Chapter 168 Let's Go Watch the Show

Xia Wenwen licked her chapped lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes...we did encounter a wolf attack. I couldn't run anymore, so...I asked Brother Qin Yan to come back and report first..."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yan felt even more delighted than if he were listening to celestial music! His heart, which had been in his throat, finally settled back into his stomach.

Xia Qianqian looked at Xia Wenwen in disbelief. Had she lost her mind? How could she be helping Qin Yan cover up his lie?

She saw it clearly at the time, how hard Qin Yan kicked her, and Xia Wenwen's screams as she rolled towards the wolf king were still echoing in her ears. How could it suddenly become "Brother Qin Yan came back to report the news"?

Was this woman delirious from the fever, or...?

Xia Qianqian narrowed her eyes and looked at the two of them.

Xia Wenwen seemed to see through Qin Yan's relief, and added in a hoarse voice, "I was chased by wolves and fell into a cave, and then somehow a fire started. Brother Qin Yan, you won't despise me now that I'm like this, will you?"

Her voice trembled slightly at the end, sounding like she was aggrieved, but every word was a threat: I helped you cover up the lie, so you have to accept me as your fiancée who was "disfigured to save you"!

Qin Yan looked at Xia Wenwen's charred and twisted hand, and at the spiderweb-like blisters on her face, and felt a wave of nausea wash over him.

But he knew even better that he absolutely could not say "no" now. Xia Wenwen had just helped him cover up the lie of "encountering wolves." If he turned against her now, she could easily expose the truth about "kicking people to feed wolves"!

"How could that be?" Qin Yan immediately put on a sincere expression, holding Xia Wenwen's uninjured hand. "Wenwen, what are you saying! We are engaged, the betrothal gifts have already been given, even if you are burned to ashes, you will still belong to me, Qin Yan!"

These words were like a reassuring pill for Mr. Xia. Although he always felt there was something fishy about the matter, what could he say since his son-in-law had put it so bluntly?

As long as Wenwen can successfully marry into the Qin family, their Xia family can climb this high branch and have a chance to turn their fortunes around in the future!

Xia Qianqian stood with her arms crossed at the edge of the fire, taking in the whole scene of this "deeply affectionate" drama. She didn't say anything; she wanted to see if the two of them could continue their affectionate act later.

"Quick! Get Wenwen to the clinic first!" At the production team leader's command, several young men carried Xia Wenwen on a makeshift stretcher and hurried back to the village.

Qin Yan ran around anxiously the whole way, looking just like a loving husband who doted on his fiancée.

The village's barefoot doctor had already been summoned, and the brightest kerosene lamp was lit in the clinic. He carefully cut open Xia Wenwen's scorched sleeve, and when he saw her hand curled up like a chicken claw, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Doctor! Is there any hope for Wenwen's hand? What about her face?" Mr. Xia was sweating profusely with anxiety.

The barefoot doctor ignored him and first used saline solution to wash away the soot and pus from Xia Wenwen's face. When he saw her face covered in blisters and with peeling skin, he frowned and sighed.

“This hand will definitely be permanently disabled. As for the face…” He shook his head, “the scars on the face will probably never go away.”

"What?!" Xia Wenwen's nerves, which had been somewhat numb due to the pain, were instantly jolted awake by these words.

She had no idea what her face looked like; all she felt was a burning pain on her face.

"Mirror! Give me a mirror!" she suddenly screamed like a madwoman, her voice hoarse and broken. "I need to see myself in a mirror! Give me a mirror!"

Mr. Xia quickly pressed her down: "Wenwen, don't get agitated, the doctor is still treating your wound..."

"Let me go! I want the mirror!" Xia Wenwen struggled desperately, grabbing the mirror from the bedside with her uninjured right hand.

"ah--!!!"

A piercing scream, so shrill it was almost inhuman, suddenly ripped through the night sky. Xia Qianqian's heart skipped a beat at the sudden scream. Lu Zheng reacted quickly, stretching out his long arm to pull her into his embrace, and swiftly covering her ears with his other hand, his brows furrowed as he looked into the room.

The mirror reflected a face ravaged by fire. The once delicate features were now twisted and deformed, and crisscrossing blisters and charred scars covered most of the face, like several ferocious centipedes crawling in the flesh.

It's not just a "scar"; it's utterly ruined!

"Xia Qianqian!!!"

Xia Wenwen slammed the mirror to the ground, shards flying everywhere. Her eyes were bloodshot as she stared intently at the doorway, as if she wanted to devour Xia Qianqian alive.

She felt as if her internal organs were tightly bound by poisonous vines, and the pain was so intense that she almost suffocated.

But she could only suppress this overwhelming hatred in her throat.

She has no evidence! If she shouts it out now, it's like handing the evidence to Xia Qianqian.

Xia Wenwen bit her lip hard until she tasted blood and could barely calm down.

She looked out the window at the deep night, the last glimmer of light in her eyes went out, leaving only a poisoned resentment.

She lost? No, as long as Qin Yan still acknowledges her as his fiancée, and as long as she can marry into the Qin family, she still has a chance to turn things around!

She'll swallow this insult for now!

But Xia Qianqian, you just wait!

Once I become the young mistress of the Qin family, I will repay you a thousandfold for the pain you have inflicted on me today!

I'll make you and that bastard in your belly grind your bones to dust! May you suffer a horrible death!

The hatred in Xia Wenwen's eyes surged, but her face remained as calm as a stagnant pool. As long as she had a breath left, she would never lose forever!

The wounds were finally treated, and layers of gauze wrapped around her charred hands and most of her face, making her look less horrifying. Qin Yan immediately put on his affectionate demeanor and reached out to help Xia Wenwen up.

Just then, a deafening roar of a car engine came into the village from afar.

Since they couldn't sleep tonight anyway, the villagers decided to go out and watch the excitement.

A moment later, someone came running back, panting, and rushed to the production team leader: "Team leader! It's a car from the provincial capital, parked at the village entrance!"

"People from the provincial capital have come?" The production team leader frowned deeply. Why would the provincial capital suddenly send people in the middle of the night?

He suddenly remembered that Lu Zheng got married not long ago, and even big shots from the provincial capital came to support him!

The production team leader's heart skipped a beat, and his gaze towards Qin Yan immediately warmed up: "Those people might be after you! Quick, let's go out and greet our distinguished guest!"

After saying that, he tried to pull Qin Yan outside.

Lu Zheng frowned slightly, leaned close to Xia Qianqian's ear and whispered, "Did you call these people from the provincial capital?"

Seeing that Lu Zheng had guessed it, Xia Qianqian leaned close to his ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Let's go see a show too."

Seeing that Xia Qianqian was keeping him in suspense, Lu Zheng stopped asking and smiled as he helped her walk out.