Chapter 409 - Chapter 409: Let’s Go Now
Chapter 409: Let’s Go Now
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Lady Qin, Young Master Ying, the meal is ready. Why don’t you two take a rest and eat first?”
The old man in charge of cooking came over to greet them. If MO Ruyue and Gu Ying didn’t eat first, they wouldn’t pick up their bowls no matter how hungry they were.
“We’re not hungry. You guys eat first, I still have something to do.”
MO Ruyue walked straight to the disaster victims who were tied up and thrown aside. She still had someone to interrogate.
The man had been captivated by the smell of the millet porridge. He stared at the steaming pot and couldn’t help swallowing his saliva.
“Do you want to eat?”
MO Ruyue stood beside him, blocking his view.
The man nodded his head vigorously and even stretched his neck to look at the pot.
“Tell me, how did you guys get here?”
The disaster victims were stunned. They raised their heads to look at MO Ruyue and swallowed hard.
“This Lady, we just want to ask for food, we don’t really want to hurt people.”
He thought of Mop Ruyue’s valiant appearance just now and the corpse left on the ground. His heart immediately started to beat wildly.
“Answer my question.” MO Ruyue repeated impatiently.
“It’s… There was a woman who suddenly rushed out and cried, saying that she wanted to enter the city and did not want to starve to death outside. We saw that she didn’t look like she had been hungry for a long time, so we surrounded her and asked… one time.”
“She said that there were companions here, and everyone had not starved along the way. She didn’t expect to starve to death outside the city, so we… So we came over.”
The disaster victims answered intermittently.
MO Ruyue’s eyes were cold and sharp, as if she could see through him with one glance. He didn’t even dare to make any more eye contact with her.
Even if he beautified his answer, MO Ruyue could guess what happened to that woman. Just by looking at his evasive eyes, she knew that he definitely didn’t dare to tell the truth.
“What happened after you guys came?” MO Ruyue continued to ask.
“Think carefully before you answer, don’t force me to use other means.”
When the disaster victim was about to answer, she reminded him that even if he wanted to lie, there were still survivors as witnesses, and he would be easily exposed.
“We… We had sent two people to check on the situation. Seeing that no one seemed to be starving, we came to ask for some food.”
“In the end, they said that they had run out of food and refused to give it to us. We didn’t believe them, so we said that we wanted to check it. Both sides were anxious and… So we started fighting.”
The man had no choice but to tell her what had happened. Even so, he was still trying to find a reason to embellish himself and shirk his responsibility.
“Let’s not talk about whether there is food or not. Even if there is, why should I share it with you?
MO Ruyue’s words made the disaster victim shut his mouth and reveal an awkward expression.
“If you want to live, you have to take away the hope of others. Who gave you the right?”
She followed up with a second sentence.
Although it is said that people do not kill for themselves, and the social order is chaotic after natural disasters, it is not uncommon for any horrific things to happen, but since MO Ruyue has decided to take care of it, she will take care of it to the end.
“Where do you want to take that little girl?”
MO Ruyue asked the third question. It was also this question that caused the disaster victim’s expression to suddenly change. His face was completely pale without any blood.
“No, I’m not thinking of taking her anywhere, it’s just… I just want to exchange her for some food.”
After a long time, he finally squeezed out a sentence that was not sincere.
Even he himself didn’t believe this sentence, and he didn’t expect MO Ruyue to believe it.
“Very well, you can continue to starve. You are not worthy of eating any grain.”
MO Ruyue didn’t force him to tell the truth because she wasn’t sure if she would break this person’s neck after hearing the answer.
She stood up, and Gu Ying happened to walk over with a bowl.
“Eat something, the night wind is too cold, it’s good to warm up.”
The bowl was filled with thick millet porridge, seasoned with salt, and a few pieces of pickled vegetables.
Although the meal was extremely simple, it was more tempting than delicacies for the disaster victims who had been starving for a long time.
He swallowed hard, and his bound hands kept struggling, trying to break free and take the bowl from MO Ruyue’s hands.
MO Ruyue held the bowl and sat down not far from him so that he could see the porridge in the bowl more clearly.
Gu Ying had specially asked the old man to make the porridge thicker, so that the injured survivors would have to eat their fill before they had the strength to continue on their journey.
Since the town here was already overwhelmed, they could only look for another place. As for the people in the city, they could not care about them.
“Lady, I beg you, give me something to eat. Even if I deserve to die, can you let me be a full ghost?”
The disaster victim couldn’t resist the temptation and begged MO Ruyue.
However, she had deliberately used this bowl of porridge to punish him, so how could she let him have his wish?
MO Ruyue turned a deaf ear to the pleas of the disaster victim. She only slowly drank the porridge, and ate it with a few pieces of pickled vegetables.
The survivors also looked over from time to time, their eyes full of hatred for the disaster victim.
MO Ruyue had caught one of the disaster victims who had rushed to the front. Before she had returned, this person must have also killed the survivors. Otherwise, he would not have attracted such resentful gazes.
After slowly finishing the entire bowl of porridge, MO Ruyue took out a piece of cloth, rolled it into a ball, and stuffed it into the person’s mouth, turning the disturbing noise into a muffled whimper from his throat.
“Ying, it’s not a good time to move Deng Feng tonight. They’re still in shock.
Let’s rest for the night and set off tomorrow morning.”
MO Ruyue walked to Gu Ying’s side and said in a low voice.
To be on the safe side, they should have left immediately. The disaster victims outside the city gate were fine, but if they alerted the county government in the city, it would be even more troublesome.
However, looking at the survivors, they were all still in shock. Even if they wanted to leave, they wouldn’t be able to go far. Moreover, the fire in the night would make the target more obvious.
“In my opinion, we should be on our way now.”
Gu Ying shook his head.
The surroundings were very quiet, and only the crackling of the bonfire and the sound of the night wind blowing could be heard.
It was already early spring, and it was time for all things to come back to life. The insects that had been dormant for a winter should also come back to life.
Insects were a wonderful species, and their vitality was the weakest but the strongest. Even if this natural disaster could kill large animals and plants, it could not make insects disappear.
However, Gu Ying didn’t hear any insects or crawling sounds, which meant that they had sensed the danger in advance and had hidden themselves.
Although the survivors spontaneously organized themselves and began to patrol the surrounding area, their premonition of danger was too slow. It would be too late by the time they discovered something.
MO Ruyue hesitated for a moment and then nodded. “Alright, we’ll do as you say. Tell them to pack up and get ready to leave.”
She was too rigid.
Deng Feng could be completely moved into her space, so he did not have to worry about his wound being torn open by the shaking of the carriage.
As for the problem of lighting, they could use ropes to connect them together to avoid getting lost. As for the stones and bumps on the ground, they could only use crutches to explore the way.
Although it was a little troublesome, it could at least improve the concealment of the movement..