Chapter 1 The Candy House Adventure

The story of "The Candy House Adventure" is very simple. Hans and Gretel are the children of a poor woodcutter.

After the woodcutter married his second wife, the stepmother, using the excuse of "family poverty," persuaded her husband to abandon the children in the forest, leaving them to starve to death.

The two children, abandoned in the forest, initially used pebbles as markers to return home, but the second time, the breadcrumbs they used as markers were eaten by birds. They were trapped in the forest and stumbled upon a witch's candy house.

After a series of clever struggles, they eliminated the witch and returned home. Just then, the stepmother died of illness, and the family reunited happily.

In fact, the original fairy tale's core is quite dark and cruel, and some plots are terrifying to think about. However, in this modified fairy tale world, "The Candy House Adventure" has been altered beyond recognition.

"Your son and daughter were kidnapped by them?"

Li Ang asked, "What's going on?"

"While I was building a factory in Antimony Town, I moved my family here. It's a villa, on the highlands east of the town."

Carpenter Hornburg clenched his teeth, his fingers in a fist, and said, "To prevent their intrusion, I specifically hired a group of security personnel to guard the residence.

Unexpectedly, yesterday evening, these people took advantage of my wife taking the children for a picnic on the lawn behind the villa, sneaking out of the woodland and abducting my two children.

I formed a team overnight and brought people to chase after them, finally blocking them in this camp."

Li Ang raised an eyebrow. "Just this many people? Didn't call for official support? Searched all day to find them?"

"Called for support."

The paper mill owner said helplessly, "But this group of people seems to have some kind of strange special ability that allows them to hide in the forest. Even if people walk straight through the forest, they can't find them.

Now the other search and rescue teams are probably still in other parts of this vast and deep mountain."

He didn't finish the second half of the sentence. In fact, the leader of the Sons of the Forest is a registered old witch, a natural spellcaster with considerable strength.

Moreover, that witch seems to come from a secret organization with a long history, some of whose members are already in high positions and hold important positions in various places—this is probably why the Sons of the Forest have been jumping around for so many years without dying.

However, many of the Sons of the Forest standing here were youths who were lured away from Antimony Town (the local workers were hesitant just now because they were unwilling to kill their own children and nephews).

It's not all the members.

More Sons of the Forest, that witch, and Carpenter Hornburg's abducted children have not yet appeared.

Li Ang nodded and turned to look at the member of the Sons of the Forest, "So, where are this gentleman's son and daughter now?"

""

The girl was silent for a moment. As proud as she was when she stood up to argue, the more she wanted to play dumb now. "This, I'm not too sure.

Uh, maybe you guys can wait here for a while.

We Sons of the Forest are definitely not the kind of unscrupulous villains. I believe that both sides can communicate and negotiate in a civilized and harmonious manner, eliminate differences, and reach a consensus..."

Before the girl could finish her stuttering narrative, a low, hoarse voice came from deep in the forest, "Dear Mr. Hornburg, please don't be nervous. Hans and Gretel are both safe."

The paper mill owner's eyes widened instantly, glaring at the forest.

This voice is the leader of the Sons of the Forest, that crazy old witch!

Old Dorothy!

In the dense forest, an old, decaying woman slowly walked out. She was wearing a heavy coat woven from moss, with a wreath of colorful flowers on her head.

She carried a pale brown wooden staff under her right arm, and many unnamed birds stood on both shoulders—

One of the eagles seemed to be suffering from severe sleep deprivation, almost with the words "This is an eagle that is about to be熬死 (áo sǐ, be熬dead from exhaustion)" marked on its head.

Such a traditional and diverse styling and dressing indeed has the temperament of a forest witch, but the most striking thing is the two children who are holding her hands and walking forward slowly.

The two children are wearing the same clothes as the Sons of the Forest, and in appearance, they do have some resemblance to Carpenter Hornburg.

Seeing the children in an instant, Carpenter shouted in great surprise, "Hans! Gretel! That's great!"

The two children, in appearance, do have some resemblance to Carpenter Hornburg,

It's just that they are wearing the same clothes as the Sons of the Forest, with stern faces, their expressions suppressed and silent, not like children, but like prisoners on death row with deep-seated hatred, or philosophers.

Seeing that his children's faces were painted with oil paint, and their mental state was obviously wrong,

Carpenter Hornburg roared at the witch in uncontrollable anger, "Let go of their hands, you damned witch! You abducted my children, what did you do to them?!"

He subconsciously rushed forward. Without Li Ang stopping him, the surrounding lumberjacks firmly grabbed him.

"I didn't do anything."

The old witch said calmly, "I didn't cast a spell to change your children's minds, nor did I give them any bewitching soup. They voluntarily joined the Sons of the Forest.

To be precise, I didn't abduct them either. Yesterday afternoon, your wife was negligent in taking care of the children, and let them enter the bushes behind the villa by themselves.

If I hadn't happened to pass by there, they should have been eaten by fierce lynxes by now.

When I rescued these two children, they were already seriously injured. I had no choice but to take them to the camp for treatment.

Before I could return the children or explain, you had already assembled a massive search and rescue team,

Shouting and killing us Sons of the Forest.

I have to say, this is all a misunderstanding..."

Carpenter Hornburg didn't hear clearly what the other party was saying. He squatted down a little and opened his hands forward: "For the sake of Her Majesty the Queen, my children, you are still alive, that's great, come to Daddy!"

However, the two children didn't seem to appreciate it. Not only did they not shake off the forest witch's hands and rush to their father, but they angrily rebuked, "Please don't call us that, you cold-blooded and ruthless forest butcher!

We are ashamed to use the Hornburg surname, the bloodline inheritance that makes paper companies, and have decided to use a new name to commemorate our rebirth! To draw a line with the past eight years of life."

The little boy frowned and said seriously, "You can call me Forest Fairy Billy."

The little girl picked up the conversation, "You can call me Forest Elf Van."

Then, the two said in unison, "We will fight for the forest until death!"