Matthew's face changed dramatically when he heard this, "I swear, if you dare to do anything to Jane and Wendy, I will kill you Cook, no matter how many people you flee to, no matter how many people you have, no matter how many contacts we have ever had, I will catch up with you and send a bullet into your head." ”

"Good, that's all I need is this anger." The hunchbacked old man suddenly closed his mouth when he said this, and then he saw Jane come over with tea and cookies, and at the same time said, "Are you talking about anything interesting?" ”

"Yes, I told Matthew about the salmon fishing we went there before," the hunchbacked old man took the teacup and thanked him with a smile, "I don't know if he told you about it, we got lost on a hunting trip, and we didn't get to a small stream before we got there, I don't know if we were the first to find out there, anyway, the salmon there are so many tm, almost huddled together, one sticks to the other, each one is very fat, Matthew and I don't even need to use any fishing gear, You can catch them just by reaching out, and they're just waiting for you to catch them in no way, which makes me wonder what makes them like this? ”

"What is it?" Jane asked with interest.

"It is Mrs. Life, it is life that makes them like this, for a long time they have no natural predators, and this stream provides them with quite an abundance of food, so that they gradually lose their guard against the outside world, and indulge in temporary happiness, until one day danger strikes, and they even forget to escape."

The hunchbacked old man took a sip of tea and continued, "Seeing them reminds me of the society we live in now, isn't it just like this stream, it does its best to maintain order, so that the fish living in it can thrive as much as possible, all these laws, economic order, God...... All of this is creating the illusion of prosperity, reassuring, domesticated, and losing one's own instincts, but do you know ma'am, when danger does come, none of these things can save you, neither your laws, nor your money, nor God, nor they will save you. ”

Cook finished speaking, and the living room fell silent.

Jane struggled to squeeze a smile out of her face, "...... Honestly, your words scared me a little, sir. ”

"Yes, then I apologize for that, ma'am, and by the way, the tea you make is delicious." The hunchbacked old man raised his glass, and then he turned his head to look at Wendy, who walked into the living room at some point, "You are lucky to have a mother who is a clever cook, little girl." ”

Wendy was noncommittal, and instead asked, "How's your take?" ”

"What?"

"You said the creek was full of salmon, how was your harvest that day?"

"Oh, great, we didn't catch a deer, but we did catch a lot of fish, and I had to take off my coat and wrap up all the fish that couldn't fit it, but even so, the fish we caught were still insignificant compared to what was left in the brook, and your father and I had to eat grilled fish for days on end, and I didn't want to smell fishy for a long time." The hunchbacked old man seemed to be caught up in the memories and said with a smile.

Matthew, who had not spoken, said, "Alright, I have something to talk about with Mr. Cook, Wendy, why don't you and your mother go upstairs first." ”

"Okay, then we'll leave the living room to you men." Jane smiled politely at the hunchbacked old man again.

However, the next moment, her smile suddenly froze on her face.

Because the hunchbacked old man pulled out a revolver from his waist and pointed it at her, "I like you, dear, really, you make me think of my own daughter, I really hope this scene didn't happen, but...... I need you to help your husband sober up, because he just won't listen to me no matter what I say, and I think it's time for life to reveal the truth to him. ”

With that, he pulled down the hammer behind the barrel.

Jane's breathing suddenly became rapid, her eyes widened, and she looked overwhelmed, and at the same time, Matthew on the other side also straightened up from his seat, like an angry cheetah, and tried to pounce, but the hunchbacked old man's left hand drew another pistol and pointed it at him.

"It's not your part yet, my child, be patient."

"You don't know what you're doing."

"On the contrary, I know exactly what I'm doing." Hunchbacked old man.

"What the hell do you want, Cook? If you kill my wife, there's no way I'll join your Cook Gang. ”

"Well, let's wait and see...... I'll kill your lovely wife first, and then I'll take your daughter when the matter in Lincoln County is over, but in return, I'll give you the Cook Gang, and you can borrow their power to find my whereabouts, many of them have lived with me for quite some time, they know my hobbies, they know where I like to go, and they even know where my old friends live, and all you have to do is get the words out of their mouths and let them bring you to me willingly.

"Don't worry, they're all very easy people to get along with, just get to know their temper and give them what they want, they'll treat you as their own, so you may lose two family members, but you can gain more than forty brothers, although sometimes you can think they're a bit noisy...... But you'll get used to it, and I can give you a whole year and don't let me down, my kid. ”

"Don't do that, Cook, I'll kill you when I find you!" Matthew's eyes widened with rage.

"If you have the skills, I don't mind much."

"If you don't let my mother go, I'll kill you too." Wendy on the other side also said.

"Hahaha," Cook burst out laughing, as if amused by the mowgli's words, but the next moment his laughter stopped abruptly because he saw Wendy's shotgun.

Unlike her mother, Wendy had heard the old cowboy tell her about the past and knew her father's whereabouts, so she knew who the hunchbacked old man was as soon as he appeared, but Wendy didn't show any fear and fear like a normal girl.

Instead, she buried everything in her heart, and there were no emotional fluctuations on her face from beginning to end, so even an old man like Cook was deceived by her. Wendy, on the other hand, waited silently...... Waiting.

It wasn't until Matthew and Cook confronted each other that she finally found an opportunity to secretly take out the shotgun that she had hidden behind the cabinet, she forced herself to calm down, recalled in her head the shooting method that Zhang Heng gave her, and then picked up the shotgun as fast as she could, aiming at Cook's heart.