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Chapter 5: An Unknown Side

“Brother, are you injured?” Hearing Lu Wei’s description and seeing the bandages on his hands, the little girl looked at Lu Wei with distress in her eyes.

“It’s nothing, just a small injury. Here, bring me the clay pot.” Lu Wei smiled and patted the little girl’s head, instructing her.

Lu Xiaoxiao obediently brought the clay pot over and looked at the contents inside with confusion.

“Brother, what is this? Is it to eat?” The little girl had never seen cooked blood before, so she didn’t recognize it.

“Yes, it’s to eat. Hurry up and eat it. After eating, we’ll go out for a walk and see if we can find something to eat.”

“Mmm, it’s quite delicious. Brother, you eat too.”

“I’ve already eaten. You eat it.”

“No, you eat too.”

The two siblings pushed back and forth, finishing off most of the pot of cooked blood, including the soup.

In this freezing weather, being able to eat something warm was truly rare. A comfortable warmth spread from head to toe.

Lu Wei discovered that the people in this world were physically much stronger than those on Earth.

Otherwise, in this terrible weather, let alone fleeing famine without enough food, even if they were well-fed, they would freeze to death.

After eating, Lu Wei noticed that the caravan had started moving again.

So he quickly packed up and prepared to follow.

The two of them didn’t have many belongings: a clay pot, a bundle of firewood, two quilts, a pile of hay, a few clothes, and some odds and ends.

These things just filled a sled.

After loading the things, Lu Wei carried Lu Xiaoxiao onto the sled, covered her with a quilt, and prepared to set off.

However, while others used oxen, horses, or dogs to pull their sleds, their sled had to be pulled by Lu Wei.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Wei pulled out Lai Zi’s corpse. Buried in the snow all night, it was frozen solid.

Seeing Lai Zi’s horrifying death, Lu Xiaoxiao’s small face turned a little pale.

“What’s wrong? Are you scared?” Lu Wei looked at his younger sister and asked with a smile.

“No, I’m not afraid. He’s already dead, what am I afraid of?” Lu Xiaoxiao forced herself to say bravely.

“If you’re afraid, just keep staring at him. You’ll get used to it and won’t be afraid anymore. Think about it, if I hadn’t killed him, we might have been thrown into a pot and cooked by him.”

Although Lu Wei’s educational method seemed a bit cruel, even abnormal, it was the best educational method in this cruel world.

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded without saying anything, just staring at Lai Zi’s corpse with her big eyes.

She believed her brother’s words, as long as she kept looking, she wouldn’t be afraid anymore.

But she didn’t know why, after watching for a while, she actually found it quite fun, and even touched it with her hand when Lu Wei wasn’t paying attention.

The moment she touched the tragic corpse, Lu Xiaoxiao’s eyes gradually lit up, seemingly a little excited.

…

On the other side, Ma San and Chen Qi, who had run back in fear last night, stayed on guard until dawn.

Seeing that Lu Wei hadn’t chased after them, they breathed a sigh of relief.

“Third Brother, Lai Zi is dead. Should we avenge him?” Chen Qi said angrily with a fierce look.

“Slap!” As soon as he finished speaking, he received a slap on the head from Ma San.

“Is Lai Zi your father? You still want to avenge him? You should think about yourself. It’s his own fault for being killed to death by that kid with one swing. Don’t drag me into it.”

Chen Qi scratched the spot where he was hit and mumbled, “What if that kid comes to take revenge on us?”

Hearing this, Ma San narrowed his mung bean-like eyes, a glint flashing in them.

“If he dares to come, the sticks in our hands aren’t for show.”

“Right, let’s do him!” Chen Qi was eager to try.

“Slap!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he received another hard slap on the head.

“Damn you! Fight, fight, fight, all you know is fighting. The martial world values camaraderie and understanding, not fighting and killing. Do you understand, you idiot?”

Ma San’s saliva flew, spraying Chen Qi’s face.

“Then, then what should we do?” Chen Qi was a little confused from being scolded.

Ma San thought for a moment and said with some heartache, “Take the half a jin of millet we robbed and follow me.”

Chen Qi obeyed and did as he was told, not daring to ask more questions for fear of being beaten again.

The fleeing caravan had thousands of people, stretching for several miles.

Lu Wei and Lu Xiaoxiao were in the middle-rear position.

The people on the road, seeing the dead man with his head almost chopped off on their sled, all looked at him with wariness.

Ignoring the vigilance in everyone’s eyes, Lu Wei picked up the clothes he had stripped from Lai Zi and shook them.

“Does anyone know this person? Tell me about him, and this piece of clothing will belong to you.”

Clothes, for these refugees, although not as precious as food, were still essential.

Especially in this icy and snowy weather, the role of clothes was even more valuable.

The reason Lu Wei took it out to exchange for information was because he didn’t lack clothes, otherwise, he wouldn’t be willing to take it out.

Therefore, as soon as Lu Wei said these words, many people immediately stepped forward.

“I know, I know him.”

“I know him too.”

“I’m his neighbor, I know him best.”

“I’m his relative, I’m closest to him, choose me.”

“Choose me, choose me…”

A group of people scrambled, regardless of whether they knew him or not, all wanting that piece of clothing.

Lu Wei knew at a glance that there must be many people trying to fish in troubled waters.

So he shouted, “Shut up!”

The scene immediately quieted down.

“I’m telling you, if anyone tries to fish in troubled waters and deceive me with false information, don’t blame me if I find out…”

As Lu Wei spoke, he pulled out the firewood splitter in his hand and looked at the crowd with cold and ferocious eyes.

This action instantly scared off a group of people who were planning to fish in troubled waters.

However, there were still a few people left who were clearly not afraid and should really know this person.

Just as Lu Wei was about to choose one of those people to ask, a familiar voice suddenly came from beside him. The voice was sharp and dry, making people feel uncomfortable when they heard it.

“Brother, can I borrow a word?”

Lu Wei turned his head and saw two men with wooden sticks looking at him not far away.

Looking at the wooden sticks in the hands of the two men, Lu Wei’s pupils constricted.

Coupled with that familiar voice, Lu Wei had already guessed who they were.

After staring at the splitter for a while, Lu Wei narrowed his eyes and walked towards them with the firewood chopper.

With each step, his eyes became colder, and the killing intent on his body grew stronger.

Lu Wei still remembered an article he had learned in elementary school textbooks called ‘A Thousand Miles Leap into the Dabie Mountains’. He firmly remembered a sentence from the great man: When enemies meet on a narrow road, the brave win.

Since he couldn’t avoid it, he had to be more ruthless and ferocious than the enemy. Even if he couldn’t win, he had to knock out a tooth.

Ma San and Chen Qi were startled by Lu Wei’s fierce expression as if he was going to risk his life.

They weren’t here to fight Lu Wei to the death, nor did they have the guts.

“Brother, we came to you to clear up the misunderstanding.” Ma San hurriedly explained, fearing that Lu Wei’s firewood splitter would strike them the next moment.

Although they might not necessarily lose, this kid had a firewood splitter in his hand, and it was possible that he would take one of them away.

What if that one was him?

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