Chen Xu grabbed Song Lin's bleeding hand distressedly and asked with concern: "Captain Song, have you reported the case? Does your hand hurt?"
"Xiu Xiu." Song Lin hurriedly supported her trembling body, his amber eyes showing panic: "How are you?"
She frowned and leaned weakly in his arms, her breathing very unstable as she said, "I think I was poisoned by the same poison as you last time... What kind of poison was that? It hurts so much, my whole body hurts. Were you in the same pain then? How did you detoxify yourself later?"
"Xiu Xiu, I'll take you to the clinic!" Song Lin picked her up and strode towards the clinic.
By the time they arrived at the clinic, Shen Xu had already fainted. The doctor examined her wounds, treated them, and prescribed some medicine. Song Lin also briefly treated the wound on his palm and carried her home.
Fortunately, although the poison of the flying knife man is strong, it is not fatal. It will only make people lose the ability to move for a period of time. It is similar to an anesthetic and does not need to be deliberately removed. The last time Song Lin was poisoned by the same poison, it had been removed when he was sent to the hospital. It’s just that his wound was too deep, and using paper ash to stop the bleeding caused infection and fever, which made him unconscious for half a day.
Shen Xu woke up quickly. The wounds on her arms and neck were not deep, and the wound she had stabbed herself was not serious. She just fainted due to excessive blood loss.
She sat on the bed, rubbing her red and swollen cheeks with an egg, and proudly calculated the accounts:
"Five bounty hunters are worth forty taels of silver. Detective Song, you took out two, but I made the biggest sacrifice, taking out five and getting slapped twice. Hmm... then let's split it 190:40, you take four taels, and I take thirty-six."
"That way, I can pay off the twenty-five taels I owe you, and still have eleven taels left. Well, one tael is for the pots and pans, and I'll take ten taels..."
"Xiu Xiu, you are not allowed to act on your own from now on!"
Song Lin sat on the edge of the bed with a sullen face, interrupting her triumphant calculations. He scolded her, "You actually went to find those bandits without telling me, and secretly made weapons in the name of preparing a dowry. Do you really want to return the money to me?"
He frowned, feeling extremely confused. Did she really want to leave him?
"Uh... I'm sorry, Constable Song. After I get the reward, I..." Shen Xu raised his hand and scratched his head awkwardly.
Song Lin stared at her angrily and said, "I don't want your money. You signed a death contract. In life, you belong to me, Song Lin. In death, you belong to me, Song Lin's ghost."
"Detective Song, but I want to return the money to you quickly, and then—"
Song Lin immediately interrupted her again and argued, "Besides, I killed three of the five bounty hunters. Why should I split the profit with you 90%?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Xu immediately became unhappy. She argued, "I confirmed the location where the bandits were hiding, I made the weapons, and I even got slapped a few times. The most I'll accept is a 20/80 split with you."
"Qingxi Town is such a small place, it's easy to find someone. Even if you haven't confirmed it, I can still find it. You also made me almost stab myself. I don't agree to split the money, and I don't agree to let you leave."
Shen Xu immediately became anxious and wanted to stand up from the bed to argue with him, "You, you, how can you cheat? It was clearly the money I earned by taking risks!"
Song Lin quickly supported her, pressed her shoulders and let her lie back on the bed, but said rudely:
"Who asked you to take risks? You are my man. Do you know that your own safety is the most important thing? If you are really killed by those beasts——"
Song Lin's voice stopped abruptly. He remembered the scene of her dress being torn, revealing her shoulders and slender legs.
When I thought of her being tied up with chains, with slap marks on her face and her arms covered in blood, my heart ached.
He immediately wanted to gouge out the eyes of those surviving bandits!
He didn't expect Shen Xu to go straight to their hiding place.
They were all bandits from Ivory Mountain. More than half a month ago, his uncle and nephew had just raided their lair and killed their leader and many of his brothers.
A group of bandits had nowhere to go, so they roamed around the dark alleys on the mountain tops, robbing passers-by.
The human trafficker's carriage and Yan'er were both unfortunate targets of robbery.
This group of people also took advantage of his night patrol to attack him with flying knives, which led to the coffin snatching incident at the charity cemetery.
Because this group of people were very familiar with the town's constables and the surrounding terrain, and were quite cunning, their hiding place could not be found after several investigations.
He didn't expect that this gang of bandits was actually harbored by Yan'er. That woman looked timid, but he didn't expect that she had such evil intentions behind her. She wanted to destroy it if she couldn't get it. What a vicious heart!
If Xiuxiu hadn't noticed it in advance, she would have been in great danger. He didn't dare to think about what would have happened if he had found that place later!
Song Lin clenched his fists, calmed down for a long time, frowned and said, "Anyway, I won't allow you to do such a dangerous thing. If you dare to lose a hair in the future, I will break your legs."
Shen Xu heard him speak harshly to him, but he didn't give in to him. "Why are you so fierce? I work so hard to earn money, and I just want to pay you back. You clenched your fist so tightly, are you going to hit me?"
Song Lin unclenched his fist and said in a muffled voice, "Xiu Xiu, do you really have to leave?"
Shen Xu looked up blankly and looked into his lost amber eyes, "Eh? Who said I'm leaving? I'm not leaving."
"What?" Song Lin grabbed her shoulders and asked, "Are you really not leaving?"
Shen Xu frowned and immediately said with a puzzled look on his face: "Of course I'm not leaving. Didn't you say you would marry me? What's wrong? Are you going back on your word?"
"Who said I didn't keep my word? Of course I'm going to marry you!"
Song Lin excitedly grabbed her shoulders, staring into her eyes in confusion, "Since you're willing to marry me, why are you thinking of returning the betrothal gifts to me? I thought you wanted to break off the engagement and run away!"
Shen Xu raised his bandaged arm and beckoned him to let go. He said seriously, "Captain Song, I want to marry you. This is my own conscious decision. It's the result of us discussing marriage on an equal footing."
"It was because I wanted to marry you and you wanted to marry me that we decided to get married. It's not because you bought me and forced me to be your wife that I have to become your wife."
Song Lin stared blankly at the serious girl in front of him. All of a sudden, the feeling of happiness seemed to fill his entire chest. She said that she wanted to marry him. It was her own conscious mind. She wanted to marry him willingly and wanted to be his wife willingly!
"Xiu Xiu." His tone softened, and his eyes were filled with doting as he looked at her. His voice was filled with admiration, "There's no need for you to rush to pay me back. We're family from now on, and we can earn money slowly. I won't allow you to risk getting hurt like this."
Shen Xu raised his eyes and smiled, saying, "I know you will come to save me, will always protect me, and treat me as family. That's why I like you and am willing to marry you, Constable Song."
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