Chapter 1696 I Owe You My Life

Uncle Foy asked them to walk from the front of the house. Although it was a long way, they could get out as long as they had a good sense of direction and were lucky.

Mu Mengyan knew that staying here would bring trouble to Uncle Foy, so he pulled Yan Xin away without hesitation.

They walked for a while, and Mu Mengyan stopped.

"What's wrong?" Yan Xin was confused.

Mu Mengyan turned back and looked in the direction of Uncle Foy's house, "The car is parked on the mountain. The closest place to the car where we can hide and recuperate is Uncle Foy's house. Those people will definitely know that we stayed at Uncle Foy's house. Yes. I’m afraid it will hurt him.”

Yan Xin's face was solemn, "How about we go back and take a look."

"If we go back and those people don't leave, we will be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth." Mu Mengyan was also very calm, "Find a place to hide first, and wait and see again."

Yan Xin had no objection to her decision.

They found a relatively secluded place to hide and stayed there until nightfall.

Mu Mengyan remained silent. She looked calm, but her worries still showed.

Yan Xin knew what she was worried about.

"You wait here, I'll go and see." Yan Xin came out.

As soon as he went out, Mu Mengyan followed him.

Yan Xin frowned, "Don't follow me."

"You have no right to stop me from doing anything." Mu Mengyan walked in front.

Yan Xin: "..."

They returned the same way, being careful all the way.

When they got closer, they saw a wisp of smoke coming from the mud thatched house.

Mu Mengyan's heart tightened and his pace quickened.

The house had been burned to a pitch black, and there was nothing left except a pile of sparks.

Mu Mengyan's eyes widened, her steps staggered, and her voice trembled, "Uncle Foy..."

Uncle Foy was lying at the door. His whole body was burned beyond recognition, and only his outline could be seen.

Mu Mengyan rarely cried, and at this moment her eyes were sore and swollen.

Yan Xin tensed up and hugged her over, preventing her from seeing the body.

Mu Mengyan was really shocked.

She had never thought of harming anyone, and she was also afraid that their appearance would bring danger to the old man. When she left, she hoped that those people would let Foy go for the sake of being just an old man. Who would have thought, Those people really weren't human.

Mu Mengyan took a deep breath, gathered her emotions and pushed Yan Xin away.

She said: "He used to live a life here alone without fighting against the world. It was our arrival that brought him such a disaster. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude."

"Don't worry, as long as we can get out alive, we will definitely avenge him." Yan Xin also felt burdened.

They can risk their lives to fight against others, but they cannot watch others lose their lives for them.

Mu Mengyan sniffed, picked up a shovel next to him, went to the forest with the most fruits, and dug shovel after shovel.

Yan Xin saw this and hurried to help her.

The two men buried Foy and picked a bunch of fruits and placed them in front of the grave.

No one spoke, they just stood there, silently staring at the final resting place of a kind old man.

After a long time, Mu Mengyan asked Yan Xin, "Should we go back the way we came, or should we find another way?"

"They didn't have any ambush around. They could go back the way they came."

Mu Mengyan left as soon as he said so.

She bowed to Foy and left without looking back.

Climbing up the mountain, it was already covered with stars and moons. Mu Mengyan's hidden car had been destroyed. They had no means of transportation here and could only accept their fate on foot.