Chapter 320: Crisis

Seeing the three people walking in from the alley entrance, Wang Jianqiang's expression suddenly turned ugly.

These three people were the very same vagrants who had occupied their "lodging" yesterday.

He hadn't expected that after snatching their lodging, the other party wouldn't stop there, but had actually chased them here.

Beside him, a flash of terror crossed Luo Yunshang's face.

After all, she was just a little girl; seeing three adults coming with ill intent, she was instinctively a bit afraid.

However, after looking at Wang Jianqiang.

She gritted her teeth, did not retreat, and instead spread her arms to block in front of Wang Jianqiang.

"The steamed buns are for Little Qiangqiang, you are not allowed to snatch them!"

Hearing Luo Yunshang's words, the three laughed loudly, "Hmph, what yours or mine? Once we see it, it's ours."

Saying this, they walked straight toward Wang Jianqiang.

Luo Yunshang subconsciously took a step back, then immediately summoned her courage and said loudly, "Little Qiangqiang was just beaten by you yesterday and still needs to recover; you cannot snatch his steamed buns."

"Then let him go die."

The three laughed disdainfully.

After arriving in front of Luo Yunshang, seeing that she wouldn't budge an inch, they snorted coldly.

"Get lost."

With one kick, they knocked her to the ground.

Afterward, the three stepped over Luo Yunshang, arrived in front of Wang Jianqiang, and snatched the steamed buns away.

"Hehe, does a half-dead little mongrel like you deserve to eat such good things?"

"Better to just die, so as not to waste food."

After the three snatched the food, they looked at Wang Jianqiang, their eyes filled with a fierce glint.

They raised their feet and began to rain blows down on Wang Jianqiang.

Wang Jianqiang curled up, and the three pairs of feet landed repeatedly on his body.

The injuries on his body had not yet healed.

At this moment, with new wounds added to the old, his consciousness began to blur after only a moment.

"Ah~ Little Jianqiang!!!!"

"You want to kill Little Jianqiang~"

"You are all bad people."

"You all deserve to die!"

In his haze, Wang Jianqiang only heard a heart-wrenching cry, and then he lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he discovered that Luo Yunshang was squatting beside him, her face deathly pale.

"Luo Yunshang."

He called out softly.

Hearing this, Luo Yunshang looked over, her small face, covered in grime, filled with panic, "Little Jianqiang, I killed someone."

Wang Jianqiang was stunned, only then discovering that Luo Yunshang's body was covered in blood.

Her pair of small hands were even dyed red with blood.

At her feet lay three mangled corpses.

The corpses were covered in deep claw marks, as if they had been raked by iron hooks.

In his past life, Wang Jianqiang had lived in a world of order and stability; where had he ever seen such a scene?

His complexion immediately turned white.

"Little Jianqiang, will I be caught by the government soldiers? Will I be killed to pay for their lives?" Luo Yunshang looked at Wang Jianqiang, her small face full of fear and unease.

Seeing this, Wang Jianqiang forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his heart.

He forced himself to become calm.

He said seriously to Luo Yunshang, "Luo Yunshang, I won't let you get caught; you must do exactly as I say right now."

Hearing this, Luo Yunshang seemed to find her backbone and nodded hurriedly.

Afterward, Wang Jianqiang directed Luo Yunshang to bury the three corpses in a pile of trash and to cover the blood on the ground and the signs of the struggle in the surrounding area with trash as much as possible.

Fortunately, although Luo Yunshang was thin and weak, her strength was immense; otherwise, she truly couldn't have done this job.

"Next, we cannot stay here; we must leave here immediately."

After Luo Yunshang finished covering the scene, Wang Jianqiang said seriously.

Hearing this, Luo Yunshang's expression was somewhat hesitant, "But, there are many wild beasts in the wilderness; it is very dangerous."

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "There is no other way; if we continue to stay in the city, the government will definitely come to catch you."

"Leaving here offers a glimmer of survival; if you are caught, you will surely die."

Luo Yunshang gritted her teeth, "Okay, I will carry you."

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "Wait a moment, take those two steamed buns."

Saying this, he pointed at the two steamed buns on the ground.

"Oh."

Luo Yunshang ran to the side, picked up the steamed buns, and handed them to Wang Jianqiang, "Here, Little Jianqiang, eat quickly."

Wang Jianqiang shook his head again, "It's not for me to eat, but for you to eat."

"I'm not hungry yet, you eat it." Luo Yunshang shook her head repeatedly, but just as she finished speaking, a "rumbling" sound suddenly came from her stomach.

A blush immediately flashed across her dirty face.

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "You still have to carry me on the road ahead, which will consume quite a bit of energy, so you should eat it."

"Only if you are full can you carry me to escape, isn't that right?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Luo Yunshang hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she nodded, "Little Jianqiang, just endure it for now. In the future, I will definitely find plenty of food for you so you will never go hungry again."

Wang Jianqiang smiled and nodded.

While Luo Yunshang was eating the steamed bun in large bites, Wang Jianqiang leaned with great effort to one side and picked up the small, blackened, hard piece of steamed bun from the ground.

Forcing himself to endure the rancid stench, he began to gnaw on it.

After finishing this piece of steamed bun, the hunger in his belly finally dissipated a little.

At the same time, Luo Yunshang had already eaten her fill.

She carried Wang Jianqiang on her back and ran quickly toward the city gate.

Normally speaking.

From discovering a corpse to the government investigating the case, and then to finding the murderer, it would take at least ten days or half a month.

With that much time, they would have long since been far away from this city.

However, what was strange was.

They had just escaped the city for less than half an hour when a group of over a dozen fully armed soldiers caught up to them.

"Execute the murderer's accomplices, and take the murderer back."

The leading soldier glanced at the two of them without the slightest intention of questioning them.

He directly issued the order to attack.

These soldiers were all tall and sturdy, fully armed.

Yet, facing him and Luo Yunshang, two children, they chose to go all out immediately.

They drew the broadswords from their waists one after another and charged toward the two of them.

"It's over!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Jianqiang felt a wave of bitterness in his heart.

Taking advantage of the moment Luo Yunshang was not paying attention, he broke free from her and fell to the ground.

The intense pain made her let out a muffled groan.

"Little Jianqiang, are you alright?"

Luo Yunshang exclaimed and moved to help him up.

"Go, don't worry about me; I can't run away."

"Your body is healthy and you run fast; you have a chance to escape."

He endured the pain in his body and roared at Luo Yunshang.

Over this past year, he had already been enough of a burden to Luo Yunshang.

He could not continue to drag her down.

In any case, he had lived two lifetimes and had lived enough.

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's voice, Luo Yunshang's eyes immediately turned red, and tears fell uncontrollably.

She did not choose to run away, but instead stubbornly ran to Wang Jianqiang's side and hoisted him onto her back.

"You idiot, why didn't you run?"

"This way, we are both going to die!"

Wang Jianqiang was shocked and angry.

"Everyone treats me like a freak, despising me and hating me."

"Only you are willing to be with me."

"I won't leave you behind!"

Luo Yunshang said with a crying tone.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang sighed.

The soldiers behind them had already caught up very closely; it was too late to say anything now.

A moment later.

The soldiers caught up.

They stared at Wang Jianqiang, their eyes flashing with a chilling, murderous light.