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  Lao Yang was very embarrassed, and he subconsciously followed the direction that the little girl had just seen. He lowered his head to take a look, and couldn't help but let out a few dry laughs. His rough big hands reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a bottle of nutritional supplements.

  "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm already so old..."

  Breathing anxiously with unease and lingering fear, Luo Li's chin shrunk back and she choked for a moment. Her vigilant and hostile eyes slightly relaxed, but the next moment, her pupils constricted again, and in despair, she trembled violently.

  "Who's calling?"

  "Ah, it seems like a woman."

  "What's going on?"

  ……

  In an instant, more than a dozen vagrants emerged from the surroundings and surrounded Luo Li and Old Yang. They stared blankly at Luo Li's slender and plump body hidden under a black quilt. After understanding the situation, more than a dozen dull and aged eyes suddenly sparkled with excitement and frenzy, and some even opened their wrinkled and dry mouths in a daze, like a group of toads gazing at a white swan.

  The chilly autumn wind whistled through the treetops, bringing a mournful hum. Under the night sky, the pale moonlight poured down on this abandoned forest, casting eerie and sinister shadows that stretched out the vagrants' silhouettes, as if they were all extending towards the desperate and hopeless Lorrie.

  In the surrounding woods, the neon colors of red lanterns and green wine can be seen from afar, but in reality, they are too far away. Looking from a distance, it's like a dreamlike illusion, to the point where this deep forest gives birth to an atmosphere that is isolated from the world, like a desperate hell.

  In a silence that was absolute, it seemed as though everyone was inwardly struggling with some sort of hardship; they might be afraid of something, or the law, or morality, or themselves. In any case, all these vagrants stood frozen in place.

  Suddenly, a short and thin vagrant with one eye slightly closed, wearing a tattered old woman's down jacket, opened his mouth vacantly, revealing two rows of dark yellow teeth. In his left eye, he rubbed his hands together, took a trembling step forward, and under Luo Li's desperate and frightened gaze, he widened that eye, puckered up his lower lip as if swallowing hard, then turned his head with difficulty to look at Old Yang.

  "Where did this girl come from?"

  Old Yang, holding the bottle of nutrient quickline in his hand, slightly lowered his aged and wrinkled face, with a gloomy and cold gaze from his eyes that were full of shadows. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd of vagrants, he suddenly straightened up, took a comical big step back, and walked directly towards Luo Li.

  She shrank her body, and Lori's face was terrified as she looked up at him. The closer Old Yang walked, the tighter her body shrunk, and the fear in her condensed eyes grew thicker, until it spread out into a gray despair.

  Old Yang approached, Luo Li flew quickly closed her eyes, tears struggled to come out, she bit her teeth and pursed her lips, tightly shrunk her neck, hugged her arms, and trembled violently.

  A gust of wind whizzed by.

  Old Yang pulled up the canvas that was squeezed deep by Luo Li and said in a hoarse voice, "Come in."

  Luoluo opened her eyes and looked up at him, her face pale and confused in despair, her body stiff and trembling, unable to move.

  However, Old Yang's move thoroughly enraged those restless vagrants.

  "What's wrong with you, eating alone!?"

  "Old Yang, this is too much!"

  "Whatever, I'm gonna vent!"

  "Come on, everybody! Let's go!"

  ……

  In almost an instant, Luo Li, who was frightened out of her wits, hadn't even reacted yet when she was pinched on the arm by Old Yang with a gloomy face and then dragged into the tent.

  Then, she was thrown onto Old Yang's bed, her body shrinking as she subconsciously hugged the quilt to cover herself, letting out a desperate shriek.

  The shrill screams pierced through the area, but the vagrants became more excited, swallowing their saliva and trembling with eagerness as they rushed in. To these old men wandering on the edge of society, who were like madmen, it was like a fallen white swan, and even if they could only grab a piece of fragrant white feathers, it was still great.

  After all, no matter how crazy and overbearing the people who scramble for this beautiful and seductive white swan are, they will eventually have their chance.

  They completely lost their sanity, disregarding everything, and rushed towards Luo Li like moths to a flame, baring their teeth and claws, with saliva dripping from their mouths, just like a group of demons who had seen the light of day again.

  "Halt!!!"

  A thunderous rebuke, as if directly stunning everyone's heart, they looked incredulously in that direction.

  Only the old Yang with a slightly hunched back was seen, holding a rusty kitchen knife in his hand, his eyes were as cold and gloomy as a deep pool, seemingly devoid of humanity. His gaze, like a poisonous blade, made people subconsciously fearful and dodgy whenever it swept over them.

  Mu Mu tiptoed over, her eyes slanted as she looked at Old Yang, who seemed to be shrouded in a layer of frost. She found her mainstay and hastily crawled over, hiding behind Old Yang's legs with only her trembling eyes visible.

  As they gradually calmed down, they realized that their side had the upper hand. The vagrants' eyes changed color, filled with hostility and doubt. Someone took a step forward, looked at Lao Yang's icy face behind Luo Li, and said: "You, you, you, get out of the way, Lao Yang, don't monopolize everything."

  As he spoke, he swallowed hard and immediately began to tremble uncontrollably as he stepped forward towards Luo Li, causing the crowd of vagrants to stir restlessly and close in.

  "Who dares to move!!?!"

  Old Yang shouted again in anger, then lowered his head, gripped the kitchen knife tightly and said: "This is my daughter, don't have any crooked thoughts."

  Under Lao Yang's fierce interception, the vagrants stopped in their tracks, looking at each other in shock and uncertainty. Someone mustered up the courage to ask, "You... didn't your daughter die?"

  "Yes, yes, it was you who said it yourself, she took sleeping pills..."

  "It's not dead!!!"

  Old Yang suddenly raised the kitchen knife, and his eyes seemed to burst with anger. It seemed that if anyone dared to take another step forward, he would cut them down without hesitation.

  In the long silence, there was only Old Yang's heavy breathing. The vagrants all stared at Old Yang with a mixture of fear and respect, not daring to make any sudden movements. At this moment, from behind the crowd, a low howl rose up, drawing everyone's attention.

  Showing off the results on his right hand, the vagrant chuckled and seemed very pleased with himself, contentedly rubbing his nose.

  The vagrants stared at Lori in terror, swallowing hard.

  "Old Yang, since it's your daughter, we won't bother with it anymore. However, you also need to take a step back."

  "Shameless!" Old Yang scolded harshly, but his tone was somewhat helpless. He sighed and put down the cleaver in his right hand, turned around, and gently patted Luo Li's shoulder twice, saying: "I'm sorry, girl."

  Luolui looked up at him in a fluster, hugging her arms and shivering all over, the black quilt covering her couldn't hide her slender figure, which stood out even more in this dim environment, as if recklessly emitting a seductive aura that made one's mouth dry.

  Before leaving, they looked back at the white body with reluctance, ignoring her bewildered expression as if she had lost her soul.

  With a clang, he fell to the ground with a thud, Old Yang lowered his head and buried his face between his knees.

  Then, in this hut, a low, muffled sobbing sound was heard.

  A while later——

  "Thank you..."

  Old Yang raised his face and glanced at the girl curled up beside him, lowering his eyes in the dim light so that her eyebrows were indistinct.

  A quiet and indescribable atmosphere of peace.

  "Girl, go to sleep, have a good rest."

  Old Yang stood up and lifted the curtain, his stooping figure disappearing from Luo Li's line of sight.

  Otherwise, I'll give you a slap in the face and then just ignore you.