After the system ran, I took off with my family

Chapter 338 You've Already Discovered It

Lin Shuyue took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, turned her back, and explained to the woman, "Don't be afraid, I was sent by the government to suppress the bandits.

I've already dealt with those bandits. You should take a good rest first. Someone from the government will take you down the mountain later."

However, she waited for a long time and did not hear any response from the woman.

Lin Shuyue sighed, tiptoed out of the room and closed the door gently.

As soon as the door closed, her face suddenly turned cold, and her sharp eyes scraped at the bandit like a knife.

"Young...young man, this is the girl that the boss snatched from the mountain last month. It's none of my business..."

The bandit was in tears and explained in a trembling manner.

Lin Shuyue snorted coldly, "Why don't you continue to lead the way."

After passing through a group of houses and walking straight to the back, they arrived in front of the cave after a while.

"They are all hiding in the cave." The bandit pointed to the dim cave.

"Come in." Lin Shuyue stepped into the cave.

The cave is not big, only a few square meters in size, and there are several oil lamps hanging on the walls of the cave.

This small cave was now crowded with nine women and six children.

Among them, the youngest child was only about one year old and was being held in the arms of a woman. The older children were eight or nine years old and were looking at her warily.

As soon as the nine women saw Lin Shuyue and the bandit, they immediately hid their children behind them.

Lin Shuyue looked at these people one by one.

Most of these people were dressed in rags and had yellow faces. They huddled together with their heads down, not daring to look at her. However, there were two boys, about eight or nine years old, who secretly poked their heads out to look at her.

At this moment, a woman with her hair wrapped in a headscarf and a red birthmark on her neck stepped forward and timidly asked, "Who are you? Are you here to save us?"

After asking, the woman immediately lowered her head. In her hand, she was still tightly holding a child who was about five or six years old, with a pale and thin face and a somewhat dull expression.

"Were you all captured?"

Lin Shuyue had a blank expression on her face, and it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.

The woman looked up, tears already streaming down her face. Her voice was choked with sobs, and her tone was somewhat resentful: "If we hadn't been captured, who would be willing to stay in this bandit's lair?

Facing those ruthless and heartless bandits every day, if I weren't thinking about my family at home, I would have wanted to bang my head against the wall and die."

After saying that, she began to wipe away her tears again.

It’s just weird that the woman was crying so sadly, but the child in her arms didn’t react at all. Is there something wrong with the child’s brain?

Lin Shuyue was secretly guessing in her heart.

After hearing what that woman said, the other women in the cave also began to sob quietly, crying about their experiences.

Lin Shuyue frowned slightly. "Don't cry. Except for the second and third in command who are not in the village, most of the other bandits are dead. The surviving bandits will be sent to the government. This will be considered revenge for you."

"Are you serious, benefactor?" The people in the cave were stunned at first, and then asked her again to confirm as if they couldn't believe it.

When Lin Shuyue nodded again, everyone burst into tears of joy, "Woo woo... That's great, these damn bandits finally got their comeuppance..."

"Okay, everyone, stop crying and go out first. I'll take you down the mountain later."

Lin Shuyue was so annoyed by their crying that she just wanted to leave this small cave as soon as possible.

The women wiped away their tears embarrassedly and walked out holding their children.

Just as the woman with the birthmark on her neck was about to reach Lin Shuyue, she was suddenly tripped by a stone. Her foot twisted, and her body tilted towards Lin Shuyue, falling straight towards her.

The child who was being led was also pulled down by the woman and fell heavily to the ground.

Just as the woman was about to touch Lin Shuyue's body, Lin Shuyue's eyes turned cold and she grabbed the woman's hand hidden under her sleeve.

Lin Shuyue raised her hand and saw that the woman was holding a dagger tightly in her hand, and the dagger was shining coldly in the dim cave.

The woman was stunned for a moment, as if she had not expected her reaction to be so quick.

"Humph, you dare to use this little trick on me?"

Lin Shuyue gently bent the woman's hand, and it folded back in a strange shape. The woman screamed in pain and her face turned pale.

"Benefactor, what...what happened?"

The other women seemed frightened by this sudden change. They approached Lin Shuyue while asking questions, as if seeking protection.

"It's nothing, I just caught a mouse."

Lin Shuyue had a meaningful smile on his face, and suddenly swung the sword in his hand backwards, and the sharp sword energy formed an arc and passed by.

"Thump...thump..."

More than a dozen sounds of people falling to the ground were heard one after another, and the entire cave was silent.

"mother!"

The child's crying broke the silence of the cave.

Behind Lin Shuyue, all the women who had approached her were now lying on the ground.

Their eyes were wide open, blood was gurgling from the bloodstains on their necks, and their chests had stopped rising and falling.

What was surprising was that each of them was holding a dagger tightly in their hands.

The five children threw themselves on the women and cried loudly. Two of the boys, about seven or eight years old, cried for a while, then suddenly looked up and stared at Lin Shuyue fiercely.

"So... So you've already discovered it?"

The woman with the birthmark on her neck stared at Lin Shuyue with wide eyes in horror.

She ignored the pain in her hand and moved back step by step. Drops of cold sweat rolled down her forehead. She didn't know whether it was because of the pain or the fear.

"Don't be impatient, let me finish another account first."

Lin Shuyue glanced at her and suddenly threw the sword in his hand back.

"what..."

With a scream, the bandit who had run to the cave entrance at some point fell to the ground with a long sword stuck in his back.

"I gave you a chance."

Lin Shuyue glanced coldly at the bandit who was spitting blood and breathing weakly, then drew his sword and turned back to the cave.

She walked towards the woman with the birthmark on her neck and sneered, "Do you think you can fool me?"

As soon as she entered the cave and found that the women and children did not show the expected anger when they saw the bandits around her, she became suspicious.

When she saw that these people, although dressed in tattered clothes and with yellow faces, had no scars on their bodies, whether adults or children, her suspicion grew deeper and deeper.

It wasn't until the woman with the birthmark on her neck stood up and spoke that she immediately determined that there was something wrong with these people.

Because she smelled the unique scent of the Misty Forest on this woman. This person must have been to the Misty Forest for a short period of time, so the scent of the Misty Forest remained on her body.

So, what kind of people would go to the Misty Forest?

The answer is obvious, either they are bandits or their accomplices.

As for why I didn't expose them on the spot, it was just because I wanted to see what they were trying to do.