Stone was already exhausted. Covered in wounds, he could no longer drag Liu Huan and could only sit on the ground, panting, holding her.
He kissed her forehead, his eyes filled with tears, but his smile was faint, like that of an old man who had seen it all and had long since let it go: "It's alright, don't be afraid. As long as you leave, I'll come and stay with you."
He assumed his family was too scared to come looking for them. And rightly so; wolves are so ferocious, anyone would be afraid, so he didn't blame anyone.
It's just a pity for the fool in my arms. He's someone who's afraid to close his eyes at night just looking at a dead person. Where did he get the courage to run into the deep mountains?
As he pondered, his consciousness began to blur, and in his despair, he heard Su's mother's voice.
His eyes lit up, "Mother~"
He shouted loudly until his mother's torch shone on him, and only then did he close his eyes in peace.
When Liu Huan woke up, she found herself back in the 21st century, or more accurately, her soul had returned.
In court, her scumbag ex-boyfriend admitted on the spot that he had someone run over Liu Huan with a car.
The scumbag was sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional homicide, while the driver who caused the accident was sentenced to twenty years in prison.
Liu Huan's parents were hugging her and crying, as were her younger siblings, as if Liu Huan were someone they cared about deeply.
Liu Huan didn't know why she could see this scene, but she wanted to say, "Why bother? When they're alive, they treat each other coldly and ignore each other. Who are they trying to impress when they die?"
I don't want it anymore, and I haven't cared about it for a long time since my grandparents passed away.
She turned around and seemed to hear Stone calling her again, "Huanhuan, be good."
Liu Huan sniffled, "I've always been very well-behaved."
The voice of the stone grew closer and closer, echoing in his ears: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
When Liu Huan opened her eyes, she found herself being held by Shi Tou, her face covered in tears.
In a hoarse voice, as if she had been smoking for over a decade, she said, "Stone, I'm a good girl, please don't abandon me."
Stone patted him intermittently: "Did you have a nightmare? I know you're a good boy, don't be afraid."
I didn't fully wake up until the next day.
She looked at the strip of cloth wrapped around her foot; it was very small. Logically, such a small wound shouldn't have caused her to be unconscious for several days.
Xiao Shi brought in steamed egg custard, and when Liu Huan tried to reach out, he dodged her hand, saying, "I'll feed you."
After finishing his meal, Liu Huan asked, "Brother, did anything happen while I was unconscious these past few days?"
Xiao Shi tried hard to recall the scene when he saw Liu Huan and his second brother, both of them covered in blood and on the verge of death.
Xiao Shi said earnestly, "When we found you, we were terrified."
"When we got back, we found you covered in superficial injuries. Your second brother was awake, but you wouldn't wake up. If you hadn't been feverish, your second brother would have taken you to town."
He leaned closer as he spoke, his eyes full of curiosity: "I heard from my second brother that you encountered a very skilled hunter who killed the wolf with a single arrow, is that true?"
Liu Huan knew that this was Shi Tou's wording, and she nodded, "Yes, I can't remember the specifics, I only know that he was very capable."
Xiao Shi became increasingly excited: "Really? What does it look like?"
"Forgot" people are all fake; how could they know what they look like?
Xiao Shi was about to say something, but when he saw Shi Tou come in, he ran away guiltily, saying that he had promised not to disturb Huan Huan's rest.
Liu Huan chuckled as she watched Xiao Shi's retreating figure: "Shi Tou, what did you do to Xiao Ge that made him so afraid of you?"
Shi Tou sat down on the edge of the bed, looking mature and experienced. "What could I possibly do to him? He's just feeling guilty. Is there anything else that's bothering him?"
Liu Huan shook her head. She found that the injury on her foot didn't hurt at all anymore, and when she lifted it up, she saw that the wound had healed.
"Stone……"
Stone interrupted her: "We were rescued by the hunter that day. The hunter killed the wolf, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to escape."
"oh……"
The stone looked sincere, with an irresistible air about it; clearly, he also knew about the strangeness of that day.
All she remembered was that the wolf stopped just as it bit through her flesh, sniffed at her wound, and then ran away.
Could it be that there's something attractive about my body or my blood?
Seeing that she was thinking, Shi Tou continued, "Don't think about anything else. Sleep some more. I'll call you when it's time to eat."
I helped her lie down, then wrapped the white cloth around the original wound, and left only after she fell asleep.
From that day on, no wolves ever appeared in the village or the deep mountains again, not even wild boars. Just as Stone had said, the wolf had been killed by the hunter.
People started going deep into the mountains to find food; the mountains and forests were so vast, they had everything they could want.
As the weather grew hotter, the village's water supply dried up completely, forcing the villagers to go up the mountain to find a water source. They found the spring that Liu Huan had discovered before, dug it open, and took turns fetching water every day.
One day, when Xiao Shi went out, the villagers saw that he was still fair-skinned and clean.
The next day, someone came to their door, saying, "Hey, Da Nian's family, please have some food."
"That's right, look, you've even taken in Widow Zhang's child, why don't you take in my child too?"
Su's mother rarely gave her a kind look: "Her parents died, so she entrusted the child to me. What about your family?"
The man was speechless, believing that the Su family was simply abandoning him to his fate.
"I thought you were a kind-hearted person, but I didn't expect you to be like this."
Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of her, he slunk away.
Liu Huan knew the seriousness of the situation and ordered everyone to move all the grain and water to the cellar.
Before going to bed, he deliberately didn't lock the door. Sure enough, a thief broke into the house that night, even entering every room. All he found was a small piece of black powder in his father's arms.
The two muttered under their breath, "Damn it, what a load of crap, let's go."
After the two left, Su's father got up, put the bag of black flour away, and locked the door.
From that day on, the Su family began to eat only a little bit at each meal, smearing soot on their faces. After a few days, they became pale and thin. The villagers began to believe them, and only when they thought the Su family had a little more food did they give up the idea of asking for more.
During the autumn harvest, not a single grain of rice was harvested, and everyone gritted their teeth and made ends meet.
Aside from looking for food, they tried to stay still as much as possible, let alone wash up; they all looked like beggars.
Many elderly people in the village hanged themselves to save food.
After several days of hunger, the imperial relief grain finally arrived. "Finally, the grain has come! Waaah, it's black flour!"
Another person staggered: "Yes, I thought my family was going to starve to death."
Every household cherishes it like a treasure, and the villagers rely on tree roots and bark dug from deep in the mountains to get through the long autumn.
The Su family's cellar was also running low on food, after all, there were so many children in the family.
Sprouting beans every ten days or so has now become a monthly occurrence.
When her family started to tighten their belts...
Liu Huan knew that this disaster was about to pass.
Sure enough, it rained the day after the start of winter.
The torrential rain pierced through the long-neglected thatched roof, dripping onto the bed and the floor...
The crisp sound was like the beautiful strings of a musical instrument, playing a chapter that captivated the people.
Su's father quickly went to the cellar to store the grain properly to prevent it from getting wet from the rain.
The others took their blankets and went home to find shelter from the rain.
The village was filled with joyful voices: "It's raining! It's finally raining! Thank goodness!"
The weather gets a little cold after the start of winter, but some vegetables are suitable for planting after the start of winter.
Cabbage and radish grow fast and plentiful.
The next day, the villagers took hoes to their fields to dig soil and sow seeds. Looking at the moist land, they saw hope for life again.
In the end, fate spared me!
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