Chapter 197: Two People
Before his hand could touch Shang Wan, a massive gray wolf suddenly lunged in, opening its wolf mouth and biting toward Yu Er.
Yu Er was startled and quickly dodged.
The gray wolf lowered its head, its green beast eyes fixed tightly on him, ready to attack at any moment.
Yu Er had no handy weapon on him, cursed the damned beast under his breath, and retreated step by step. When he passed by the crouching Yuan Yuan, he reached out to pick up the little baby girl, channeled his lightness skill, turned, and ran.
“Awoo—”
The wolf howl followed closely behind, and the gray wolf chased out after him.
“Bro, hurry and deal with this beast!” Yu Er shouted loudly, already leaping onto the big tree in the courtyard.
Hearing the shout, Yu Da grabbed the hoe and came out from the woodshed, his eyes flashing with cold light as he swung forcefully at the gray wolf.
The gray wolf nimbly dodged, and at the same time, pairs of glowing beast eyes suddenly appeared by the courtyard wall, like lanterns in the night. The wolf pack summoned by the wolf king surrounded the two brothers, ready to eat a midnight snack.
“Damn it! Where did all these wolves come from?” Yu Da swung the hoe to intimidate the wolf pack while retreating until he was backed against the tree trunk.
“There’s a small door over there.” Yu Er suddenly remembered there was a small door on the courtyard wall that had been open in the evening; these wolves must have come in through it.
The wolf pack closed in, and Yu Da kicked off with his toes, leaping onto the tree trunk.
He glanced at the little baby girl Yu Er was holding and asked, “Did you kill that woman?”
“No, I was just about to make a move when that wolf ran in.” Yu Er secretly resented the beast for ruining his business.
Now the courtyard was full of wolves, and the biggest one was guarding the main hall doorway. If they wanted to rush in to murder again, it wouldn’t end well.
“Bro, we should have used poison.”
“This doll has to stay alive.” Yu Da pointed at Yuan Yuan. “If we poison her to death, who do we go to for our glory and wealth?”
Yu Er looked down at the doll in his arms and thought of the benefits about to come his way; his resentful mood eased somewhat.
While the two were talking, a faint firelight flickered in the woodshed.
Yu Da glanced at the woodshed that was already on fire and beckoned to Yu Er. “Let’s go; this isn’t a place to stay long.”
Even though Yu Er was unwilling, he had no choice but to follow and leave.
The two channeled their lightness skills and flipped over the courtyard wall one after the other.
Mindful of the injury on Yu Er’s leg, Yu Da took Yuan Yuan from his hands and ran hugging her toward the place downhill where they had hidden the things.
Yu Er kept looking back repeatedly, his eyes and face full of unwillingness.
After resting for a couple of days, he was determined to bring people back to take a look.
At the same time, in the main hall, the woman lying there as if unconscious suddenly opened her eyes.
She turned her neck, tapped the table, and stood up. “The people are gone; stop pretending.”
“They’re finally gone.”
The people lying on the table stood up one after another, everyone except Chu Xu.
The others had faked the drugging; only he was really drugged.
Some things weren’t suitable for children to take part in.
“I’ll chase after them and take a look; you all listen to Husband’s arrangements.” Shang Wan tossed down the words, her figure flickering lightly as she pursued in the direction Yu Da and the other had fled.
Down the hillside, Yu Da found the tree he had marked, handed the doll in his arms to Yu Er, took a stone himself, squatted down, and started digging.
Yu Er vigilantly scanned the surroundings and urged Yu Da to dig faster.
Yu Da silently dug; since it had just rained that afternoon and he had dug there before, the soil was loose, so he dug quickly.
After digging about half an arm’s depth, a bundle wrapped in oiled paper emerged.
Yu Er suddenly shouted to him, “Bro, this doll woke up!”
Yu Da was stunned. That drug was enough to sleep until tomorrow morning; how could she wake up so soon?
Yuan Yuan was still in her little tabby cat form. Yu Er was holding her uncomfortably, and the little one unhappily kicked her short little legs. Her big eyes looked up, cheeks puffed out as she glared at Yu Er. “Bad!”
“Hey, daring to curse me; looking for a slap!” Yu Er held the doll in one hand and raised the other, slapping down toward the little doll’s bottom.
“Ah!”
A miserable scream pierced the night sky.
Before the palm could even graze the little baby girl, a stone wrapped in immense force sped through his palm, leaving a bloody, mangled hole with blood gushing out.
Yu Er trembled in pain and reflexively threw the doll in his arms away.
Suddenly flying through the air, Yuan Yuan blinked her big eyes in confusion, then hurriedly shouted in her little voice, “Mother!”
“Coming.” A green figure arrived like a ghost, caught the doll flying mid-air, and by the way, crippled the screaming chicken on the ground with a few kicks.
Daring to hit her doll—had she agreed?
“You weren’t drugged?” Yu Da stared in shock at the woman who had suddenly appeared.
Shang Wan curled her lip. “Not as stupid as you two; that sleeping potion had such a strong smell, as if afraid others wouldn’t smell it, right?”
She had smelled it the moment Yu Da took the drug back; she didn’t know where these guys got their confidence from.
“Since you knew early on, why did you still pretend to be drugged and deceive us?”
There were many reasons, but Shang Wan had no time to explain them to him. She looked down at the doll in her arms. “Good child, cover your ears.”
Yuan Yuan obeyed her mother very well, lifted her two small hands to cover her little ears, and buried her little face in Shang Wan’s shoulder.
“Such a good girl.” Shang Wan’s lips curved up. She lifted her foot to step on Yu Er’s injured hand and ground down heavily, satisfied to hear a miserable scream.
“Wait!” Yu Da hugged the bundle. “What exactly do you want to do?”
“I have a few questions I want to ask you.” Shang Wan looked at him. “I hope you’ll answer truthfully.”
Yu Da: “Let go of Yu Er first.”
“No rush.” Shang Wan ground her foot again. “Once you’ve answered, I’ll naturally let him go.”
Yu Er let out another miserable scream, his body convulsing in pain as he hoarsely shouted “Bro.”
Yu Da was frantic with anxiety; if she kept stepping, that hand would be ruined.
He said to Shang Wan, “Ask quickly!”
Shang Wan looked up at him, her gaze icy cold. “Tell me everything you know about Zhong Chenghong.”
“I only know he’s from the capital city and has backing behind him; I don’t know anything else.” Yu Da pulled out two silver notes from the bundle. “He found us brothers, gave us one thousand taels of silver, had us escort him all the way, and by the way help him kill someone.”
Shang Wan glanced at the silver notes in his hand. “Just that?”
Yu Da nodded and glanced at her foot. “Zhong Chenghong is already dead; why would I still deceive you?”
Shang Wan sneered; even at this point, he was still trying to pry words out of her.
She hadn’t said Zhong Chenghong was already dead.
“Looks like you don’t value this brother Yu Er very much.”
Shang Wan’s tone was regretful as she lifted her foot toward Yu Er’s head. If this stomp landed solidly, Yu Er’s brains would splatter out.
“Wait!” Yu Da was so scared his pupils shrank to pinpoints. His legs gave way and he knelt, kowtowing to Shang Wan. “Please, Madam, spare him; spare Yu Er’s life.”
Shang Wan’s foot landed on Yu Er’s head, lightly stepping. “Whether his life can be spared is up to you.”
Yu Da had thought Shang Wan still needed them for work and wouldn’t kill them easily, at most just beat them up. He hadn’t expected her to strike without mercy, going straight for the kill.
He didn’t dare harbor any more illusions and quickly said, “I’ll talk. Zhong Chenghong wanted us to kill two people. We already killed one on the way; you’re the second.”
