What about the stepmother dressed as three villains?

Wang Laowu paused for a moment, he was going to take the lantern in Jiang Lianzhu's hand, but unexpectedly Jiang Lianzhu handed it to him, the cold and soft little hand was placed in his palm, but it seemed to ignite a fire in his heart.

He didn't correct her, but wrapped her little hands tightly, and walked forward hand in hand.

There were many shadows on the road, and the darkness surrounded the two of them in all directions. Before, Jiang Lianzhu was still fully on guard, but now, because Wang Laowu was by her side, her pressure dropped sharply. The man beside her had an inexplicable power. Let her feel at ease a lot.

No matter who he is, her instinct tells him that he has no malice towards her now.

In the past, he seemed to be jealous of her and tried everywhere, but now he is tolerant of her everywhere. She scolded him, flirted with him, and embarrassed him, but he didn't take it to heart.

It seemed that with him around, she didn't need to rush ahead and be protected by him.

This is the feeling of stability that no one has given her in two lifetimes.

In a trance, Jiang Lianzhu reflected whether she seemed to be too aggressive towards Wang Laowu?If he is willing to tell her the truth, should she consider giving him a chance or something?

Cough, when Jiang Lianzhu's thoughts drifted away, Wang Laowu had already brought her to a stop.

This is a place at the corner of a miscellaneous forest. Wang Laowu pointed to the pile of weeds under the tree in front of him and said, "Move the light over to illuminate it, does it look like someone squatted here just now?"

Jiang Lianzhu complied immediately.

The weeds under the tree were trampled in a mess, as if they had just been trampled on, with a few big footprints and mud.

"Yes! Judging from the footprints, it should be an adult man, not low in stature... Could it be refugees passing by?"

Wang Laowu's handsome face looked a little solemn in the dark, "Will refugees pass here in the middle of the night? Generally speaking, it's impossible."

Jiang Lianzhu thought about it, indeed.

Now it is very cold in the second half of the night, and the refugees will find a place to shelter from the wind and rain. It is impossible to haunt here in the wilderness.

But this long winter, or the Duan family, are a little suspicious.

These footprints are not very conspicuous, and after a certain distance, they disappear.

If they were brought out with Xueda, they might be able to track for a further distance. They didn't bring them. Originally, the sound of wolves made the whole town nervous, so they were told to stay at home and not go anywhere, to avoid suspicion.

Jiang Lianzhu looked at the dark sky and suggested, "Let's go to this Duan's house to see what's going on?"

"Let's go."

The two returned hand in hand.

Back in the town and walked on the familiar bluestone road, Wang Laowu still had no intention of letting go of Jiang Lianzhu's hand.

At this time, the inspectors of the town's yamen came over with torches. Seeing this scene, they coughed, "You two, have you found any clues?"

Jiang Lianzhu hastily pulled her hand out of Wang Laowu's palm, her face turned red, but luckily she couldn't see clearly because of the dark lights.

Wang Lao didn't change his face, "No, it may be that unknown wild wolves passed by our Shili Town, and they have gone far away now. Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry."

The patrol adults also nodded, "I thought, that's the same thing, last time too, I was nervous for a few days, nothing shit happened, I guess last time I passed by our town to say hello to our town , It's the middle of the night, people are freezing to death."

"Walking around, in front of the town and at the end of the town, I have patrolled inside and out, but I haven't seen a single dog, not to mention the wolves are scattered, the dogs are sleeping in their dens, let's go back too Master Bo, let's go."

Wang Laowu watched them off, "Gentlemen, you have worked hard."

Jiang Lianzhu turned her face sideways and looked at Wang Lao Wu with a playful smile on the corner of her mouth.

Wang Laowu was a little uncomfortable being stared at by her, "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Lianzhu said, "Do you often deal with the government as bodyguards? Why do you speak so casually with the officials, neither humble nor overbearing, as if you are used to it?"

Wang Laowu replied without shame, "Well, I keep in touch with you often. Daughter-in-law, let's go to Xinghua Lane..."

Business matters.

Jiang Lianzhu didn't say much to him either.

Jiang Lianzhu and Wang Laowu have never met Duan Changdong, and they have always heard what Erbao said when they came back. They almost abducted Erbao in the middle of the night under their noses. Not a kind person.

If others lent him money, he would drag others to accompany him to take risks.

This is not something that a person who deals with people often and carefully looks at people's eyes in order to survive can do it.

This is obviously difficult for the strong!

Taking advantage of Erbao's sincerity and righteousness, he wants to mess with him.

When we came to Xinghua Lane, many houses were lit up. The house in the front was where the little fat man lived, and almost even the yard was lit.

Lamp oil is expensive, and everyone saves money, and some people are stingy, and they don't even light their lamps at night.

Except for special circumstances, such as now.

The more lamps are lit, the richer the family.

Some families are still soothing crying children who have been woken up by fright.

It was a mess.

Jiang Lianzhu and the others came to the end of the alley, which was farther away from the front street, and it was still quiet without being disturbed.

When I came to the outside of Duan Changdong's house, it was dark inside, and there was no human voice.

If it wasn't for Er Bao and Little Fatty not being able to tell lies, Jiang Lianzhu would have wondered if they had found the wrong person or the wrong door.

Jiang Lianzhu knocked on the courtyard door outside.

"Duan Changdong."

There was silence.

He called several times, but no one responded.

Jiang Lianzhu was going to use a little more force, but was held down by Wang Laowu, "Duan Changdong is not at home, there are two adults breathing, and a child breathing, there are only three people..."

The two adults are Duan Fugui and his wife, and the young one is their mentally handicapped son.

Jiang Lianzhu secretly said, Wang Laowu is so good, how good is his kung fu, he can even hear the breathing of the people in the room.

She has not yet reached this level.

Duan Fugui was sleeping at home and was still in a deep sleep state, so the footprints outside the town were unlikely to be him.

"Where did that long winter go? Could it be that he really went to Wuli Town?"

Wang Laowu objectively analyzed, "Probably not. We checked the path just now, and there were no footprints of the child. Maybe he hid somewhere because he was afraid that we would find him."

Jiang Lianzhu thought about it, and it made sense.

It must be because the parents are afraid that if they find out, they will be beaten.

***

The second floor, the room.

Dabao and Erbao sat on the edge of the bed.

Erbao's hand was red and swollen, it was all beaten out by Dabao with a ruler. At this time, Dabao was administering medicine to him. ?

"Does it hurt?"

"It hurts." Er Bao said honestly.