Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Xuanyu and Shiwu stared blankly at this scene, feeling very sad.

Xiao Hao didn't say anything, picked up a lamp and went next door. Chen Xuanyu was a little puzzled, but followed him. As soon as the three of them left, the children who were picking up leftover food saw the blood in the room and were very scared. They immediately followed the three in front to the next room, like a group of little tails.

The light, like a ray of light through a crack, slowly illuminated the entire room. Xiao Hao silently approached the dark figures in the corner, and Chen Xuanyu followed. Only then did they smell a faint, rotten, and foul odor.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xuanyu covered his nose and subconsciously took two steps back.

Xiao Hao remained unmoved and quietly walked over. By the light, Chen Xuanyu saw three children lying there, barely alive. The children who had been fighting for food outside also came over and crowded outside the door to watch.

"Wake up! Wake up!" Xiao Hao shook them.

One of the children, a pale-faced four or five-year-old with two curly hairs on his head, slowly woke up, while the other two remained motionless.

"Big brother~" He stretched out his hand, pleading with Xiao Hao for help. "My leg is broken, please help me!"

"Okay!" Xiao Hao responded decisively, reaching out to hug him. "Ah~" The child screamed, and Xiao Hao pulled his hand back. The scream brought Chen Xuanyu back to his senses.

"I'll do it, you guys lift him up and put him on my back!" Chen Xuanyu squeezed through.

The children outside squeezed in.

Just as Xiao Hao and Shiwu were about to lift him up, the chubby boy squeezed out and said, "His leg is broken. It was broken today. Unless we find a doctor to treat it, there's no point in carrying him out."

"That makes sense!" Chen Xuanyu immediately realized. "Then I should go find a doctor? Where? In town?"

"No!" Xiao Hao recalled the distance they had traveled. "If they could follow us in town, they must have spies there. We can't go back to town."

"What should we do?" Chen Xuanyu crawled to the curly-haired child's side and tried to wake the other two, but there was no response.

"Don't bother trying, they're already dead!" The chubby boy wiped his eyes sadly. "They couldn't be woken up this afternoon."

The room fell silent instantly. Fifteen looked at the dozen or so short children, all of whom were looking at the three of them with a mixture of expectation and pity, and suggested, "Why don't we take them with us? Otherwise, they'll find their accomplices eventually, and they don't know how to fight!"

Chen Xuanyu and Xiao Hao exchanged a glance, both seeing the difficulty in each other's eyes.

"Take us with you!" The chubby boy brought a bucket of water from somewhere and fed the children one by one, saying, "We were all kidnapped and don't know where we're going."

He sat down, panting heavily, and wiped the sweat from his face with his dirty hands. His face was even dirtier, but his small eyes were bright and sparkling as he looked at the three of them and said, "If all else fails, you can run away. Once you're gone, report to the authorities and have them come and rescue us. Thank you."

After saying that, he pulled a little boy with a runny nose next to him, knelt down and kowtowed to them. The little boy obediently kowtowed as well. Although the other children didn't quite understand, they also kowtowed in a similar manner.

"Sigh." Chen Xuanyu sighed like an adult, "I'll go find a carriage and take you all with me!"

Xiao Hao supported his decision as always, "Then you need to hurry, it's almost dawn! Unless we find a carriage and go to the next town to find a doctor, their accomplices will easily find us after daybreak!"

"I understand!" Chen Xuanyu straightened his clothes, went out of the house, led his horse onto it, and said, "I'll be back soon. Protect them!"

“Go ahead!” Xiao Hao nodded.

Chen Xuanyu rode away.

Xiao Hao took out the lamp again and finally moved the broken-legged curly-haired boy out of the suffocating room. In the kitchen, Shiwu lit a pot and cooked a large pot of thick noodle soup. He added some soybean oil and salt, and after it boiled, the children crowded into it, taking turns to fill several bowls and drink a few bowls. They managed to eat until they were half full.

Before long, it was already broad daylight, but Chen Xuanyu had still not returned.

Xiao Hao and Shiwu were extremely anxious as they watched the children, who had already gotten ready and were standing in the yard eagerly waiting.

Another incense stick's time passed, and Xiao Hao was pacing anxiously in the courtyard when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Xiao Hao suddenly rushed out of the yard, and Fifteen, who had been keeping watch in the tree in the distance, jumped down and shouted to him, "It's Brother Xuan, he's back!"

"Okay!" Xiao Hao turned around solemnly and said to the children, "Hurry up, the older ones hold the younger ones' hands, and get on the bus as soon as it arrives!"

The children immediately stood up obediently, pulling the younger ones along. Although they looked anxious, they didn't say anything and let Xiao Hao make arrangements.

"Come on, put him on my back!" Xiao Hao bent down, and the chubby boy and Fifteen worked together to lift the curly-haired boy with the broken leg onto Xiao Hao's back. Xiao Hao immediately carried him firmly on his back.

With a long shout, Chen Xuanyu skillfully drove the carriage in.

"Hurry up and get on! They're probably catching up." Chen Xuanyu shouted as he stopped the carriage, then reached out and pulled people onto it. The carriage was big, so they should be able to squeeze in.

"Carry him first!" Xiao Hao struggled to carry Curly to the side of the carriage. Fifteen and Little Fatty climbed onto the carriage first, and the three of them lifted him into the carriage together. Curly was in so much pain that tears streamed down his face. He cried silently, and his red left leg swayed weakly to the side.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Chen Xuanyu urged hoarsely, his forehead covered in sweat.

"What's going on?" Xiao Hao helped push from below while he pulled from above; the two worked together very well.

"It's too early, the shops aren't open yet! I'm afraid of being watched, so I don't dare to bang on doors everywhere! I stole this carriage!" Chen Xuanyu explained in a few words, lifted the curtain and glanced inside, "Big brother, hold the little one, sit tight!"

After saying that, he turned to Fifteen and Xiao Hao and said, "You two ride behind them on horseback. If there are any pursuers, shoot with crossbows!"

He then called out to those inside, "Little Fatty, take good care of them!"

The chubby boy nodded seriously. These older brothers are so cool! They can fight and they can even steal carriages!

Chen Xuanyu cracked the whip, and the carriage sped forward! A small gasp came from inside the carriage, but it quickly subsided as people covered their mouths.

Dust swirled on the official road. Chen Xuanyu wished he could grow wings. The carriage, carrying a load of children, was a little strained, and he dared not urge the horse too hard, lest they fall and cause trouble.

As the carriage drew closer to the town, Chen Xuanyu's heart pounded in his chest. As they passed the town entrance, he instinctively cracked his whip, and the horse, in pain, let out a long neigh.

"Damn it," Chen Xuanyu thought to himself. Sure enough, the waiter who was guarding behind the restaurant rushed out with a knife.

"Run!" Fifteen shouted urgently.