After you sever ties, it's no use crying and regretting it.

Chapter 104 Begging for Help

As darkness fell, the family finished packing up and arranged their shifts, then rested here.

Resting in the wild like this would be more dangerous, as many things would be difficult to spot, and Lü Xinyan was not entirely at ease with it.

In order to better detect danger, Lü Xinyan had some night owls patrol and keep watch around the area, driving away snakes, rats, insects and ants, and alerting her immediately when anyone approached, so that Lü Xinyan would know and take appropriate precautions and vigilance.

Now is a terrible time of widespread famine, and the situation along the way will become more and more complicated. Living creatures such as magpies and night owls are in a very dangerous situation, as they may be discovered at any time and relentlessly pursued until they are caught and eaten to satisfy their hunger.

Lü Xinyan had indeed worried about this issue. Fortunately, these beings had all gained sentience, acquired supernatural abilities, and had significantly enhanced physical attributes. Under such circumstances, they were still able to conceal their figures and auras as much as possible, and would not be easily discovered during patrols. After checking and confirming that there were no problems, Lü Xinyan was finally able to relax.

That night, the whole family took the time to rest and recover their strength. The next day, they all woke up at the crack of dawn.

After eating some flatbread and dried meat, drinking some water, and packing up, the family continued their journey and left.

They were still some distance from Luzhou and needed to continue their journey to reach Luzhou's territory as soon as possible. Only then would their family be relatively safe and able to temporarily escape the Yuan family's sphere of influence.

Lu Xinyan and the others had not forgotten the existence of the Yuan family, nor the threats posed by the Yuan family and Yuan Yutong. They still needed to do their best to ensure their own safety.

Having eaten and drunk their fill, Lü Xinyan and the others felt much more relaxed and traveled at a faster pace.

However, they had only walked a short distance when Lü Xinyan saw the people lying under the tree ahead.

Lu Xinyan had already noticed the identities of these people yesterday through the magpie's scouting.

Now, as she got closer to those people, Lü Xinyan thought of the information she had sorted out last night and the plan she had prepared, and couldn't help but slightly curve the corners of her lips into a smile.

Beneath those trees lay a man covered in blood, his face ashen; a woman, emaciated and barely breathing; and three sallow-faced, exhausted, and listless children.

At this moment, the three children stood by the two adults, silently shedding tears, anxious and desperate, yet still trying their best to feed the two adults water, hoping to save their lives and make them wake up.

Even though it was already very difficult and unlikely, the three children did not give up easily.

When Lü Xinyan noticed this family of five, she took a closer look.

Compared to what she discovered yesterday, the current situation of this family of five is indeed much worse, but there is still hope.

Of course, if it were anyone else, those two adults would have already been abandoned. They were indeed breathing more than they were breathing in, and could die at any moment, making it very difficult to bring them back to life.

Even yesterday, these two adults were terminally ill and poisoned, and ordinary methods could not save them.

Lu Xinyan didn't rush over yesterday. Besides needing to treat her elder brother Lu Muren and protect her family, she also wanted to put more pressure on them so that her plans for today could proceed smoothly.

After a night of exhaustion and torment, the older child seemed to have lost much of his spirit and looked even more desperate.

After all, he's still a child. No matter how precocious he is, there's still not much he can handle. The fact that he's persevered until now without giving up shows an incredibly strong will.

However, after experiencing these desperate events, the man did indeed appear much more weathered and helpless.

As for the woman, her breathing was becoming weaker and weaker, and she was about to die completely, but she still clung to her life because of her stubbornness and dared not give up.

The man, poisoned and having vomited a lot of blood last night, was now completely unconscious. His lips and the area under his eyes were bruised and blood was starting to flow out. He wouldn't last much longer.

This family of five is now at a critical juncture, facing life and death, and on the verge of falling apart.

Upon witnessing this scene, Lü Xinyan lowered her eyelids, preparing to begin her plan.

Similarly, everyone else witnessed this scene and was also taken aback.

On their journey to escape famine, they all intended to mind their own business, but seeing such human suffering, Lü Daquan and Xie Shulan could not help but be affected and moved.

Just as they were hesitating, wondering whether to lend a helping hand, the three children saw Lü Xinyan and her family. As if they had seen their saviors, they all knelt down by the roadside and kowtowed to them.

The older child, who looked to be around ten years old, kowtowed to Lü Xinyan and the others and continued to plead earnestly: "Kind people, have pity on us. Could you buy us three brothers? We are willing to sell ourselves into slavery to repay your kindness. We only ask that you save our parents."

"We three brothers eat little, but we can do a lot of work. We will definitely work hard in the future to repay your kindness!"

“We are all from respectable families, and we are willing to sell ourselves just to save our parents.”

"Kind people, please!"

After saying these words, the three brothers kowtowed to Lü Xinyan and the others, waiting for a response.

Regardless of whether it works or not, the three brothers are now willing to try any method to save their parents, and they will beg passersby for help.

Moreover, when they saw Lü Xinyan's family, although they were all dressed in tattered clothes and looked thin and dirty, the man still noticed the light in their eyes, the stroller, and how well Lü Muren was being taken care of. His leg injury had been treated, and he didn't look injured or uncomfortable at all. This made them think that this might be their chance.

After all, most of the refugees were numb and desperate on the road to escape famine. Few could still have such a vibrant spirit, proving that the family had food and that although they were fleeing famine, they were doing relatively well.

The fact that the patient and injured received such thoughtful care proves that this family has medicine and that someone in the family must know medicine!

Having gathered so much information at once, Peng Yiyun immediately made up her mind to plead.