Chapter 91: Hypothermia, loss of control

Lizhan frowned slightly, took out his service pistol and held it in his hand, then walked lightly into the grove.

In this day and age, some hostile elements have infiltrated deeply, and there is no guarantee that some desperate criminal may have attacked a villager!

Following the traces into the small woods, it was easy to spot a figure lying under a large tree. The accumulated snow on the tree had crushed the branches, causing them to fall down and cover the figure.

Li Zhan quickly stepped forward: "Comrade! Wake up..."

Before he could finish his words, his outstretched hand suddenly trembled and his pupils contracted!

"Trickle... Trickle?"

Who else could it be if the pale, unconscious person in front of him wasn't his wife, Xia Juanjuan?!

Looking again, Xia Juanjuan's shirt was torn open, and her skin was directly exposed to the sub-zero temperature.

Li Zhan pursed his lips tightly, not caring about anything else. He touched her skin with his big hands, which was as cold as ice! Then he touched her breath, and his tense heart finally relaxed a little.

Still breathing!

At that moment, he brushed off the snow on Xia Juanjuan's body, took off his military coat and wrapped her up, then carried her on his back and walked towards Qingshui Village at the fastest pace!

"Juanjuan, don't be afraid. I'm back! I can definitely save you! It's okay..."

As the night fell, the three kids were so anxious that they almost cried as they could not wait for Xia Juanjuan to come back. Li Wen asked Li Wu to take his sister Bei Bei to his uncle's house, and he himself went out of the village to look for her.

He knew that Xia Juanjuan had gone to the town, so he could definitely find her on the road from the village to the town!

When Zhou Qiuhe saw Xiaowu and Beibei coming over with red eyes, she quickly asked what happened and suddenly felt a little confused!

She came back from town later than Xia Juanjuan. She had already arrived home, but Xia Juanjuan had not returned yet. Could something have happened to her?

After listening to Xiao Wu and Bei Bei, Li Jie walked out the door without saying anything, saying, "I'll go look along the way first. If I really can't find it, I'll go tell Secretary Zhao and ask him to gather the young men of the commune to look for it together!"

Although the more people looking for her, the better, if a young daughter-in-law did not return to the village late at night, her reputation would be ruined even if nothing had happened!

Although Li Jie is usually taciturn, he is surprisingly considerate in this regard.

If he can’t find it either, then we can only look for the commune!

Zhou Qiuhe was anxious and stood up to follow: "I'll go look for it too!"

But Li Jie stopped him: "You will only make things worse if you go! Besides, there are so many kids at home. The adults are out, aren't they scared? If they run out, won't it cause more trouble?"

Seeing Xiaowu and Beibei crying loudly out of fear, Zhou Qiuhe could only nod anxiously and said, "Then you go quickly! And Xiaowen, this kid is too smart! It's dark outside, what if he gets lost!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Jie had already left the yard!

Li Wen didn't walk far, and Li Jie caught up with him just as he reached the entrance of the village.

Li Jie scolded him and told him to go home, but Li Wen was stubborn and insisted on waiting at the entrance of the village. Li Jie could only let him go and quickly disappeared into the night.

They had not walked a few hundred meters when they saw Li Zhan half running towards them with someone on his back. After knowing that the person Li Zhan was carrying was Xia Juanjuan, Li Jie immediately stepped forward to take Xia Juanjuan and carry her back to the village.

Although he couldn't see clearly at night, he could still tell that Lizhan had been running fast for a while, panting and staggering.

But Li Zhan dodged for a moment. His sharp eyes were like a wolf preying on the grassland at night. He said in a hoarse voice, "Don't touch her. I'll carry her!"

Li Jie was frightened by the murderous aura emanating from Li Zhan. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and he said, "Oh! Then... then hurry up! I'm afraid my sister-in-law is...frozen!"

When they arrived at the village entrance, Li Jie didn't say much. He covered Li Wen's mouth first, then picked him up and quickly returned home with Li Zhan.

Li Wen was sensible enough not to say a word, but from time to time he looked at Li Zhan and then at Xia Juanjuan on his back with worry.

Lizhan and Lijie tried their best to walk lightly and not to disturb the neighbors.

Fortunately, Xia Juanjuan had already put up a fence and the door was on the other side, so even Liu Lan and Wang Guixiang's room were not alarmed.

Zhou Qiuhe brought Xiaowu and Beibei over immediately, but the two kids didn't dare cry out loud at the adults' signal.

Of course, part of the reason was because they were afraid of the aura emanating from Li Zhan at this moment. They widened their eyes in fear and hid behind Big Brother Li's tattoo.

Li Zhan put Xia Juanjuan on the bed, then turned around and said to Zhou Qiuhe: "Third sister-in-law, I need two things from you. One is to boil some water for me now, and the other is to take care of the three kids for us tonight and let them sleep in your room..."

Zhou Qiuhe was frightened by Lizhan's cold and handsome expression. Although she had not seen Lizhan many times, it was the first time she saw such a frightening expression on the face of this usually gentle brother-in-law.

"Oh...Oh! Okay! I'll go and boil some water right away! I'll take care of the three kids, so you don't have to worry!"

After that, he almost ran to the kitchen to boil water. Li Wen was anxious and immediately followed to help. Xiao Wu and Bei Bei tiptoed, lying on the bed with fear and worry on their faces, and called softly: "Mom...Mom..."

Unfortunately, I was too small and couldn’t even reach the edge of the bed even if I stood on tiptoe, let alone see Xia Juanjuan.

Li Zhan's face was cold and he said in a hoarse voice: "Third brother, please take Xiao Wu and Bei Bei out first, and only let Third Sister-in-law in for a while!"

Li Jie did not dare to delay. He caught one with each hand and got both of them and himself out.

To be honest, it wasn't just his wife who had never seen Li Zhan like this before. Even his third brother, who had grown up with Li Zhan, had never seen Li Zhan as dangerous and violent as a wounded wolf at this moment!

Li Zhan took off the military coat wrapped around Xia Juanjuan, and quickly took off her clothes, leaving only a small underwear.

The moon-like skin was icy to the bone, and even more so like transparent cream, breathtakingly beautiful, yet without a trace of blood!

Li Zhan quickly took off his shirt, and without caring about anything else, he hugged Xia Juanjuan tightly into his arms and wrapped them both in his military coat.

To save a person in a hypothermic state, the only thing you can do is to restore their body temperature quickly.

Li Zhan whispered in Xia Juanjuan's ear: "Juanjuan, my wife! It's okay! I'm your man back. I will never let you die..."

Li Zhan closed his eyes tightly and hugged Xia Juanjuan tighter.

There were some things he didn't say. If she really had something wrong, he would probably break the rules and cut the thug who dared to hurt her into pieces...

After a while, Zhou Qiuhe boiled the water, knocked on the door, and dared to come in only after getting permission.

Lizhan had already put on his inner shirt, but the buttons were buttoned in a mess, which still made Zhou Qiuhe blush.

The wooden barrel that had been purchased earlier was quickly filled with hot water of the right temperature. Zhou Qiuhe went to continue boiling the water. Li Zhan picked up Xia Juanjuan and put her into the barrel so that her body temperature could return to normal as soon as possible.

After adding hot water several times, Li Zhan held her in his arms and lay under the quilt to keep her warm. It was not until the late night that Xia Juanjuan groaned in pain.

Li Zhan's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and he called out in a trembling voice: "Juanjuan..."