I didn't meet anyone after I went out. The corridor was still pitch black. Fortunately, the rain outside seemed to have stopped.

Lu He took his younger brother Lu Yuan down the corridor. When they passed the corridor leading to the inner room, they couldn't help but glance inside. Fortunately, they didn't see anything.

She breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to the front door and opened it, but she happened to meet a group of people who were about to push the door open.

The two sides looked at each other for a moment, and Lu Yuan's pupils suddenly dilated because of fright. His small hands tightly grasped Lu He's clothes, and he looked anxious as if he was about to cry out in the next second.

"Good boy!" The group of middle-aged men and women who led the group also reacted and took a few steps forward, blocking the brother and sister inside.

"How dare you come here?! I'll show you how I'll deal with you when I get back!"

After saying that, the bearded man in the lead rolled up his sleeves and rushed towards Lu Yuan. Lu He was frightened when he saw this, and without thinking, he pulled out the very sharp dagger from his waist and slashed at him.

"what--!!"

There was a miserable scream, and the big man fell backward trembling, holding his right hand. Two wrinkled fingers fell to the ground, and blood continued to flow out of his hand.

"You bitch! Are you crazy?!"

Someone in the crowd rushed to support the man who had fallen to the ground. Three or four men surrounded him on guard, pretending to find an opportunity to snatch the dagger from Lu He's hand.

Several women standing in the back pointed at the siblings and cursed, "You selfish bastards! We're going to skin you both alive today!"

Lu He's forehead was covered in sweat from nervousness. She desperately protected her brother and retreated, pointing the dagger in her hand at the group of people who kept approaching. "We are selfish? Why didn't you say you had selfish motives when you took my brother to sacrifice to the river!"

A clever one quickly followed up with a earnest explanation: "Silly child! That was just for show! Didn't the village chief explain it to you? He'll send Xiao Yuan back when it's over! Hey, didn't he also promise that at the end of the year each household would contribute some of their profits to take care of you and your sister?"

Lu He's expression was tense due to nervousness, but he found it funny when he heard this. "Send it back? Since Second Aunt thinks a living person can survive by soaking in water for three days and three nights, why don't you soak it yourself?"

The man was embarrassed by the retort and rolled his eyes, pretending his kindness was not rewarded. He turned his attention to Lu Yuan, who was looking at them in horror. "Oh, you kid! How can you talk like that? This is a good thing for the whole village! Xiao Yuan is so obedient and well-behaved, he must be willing to do it, right, Xiao Yuan?"

"Don't ask him!" Lu He excitedly pushed the knife forward, causing those who were approaching step by step to have to hurriedly take a few steps back.

"Damn it! Can't a bunch of grown men control a little girl?!" After the man said that, he picked up a chair nearby and smashed it over.

The chairs in the store were long chairs that could seat two or three people. Such a large chair was thrown directly at his face. Lu He didn't react in time to dodge and was hit squarely on the forehead by the chair leg, and a large piece of skin was immediately scraped off his forehead.

In just a blink of an eye, the wound began to bleed profusely, and she was knocked backwards and hit the edge of the counter behind her.

"Sister!" Lu Yuan screamed. Lu He had just protected him, so the chair didn't hit him.

Seeing the blood, a group of people immediately rushed over to grab the person. Lu He was hit so hard that his eyes went black, but he was obviously not a pushover. He kicked away the chair that was hitting him, picked up an abacus from the counter and smashed it hard at one of them, roaring like a mad little animal that was cornered:

"Let's see who dares! I'll kill anyone who touches my brother today! If I, Lu He, die today, I'll take a few people with me!!"

"You said it! Don't blame us if he dies!"

After saying these harsh words, the group of people rushed forward without caring about anything else. After all, they were more in number, and although a few of them were scratched by the dagger, they still managed to subdue the man.

The man who had just hit Lu He with a stool and had his eye broken by the abacus kicked her in the stomach. Adults are always strong, and this time Lu He's back hit the edge of the table, knocking it over. She felt her chest tremble, and she couldn't help but groan, falling to the ground with a pale face, unable to get up for a long time due to the pain.

The light in the store was dim, and although the group of people couldn't see her reaction clearly, they could tell that the kick was probably heavy.

After all, they are from the same village. Now a group of people forced a little girl to beat her like this. It is really shameful.

"Xiao He... are you okay? Your uncles were just angry for a moment..." Someone tried to smooth things over, but was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"You bunch of bad guys! I will fight you!" Lu Yuan's childish voice was filled with tears. He was short in stature, and the dagger just fell at his feet when it slipped out of his hand. Without waiting for those people to react, he picked up the dagger and rushed over, stabbing it directly into the leg of the man who kicked others.

A scream rang out. Lu He, who had just recovered a little, was worried that those people would attack Lu Yuan, so he struggled to get up again, "Assholes... You are a bunch of bastards!!"

Suddenly, the crowd fell silent. This shout seemed to have truly silenced the group. Lu He saw them all staring at her in amazement. Even the man who had just been stabbed in the thigh by Lu Yuan stopped shouting.

Lu He came back to his senses and felt that these people were not looking at him.

"So noisy... Are you guys here to stay at the hotel too?"

The hoarse voice brought her attention back to reality instantly. She was so focused on dealing with this group of people that she almost forgot about the danger in the store.

“So many people…”

The waiter came out from the inner room with his neck tilted, blood still flowing onto the ground.

Lu He felt a cool breeze on her back. Lu Yuan, who had just come back to help her after stabbing her, was still shaking with his hands as he grabbed her clothes. He seemed to glance back, but quickly shook Lu He's clothes again, "Sister... there's a little brother over there..."

"Little brother"?

Lu He thought of the man’s reminder before, there are other “ghosts” in this store!

Lu Yuan looked at the boy of the same age who had been waving at him in the corner. His originally tense mood seemed to relax all of a sudden. He actually let go of the hand that was holding Lu He's clothes and stared blankly at the corner, "He wants to play with me..."

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