RPAGF Chapter 378
Chapter 378
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu were both stunned.
They didn't expect that the two sides would meet on the road by chance.
"and then?"
Zhou Shuwan asked.
Seeing that she was still interested, Zhang Caicai curled the corners of her mouth and revealed a faint smile.
"After meeting them, we learned that the neighborhood you lived in had caught fire for some unknown reason. The fire was so large that it affected most of the city. My second uncle was very happy to see us, after all, he and my father-in-law are brothers! However, my second aunt, Zhipeng, and the others were wary of us. We had nowhere else to go, so my father-in-law said he wanted to flee with my second uncle and the others.
My second aunt and her family were not willing to go, but they couldn't say anything to drive us away, so we continued to travel together.
However, my second uncle and his family were also fleeing, and in their haste, they didn't bring much with them. Since there were so many of us, we ended up arguing over food. One night, I heard my second aunt calling us a burden, my two children a burden, and saying she wanted to sneak away with her family. My second uncle scolded her a bit, but then, seeing our attitude, he changed his mind and held on to the supplies even more tightly. My father-in-law got angry, as he'd always been quite gifted at making some very special friends.
On our way to escape, he somehow got along very well with a convoy, even giving them the few cigarettes he had left..."
Zhang Caicai's voice trembled slightly, as if she had hit the key point.
"One night, my father-in-law suddenly woke us up and told us to leave quietly. We didn't know why, so I dragged my two children along, stumbling forward in the dark. Then I heard a scream from the tent behind us... I didn't quite understand what was happening at the time, until we returned during the day, only to discover that everyone in the tent had disappeared. My second uncle and his family had been sold to that caravan by my father-in-law. He said that the caravan had been following the refugees, intending to rob men and women, using the men for hard labor and the women for..."
She didn't say the last two words.
"My father-in-law and Qinghui stole all their weapons. At dinner, they took a drug that paralyzed the mind and poured it into the soup. So, although my second uncle and his men had some martial arts skills, they were unable to resist.
That was when I realized how terrifying my father-in-law and Qinghui were! After they sold my second uncle's family, they got 200 kilograms of compressed biscuits. We relied on my second uncle's family's weapons and this food to come here."
Zhou Shuwan clenched his fists tightly, staring at the other person, trying his best not to lose control. "What's the name of that team?"
One could hear a suppressed anger in her voice.
Qi Mingyu pressed her shoulders with both hands and looked at Zhang Caicai sternly: "Tell me everything you know. How many days has this happened?"
Zhang Caicai gave a wry smile. "It's been about three months now. I think that convoy was called the Longting Convoy, and their leader was probably called Longting. But I'm not sure. They called it a convoy, but they had all kinds of vehicles, but no sedans. They were just some very dilapidated farm vehicles, tractors, and the like. As for us, because we had no means of transportation, our journey was very difficult. It was probably retribution. Not long after we separated from my second uncle's family, my two children became ill, with vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. We had no medicine, not even food or friends, so we stayed in a village we encountered along the way for a while... until the two children passed away one after another..."
She closed her eyes and tears silently rolled down her cheeks.
But Zhou Shuwan didn't feel any sympathy at all.
"You're telling me all this? Are you trying to seek my protection? Wasn't it your own choice to collude with them? Watching them sell off their own daughter, their recently reunited relatives, and then you just sit back and reap the benefits! You actually make me feel even more disgusted than they do!"
Zhou Shuwan looked at her coldly, with undisguised disgust in his expression.
Zhang Caicai trembled all over.
"The reason you're trying to break free now is because it's your turn to be the victim! That's why you're afraid, why you want to escape, why you want to seek asylum... But why? You're not the perpetrator, yet you've enjoyed the same benefits as the perpetrator. You're even more despicable than the perpetrator!"
Zhou Shuwan said this coldly, then turned around and said, "I won't protect you, Brother Xiaoyu, give her some food and water."
Qi Mingyu took out some compressed biscuits and two bottles of water from his backpack and placed them next to Zhang Caicai.
"This is the reward you'll get for telling me the whereabouts of my second uncle and the others. After giving you this, we're even. You can choose to go back and continue to be a bystander next to the perpetrators, waiting to see if they'll sell you out in the end, or you can choose to survive on your own..."
Zhou Shuwan didn't even look at her again and left with Qi Mingyu.
Zhang Caicai looked at their departing backs and collapsed to the ground dejectedly.
She actually had no second choice.
When she told Zhou Shuwan these secrets, she could no longer go back, but Zhou Shuwan cold-bloodedly refused to help her.
The only thing she can do now is to escape, and escape far away to survive!
She squatted down, held the compressed biscuits and water in her arms, then turned and ran.
"What? Your uncle is still planning on Mu Mu? Your second uncle and the others..." Zhong Tiyun dropped the teacup in her hand heavily on the table, and the tea splashed out, leaving a stain on the smooth table.
"How dare they? He's a beast!" Her face turned pale, her eyes were red, and her chest was heaving violently.
"I was saying we'd already discussed building a new base. How come your second uncle and his family haven't arrived for so long? They're such bastards! Dad, Mom, if you were still alive, check out what kind of person your spoiled eldest son is!"
Zhou Jianghai's face was also terribly gloomy. He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turning white. He said nothing, but the anger flashing in his eyes was chilling.
Grandma Pang clasped her hands together and muttered "Amitabha" in a low voice: "What a sin! How could brothers, who were born of the same mother, be so cruel! And our poor Mu Mu, they are also thinking about it!"
As she said that, Grandma Pang held Mu Mu's hand, feeling a little scared.
There are no children in the family, and Qi Mingyu has made it clear that he will not have children, so since the two families became in-laws, Grandma Pang has always treated Mu Mu like her little grandson.
Mu Mu sat aside, his jaw clenched tightly.
Qi Mingyu raised his hand and gently patted Zhou Shuwan's shoulder to show his comfort. Then he looked around at everyone in the room and said in a deep voice: "Mom, Dad, Grandma, don't worry for now. Let's discuss what to do!"