Chapter 299: Conversation at the Kitchen



When I woke up, I was already lying on the kang, covered with a quilt and pillow, while Yunwen was lying beside me. She smelled of medicine, obviously having drunk some medicine. I was also wrapped in cloth strips. The feeling in my shoulder blades as if my flesh was being torn apart had eased a lot. I felt warm and much more comfortable.

Wound healing is one thing, but to stop the pain, prevent the recurrence of the wound, and relieve the old disease is another matter. This requires long-term coordination of the body, restoration of functions, and active and gradual adjustment of the internal organs to achieve complete freedom from hindrance and reduce sequelae. This is the difficult part, and it is also what the three-fu days cannot do.

In general, if we hadn't encountered Bailu in time, Yunwen and I might have been doomed this time. Without these herbs and solid pharmacological skills, Yunwen and I might have been in trouble this time.

I stood up with my hands on my shoulders, walked out, and looked down through the railing of the corridor on the second floor. I saw Bai Lu adding fire to the earthen stove near the stove on the first floor. Yunwen and I had already embedded a stainless steel pot on top of the earthen stove. Now the stainless steel pot and the earthen stove are connected as one. Bai Lu is stewing medicine in the stainless steel pot, and the whole room is filled with the fragrant smell of medicine.

While stewing the medicine, Song Bailu was still rubbing her neck with her hands for some reason. I went downstairs and went behind Bailu. She was distracted and didn't notice anything. I also saw that her neck was covered with marks in the shape of fingers, which were bruised. Moreover, her arms were also covered with purple marks, too numerous to count, and the corners of her mouth also showed signs of swelling. It's just that on the way back, I was in a trance and didn't notice these details.

"Was it all Yingchun who did it?" I asked.

She stood up in shock, frightened by my sudden appearance. After she calmed down, she nodded and said, "She and the wooden man beside her often treat me like this."

As she said this, she quickly covered up all the injured parts with her clothes, not wanting me to look at them any further.

"After we left, what exactly happened on your side? How did Song Yingchun get involved with the hyena people and become their leader? Also, what's the principle behind the mixed sounds coming out of her mouth? How could she even attack you? Tell me the truth. It's best to tell me the information truthfully. This will be our reason to take you in. If you are lying, you know I will see through it. And you also know that I will never keep another undercover here." I said.

She nodded and said, "Brother Zhou Bo has thought very carefully. If he didn't know my background, it would be difficult for him to keep me. Eliminating the threat is also the best protection for Zhang Yunwen. I understand. However, even if you don't ask, I will tell you everything, not only because I want to survive, but also because I have lost hope in Song Yingchun and have completely given up. We are no longer sisters."

She spoke with gritted teeth, and although she was forbearing, the hidden anger in her tone was particularly clear.

Afterwards, while stewing the medicine, she also told me a lot about what happened after Yunwen and I left.

It turned out that after Yunwen and I left, the two sisters had a dispute. Both sides blamed each other, and the words hurt them, and neither of them was willing to give in. Song Bailu was so angry that she wanted to use the witchcraft of life and death, but she couldn't bear it. Unexpectedly, Song Yingchun ordered the wooden man to beat Song Bailu. Since then, Song Bailu gradually realized that the dispute that night was not just a serious argument, but also a competition for future dominance between the two sisters.

But it was obvious that she was defeated. After that, the Wooden Man was inseparable from Song Yingchun. Even though she intended to fight for the dominance of the eldest sister, the Gate of Life and Death was useless to a nerveless thing like the Wooden Man. Therefore, she could only give up again and again and dared not to take risks. Her retreat again made Song Yingchun become more aggressive.

After that, she began to put pressure on Song Bailu from time to time, asking Song Bailu to obey her. Song Bailu was forced to obey her and would be kicked and beaten if she did not obey. Her weak body could not withstand it. In addition, she also saw clearly that Song Yingchun was no longer the original Song Yingchun. She had long disregarded blood ties and only hoped that more things would go according to her wishes, obey her and satisfy her. For this, she could ignore other things.

Including her sister's life and feelings, that cold-bloodedness also made Song Bailu feel deeply hurt. A person who would stab a dagger into his own stomach without any scruples might have had an addiction to cruelty at some point in time. From then on, Song Bailu began to become silent, and began to be submissive between the two of them, not daring to disobey or go against the grain, until she realized that there was a woodshed deep in the bison area, and then she thought of escaping.

In addition to the two of them, Bai Lu also explained why those hyena people would obey Song Yingchun. One night, she was invited by the female leader of the hyena people. After she went there, she found a token in the nest. Then she cruelly asked the wooden man beside her to beat the female leader of the hyena people to death. She held the token, and no one else helped the female leader. Because of the "coup" that night, she was respected as the new leader of the hyena people.

As for why Yingchun made that mixed sound, Bailu said she was not very clear, but she learned it after that night. From that night on, the hyena people began to obey her, and guards were arranged around the castle, and hunting teams were also formed. If she wanted to eat any meat, she would call on the hyena people to get it for her, but their efficiency was low and often fruitless. So she used her talents to create the Zhuge Crossbow, and then what happened later happened.

After saying this, Song Bailu was also very emotional, and then said: "Mom's death made Dad feel guilty for a while, and he spoiled Yingchun wholeheartedly, compensated her, and cared for her. He never let her suffer any hardship since she was a child, and he also subtly passed this compensation mentality to me, telling me every day that I must never let Yingchun suffer any grievances. Now these so-called compensations have made Song Yingchun completely lose her sense of right and wrong, and she always feels that others and the world owe her."

"Do you regret it?" I asked.

She nodded and said, "I regret it."

"The scariest thing in the world is not monsters, savages, miasma, or poisonous insects. Those things can appear and can certainly be cured. But there is only one thing that cannot be cured, and that is the insatiable human nature. That is the scariest thing. Since you came to the island, you have been indulging it and giving it nutrients, allowing this monster to grow. This has created the possibility of destroying all survival. You really should regret and reflect on yourself." I said.

She was moved, shed tears and nodded.

I helped her wipe away her tears. She looked at me with a humble expression. I said, "Okay, after you help take care of Yunwen, you can also make some medicine for yourself. I will take you to Sanfu to lick your wounds in the evening. It will help with external injuries, but it does not mean that I accept you. If you dare to have any bad thoughts, I may do something more cruel than Yingchun, so you'd better take it easy. This is your last hope of survival. Don't destroy it yourself. Do you understand?"

She nodded and said, "I understand, Brother Zhou Bo, I, Song Bailu, have completely come to my senses and know what to do in the future. Don't worry, I will take good care of Yunwen and make her get better as soon as possible."

I nodded, said nothing more, got up and left. While she was taking care of Yunwen, I had time to take care of the farmland. But unexpectedly, the farmland had already been cultivated, the soil was still moist, and there was a smell of chrysanthemum ash. In addition, a new batch of fungus had been dried, and Yunwen's and Yunwen's blood-stained coats were soaking in the earthen basin. There were also unfinished wicker baskets piled outside the door.

It seems that Song Bailu really intends to stay here.

I turned around and was about to praise her, but Song Bailu also had something to say to me, so she spoke first, "By the way, Brother Zhou Bo, your bodies are different from before. Your wounds are healing very well. Also, if you were too weak to recover before, it would take you more than a day to wake up. This time, it only took two hours. You woke up in the time it took me to stew the medicine twice. It's really amazing."

I was stunned, and then I remembered the day when I left the castle. There were clearly many wounds on my back from the prickles of the Heaven and Earth Root, but when I woke up, they were nowhere to be seen. It was just as magical as Bai Lu said.


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