Lin Xiaoxiao didn't go out all afternoon. In the evening, she prepared food early in her online space, took a nice bath, watched TV series, and then read a book for two hours before going to bed.
In the middle of the night, Lin Xiaoxiao heard the clanging of a gong, and she immediately got up.
Something must have happened in the village for them to use a gong.
After getting dressed, Lin Xiaoxiao grabbed a flashlight, shouted "Lightning!", and went out.
Lin Xiaoxiao called out twice, but there was no response from Lightning. She figured Lightning must have heard the gong and went to check it out.
When she got closer, the villagers had already gathered around her, each holding a different weapon—sticks, hoes, and sickles.
"Awoo~~"
This is not the sound of lightning.
Lin Xiaoxiao quickly approached. Lightning was in the middle of the crowd, and not only Lightning... but also two other large green eyes...
"Why aren't you going up yet? If one of you gets bitten, the other two will definitely bite you too."
"Let's see how things go first. They don't seem to have any intention of attacking at all."
"Everyone, take two steps back and see what they're going to do."
Seeing that the wolves in the middle didn't seem to be attacking, everyone wasn't too worried. The main concern was Lightning, who had been in front of everyone from the beginning, blocking the two wolves from attacking.
Now they've even started communicating with those two.
What was originally a frightening scene has now turned into an animal exchange that no one can understand.
Lin Xiaoxiao wasn't afraid at all. She walked right up to Lightning and patted its head. Lightning immediately gave Lin Xiaoxiao a smile.
Upon seeing this, the two wolves in front of him actually retracted their teeth.
Lin Xiaoxiao was stunned. Was this Lightning's relative, or Lightning's parents, who had come looking for her?
I never expected the wolf to be so clever. I took Lightning to the mountains several times before, but we never saw a wolf. Now that I think about it, I guess they were just hiding from enemy agents.
Knowing that life on the mountain was difficult, they didn't rush out to look for him.
Unexpectedly, the arrival of these two wolves alerted everyone.
"What's going on? Why has it stopped barking?"
It all started when someone got up in the middle of the night and heard wolves howling. Fearing there might actually be wolves in the village, and even more afraid that they might bite children, they woke everyone up. Unexpectedly, Lightning stopped the two wolves.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. These are probably Lightning's parents."
"They probably came looking for lightning, but I didn't expect to wake everyone up. I'm really sorry," Lin Xiaoxiao explained.
As they talked, more and more people came over, and the two wolves started howling again.
"Everyone, step back. Wolves are afraid of fire, and getting too close will easily provoke them."
"They just want to see the lightning, please make way for them." Lin Xiaoxiao quickly spoke up when she noticed the two wolves acting strangely.
Seeing this, Captain Wang immediately ordered everyone to make way.
"These things that can only kill people, and you're just standing there like that?" Someone in the crowd saw that the wolves had calmed down and immediately went forward to attack the father wolf, but the father wolf was quick enough to bite him.
"Didn't I tell you not to touch it? You still did!"
People nearby shouted, but it was too late.
"Ouch...it hurts so much..."
The person who was bitten fell to the ground, clutching his leg and screaming.
"Lightning, are you going to go with your parents, or do you want to spend some time with them and then come back?" Lin Xiaoxiao squatted down and explained to Lightning.
Sure enough, Lightning was communicating with its parents.
Not long after, Lightning nuzzled Lin Xiaoxiao, and then followed its parents away.
The three wolves then headed into the mountains.
"Captain Wang, I said it before, how can you raise wolves? Can you tame them? Lightning won't bite people, but it will let others bite people."
"Yes, nothing happened today because someone overheard us. If they had come and bit us quietly, it would have been too late."
"My son, Lin Xiaoxiao, you have to pay my Wang Sheng's medical expenses! You have to take responsibility for this!!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao looked up and realized that the person who kicked the wolf was an old acquaintance.
It was Wang Lili's brother, Wang Sheng. After that incident, the whole family kept a low profile for a long time.
Have we forgotten the pain once the wound has healed?
Wang Lili's mother, Wu Cuie, had actually arrived quite some time ago, but she was afraid of wolves and didn't make a sound. It was only when she saw her son being bitten that she rushed out.
Seeing their expressions, Lin Xiaoxiao recalled the old man on the subway looking at his phone.
Are you going to tell her all this now? My son was bitten and is bleeding; shouldn't we get someone to check his injury immediately?
Wu Cuie does have maternal love, but not much.
"Hey auntie, am I supposed to take responsibility? Didn't I just tell you to step back? You all insisted on pushing forward, who can you blame?"
"Why don't you think about why the wolf only bit your Wang Sheng and not others?"
"I think you're obsessed with money."
"You... this wolf was summoned by lightning that you raised. If you don't take responsibility, who will?" Wu Cuie shouted, pointing at Lin Xiaoxiao.
"No money, no payment!"
"Even if I had the money, I wouldn't give it to you. Who told you to come here without even listening? You knew wolves were not to be trifled with, yet you still went for it. You're just asking for death." Lin Xiaoxiao would never back down when faced with someone like this.
If the person who was accidentally injured is asked to pay for medical expenses, she has no choice but to accept it. That person is just asking for trouble, and she won't pay for it.
"You...you bitch, you're just trying to bully our family, aren't you? I'm going to fight you to the death today!"
“I’m telling you, is this the time for you to argue with people? Why don’t you take your son Wang Sheng to the hospital to get checked out? It’s not even certain whether he can save his leg,” a villager nearby reminded Wu Cuie, unable to bear the sight.
Wu Cuie is really obsessed with money; she has no sense of the situation at all.
"Ah...my son...come quickly, all of you come and lend a hand." Only then did Wu Cuie remember to call her family.
Only after Wu Cuie called out did Wang Sheng's two brothers come out.
Captain Wang initially thought only two people from the Wang family had come, but they were both there. He was speechless at the sight of the family, shook his head, and then called for someone to get a tractor.
The tractor only started moving after Captain Wang called out. If it weren't for Captain Wang's sake, he wouldn't have wanted to give this family a ride at all. In the past, when he was bullying people, he had even bullied his parents.
Seeing that the wolf pack had left and the injured people had gotten on the tractor, Lin Xiaoxiao apologized to everyone, and the villagers slowly dispersed.
The villagers went back home and discussed whether they should build a fence around their homes. Although the wolf didn't hurt anyone today, it still left them with a lingering sense of fear.
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