Chapter 11

Wei Donghe is really too timid, which is surprising considering his father is a butcher.

I told him to climb the tree and knock down the nest, but he hesitated up there, afraid the bees would sting him.

In the end, I lost my patience and quickly climbed up the tree myself. I took the bamboo pole from his hand and, with a few swift strikes, knocked the beehive down.

Amid the buzzing of the bees, the two of us lay flat on the tree, motionless, waiting for them to calm down.

It was then that we faintly heard voices coming from deep within the woods.

They were too far away to make out clearly, but we could catch bits and pieces-something about Qingshi Town, how Chao San had tricked them last autumn, and that this time they would make sure he died…

They also mentioned a name that sounded very familiar-Master Lai.

Probably every child in Kaizhou grew up like Wei Donghe and me, being frightened by our parents if we misbehaved-

“If you keep crying, Lai Wengeng will come down from the mountain to catch you.”

Lai Wengeng, the most notorious bandit chief in the Heiling area, known as Master Lai, was a man infamous for his countless crimes and ruthless methods.

Wei Donghe and I both turned pale, fully realizing that the bandits had come down from the mountains.