My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

“We…we can’t find the way. We wanted to come down the mountain with you, but we were afraid of losing face, and we were also afraid that you wouldn’t allow it if you found out…so we did it secretly…”

He spoke more and more fluently, and at the crucial moment he even broke down in tears, saying, "Cousin, cousin's wife... I was wrong. We were ungrateful before, we were inhuman. Please, for the sake of us being from the same village... for the sake of us sharing the same grandfather, please forgive us this time!"

At this moment, Liu and the others who had been hiding in the distance also came to their senses from the shock and ran out, weeping bitterly.

Once under the firelight, the disheveled state of Lu Bingchun's family was immediately revealed to everyone.

Everyone was stunned when they saw Liu Shi with her hair disheveled and her face covered in wounds, Lu Bingchun walking with a limp, and the Lu Tianhu brothers who were clearly lacking in energy.

Although they were all in a sorry state while fleeing.

But Lu Bingchun and his group are now in a particularly sorry state.

Liu looked dozens of times older than when she left the group, and Lu Bingchun was so thin that his cheekbones protruded, and his whole body seemed to consist of nothing but skin and bones.

If even the head of the household is like this, the rest of the people are even worse.

Even Gu Chunzhi, who had previously disliked Lu Bingchun's family intensely, couldn't help but frown.

Even Niu Dahua and Zhou Shi, who are usually soft-hearted, showed expressions of reluctance.

"Nephew, nephew's wife, it was all my fault before. Please let your cousin go!"

Liu immediately knelt on the ground, wailing and grabbing at Ma Lan, saying, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and plead for your husband! What, are you going to watch your husband die? You vicious woman!"

The brothers Lu Tianhu and Lu Tianhao were also looking at Ma Lan.

Ma Lan looked at Ji Yunshuang and moved her lips, but swallowed the words that were about to come out because of the gazes of her two sons.

She was pulled by Liu and suddenly knelt down in front of Ji Yunshuang and Lu Yinheng.

But when she thought of what Ji Yunshuang had told her that day, and how the two of them had rushed out to save her the moment she screamed, she couldn't bring herself to lie to them.

She didn't want to lie to Ji Yunshuang, but her two sons were her own flesh and blood after all. No matter how disappointed she was in them, she couldn't just ignore their lives.

She felt as if her heart had been torn apart, the pain making it hard for her to breathe.

Seeing her crying incessantly without uttering a single word, Liu was furious. She slapped her hard, yelling, "What are you spouting nonsense for? Are you mute? Speak up! Explain to them whether your husband has come to apologize!"

"mother!"

Lu Tianhu, no longer arrogant as before, looked at her pitifully and said, "Aren't you going to care whether we live or die?"

Lu Tianhao looked at her pitifully, just like an older brother.

Ma Lan's tears flowed even more fiercely as she kowtowed repeatedly to Ji Yunshuang, saying, "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

Ji Yunshuang said coldly, "Get lost!"

After saying that, she ignored the others and slowly returned to Lu Yuzhu's side with the knife. She picked up the pigskin she had dropped earlier and got back to work.

In the firelight, she resembled a gentle woman doing needlework.

But Lu Xuewen felt that she was more frightening than Lu Yinheng, whose eyes were cold.

He dared not stay any longer and, with his legs and arms trembling, he walked into the woods.

Liu was still somewhat unwilling, but she was also terrified by Lu Yinheng and Ji Yunshuang. She bit her lip and pulled the weeping Ma Lan away.

Lu Bingchun's family quickly stepped aside, and no one dared to disturb them further.

But the atmosphere at the camp was very tense.

Lu Yanqi's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

He knew that the woman, like him, had been reborn, but he hadn't expected her skills to be so exceptional.

Lu Yinheng's emotions were equally turbulent at this moment. He was certain that Madam Ji, like him, had noticed the commotion in the woods before Ma Lan screamed.

Furthermore, the speed at which she drew her sword, her skill... were no less than his.

Even if she were a woman who had been reborn like him, she couldn't possibly have such good skills!

Something's wrong! Something is very wrong!

Compared to the somber mood of the Lu father and son, Lu Yuzhu was much simpler and cuter. She rested her chin on her hand, looked at Ji Yunshuang with bright eyes, and said, "Mother, you are so amazing! Zhuzhu wants to be as amazing as Mother."

Ji Yunshuang turned her body slightly and pressed her forehead against hers.

Smelling the unique milky scent of her daughter, the dark memories of the apocalypse that had been triggered by Malan's screams came flooding back.

She felt warmth again.

She smiled gently and said, "If you want to be as good as me, you should sleep well and grow taller. When you grow up, your mother will teach you."

Lu Yuzhu giggled and bumped foreheads with her. After playing around for a while, she nodded emphatically and said, "Okay, Yuzhu, go to sleep. Grow up quickly and learn to fly like Mommy!"

Ji Yunshuang pinched her little face and praised, "So good!"

Praised by her mother, the little girl proudly pulled Lu Yanqi to sleep, "Brother, go to sleep! Go to sleep and grow tall, so Mommy can teach us to fly!"

Lu Yanqi rolled his eyes at his naive and innocent younger sister, annoyed.

He didn't believe that woman was so kind.

This woman, reborn, has unleashed a series of powerful attacks on her father; she must be plotting something.

How can he sleep?

He held his sister in one arm, lulling her to sleep, and held Tianrui the tiger cub in the other, secretly vowing to get rid of that dangerous woman for his father and sister tonight.

But being so young and exhausted from a long day, he finally succumbed to his fatigue and fell into a deep sleep amidst the breathing of his younger sister and the little tiger cub.

The hearts of everyone in the camp remained unsettled for a long time.

Lu Yinheng is impressive, everyone is impressive. But when did Ji Yunshuang become so impressive as well?

Although Ji Yunshuang had offered to scout out the situation during the evacuation, at that time...

The villagers thought she was just lucky to be able to go back with Lu Yinheng.

Not to mention the villagers, even Lu Yinheng initially thought of letting her fend for herself. Later, when she emerged unscathed, he simply attributed it to good luck that she hadn't clashed with those people.

No one expected that she would be so skilled.

While everyone was shocked, they also felt somewhat relieved.

Ji Yunshuang's skills are just as good as Lu Yinheng's, which is only beneficial to them.

Their safety was further assured for the rest of the journey.

But for Lu Bingchun's family, it was a different story.

Lu Xuewen was so frightened by Lu Yinheng and his wife today that he wet his pants in front of so many people, and he was extremely ashamed and angry.

Once they were sure they were far enough away from the camp that the other side couldn't hear them, they slapped Malan and yelled, "You bitch, you're alive and well, why didn't you leave us any marks? Were you trying to kill us on purpose?"

Liu also punched and kicked Ma Lan, saying, "You slut, tell me the truth, what happened? If you don't explain clearly today, I'll have my son divorce you and leave you to be fed to the wolves in these mountains."

Lu Wuze and the others also scolded, "Sister-in-law, what happened to you? You have no idea how badly you've hurt us. We almost died in the mountains..."

Ma Lan had long since run out of tears. She covered her head with her hands, curled up on the ground, her mind filled with thoughts of the past few days, following behind Ji Yunshuang and the others.

Although everyone treated her like she didn't exist, no one deliberately bullied her.

Later, although she wasn't as lucky as before in catching bamboo rats, it really was as Ji Yunshuang said: as long as you keep your mind focused and observe carefully, you can find food in the mountains.

She was only scolded and beaten by her family, but she lived a better life with the people she wanted to harm.

A deep hatred suddenly welled up in her heart!

Are these people really her family?

Seeing that Ma Lan remained lying on the ground like a dead dog without saying a word, Lu Xuewen became even angrier and hit her harder.

Ma Lan suddenly raised her head, looked at her two sons, and said, "You just asked me if I was going to abandon you to your fate? Now I'm asking you, when you see me being beaten, have you thought about whether I live or die?"

Tears welled up in Lu Tianhu and Lu Tianhao's eyes, but before the two brothers could speak, Liu Shi blocked their way like a crab, baring her teeth and claws, and said, "Your mother deserved it! If she hadn't been a traitor, would your father have hit her?"

"She deserves to be beaten. That wretched woman almost killed us. She was just kowtowing to that bitch Ji, who almost killed your father. Who knows if she betrayed us and told Ji about our plan?"

Otherwise, why was Lady Ji so fierce to your father just now? Did you see? Lady Ji even slashed your father with her knife; she really wanted to kill him!

Under Liu's instigation, the tears in the brothers' eyes slowly faded, turning into resentment.

The last glimmer of hope in Malan's eyes vanished.

All that remained in her heart was endless darkness.

Lu Xuewen knocked Ma Lan unconscious, but in the end he couldn't get any information out of her about why she didn't leave a mark, or why Ji Yunshuang almost killed him the moment they met.

Although they didn't get any information out of her, everyone believed Liu's story and thought that Ma had told Ji Yunshuang about their plans.

As for why Ji Yunshuang didn't kill them in the end, it's believed that she lacked the courage to kill so many people at once. Some also speculate that Ji Yunshuang didn't completely trust Ma Lan's words.

Whatever the reason, Lu Xuewen dared not carry out his previous plan.

After all, Lu Yinheng and his wife are now on guard, and the two of them are so fierce. If they were to try to take advantage of them again, wouldn't that be like sending their heads to their doorstep?