Lu Yun and her two children had not eaten decent food for a long time, so the entire basket of oil cakes was eaten up by the three of them.

Song Yao was afraid that they would choke, so she asked Huaying to pour them some water.

After they finished drinking the water, Song Yao finally spoke: "Sister, since you are having such a hard time here, why don't you join us in fleeing the famine?"

Lu Yun sighed and said helplessly, "It's easy for them without children. They can naturally escape the famine. But I have two children to take care of, and my husband is not there either. It's really inconvenient."

Song Yao said: "It's nothing, you can ask relatives and friends to help take care of it. Look, you can't even fill your stomachs living here. If you continue like this, it will only make you more miserable."

Lu Yun said, "Miss, although there's not much to eat here, there are still people here. If you didn't leave before, it's even more impossible to leave now!"

The little boy said, "My mother is afraid that someone will bully Uncle Zhang and Aunt Wang if she leaves, so she won't leave. She wants to stay here forever."

When Song Yao heard the little boy's words, she smiled softly, "Then your mother is really amazing!"

The little boy looked at Lu Yun beside him with eyes full of pride, "My mother is the best person in the world."

Song Yao reached out and touched the little boy's head. "So, tell me, am I still a bad guy?"

The little boy blushed in embarrassment and shook his head, saying, "Sister is not a bad person. She is a good person."

"Pfft..." Song Yao laughed out loud.

Even Huaying couldn't help but chuckle.

Song Yao looked at Huaying and said, "Huaying, it's getting late. Please send them back."

"Okay!" Hua Ying nodded. She looked at Lu Yun, "Big sister, I'll take you out."

"Hey!" Lu Yun thanked Song Yao excitedly, and then left with Hua Ying.

After Huaying sent them to the courtyard gate, Lu Yun suddenly said, "Miss Huaying, it's a cold night. You don't have to see us off. We can go back on our own."

Huaying thought that she would be scared to go back alone after sending them home, so she didn't refuse.

"Okay then, be careful." Huaying said this but did not leave. She watched them walk away before returning to the house.

After Lu Yun and the others left Song Yao's place, it was so dark at night that they could only vaguely see the ground and the direction. It was also very cold, and Lu Yun tripped over a stone without paying attention.

She fell to the ground and cried out, and the little boy and girl hurried to help her.

Lu Yun was so happy to see her two sensible children that she forgot to cry out in pain.

She got up from the ground and looked at them kindly, "Xiaochuan, Xiaomei, mother is fine, let's go."

She took one of the children home.

When passing the village entrance, Lu Yun heard some people riding horses into the village with torches. Due to the distance, she couldn't tell how many people there were, nor their purpose in coming to the village so late.

Lu Yun felt uneasy in her heart, so she didn't say anything and just took the child and left quickly.

However, the figures of the three of them, mother and son, stood out in the dark night and under the firelight, so they were spotted at a glance.

Just as Lu Yun was walking quickly forward, she suddenly heard: "Go catch them, quickly!"

Lu Yun's heart sank suddenly. She hurriedly squatted down and stroked the cheeks of the two children with trembling hands. "Xiaochuan, take your sister to the house of the older sister you just met. Go quickly. No matter what sound you hear, don't look back. Xiaochuan, go quickly."

She was afraid that they would capture her child, so she spoke in a low voice. However, she was a woman, and when faced with such a thing, she was very scared, so much so that her eyes turned red with fear.

"Xiaochuan, take the small path, hurry up!" Lu Yun was so scared that her hands were shaking.

Lu Xiaochuan nodded. He looked at Lu Yun deeply, kissed her on the face, and seemed to have discovered something. Then he took Xiaomei away.

The man behind them saw the two children leaving and shouted, "Catch those two children!"

Lu Yun stood up, wiped the tears from her face, turned around and looked at the man who had just walked in front of her, "They are children, they are innocent. If you need anything, you can come to me, don't embarrass them!"

The man chuckled lewdly and said, "Oh, it's a woman! It's been ages since we last saw a woman!"

Boss Tu came up on his horse and said to the lecherous man, "Go after those two kids!"

The man didn't say anything and left immediately.

Boss Tu looked at Lu Yun, who was standing in front of him with an arrogant look on her face. "Has a team come to the village? They have horse carriages and mule carts... Are they staying here?"

When Lu Yun heard what Boss Tu said, she immediately understood that these people were here to find Song Yao and the others. Moreover, judging from their ferocious looks, it must be no good.

Lu Yun was very nervous, fearing that they would kill her.

Seeing that Lu Yun didn't say anything, Boss Tu's eyes turned colder. "If you don't tell me, I'll send people to search. If they find anything, I'll kill everyone in your village!"

When Lu Yun heard this, she said without hesitation, "I don't know what you're talking about. No strangers have come to our village for years. Now the village is full of villagers. If you don't believe me, you can go and search!"

Boss Tu wanted to find Song Yao and the others as soon as possible. After all, they would have to set off on their journey as soon as the sun rose, and it would not be easy to find them then.

It would be totally not worth wasting time here.

Boss Tu looked at Lu Yun with a hint of menace in his eyes. "I'm telling you, if you dare to lie to me, I'll make sure everyone in your village is dead!"

"I dare not!" Lu Yun clenched her fists, her heart almost jumping out of her throat.

Boss Tu stared at Lu Yun for a few seconds in the firelight, and suddenly his face changed. He drew out his sword and stabbed it into Lu Yun's chest!

Lu Yun's pupils shrank, and she looked at Boss Tu in disbelief, "You..."

A mouthful of blood came up from her mouth and tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes.

Boss Tu snorted coldly, "They are right here, and you still dare to lie to me. There is no one who will die innocently!"

He drew his sword and kicked Lu Yun several feet away.

He ordered: "Go search now and make sure to find them!"

After receiving the order, the subordinates immediately rode their horses and went door to door to look for Song Yao and the others.

Lu Yun was lying on the ground with blood flowing from her mouth. The images of her two children flashed through her mind. Thinking that her children would be without a father or a mother and no one would take care of them, she suddenly felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't control herself.

Lu Yun gradually lost consciousness, and the last sound in her mind was the sound of her two children laughing and playing in front of her.

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