Chapter 1617 Sneaking into the Zhao Family Village
Chapter 1617 Sneaking into the Zhao Family Village
The truth was that Zhao Fei regretted knowing Qiao Mei and also regretted returning to the Zhao Family Village with Zhao Liu.
If he was still selling seeds at the entrance of the movie theater and living in that dilapidated alley, he might have been able to have a peaceful and happy life.
Instead, he had brought harm to so many people and caused Qiao Mei to encounter so many nasty things. He was also the catalyst for making the people of the Zhao Family Village so greedy and murderous and ending up not having a peaceful life. Everything was his fault.
Zhao Fei packed his things and handed over all the money he had earned recently to his girlfriend, Ding Xiang.
"I might not make it after heading back. If I don't come back, don't wait for me. This money is all I have. Take this money and go. Find a better man to spend the rest of your life with," Zhao Fei said.
"Asshole! What nonsense are you talking about! I still have to wait for you to come back and marry me! You have to come back!" Ding Xiang said with reddened eyes.
"I'll try my best, but I also have to be responsible for you. What if…" Before Zhao Fei could finish speaking, Ding Xiang immediately said, "There's no such thing as what if! You'll definitely come back and marry me! If you don't come back, I'll get my father to beat you up!"
"Fine, fine, fine. I'll listen to you. I'm leaving now. Take good care of yourself." After saying that, Zhao Fei left the house and quietly returned to the Zhao Family Village. It was late at night and all the families were resting in their houses.
The entire village was in a dilapidated state. Zhao Fei had never imagined that the Zhao Family Village would become like this. A large part of the fence had collapsed and there were broken pieces of furniture everywhere. Some houses had even collapsed and straw huts had been burned down. It was a very miserable sight.
He went to Zhao Kuo's house first and did not expect that even the village chief was unable to avert the disaster. The originally beautiful and clean small house was also in a dilapidated state. Taking advantage of the darkness in the dead of the night, he quietly looked around for clues related to Li Gui.
Mao Hang, Chi Ze and the rest of the men were locked up in a cellar by the people from the Zhao Family Village. The air circulation here was poor and with five burly men squeezed inside the small cellar, there was not enough air for all of them.
"Hey! Can you find another place to imprison us! We can't breathe!" Mao Hang shouted upwards.
The villagers paid no attention to what they said and even closed the small door to the cellar. They were only in charge of guarding the place and were not responsible for the lives of these people. If these people died, they would be buried in the back of the mountain and no one would find out.
Mao Hang whispered, "Brothers, hold on a little longer. When they fall asleep, we'll go out and look for Auntie Li."
They started to take only small breaths. They had survived in even worse places than this previously. A mere cellar was not a problem for them at all. Moreover, they were just pretending to have been captured by these villagers. It was not a big deal for them to force their way out. The most important thing now was to confirm Li Gui's location without alerting the enemy.
Later into the night, the men in the cellar untied the ropes which bound them and slipped out to look for Li Gui while the villagers were sleeping. It had been a tiring day and the villagers must be sleeping soundly at this time. No one would notice that they had escaped.
Zhao Fei sneaked into Zhao Liu's backyard and leaned against the wall to listen carefully for any movements in the house.
"Father, do you think it's safe to lock up that woman at Second Uncle's place?" Zhao Kai asked worriedly.
"What's so unsafe about it? Your second uncle's cellar is the largest, most spacious and most remote place in the entire village. Don't tell me you want to hide her in our cellar? We don't even have such a thing!" Zhao Liu said.
"I'm just worried that Second Uncle and his family won't do their best to stand guard. What if that woman escapes?" Zhao Kai said.
This statement immediately woke Zhao Liu up. Since Li Gui was at risk of running away at any time, it should not be a problem for him to go and take a look!
Zhao Liu brought the last of the food left in the house and walked towards Zhao Ming's house. Wang Meng and Zhao Ming were in the cellar, staring fixedly at Li Gui! The three of them stared at one another and did not speak until Zhao Liu arrived.
"Second Brother, Sister-in-law, you must be exhausted. I'm here to visit you and to give her something to eat," Zhao Liu said with a smile.
Wang Meng looked at the meat in Zhao Liu's hand and said unhappily, "Oh my, you must really like her a lot. You don't even have much meat to eat at home, yet you're still willing to give this b*tch some meat. How generous of you."