again!
So she bent down, picked up a small stone, weighed it in her hand, and looked ahead...
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