Chapter 427 - Chapter 428: Chapter 397 Night Raid_1 (1/2)

Chapter 428: Chapter 397 Night Raid_1

“It seems you’re not too dull,” Xu Mu chuckled.

“Did you already suspect something, sir?” asked Zhang Ergou in astonishment.

They had been dining together, and nothing had seemed unusual.

“Open the window and see for yourself,” said Xu Mu.

Zhang Ergou, full of doubt, opened the window and peered outside. Both the streets and the residential area nearby were dead silent.

“There doesn’t seem to be anything abnormal nearby, sir,” said Zhang Ergou, puzzled.

“Think about it.”

Xu Mu shook his head in disappointment and laid down on the bed.

“Think about it?”

Zhang Ergou understood that he must have overlooked something.

Upon reflection, he suddenly realized the problem.

It was too quiet!

When they arrived, there had been few people on the streets, but not none.

The nearby residential area still had lights on, and the voices of residents were audible. But now, everything had disappeared.

Right, there were also no sounds of insects chirping!

After all, this was just a small county town, only slightly better than rural areas. The chirping of insects and singing of birds at night would be normal.

But now all of these had vanished.

There was only one situation that could cause this.

Zhang Ergou’s face turned a shade paler.

“Those people have found us, they were too quick!” he exclaimed.

Although he had anticipated that their daring move would attract retaliation, it was still hard to accept that their pursuers had appeared so quickly, right after they had finished their meal.

“If they couldn’t catch up in this amount of time, they might as well go kill themselves!” Xu Mu calmly commented, his eyes half-closed.

“So, what should we do now? Should we run?” asked Zhang Ergou, nearly panicking.

“Run? Just return to your room to rest, and don’t bother me.”

“Huh?”

Zhang Ergou was stunned, wondering why they should rest at such a critical moment.

Did Xu Mu plan to die peacefully in his sleep, to avoid experiencing pain?

“Sir…”

“Have you forgotten what I said earlier?” Xu Mu’s voice went cold.

Zhang Ergou shuddered.

“Yes, sir!”

Despite his intense worry, he dared not contradict Xu Mu. So, he reluctantly returned to the next room.

Soon after, the sound of Zhang Ergou lying down could be heard, Xu Mu’s face breaking into a faint smile.

“This kid actually hid under the bed, he’s really a scaredy-cat.”

Considering that Zhang Ergou was just an average villager, it was already courageous of him not to wet his pants from fear.

As time ticked away, Xu Mu lay motionless with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

In the other room, Zhang Ergou huddled up in a corner under the bed, his heart jumping out of his chest, too fearful to even close his eyes.

Imagining the area swarming with people, ready to burst in at any moment to take his life, how could he possibly fall asleep?

Though Xu Mu was a formidable martial artist, their enemies wouldn’t have dared to follow them here if they weren’t a match in strength.

Zhang Ergou guessed the only reason they hadn’t stormed in yet was because they were intimidated by the corpses, thus holding back and gathering more strength.

At this thought, he couldn’t help but sigh.

It wasn’t that he regretted following Xu Mu.

After all, his entire family had been killed by the monster. He had sworn to devote his life to anyone who could help avenge them.

He sighed because he felt it was somewhat a pity to die just after enjoying a good meal.

“Had I known, I would have taken the sir to that place to have some fun before entering the city. Even if we died, we could at least become merry ghosts! Sigh!”

Zhang Ergou started imagining what kind of luck he would have in his next life.

As he worried, half an hour passed, and finally, there were signs of movement outside.