It doesn't matter if your souls are scattered, as long as you die.

"Uncle!" Liu'er called out loudly, his eyes filled with hatred. "It's not that I'm dissatisfied with her, it's that I have a deep-seated hatred for her. Before, she was far away and I couldn't take revenge. Now that she's here, it's fate."

"Uncle, I hope you will handle this matter fairly. I will not take her life without authorization; I will treat her the same as the other people who have been sent down to the countryside."

This last paragraph carries a strong sense of threat.

Zhang Changchang watched Liu'er grow up, and he knew how ruthless she was, otherwise she wouldn't have taken on the responsibility of supporting her family at such a young age.

No matter how ruthless they were, they still respected their elders.

She was very smart; he didn't believe she couldn't see that he had no choice but to take care of Comrade Yunxuan.

In the past, she would never have put him in such a difficult position.

Director Zhang was so frustrated that he had to ask someone to take care of Comrade Yunxuan, someone who had once been kind to him and whom he had always regretted not being able to repay.

Now, the other party is only asking him to help look after someone, which is hardly worth mentioning in terms of the favor he needs to repay.

"Sixth girl, I don't know what grudge you have against her, but I'm in a difficult position. Can you understand?"

"I understand!"

Just as Director Zhang was about to relax, she said, "So, Uncle, tell me the identity of the person who asked you to take care of Yunxuan."

"What do you want to do!" Director Zhang roared, standing up abruptly. Looking at the child he had watched grow up, he felt something was off.

When the farm manager's wife heard her husband's voice sounding like he was getting angry, she worried that he and Liu'er would have a conflict, so she came in.

"What are you doing! Why are you yelling at the child?"

"Liu'er, don't be afraid."

Director Zhang felt utterly helpless looking at his wife and told her not to be afraid.

Is she afraid?

They even dared to threaten her and inquire about what her superiors wanted to do.

Liu'er smiled and said, "Auntie, it's nothing. I was just talking to Uncle about something, and we had a little disagreement."

Director Zhang waved to her, "It's alright, go ahead and do your work."

The farm manager's wife glanced at her irritated husband and Liu'er's smiling face. It seemed that Liu'er had the upper hand, so she decided to leave it at that.

After leaving, the farm manager's wife thought that she would have a good talk with her husband that night and that he should not raise his voice at Liu'er in the future.

If you ask why the farm manager's wife treats Liu'er so well, there's only one reason.

Ten years ago, most girls born in the dead of winter were buried directly in the snow and froze to death.

Every year after the snow melts, many infant corpses can be found.

This is frustrating, but nobody says anything because everyone does it this way.

The main reasons were poverty and ignorance.

The reason she was called Liu'er was because she was the sixth child in her family; her five older sisters had all been buried in the snow.

Liu'er was lucky; she was born after the snow melted, so she survived.

The reason why so many children are born when the snow covers the land is because this region experiences winter for half the year.

During such a long winter, people mostly stay at home except when they go out hunting.

When there is nothing to do, the great harmonious movement of mankind occurs frequently.

Even if a child is born before winter arrives, winter will come in just one or two months, and the child will still be buried in the snow.

This situation continued for a long time, but it never happened again after Liu'er dressed up as a snow ghost ten years ago.

They are all afraid of being retaliated against by the spirits of aborted fetuses.

It is true that folly can both bring success and failure.

The farm manager's wife looked at the vast expanse of snow outside, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and wished in her heart: I hope you will have a happy life in your next life.

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"Uncle, I don't have time to think about it. I hope you can give me an answer now."

Liu'er pressed closer and closer, and Zhang, the factory director, angrily sat down on a small stool.

"Can't you try to understand your uncle? You know how hard it's been for me to get to where I am today. If I'm removed from my position as manager because of this, do you think the new manager will still be so easy to talk to?"

He knew Liu'er's personality, so he couldn't reveal his benefactor's name, lest the little girl make an irreparable mistake.

The only way to force her to compromise was by threatening her with his position as the farm manager, since she knew that once a new farm manager was appointed, things would probably not be so easy for the people in this area.

Liu'er naturally knew how much effort he had put in to become the farm manager. He didn't become the farm manager for himself, but for the sake of the native residents of this land.

They also knew that if a new manager came along, their lives would definitely not be like this now, and they would certainly suffer even more.

Take hunting for example. The amount of prey handed over would never be as small as it is now. If more prey is handed over, less will be left behind.

Even if the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, we cannot back down on this matter.

"Uncle, you don't need to do anything. Just tell me who that person is, and you don't need to make things difficult for me."

Upon hearing this, Director Zhang felt no relief at all that he didn't need to bother with anything; instead, he became even more agitated.

"Tell me, what do you want to do after you find out about that person?"

He had a suspicion when she first mentioned it, but it was precisely because of this suspicion that he couldn't let her act recklessly.

"Uncle, don't worry about that. Just tell me who that person is."

Director Zhang pointed a finger at her, "You, you..."

"Why are you so stubborn?"

Seeing that she remained unmoved, he lowered his hand in frustration. "Sixth girl, let me tell you the truth, that person is my benefactor. I would rather die than betray him."

Liu'er frowned. She thought that her uncle was pressured to help take care of Yunxuan, but she didn't expect that it was because of this relationship.

Yun Li used her mental power to hear all of Liu'er's conversations clearly while she was at Liu'er's house.

It can be seen that Liu'er has a very good relationship with the farm manager's family. The farm manager was initially unwilling to admit it because it was for Liu'er's own good.

But after the farm manager was forced to confess that the person was his benefactor, Liu'er was in a dilemma.

Liu'er's insistence on not yielding an inch was for the sake of Jiaoyue and her.

Liu'er is very good, very good, she likes it very much.

She didn't want to put her in a difficult position.

After thinking it over, she decided to call Mu Qian and ask someone else to intervene so as not to put the farm manager and Liu'er in a difficult position.

A quick scan with his mental energy revealed a telephone in the forest farm office, where someone was asleep.

In the dead of winter, no one will come to report anything; the person keeping watch is probably just afraid someone will call.

She needed to find the farm manager to make a phone call, so she decided to go to the farm manager's house.

After getting dressed, I said goodbye to my younger siblings and got ready to go out.

Suddenly, a mental scan of Yunxuan's house revealed that she was gone.

From the moment she woke up today, her mental energy had been focused on Yunxuan.

I was distracted for a moment when I glanced at the farm manager's house and then lost sight of him.

With a furrowed brow, he expanded his mental energy to search the area, but still couldn't find it.

How could someone suddenly disappear without a trace?

He walked outside into the courtyard, took out the blood droplet, and silently moved his lips. The blood droplet floated motionless.

Yun Li waved his hand to collect the blood droplets, and then scanned Yun Xuan's residence with his mental energy. The bloodstains that had fallen on the ground last night were gone and had been cleaned up quite thoroughly.

There were no signs of the muddy floor being scraped away.

Therefore, this cleanliness is not the result of ordinary cleaning, but rather a technique.

The image of that young weasel from last night flashed through my mind.

That's really something. I thought it was just coming to take away the corpses of its own kind, but it didn't expect to take Yunxuan away with it.

Not only that, it also placed some kind of restriction on Yunxuan, so much so that even the Blood Drop Guiding Technique couldn't find her.

Even more fearing that she might have other ways to harm Yunxuan, they took away all the drops of blood.

Yun Li was filled with anger, but she quickly calmed down.

If she can find her once, she can find her a second time.