She couldn't even tell if it was the sound of footsteps or her own heartbeat.

Her heart was beating faster and faster, as if it was about to jump out of her throat, and she struggled desperately to get out of the snow and ice, but there was nothing she could do.

She began to look around in despair, hoping that someone would show up. But she knew that no one would show up at this time, and even if she did, no one would hear her, and the nearest house was still a long way away, not to mention that most of the people were still asleep.

Click

Squeak

The door is open!

She felt like she was falling into an ice cellar.

Every one of the people standing in front of her was familiar to her, and on weekdays, these people would smile when they saw her, but at this time, none of them smiled, and everyone's eyes were only cold except for a little surprise, which was creepy cold, and this coldness made these people strange and terrifying, and at this time standing in front of her was not an amiable neighbor, but a few hungry beasts.

Almost subconsciously, she cast a pleading glance at Tian Zongren at the back of the crowd.

Tian Zongren's face was very ugly, and when he received the gaze of his sweetheart, he just lowered his head and said nothing else.

The patriarch's face was the first to soften, and in the blink of an eye, he changed into his usual kind and somewhat majestic expression, he bent down slightly, looked down at Tian Ying'er, and said with a pleasant face: "What's wrong with your feet?"

If it weren't for the things she heard before, Tian Ying'er would definitely be moved by his concern at this time, after hearing those things, the patriarch's kind face looked extremely hideous in her eyes, and a word of concern was also full of murderous intent in her ears.

Her body involuntarily began to tremble, and out of subconscious avoidance, she lowered her head.

In nature, bowing the head often means surrendering, which is an animal instinct, an instinct of fear.

The patriarch nodded and said, "Bring her in." ”

The door closed again.

Tian Ying'er sat by the fire, and several tall men stood beside her, staring at her condescendingly.

Although her shoes were pulled out, her feet were bleeding, and she was in pain and cold, her face was pale, and she was trembling slightly.

"What have you heard?" the patriarch still looked pleasant.

As if plucking up her courage, she finally whispered her first words: "I heard everything." ”

The faces of the crowd became even more gloomy.

"What did you hear everything?" the patriarch still didn't change.

"You," Tian Ying'er almost muttered to herself.

"What?"

"You're eating people!" After taking a deep breath, Tian Ying'er raised her voice, and after she spoke, her sanity finally recovered a little, and she was no longer completely dominated by fear as before.

The patriarch's face also turned cold.

Tian Ying'er lowered her head, she couldn't see the change in his expression, thinking of Yu's death, she mustered up more courage, and continued: "You you ate him, you have no humanity, you are beasts!"

"Shut up!" the sturdy Tian Ba shouted, and slapped Tian Ying'er in the face as he spoke, slapping her to the ground, half of her face was red and swollen, and blood flowed from the corners of her mouth.

"Stop!" Seeing this, Tian Zongren finally couldn't hold it anymore, and stepped forward and shouted, "Uncle Tian Tianba, if you have something to say, why do it?"

Tian Ba said coldly: "You are still protecting her, don't you hear her scolding us?!"

Tian Sanliu, who was slender and tall, sighed and said, "If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you don't do it!"

Tian Ba said angrily: "What do you mean?"

Tian Sanliu said: "Don't be afraid to tell the truth, that kid Yu is really pitiful, his father saved my life back then, I didn't want to eat him, if you don't have to do it, otherwise"

"Otherwise?" Tian Ba said disdainfully, "Hmph, everyone is dead, why don't you want to? Do you want to accompany him to die?"

Tian Sanliu said angrily: "I can't say it?"

Tian Ba was even more disdainful: "It's just not good!, you killed Tian Changshou's family that night, but you used knives and chopsticks, now what qualifications do you have to say this?"

Tian Ying'er was shocked when she heard this, and raised her head and said, "Isn't Aunt Tian starving to death?"

Tian Ba sneered: "Die of starvation? hehe, it's not up to us to say how to die, she's in a few of our stomachs now!"

Tian Ying'er said angrily: "You will have retribution!

Tian Kun, who had not spoken, finally said: "It seems that our plan is about to change, since the matter has been revealed, then the only way is to kill people." ”

Tian Zongren was just about to object, but the patriarch had already taken the lead in speaking: "Not for the time being, Tian Ying'er is sensible, I believe she can understand our difficulties, such a world, we have to do this as a last resort, not to mention that we eat people who can't live in the first place, what difference does it make to them if they die early and late death, Tian Ying'er, don't you say?"

Tian Ying'er was silent.

Tian Zongren looked anxious, and he couldn't wait to answer for her.

The patriarch took out a piece of cooked meat from the package brought by Tian Zongren and handed it to Tian Ying'er: "This is Yu's meat, if you eat it, you will be with us, and we will never embarrass you!"

Tian Ying'er's face changed when she heard this, her eyes stared at the piece of meat, and tears flowed down.

Tian Ba said impatiently: "What is there to cry about, we had a big quarrel that night, and Tian Kun heard it, we didn't force Tian Cang to eat a piece of Tian Changshou's meat, it was still raw, and I didn't see him lose a hair!

Tian Kun snorted.

Tian Ying'er was still in tears and did not reach out to catch the meat.

Tian Zongren persuaded: "You just take a bite, otherwise they won't be at ease with you, you just treat it as mutton, take a bite!"

Tian Ying'er gritted her teeth and choked up: "You kill me! After I die, I will become a powerful ghost, and I will curse you for the rest of my life, so that you will not die well!"

Tian Zongren hurriedly said: "Why should you have to live with your own life?"

Tian Kun said: "What now?"

The patriarch glanced at his son, groaned for a while, and said, "Tian Ba, you go and find the medicine department." ”

Tian Ba said: "What are you looking for him to do? Didn't you say that the less people know about this matter, the better? It's better to kill this Tian Ying'er directly, people don't know the ghost, and afterwards they said that they may have been taken away by wild beasts, anyway, there is no proof of death, who can suspect us?"

The patriarch said: "How can there be such a coincidence? Yesterday there were wild beasts eating people, and today there are wild beasts eating people, are you a three-year-old child as a medicine director? I know his personality very well, you killed his daughter, do you really think you can hide it from him?"

Tian Ba was speechless for a while, but his expression was still a little reluctant.

Tian Kun said: "I'll go." But what if the medicine secretary comes and is like his daughter?"

The patriarch said: "No, he may not be afraid of death, but he is definitely afraid of his daughter's death." ”

Tian Kun thought for a while, nodded and said, "As long as her father also eats people, it will be unfilial for her to want to tell the truth." ”

The patriarch said, "Yes, this is the best way!"

Tian Kun went out.

The patriarch said to Tian Zongdao: "You take her to the inner room and persuade her." ”

"Hmm. Tian Zongren helped Tian Ying'er up, only to feel that her body was soft and collapsed, as if she had no strength, entered the inner room, closed the door, helped her sit on the edge of the bed, and said with a wry smile: "You used to say that I followed you, and today it is finally your turn to follow me." ”

Tian Ying'er stared at him coldly: "I hate you!"

Tian Zongren was stunned for a moment, and said gloomily: "It's useless for you to hate me. ”

Tian Ying'er said: "Although I hated you before, I never thought you were bad, but I was wrong." You don't have to waste your tongue, I won't be with you when I die!"

Tian Zongren was silent for a moment, and said with some annoyance: "Are you like this just because it's him? If it were someone else, would you be like this?"

Tian Ying'er was silent, and after a while, she said, "I beg you to kill me, I don't want my father to do something against my will for me." ”

Tian Zongdao: "Can't you see clearly, in a place like Daze, God wants to practice us, even if you don't eat people, people will eventually die, not old death, starvation, and all of them starve to death, isn't it the best way out to let some people survive?"

Tian Ying'er sneered: "That's a good thing, then why don't you cut off your flesh and feed it to others? Why do you have to be the one who survives?"

Tian Zongdao: "The weak eat the strong, it is justified, cutting meat and feeding the eagle is a story in the Buddhist scriptures, if you want to blame, blame the boy surnamed Tian is too useless." ”

Tian Ying'er said: "The weak and the strong are animals, and the righteousness is said from the mouths of animals!"

Tian Zongren was speechless for a while, and after half a while, he said: "We belong to the same tribe, why should we be angry with an outsider?"

Tian Ying'er said: "The clan has long existed in name only, if you want to see it for the sake of the clan, hurry up and do it!"

Tian Zongren said gloomily: "Forget it, I won't fight with you." You go, I don't want you to die. ”

Tian Ying'er's eyes moved.

Tian Zongren turned around and said, "I will temporarily lure the people in the living room away, you take the opportunity to escape, run away, and never come back." ”

Tian Ying'er said movingly: "You let me go, so what should you do?"

Tian Zongdao: "With my father here, I will be fine." Let's go, it's too late, and as long as you live, they won't dare to do anything to your father!"

Tian Ying'er only heard a burst of talking from the living room, and after a while, Tian Zongren suddenly shouted outside the house: "Help, father, come and save me!"

There was a commotion in the living room, and then it quieted down, and Tian Ying'er knew that the patriarch and the others were all attracted outside.

She endured the sharp pain in the soles of her feet and left the Tian family quickly. However, as she reached the door, a voice behind her shouted, "Stop!"

She looked back and saw Tian Ba standing behind her, holding a piece of meat in his hand, and there was oil on the corner of his mouth, it turned out that he did not leave, but stayed to continue to monitor Tian Ying'er.