Jiang Xiucheng and his group were right; it was indeed Xie Guolei's two underlings who made a mistake. Xie Guolei wasn't taken down the mountain in time by the two thugs who had regained their senses, because those two thugs were even more unlucky than Xie Guolei, who was thrown down the hillside.

The main reason was that the place these three people chose was too remote, so remote that it happened to be the area where wild boars and a few large wild animals were being driven away when the militia were clearing the mountains.

Xie Guolei was thrown down the hillside by Jiang Xiucheng and Chen Ming, who pretended that he had accidentally fallen and was stuck in a tree branch. He was relatively safe, but the two thugs were unlucky enough to run into a passing bear.

It's true that bears don't like to eat dead people. Logically speaking, since the two thugs were unconscious and motionless, the bear might have just passed by as harmless NPCs. But unfortunately... this bear was one that was foraging for food and had been startled by the sound of the militia firing their guns.

When the bear saw the two thugs, it was in a frenzy and didn't care whether its 'prey' was dead or alive. It only wanted to take revenge on the humans who dared to drive it away.

After all, bears are creatures with a strong sense of revenge and excellent memory. If they dare not confront those people with guns head-on, how could they not handle these two thugs?

So the ferocious bear began its bloody 'feeding'. It randomly picked a person to eat first. The excruciating pain of its gaping maw piercing the abdomen woke the unconscious thug, who was then terrified by the scene before him.

The excruciating pain finally brought him back to his senses, and his survival instinct made him push the bear's head away and run away, but the cruel reality told him that escaping from the bear's jaws was simply impossible.

The thug had his shoulder shattered by a single slap from the bear, collapsing to the ground, spitting blood as the bear tore at him. He struggled desperately, but to no avail, only eliciting more agitation from the beast.

Another thug was awakened by his accomplice's screams. When he came to his senses and saw the scene around him, he was also terrified and turned pale.

He no longer cared about his treacherous 'brothers' and elder brother. When he realized what was happening and tried to escape, the bear caught up with him in a few strides, because it was unwilling to let go of any 'food'.

And so, the two hooligans became prey for the bear as it prepared to hibernate and store fat.

Xie Guolei, who was stuck in the tree, inadvertently escaped the bear's tearing at him. By staying on the branch, he avoided most of the wild animal attacks.

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If we're talking about the two thugs' unfortunate deaths at the hands of a bear, then Jiang Xiucheng and his two companions who knocked them unconscious should bear the main responsibility. However, after observing the strange expressions on their faces and taking a look at what had happened from an omniscient perspective, Yun Shu felt that their fate was retribution for those three beasts.

After all, these two thugs, like Xie Guolei, didn't appear to be too outrageous on the surface, seemingly just idle loafers. But in reality, they were all social cancers with all sorts of vices.

Otherwise, how could they be so adept at finding snakes and devise a plan to ruin Yun Shu's reputation without even discussing it? Mainly, the three of them had done this kind of thing quite often in private. The Feng Sheng brigade captain was strict, so they didn't dare to act rashly, but they had already harmed at least four or five young girls and wives in the surrounding brigades.

The book even describes how a young widow from Fengyu Brigade was violated by them in the middle of the night.

The young widow had a son, and her ex-husband had left behind only his elderly mother who had difficulty walking. Life was already difficult for the widow and her son, but the three generations of the family were quite independent and self-reliant. The daughter-in-law earned work points, the mother-in-law washed clothes, and the son gathered pig feed.

Although life wasn't wealthy, the family was happy and had a lot of hope for the future.

Unfortunately, her peaceful life was ruined after the young widow was targeted by Xie Guolei and his two scoundrels.

The young widow was beautiful, youthful, and had a good figure. Her husband died in an accident, and people in Fengyu Brigade often stared at her with malicious eyes.

Therefore, although some people had the desire to steal, they did not have the courage to do so. However, Xie Guolei and his two companions from Fengsheng Brigade did not care about this.

These days, reputation is more important than anything else. Xie Guolei and his two friends often used this to intimidate and threaten the young girls and wives they had harmed. If intimidation and threats failed, they would threaten to kill the whole family as the last straw that broke the camel's back.

This tactic always worked, and the young widow was no exception. The three men threatened to kill the young widow's mother-in-law and son, so the young widow dared not resist and could only be tormented by these three beasts until she was covered in wounds.

The young widow's son was only eight years old. When he realized something was wrong in the middle of the night, he tried to protect his mother. Since he had no weapon, he desperately tried to bite her with his teeth. However, one of the thugs impatiently attacked him and hit him on the head. He immediately fell to the ground, convulsing and foaming at the mouth. It looked like he was about to die.

The grandmother, who came out after hearing the news, was also beaten by the three people whose malice had reached its peak, and she fell down with her grandson.

The young widow had endured so much to protect her son and mother-in-law, but now this situation made all her forbearance seem like a joke. Overwhelmed with grief, she began to struggle desperately. In the struggle, she accidentally scratched Xie Guolei, who, in a fit of rage, strangled her to death...

When a person closes the door to humanity in their heart, they will only become more beastly.

Before strangling the young widow, perhaps these three men didn't have the guts to kill, and only dared to threaten her verbally. But after killing the young widow, they were afraid... they hadn't killed enough tonight.

Xie Guolei and his two companions clearly realized that if any one of the three family members survived, they would be the ones to die the next day. So, seeing the young widow lying on the kang (heated brick bed), barely clothed and with her eyes wide open in death, Xie Guolei and his two companions decided to go all the way and set fire to the young widow's house and the woodpile...

By the time the rest of the Fengyu Brigade discovered the fire, the young widow's family had already been almost completely burned down, and Xie Guolei and his two companions had long since fled.

When the fire was extinguished at dawn, Xie Guolei and his two companions sneaked back to take another look at the scene. After confirming that there were no survivors and seeing the young widow's family members in deep grief but unable to find even her body, they were finally relieved.

A family of three, three lives, were brutally taken by these three beasts. And everyone thought it was just a fire...

From then on, a seed was planted in the hearts of Xie Guolei and the other two. After all, the feeling of killing without consequence is very addictive.

The story of the young widow's family happened two years ago. Now, two years later, it's unknown how many innocent girls, whose stories weren't mentioned in the original text, have suffered as a result.

Therefore, although these two beasts were carried away by the bear because of Jiang Xiucheng and the other two, Yun Shu thought that this was the retribution they deserved.

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