The obese man walked towards Yahiko and Lei Luo menacingly. He rolled up his sleeves, revealing a pair of thick arms, and roared repeatedly.
Yahiko's expression changed, and he subconsciously wanted to run away, but Konan became a little strange for some reason, and he was unwilling to leave his companions behind, so he simply stayed where he was and gritted his teeth.
Turning his head slightly and glancing at the fat man, Lei Luo flicked his sleeves, took out a gold ingot, and threw it into the man's open mouth.
With a whooshing sound, the gold ingot drew a straight line in the air and arrived at the target location in less than a second.
"Ouch!"
The entrance of a foreign object seemed to be stuck in the throat, and the roof of the mouth was hit at the same time. The fat man let out a cry of pain, and quickly put his hand into his mouth to pull it out.
When he brought the thing in his throat to his face, the fat man's screams suddenly stopped. He subconsciously looked up and saw Lei Luo waving his hands to him impatiently, as if to say:
I'm in charge of this matter, why don't you get out of here?
The gold ingots in his hand weighed at least a dozen taels. The fat man, the owner of the fruit stall, knew how much he had gained this time, so he turned around and left in a hurry, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
With the whole process under his eyes, Yahiko turned his head when the fruit stall owner disappeared, and first looked at Lei Luo again, as if to remember the latter's appearance firmly in his mind.
Then, he scratched his head in embarrassment and said with an awkward smile: "Well...thank you!"
Yahiko's laughter was very hearty, but in such a situation where he and his companions did something wrong first and were helped by others, his expression was somewhat unnatural.
Lei Luo also smiled and replied: "It's a small matter."
Before meeting this strange man, he had a calm attitude, and he did not have any discriminatory or disgusting attitude towards me because of what happened before.
Yahiko couldn't help but feel good about Lei Luo, and he no longer hesitated at the moment. He quickly walked to Konan and squatted down, while whispering into the latter's ear:
"Xiao Nan, wake up quickly, it's okay."
Perhaps it was the voice of her companion that inspired a little courage in her heart. Xiaonan raised her head and looked at Lei Luo, who was eye level with her in front of her. She looked into those dark pupils for a second or two, and then...
Like a frightened rabbit, Xiao Nan quickly lowered his head again, and at the same time his whole body was trembling slightly, as if he did not dare to continue to look at Lei Luo, and he did not even say a complete sentence in his mouth, obviously he was extremely scared.
On the other side, seeing Xiaonan's reaction secretly, Yahiko had some guesses in his mind. When he turned around calmly, he put on a wry smile and said to Lei Luo:
"My lord, my companion is not in a good condition right now. I'm afraid I won't be able to answer your question."
"Why don't you think about this... you can leave an address and we will visit you when my companion returns to normal?"
Hearing this, Lei Luo first stared at Yahiko for a while, then glanced at Konan again, and then suddenly stood up and said in a neither salty nor indifferent tone: "This is a good idea, then I will wait for you to come over.
alright."
With that said, Lei Luo came close to Yahiko's ear, and while whispering the location of the hotel, he reached out and patted his shoulder, as if to signal Yahiko to relax, or as if it contained something else.
After completing these actions, Lei Luo no longer stayed, leaving only the words "Don't make me wait too long", then turned around and left without even looking at Yahiko and Konan.
On the other side, seeing the figure of the man in black robe gradually moving away, and soon disappearing at a corner of the street, Yahiko straightened his mind, and a look of solemnity appeared on his face unconsciously.
At this moment, a hoarse female voice with a hint of weakness came into Yahiko's ears: "Mi, Yahiko... let's go quickly, hurry up, hurry up..."
"Xonan?"
Subconsciously glancing at his companion who grabbed his arm, Yahiko was surprised to find that Konan's face had turned pale at some point, as if there was no trace of blood.
And her expression at this moment was something Yahiko had never seen before. The feeling was both fear and despair, and more like a strong sense of powerlessness filling her.
but……
"What's wrong with you, Xiaonan?"
"What's going on?"
"That man just now, have you seen him before?"
While reaching out to support the girl next to him, Yahiko kept talking and asked several questions in a row.
But Xiaonan didn't answer a single question. She put one hand on the ground and reluctantly stood up.
Then, when she felt her legs gradually regaining consciousness, Konan grabbed Yahiko's wrist fiercely and ran forward without saying a word.
As for the apples scattered on the ground, which should now be regarded as truly belonging to them, Xiaonan didn't seem to pay any attention to them.
And every step she took while running seemed to be more hurried and urgent than when she was avoiding the fruit stall owner.
It felt like... as if I was running for my life.
Because his wrist was grabbed, Yahiko couldn't help but follow Konan and start running wildly.
Half an hour passed quietly...
In this way, the two of them walked forward, running out of the town without stopping, ran into a nearby grove, and finally got into a cave with dim candlelight, which was where they lived.
The cave is not large, and the living facilities inside are extremely simple. Apart from a few large wooden boxes containing food, clothing and other supplies, there are only two thatched beds.
Just looking at the layout, the conditions here are no different from the slums in the city, but for some unknown reason, Yahiko and Konan did not settle in the nearby slums, but moved their families to this inaccessible area.
At this moment, a candlestick was burning slowly on the wooden box that served as a table.
Although the dim firelight was dim, the cave entrance was very large, and the breeze blowing in from time to time made the surrounding environment even brighter and darker.
But Xiaonan felt surprisingly at ease. She slowly exhaled a long breath, and her nervous mind calmed down a little.
At this moment, Yahiko's voice came: "Xonan, can you answer my question now?"
Raising his head, Xiaonan stared blankly at his companion for a while.
Seeing that Yahiko's face was very serious, and there was a hint of worry in his eyebrows, Konan couldn't help but start to recall: What questions did Yahiko ask before?
That man? Have you seen him before?
As I thought about it, more distant memories gradually emerged in Xiaonan's mind...