Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 75 Too cruel
At the bottom of the cave was only a rough rock surface, and there were several holes the size of footballs on the stone walls on both sides. Zhang Wuxun shone a light into them and found that they were empty. It was probably originally the nest of those dragon-gu, but they were so frightened by Zhang Wuxun's blood that they did not dare to come back.

After shining the flashlight around, Zhang Wuxun found the entire bottom of the cave completely exposed. There was no danger, nor any place to hide for a sneak attack, so he turned back.

When Wu Xiaoxie saw him return, she pushed the prepared sweet and sour pork ribs in front of him, saying, "Wait five more minutes and we can eat them."

“Okay.” Zhang Wuxun nodded. “I’ll watch over you after you finish eating. You can take a nap and recharge.”

Wu Xiaoxie did not refuse. As soon as Zhang Wuxun arrived, he relaxed completely. He no longer had to be on edge all the time. Exhaustion overwhelmed him. If he hadn't eaten two energy gels earlier, he probably would have been too tired to even lift his arms.

"By the way, where did you fall after you rushed down the waterfall? You didn't run into Uncle Tai and Boss Wang, did you?" Wu Xiaoxie asked.

"It's a long story."

Zhang Wuxun sighed deeply and picked out what he could say to say, “I woke up a little later than you. When I woke up, I found myself swept into a huge broken eggshell by the water. I don’t know where I fell. I was weak all over and couldn’t even move my fingers. My head was dizzy and I passed out again after a while. When I woke up again, I found that I could move, so I quickly crawled out of the eggshell to find you. I followed the traces you left behind all the way to the bronze tree and then disappeared.”

"I was wondering about that when corpse beetles started falling from the tree like rain, I guessed you were up there. You've encountered all sorts of monsters and demons along the way, it's been quite an eye-opener," Zhang Wuxun said with a smile.

Wu Xiaoxie also laughed, looking very relaxed.

Zhang Wuxun raised his chin at Liang Shiye, who was staring longingly at the braised pork self-heating rice in front of him, and whispered in Wu Xiaoxie's ear, "Apart from this old man and that fat guy, the rest of Uncle Tai's group are all dead. They're in the tree in front of us. I bet that fat guy is hiding in some corner right now, lying in ambush. Be careful when you go to sleep later, don't get ambushed."

Wu Xiaoxie nodded and shoved another self-heating meal into Lao Yang's hands, who was lying on the ground.

Master Liang held the box with great care, as if he hadn't seen meat for ten or fifteen days during a famine. Ignoring the fact that it was too hot to eat, he grabbed his chopsticks and began to wolf down the food, choking until his eyes welled up with tears. He felt that there was finally hope for the future and didn't mention going back the way he came, because he knew perfectly well that as long as Zhang Wuxun was around, no one would listen to him even if he brought it up.

After eating and drinking their fill, everyone found a place to rest. Before long, Liang Shiye started snoring. Lao Yang was a light sleeper, and his eyelids twitched from time to time. It was hard to tell whether he was in pain or having a nightmare.

Wu Xiaoxie kept Zhang Wuxun's words in mind. Leaning against the cave wall, he was dozing off when, without thinking, his head slumped backward and hit the cave wall with a dull thud. It didn't hurt, but it startled him and woke him up instantly.

Zhang Wuxun opened his eyes when he heard the noise and saw Wu Xiaoxie rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand. When he saw Zhang Wuxun looking over, Wu Xiaoxie scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

Seeing this, Zhang Wuxun reached for the backpack, packed its contents flat, took out a small pillow about two palms wide from his spatial storage, stuffed it in, patted the flattened backpack, and beckoned to Wu Xiaoxie to come and lie down.

Wu Xiaoxie hesitated for a moment. Even though he was five or six years older than Muyu, he was always being taken care of like a younger brother, which made him feel a little ashamed.

Just as he was about to modestly decline and say he didn't need it, he was glared at by Zhang Wuxun, who was getting a little impatient. He immediately obediently moved over, lay down, and closed his eyes, silently cursing himself for being such a coward. He should have at least tried to resist.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Wuxun could tell from the way his eyes were rolling around under his eyelids that he hadn't been sleeping soundly. Although the cave was damp, there was a warm breeze blowing in from above, so there was no need to worry about him catching a cold. So he didn't cover him with clothes, but patted his head and urged, "Hurry up and get some rest. I'll take a nap too."

Alright~ Wu Xiaoxie obediently closed his eyes. Before falling asleep, he was still thinking about returning the favor. If Muyu took a fancy to any of the bottles in his shop, he would just take it. As he thought about it, drowsiness gradually crept in, and he didn't even know when he fell asleep.

I slept so soundly that I felt incredibly refreshed when I woke up. I stretched my neck and gave a big yawn, letting out a long "hmm" as my rusty joints clicked.

With a long sigh, Wu Xiaoxie rubbed his eyes, yawned, wiped his eyes, and looked closely. Hmm? Why does it seem like there's another person in the cave?

One, two, three, four, five.

Wu Xiaoxie counted again carefully to make sure he wasn't seeing things. His heart immediately skipped a beat. Oh no! An uninvited thief had sneaked in!
To save electricity, only one torch was stuck at the entrance of the cave, and it was almost out by now. The cave was dimly lit, and he couldn't see clearly what was going on. He subconsciously reached for the pocket gun in his pocket and was immediately terrified.

Holy crap! The gun's gone!

Wu Xiaoxie suddenly flipped over and jumped up. He had just taken a step forward when he kicked an empty can. The loud clatter woke up the sleeping group.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Master Liang adjusted his reading glasses, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and pretended to look around. "What's going on? Are those human-faced monkeys here again?"

"What?" Lao Yang was also startled awake. He lay on the ground, flailing his arms and legs for a long time, like a turtle, unable to get up for a while.

Zhang Wuxun mocked without any politeness, "Look at your cowardice, so easily startled, you're even more timid than quails in a mountain hut."

He turned on his flashlight and shone it in a certain direction. "Look, I caught a little thief. You guys were asleep for less than an hour when you sneaked in to launch a sneak attack. You didn't even know to keep a low profile. You were showing off like you were visiting someone's house. I had to teach you a lesson before you behaved."

With his arms removed, mouth gagged, hands and feet bound together, lying on the ground with his back to the sky in a posture resembling a turtle digging in the sand, and an expression of grief and pain, Boss Wang uttered, "...Ugh, damn it..."

I don't know if I'm human or not, but you're a real dog.

Seeing Boss Wang's miserable state, Liang Shiye couldn't help but shudder. He silently moved away from Zhang Wuxun, secretly relieved that he had pretended to be fast asleep when Boss Wang sneaked in to call him, thus fooling him.

Otherwise... tsk tsk tsk, Master Liang silently lit a candle in his heart.

How cruel!

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