Chapter 346 - 345
Su Mo pulled his hand, looking at the table full of dishes, her round eyes curved with a smile tinged with a hint of coldness, "But you have to be alive to tell anyone."
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"It’s about time," Li Ming stared at the night sky outside, chewing the gum in his mouth, his gaze fierce.
His small study was now crowded with people surrounding a radio, the faces of the burly men all ferociously intense.
One of them, full of confidence, said, "For the supplies of that one year, we have to give it our all. They are just five people, not to be feared."
Li Yun sat at the table, his facial features gentle, as he connected to the radio again, "When the sun rises tomorrow, meet at the signal tower."
After a burst of static, a response came from the other side, "We need them alive, three helicopters have been dispatched."
The signal was cut off, Li Yun nodded towards those burly men, and Li Ming led the people out.
Li Yun sat quietly for a while, then walked tremblingly onto the open ground in front of his house by himself. He rejected the help of Aunt Mei who had just come to with a face full of guilt, standing in front of two small dirt mounds dug up, with two wooden steles inserted on top.
Li Yun squatted down, his fingers brushing over the freshly carved inscriptions, a fatal tenderness in his voice as he spoke, "Did it hurt a lot this morning?"