Chapter 232: Hold On
"Brother Cai! Without the pottery shards, how are we going to report to Brother Feng?"
Brother Cai slapped him and said, "Which is more important, the pottery shard or my life? If you don't want to get involved in this world, just say so! I'll send you off first!"
The younger brother covered his face and didn't dare to say anything. He ran over tremblingly, searched the guy named Bottle Cap on the ground for a long time, and took out a cloth bag.
Ping Gai was shot in the wrist. Although he looked reluctant, he did not dare to resist.
Brother Cai took the cloth bag, paused, and then gritted his teeth and handed it to Qin Yi.
"Brother! We have been busy here for several days and only got these two pieces. We would like to trouble you two to be merciful!"
Qin Yi opened the cloth bag and saw two pieces of pottery inside, one black and one purple.
"Okay! Since you are sincere, I won't make things difficult for you. Let's forget about it this time! Don't let me run into him again next time!"
Brother Cai held his other hand and said through gritted teeth:
"I dare not! Brother, I will stop now and leave the mountain! I will never be a nuisance to you two again!"
"Brother Cai! You..." The younger brother next to him seemed puzzled.
Brother Cai turned around and looked at the people around him, and said sternly:
"If you want to live with me, Ah Cai, come out of the mountain with me. If you want to continue to follow Brother Feng, go back on your own. I will never force you to stay!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
He probably knew what was going on. This time he failed to grab the pottery shards and even lost two pieces. It would be difficult to explain himself when he returned. It would be better for him to give up early and find other ways out.
The younger brothers behind him looked at each other and followed one after another. Two of them even picked up the fainted Songzi with a nervous look on their faces and wanted to take him away together.
Su Tong suddenly shouted at them: "Stop!"
The two men turned around, their faces filled with horror, as if they were about to cry. They looked at Songzi and considered whether they should just abandon him.
Su Tong walked forward and touched Songzi's waist, and sure enough, he took out several magazines.
After they had plundered everything, he said to them, "That's enough, let's go!"
The two men fled, dragging the pine nuts with them.
The two people called Bottle Cap on the other side had chosen to run in different directions.
There were some messy footprints and bloodstains on the snow, and after the chaos, there was no one there anymore.
Qin Yi looked back at Su Tong, with an ambiguous smile in his deep eyes.
After a while, he finally said:
"You hid it from me?"
Su Tong blushed and felt a little embarrassed.
Qin Yi held up her small chin with his hand, making it impossible for her to avoid his gaze, and said softly:
"Are there any other surprises that I don't know about?"
Su Tong looked at Qin Yi's scorching eyes and her face immediately turned red. "You, you never asked before!"
Qin Yi raised his head, let out a short and joyful laugh, and whispered to himself:
"What a treasure God has sent me!"
Then, he rubbed Su Tong's head again and said softly:
"It's okay! Tell me when you want to talk! I won't force you!"
Su Tong blushed. Ever since she performed surgery on Ma Liu, she had never deliberately hidden herself in front of Qin Yi. However, some things really could not be explained in just a few words.
Seeing her blushing, Qin Yi laughed again, then reached out and took off the pistol and holster from his left waist and handed it to her.
"Sorry! If I had known you were such a good shot, I would have given you a gun! Use mine, it's better than that one!"
Su Tong waved his hands repeatedly, "I don't really need it, you can keep it for more use."
Qin Yi smiled and patted his lower back, saying:
"Don't worry! I have another one on my right!"
Su Tong then took it and hung it on his lower back.
Qin Yi took Songzi's pistol and looked at it. "It's a bit old, but barely usable." Then he put it into the inside pocket of his jacket.
Seeing Su Tong's still red face, he couldn't bear to see her embarrassed, so he handed over the two pieces of pottery and changed the subject:
"It was easy to get, but it's a pity that one piece was repeated."
"It doesn't matter! It's better to have it than not to have it. We can exchange it with others."
Su Tong took the pottery shard and carefully put it into his bag.
"However, the test at Tiger Back Ridge is to carry heavy objects through a minefield, which should be very dangerous. Why are there more purple pottery fragments?"
"To put it bluntly, it's exchanging human lives for success rate. We don't need very professional talents, just a lot of people will do."
Qin Yi sighed and said, "Why do we call them gangsters? Because they have no humanity and no bottom line, so we must resolutely crack down on them!"
The two of them packed up a little and continued walking east.
When we reached the exit of the mountain trail, we saw Scar Brother's brothers tied up and thrown in the snow.
But I didn’t see Scar Brother.
"Yi, Yi-brother! Save us!"
I still recognized these two guys, after all, they had just dealt with them this morning.
Qin Yi just glanced at him lightly and continued to move forward with Su Tong.
They are innocent, but informing on others is not a noble act.
The snow began to fall again, and the temperature dropped significantly.
The two of them headed eastward. The footprints left by the people in front of them in the snow became increasingly blurred. Without any reference points, they had no idea how far they were from the Black Water Stream or whether they had deviated in direction.
Su Tong once again looked at Qin Yi, and she clearly felt that Qin Yi's steps were becoming heavier.
"Brother Yi! Is your leg...uncomfortable?" Su Tong asked for the third time.
Qin Yi slowed down his pace this time. There were obvious beads of sweat on his forehead. He looked at Su Tong and said:
"Sorry! Su Tong! We may have to stop for a while. My legs... below the knees, seem to have lost feeling..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Yi staggered and almost fell, and Su Tong hurried forward to support him.
She quickly looked around, but the mountain was steep and she didn't see any suitable place to rest.
Qin Yi's complexion became worse and worse, and it was obvious that he was just trying hard to hold on.
Su Tong helped Qin Yi to a protruding rock, where they could be slightly sheltered from the wind and snow.
Then she took out the anti-cold pills and Lao Mu's pills from her bag, took out the water bottle, and watched him take them.
"Brother Yi! You take a rest here first. I'll go see if there's a cave or some other place nearby where we can rest."
She needed to give him an injection as soon as possible, but this could not be done in an open air, unsheltered location.
Losing consciousness was a sequelae of catching a cold last time, and his legs urgently needed a fire to keep warm.
Qin Yi's face showed obvious guilt, "Su Tong..."
"Brother Yi! Don't say anything! You are also a person of flesh and blood, not a god. You don't need to stand in front of others all the time. Give me some time, believe me! I will heal your leg!"
After Su Tong finished speaking, he turned around and ran into the snow.
Qin Yi looked at the figure getting farther and farther away, and felt an invisible hand gently plucking at his heartstrings.
This was the first time someone told him that he was not God and he did not need to stand in front of others all the time.
I looked up, watching the fluttering snowflakes hitting my face, feeling cold and icy. A voice in my heart said clearly:
Qin Yi, you're done! Completely done!
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