Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

"I have a question for you." Qi Yuan remained half-reclined in the donkey cart.

"What's the problem?" Lian Rongrong turned to look at Qi Yuan.

"Today, you could have taken your revenge directly, so why did you let your second sister-in-law go?"

Qi Yuan was referring to the predicament of the animal trapping pit.

Lian Rongrong's lips curled slightly upwards, and instead of answering, she asked, "I also happen to have a question for you. Are you doing this on purpose?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan couldn't help but smile helplessly. He didn't answer directly, but simply said calmly, "You're very smart."

"I think so too. Then, Young Master Qi, why don't you guess why I let her go?"

"It can't be because of kindness. I saw Miss Liang stab your cousin with her sword."

I have no doubt that if Fu Bao hadn't been missing at the time, you certainly wouldn't have held back.

The image of Lian Rongrong wielding her longsword involuntarily flashed through Qi Yuan's mind.

He had reason to believe that if Fu Bao were to suffer even the slightest injury, this woman would make Wen Hui and Wang Yue pay with their lives.

But Qi Yuan couldn't understand why, if this girl was so ruthless, she would let Wen Hui go at such a good opportunity.

Leaving such a menace behind will only bring more trouble in the future. Just as Qi Yuan was puzzled, Lian Rongrong slowly spoke:

"You can't understand why I let her go because you don't understand our family."

I don't really know how hypocritical my second sister-in-law is. Her family is basically like long-term laborers in our family.

However, her father died in an accident. My father couldn't bear it, so he forced my second brother to marry her.

We originally treated her like family, but she turned out to be a two-faced person.

This made my second brother, who originally wanted to live a good life with her, even more disappointed. But my second sister-in-law is very clever.

She knew my siblings were filial, so she tried her best to please my mother. My mother and her mother were old acquaintances, so naturally she took good care of her.

Her parents treated her second sister-in-law like their own daughter and wouldn't listen to anyone who said anything bad about her.

So, Chen Si had already seen that she was still alive, and if something else happened, I wouldn't be able to get away.

By then, the house will probably be in complete chaos. We are fleeing a disaster, and even though the whole family is united, we don't know how it will end.

If things really fall apart and there are unresolved issues, how will they navigate the future?

I know what kind of person she is, so I'll just have to be careful. Actually, keeping her around isn't necessarily a bad thing.

For example, right now, my aunt will definitely make things difficult for my mother, but my second sister-in-law will certainly protect her.

After Lian Rongrong explained, Qi Yuan understood her choice that day.

"This is the first time I've ever met a woman like you."

"Me? What kind of woman am I?"

"He always seeks revenge, and he's cunning and calculating." A handsome smile curved Qi Yuan's lips.

But to Lian Rongrong, that smile seemed like sarcasm, not to mention that the name Qi Yuan didn't sound like a compliment at all.

Lian Rongrong rolled her eyes at Qi Yuan, too lazy to pay him any more attention.

The three donkey carts continued forward, and because they were in a cave, the group couldn't tell what time it was.

I just stop when I'm tired and eat when I'm hungry.

The cave was so long that when everyone saw the entrance bathed in moonlight, they initially thought they were hallucinating.

"Is that the cave entrance ahead?" Lin Chuyue rubbed her eyes and asked Lian Yijun, who was standing next to her.

Lian Yijun shone a powerful flashlight forward, carefully confirming the location before shouting loudly:

"We're here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone eagerly jumped off the carriage, and when they finally saw the cave entrance, they couldn't help but cheer.

But just then, a huge sound suddenly came from inside the cave.

The three donkeys seemed to sense the danger and started running in unison.

The incident happened so suddenly that the people outside the car didn't have time to get on, and the people inside the car didn't have time to get off.

"Ru'er!"

"Fubao!"

At this point, the first and third donkey carts were empty. However, Ru'er, Fu Bao, and Qi Yuan were still sitting in the second donkey cart.

Coincidentally, during the last break, Ru'er was bored and wanted to play with Fu Bao, so for the last leg of the journey, Ru'er stayed with Lian Rongrong.

But it was precisely because of this that the little guy was able to escape unscathed.

After a period of rest, Qi Yuan's leg has almost fully recovered.

The moment the donkey cart was startled, Qi Yuan immediately pulled the two children back.

Although the donkey cart is not as fast as the horse-drawn carriage, there is snow outside the cave and trees on both sides. If it were to crash into the cave, the children would likely be injured.

Qi Yuan used the rope from the car to tie Fu Bao and Ru'er to his arms, one on each side.

After confirming the safety of the two children, Qi Yuan tried to control the donkey cart.

But when he finally managed to pull the reins of the donkey cart, he suddenly found that the ground in front of him had turned black.

Qi Yuan knew something was wrong and immediately protected the two children by leaping into the air.

The three rolled to the ground, and Qi Yuan used his arms to try to protect the child's head. They rolled several times before finally coming to a stop.

At the same time, the donkey cart plunged into the darkness ahead.

Qi Yuan sat up, holding the two children, his leg wound reopening. He groaned, but stubbornly stood up nonetheless.

Qi Yuan gently patted the children in his arms, and the two little ones were quickly soothed.

"Don't be afraid, let's go take a look." Qi Yuan dragged his injured leg and slowly walked into the darkness.

This sight was quite alarming, and Qi Yuan was truly terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat.

In the darkness before them was a man-made fissure dug into the ground, with traps inside. All three donkey carts had fallen into the fissure.

Even in the cold, snowy weather, Qi Yuan could still smell blood. It was the blood flowing from the donkey that had been shot through by a trap.

"This looks like a trap set up by bandits to rob travelers. It seems this place isn't very safe."

Qi Yuan shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but think to himself with a self-deprecating smile: I really am a jinx, I can encounter deadly things wherever I go.

"You two little ones, let's go back and find them. Don't cry, there are bad people around."

Qi Yuan hadn't expected the two little ones to be so obedient, but after he said that, Fu Bao and Ru Er actually quieted down obediently.

Qi Yuan deliberately hid in the shadows of the forest and tried to turn back along the path as quietly as possible.

Normally, Qi Yuan wouldn't have paid any attention to these lowly bandits. But now he was injured and had two little burdens with him.

Qi Yuan dared not be careless, so he naturally avoided direct confrontation if possible.

However, after walking along the road for a while, Qi Yuan did not find any signs of people.

"Looks like you two little guys are pretty lucky. Those bad guys are probably sleeping."

Qi Yuan relaxed slightly, but the others inside the cave were not so lucky.

Just now, as everyone was trying to chase the car out, the entrance to the cave was suddenly blocked by a huge creature.

This enormous creature was a brown bear hibernating in its den.

This large creature is different from other hibernating animals; it remains alert even while asleep.

The cheers from the crowd had clearly alerted this large creature.