Her heart pounded violently!
All over her body, sweat poured down like rain. The taste of almost circling the wolf’s jaws before climbing back to the world of the living, the fear and fright in her heart almost buried Lui Muyi completely.
He had been careless for a mont and had nearly cost the lives of all four of them.
In the past, he frequently took his subordinates on journeys across the country. Even if they had to spend the night in the wilderness, he rarely stood guard at night due to the presence of his n.
But on his first night watch, he had almost fed the wolves. If such a terrifying incident were to happen again, he wouldn’t be able to survive it!
With Lui Muyi’s roar, Aunt Xiao and Xiao Min naturally woke up.
In fact, both Aunt Xiao and Xiao Min had not fallen asleep at the beginning, but they couldn’t resist the attack of drowsiness.
Hearing Lui Muyi’s frightened words, and then seeing the shimring wolf’s eyes already at the mouth of the cave, both of them scread in horror.
Lui Muyi held a pole in his hand, aiming it at the terrible pair of eyes outside.
The next mont, those eyes finally retracted but did not leave the entrance of the cave at all.
"Quick! Relight the fire!"
Lui Muyi commanded.
Were this mother and daughter seeking death? He had been calling for a long ti, and they did not respond.
It was Xiao Min who first ca to her senses, gently picking up a stick and stirring the already extinguished fire pile, which unexpectedly began to ignite slowly on its own, emitting thick smoke that made the three of them cough incessantly. It also caused the lurking wolf’s eyes outside to grow greener.
Soon, the fire that had been extinguished finally began to burn again. But the fla was too small; the pack of wolves was not afraid of the fire at all.
However, Aunt Xiao had not noticed Xiao Min’s actions. Instead, she noticed the gathering of wolves outside the cave entrance, and those blue inverted triangle eyes were gathering in increasing numbers.
She trembled with such fright that even her speech trembled.
"Wolves! So many of them, we’re dood, surely we are dood!"
Never before had Aunt Xiao felt such courage surge from within, suddenly pushing the child behind her and grabbing another stick to start stirring the fire.
Luckily, Aunt Xiao had always been skilled in kitchen tasks. With a few random stirs, the fire grew larger, and worried that the fla was too small to be of help, she quickly added more firewood.
With the fire pile, the wolves gathering at the entrance finally stirred.
Instead of retreating, they lay down at the entrance of the cave, their heads facing the cave, motionless, as if they were ready to rush in the mont the fire inside extinguished.
"Thank goodness for Young Master Lui...for your help. Otherwise, my daughter and I might already be gone!"
Both Xiao Min and Aunt Xiao were frightened after the fact, and actively moved closer to add firewood as an apology.
However, Lui Muyi didn’t even shift his gaze towards them. Reflecting on the past, when he occasionally didn’t reach the inn, he would temporarily find a place to rest in the wilderness, with soone to tend the fire at night and others to stand watch.
But now, the situation of being surrounded by a pack of wolves was truly hair-raising.
"Make the fire brighter, and be careful to save so firewood—we only have these pieces for the night,"
Lui Muyi replied with heartfelt sorrow.
At the mont, it was impossible for them to break through the encirclent of wolves and collect firewood outside. So could the firewood in the cave last until the end? When it would be morning, would the pack of wolves retreat? If they didn’t retreat, if they didn’t retreat...
The consequence of such a thought only flickered through Lui Muyi’s mind before he quickly adjusted himself.
Suddenly, amidst the quiet wolves waiting outside the cave, one of them let out a long howl, which instantly frightened the three people inside to the core.
But unexpectedly, at this mont, the child who had been born less than a day ago suddenly started to cry.
The intermittent wails, like those of a tiny kitten, imdiately attracted the attention of the wolves at the entrance, who even moved closer in an unusually quiet manner.
This kind of silence, under the surveillance of a circle of blue wolf eyes, was terrifying!
Xiao Min hurriedly embraced the child in her arms and gently patted the child’s back, trying to get the child to stop crying. But no matter how she coaxed, the child simply refused to stop crying.
All three adults present were alard, a cold sweat breaking out over their bodies!
Why would the child cry not earlier nor later, but at such a ti? Was it a sign that the heavens were about to forsake them all?
At just this mont, a short and urgent wolf howl suddenly ca from the pack! The previously quiet wolves beca unsettled, once again closing in on the entrance of the cave.
At a mountain top not far from Lui Muyi and the others.
Su Pan’er was dozing off atop a tree.
Suddenly, a wolf howl sounded from another mountain top, and she snapped her eyes open.
Wolves?
There was sothing off about this wolf howl! It was...the kind of sound wolves made when they were about to attack their prey.
Su Pan’er’s mind raced. Could it be that Big Brother Lui and the others were surrounded by a wolf pack?
No sooner had this thought occurred to her than Su Pan’er could no longer remain where she was.
She imdiately leaped down from the tree and started channeling her Inner Strength in her legs, rushing towards the direction of the wolf howl!
Just wait!
Big Brother Lui, Aunt Xiao, Xiao Min, you must wait for , wait for to co and save you!
The wolf howl traveled a great distance in the stillness of the night.
Vice General Zhang, camping near another path, tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Suddenly hearing the wolf howl, he was so startled that he instantly jumped to his feet.
"What is this..."
The centurion on night duty imdiately ca over, "Sir, this must be so unfortunate souls who have encountered a wolf pack. Judging by the sound of that howl, the approaching pack is likely not small in size."
Indeed, it was not small!
Vice General Zhang imdiately thought of Su Pan’er’s party.
Although he did not know exactly how many people were in the carriage, he was certain that there were definitely more than one person in it.
As for the current encounter with the wolf pack...
The centurion seed to realize Vice General Zhang’s dilemma and discreetly moved closer, "Sir, what do you think about sending soone to pursue them?"
"Pursue? You want to be torn to pieces and devoured by the wolves, leaving not even the smallest fragnt of your bones behind? If that’s what you want, go right ahead. I surely won’t stop you," he replied.
His words imdiately made the centurion hang his head, no longer daring to suggest pursuing them.
Vice General Zhang stared in the direction of the howl for a long ti before issuing an order.
"Instruct the soldiers to prepare, as soon as daylight breaks, we’ll head up the mountain towards the direction of that wolf howl!"
He wanted to see if that party was still alive and well.
Lui Muyi and his party were already panic-stricken.
Aunt Xiao and Xiao Min were at a complete loss, and no matter how fiercely they made the fire blaze, it seed unable to stop the wolves’ advance.
The wolf pack, led by the alpha, soon breached the barrier of the fire and tried to attack those inside.
But they were t with Lui Muyi wielding a pole, dealing a solid blow with each swing!
That night, there were truly many who could not sleep.
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