Chapter 611: People in Distress

Suddenly, footsteps sounded behind her.

The sound was messy and empty, not like that of a well-trained enemy.

Then, the opponent quickly stretched out his hand to Luo Qingqing, aiming directly at the bag behind her.

"Snap."

Luo Qingqing turned around and easily grabbed the arm of the person who came.

It was a boy who was only as tall as her chest, with a wrist as thin as firewood. Seeing that he was captured, he was immediately shocked, "Aren't you blind? Let me go!"

"You want to steal my things?" Luo Qingqing asked.

The boy didn't answer. Seeing that he couldn't break free, he rushed forward and bit her hand.

Theft is a crime, but it is not a crime punishable by death. Luo Qingqing had to retract his hand and let the other party go.

The boy who bit in vain almost fell to the ground. He turned around and ran towards the houses on both sides of the road.

Through the induction of Qi, she noticed that there were several figures waiting for the boy in the alleys.

Is this really Qianren City? A question came to Luo Qingqing's mind. She had lived in Luo's mansion for a long time, so she was quite familiar with the city. As one of the major cities in Youzhou, although there are markets and residential areas around Qianren City, the scale is much smaller than that of Jinxia City after its rapid expansion. But now she found that these gray bungalow areas seemed to have increased a lot, almost surrounding the outer circle of the city.

If it is said that the city has also entered a state of rapid expansion, the few pedestrians on the main road do not match this phenomenon. Moreover, Qianren City has the Luo family in charge, and the surrounding security has always been quite good. Even if there are petty thefts, they will not be openly carried out on the official road like this.

And the boy does not seem to be a habitual offender. In terms of stealing skills alone, it is basically equivalent to having none. Even if she is not a sensor of air, she can subdue him the moment he approaches.

It is intriguing that newcomers of this level can form a gang.

She glanced at the direction of the city gate and decided to go to the residential area around the road to find out the situation first.

"Oh no, that woman is following us!"

Several hidden figures panicked.

"Why did she know we were here?"

"Damn it, who said this stranger was blind!"

"I saw with my own eyes that she had a cloth wrapped around her face!"

"Never mind, let's run first! We are familiar with this place, she can't catch us!"

Sure enough, he was a novice, and even he could hear his own shouting clearly. Luo Qingqing raised his eyebrows and suddenly accelerated towards one person!

The guy who was targeted was so scared that he ran away - there is no doubt that he was very skilled in running away, turning over the wooden board and crawling into the small hole in the corner of the wall, or crouching and crawling into the low pile of debris, and his whereabouts were as slippery as a loach. Ordinary people would find it extremely difficult to catch him, let alone keep up with his pace.

However, Luo Qingqing was not an ordinary person.

The aura of living beings was particularly eye-catching in the dark world. No matter how he hid, he could not get rid of Luo Qingqing's pursuit.

Soon, she forced the other party into a dead corner.

"You can't run away." Luo Qingqing deliberately put pressure on him.

The other party pressed against the wall, his teeth clacking. Although she couldn't see his expression clearly, she could feel the tension and panic of the person in front of her.

Perhaps now is a good time to interrogate the situation.

When Luo Qingqing was about to ask, a loud shout suddenly came from behind, "Let him go, I was the one who stole the things just now! Just come at me, this matter has nothing to do with him!"

Luo Qingqing turned around with some surprise and looked at the boy who clenched his fists-she didn't expect that loyalty would be seen in a thief.

"What's your name? When did you end up in Qianren City?"

"Why should I tell you?" The other party said stubbornly.

"If you can answer my questions, I can let bygones be bygones and no longer hold you accountable for the theft." Luo Qingqing replied.

This sentence made the boy obviously stunned.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course." She stretched out a hand. "Why, do you need to high-five to swear to believe it?" Thanks to Luo You'er and Qian Zhi, she had made great progress in her experience in coaxing young children.

The boy hesitated for a moment before cautiously walking forward and raising his hand to touch hers. "My name is Li Le. I used to live in Changkang Town. I've been here for almost a month."

Changkang Town - Luo Qingqing was quite familiar with this name. It was a large lakeside town more than 20 miles away from Qianren City. Its specialties were Youzhou grouper and pickled duck eggs. It had a large population and was considered one of the granaries of Youzhou. Residents living in such places rarely ran away except for merchants.

"Where are your family members?"

Li Le bit his lip. "They... are all gone."

Gone? Luo Qingqing suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, "Has something happened in the town?"

"It's robbers!" The man who was originally hiding by the wall said, "Countless robbers came outside and killed everyone in the government office in a flash! They set fire everywhere, and everyone could only flee to the big city."

Robbers? Are they bandits... Luo Qingqing remembered that there were not many thieves entrenched in Youzhou. On weekdays, robbing a caravan would easily be surrounded by the government. If it wasn't for roving crimes, it would be hard to imagine that such a large group of criminals suddenly appeared around Qianren City.

"Are the people living outside the city all from Changkang Town?" she asked again.

"No... There are many people from other places, but from what they said, the reason for their escape seems to be because they encountered robbers."

How could there be so many bandits in Youzhou in the blink of an eye, and they were all active near Qianren City! Luo Qingqing thought to herself that there must be some reason for the rampant banditry.

She wanted to ask about the details of the attack on the town, but was interrupted by an incongruous voice.

"Gurgle————"

Li Le couldn't help but hold his stomach tightly.

Recalling the touch when he grabbed his wrist before, Luo Qingqing suddenly said, "You stole my bag before, were you looking for food?"

The boy lowered his head.

It was obvious that he didn't want to admit it.

Luo Qingqing took off the bag, untied the bag, took out a pancake from it, and handed it to him, "Take it."

Then she heard a series of louder gurgling sounds.

Li Le looked at the pancake for several times, and finally couldn't help but took it, put it between his nose and took a deep breath. But what puzzled Luo Qingqing was that he didn't start chewing it immediately, but put his fingers between his lips and whistled like a bird.

After a while, several more heads popped out from one side of the alley, like moles coming out of the ground. After confirming that there was no danger, everyone approached cautiously.

"I got some food." Li Le tore the cake in his hand and distributed it to other children one by one. The "unlucky guy" who was forced into a corner also carefully bypassed Luo Qingqing and returned to his companions.

A cake can fill a person's stomach, but it is obviously not enough to share it with seven or eight people.

Luo Qingqing thought about it and simply took out the remaining dry food, "No need to share, everyone has a share, come and take it."