Chapter 287 Personally Sending My Wife Back to Her Residence

After hearing this, Li Zhan was so moved that he was speechless.

The brothers under his command were really loyal and had already found excuses for him.

Bai Zihan smiled and said, "That's it. Captain, please change the order. You and a few brothers will escort the horse thief back, and we will go to rescue the patrol near Xiaohei River and rescue the trapped herdsmen."

That's how it was settled.

Xia Juanjuan was filled with joy. After saying goodbye to Shen Wanxue and Rong Zhenbang, she was immediately picked up by Lie Zhan and put on the horse's back.

Xia Juanjuan's face turned red all the way to her neck, and she complained, "I can get on the horse myself!"

Li Zhan glanced at her and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten the last time you were temporarily stationed there and you were so scared that your legs went limp after seeing the horse?"

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

When did her legs go weak?

Besides, things are different now!

Can't she make any progress?

She has so many horses in her space, and she has been training for a long time over the past year. Now she is very good at riding horses!

However, this matter seems...not easy to tell Li Zhan, so I just turned my face away and pretended to be angry and ignored him.

Lizhan stepped on the saddle and got on the horse gracefully. He sat close to her back, wrapped his arms around her body, pulled the reins, and said with a smile: "Are you angry? Okay, okay, you didn't get weak last time. I remembered it wrong. Is that okay now?"

Xia Juanjuan rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile, "That's about right."

Although it was a bit embarrassing to ride the same horse with Lizhan, she didn't want to waste the rare time they had together as a couple by riding two horses, so she leaned on Lizhan's arms with some dependence.

The group said goodbye to the ranch, split into three teams, and went their separate ways in three different directions.

Because they had to hurry, unlike the last time at the temporary station, this time they increased their speed a little, so the horse's back was quite bumpy. In addition, they were on the snow, and the wind was whistling in their ears. Xia Juanjuan held the saddle tightly, still feeling a little scared in her heart.

After running for a while and slowing down a little, Lizhan asked softly, "By the way, I never found a chance to ask you, how did you end up there with your parents and get attacked by horse thieves?"

Last night, Li Zhan had asked Rong Zhenbang about the attack on them, and he also knew that it was Xia Juanjuan who found them first and managed to lure the horse thieves onto the ice.

However, since Xia Juanjuan had the Browning matter on her mind, Rong Zhenbang hesitated for a moment but did not mention it.

He guessed that the Browning in Xia Juanjuan's hand might have been secretly given to her by Li Zhan for her self-defense.

Even though Xia Juanjuan was a military dependent, she was still just a civilian after all. Although there were old hunters in the countryside who collected self-made earthen warehouses and used them for hunting in the mountains.

But Browning is different. Rong Zhenbang, who came from a wealthy family and had served in the army and fought on the battlefield, once owned several Brownings, and they were not cheap.

If it was given by Li Zhan, where did Li Zhan get it from? Could it be from the army?

If Lizhan asked him alone, it would be fine if he told him. But you have so many of Lizhan's brothers in the warehouse. What if he tells and it harms Lizhan?

Therefore, Li Zhan didn't know that Xia Juanjuan had Browning in her hands.

Xia Juanjuan's heart sank, and she hesitated for a moment whether to tell Li Zhan about what happened in the dream, but finally decided to tell him.

"A few days before the New Year, I had nightmares for several days in a row. I dreamed that my parents were trapped in a snowstorm and met horse thieves. And you... were also injured. Although it was a dream, I was very worried at home. Thinking about not seeing you for such a long time, I wrote a letter of introduction to come to you. I sent a telegram before I came, but you may have been on a business trip and didn't have time to see it.

First, I arrived at the station and spent the whole night there, but I didn't see you coming back, so I thought I would go to the farm where mom and the others were to visit them. If they were safe and sound at the farm, I would be relieved. Who knew that when I went to ask, they drove the sheep to the pasture last night, so I went to the pasture again, but I didn't see you either. However, the people at the pasture said that you might be at Sanshi Mountain, so I went there again to try my luck, and I didn't expect to actually meet you.

Then, we encountered horse thieves, and you arrived in time..."

Lizhan listened quietly, feeling a surge of pity in his heart, and said softly: "Juanjuan, thank you for your hard work..."

Because she was worried about him and his parents, she traveled thousands of miles, braving the wind and snow, and in fact, she did save his parents' lives...

Xia Juanjuan snuggled in his arms and smiled, "It's okay. If that dream hadn't felt too real, I wouldn't have come. If something really happened to you and your parents, I would never feel at peace if I didn't come..."

After riding for a whole day, we finally returned to our place of residence in the evening.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Zhan asked the brothers who had returned with him to rest for a night at the base, and then set out early the next morning to meet up with Bai Zihan and the others.

Xia Juanjuan still lived in the same yurt as she had a few days ago. This time, she finally had some space to be alone with Lizhan.

Xia Juanjuan first returned to the yurt and then took off her boots.

There were some signs last night, but they were more obvious today.

Both of my feet were frostbitten, terribly swollen, itchy and painful.

Li Zhan couldn't help but gasp when he saw it, feeling so heartbroken.

Xia Juanjuan subconsciously wanted to hide her feet and smiled, "It's okay. As long as it's warm, it will be fine."

In fact, if I enter the space and soak in some spiritual spring water, I will be almost healed. It's just that from yesterday until now, I haven't had the opportunity to enter the space, so it turned out like this.

Li Zhan squatted down, grabbed her ankle and examined it carefully, and said domineeringly: "Don't move."

It was very red and swollen, but luckily the skin was not broken.

Li Zhan sighed and said, "It's so serious, why didn't you tell me?"

Xia Juanjuan felt a little guilty: "We didn't walk that far, it's okay..."

Lizhan raised his eyes and gave her a displeased look. How can you call this okay?

"Sit still."

As he spoke, Li Zhan had already stood up, went out to find a basin, and poured hot water from the kettle on the stove. After it cooled down a little, he let Xia Juanjuan soak her feet.

Then he went out again.

When I came back, Xia Juanjuan had already washed her feet and put them under the quilt to keep them warm.

Lizhan grabbed her ankle and applied some medicine to the frostbitten area.

"This is made by an experienced Mongolian doctor here. It's very useful. When we first came here and got frostbite, we relied on this treatment to get used to it. Apply some and it should be healed in a day or two."

"Hmm." Xia Juanjuan blushed. Although they had been married for two years, she still felt embarrassed when he caught her and applied medicine to her bare feet.

Moreover, when the affected area on the foot is touched, it is itchy and painful, and I can't help but move it around.

Li Zhan said unhappily, "Don't move."

"But it's so itchy..."

"Don't scratch it if it itches, or you'll break the skin, and it won't heal easily."

After finally applying the medicine, Lizhan poured out the foot washing water and returned to the yurt.

Xia Juanjuan had already taken off her clothes, leaving only a red bellyband and pajamas on her body. She was wrapped in a quilt and looked at Li Zhan with moist eyes.

Li Zhan swallowed subconsciously and his eyes darkened.

He immediately pounced on her like a leopard, hugged Xia Juanjuan into his arms, bit her lips roughly, and tasted them wantonly. Then he leaned close to her ear and said in a hoarse and magnetic voice: "Wife, I miss you so much."

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but put her arms around his neck, responded to his kiss, and said softly: "I miss you, too..."

…

Even though it was just once, Xia Juanjuan was exhausted enough that she lay in Li Zhan's arms and didn't even want to move a finger. She was filled with laziness and contentment.

At this time, Li Zhan stood up again.

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment and looked at him in confusion: "It's so late, where are you going?"

Li Zhan smiled as he put on his clothes, "You go to sleep first. I don't know if those horse thieves have other gangs. They are interrogating them overnight. I'll go over to take a look and come back."

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan felt both distressed and a little angry.

This... workaholic! She came all the way here to look for her husband. They haven't seen each other for half a year. Now she's gone. This is too much...

But... Alas! Who let me marry such a professional man?

She... endured it.

Li Zhan seemed to notice her disappointment and said with a smile, "I promise, I'll be back soon..."

Li Zhan said this and went out.

When they arrived at the interrogation place, Wei Bin, who was in charge of the interrogation, happened to come out and briefly reported to Li Zhan.

"From what they said, it seems that they have no other accomplices. Their leader was also killed by you, the leader. So..."

"What is it?" Li Zhan asked.

"There are a few places where their statements don't match up..."

Li Zhan frowned slightly and said, "Tell me."

"One reason was the ice breaking. They were watching the sheep, so they didn't know exactly what was going on. But they wanted to see what was going on, so they ran over here and saw the ice from a distance. They thought someone must have fired two rockets at the ice, which caused it to break.

But Captain, we rushed over because we heard the first wooden warehouse sound. Those two wooden warehouse sounds did not sound like those of the earthen warehouse.

Also, when we rushed over to rescue my sister-in-law and the others, in addition to the three people we killed, one person was already dead. Judging from the wound, it should not be Tumu Cang, but... Browning."

Li Zhan's heart moved and his brows furrowed even more tightly. Browning again?

"However, we asked these horse thieves where the Browning came from. But they looked like they had never heard of the name Browning. After finding out that it was a wooden warehouse, they denied it flatly, saying that they only had a wooden warehouse and no Browning. So... is Browning so easy to get now? Why does it seem like every criminal has one..."