Chapter 67 He only wants to keep his only relative in the world
Chuan Miao committed suicide. Shi Bai didn't react for a while. He quickly took a few steps and rushed to Chuan Miao, wanting to reach out to feel Chuan Miao's pulse. The bright red blood stimulated his nerves, and tears rolled down the corners of Chuan Miao's wide-open eyes.
Li Ying stepped forward, squatted down, and paused with her outstretched hand. She intended to die, so she cut her neck directly, leaving no chance for rescue.
"Chuan Miao...my daughter!" Chuan Miao's father rushed over and hugged Chuan Miao, crying bitterly.
Shi Bai staggered towards home, recalling what Chuan Miao had said in his mind.
"You could have saved me, why did you refuse?"
"Aren't the purpose of saving people a matter of healing? I'm also sick, why don't you save me?"
He practiced medicine to save lives and never felt that he was selfish. But today, looking at Chuan Miao lying in a pool of blood, Shi Bai felt the pain of losing a loved one for the first time.
Li Ying and Zhou Qi followed behind and accompanied him all the way.
She knew that Second Senior Brother must have his own reasons for doing this. No matter what he did, she would support him and would not say anything bad to him.
Thinking that his second senior brother would be immersed in grief, he got up early as usual the next day and called Li Ying and Zhou Qi to go up the mountain.
On the way out to the mountain, I met a crazy woman who was holding a straw doll in her arms and talking nonsense.
"Miaomiao, are you hungry? Mom will make you some rice balls. Aren't you hungry? You want to get married, so Mom will find you a good young man... the Pang family... No, I won't marry..."
Shi Bai stopped and looked at the crazy woman. The corners of his lips twitched and his eyes were filled with guilt. But in the end, he said nothing and walked up the mountain with big strides.
Li Ying raised her foot and followed.
Zhou Qi didn't understand either, but he respected others and didn't speak nonsense.
Shi Bai stopped again, turned around and looked at the crazy figure with a silent expression. After a while, he followed again.
"Today we must go deeper into the mountains to find the herb mentioned in the ancient books." Shi Bai returned to normal and gave instructions calmly.
Li Ying and Zhou Qi nodded.
The further they went into the mountains, the colder the temperature became. Li Ying felt chilly all around, and Zhou Qi discovered a hidden cave.
"Look, there's a cave."
Shi Bai frowned slightly and said to the two people: "There may be unknown traps in the cave here, so let's not go in."
"Um."
When Li Ying turned around and walked away, she suddenly saw a very strange flower at the entrance of the cave, so she stopped.
"Second Brother, wait for me."
Li Ying said as she walked towards the cave entrance. Zhou Qi quickly stopped her and said, "Miss Ying, do you want that herb? Sure, I'll get it for you."
Zhou Qi didn't allow Li Ying to say anything more. He walked to the cave entrance, picked the strange flower and threw it into the basket behind him.
Just as the three men were about to leave, a man's painful groan was heard from the cave.
"There is someone in the cave!" Zhou Qi said.
Shi Bai immediately walked towards the cave. Doctors treat illnesses and save lives. When they heard that there was someone in the cave, they could not stand by and watch him die.
Zhou Qi didn't let Li Ying enter the cave and followed her in to take a look.
Soon, a man was carried out of the cave. He was dirty, unkempt, and smelled terrible.
Li Ying subconsciously covered her nose and took a few steps back.
"Carry him down the mountain first." Shi Bai instructed.
Zhou Qi obeyed.
After going down the mountain, Zhou Qi was responsible for cleaning the man before Shi Bai treated him.
The man was probably in his forties, with multiple scars and gunshot wounds on his body. He refused to answer any questions and was somewhat passive-aggressive.
Li Ying sensed something was wrong. Thinking of what Ye Jingchi said about catching spies in southern Yunnan, she even had a bold idea in her mind: could this person be a spy?
If so, be sure to prepare in advance.
While Shi Bai was treating the other person, Li Ying went to the village to find the village chief.
When the village chief heard that there were spies in the village, he was frightened and immediately reported it to the township.
Li Ying returned home to avoid arousing the other party's suspicion.
Not to mention, the other party became suspicious, but facing two men, he did not dare to act rashly.
The sky gradually darkened.
Li Ying went to her second brother's pharmacy to help make medicine. Seeing her second brother lost in thought, she raised her hand and gently patted his shoulder.
"Second Brother, I know you feel guilty and blame yourself, but it's not your fault."
Chuan Miao did not have the only option of committing suicide, but she chose an extreme way to end her life.
Shi Bai lowered his eyes and mechanically put the medicine into the mortar.
"She has secretly approached me more than once, saying she likes me and wants me to marry her."
Li Ying didn't say anything, just looked at Shi Bai quietly. There was a flash of pain and struggle in his eyes.
It’s not that the second brother doesn’t know how to love, but that he doesn’t want to love others. He insists on living a single life, but only wants to keep his heartbroken mother.
"But I can't make any promises to her. I don't want to get married now."
As Shi Bai spoke, he pounded the medicine vigorously, trying hard to suppress the pain that was welling up in his heart.
"Because I'm afraid Aunt Hong will leave."
Shi Bai paused, not looking into Li Ying's eyes. His lips moved slightly, "I studied medicine with my master because I wanted to cure her, but I've tried so hard for so long, and still can't change anything. You should have noticed that she's terminally ill. Her only wish is for me to get married and have children. As long as I get married and have children, she'll have no regrets."
Tears rolled down Shi Bai's eyes.
"I know it's cruel to let her live like a walking corpse. But Junior Sister, she's my only relative, and I just want to keep my only relative in this world. When I return home, I can see her, eat the food she cooks, and drink the tea she brews, and I'll be happy."
Li Ying was already in tears. She gently hugged Shi Bai's waist from behind and leaned her face gently on her senior brother's back.
"Second Brother, thank you for your hard work."
No one can understand the pain of doing something even though you know it is impossible.
Aunt Hong's heart had long since died, and the body left behind was only to raise her son and shoulder the responsibility of being a mother.
Not being able to see her son get married and have children could still keep her alive. Once Shi Bai got married and had children, she would be completely dead.
Shi Bai doesn't want to get married and have children, he just wants to keep his mother and keep this only family affection.
No one is suffering more than the second brother. He watches his mother become a walking corpse, but he can do nothing but watch and wait.
"Miss Ying, Doctor Shi, that person is missing." Zhou Qi hurriedly pushed open the door and reported.
Li Ying was surprised: "Didn't I ask you to take care of him?"
"I just went to the toilet, and when I came back, he was gone."
"If you're gone, you're gone. Saving someone doesn't necessarily require a reward."
Li Ying whispered something, and Shi Bai and Zhou Qi were shocked.
Suddenly, a scream was heard outside and three people rushed out together.
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