Chapter 56 Wolves
"Now that you're here, do you want to sit down and eat something with us?"
A lot of prey was caught, but Zhou Yunshu plucked the feathers of this pigeon, cut open its belly, and hung it on the fire.
Wei Zhong pursed his lips slightly and kept his eyes on Zhou Yunshu, hoping to see something from her face.
It was a pity that apart from the sincere invitation on her face, Wei Zhong did not see any temptation. He even felt in a trance that he saw a little bit of his master's shadow in Zhou Yunshu.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Wei Zhong felt like he was going crazy.
Zhou Yunshu was just a lady from a wealthy family who never left the house. How could she have any similarities with her master?
He took a deep breath silently and said to Zhou Yunshu: "Mr. Zhou, there are six people missing from the team, including Du Huairou and Wan Liqing."
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyebrows slightly. She had expected that someone would get lost, but she had not expected that Du Huairou and Wan Liqing would be among them.
After all, these two had been staying in the team honestly since they joined, never leaving except for meals, so how could they suddenly get lost...
"You explained it clearly before, but Liu Fuyi came to us and said that she was worried that something had happened to Wan Liqing, and hoped that we would send someone to look for her."
"Go get the guy who's watching them."
Du Huairou and Wan Liqing went out together but Liu Fuyi did not follow them. This matter was strange in every way.
"good."
Wei Zhong had just taken a few steps when a cry of surprise came from the right rear side of the team.
After the patrol team investigated the situation, they came to report that Du Huairou and Wan Liqing, who had been lost before, had returned, and Du Huairou was poisoned and unconscious.
When Zhou Yunshu rushed over with Doctor Xue and his apprentice, Du Huairou was lying on the ground with a pale face and purple lips, which were indeed symptoms of poisoning.
"Mr. Zhou, she was bitten by a poisonous snake while saving me. Please save her quickly!" Wan Liqing knelt beside Du Huairou in embarrassment and begged when she saw Zhou Yunshu rushing over.
"Do you know what kind of poisonous snake it is?" Doctor Xue half-knelt on the ground, checking Du Huairou's condition while asking Wan Liqing.
Wan Liqing choked up and said, "It's green, with a pointy head."
"It looks like a bamboo green snake."
"Doctor Xue, please save Huairou. She was bitten by a poisonous snake while saving me!" Wan Liqing repeated over and over again.
Doctor Xue used silver needles to seal several of Du Huairou's acupuncture points and asked, "Where did you bite?"
"Calf!"
Wan Liqing pulled up the dress on Du Huairou's legs. Apart from some bruises on her fair skin, the most conspicuous one was the wound caused by a poisonous snake bite.
Doctor Xue fed Du Huairou an antidote pill, and then took out a sharp curved knife from his medicine box to release the poisonous blood from Du Huairou.
When Dr. Xue was treating Du Huairou, Wan Liqing never dared to take her eyes off him. She looked at Du Huairou, Liu Fuyi who was standing beside her looked at her, and Zhou Yunshu looked at them.
Hearing the friendly tone Wan Liqing used when she called Du Huairou just now, it seemed as if the two had known each other for a long time.
It seems that they have been getting along pretty well during this period.
Zhou Yunshu's speculation was silently overturned after hearing what the person who was monitoring them said, simply because Wan Liqing and Du Huairou had no contact at all during this period.
The two of them did not leave together today. Du Huairou left first, and Wan Liqing followed later.
They have known each other for a long time.
The families of the other four missing people came to Zhou Yunshu crying.
"Mr. Zhou, please send someone to look for our boss. They are also concerned about our entire team!"
It was getting darker and darker, and there was a faint sound of wolves howling in the distance, but the howling was drowned out by the crying in front of them as soon as it was heard.
Zhou Yunshu frowned, "Didn't you hear the wolf howling? Shut up."
Although the crying did not completely disappear, the sound was indeed much quieter.
"Do you remember what I said before?" Zhou Yunshu said to the person who was crying.
They looked at Zhou Yunshu guiltily. Luo Xiaoshan followed Zhou Yunshu and answered for them, "You are not allowed to stray too far from the team, and you are not allowed to leave without permission. You must be back before the night roll call. Those who violate this will bear the consequences at their own risk."
The one who cried the loudest among them said, "But our boss and his family went looking for water for us. Mr. Zhou, how could you not care about their lives?"
"Yes, that's four lives!"
Zhou Yunshu really wouldn't be kidnapped for such a bizarre reason. She looked at them meticulously and said, "I didn't ask anyone to find water. Don't put your own selfish desires on the entire team."
"There is no order without rules. Since they didn't come back, they will have to bear the consequences themselves."
The crying sounded again. In fact, they all knew what they should know, but they were just hoping for luck.
Someone nearby said impatiently, "Stop crying! Didn't you hear the wolf howling?"
"Yeah, maybe they ran too far and ran into a pack of wolves."
The crying paused and then started again.
"Shut up! Are you trying to attract the wolves to kill us?"
As soon as these words came out of the crowd, the group of people covered their mouths at the angry eyes of the people around them.
Doctor Xue next to him also treated Du Huairou's wound. Wan Liqing begged Liu Fuyi beside him to let him carry Du Huairou to their own mule cart.
"Mr. Zhou, I smell blood."
When Yan Shilei found Zhou Yunshu and said this, Zhou Yunshu smelled it carefully, but she didn't smell anything.
Yan Shilei noticed Zhou Yunshu's little movement and continued, "We often run in the mountains and forests, so our sense of smell should be more acute."
"I'm sure you heard the wolf howl just now."
Zhou Yunshu nodded, "It sounds a bit far-fetched."
Yan Shilei shook his head gravely, "It's getting closer."
He looked at the mountains and forests in the distance, as if he saw hungry wolves lurking in the bushes and jungles.
"Build fires, impose martial law, there might be a wolf attack tonight!"
Seeing Yan Shilei so serious, Zhou Yunshu's heart gradually tightened. She didn't think Yan Shilei would joke about this matter.
Zhou Yunshu immediately arranged this matter after Yan Shilei finished speaking.
The possibility of a wolf attack at night made everyone in the team extremely nervous. They gathered together with their weapons. The firelight illuminated people's faces and also revealed the fear on their faces.
Beasts are afraid of fire, but any fear is nothing compared to survival.
When the first pair of oily green eyes appeared in people's sight, they could still deceive themselves by saying that they were seeing things. However, when countless oily green wolf eyes surrounded them like ghost lanterns, screams of fear resounded throughout the entire forest.
Wei Zhong, Yan Shilei and others clenched their knives as they watched the wolves gradually emerge from the darkness.
Zhou Yunshu took her bow and arrow, pulled the bowstring to its full extent and searched for the leader of the wolf pack.
“Ouch~”
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