The woman quickly ran over to check the child's body.

"elder brother"

"Big Brother"

"elder brother"

Several smaller children ran out of the house.

"It's quite possible," the man with his feet up said with a smile while holding a cigarette. "Are there any older ones who are over fifteen years old and can work? The boss of the prison has given us a price. It's a good deal to send a strong laborer to us.

The income you have is too small, and you can’t even do the work if you send it in. Let’s get a bigger one.”

"Hahaha."

Several people around him laughed wildly.

"You bunch of beasts."

The woman stretched out her hands to protect the child and cursed.

"You bastard, I will fight with you."

The captured miner man flushed red and struggled hard.

But no matter what, he could not break free from the clutches of several strong men. Like a drowning man, he struggled wildly and chaotically, but to no avail.

"Hey, you're still pulling me up."

One of them saw how hard he was struggling and stretched out his hand to strangle his neck. The man's face suddenly turned purple.

"Brothers, please be gentle and don't kill them," the man smoking a cigarette said quickly, "We have to earn money from those who are alive. In the afternoon, those who were maimed or killed did not get any money."

"It's boring."

The man who had stretched out his hand to choke his neck let go and spat.

"You bastards!"

The woman on the side quickly protected the child behind her,

"Let's go, let's go to the next house quickly."

The man smoking the cigarette sneered and blew the still burning cigarette butt into the woman's cheek.

The cigarette butt was extremely fast, rolling in the air and about to land on the woman's face in an instant.

At this moment, two white fingers stretched out from the void and clamped the cigarette.

"Littering is against city regulations."

He Ao held the cigarette butt with his backhand, straightened up, and looked at the man in front of him.

"Where did you get the idea to teach me how to do things? Oh, you want to save them? Are you also an accomplice of the absenteeism mutual aid association?"

The man spat, took half a step back, and shouted, "Brothers, come on, this guy is worth a lot of money."

He looked at He Ao and said with a smile, "Boy, you are not the one who wants to be a hero. Once you, a friend of the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, have a reputation, it's not up to you where you go."

The people behind him all smiled, dropped the exhausted miner on the ground, rolled up their sleeves, and strode over.

He Ao shrugged and said nothing.

He was really an associate of the Miners' Mutual Aid Society.

The first person to come was the man who had just choked him. He was tall and strong. He punched me, and there was a strong sound of wind.

Several people behind him followed suit.

boom--

The man who punched first flew out suddenly and hit a high wall behind him. He vomited blood and took in more air than out.

The other people barely reacted and flew out at the same time, hit the wall and fell down.

He Ao retracted his foot and looked at the arrogant man in front of him. Not only did this guy not take action, he also took a step back.

"My lord, my lord, I am blind. My eyes are in the middle of my butt..."

The man looked at He Ao, then at the brothers lying on the ground, swallowed, took two steps back, and said tremblingly.

"What did I just say?"

He Ao looked at him calmly.

"I..." The man was stunned for a moment, looked at the cigarette butt in He Ao's hand, and said quickly, "Don't litter."

"Open your mouth."

He Ao glanced at her.

The man opened his mouth.

The sparkling cigarette butt was pressed into his mouth, a burst of smoke rose and a hissing sound was heard.

He Ao waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.

The man didn't even dare to cry out in pain, he nodded and bowed, pulled a few who could still get up, and rolled away.

He Ao looked at their backs, his eyes slightly focused. The movements of these people were not standardized. It was obvious that they had not received uniform military training. They also had tattoos on their bodies. They were not city defense troops, but members of the Ice Wolf Gang.

If the city defense army could still exercise some restraint when searching for people from the Miners' Mutual Aid Association, the Ice Wolf Gang was completely indiscriminate.

After Vincent's death, the Ice Wolf Gang should also have entered the mayor's sphere of influence.

What do the mayor and the mining consortium want to do?

"you are···"

While thinking, a soft inquiry came from behind He Ao.

He Ao turned around and looked at the mother and her children behind him.

Nell's mother's face appeared in his field of vision.

He thought for a while and took out some candies from his pocket. He had just grabbed them for him at the market when the merchant had no change.

He Ao didn't have much money in his electronic account, and he mostly had cash brought back from the wilderness.

He grabbed these candies and gave them to the children.

The children glanced at their mother and did not dare to reach out. Finally, the older boy who had just been kicked out stretched out his hand, took the candy from He Ao's hand, and gave it to his younger brothers and sisters.

At this time, the man who was caught also staggered up and walked over. His wife quickly supported him.

The man seemed ready to thank He Ao, but He Ao shook his head slightly, "You should find a place to avoid first. They will definitely come back again."

After that, he turned and left.

The children watched his figure disappear.

"Brother, when will we grow up?"

"how?"

"I want to grow up quickly so that I can protect my parents."

——

He Ao walked through an alley and was about to take a taxi when he suddenly saw a figure waiting for him under the light in front of him.

He looked at He Ao and smiled.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

There are nearly 5,000 words, and the next update will only be tomorrow morning. I suddenly got stuck while writing, and my head was buzzing.

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