At the foot of the mountain, a group of people appeared somewhat anxious. A full half hour had passed since their agreed-upon time. Each person's face betrayed a degree of anxiety.
Li Hu kept stomping his feet on the ground, as if that would warm him up a little.
As he stamped his feet, he couldn't help but ask Tian Hui, who was standing to the side, "Brother Hui, do you think that girl might not come? It's getting colder and colder. If she doesn't come soon, we'll really freeze!"
As he spoke, he unconsciously shrank his neck, clearly finding the cold weather unbearable. He had been dressed far too lightly when he went out that day.
However, before Li Hu could even finish speaking, or even before Tian Hui could respond, Li Chengjun, who was leaning against a tree, coldly said, "What's the rush? They'll come when they're meant to."
His tone was flat, but there was a hint of impatience in it.
Upon hearing this, Li Hu felt a pang of anxiety and instantly sensed something was off about Li Chengjun's voice.
He quickly shook his head vigorously and said with a forced smile, "No... I'm not in a hurry, hehe... I was just asking casually."
After saying that, he glanced at Li Chengjun again and muttered to himself: What's wrong with Brother Jun today? He usually doesn't need to get involved in such trivial matters, but today, not only did Tian Hui come along, but Li Chengjun also came, and in such cold weather, instead of sleeping in the house, he insisted on coming to this desolate place to enjoy the cold wind. It's really hard to understand.
Thinking of this, Li Hu couldn't help but shudder. He thought it best not to say anything and cause trouble, and just wait for the girl to arrive.
As if suddenly startled by something, Li Chengjun abruptly straightened up, his neck craning upwards like a giraffe's, his eyes fixed on the mountain, muttering to himself with a face full of doubt, "She went into the mountain by herself? How is that possible!"
Tian Hui, who was still lost in his own thoughts, didn't hear any unusual noises from the mountain. He casually replied, "Probably not. Hu Zi said that the girl is going to take us into the mountain with her."
After saying that, he gently shook his head, his eyes filled with a hint of mockery as he looked at Li Chengjun. Brother Jun was hallucinating from thinking so much about Xia Wan.
Seeing this, Li Hu quickly nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right, she said she would take us into the mountains together. Besides, how could a young girl like her have the courage to go up the mountain alone?"
Even so, Li Chengjun still had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Li Chengjun's eyes narrowed slightly, locking onto the approaching figure on the mountain like a cheetah about to pounce.
The figure was carrying a large, dark object on its shoulder, which looked quite heavy.
As they drew closer, the strange feeling in Li Chengjun's heart grew stronger. Although reason told him that it was unlikely for a young girl to carry such a heavy thing alone, his intuition made him firmly believe that the person was Xia Wan.
However, just as he was hesitating, Xia Wan had already walked down the mountain without any scruples and made no attempt to hide her whereabouts.
It wasn't until Xia Wan was almost at their feet that the others belatedly noticed her.
Li Chengjun and Tian Hui originally thought that Xia Wan only had a little bit of martial arts skills. They didn't know that Xia Wan was so strong that she could carry a wild boar weighing more than 500 pounds.
Just as Xia Wan was not far from them, no one else around could see clearly who was carrying the wild boar. Only Li Chengjun, with his keen eyesight, was the first to recognize the person.
Li Chengjun shouted to his underlings, "Quick! Go help catch it!"
Before he finished speaking, he dashed out like an arrow, arriving at Xia Wan's side in the blink of an eye. Then, he stretched out his hands, as if to take the heavy wild boar from Xia Wan's shoulders.
"Come on, give me this wild boar," Li Chengjun said eagerly.
At this moment, Xia Wan was carrying a huge wild boar and could hardly lift her head, but when she heard the person next to her speaking, she felt that the voice seemed somewhat familiar.
However, since her attention was entirely focused on the wild boar in her hand, she subconsciously assumed that this person was a partner who had come with Tian Hui to meet her.
"No need to trouble yourself, just hang in there a little longer and we'll be there soon." Xia Wan replied casually, her steps not faltering as she continued steadily down the mountain.
It's not that she's afraid of troubling others, but rather that she's afraid of troubling herself. Right now, if she throws the wild boar on the ground, even the man next to her might not be able to lift it, and she'll have to do it twice.
On the other side, Tian Hui and the others all looked up, staring intently at Xia Wan, who was carrying the wild boar alone.
They stared in disbelief, speechless for a long time, their mouths agape as if they could fit an egg inside.
Li Chengjun shouted, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and push the car over here!"
They came by pushing a cart this time, worried that they would make too much noise, so the cattle were parked on the main road, quite far from the village.
His shout finally brought Tian Hui and the others back to their senses.
Li Hu quickly pushed the cart over: "Here...here...here! You're really amazing, girl, you're so strong."
They were still a little dazed. Was this a woman? Even they, as grown men, might not be able to carry this wild boar.
One summer evening, a girl carried a wild boar down the mountain on her back—it was unbelievable!
After Xia Wan laboriously lifted the huge, glossy black wild boar onto the cart, she let out a long sigh of relief: "Phew... thankfully, I arrived early. I saw that none of you had arrived yet, and I thought I couldn't just wait around, so I gritted my teeth and got it off myself."
Honestly, this wild boar is incredibly heavy!
You have to understand, even if Xia Wan is as strong as an ox, carrying this behemoth down the mountain still exhausted her. Right now, her chest is still heaving and she is panting heavily.
Just then, two voices rang out almost simultaneously.
Li Chengjun's tone was full of helplessness, but also revealed a hint of annoyance: "How could a young girl like you go up the mountain alone? It's so dangerous! Didn't you know to wait for someone?"
Another voice came from someone nearby, filled with shock, their voice even trembling slightly with astonishment: "Girl, you're practically born with superhuman strength! Did you hunt that wild boar?"
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