Time passed quietly.

Early in the morning, Ye Zihan got up, after these days of recuperation, his injuries have been completely recovered, not even scars have been left, the figure of his family still appears from time to time in these days, he can't forget it and can't let it go.

Ye Zihan stretched his waist and went out for a walk, every time he thought of his family, he had to go out for a walk. And when Ye Zihan passed by the basement, he suddenly saw two people running into the distance, one supporting the other, and the person who was supported was obviously injured in his leg.

"There are thieves!" shouted Hu Xiaobao. Then the whole family ran out of the house.

"Where is the thief?" Hu Li asked anxiously, Hu Xiaobao pointed to the direction where the two of them fled, and Hu Li immediately took a few children to chase after him.

Ye Zihan saw Hu Xiaobao's worried face, and couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, but after thinking about it, maybe he lost something, he had never entered the basement these days, and he didn't know what was inside, maybe it was some important items, but he was lame and came to steal things? Ye Zihan was puzzled.

"I'm going to help. Ye Zihan turned his head and said to Hu Xiaobao, before Hu Xiaobao could answer, Ye Zihan rushed out directly like an arrow from the string, and soon caught up with Hu Li and his party.

"Damn, none of us can escape if this continues," said the lame man viciously. "I'll lure them away, you must escape, let's run separately, they will definitely chase me first!"

"No, let's go together, and when we escape, we'll find the boss and slaughter these demons!" said the other, gritting his teeth.

"No one can go if this continues! Listen to me, I'll lure them away!"

The two saw the group approaching, so they had no choice but to flee separately. Ye Zihan's speed quickly surpassed Hu Li and his party, leaving them far behind, and suddenly saw the two people in front of him fleeing separately, Ye Zihan hesitated slightly, turned around and chased after the lame person, after a few breaths, Ye Zihan dodged and caught up with the person who fled in front of him, and the person in front of him turned back and looked at Ye Zihan viciously and said, "You all deserve to die!"

Ye Zihan didn't talk nonsense, he knocked him out with one punch, he knew a truth, never give the enemy a chance to speak.

Ye Zihan didn't hesitate after stunting this person, turned around to chase another person who escaped, and happened to meet Hu Li and his party, "The lame leg has been knocked out by me, I'll chase the other one." “

With that, he went after another person. Ye Zihan followed the footprints on the ground to catch up, passed through the obstacles of the woods, and soon caught up with him, at this moment, he was standing by the river.

The river gasped, and the rushing river crashed against the rocks on the shore, stirring up waves one after another, and the roar was like the roar of a haughty beast.

Ye Zihan saw that this person was not running away, so he also slowed down and gradually approached.

"You demons, beasts, will definitely be punished!" the man scolded at Ye Zihan viciously.

Ye Zihan frowned and said angrily, "You are still ashamed to steal things?"

This person laughed madly after hearing Ye Zihan's words, and his appearance was hideous.

"Don't talk nonsense, just grab it!" Ye Zihan said impatiently, and then threw a punch at this person. At this moment, a stone suddenly flew towards Ye Zihan from behind it, hitting Ye Zihan in the back fiercely, Ye Zihan stumbled, and punched in the air, Ye Zihan turned around and found that it was Hu Xiaobao who threw the stone at him! Ye Zihan was very angry, he didn't understand why Hu Xiaobao would ruin his timing when he was about to succeed.

The fleeing man glanced at Hu Xiaobao, seized this moment, gritted his teeth, and no longer hesitated, turned around and jumped into the river.

Ye Zihan just wanted to question Hu Xiaobao, but at this time Hu Li and others also chased after him, Hu Xiaobao shouted: "He jumped into the river and escaped!" Ye Zihan didn't say much when he saw this, so he didn't ask.

The group slowly returned home, Hu Li's face was a little gloomy and a little tired at the same time, Ye Zihan was very puzzled all the way, he knew that Hu Xiaobao must have done this for a reason, but he never understood why Hu Xiaobao wanted to save the thief, and both of them had said that they were demons, which also made Ye Zihan very puzzled, after so many days of getting along, he felt that this family was very amiable and had nothing to do with the devil at all. At this moment, his mind couldn't help but be a little confused, and the more he thought about it, the more he didn't understand.

Ye Zihan simply didn't see it out of sight and didn't bother, and went back to his house directly.

At this moment, in the basement.

I saw that the lame man was tied to a pillar, and Hu Xiaobao was tied at the same time, and Hu Li was standing in front of them.

"It is an unforgivable sin to dare to run away on the eve of a great day!" Hu Li said angrily, then walked to the corner and picked up a huge iron rod and returned to the lame man, Hu Li slowly raised the iron rod, stared at the person in front of him viciously, and then swung the iron rod and smashed it on the other leg.

Ah, a miserable cry sounded, and his other healthy leg was now smashed severely! The sharp pain that pierced his heart made him almost fall into a coma, and his body trembled in a cold sweat.

At this time, the three children except Hu Xiaobao were standing behind Hu Li, with cold faces, these scenes had long been commonplace, and now they didn't have the slightest feeling about it.

Hu Xiaobao's face turned pale, he knew that it was his turn soon, because today, who was in charge of guarding the basement, he actually escaped two people, and it was actually on the day when the great sacrifice was coming, just by virtue of this, Hu Li would definitely not spare him.

When the lame man fainted, as expected, Hu Li came to Hu Xiaobao.

"Do you know what's wrong?" asked Hu Li with a leather whip in her hand and staring at Hu Xiaobao coldly.

"Xiaobao knows that he is wrong. Hu Xiaobao knew that he could only admit his mistake at the moment, otherwise it was a question whether he could live or not.

"So are you willing to make up for the mistakes you made?" asked Hu Li in a still cold tone.

"Xiaobao is willing. Hu Xiaobao lowered his head and said with some trembling.

"In that case, then-" Before Hu Li finished speaking, she raised the leather whip in her hand and whipped it towards Hu Xiaobao fiercely, one whip, two whips, the whip waved out an afterimage, and kept whipping Hu Xiaobao's thin body, his clothes had been torn, and his body was blurred with flesh and blood, Hu Xiaobao endured the severe pain and did not shout.

After the fiftieth whip, Hu Li stopped the whip in her hand, looked at Hu Xiaobao in disgust, and said to the three people behind her: "Give him some medicine, tomorrow is the day when the messenger arrives, don't let him drag us down." “

Hu Xiaobao was the last to join the family, he wandered around after the death of his parents, and was adopted by Hu Li, because he was the youngest and couldn't do a lot of things, so Hu Li has always been very unkind to see him, and he was not punished by Hu Li on weekdays, and sometimes he was beaten up just because he didn't do a little daily chores.

Ye Zihan was stuffy in the house all afternoon, completely unaware of what was happening in the basement. When it was time for dinner, Ye Zihan didn't see Hu Xiaobao after coming to the restaurant, so he asked suspiciously: "Where is Xiaobao? Why didn't you come to dinner?"

Hu Li smiled and explained to Ye Zihan: "Xiaobao accidentally fell when he went out this afternoon, now he is resting in the house, you eat first, I will send it to Xiaobao later, let him rest today." “

Ye Zihan didn't ask much, symbolically after eating a few bites, he said that he had a stomachache, and took the opportunity to go to the toilet, sneaked out of Hu Xiaobao's room, quietly poked open the window paper and looked inside, and saw that Hu Xiaobao was lying with his back to him, as if he was asleep, after seeing Hu Xiaobao, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, for some reason he was always a little uneasy in his heart, he felt that after today's events, the people around him were inexplicably uneasy.

Ye Zihan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Hu Xiaobao was "safe and sound", and left quietly, but Hu Xiaobao was not asleep at all, but in pain, which made him faint.

Ye Zihan pretended not to do anything, returned to the restaurant and continued to eat dinner.

After dinner, Ye Zihan returned to his house and had nothing to do all night.

Early the next morning, Ye Zihan's door was knocked, Ye Zihan rubbed his somewhat hazy sleepy eyes and opened the door, and found that Hu Xiaobao was outside the door. When Hu Xiaobao saw Ye Zihan open the door, he smiled at Ye Zihan and said, "Brother Zihan, our monthly Heavenly Gift Festival is coming, and we have meat to eat this morning! Although Hu Xiaobao was smiling, his smile was a little miserable.

Ye Zihan didn't think much about it, just responded with a smile: "Okay, I'll go right away." ”

Soon, he followed Hu Xiaobao to the restaurant, Hu Li saw Ye Zihan coming, smiled and broke off a chicken leg and handed it to Ye Zihan, Ye Zihan hesitated, but still took a bite and took a bite, and the family had breakfast together, talking and laughing.

After breakfast, Ye Zihan returned to his house, and before he could sit down, Ye Zihan felt dizzy in his head, and then his eyes went black and he fainted to the ground.

At the same time, a group of people came to the village, only to see that each of them was dressed in black robes, and their leader was holding a mysterious black wind chime.