Du Lanshan and Luo Cheng rushed forward and quickly pulled Xiao Wang, whose legs were still dangling on the bridge, down to the bottom. He had a tattered hemp rope wrapped around his waist, and his leather shoes were worn out, revealing ten scarred toes and ankles. Judging from the marks on his shoes, they looked as if they had been bitten by sharp teeth.
Xiao Wang himself couldn't say what attacked him, because the fog was too thick and he couldn't see anything at all.
As he described it, his face turned as pale as if he had lost too much blood, and fear lingered in his eyes. "The bridge got bigger, and I ran around it but couldn't get off."
The hemp rope transformed back into a card, which Lianlian put back into her spatial storage. She bit her lip, genuinely grateful for the stranger's kindness, even though she didn't need the stranger to risk their life for her. She took out some alcohol and Yunnan Baiyao (a traditional Chinese medicine), saying shyly, "Let me apply the medicine for you!"
Xiao Wang was convulsing in pain, but he still forced a smile at Lianlian, "It's nothing, it's just a minor injury!"
The older woman's lips twitched involuntarily. She glanced at Lianlian, who was holding the medicine with a troubled expression, and took the medicine from her. "Let me do it! I'm a nurse, after all!"
Lianlian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded gratefully to the older woman.
Perhaps sensing Lianlian's coldness, Xiao Wang, though unhappy, restrained himself somewhat. Faced with his own life, that meager goodwill quickly vanished.
His injuries weren't serious, but the location of the injury made it difficult for him to walk, so the six of them went back to their rooms to rest early.
At night, the closed room actually makes it harder to fall asleep.
Tai Er and Du Lanshan summarized their experiences of the day. Tai Er, eating a sausage in the dark, said with a smacking sound, "I don't think the villagers are dangerous."
Du Lanshan lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), closing his eyes to rest. He replied, "Judging from the situation, Meiren Village is more like an isolated island surrounded by the sea. The reason they are poor is because they cannot contact the outside world."
"But I didn't see any wild vegetables growing around here." The woods across the way were lush and green, while their own village was barren and desolate. It was truly remarkable that the villagers could still maintain a cheerful attitude.
“Not only is there no environment for wild vegetables to grow, but there are also very few wild grasses.” Du Lanshan turned over and put his arm behind his head. “Think about the noodles on the table. They are not suitable for farming, but they provide food to eat.”
"Could someone be bringing them food?" Tai Er suddenly jumped up from the kang (a heated brick bed), looking excitedly at his companion in the darkness. "It must be people from the rich village, right?"
"Who knows if it's a person or a ghost!" Du Lanshan scoffed. He had also considered this possibility. If the villagers of Beauty Village were not the problem, then there must be some kind of ghost interfering.
A voice drifted over from the second-in-command, "Hopefully we won't be short of help tomorrow!"
Du Lanshan didn't speak. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard a strange scream. Compared to being frightened or injured, the scream sounded more like someone had a feather stuck in their throat, giving off a sense of 'completely unexpected and bewildered'.
Then the sounds of fighting could be heard.
The walls of the mud-brick house were not soundproof, and as the two hurriedly got up from the kang (a heated brick bed), they could still hear Luo Cheng shouting, "What are you doing! Go to hell! Let go of me!"
After Du Lanshan and Tai Er ran out of the room, the eldest sister and Lianlian also stood at the door of Luo Cheng and the others. The four of them looked at each other and reached out to push the door open.
The thin door was easily pushed open, and moonlight streamed into the room through the window. A girl with long, flowing hair, slender limbs, and fair skin clung to Luo Cheng, her lips close to his cheek as if whispering secrets. The curve of her lips seemed to be both a smile and a complaint about Luo Cheng's roughness.
Yes, it was brutal, because Luo Cheng was gritting his teeth and forcefully pulling at the unfamiliar girl.
Tai Er chuckled maliciously, "Brother Luo, you're so heartless! It's not easy for that girl to have taken a liking to you!"
Luo Cheng's face turned ashen, and he muttered, "If you like it, I'll give it to you!"
Lianlian suddenly asked, "Where is Xiao Wang?"
Du Lanshan looked around but couldn't see Xiao Wang anywhere. He then looked at the wide-open window. "Could he be at the back of the house?"
The others thought the same thing. The eldest sister, who was lagging behind, was about to go around to find someone when Luo Cheng shouted impatiently, "Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang, the one I'm carrying is Xiao Wang! Get him off me right now!"
The girl, without warning, had already grabbed Luo Cheng's head and kept trying to kiss him.
Because of the angle, the girl Luo Cheng called Xiao Wang revealed her entire face. To be honest, you could tell from her eyebrows and features that she was based on Xiao Wang, but she was much more beautiful than Xiao Wang.
Lianlian couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Even Photoshop can't do this so naturally and conveniently!"
Tai Er, who had been secretly sighing with envy at Luo Cheng's good fortune, looked like he was about to vomit. He followed behind Du Lanshan and together they pulled down Xiao Wang, who was completely out of his mind and only knew how to pounce on people.
Fortunately, Xiao Wang wasn't only interested in Luo Cheng, but the problem was that he had his eye on all the men present.
For a moment, Du Lanshan and Tai Er were also entangled with him. Moreover, although Xiao Wang's appearance (gender?) had changed, his strength was immense, making it impossible for the three of them to break free. They ended up playing hide-and-seek in the small room.
Lianlian wanted to get closer, but Xiao Wang suddenly turned his head and glared at her fiercely as if she were an enemy. This made Lianlian laugh and cry at the same time, so she took two steps back to show that she wouldn't fight him for it.
"Stop fooling around, something's wrong with Xiao Wang." Du Lanshan reminded him. Tai Er desperately tried to pull his leg away from Xiao Wang's grasp, his face contorted in a mournful expression. "Brother, I can tell!"
"I mean, his body temperature." Xiao Wang's other hand gripped Du Lanshan's wrist tightly, and in a strange, twisted position, his legs were wrapped around Luo Cheng's waist. Luo Cheng was exhausted, so he simply sat on the kang and let him hold him like that, too lazy to move.
Fortunately, Xiao Wang was rather greedy, and none of the three men wanted to let go, so the four of them were in a stalemate.
Hearing Du Lanshan's words, the two women decided it was best not to continue watching the spectacle. They walked in, and the older woman, enduring Xiao Wang's glare, touched his forehead and immediately gasped, "So cold!"
Lianlian touched it too, her voice heavy, "It's as cold as a dead person!"
"What exactly is going on?" the older woman asked Luo Cheng.
Luo Cheng awkwardly wiped the sweat from his forehead and gave an embarrassed laugh. "Xiao Wang was in a lot of pain and was eating by the window. I was sleeping next to him, and then I had a dream that someone kissed me..." He paused, then summed it up in a stiff sentence, "I won't go into details, but anyway, Xiao Wang woke me up!"
"How did you recognize him?" Tai Er asked with a strange and twisted smile. "He looks completely different now than before."
Luo Cheng said with a wry smile, "He changed his appearance little by little!"
The older woman looked at Xiao Wang's foot and gestured for them to look, saying, "The injury is almost healed!"
Lianlian said in horror, "If everything is completely healed, will Xiao Wang never be able to turn back?"
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