Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

They swallowed their pride and begged everyone again and again, thinking that Xiaoqiao had lost her only relative and they were too sad to make the mistake.

But Xiaoqiao broke everyone's bottom line time and time again, and now she even advocated kidnapping the three children... The couple had never done anything evil in their lives, but now they indirectly harmed the Hunter family and even the Lin family, they...

At this moment, the overwhelming regret turned into a sharp knife, stabbing the couple's hearts fiercely, piercing their bones and making them shiver with pain.

"Do you know where they will take people?" Lin Xiaoyue continued to ask with a cold face.

The boy seemed to be thinking, and he pressed his brow with his hand. "They shouldn't stay in the village. The most secluded place here is this cellar. If they are still hiding in the village, you will definitely find them. They should have escaped."

The boy did not wait for Lin Xiaoyue to ask again, but continued, "In the swamps to the north, many people died there, so they dare not go there; in the south, there are many soldiers stationed there, and the thieves are afraid of soldiers, so they will not go there either; the only options left are the east and the west."

"To the east is a bamboo forest with many poisonous snakes lurking in it, so it is unlikely to be their first choice. To the west is a steep slope, and although the dense forest on the slope has withered a lot, it is deep enough and covered with dead grass, which is enough to cover the children's bodies."

The boy did not specify the direction, but if what he said was true, it was likely that Xiaoqiao and the wolf cubs would take the three children west.

"I'll go look for him. Don't leave the village." Lin Xiaoyue took a deep look at the boy and saw that his gaze was full of deep calmness and an indescribable wisdom. She had an indescribable feeling that what he said must be true.

The village head hurriedly said, "Sana, wait a minute. Your uncles and aunts have gone out of the village to look for someone. Wait a minute. If they can't find anyone, they should be back soon. Wait for them to go with you."

Although Lin Xiaoyue is very strong, she is still a little girl after all, and the village head is worried about her taking risks alone.

Moreover, because he was soft-hearted and let the bandits go, leaving the wolf cub to be retaliated against, he didn't want Lin Xiaoyue to fall into someone else's trap.

"Mr. Li Zheng, time is running out and I can't wait any longer. Don't worry, I will be fine. If you uncles happen to be looking for the same place, we can meet you on the road."

Lin Xiaoyue symbolically picked up a kitchen knife and left.

Seeing this, Lin Zhaodi and Xiaocao quickly picked up their weapons and followed, "I'll go too."

Seeing the determined looks in the two men's eyes, Lin Xiaoyue knew that she couldn't stop them, so she said no more. She left a sentence "I will bring my sister and niece back", then turned around and strode away.

The boy wanted to follow, but unfortunately, he was hit on the back of his head, and his head was heavy. He fell to the ground and didn't even have the strength to stand up, let alone follow. He could only bite his lower lip hard, looking at the three figures walking away unwillingly.

After leaving the mountain village, the three of them headed west, running very fast on the steep mountain road. Along the way, they found many scattered traces, such as short branches broken by being trampled, short footprints of children, scraps of cloth on the bodies of the fourth and fifth children that were hooked by the long tree forks, and... bloodstains.

Lin Xiaoyue felt her blood boiling. When Li Zheng was considering letting the child go, she had expressed her agreement.

It was not because she was too soft-hearted, but because there were too few humans surviving the apocalypse, and among them, there were even fewer children who were lucky enough to survive.

In the third year of the apocalypse, people realized that if newborns and children, the spark of humanity, did not grow up, then facing the growing zombie army, the space for human survival would be constantly compressed. Even before the zombie tide arrived, humans would be worn away and die little by little in the long river of time, and the existence of intelligent creatures would be buried in the long river of history.

She was more tolerant of children than adults for this reason. But she didn't expect that her soft-heartedness would put three innocent children in danger. She deserved it.

How could she forget that being kind to the enemy is being cruel to oneself? People like this who have no bottom line, oh no, should be worse than pigs and dogs, and there is no need for them to live in this world.

The three of them said nothing and ran forward with gloomy faces. A quarter of an hour later, they met the hunter who had come out to look for someone and Niu Tietou who happened to be in this direction. When the two sides met, they became more convinced that the direction they were searching was correct.

Moreover, with Lin the hunter, who walks in the mountains and forests all year round and has rich experience and unique insights in finding prey, the five-member team heading west to search for people can move forward a little faster.

As we went deeper into the mountains and forests in the west, the dangers became greater and greater. There were more wolves, tigers and leopards hiding in the deep mountains and forests. Not to mention large wild animals, even small insects and snakes could cause disasters.

Fortunately, everyone of them was wearing the snake and insect repellent sachets given by Chun Xing along the way, otherwise, they really didn’t know how much of a headache it would have been.

Compared to Lin Xiaoyue and the others, who at least had a layer of protection on their bodies, the group of people who kidnapped the three little ones were really in trouble.

Although they were born and raised in the mountains and were very familiar with the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains, they could not help but escape in such a hurry that they did not come out with much except weapons for self-defense and rations.

In addition, the three little kids were a real burden. They wanted to throw the youngest one away, thinking that the youngest was useless except for crying. Instead of bringing him along to burden everyone, it would be better to throw him directly into the mountains to be a wolf in distress.

But when they reached out to make a move, the two five-year-olds held on to the younger ones tightly, refusing to let go no matter what they said. No matter how they kicked and hit them, or threatened to cut their arms with knives, it was useless. The two men were so angry that they pounced on them and bit them directly.

An eight-year-old girl among them almost had half of her ear bitten off by these two little bitches. The girl was so angry that she stabbed them several times with a knife.

If the two little bitches weren't needed, they would have rushed forward and hacked the three hostages to death with their swords.

Xiaoqiao was also very nervous. Although she was angry for a moment and suggested kidnapping the three kids as hostages, she also thought that since those people had abandoned her, she would definitely take revenge on them and let them taste the consequences of being betrayed.

But after she impulsively escaped from the mountain village with the bandit child, she kept running in the mountains, gasping for breath, until they reached the edge of the cliff and everyone sat down to rest. Only then did she slowly calm down and regret that she was too impulsive.

But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. She can't go back and can only grit her teeth and go all the way.

Xiaoqiao looked at the two children who were thrown aside, their bodies covered with scars from being kicked and stabbed with knives, and they were protecting Xiaomaizi in their arms tightly. They were obviously frightened to the point of turning pale and shaking all over, but they still gritted their teeth and refused to cry out. It was extremely discouraging.