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Chapter 578: The Evil Tiger Attacks You Without a Father or a Brother, Don't Move, Don't Move
When they heard the news that the big cat was seen, everyone was a little nervous, but Xu He had been a soldier and had a gun in his hand, so he was naturally confident.

Although Guan Lei had no gun, he had a hatchet and a knife. Besides, he was brave and courageous. Even though he was a little frightened when he saw the big cat before, he had recovered by now. You know, he had captured the old leopard with his bare hands together with Xu Ning and others.

As for Chen Hedong, who had never run in the mountains or hunted before, he was extremely confused. Fortunately, Xu Ning was by his side, otherwise he would have been scared to climb a tree.

Although big cats can climb trees, it depends on what kind of tree it is. A tree that can be hugged by two people or one person is a piece of cake for big cats, but a tree that is as thick as a thigh is useless for them because they are so large and heavy that their claws cannot exert any strength at all.

In fact, their location was only eight or nine miles away from the nearest mountain road, but Xu Ning was not familiar with the mountains and forests here. He only knew that there was a large reservoir to the south, connecting Mudanjiang River and Gaya River, and if they went further south they would reach Yanshi City, Jilin Province.

In his previous life, Xu Ning had indeed checked maps, but the maps at that time were very different from the current ones. For example, Xu Ning had never seen that mountain road on the electronic map, but it did exist now. For another example, the electronic map showed that the nearest village was only twelve miles away, but if they really walked towards the village, they would only see a piece of gravel land and not even a house.

Over the past twenty or thirty years, not only have humans, animals and plants been replaced by new ones, but things like architecture have also been constantly changing.

At this moment, Guan Lei held Chen Hedong under his armpits and helped him to continue moving forward. Chen Jinlong and Chen Heshuang had caught up with him, just over 20 meters behind him. Chen Heshuang kept complaining, holding a stick in his right hand and holding a fried cake and red sausage in his left hand, chewing and swallowing while grumbling.

Chen Jinlong stared at the four people in front of him with resentment. If he had known that life in the mountains would be so depressing, he would never have gotten involved in this matter. The only reason he got involved was to ask his father for more money. He didn't feel sorry for Chen Hedong at all.

Chen Hedong turned around and waved, "Hurry up, the two of you. If you walk a little further you'll be able to see the person."

These words are an encouragement to both of them. Only when you see people can you see hope.

Chen Heshuang threw away the remaining piece of sausage in his hand, spit out the food in his mouth in anger, and said, "Look at these hairy people! Even dogs don't come to this place where no one lives..."

"Why are you chatting?" Chen Jinlong turned his head and said, "Dong, why don't you two walk in front and we will follow slowly behind. We have been walking for two days and we are really tired."

Chen Hedong glared at his brother and said helplessly, "You two have never been into the mountains. What if you get lost? Dad, I told you not to come before, but you two insisted on coming with me just to get some money from my grandfather."

Chen Heshuang frowned and said, "Are you talking sensible words? My father and I followed you into the mountains. Isn't that for your safety? You know, there are all kinds of people now. If something happens, our family will have to pay money to redeem you..."

When Xu He heard what was meant, he immediately frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Guan Lei said: "Brother Dong, we get along well, but your elder brother's words are not pleasant to listen to."

Chen Hedong looked helpless and said hurriedly: "Erning, Xu He, Lei Zi, don't be like them. After today, I will be like a fatherless person."

"Oh my god, Dong, you are such a bad person! Our parents raised you up, and you make a few new friends, but you turn around and forget about your own parents? Oh my, you are so capable! You are so filial!"

Chen Jinlong didn't say anything, and it was obvious that he had the same idea as Chen Heshuang. Chen Hedong got a little angry when he heard this, and raised his finger at him and said, "You really deserve to be punished! When you get out of this mountain, I will definitely slap you in the face!"

"Oh, then you are really promising. Go ahead and slap your dear brother in the face. To say that you are unkind, unjust and unfilial is an understatement. You are a heartless beast!"

Chen Jinlong raised his hand and slapped him, saying, "Stop talking nonsense. You're good at talking but not at walking. Hurry up and leave!"

At this time, Xu Ning saw that Chen Hedong's hands and lips were shaking with anger, and he lowered his head to look at his legs and said, "Shitou, you carry Dong Ge and walk. The four of us will get to the reservoir as soon as possible."

"Okay! Brother..."

Xu He and Guan Lei held Chen Hedong's armpits and were about to take a big step forward when they heard Chen Hedong say, "Just live, you two. You don't understand what I'm saying. Let me remind you one last thing. There's a big cat behind us. That's why we're heading south instead of north!"

Guan Lei muttered: "Brother Dong is still soft-hearted..."

Xu He smiled and said, "He is not soft-hearted, he is kind-hearted. Let's go quickly."

Xu Ning turned around and took a look, and saw that Chen Heshuang and Chen Jinlong were both stunned. They both looked around, and then heard Chen Heshuang say: "Who are you trying to scare? A fucking big cat! How can I not believe it's such a coincidence? You have been full of bad intentions since you were a child. When you were a child, you threw firecrackers into my quilt, and when you grew up, you even splashed slop on me when I was squatting in the toilet..."

At this time, the four of them had walked forward thirty or forty meters. Chen Hedong said, "Why did you throw firecrackers into his bed? He threw my finished homework into the stove to make a fire! He threw slop because he smeared shit in my clothes!..."

Xu Ning, Xu He and Guan Lei pursed their lips to hold back their smiles, and Chen Hedong began to talk about his childhood. In general, he was a child that his parents looked down upon, and his brothers often bullied him. As for why? Chen Hedong couldn't tell, maybe it was because of his personality. Most of the people in Chen Jinlong's lineage were narrow-minded, bullied the weak and feared the strong, and were full of bad intentions, but Chen Hedong was honest and simple-minded. For this reason, he often beat his brothers. If it weren't for his grandfather's protection, his father would have let him go long ago.

Before Chen Hedong came to Qing'an, his grandfather said that if he could really bring his great grandfather home, he would adopt him into his great grandfather's lineage and leave a legacy for him...

Later, when Chen Heshuang saw that no one was paying attention to him, he became more and more presumptuous, and shouted loudly: "Big cat? Little cat? Where are you? Hahaha, it's a fucking big cat! What a good name for a tiger, it's so fucking cute! Dad, have you seen the big cat? Why didn't I see it?"

Chen Jinlong said with a straight face: "Can't you save some strength? Just walk a few steps faster to catch up. What if he really keeps us in the mountains?"

"Listen to his bullshit! We followed him here. If he goes back by himself, will my mother let him go?"

"Hey, you two are brothers, not enemies, why are you always arguing with each other?"

Chen Heshuang curled his lips and said, "He even used a kitchen knife to beat me last time. Is there any brother who treats me like this?"

"Eh!" Chen Jinlong sighed heavily, thinking to himself, isn't it because you stole the owner of the goods away from him?

But he couldn't say it openly. He still had to rely on his eldest son to take care of him in his old age. How much effort had he put into cultivating their relationship over the years? He couldn't make the wrong decision at this moment.

After walking for a mile, a huge figure appeared at the place where Chen Heshuang threw the red sausage. It lowered its head and sniffed the red sausage on the grass. The next moment, it suddenly opened its mouth and retched. Obviously, the red sausage had no appeal to it at all. The tiger is a carnivorous animal. It is only interested in moving animals. It will not even look at dead things. Faced with the rotten animal corpses, it will take a detour two miles away.

Since animals don’t have high IQs, they will be curious about things they haven’t seen before, and tigers are no exception. However, they won’t approach people like a silly roe deer, but will lie in ambush and wait for the opportunity...

This ferocious big cat is an adult male tiger, weighing about 400 kilograms, with a body length of about 2 meters, a standing height of 2 meters, and a tail length of more than 1 meters. A big cat of this size is already at the top of the food chain in the mountains. Except for the brown bear that can fight with it, the rest of the beasts are its meals.

After it finished smelling the sausage, it heard a high-pitched voice coming from the front, stimulating its eardrums. Although it could not understand what was being said, from the big cat's understanding, it felt that it was being provoked. This area was its territory, and these people trespassed into its territory without even saying hello. It was really rude!

So it leaped forward on all fours and soon caught up with the group of people, but it did not rush forward. Instead, it hid in the grass and waited for the right opportunity.

In front, Xu Ning looked down at a trace left on the ground and said, "This is a pig trace! Fresh..." "What does it mean?" Xu He asked.

"The wind direction changed more than ten minutes ago. The wild boar might have sensed danger and was scared away in advance. If I'm right, the big cat is following nearby."

"How did you know that?" Xu He was puzzled.

"It's just a guess. I'd rather assume the worst than hope for the best! Brother He, if that big cat really pounces on us, let's not fire randomly, but take turns firing. Then Brother Dong can find a small tree to climb up, or just hide behind us."

"Hey." Chen Hedong nodded, his face pale: "Erning, I really troubled you this time."

"Don't talk about this, just go away."

"My dad and the other two... oh, it's so fucking hard for me to do this!" Chen Hedong said gritting his teeth.

Xu Ning frowned and said, "Yell again, if they can keep up, then hurry up. If they don't want to follow, I can't do anything about it."

Xu He was a little surprised to hear his words. In his impression, Xu Ning was always decisive in doing anything and never dragged his feet. Why did he change his decision this time?
In fact, it is very simple, it is just professional ethics. He took Chen's father and son into the mountains to look for relatives. His identity is a guide, but the danger is getting closer and closer, and the tourists are not obedient. What should he do? What else can he do? First save his own life, and within his ability, save the lives of others!

Chen Hedong turned around and shouted, "Dad! Hurry up, the big cat is wandering around here, don't take it lightly!"

"Where is it? Where is the big cat? Why don't you let it out? You said you went through so much trouble to find excuses, didn't you just want me and dad to leave quickly? But after walking for two days in a row, who the hell has the energy left?"

Chen Heshuang is indeed a bit stupid, but it is understandable. When he is prejudiced against someone, anything that person says is nonsense in his ears. Even if it is for his own good, he will understand it as having other intentions. He thinks to himself, I won't be fooled! What a stupid idiot.

Chen Jinlong pulled him and said, "Stop wasting time and let's go."

When Chen Heshuang was pulled like this, he immediately became angry and raised his head and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Ah!!"

The sound was so loud that the big cat hiding in the bushes about 20 to 30 meters away was startled. It immediately turned around and tried to run, shaking the bushes with its body.

Chen Heshuang was slightly stunned. After seeing the tall grass swaying around, his heart skipped a beat. He stared and exclaimed, "Oh my god! Dad, run!"

By the time Chen Jinlong reacted, Chen Heshuang had already run two meters away. Twenty meters ahead, Xu Ning and others also noticed the movement in the bushes, and saw two people running towards them. Xu Ning hurriedly said, "Don't run! Don't run! Damn it! Don't run!"

He wanted Chen Jinlong and his son to stop, because the more they ran, the more dangerous they were. Tigers were similar to other beasts in the forest. They would be a little curious about prey they had never seen before. Once they found that the prey was scared, they would pounce on it and completely strangle the prey.

Chen Jinlong and Chen Heshuang seemed not to hear anything and ran desperately towards Xu Ning. The big cat in the bushes also came to its senses. It stopped and looked at the two again. Seeing that they had their backs to it, it immediately understood what this group of people meant. Combined with the fact that it had just been frightened, it became angry.

It suddenly opened its mouth and roared.

Awooo...!
The deafening tiger roar reached Chen Hedong's eardrums, making his legs go weak and he almost fell to the ground. Xu He leaned against a tree, holding the 56 and a half tightly, gritting his teeth and staring at the bushes.

Guan Lei was clutching his axe, swallowing nervously, and what was Xu Ning's expression? Of course he was shocked. He had only seen three big cats in Wangxing, and he had escaped death without disturbing them.

Thinking about it carefully, Xu Ning actually had no experience in hunting big cats, and it was his first time to be so close to a big cat face to face, so he was a little nervous.

When Chen Jinlong and Chen Heshuang heard the tiger's roar, their legs went weak and they fell to the ground. Chen Jinlong shouted, "Save me!"

"Fuck..."

The next moment, a large colorful cat jumped out from the grass, flew to the front, then jumped up with its hind legs and pounced straight towards Chen Heshuang.

It was so fast that in just two or three seconds it had already jumped behind Chen Heshuang.

Xu Ning and Xu He raised their guns at the same time. Xu Ning said urgently, "Shi Tou, lead Dong Ge behind the tree! Fire!"

Bang!Bang!
Xu He held the 56 and pulled the trigger first, but Xu Ning was a little slower. After two shots, the big cat shrank back in fear, let out a howl, and quickly hid behind a tree, then disappeared into the woods.

"Brother He! Don't move...you two, don't move! Damn it! Don't you understand what I'm saying? If you move again, I'll kill you!" Xu Ning glared and cursed.

Chen Jinlong didn't dare to move after hearing the sound, but Chen Heshuang was so scared that he peed his pants. Just now, he was less than two meters away from the big cat. The big cat exhaled and almost sprayed him in the face, so he struggled with his limbs to get up and rushed forward desperately...

Chen Hedong hid behind a tree and trembled, "Don't move! Don't move, both of you, be obedient!"

Xu He took a deep breath, without putting down his gun, and asked, "What should we do, Erning?"

Xu Ning swallowed his saliva and said, "This cat is too big, it should be a male cat. Let's stand here and don't move. If we don't move, it may go away by itself."

Chen Jinlong said tremblingly: "Brother! Don't abandon me..."

Chen Heshuang's mouth was dry and he didn't know what to say. He just lay on the ground, not daring to move.

"Light the torch with stones. It's getting dark. Pick up branches on the ground to make a fire."

"Eh."

Xu Ning instructed: "Don't bend over, go straight up and down... Brother He, let's look to both sides, the view here is quite wide."

"I see. Erning, have you ever killed a tiger?"

He told the truth: "I haven't fought before..."

(End of this chapter)