Chapter 125 Do you Han Chinese break the law when you get divorced?
At the critical moment, both Dahuang and the python extended their tails toward Qin Suisui. Qin Suisui reacted quickly and grabbed Dahuang's tail, while her body was simultaneously coiled up by the python.
Once her body was firmly anchored in mid-air, Qin Suisui felt safe for the first time, being entangled by the giant python!
As the vine bridge broke, all the wild boars fell off the cliff without exception. This is normal, since yellow-throated martens and black bears can climb trees and have excellent rock climbing abilities, so they were able to hold onto the vine bridge firmly.
But wild boars don't, and their claws are hard, making it difficult for them to grip the vine bridge. Falling down is inevitable. No wonder the two little guys dragged her this way; they're really clever!
However, due to the impact of the wild boar herd, the already flimsy vine bridge was now hanging precariously in mid-air, and with Dahei's weight of over 200 pounds, it swayed even more violently.
Helpless, Qin Suisui could only slowly climb out of the python's "embrace", climb onto the vine bridge, take Jia Zhenzhen off Dahei's back, put her into the python's "embrace", and then put Dahei into her space.
With the weight reduced by more than 200 kilograms, the vine bridge swayed much less. However, the vine bridge was more than 20 meters long, and they were still at the beginning of the bridge. In other words, they were now hanging more than 20 meters below the cliff. To save themselves, they had to climb up.
Big Yellow led the way, Qin Suisui was in the middle, and the python coiled around Jia Zhenzhen and followed behind, climbing up step by step.
Strangely, after climbing about ten meters, the python suddenly stopped moving. Qin Suisui turned to look at it, trying to reason with it: "Big Flower, are you tired? Please help us carry Zhenzhen up?"
The python remained motionless, its eyes fixed on a certain direction, its tail coiled around Jia Zhenzhen, swaying back and forth in the air, making Qin Suisui's heart pound with fear. If she hadn't tied herself and Jia Zhenzhen together with a rope, she was worried the python might throw Jia Zhenzhen off at any moment.
However, this wasn't safe either, because Jia Zhenzhen was much heavier than her, and the force of gravity was downwards. If the python really threw Jia Zhenzhen off, she would be doomed too. Qin Suisui could only pray in her heart that the python wouldn't abandon her halfway, considering they had saved it from the wild boar.
That's when Jia Zhenzhen woke up.
The first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to find herself suspended in mid-air. She felt something was wrong, rubbed her eyes, and looked again. She found herself being held up and suspended in mid-air by a large black python!
"Ahhhhhh..." Even with her strong will, she couldn't withstand such a shock right after waking up, and screamed out loud.
Her scream startled the python, causing it to loosen its tail. The next second, Jia Zhenzhen and Qin Suisui fell one after the other.
Qin Suisui was so frightened that she closed her eyes. Oh no! She might as well go into her spatial dimension!
But the next second, she felt herself fall straight into a hard embrace. Qin Suisui opened her eyes and saw the Li ethnic boy she had met before catching her steadily and placing her on a protruding rock on the edge of the cliff.
“Hold on!”
With his slightly accented Mandarin, Qin Suisui looked over, only to see him already grabbing the rope around her waist with one hand and the vines on the cliff edge with the other, swinging out like a monkey and pulling Jia Zhenzhen back from the fall.
Seeing Jia Zhenzhen rescued, Qin Suisui finally felt relieved. She looked at the big yellow dog that had crawled in front of her and patted its head. Since the boy had already seen the big yellow dog, she definitely couldn't just put it into her space.
It's good to keep Big Yellow outside. It's not big, but it's fast and agile, so it can help clear the way.
Jia Zhenzhen thought she was going to die this time, that she would definitely be reduced to dust, but the next second, she felt herself being held firmly in someone's arms. When she opened her eyes again, it was actually the same Li ethnic boy from last time!
Meeting the boy's deep eyes, Jia Zhenzhen's heart suddenly skipped a beat for no reason. She remembered the martial arts novels she used to secretly read; were the hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress scenes like this?
Although she had always dreamed of being the "hero" who saved people when she read novels, at this moment, she felt that she completely understood the feelings of the "beauty" who wanted to repay the rescue with her body.
She also wanted to give herself to him!
Jia Zhenzhen deserves to marry a man like that!
"Zhenzhen, are you alright?" Seeing Jia Zhenzhen's blank stare, Qin Suisui was worried and rushed over to check on her.
Hearing Qin Suisui's voice, Jia Zhenzhen came back to her senses. Her thoughts returned, and she looked at the large python standing obediently to the side, confirming that it was the same one that had coiled around her earlier. At this moment, she finally understood what had just happened.
She rushed over, grabbed Qin Suisui's hand, and looked her up and down: "Suisui, I'm sorry, are you hurt?"
Qin Suisui shook her head: "Are you alright? Is anything bothering you?"
After the two sisters greeted each other and confirmed that the other was alright, Qin Suisui turned to the Li ethnic minority boy and said, "Thank you for saving us."
The boy, who had been seemingly scolding the python, turned around upon hearing Qin Suisui's voice, nodded gently at her, and the copper ring on his nose jingled as it was shaken.
When Qin Suisui last met this boy in the Wild Forest, she thought he couldn't speak Chinese. Obviously, he could. He just spoke, and although his pronunciation wasn't perfect, it was understandable.
But he stopped talking at this moment, and Qin Suisui felt that he probably didn't like to talk much.
It was almost six o'clock. The sky below the cliff darkened earlier than outside, and the distant scenery was already becoming hazy.
Seeing the Li ethnic minority boy was like half the battle won, and Qin Suisui was overjoyed. But the next second, she saw the boy turn around and leave with the giant python.
Qin Suisui was anxious and quickly called out, "Wait!"
The boy turned around and looked at her in surprise.
Qin Suisui jogged forward a couple of steps and tried to soften her tone: "Hello, we came into the Wild Forest this time to find you."
Upon hearing her words, the boy's calm eyes flickered, his deep eyelids lifted, and he stared directly at her.
“My wife and her comrade-in-arms were poisoned with a very strong poison. I tried many methods, but I couldn’t completely cure them. However, I found that the snake medicine you gave us that day seemed to have a similar effect to the antidote for that poison. So I thought I’d come to you and ask you to take us to your tribe so that we can find a way to cure the poison.”
Seemingly realizing that her request was somewhat unreasonable, Qin Suisui quickly added, "Of course, you can ask us for anything in return, as long as it's not illegal or criminal."
After Qin Suisui finished speaking, the boy just stared at her without saying a word.
Just as Qin Suisui was wondering if there was something on her face from crawling around in the forest for the past two days, the boy suddenly spoke up and said something inexplicable: "You Han people, is divorce a crime?"
"Huh?" Qin Suisui tilted her head, looking at him with some confusion.
But then the boy spoke again: "I can take you to our tribe, but whether or not we agree to give you the antidote depends on our high priest."
Qin Suisui nodded quickly: "Okay, thank you!"
That's all she wanted.
The boy turned around, and Qin Suisui thought he wouldn't speak again. Just as she was about to call Jia Zhenzhen, who was playing with Dahuang behind them, to follow, she saw him turn around again, look into her eyes, and say, "No need to thank me, this is a thank you gift for saving it." He pointed to the large python beside him and said something in a language she couldn't understand, which should have been the python's name.
"Big Flower? Actually, although I saved Big Flower, Big Flower also saved me, so we're even..."
As if hearing some magical word, a rare crack appeared on the boy's usually expressionless face, and he repeated in broken Chinese, "Big Flower?"
Qin Suisui nodded: "This python has patterns on its body and is very big. Wouldn't it be more fitting to call it Big Flower? Big Flower, don't you think?" She even asked the python over there.
Since being rescued by Qin Suisui, the python seemed to have a natural dependence on her. When Qin Suisui asked it a question, it quickly raised its head and hissed, flicking its tongue to indicate its agreement.
Seeing that its owner was still questioning, it quickly slapped his leg twice with the snake's head, forcing him to agree.
Then Qin Suisui saw a rare smile appear on the boy's usually indifferent face, which was comparable to Pei Jiuyan's, but it vanished in an instant.
He patted Da Hua's head and repeated in broken Chinese, "Yes, Da Hua."
Jia Zhenzhen leaned closer, looking at the boy's back, and nudged Qin Suisui with her shoulder: "Suisui, how did it go? Did he agree?"
Qin Suisui nodded: "He agreed to take us to the Snake Witch Tribe, but whether we can get the antidote depends on us going to the High Priest ourselves."
"What the hell is this high priest? It's like something out of a martial arts novel. Do you think their tribe is like a bandit's den in a martial arts novel? What if we end up being kept as wives by the bandits?"
Qin Suisui shook her head: "Probably not." Although she had only met the boy twice, she always felt that he was not that kind of person.
They were still standing on that protruding cliff face. Qin Suisui was wondering how they were going to get up when she saw the boy push aside the thick vines on the cliff face, revealing a cave about two people wide. The cave walls were covered with thick moss, while the ground had less moss, probably because someone had walked on it.
It seems the boy's appearance here wasn't accidental; this place also has a path leading to the Snake Witch Tribe. Qin Suisui was secretly astonished. As expected of the mysterious Snake Witch Tribe, they could even carve a path on a cliff. Who could possibly find them?
According to the travelogues Qin Suisui had read and the map Huang Weimin had drawn for them, the Snake Witch Tribe was located high in the mountains. They had assumed the boy would lead them uphill, but they soon discovered that they were actually going downhill the whole time.
The sky had already darkened, the dense vines and the ghostly, clawing branches stretched out, and the mountain path continued downwards. Jia Zhenzhen's "heroic" image of the boy shattered instantly. She tugged at Qin Suisui's hand and whispered, "Suisui, where is he taking us? Their tribe is in the mountains on the map!"
Qin Suisui glanced at the silent boy walking ahead, then at the big yellow dog following beside him, and shook her head: "It's alright, don't worry, trust him."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
