Father Zhou glanced at the group of three people who were gradually receding on the rugged path in front of him. He felt anxious, but he had no choice but to turn around and go back to the next floor. Then he found his son who had been stabbed by thorns all over his body.
At the beginning of the new year, when everyone was sitting around eating, drinking and chatting, the father and son went to the cold mountain and lit torches to walk hard on the trail... It was really annoying.
Zhou's father stepped forward to help the person up, and said angrily: "Can't you just watch the road under your feet?"
Zhou Xingwang fell down and felt pain all over his body. The wound on his forehead seemed to start to bleed again. His head was even more dizzy than before. When he heard his father scolding him, he scolded: "I told you that I'm dizzy and can't see the road. You insist?"
I'll accompany you...I didn't do the bad thing, I still want to go home and lie down. I won't go!"
He lay motionless on the ground, and Zhou's father had no choice but to persuade him: "Get up quickly, we won't be able to find anyone in a while. If you don't worry about your elder brother, you should go check on Jiaojiao's safety."
This makes sense. Firstly, Zhou Xingwang was worried about his daughter, and secondly, he didn’t want Lu Xiaoqing to think that he was a father who didn’t care for his daughter.
In fact, the latter was more important, so he managed to get here. After struggling to get up, the father and son returned to the trail and started on their way again.
Jigong Mountain is quite far away, and it was not until midnight that Zhou Xingcai found the cave where the people were hiding.
Along the way, he suffered a lot of injuries. Most of them were beaten by Chu Yunli, and the figure was scratched by stones and thorns on the roadside.
The cave was dark and there was no light at all. Father Lu went in first and saw his granddaughter tied up in the corner. Her mouth was gagged. She was feeling hot all over. She didn't know how long she had been unconscious. She couldn't wake up even if she shouted.
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This is a high fever, but it can kill people. Father Lu panicked and shouted hurriedly: "Xiaoqing, come here quickly, Jiaojiao is very sick."
Chu Yunli kicked his subordinates hard and knocked them to the ground. He ran over to look at Jiaojiao.
In addition to catching a cold and developing a high fever, Jiaojiao also had many injuries on her body, probably from being beaten. Father Lu had already picked up his granddaughter and hurried down the mountain to find a doctor in the morning.
Chu Yunli picked up the torch, and her cold eyes fell on Zhou Xingcai who was trying to escape at the entrance of the cave. She said coldly: "Dad, take Jiaojiao and take the first step."
Father Lu was indeed anxious. Along the way, Zhou Xingcai tried to escape many times, but was restrained by his daughter. It was obvious that his daughter would not suffer in front of him. In this case, he had nothing to say, so he only said: "
Be more measured in your actions and don't kill anyone."
After saying that, she hugged Jiaojiao and ran out, kicking rocks on the road and staggering a step, but luckily she didn't fall.
Chu Yunli's eyelids twitched when she saw it, and she couldn't help but tell him: "Dad, the road is not easy to walk, please slow down and don't fall."
What answered her was the sound of Lu's father's footsteps rushing away.
There were only two people left in the cave, and Zhou Xingcai forced a smile: "At that time, I said to light a fire, but there was no firewood around, and I was afraid of burning Jiaojiao. I heard that none of the people who were buried in the fire were burned to death.
It was smoked to death. Your sister-in-law didn't allow me to order it. If Guishu had suffered too much, Jiaojiao should have suffered a little. I just listened to her... Brothers and sisters, if you have anything to say, please tell me.
I gave him back to you..."
Before he finished speaking, he ran away.
In fact, Lu Xiaoqing was holding a bloody knife at this moment, like an executioner who kills people without batting an eye. Zhou Xingcai has already tested her strength along the way, and now he is still injured, so it is impossible for him to be under her hands.
Escape.
But he had to run away if he couldn't. If he was caught, he would definitely not be able to get a good deal just by looking at Jiaojiao's miserable condition.
Just after taking two steps, he suddenly tripped and fell to the ground.
It was Chu Yunli who threw the torch in her hand and tripped his feet. She picked up the rope that was untied from Jiaojiao's body next to her, stepped forward and stepped on Zhou Xingcai's back, and tied him up neatly. Her hand was particularly heavy, and the rope
It almost cut into his flesh, and finally stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth.
During this period, Zhou Xingcai had been struggling to escape. After preparing to block him, he whimpered and wanted to beg for mercy. Chu Yunli remained unmoved: "You left my daughter here in the cold for several hours, and you still treated me so well."
She dealt a heavy blow. As for me, I always like to retaliate with tit for tat, so from now on, you just stay here in the cold."
Zhou Xingcai: "..."
People would die if left in a cave in this kind of weather.
The reason why he did that was actually a little careful. Firstly, this place was remote and it was impossible for anyone to find and rescue the person. Secondly, if Jiaojiao died, the Lu family would definitely have to adopt the child...perhaps from
The Lu family and Uncle Lu Xiaoqing's family are looking for someone, but they may also be looking for the Zhou family.
There is a 30% chance, so you have to give it a try.
Also, if your son was harmed so miserably by Lu Xiaoqing and all the family’s savings over the years were spent, wouldn’t he want to take revenge?
As refreshing as it was when he did it, he regretted it at the moment. His eyes were frightened and he kept begging for mercy.
Just at this time, someone spoke not far away. It turned out that it was the Zhou family and his son who arrived, and they happened to meet Lu's father who was carrying his child back.
Zhou Xingcai's eyes lit up and he thought he was saved.
The next moment, I heard Lu Xiaoqing's sinister tone: "Putting you in a cave is too easy for you."
Zhou Xingcai suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. The next moment he felt a pain in his waist, and he rolled out of the cave uncontrollably. Then, he fell into a thorn, and rolled for a long time before he was caught by a tree.
A small tree blocked his body. This area was full of wild forest and the terrain was steep. If this tree broke, he didn't know how long he would have to roll to stop.
In the darkness, they could not see very far with only the torch. However, the Zhou family and his son clearly saw the scene of Lu Xiaoqing kicking someone down.
Zhou's father's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but it was already too late. He was too far away. He could only watch his son roll down the cliff. He was so angry that he jumped to his feet: "Lu Xiaoqing, you are going to cause death."
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Chu Yunli's face was full of disapproval: "I just wanted to retaliate with tooth, and that's right! In the end, he got kicked out because of his dishonesty. What does it have to do with me?"
Father Zhou: "..."
"I saw you push him down with my own eyes."
"You are his relatives, so of course you will favor him." Chu Yunli said plausibly: "I didn't push it."
Zhou Xingwang was speechless, but he grabbed his father who wanted to separate again: "Dad, let her calm down, otherwise, the grudge between our two families will only get deeper and deeper." This was very detrimental to him.
"You weakling." Zhou's father was so angry that he punched his son.
Chu Yunli smiled half-heartedly and folded his clothes: "It's too cold at night, let's go down the mountain together!"
Father Zhou frowned: "I don't know where Xingcai went. It's such a cold day. If you leave him alone on the mountain, he will really die. I have to go and find him."
Chu Yunli chuckled: "Go look for it. You can't see the road in the middle of the night. If you fall down by yourself, you have no one to blame."
This is a fact.
Zhou Xingwang took one look at the steep mountain and did not dare to go down at all. But Zhou's father didn't care, he grabbed the weeds and followed the traces of his son's fall and slid down.
As a result, one of them failed to hold it firmly and the person suddenly slipped away.
During this period, even the torches fell aside. Zhou Xingwang was shocked and hurriedly went forward to look, but he only saw the living torches and the movement gradually moving away, and no one could be seen anymore.
"father!"
If it were daytime, it would be easy to find someone in this place. But it was night, and Zhou Xingwang was the only one who was injured. Where could he find someone?
Chu Yunli snorted coldly and turned around to go down the mountain.
Zhou Xingwang looked at her back, holding on to his last glimmer of hope: "Xiaoqing, help me."
With this shout, the woman in front turned around. Before Zhou Xingwang could be happy, she heard her say: "I just wish I could push you down too, don't force me!"
Zhou Xingwang: "..."
He watched the woman go further and further away until she disappeared into the darkness. She seemed to have disappeared into his world and could never be found again.
Lu Xiaoqing treated the Zhou family mercilessly, and it was difficult for Zhou Xingwang to deceive himself and others. It was obvious that she really only had hatred for the Zhou family and had no feelings at all.
Zhou Xingwang wiped his face, endured the discomfort on his body, and slowly slid down the weeds.
When the father and daughter returned to town, it was already dawn. Chu Yunli took the opportunity to hold Jiaojiao and help clear a few acupuncture points to prevent her from having a febrile convulsion.
Da Ya had already been treated by a doctor. Not only had her injuries been bandaged, but she also drank medicine twice. Her fever had already begun to go down.
Seeing Jiaojiao like this, the doctor was surprised: "How could it be like this?"
Father Lu's eyes were red with anger: "The Zhou family is not interested in human affairs. They want to extort money from my family. They tied up the child and left it outside to freeze." He tried to be as understated as possible, not wanting outsiders to doubt Jiaojiao's innocence.
The doctor quickly prepared some medicine and asked him to boil it, and sighed: "There are some children in this world whose parents are not close to each other. Like the Zhou family... you can't force it, so don't take it to heart."
Chu Yunli also discovered that the doctor's youngest son had been hiding at the door and had cast anxious eyes on Jiaojiao several times, which she had not known before.
She quietly observed the doctor's expression, and it was obvious that the doctor knew his thoughts about her youngest son. It seemed that she was right to send him here.
Da Ya was weak and she was still injured at noon the next day.
Jiaojiao woke up first. When she opened her eyes, her face was filled with fear and her whole body was shaking. When she saw her mother clearly in front of the bed, she threw herself into Chu Yunli's arms: "Mom... I thought I would never see her again."
I can’t see you anymore…”
It turned out that the Zhou couple arrived at dusk, and Jiaojiao didn't want them to come in. But the two of them barged in forcefully, and without saying a word, took Jiaojiao away.
Seeing that something was wrong, Da Ya stepped forward to stop him, but was chopped down by the furious Zhou Xingcai. It was also because he saw the couple's ruthless attacks that Jiaojiao did not struggle hard, and even cooperated extremely well, doing whatever he was told. Even if it was being loaded into
She was placed in a sack on a bullock cart, but she didn't resist.
And so, Jiaojiao still received a lot of beatings while being sent to the mountain.
"They hate you very much. Whenever I mention you, I will get hit a few times."
Chu Yunli touched her hair: "This kind of thing will never happen again."
Indeed not anymore.
Because when Zhou Xingwang, who was injured, touched Zhou Xingcai, he was completely unconscious.
After finally finding someone, Zhou Xingwang didn't want to stay in the mountains any longer because it was too cold. As for his father... he planned to go back to the village to look for someone.
Whether or not what the Zhou family did will be discovered, human life is at stake, and I don't care.