W Chapter 91
by VolareChapter 91: Chapter 91 Four-in-One
The three people and a dog were quietly picking chestnuts. Wu Xue had several chestnuts in its mouth and ran to its little basket to spit them in.
The area they had previously cleared was already clean, so it moved forward a bit.
Remembering what Shen Hui had said about not getting too close to the bushes, it kept a distance from them.
Wu Xue, who was sniffing for chestnuts with its head down, touched a chestnut with its nose but didn’t bite it.
Instead, it suddenly looked up and barked at the bushes, “Woof! Woof!”
All three heard the sound. Ling Xing, who was closer, asked, “What’s wrong, Wu Xue?”
Wu Xue didn’t look at Ling Xing, it kept barking at the bushes.
The three sensed something was wrong and retreated.
Shen Hui shouted, “Wu Xue, come back!”
While shouting, he ran towards Ling Xing, he wouldn’t feel at ease until he protected him.
Hearing the command, Wu Xue suppressed its instinct and retreated. Shen Gui picked up Wu Xue’s little basket.
He didn’t know what was behind the bushes, but the more unknown it was, the more frightening.
“Wu Xue, come here quickly, let’s go home.”
Shen Gui waved to Wu Xue and looked worriedly at Shen Hui and Ling Xing, “Second Brother! Eldest Brother-in-law! Come over here quickly!”
“Coming!”
Ling Xing replied and turned to see Shen Hui reaching out his hand to him.
“No time to find a branch, take my hand and let’s go.”
Before Ling Xing could move, the quiet Wu Xue suddenly barked again.
And Shen Hui also sensed something was wrong behind the bushes.
The rustling sound was quick, as if some animal was running fast.
Shen Hui grabbed Ling Xing’s hand and was about to retreat when several snakes appeared in mid-air.
They were being thrown over.
The distance was perfectly controlled, landing directly on Ling Xing’s body.
Ling Xing only felt a weight on his body. Just as he was about to turn his head to look, he heard Shen Hui say, “Don’t move.”
Shen Hui’s pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately recognized what kind of snake it was.
Big head, triangular, pointed snout, with black-brown checkered patterns on its back, and not hibernating at this time, it could only be a Deinagkistrodon acutus.
This snake was extremely venomous, but Shen Hui knew where they were distributed. This chestnut forest had never had them before.
And it was flying through the air, someone must have thrown it.
Shen Hui thought of the footprints he had just seen, in a flash, many pictures flashed in his mind.
There were a total of three Deinagkistrodon acutus, one of which landed on Ling Xing, and the other two were slithering around their feet.
Not far away, Shen Gui was frightened, covering his mouth, not daring to make a sound or move, for fear of disturbing the snakes and causing them to bite Ling Xing and Shen Hui.
Wu Xue sensed the threat, lowered its front body, and let out a low growl that was hard to hear from its throat, staring intently ahead, ready to strike at any moment.
Ling Xing was afraid of snakes. He saw the snakes slithering on the ground and guessed that there was one on his body.
He was so scared that his soul almost left his body, his body was stiff and numb, his mind was blank, and he could barely stand.
The snake was winding and slithering on his body, smelling fishy and cold. Ling Xing only felt cold all over, opened his mouth, but couldn’t even make a sound.
Shen Hui held Ling Xing’s hand, his palm was wet with sweat.
Tension and fear enveloped him.
He was afraid that the balance at this moment would be broken, afraid of startling the three snakes and causing them to bite Ling Xing.
He was scared to death, his fingertips were trembling.
He didn’t dare to act rashly, even a slightly louder wind would make his heart beat faster.
Sensing Ling Xing’s fear, he gently squeezed his hand, silently saying, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”
Ling Xing could understand the simple lip language.
But he was too scared, his vision was a little blurry, unable to concentrate.
The two snakes on the ground, perhaps discovering that there was one on Ling Xing’s body, were also climbing towards him.
Ling Xing felt an unusual touch on his shoes, so scared that tears were welling up in his eyes, but he desperately held back from crying out loud.
Afraid that tears would fall and startle the snakes.
Shen Hui frowned and quickly thought about what to do.
In the stalemate, something else flew from the bushes towards them.
As soon as it landed, it would surely startle the three snakes, causing them to bite.
In an instant, Shen Hui let go of Ling Xing’s hand, wrapped his left arm around his waist, and with his right hand, grabbed the snake from Ling Xing’s body, breaking it in two.
At the same time, he stepped on the two snakes climbing on Ling Xing, one with each foot. With his left hand, he forcefully lifted Ling Xing into the air and threw him backwards, using his own body to shield him completely.
The two snakes that were stepped on were at different heights. One of them was climbing slowly, and its body was crushed when Shen Hui stepped on it, and it died instantly.
The other had its tail stepped on and did not suffer a fatal injury. The front of its body was too long, and in a moment of pain, it twisted back, opening its mouth to bite.
Shen Hui was strong and threw Ling Xing back in time, the snake failed to bite Ling Xing, and turned to bite Shen Hui’s calf.
Shen Hui’s brow furrowed instantly.
He quickly looked at Ling Xing, only glanced once and turned back.
The pain did not make Shen Hui release the foot that was stepping on the snake’s tail. He was afraid that if he let go, the snake would attack randomly. Ling Xing was closest to him, and he didn’t dare to gamble.
Since he had already been bitten, Shen Hui had no more worries.
He bent down, pinched the snake’s head, and lifted the snake up.
Shen Hui’s movements were too fast before, Ling Xing’s head was dizzy from being thrown.
When he came back to his senses, he saw Shen Hui holding a snake in his hand, the snake’s tail was rotten and dripping with blood, the snake’s body was twisting frantically, trying to break free.
He was too scared to look at the snake, and said in a trembling voice, “Second Brother, throw it away quickly, be careful not to get bitten!”
Shen Hui smiled softly to reassure him, “It’s okay, I’m strong, it can’t break free.”
“Brother-in-law, go back with Fourth Brother quickly, otherwise I won’t feel at ease.”
Ling Xing was slightly stunned, why were they leaving first? Shouldn’t they go back together?
“What about you? Why aren’t you going together?”
Shen Hui stared at Ling Xing, taking in the worry on his face.
He smiled slightly, “Okay, then stand further away, I’ll finish dealing with things, and we’ll go together.”
Ling Xing always felt that something was wrong with Shen Hui, but he couldn’t put his finger on it, so he nodded and obediently walked away.
When he was far enough away, Shen Hui was relieved and told Shen Gui and Wu Xue to protect Ling Xing well.
One person and one dog responded, Shen Hui, holding the Deinagkistrodon acutus that was still struggling violently, walked towards the bushes.
The thing that had just fallen was a chestnut.
There was not only someone in the bushes, but someone who was targeting them.
Shen Hui guessed who was hiding in the bushes, his dark eyes were cold, and there was no smile on his face, only intense killing intent.
Chu Tiand was shrinking in the bushes, covering his mouth and nose with his hands, not daring to breathe loudly.
Last year, in order to evade the search by government soldiers, he had to flee into the deep mountains.
Fortunately, he had a big life and survived here, without being eaten as food by wild animals.
He originally wanted to hide for a few days and then go down the mountain to flee, but after going down the mountain, he found that the Zhao brothers had both been arrested, and he also heard people in the village say that the older brother of the child he had injured was acquainted with the county magistrate.
He was so scared that he ran back to the mountain again.
If he knew the county magistrate, he would definitely not let him go.
He was wanted, and couldn’t even leave the county seat, going down the mountain would definitely be caught.
That person knew the county magistrate, maybe to avenge his younger brother, he would want his life!
The more Chu Tiand thought about it, the more scared he became, so he simply lived in the deep mountains.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t encountered wild animals, but he was good at hiding. He also carried cleaned meat with him, without any bloody smell, if he really couldn’t run away, he would throw the meat out to divert attention.
As time went on, he also learned some good throwing skills.
Recently, he had taken a fancy to a cave, warm in winter and cool in summer, with mountain springs and fruit trees nearby.
It was all good, except for a bear.
He definitely couldn’t kill the bear, so he thought of a way, to use poison.
But he didn’t recognize herbs, let alone make poison.
Even if he made it all, he still had to find a way to get the poison into the bear’s body.
And he had no way to get close to the bear, and didn’t have the strength to make poison arrows to shoot it.
Finally, he thought of the method of throwing venomous snakes to bite the bear.
He cautiously caught snakes, afraid that one would not be enough to kill it, so he stopped after catching three.
Passing by the chestnut forest, he picked up some chestnuts to take back and eat.
Unexpectedly, someone would come!
Afraid of being seen, Chu Tiand crawled into the bushes to hide his figure.
After observing, he found that the people who came were from the Shen family!
And that “Ge’er” who knew the county magistrate!
Chu Tiand originally wanted to hide and let it go, but when he looked closely, he found that the clothes worn by the Shen family were better than before, even a dog lived better than him.
The resentment and injustice in his heart surged, and hatred gradually occupied his thoughts.
Why could they live so well? Be so happy?
Their smiles were too dazzling, it would be good if they could die.
Chu Tiand waited for an opportunity with these thoughts. Hoping that they would approach the bushes, and then find a way to push them off the cliff.
Unexpectedly, the three people and the dog were very vigilant.
Especially that dog, as soon as it approached the bushes, it smelled the scent and barked incessantly to warn them.
Chu Tiand thought that it would attract the three people to come and check, who knew they were so afraid of death, not only did they not come, but they wanted to leave.
Seeing that the people were about to leave, Chu Tiand didn’t have time to think carefully, and directly threw all three venomous snakes out.
Shen Gui’s position was far, he couldn’t throw it over there.
But he could throw it towards Shen Hui and Ling Xing.
Between the two, Chu Tiand subconsciously chose to throw it on Ling Xing.
He resented Ling Xing.
If it weren’t for Ling Xing knowing the county magistrate, he wouldn’t be afraid to go down the mountain.
On this mountain, he didn’t eat well or sleep well every day.
All of this was Ling Xing’s fault!
Shen Hui was also very close to the snake, Chu Tiand had calculated it well, throwing a chestnut to enrage the snake to bite, at such a close distance, both of them would be bitten.
If the remaining one person and one dog came over to check, he could push them off the cliff.
Finally, he would drag the bodies of Shen Hui and Ling Xing who were poisoned to death and throw them off the cliff, even if it was investigated here, it would only be judged that they were picking chestnuts and accidentally falling off the cliff.
Anyway, they couldn’t catch him.
The plan was well planned, who would have thought that Shen Hui would not even care about his own life to protect Ling Xing’s safety.
All the plans fell through, and even exposed his hiding place.
Chu Tiand had been living in the deep mountains for such a long time, his perception of danger was already very sharp.
As Shen Hui approached, he felt his hair stand on end, and his scalp tingle.
It was the same feeling he had once when he opened his eyes and saw a tiger sniffing him.
The fear of being bitten to death and eaten at any time, the fear of death.
Chu Tiand listened to the crackling sound of breaking branches, holding his breath, his nerves were tense.
“So you’re here.” Shen Hui said softly, “I found you.”
“Ah!!!!!!!!”
Chu Tiand was lifted out of the bushes. The old clothes on his body were already too dirty to look at.
Because he was so thin, the clothes weren’t small, but the arms and legs were obviously short.
His body was in the air, Chu Tiand’s legs were kicking desperately to struggle, his mouth was screaming non-stop.
Shen Hui was annoyed to hear it, and directly pressed the person to the ground, covering his mouth with his hand.
He stuffed the Deinagkistrodon acutus from his other hand directly into Chu Tiand’s clothes.
“Since you like it so much, get closer.” Shen Hui’s voice was cold, pressing Chu Tiand hard, not letting him break free.
The Deinagkistrodon acutus’s tail hurt a lot, and it went crazy in Chu Tiand’s clothes, biting back and forth.
Under the tattered clothes, the snake’s body was moving. Chu Tiand’s body was twisted and convulsing violently.
Pain! It hurts to death!
Bean-sized tears flowed from his fearful eyes. Chu Tiand’s mouth was covered, he couldn’t speak, only sobbing.
In a pair of eyes, besides fear, was full of resentment.
He wanted to kill everyone in the Shen family!!!
Shen Hui didn’t care about Chu Tiand’s vicious and resentful gaze, and the strength under his hand increased a lot, otherwise Chu Tiand would break free.
Chu Tiand gradually didn’t move, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his lips were dark, and his face gradually turned blue-purple.
The poison had taken effect.
Huge fear made Chu Tiand faint.
Shen Hui’s internal organs were twisted together in pain, he lost his strength and sat on the ground, his head was covered in sweat from the pain.
Footsteps came from behind, Shen Hui guessed that Ling Xing and the others saw Chu Tiand, so they ran over.
While he still had some strength, Shen Hui took out the Deinagkistrodon acutus from Chu Tiand’s arms and threw it off the cliff.
Preventing it from biting others.
“Second Brother!”
“Second Brother!”
“Woof woof!”
Before, Ling Xing and Shen Gui were watching from a distance, seeing Shen Hui suddenly lift a person out of the bushes.
That person was very thin, and he couldn’t see his face clearly.
But they all guessed who it was.
They thought that Shen Hui would bring the person over, but unexpectedly, he put the venomous snake in the person’s arms. The two were startled and ran over with Wu Xue.
Ling Xing was the fastest, he didn’t know why, but he always felt panicked in his heart.
Moreover, when he saw Shen Hui lift people up, he also felt that Shen Hui’s state was not quite right.
This was an intuition, he couldn’t say why.
The closer he got, the more panicked he became.
After approaching, Ling Xing looked down and saw the fabric of Shen Hui’s calf, there were two holes in it.
Black blood was seeping out.
Ling Xing’s heartbeat skipped a beat, and he jumped directly over, pressing his hands on Shen Hui’s calf.
“Second Brother, how did you get hurt? Did a branch in the bushes stab you? It’s okay, it’s okay. I’ll carry you back and help you apply medicine. You have a good body, after applying the medicine, you’ll definitely get better.”
The more Ling Xing said, the lower his voice became.
Shen Gui also saw the wound on Shen Hui’s calf.
His back stiffened, and he fell to the ground, daring not think about the consequences of being bitten by a Deinagkistrodon acutus.
He trembled and called out, “Second Brother…”
Shen Hui didn’t have the strength to turn his head to look at Shen Gui, only Ling Xing in front of him could hear his voice.
“Don’t cry.”
Shen Hui struggled to raise his hand and used his fingertip to wipe away Ling Xing’s tears.
The severe pain made Shen Hui’s voice tremble, and his breath became weaker and weaker.
He had a lot of things he wanted to say to Ling Xing, and also a lot of things he wanted to ask Ling Xing.
He wanted to say that he really liked him, he had liked him since very early.
He also wanted to ask Ling Xing what he felt about him, and whether he would be willing to be his husband.
But now there was no need to ask.
At this moment, Shen Hui was rejoicing.
Fortunately, Ling Xing didn’t respond to him last night.
Shen Hui stared at Ling Xing, his vision was blurred due to the poison, and he couldn’t see people clearly.
But he didn’t want to close his eyes, even if it was just an outline, he wanted to see it a little longer.
His fingertip could feel the wetness, Shen Hui’s internal organs were all aching.
Why was he crying like this? He would hurt his eyes if he cried like this.
He wanted to comfort Ling Xing more, to tell him not to cry anymore, but he didn’t have time.
Say something else.
But what else could he say?
He couldn’t express his feelings anymore.
And he didn’t want Ling Xing to forget him so quickly.
Shen Hui was unwilling, he gritted his teeth, his mouth was full of bloody smell.
His dark eyes were clouded with gloom, losing their light, almost obsessively asking, “Can I call you Xing Xing?”
No longer calling him “Brother-in-law” in a proper manner, not calling him the distant Ling Ge’er, nor the Xing Ge’er that relatives and friends would call.
But calling him Xing Xing.
With tender love, Xing Xing.
Blood overflowed from the corner of Shen Hui’s mouth, he raised his head stubbornly waiting for a response.
Ling Xing’s vision was blurry from crying.
In order to see Shen Hui clearly, he desperately held back his tears. He wiped his tears hard with his other hand, and nodded repeatedly.
“You can, you can call me whatever you want. Brother-in-law is okay, Ling Xing is okay, Xing Ge’er is okay, Xing Xing is also okay.”
Shen Hui’s strength was getting smaller and smaller, his hand was falling down.
Ling Xing sobbed and grabbed his wrist, putting his face in his palm, crying and saying, “When two people love each other, some call each other “babe”. Shen Hui, no one has ever called me that, I like to be called that. When your injury is healed, can you call me “babe”? Okay?”
He agreed to my excessive request, accepted my love. The corner of Shen Hui’s lips turned up slightly, his Adam’s apple moved slightly, but he couldn’t make a sound.
A hoarse sound came from his throat, Shen Hui’s eyes were staring at Ling Xing, wanting to see a little longer.
Ling Xing’s tears dripped on Shen Hui’s face, he cried and wiped it with his sleeve.
His red eyes saw Shen Hui’s last lip language clearly.
“I’m sorry.”
The stubbornness in his dark eyes disappeared, Shen Hui’s breathing, the rise and fall of his chest, were slowly stopping.
Ling Xing screamed, “No!”
Shen Gui also crawled over, crying his eyes out, calling out “Second Brother.”
After Ling Xing shouted, his movements were faster than his brain. Subconsciously, he pressed on Shen Hui’s heart, performing CPR.
Shen Gui, who was on the side, saw him blowing air into Shen Hui’s mouth, and didn’t know how to react for a moment.
Ling Xing had no way to explain and couldn’t care about anything else.
He knew that what he was doing was useless, but this was the only thing he could do so far.
He didn’t know how long it had been, Shen Gui said in a hoarse voice, “Brother-in-law, stop.”
Later, he guessed that this excessive and presumptuous behavior was to save people.
But after so long, his Second Brother still didn’t react.
Brother-in-law was also visibly exhausted.
It should be useless.
“I’ll carry Second Brother down the mountain, Brother-in-law take Wu Xue, follow me and don’t go far.”
Shen Gui tried his best to calm himself down, his Second Brother cared most about Brother-in-law, he couldn’t let Brother-in-law have an accident.
Ling Xing’s arm was a little weak, his heart was aching terribly, he lay on Shen Hui’s body, crying and twitching.
He really wanted to call Shen Hui to wake up, but all that came out of his mouth was a painful and uncontrollable cry. It seemed that only by venting his emotions could he avoid losing consciousness from heartbreak.
Wu Xue walked back and forth around Shen Hui, after whimpering twice, it suddenly barked non-stop at the empty space.
Because Wu Xue kept barking, Ling Xing and Shen Gui were pulled back a little from their painful emotions.
Ling Xing looked in the direction Wu Xue was barking, there was nothing there.
And in the next instant, Ling Xing felt a beating in the palm of his hand that he placed on Shen Hui’s heart.
He lowered his head sharply, his ear against Shen Hui’s heart.
Thump, thump, thump——
Ling Xing smiled and shed tears, and hurriedly raised his head and said to Shen Gui, “He still has a heartbeat! Quickly go down the mountain to find a doctor!”
Shen Gui couldn’t believe it. The reason why Deinagkistrodon acutus was called Deinagkistrodon acutus was because of its extremely strong toxicity.
After a person was bitten, it only took five steps for the poison to spread and die.
That his Second Brother could hold on for so long was already a miracle.
How could he come back to life?
Shen Gui didn’t quite believe it, but his heart was full of expectation.
He also lay on Shen Hui’s chest to listen, it was really the sound of a heartbeat!
That’s great!
“I’ll carry Second Brother down the mountain now!”
When Shen Gui was about to carry Shen Hui on his back, he saw Chu Tiand lying on the ground, his lips purple, his face cyan-black, and blood flowing from his mouth and nose.
Like his Second Brother, he had been poisoned by the Deinagkistrodon acutus, and it looked like the poison had taken effect.
This was his wife’s first child.
Shen Gui frowned, quickly listened to his chest, and checked his breath.
He was out of breath, the person was dead.
After confirming, Shen Gui didn’t waste any more time, carried Shen Hui on his back and ran towards the foot of the mountain.
Ling Xing chased after him with Wu Xue. Because he was moving fast and had been frightened, Ling Xing was a little unsteady, and fell several times along the way, his face and body were covered with abrasions.
The three people and the dog arrived home, and the Shen family was in chaos.
Fortunately, Shen Chengshan and Xu Youfang had been through things and quickly calmed down.
The family had said before that they would raise horses, but they had never bought them. Now they were going to see a doctor, and they also had to go to the village chief’s house to borrow an ox cart.
Going to town by ox cart was not as fast as carrying someone on their backs and taking the small road to town.
In the end, it was decided that Shen Chengshan, Shen Gui, and Zhao Changming would carry Shen Hui on their backs and run along the shortcut in the mountains to town.
Shen Yan had to take care of the children, and Cao Manyue also had to take care of Xiao Chun and Xiao Xia, so they stayed at home to watch the house.
Ling Yue and Xu Youfang went together, and Wu Xue followed behind, very vigilant along the way, afraid that something would suddenly jump out.
When they arrived at the largest medical clinic in the town, the doctor took one look and said that they had to go to the county seat.
There were carriage and horse shops in the county seat. The Shen family rented two carriages and went to the medical clinic in the county seat as quickly as possible.
The nearest medical clinic was the Ginkgo Medical Clinic where Shen Lai was studying medicine.
Doctor Pei was praised by Lin Qingyu, comparable to an imperial physician. Ling Xing also felt that he was the kind of person who was capable but hidden it and didn’t show it.
Yunshui County was probably unable to find a second person with better medical skills than Doctor Pei, Ling Xing told the coachman to go directly to the Ginkgo Medical Clinic.
Shen Lai was following Doctor Pei to learn acupuncture. His acupuncture skills were getting more and more difficult, and his master was becoming more and more strict.
Although he had been quite strict before.
But this time, his master cared especially about what he was learning, and didn’t allow him to make even a small mistake.
If he made a mistake, he would be punished with a suspended needle for four hours.
He had deviated from the acupoint a little today, and was being punished for holding the needle in mid-air, not letting his arm shake.
Outside, Xinyi suddenly rushed in, panting out of breath, “It’s bad, boss! Your Second Brother was bitten by a Deinagkistrodon acutus, the master told me to ask you to help!”
Shen Lai’s heart shuddered when he heard this, and he ran out with the needle in his hand.
Deinagkistrodon acutus, that was extremely venomous!
No matter where his Second Brother was bitten, would he still be alive when he came to the medical clinic now?
There was a screen to separate the lobby of the medical clinic. The Shen family and Wu Xue were all outside the screen.
Shen Hui was lying on the wooden bed, he was tall and occupied the wooden bed completely, his legs were stretched out a lot.
Doctor Pei asked X