Tian Cai has been thinking about Old Man Shi's illness these days. He has read many medical books and studied acupuncture, but he still has no clue.

When Xiao Liang came, Tian Cai asked him to take a message to Commander Yu and help find out Hong Siqing's address. After all, their relationship was no secret. Although he had only taught her for more than two months, they were still master and apprentice. She wanted to do something to at least make his situation better.

After Tian Cai prepared the medicine powder, she went up the mountain with the backpack on her back. She didn't bring Mimi with her. The little guy might have been very constipated some time ago. Now he runs to the mountains early every morning and doesn't come back until Tian Cai goes to bed. Sometimes he can't even wait until morning and runs away again when he sees Tian Cai fall asleep.

Like a scumbag who deceives his wife.

Tian Cai was too lazy to care about it. After all, lynxes originally belonged to the mountains. They would have no worries about food and water in the mountains. Maybe they would even bring a wife back in a few years. Then he would have a group of little cats at home!

She equipped herself fully and went up the mountain carrying a bamboo basket.

Tian Cai didn't have any specific destination. She walked slowly along the way. She picked some medicinal herbs that were in short supply at home, picked some wild fruits to taste, and even picked some beautiful wild flowers to play with for a while. She then chatted with the villagers she met. It took her a long time to climb over the two hills.

Tian Cai dug out a Andrographis paniculata, shook off the dirt on it, and threw it into the bamboo basket behind her. Just as she was about to move forward, she heard a faint cry for help. She subconsciously stopped what she was doing and listened carefully.

"don't want……"

"I beg you... let me go..."

“…Give me money…”

“Woo…”

Tian Cai's face turned serious and he hurried to the place where the sound came from.

After leaving the forest, the shouting became louder and the man's scolding could be heard clearly.

"You slutty bitch, you just wanted to seduce me, and now you're pretending to be a chaste heroine!"

"Spread your legs and serve me well. Only then will I show you mercy and save you from suffering!"

"You can scream all you want. In this mountain, no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out. Hahaha!"

Then there was a sound of cloth tearing, mixed with a woman's scream.

"don't want--"

Tian Cai increased his speed to the maximum and approached silently.

Qiu Xiaohuan's terrified voice instead fueled Zheng Wang's bestiality. He let out a disgusting and obscene laugh, and his hands slid across Qiu Xiaohuan's fair skin, trying to remove the last bit of cloth covering her chest.

"I'm an educated youth who went to the countryside. You can't treat me like this. The team leader will definitely stand up for me. You're being a hooligan and you should be shot!

Seeing that shouting was useless, Qiu Xiaohuan forced herself to calm down and began to analyze with Zheng Wang the harm of forcing herself, even using the threat of execution to scare him. It's not that she didn't try to struggle, but she was already injured. Women are naturally at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and she couldn't break free from Zheng Wang's control at all.

"Go ahead and sue!" Zheng Wang couldn't hear a thing at this moment. All he could think about was the half-covered big white rabbits in front of him and the girl's snow-white skin. She wore the same gray clothes as the villagers, but she always managed to dress in a particularly seductive way. The more he thought about it, the more he felt a surge of hot blood rushing to his lower body. He just wanted to pin the girl to the ground and have fun with her.

Thinking of this, his hands became even more aggressive and directly attached to Qiu Xiaohuan's chest.

Qiu Xiaohuan was so scared that she closed her eyes and opened her mouth to scream.

"ah--"

As soon as she shouted, she felt Zheng Wang's body shake, and then his body, which emitted a faint strange smell, covered her. With a bang, Qiu Xiaohuan felt nauseous and a strong despair surged in her heart.

"ah--"

"It's so noisy, stop shouting."

Suddenly, a cold female voice was heard, which scared Qiu Xiaohuan so much that she opened her eyes immediately. When she saw the familiar person in front of her, tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

Although they don't have a good relationship normally, I feel safe looking at him now.

"Woo woo woo Tian Cai, woo woo——"

Seeing her crying pitifully, Tian Cai had no choice but to step forward and lift the unconscious Zheng Wang aside, helping her get up. He saw that Qiu Xiaohuan's clothes were torn, revealing large areas of skin. He took off his coat and covered her with it, then squatted down to check the wounds on her legs, which were all superficial.

"Okay, stop crying. Hurry up and put on your clothes and go down the mountain."

Fortunately, Tian Cai always wore a thin jacket over his short-sleeved shirt every time he went up the mountain, which made it convenient for Qiu Xiaohuan.

Qiu Xiaohuan couldn't help but hug Tian Cai and burst into tears in fear. Although Tian Cai was much smaller than her, he made her feel safe for no reason.

Tian Cai patted her shoulder gently and waited until the other person felt better before helping her put on her clothes. Qiu Xiaohuan's hands were shaking so badly that she couldn't put on her clothes by herself.

With red eyes, she looked at Zheng Wang lying on the ground and said, "Then he..."

"Leave it to me."

Tian Cai is not going to let this scum go easily this time. Zhang Defa was there when Tingting happened last time, so she couldn't be cruel to him. Now there are only three of them on the mountain, and I believe Qiu Xiaohuan doesn't want others to know even more than she does.

Qiu Xiaohuan knew that handing Zheng Wang over to Tian Cai was the best solution. Thinking of her own reputation, she couldn't help but bite her lip in worry and said hesitantly, "Then he——"

Tian Cai understood her thoughts and said without hesitation, "You haven't seen this person today, nor have you seen me. Do you understand?"

Qiu Xiaohuan was even more grateful, knowing that Tian Cai was doing this for her own good. If the villagers knew about this, even if Zheng Wang didn't do anything to her, they would say that the two of them were having an affair. They didn't care whether this was true or not, as long as it satisfied their desire to watch the fun.

By then, not to mention her feelings for Yan Xudong, even her reputation and future would be ruined.

Qiu Xiaohuan wiped the tears from her face and carefully stood up with the help of the stone beside her. Seeing how hard she was struggling, Tian Cai simply found a Y-shaped branch nearby, cut it into a simple crutch and handed it to her.

Then he turned around and squatted down, "Come up, I'll carry you back."

Qiu Xiaohuan's eyes were red again. She thought Tian Cai had become a crutch and didn't care about her anymore, but she didn't expect him to carry her on his back. Looking at the girl in front of her who was much thinner than herself, she said worriedly, "I, I'm a little..."

Tian Cai felt that she was talking too much nonsense, so he turned around, grabbed the person's arm and put it on his back, carried him up easily, and then walked back quickly.

On the way, she asked Qiu Xiaohuan about the approximate direction of the mountain and then headed straight there.

They didn't meet anyone along the way. Tian Cai dropped her off on a gentle slope near the village, not far from where she collected firewood. "Go back on your own with your crutches. Remember, you fell on your own. You didn't see me!"

Qiu Xiaohuan nodded, watched Tian Cai go back into the mountains, and then limped back on her crutches.

Tian Cai returned faster without any burden. When she returned to the mountain village, Zheng Wang had just woken up and was rubbing his neck with a gloomy look on his face.

He was originally scared when he just woke up. This proved that someone saw him intending to do something bad to the female educated youth. But then he thought again, the other party did not do anything to him, but only took away Qiu Zhiqing. Maybe they did not want to make a big deal out of it. For the sake of her reputation, the woman would definitely not dare to go out and tell anyone.