Her heart skipped a beat in fear.
Initially, she wanted to wake up her mother, but when she saw her sister lying beside her mother, she suddenly hesitated.
Then, a thought suddenly emerged.
She switched the positions of her sister and the deceased infant.
Since the pregnant woman and her mother had surgery on the same day—one suffering from severe bleeding, the other in a coma—neither had seen what their children looked like.
Even when the babies were swapped, no one noticed anything unusual.
She had thought that without her sister, her mother would surely shower her with love.
But unexpectedly, when her mother learned of her sister's death, she fell into severe depression.
For two years, she remained trapped in her own world, disconnected from reality.
After recovering somewhat, she threw herself entirely into work.
While she did show some concern for her daughter, it wasn't the kind her daughter had wanted!
Bai Ruo's eyes darkened.
Hmph, regardless of everything, she was now her parents' only daughter!
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Meanwhile.
Yun Xiaoxiao was piloting a helicopter toward the pasture.
As she got closer, she could see the situation below more clearly.
But as she observed, her brows furrowed.
The cattle and sheep below could no longer be considered normal animals.
Because they had all essentially transformed into zombie cattle and zombie sheep!
Yun Xiaoxiao immediately felt a sense of tremendous waste.
What a shame.
That meat could have fed so many people for so many years, helping them build up their strength.
Ah, truly unfortunate.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
She focused her gaze on the right side of the hillside.
There was a group of white lambs grazing on the grass below.
She pressed her lips together, surprised to find some surviving sheep.
After scanning the surroundings, she found an open space and slowly landed the helicopter.
After parking, she quickly walked toward the lambs.
But before she could get close, the sheep scattered like startled birds, all rushing toward the forest behind the mountain.
Yun Xiaoxiao hurried after them.
After an enormous effort, she finally managed to get all the scattered lambs into her space.
Just as she was about to head back, suddenly...
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several intense gunshots rang out from the foot of the mountain.
And the gunshots were getting closer to her position.
Those people seemed to be heading in her direction.
Yun Xiaoxiao frowned, looking up at the densely leafed tree beside her.
She jumped up, instantly teleporting onto a large branch.
She steadied herself against the trunk, slowly sat down on the thick branch, letting her feet dangle in the air.
She even took out a lollipop and began eating it leisurely.
Soon, scattered but hurried footsteps gradually grew louder.
A strong man in his forties came running, clutching his wounded shoulder.
His entire demeanor exuded an imposing presence that was impossible to ignore.
He came to the large tree where Yun Xiaoxiao was sitting, quickly throwing up a rope with a hook that caught perfectly on the trunk beside her.
If she hadn't known he couldn't see her, Yun Xiaoxiao would have thought he did it intentionally.
The man pulled on the rope, bracing against the trunk, and climbed up in no time.
After pushing through the dense leaves, they came face to face.
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at him, and he looked at her.
Their eyes met.
Bai Hongting was momentarily stunned, apparently not expecting to find a young girl sitting in the tree.
But he quickly regained his composure.
Reality didn't allow him the luxury of distraction.
He made a "quiet" gesture toward Yun Xiaoxiao.
The next second, several sets of footsteps approached.
"Where is he?"
"He was just here, how did he suddenly disappear?"
"Everyone be careful, he's no ordinary person. He once single-handedly wiped out an entire Southeast Asian drug trafficking ring that had infiltrated our country."
"Right, otherwise he wouldn't have been exceptionally promoted to become the youngest commander of the armed forces."
"We must find him, he just killed many of our brothers! This revenge must be taken!"
The group below carefully moved forward.
As they passed the tree and walked about ten meters ahead, the man beside Yun Xiaoxiao grabbed the rope with one hand and his gun with the other, quickly sliding down toward the ground.
As he slid, he fired at the group ahead.
His movements were agile, his marksmanship extraordinary.
He caught them completely off guard.
In just a few seconds, they were all shot in vital spots.
Even Yun Xiaoxiao couldn't help but be amazed.
His shooting was incredibly precise!
However, the opponents were numerous, and two of them managed to react in time.
They immediately opened fire on Bai Hongting.
He rolled on the ground, dodging one bullet but taking another in the abdomen.
He had already been wounded; otherwise, Yun Xiaoxiao believed he could have dodged both bullets.
Even in such a critical moment, he endured the intense pain and calmly fired at the two men.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two bullets perfectly struck their vital points.
With everyone down, Bai Hongting remained vigilant.
He dragged his bleeding body forward, delivering a finishing blow to each person.
Only then did he sit down with relief.
He suddenly produced bandages, alcohol, cotton balls, tweezers, and other items, beginning to treat his wounds himself.
He even managed to extract the bullet embedded in his flesh.
Throughout the process, though sweating profusely from pain, he didn't make a single sound.
The scene reminded Yun Xiaoxiao of Lu Chen treating his own wounds.
But this man, compared to Lu Chen, possessed an additional measure of maturity and steadiness, along with that unmistakable powerful presence.
After finishing with the bandages, Bai Hongting finally let out a heavy sigh.
He looked up toward the tree.
"Little girl, had enough of watching the show? Aren't you coming down?"
Yun Xiaoxiao licked her lollipop, kept it in her mouth, then grabbed a vine and swung down, landing easily on the ground.
Just as she steadied herself, a zombie cow came charging through.
Bai Hongting reacted quickly, raising his gun and killing the approaching zombie cow.
Perhaps the movement pulled at his wound, as his thick eyebrows twitched slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.
Yun Xiaoxiao withdrew her hand that was about to reach out, and pressed her lips together as she looked at Bai Hongting.
"Thanks, mister."
"You're welcome. Thank you too for not giving away my position earlier."
"Ha, then we're even, nobody owes anybody. I'm off, bye-bye~"
Yun Xiaoxiao walked away on her short legs, waving her small hand as she headed back in the direction she came from.
Bai Hongting's eyebrows twitched, and for some reason, he felt a strange familiarity about this little girl.
As he was thinking, he saw that Yun Xiaoxiao, who had already left, suddenly returned.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Just run, that's all!"
As Yun Xiaoxiao said this, she was running at full speed, showing no intention of stopping.
Bai Hongting turned his head to look in that direction and saw a dense horde of zombie cattle and sheep swarming toward them.
The numbers were absolutely terrifying!
