My sister was so badly deceived by this couple that she even lost her own child.
Just then, Su Wan, Lin Sanlang's wife who had been blown away by the wind earlier, appeared.
Holding her three-year-old son, Lin Xiaobao, she suddenly knelt before Shen Qingtang, her voice choked with sobs: "Miss Shen, please save Sanlang! He must still be alive. Please have mercy and help me find him..."
Her eyes were red and swollen, and tears streamed down her face. Her tone was full of genuine despair, a stark contrast to Lin Dafang's feigned crying earlier.
Lu Jiaojiao chimed in sarcastically, "With such strong winds, they would have fallen to their deaths long ago. What's the point of looking? It's a waste of energy!"
Su Wan froze, her face turning deathly pale. Her hands, holding the child, trembled, and tears streamed down her face. She forced herself not to cry out loud. She was scared too, but she couldn't give up. Sanlang was her only support.
Shen Qingtang gave Lu Jiaojiao a cold glance.
Lu Jiaojiao immediately shrank back, not daring to speak again.
At this moment, Su Wan suddenly grabbed Shen Qingtang's hand, pulled her to a corner of the cave, and took out a neatly folded piece of parchment from her bosom.
He shoved the map into Shen Qingtang's hand, his voice hushed: "Miss Shen, this is a treasure map. The reason our Lin family was raided and exiled was not because of corruption, but because we possessed this map. Various forces have been coveting what's on it... Please take it. If you can find Sanlang, even if it's just his remains, I will be eternally grateful!"
As soon as Shen Qingtang took the treasure map, she noticed that Su Wan's hands were icy cold.
Her breathing was also very weak, so she immediately grabbed Su Wan's wrist.
The moment his fingertips touched her pulse, his brows furrowed sharply: "You've been poisoned."
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Wan suddenly clutched her chest and coughed violently, spitting out a mouthful of black blood onto the ground.
Her face instantly turned deathly pale. She gave a weak smile: "Yes... I was poisoned by Lin Er's men at the post station. They were afraid I'd get in their way..."
"Also, Miss Chen...you...you look so familiar, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before." She doesn't seem to be from their country.
Shen Qingtang assumed she had lost her mind and said, "I'll take the treasure map. You and the child wait here. I'll go find Lin Sanlang."
Shen Qingtang carefully put away the treasure map and helped Su Wan sit down beside her. "Here are some of the antidote pills I had left over. Take them first; they will temporarily suppress the toxins."
Su Wan immediately knelt down and kowtowed, but Shen Qingtang helped her up.
Shen Qingtang turned to look at everyone, and was about to say that she wanted to go out when Pei Wuwang suddenly stood up: "I'll go with you."
His injuries hadn't healed yet, but he didn't want Shen Qingtang to risk her life alone.
Shen Qingtang's nose twitched, keenly sensing the bloody smell of the wound on his back. He must have reopened his wound while protecting everyone in the wind.
Without saying much, she stepped forward and swiftly and accurately pressed an acupoint on Pei Wuwang's back, instantly freezing him in place.
"You..." Pei Wuwang was about to speak when Shen Qingtang had already lifted his clothes.
Sure enough, the wound on her back reopened and started bleeding. Shen Qingtang took out hemostatic powder from her spatial storage.
It was quickly sprinkled on the wound and then bandaged with a clean strip of cloth, the movements swift and gentle.
Throughout the entire process, Pei Wuwang gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound.
His gaze was fixed on Shen Qingtang.
His eyes were filled with complex emotions: surprise, gratitude, and a slight flutter of emotion that even he himself was unaware of.
"Your injuries haven't healed yet, so stay in the cave and protect everyone."
Shen Qingtang released his acupoints, her tone leaving no room for doubt, "I have the ability to protect myself, I'll be back soon."
"Qingtang! It's too dangerous!" Old Master Shen stamped his feet anxiously, his eyes reddening. "The wind is so strong outside, and we might even encounter people from the Northern Desert. How can you go out alone?"
Mr. and Mrs. Shen nodded in agreement, tears welling in their eyes. They held Shen Qingtang's hands tightly, refusing to let go: "Yes, Qingtang, let's wait a little longer, and think of a solution when the wind calms down!" This was their precious daughter, whom they had vowed to protect for the rest of their lives ever since they met her in the snow that day!
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