"Hm?"
Just as Gu Hui was lost in thought, the infant in Ye Erniang's arms suddenly fell silent. He could no longer think about anything else. If something happened to the child right before his eyes, he would never be able to accept it.
At once, he stamped the ground, launched himself forward with his movement technique, and leaped toward Ye Erniang by the stream!
"My child, some blind fool has come to steal you away."
"How could your mother possibly let a thief take you?"
Holding the swaddled baby boy, Ye Erniang spoke.
"What a handsome young man. Why would you come to steal someone else's child?"
"So this is Ye Erniang, 'Doing No Evil.' Her reputation truly doesn't do her justice."
Ye Erniang looked Gu Hui over and said, "You look like some reclusive layman who cultivates in the mountains. Why are you meddling in other people's business? Have you eaten too much and got nothing better to do?"
Gu Hui merely smiled and did not waste words on her. Several needles shot forth, some real and some feints. One had already silently struck a vital acupoint on Ye Erniang's body, leaving her unable to move.
He took the child from her arms. Feeling the baby's heartbeat, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He gave Ye Erniang an indifferent glance. "Heh, take care of yourself. Consider it accumulating blessings for your son."
"How do you know? It was you who stole my child! You stole my child!"
Seeing her crazed expression, Gu Hui lightly tapped off with his toes and had already darted away, speeding into the forest.
"Your child is still alive and well. If you wish to see him again while you still live, do no more evil from now on."
Hearing Gu Hui's words,