Chapter 662: The Person Behind the Band of Robbers (3)_1
Mo Qingze listened and found the reason compelling, so he didn’t insist further. With Mo Yan by his side, both heavy-hearted, they followed the rest down the mountain.
By the time they descended the mountain and reached the Wu family, the sky was completely dark. The other groups of villagers had also gradually returned, all empty-handed, without finding any useful clues.
"Wuuu, my child, my child—"
"Had I known it would come to this, Mother should never have hit you, should never have hit you, wuuu..."
"Baobao, the apple of Mother’s eye, without you, how am I to live on!"
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The women who had lost their children broke down in tears, their voices saturated with sheer despair. Their husbands, fathers-in-law, and mothers-in-law also wept bitterly. Even if their homes had more than one child, the one they lost was still flesh from their flesh!
The families whose children had gone missing had all been guests at the Wu family’s banquet. Even though it wasn’t related to the Wu family, the fact that five of their own found it unbearably distressing, feeling that if they hadn’t hosted the banquet today, those children might not have disappeared.
The mother and her children stood in a corner with red eyes, their faces marked with deep guilt. Though no one blamed them, believing it to be their fault, they couldn’t get past their own conscience. If the children really couldn’t be found, they would never be able to live in peace for the rest of their lives.