Li Qingling"s heart trembled, she exchanged a glance with Liu Zhimo, the two of them had a look of determination in their eyes, they turned their heads again, and looked outside through the crack in the stone.She was holding the bow and arrow in her hand and was drenched in sweat. At this moment, she was truly afraid. She was extremely afraid.
It wasn"t easy for her to live again, and she didn"t want to die that quickly.
Her brothers and sisters were still too young to see enough of the world. She didn"t want them to die so soon.
But facing these soldiers, she wasn"t sure she could kill them all.
Even if they were to be shot to death, the others might be lured over. At that time, it would be hard for them to escape.
Could it be … Were they really going to lose their lives today?
She … He couldn"t accept it!
Li Qingling clenched her teeth tightly, and blood came out from the back of her mouth. She didn"t feel anything at all, and at this moment, she was thinking about how she was going to survive, how she was going to take care of her siblings.
"Up there?" What could there be up there? Isn"t it just a cliff rock? " A soldier glanced at it and cut it out.
The soldier looked around with a frown. "I always thought it was a little strange." But how could it be strange? "I"ll go up and take a look." With that, he started to walk towards the cave.
Li Qingling bit her lower lip, pulled her bow and nocked an arrow, preparing to shoot it. At this point, she had already calmed down, not becoming as fl.u.s.tered as before.
She only had one thought in her mind, to live on.
This thought gave her boundless courage.
She took a deep breath and retreated two steps. After hiding herself again, she made a gesture to Liu Zhimo to have him hide himself once more and prepared to shoot an arrow when the soldier moved the rock away and stuck his head in to wipe it.
Only this way could he kill the soldier with a single arrow.
Li Qingfeng and the other children also realized that the situation was grim. They hid under the blankets and didn"t dare to move an inch for fear that they would distract their older brother and sister.
Just as the soldiers were about to climb up to the ground, the sound of a group of people converging together could be heard.
"They gathered so quickly?" "d.a.m.n, I haven"t even caught a rabbit. I"m still eating meat!"
"Let"s go, let"s go. What"s the point of wasting so much time? If we go too late, we"ll get cut."
The soldier looked at him unwillingly before turning around and leaving with the other soldiers. In his heart, he thought to himself that if he were to stay here any longer, he would ask around once more.
After the soldiers left, Li Qingling sat down on the ground paralyzed, this time she was really scared of her.
Liu Zhimo held onto the stone wall and took a deep breath. Only then did he slowly walk to Li Qingling"s side, reached out to hug her, and gently pat her back.
He knew she was scared.
In fact, he was also scared. He thought that if he really fought with the soldiers, he would risk his life to let the children escape.
Fortunately, in the nick of time, the gathering voice sounded. Otherwise, they would have truly been discovered.
Li Qingling leaned onto Liu Zhimo as she wiped away the cold sweat on her forehead. Normally, she wouldn"t be so nervous when facing wild beasts, but this time, she was truly nervous to the extreme.
After sitting on the ground for a while, she finally opened her mouth and said, "Let"s go. We need to leave this place first and hide deep in the mountains." Seeing the soldier"s unwilling expression, she was afraid that she would have to investigate it again.
They could no longer hide here. If they continued to hide here, they would be discovered.
Liu Zhimo acknowledged his presence and helped her up, asking her if she could stand?
She nodded and said yes.
He then went to call the children up and quickly told them what to do.
The results of their usual training had come out, when the children heard Liu Zhimo"s orders, they immediately crawled up.
One of them was packing up his things.
Their main goal was to collect the food and escape. Food was the most important.
In the mountains, the temperature difference between day and night was still a little large. Afraid that the night would get cold enough to make him feel small, Li Qingling walked forward, wrapped up the blanket with, and put it aside. She was prepared to take it when she left later.
She looked around and saw that the children were ready, so she said, "You guys wait for me here, I"ll go scout." She was going to see if there were any enemies outside, to avoid encountering them.
Liu Zhimo told her to be careful, she nodded her head, carefully moved the stone away, and took her bow and arrow out.
She hid herself carefully and probed around outside. When she didn"t find any signs of enemies, she finally felt relieved and turned around to run back.
When she was outside, she whispered that it was me before moving the rock and entering the cave. If she didn"t make a sound, she was afraid that she would be hurt by Liu Zhimo and the rest.
"Let"s go." Li Qingling carried the quilt on her back, took the thing Li Qingfeng was carrying, let him carry her sister, and walked out with large strides.
When everyone was out, she moved the stone back.
He hoped that this place wouldn"t be discovered by the enemies. If it was, then their food would be gone.
Li Qingling led the group of people deeper into the mountains.
The path ahead was rather remote and difficult to walk on, but no one dared to say a word and followed with their heads lowered.
Even the youngest Li Qingning didn"t make a sound as she obediently lay on her brother"s back. She opened her big eyes and looked around curiously.
Li Qingling let out a light breath, turned her head to look at the children who had shown signs of exhaustion but did not make a sound, and said with a pained heart: "Let"s rest here for a bit!" After saying that, she put down the things on her body. She was afraid that if she continued walking, the kids would not be able to handle it. "Come, have some water." She handed the children the water that had quietly dripped with spirit water.
The children felt much better after drinking it.
Liu Zhimo put the water back in her hands and let her drink it. Li Qingling looked at him and took a sip before giving the water to her.
He only drank a little before putting it away.
There"s not much water left. If I drink it, then I won"t be able to drink it when I"m thirsty.
Since they were so old, they could still bear it. They were afraid that their two younger sisters wouldn"t be able to withstand it.
"Are we still going deeper in?" Liu Zhimo looked at the mountain forest that was growing more and more desolate. He was not completely confident, but he believed in Li Qingling.
Li Qingling acknowledged him, and said that she wanted to continue going deeper, if she did not go deeper, she was afraid that she would meet enemies again.
Although there was a high chance that she would run into a wild beast deep in the mountains, compared to enemies, she would rather encounter a wild beast than a human.
This enemy was not a good person. If he were to fall into their hands, he would definitely suffer a terrible fate.
They probably wouldn"t even let a little girl off. Just like the scenes of the Nanjing Ma.s.sacre from her previous life, the scenes of those little girls who had been tortured to death by their enemies made people tremble in fear.
"Then …" Before Liu Zhimo could finish speaking, Li Qingling had already let out a soft hush as she looked straight ahead, to his right.
When the few of them saw her expression, their hearts immediately tensed up. Li Qingfeng and Liu Zhiyan had a tacit understanding to cover their two little sisters" mouths.
Fortunately, the younger sisters were used to it and did not protest.
"F * ck, if it wasn"t for the gathering sound, we would have gotten that tiger."
At the same time, a group of about a dozen soldiers slowly walked over from the right. They were all holding prey in their hands, and they looked like they had gained a lot.
"Alright, let"s hurry up and go. If we don"t hurry back to the team, we might not even be able to keep our lives." They had gone too far, and when they heard the rallying sounds, they had spent a lot of time hoping that the Boss wouldn"t cut them down on account of how much they had hunted.
When they thought of that strict leader, the dozen of people shuddered in fear. They lifted the prey in their hands and started running.
As they walked further away, Li Qingling and the others finally let out a sigh of relief. When they saw the dozen or so soldiers, they didn"t even dare to move, afraid that they would notice.
Not daring to rest anymore, Li Qingling made a gesture, carried her stuff, and continued to hide deep into the mountains.
Along the way, it could be said that they were in constant danger. There were several times when they almost b.u.mped into the enemy, but fortunately, they managed to avoid the danger.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally stopped when they saw the injured Tiger.
"Tiger …" Li Qingling immediately threw the thing on the ground and quickly walked over. Seeing the b.l.o.o.d.y wound on its leg, her heart ached until her eyes were red.
It turned out that the tiger that those people had injured was Tiger Tiger.
Seeing Li Qingling, the Little White snorted at her twice, as if she was begging him to save Tiger.
Tiger looked at Li Qingling with a slightly weakened expression, and snorted uncomfortably.
"Let me see the wound." Li Qingling squatted down, and carefully looked at the wound. It was probably stabbed by the spear, and it was a little deep.
Even after receiving such heavy injuries, Tiger was still able to escape. It was lucky that Tiger was still alive. However, if Tiger didn"t stop bleeding, he would probably die from excessive blood loss.
Li Qingling became anxious and turned to look at Liu Zhimo. "Zhi Moge, help Tiger clean his wounds, I"ll go find some Herba Hemostadiae s." With that, without waiting for Liu Zhimo"s reply, she ran.
When the children saw Tiger"s miserable state, their hearts ached so much that they shed tears.
Tiger grew up with them, and had deep feelings for them. They were afraid Tiger would not be able to hold on.
"Tiger, you"re fine, I"ll give you meat." Liu Zhirou rubbed Tiger"s head, coaxing it as she sobbed.
"Meat …." Li Qingning lied on the ground and hugged Ah Huang"s head as she said this.
Tiger stuck out his tongue and licked Li Qingning"s face, replying to her.
It had originally run deep into the mountains, but it was truly worried about Li Qingling and the others. It wanted to go back and find them, but it didn"t expect to meet enemies halfway.
Luckily, it had escaped with its life, but it did not dare to find Li Qingling and the others, as it was afraid that it would bring them harm, so it could only run deeper into the mountains.
He dragged his injured leg and ran all the way until he was out of strength, only then did he fall down.
It thought that it would silently die here, but it never expected that it would meet Li Qingling and the others.
When it saw them, its despairing heart ignited with hope. It really didn"t want to die yet. It still wanted to grow up with these children!