Transmigrated Into the Vicious Stepmother in a Historical Novel - Chapter 180

“We found them, that’s good. Now let’s hurry forward. I bet they are just ahead.”

The enthusiastic villagers were following Lu Jiefang behind, while Lu Ting and Sheng Fei were walking in front, whispering to each other.

Sheng Fei didn’t tell Lu Ting about it at first because she was afraid that Lu Ting might let it slip.

Moreover, when she picked up that money, she didn’t intend to keep it for herself. Instead, she wanted to return it to them.

But you couldn’t be sure about Xu Yuxia’s character. She might accuse Sheng Fei of deceiving the two children or claim that Sheng Fei had stolen it. So Sheng Fei thought about it and decided not to mention it for now to avoid Xu Yuxia wrongly accusing her.

For now, she would just let them take care of it themselves.

Sheng Fei didn’t want to be the scapegoat.

So Sheng Fei was very cautious, planning to tell Lu Ting about this matter only after they found Jixiang and Ruyi, so that Lu Ting could return the money to Xu Yuxia.

After Lu Jiefang found the things the children had dropped, his expression became very excited. He also went to look for them with the others. When they finally reached the edge of the small stream, Lu Jiefang slowly walked forward again. He was thinking about where the two children could be.

Soon after, Lu Jiefang suddenly heard a voice, sounding like the children’s cries.

Lu Jiefang excitedly shouted Jixiang and Ruyi’s names. The other villagers also started calling out after Lu Jiefang’s shout.

They just hoped Jixiang and Ruyi could hear them.

“Brother, it’s getting darker and darker here, and I can’t see anything at all. It’s really scary. Let’s go back quickly.”

After crying for a while, Lu Jixiang realized that Lu Ruyi was tugging at his sleeve and also saying that he was very scared.

Lu Jixiang knew Lu Ruyi was afraid, so he followed him, also wanting to try to go back.

But now Lu Jixiang also wanted to go back for real. It was so dark, and he couldn’t remember the way at all. How could they go back?

And Lu Jixiang was afraid that if they went back, Xu Yuxia would beat them. After all, they had misbehaved and almost burned down the whole house before.

If Xu Yuxia kept blaming them, and beat them again for stealing things from home and running away, what would he do?

So Lu Jixiang could only pretend to be brave.

“Okay, Ruyi, don’t cry. As long as I’m here, what do you have to be afraid of? Your big brother will protect you. You don’t have to be afraid of anything.”

Lu Jixiang put his arm around Lu Ruyi’s shoulder and slowly comforted him.

Lu Ruyi leaned on his brother Jixiang’s shoulder. Hearing his comforting words, he felt a little better. He just huddled next to his brother and wait for tomorrow to come.

When tomorrow comes, Lu Jixiang must stay at home and absolutely not sneak out again.

It was because he realized that when they sneaked out, no one even noticed them.

Instead, he was just filled with fear and anxiety. This was the price for running away secretly. Lu Ruyi leaned in Lu Jixiang’s arms and couldn’t help but cry.

After crying for a while, he fell asleep. Soon the two children also dozed off.

But it wasn’t long before the many insects around woke Jixiang and Ruyi up.

After Lu Jixiang woke up, he saw that Lu Ruyi was still sleeping there. He felt a bit uncomfortable himself. He wiped his own tears and then cried out loud.

This was because Lu Jixiang himself could not last much longer. As Lu Jixiang cried, he ended up waking up Lu Ruyi.

Seeing his brother Lu Jixiang crying, Lu Ruyi also felt very upset, so he started crying together with his brother.

The two of them were crying and talking at the same time, which was extremely heartbreaking.

As they were crying, they suddenly heard Lu Jiefang’s voice, and also heard Lu Ting and Sheng Fei calling them. There were many voices calling out their names.

Lu Ruyi thought he was hallucinating and he shook Lu Jixiang’s arm.

“Brother, is someone calling us? I heard it, I heard someone calling us.

Is it our Dad and Mom coming to find us? I think I can really hear their voices now. They must be coming to find us, let’s hurry over and take a look.”

Lu Jixiang and Lu Ruyi perked up their ears and also heard the voices calling out to them.

Lu Jixiang’s eyes lit up. He widened his eyes and heard the same thing.

Lu Jixiang and Lu Ruyi thought their Dad had come to find them, so the two of them quickly ran to Lu Jiefang.

Jixiang and Ruyi saw that there were indeed people calling them and there was also a bright light, so they knew it was Lu Jiefang. They waved their arms and shouted, “Dad, Mom!”

Lu Jiefang heard Jixiang and Ruyi’s voices and quickly ran to the two children. When he finally saw the two children, Lu Jiefang shed tears of relief.

It seems that his intuition was not wrong. These two children were indeed here.

Lu Jiefang bent down and hugged the two children, comforting them one by one after holding them in his arms. He was really scared.

Didn’t they know how worried they made him? They scared him so much, but now he finally found them.

“Dad, where’s Mom? We’ve missed you so much, why did you just find us? We finally found you!”

“Yes, Dad, grandpa, grandma, where are they? Why didn’t they come find us? I miss grandpa and grandma so much, I miss you all so much. I won’t be naughty anymore, I’ll definitely be good. Where are you? I want to find you. I, I won’t be naughty again. I’ll definitely listen obediently.”

Jixiang and Ruyi cried as they wiped the tears on their faces, saying that they would never be naughty again.

Lu Jiefang was also scared when he first saw Jixiang and Ruyi in this dark and gloomy forest, so he comforted the two children, holding them tightly in his arms and talking to them.

“How did you two end up here? Don’t you know that your Mom and I, and grandpa and grandma are all so worried? Your Mom has been searching for you like crazy, do you know that? You can’t be naughty like this again in the future.”

Lu Jiefang comforted the two children. Seeing them crying so hard, he didn’t have the heart to scold them.

The other villagers who saw the two children were also very happy. They hugged the children and comforted them, as long as these two children could be found.

“Where did you two go? Don’t you know that this kind of random running around will make your Dad and Mom so worried?

In the future, you absolutely can’t run around randomly anymore. You can’t be naughty, otherwise your Dad and Mom will be so worried, you know? It’s not right to do this.”