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Chapter 667: Chapter 672: Lock Up_1
"After Yin Gang’s downfall, Tong Zhi rose to power. He transferred the three thousand guards from Mansion City. Look around you. Is this the Xuan Eagle Mountain you remember?"
Xuan Er was furious. If not for Xuan San’s frail health, he would have truly wanted to slap some sense into him.
Xuan Eagle Mountain Village was their home. How could he joke about this?
Xuan San looked around and only then realized this was not the familiar room or the familiar environment he knew.
He slumped into a chair as Xuan Er’s words kept circling in his head.
His elder brother was dead, and Xuan Eagle Mountain Village was gone. All of a sudden, he felt like a lost child, at a loss for what to do.
Tears rolled down unexpectedly, even Xuan San was taken aback by it.
It turned out he could cry too, wailing like a child.
Xuan Er felt some pity, yet still said through clenched teeth, "Our elder brother didn’t even care for his own life to save you, and you think about what that woman has done for you. Is she worth it?"
With that, he turned and left, hoping that Third Boss would come to his senses and give up on rescuing Yin Silver Moon.
Now, they were down to just forty men, and among them, ten who learned of Xuan Eagle Mountain Village’s fate had already sneaked away one by one.
The remaining men were the hope for revitalizing Xuan Eagle Mountain Village. There could be no mistakes.
After who knows how long, Xuan San dragged his frozen body onto the bed, his eyes devoid of any light.
For the first time, he felt life was so dark, without a glimpse of hope.
Xuan San did not sleep that night, and the next day, he knelt weakly in front of Xuan Er’s door.
Xuan Er had a late night tossing and turning before finally falling asleep, so he got up late. By the time he opened the door, Xuan San had already been kneeling for two hours, his face frozen to a purple hue.
"Third Boss, what are you doing?"
Xuan Er quickly helped Xuan San up and dragged him into the house.
Inside was a charcoal basin, but the temperature was still not adequate, so Xuan Er tucked him into bed.
Xuan Er said seriously, "Your life was saved by our elder brother. He wanted you to live well. You have no right to ruin your health."
"Second Brother, I’ve already lost our elder brother. I can’t lose her too," Xuan San said decisively.
He had thought it through the whole night and concluded that he must save Yin Silver Moon no matter what, because she was his only motivation to live on.
This answer deeply disappointed Xuan Er. He had laid all the cards on the table, but Xuan San’s mind was still fixated on that damn woman.
Utterly hopeless!
Xuan Er said angrily, "If you’re so fond of that woman, go ahead, but don’t drag the brothers of Xuan Eagle Mountain Village into it. They don’t care about that woman!"
"If I cannot save her, what’s the point of living?" Xuan San roared.
Having knelt outside for a long time, his throat was hoarse from the cold, his voice heart-wrenchingly painful to hear.
"Then go ahead and die. To seek life and death over a woman, you don’t deserve our elder brother’s sacrifice!"
Xuan Er’s scathing words hit Xuan San’s ears with every syllable, but they could not shake his determination.
Xuan San cast aside all his pride: "Second Brother, I beg you."
All he wanted was to rescue Yin Silver Moon, to take her and occupy another mountain peak, to start anew with Xuan Eagle Mountain Village, to seek revenge for their elder brother after a few years, and his life would be complete.
"Keep an eye on Third Boss, everyone. We cannot afford any mistakes," Xuan Er ordered coldly.
The subordinates nodded immediately, silently vowing not to give Third Boss any opportunity to bring them harm.
Enough people had died already!
Toward evening, Tan Zhenghong shoveled snow in the courtyard, and Qiao Duo’er was also helping by his side.
Such was the simple and warm life of a farming household.
