A fool's sudden inspiration beat a villain's best-laid plans

Su Chen's eyes lit up when he saw Fan Hui about to raise her hand.

"You want to adopt him!"

There was a hint of impatience in his voice.

Judging by the little boy's stats, he was no longer worth saving.

They had even killed his grandmother.

They ought to eliminate the problem at its root.

Unfortunately, Huang Wei, who was part of the convoy, certainly wouldn't agree.

And right now, Huang Wei was one of their main fighters.

So Su Chen could only set a trap, putting the little boy in a dead-end situation.

Actually, it also counted as giving the boy a chance.

Supposing the little boy could behave himself.

Su Chen understood a little about human nature and knew that was almost impossible.

He already had an inherently evil nature.

And now he had the Ghoul Sequence on top of that.

"If you want to adopt him, go live with him!"

"Don't get in my car."

Gao Yue spoke up then.

The little boy had made her uncomfortable at first sight.

Not to mention the fact that...

That old woman had injured her.

Gao Yue still harbored resentment.

No matter what, she refused to let this little boy into her car.

"I... won't adopt him!"

Under Gao Yue's threat, Fan Hui hesitated, then declined to adopt him.

What a shame!

Su Chen had really wanted Fan Hui to take the little boy in.

"Zhou Shufen, do you want to adopt him?"

When no one responded, Su Chen turned to Zhou Shufen.

Zhou Shufen rolled her eyes.

She didn't want to speak.

That little boy and the old woman had nearly gotten her killed, and now he wanted her to adopt him.

Was that something a decent person would do?

Zhou Shufen was utterly fed up.

"I'll take your silence as agreement."

Su Chen naturally saw Zhou Shufen's reluctance and said it just to mess with her.

Zhou Shufen really felt as though she was going to cough up blood.

Her flat chest heaved as she said angrily, "I'm not adopting him!"

With that, the question of what to do with the little boy reached an impasse.

"How about I adopt him?"

As a police officer, Huang Wei stepped forward voluntarily.

In his view, the boy was only a child, after all, and should still be capable of being disciplined.

When Su Chen heard Huang Wei's words, he naturally rejected the idea inwardly.

Huang Wei was too naive.

The little boy was more evil than Weird Entities and would plant a ticking time bomb within the convoy.

But Huang Wei was the convoy's most important fighter, so it wouldn't do to create friction.

The little boy was a child in name, so they couldn't deal with him the same way they had the old woman.

What a headache!

"There's no rush!"

"Yang, take the old woman's body up to the second floor."

Su Chen gave Yang Defa his instructions.

After the old woman had been poisoned to death, her body was dumped in the cold storage room on the second floor.

That counted as retribution!

"Fan Hui, watch the kid. Don't let him escape."

Su Chen glanced at Fan Hui again and gave her an order.

He naturally knew Fan Hui would get up to something.

In fact, that was exactly what he wanted.

If the boy was let go, that would be one problem solved.

If Fan Hui had a sudden inspiration and did something else, that would be on her.

In the past, Fan Hui would never have agreed.

But remembering that the little boy had a Sequence and thinking she could control him, she said nothing else.

"Officer Huang, shall we go look for weapons in the village?"

"Back in Snowfield, none of us had weapons."

After making the arrangements, Su Chen invited Officer Huang to search for supplies.

Hot Spring Village still had some supplies.

There should be some farming tools in the village that could serve as weapons, better than nothing.

"Sure."

Huang Wei thought it over and agreed with the reasoning.

His blade made from a strip of iron wasn't very useful either.

So the convoy set off to search the village.

Gao Yue, however, didn't drive along.

Since her car had no windshield, she found something in the hotel that could serve as a replacement.

Fan Hui watched over the little boy.

The little boy had been locked in the room next door and hadn't seen his grandmother killed at all.

His eyes were covered with a black cloth, and his mouth was gagged.

Seeing that no one in the hotel was paying attention to her, Fan Hui approached the little boy.

She removed the cloth from his mouth.

"I'll kill you all!"

"Kill you all!"

The little boy screamed himself hoarse.

"Be quiet!"

Fan Hui also tore away the strip of cloth covering the little boy's eyes.

"Do you know your grandmother has already been killed?"

"If you don't behave, you'll be killed too."

Fan Hui threatened the little boy.

The little boy, Xu Zihao, wasn't stupid and understood what Fan Hui meant.

Seeing that her words were working, Fan Hui continued, "I'll hide you in the trunk, give you food, and keep you alive."

"From now on, you have to do everything I say!"

After thinking for a moment, Xu Zihao nodded.

He actually wanted to kill the old woman in front of him on the spot.

But...

Xu Zihao also knew he was weak.

If he killed the old woman in front of him, the others would certainly kill him.

And he wouldn't be able to avenge his grandmother.

So...

He had to follow the convoy in secret.

The little boy also formed a plan of his own and shook his head vigorously.

"Pinky swear, no changing for a hundred years!"

Fan Hui even held out her little finger.

Xu Zihao held out his own little finger and made the promise with Fan Hui.

Then Fan Hui cut the ropes binding Xu Zihao and took him to hide in the trunk of Gao Yue's car.

"What are you doing?"

Gao Yue had found a sheet of transparent plastic and planned to fit it to the front of the car.

It would barely pass as a windshield.

But seeing Fan Hui acting rather suspiciously, she couldn't help frowning.

"Nothing!"

"How are you going to put that on?"

Fan Hui looked at the plastic sheet with considerable distaste.

Gao Yue's car was the worst in the convoy.

But everyone knew that Fan Hui and Gao Yue were at odds with Su Chen.

No one wanted to take the two of them in.

They could only fend for themselves.

After a while, the convoy returned.

They had searched the village for timber, quilts, kitchen knives, sickles, machetes...

It had been quite a haul.

After getting out of the car, Su Chen asked Fan Hui directly, "Where's the little boy?"

Fan Hui was visibly nervous when she saw Su Chen.

"I don't know. Let's go check!"

Fan Hui turned and led Su Chen to that room in the hotel.

But there were only some severed ropes in the room.

"He's gone!"

"When did he escape?"

Fan Hui acted as though she had only just discovered the little boy had escaped.

Su Chen activated his Sequence.

Sequence Two.

Blood Wolf!

This was Huang Wei's ability.

Su Chen soon sensed that Fan Hui had hidden the little boy in the back of Gao Yue's car.

That worked too!

Still, a fool's sudden inspiration beat a villain's best-laid plans.

"If he escaped, he escaped."

Su Chen said it helplessly, then turned and left the room.

Seeing that Su Chen wasn't pursuing the matter, Fan Hui breathed a sigh of relief.

"You can't even handle one little task."

Gao Yue grumbled at Fan Hui.

She had no idea that Fan Hui was playing with fire behind her back.

After leaving, Su Chen also told Huang Wei that the little boy had escaped.

Huang Wei sighed but said nothing more.

When he had seen Su Chen leave Fan Hui behind, he had already guessed this might happen.

At that moment, the sky darkened again.

It was the third day.

The Blood Moon looked much more familiar now, but it still felt eerie.

The hotel's orange lights took on a faint reddish tint.

"Awooo!"

Su Chen heard the wolves howling outside the village, drawing closer and growing more urgent.

He kept feeling that something was happening outside, and felt a little uneasy.