The newcomer gave them a thorough demonstration of what it meant to look fierce while quaking inside.
"Put those two down already!"
"I'm warning you, our orphanage has lots of powerful fighters!"
"If you don't put them down, I'm going back to get help! I really am going back to get help!!"
The boy speaking angled his toes toward the alley he had been looking at earlier, but showed no intention whatsoever of going back for help. He merely gripped a rather thin wooden stick and glared fiercely at Liaochen and Yu Xingmian, who were carrying the children on their backs.
Liaochen: "..."
Yu Xingmian: "..."
Well, this...
The two boys failed to provoke any reaction from them, but the little one's suddenly excited inner voice sent waves of alarm through them.
[Huh?!]
Jiang Yingcheng tightly clutched the fabric at her Uncle Liaochen's shoulders, staring at the two boys opposite them in bewilderment.
Their faces were smeared with dark brown dirt and ash, and they were unusually thin. Yet both boys' eyes shone brightly, nothing like the lost looks they had seen in the eyes of the Beiming People the day they entered the city.
Jiang Yingcheng's gaze darted between the two opposing camps, and realization dawned on her-
[Oh-]
[These two big brothers... think Chengcheng and Big Brother Zhili are Beiming People who were abducted by human traffickers!]
Her black-grape eyes rolled around twice, and a brilliant plan suddenly sprang into her mind!
Since she wanted to earn candy openly and honestly as a reward, there were certain things she simply had to do!
Danger and opportunity went hand in hand!
Without entering the tiger's den, how could she capture its cubs?!!
For the freedom to eat candy, she, Jiang Yingcheng, Hidden-Weapon-Loaded Version, would fight those child-snatching villains to