154 Chapter 154 Mother Qiao’s Death
Not to mention Qiao Lanlan and the others in exile, even the officers escorting them were unwilling to take another step forward.
However, they couldn’t explain themselves if they didn’t send her to their destinations, so they could only vent their anger on Qiao Lanlan and the others.
Especially Mother Qiao, whose health wasn’t good, to begin with, and she hadn’t done any vigorous exercise for many years. She had already reached her limit long ago in this journey.
After she staggered and fell to the ground, an officer came forward and gave her two lashes with his whip. “Hurry up. If you dawdle any longer, I won’t be able to complete my mission before the new year.”
“Officer, officer, please stop. My mother really can’t walk anymore. Why don’t we take a break?” Qiao Lanlan kneeled and begged.
When the others heard this, they immediately agreed. It was difficult to walk in the snow; they were all exhausted and couldn’t move.
“Rest my a.s.s. I want to rest but look at this cold weather. Is there any place to rest? Or do you want to freeze to death in the snow?
‘If that’s the case, I’ll fulfill your wish so we can go back and report our mission.” When the officer said this, he kicked Mother Qiao. “Hurry up. We’ll treat it as if you’re dead if you don’t leave.”
“No, no. Let’s go; I’m ok.” Mother Qiao hurriedly got up.
Seeing this, Qiao Lanlan could only support her mother and continue forward, while the others didn’t say anything else.
“What a bunch of ingrates,” said the officer. “Never honest if they don’t get whipped once or twice.”
Qiao Lanlan gritted her teeth. He better not let her get an opportunity, or she would definitely kill him.
She just didn’t know if her big brother had managed to escape the arrest of the soldiers. If he did, why wasn’t he here to save them?
Mother Qiao fell to the ground and dragged her along just as she was thinking. Her entire body hurt from the fall, and she was whipped before she could make a sound.
The tail of the whip hit her head, and her view darkened.
She heard another gust of wind. Just as she was about to dodge, a body pressed down on her, and a storm of kicks came.
Then, her mother spat a mouthful of blood on her face, which made her scream.
Perhaps because her screams were too heartbreaking, the officers finally stopped.
“Cough.” Mother Qiao coughed violently, then her head tilted to the side as she vomited large mouthfuls of blood, shocking everyone.
When Qiao Lanlan realized something was wrong, she quickly pushed Mother Qiao off her and pulled her into her arms. “Mother, mother, don’t scare me.”
“Lanlan, live well and wait for your brother. In the future… remember..” Mother Qiao spoke intermittently, and she didn’t finish her sentence.
She choked on the cold wind, coughed violently, and spat out more mouthfuls of blood. After that, she raised her hand and touched Qiao Lanlan’s face reluctantly.
However, before Mother Qiao’s hand could touch her face, it drooped down, and then her head tilted to the side. She stopped breathing.
Qiao Lanlan immediately froze.
The officer went forward to check Mother Qiao’s nose because the situation wasn’t good. After realizing she was no longer breathing, he had to call his companions and pull her up.
“What are you doing? Let go of my mother! You murderers! Let go of my mother!” Qiao Lanlan roared in anger.
However, the officers ignored her and even whipped her twice. They hastily dug a snow pit and buried her in it.
Qiao Yuan, who was not far away, had looked at Qiao Lanlan with hatred, indifference, and even ridicule.
She wouldn’t have brought them such disaster if it weren’t for her shamelessness.