Chapter 96 Rescue
The loud noise from the basement startled both Wei Muchen and Cheng Ying.
Wei Muchen was the first to react, jumping off Cheng Ying and running quickly to the cabinet opposite. He pulled out a gun, cocked it, and turned to give Cheng Ying a cruel smile. "Judging from the noise, your long-awaited fiancé has arrived. Guess how I'll deal with him?"
Cheng Ying's eyelids twitched, and she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Long Buxi, watch out! He has a gun!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud "boom" was heard, and the entrance to the basement was smashed open.
At the same time, Wei Muchen raised his gun and fired a burst of shots at the entrance.
Cheng Ying shouted anxiously, "Long Buxi, bullets will kill you! Get out of the way!"
In the pitch-black night, bullets clattered incessantly, but Long Buxi remained nowhere to be seen.
Wei Muchen was furious. He didn't know what the people outside were up to, nor was he sure if they were Cheng Ying's fiancé. After emptying his magazine, he saw that there was still no movement or sign of anyone outside. Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer, loaded a new magazine into his gun, and climbed to the basement entrance.
Cheng Ying's limbs were bound by iron chains thicker than her wrists, making it impossible for her to escape. She couldn't see what was happening outside, but she heard another gunshot outside. Not long after, Wei Muchen's screams rang out.
Now Cheng Ying was certain that the person outside was Long Buxi.
Long Buxi's years of experience surviving in the mountains and wilderness have made him more patient than anyone else, allowing him to lie in wait in the dark and find the most suitable opportunity to strike his prey.
Wei Muchen was restless and impatient. He wanted Long Buxi's life too badly and wanted to capture her too badly. Even though his fighting skills were superior to Long Buxi's, he was no match for her.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but as Cheng Ying was filled with anxiety and unsure of what was happening outside, someone entered through the basement entrance.
Wearing a dark blue Miao costume, the tall and slender Long Buxi carried Wei Muchen, who was equally tall but had a bloody head and was panting like a dead dog, through the entrance into the basement.
When Long Buxi saw Cheng Ying, her clothes disheveled, her limbs chained, and her half-sitting on the bed, her beautiful pupils contracted. She threw Wei Mucheng aside, strode to the bedside, searched around, found the key, unlocked the chains on Cheng Ying's hands and feet, and hugged her tightly in her arms.
Cheng Ying felt the familiar, warm embrace that carried the scent of fir trees, and her eyes involuntarily reddened. "Long Buxi, I knew you would come to save me."
Hearing her voice from not far away, Wei Muchen coughed up a mouthful of blood and stared intently at the two of them.
Long Buxi hugged Cheng Ying tightly, her voice trembling, "I'm sorry I'm late. Don't be afraid, I'm here, no one will dare to bully you anymore."
He dared not imagine what Cheng Ying had suffered these past few days, being imprisoned here by Wei Muchen.
Seeing the usually proud and self-possessed Cheng Ying bound to chains like a dog, her clothes tattered, Long Buxi's calm eyes lost their composure, replaced by a fierce rage. Her gaze as she turned to Wei Muchen was terrifyingly gloomy.
Seeing his expression, Cheng Ying guessed what he was planning to do. She quickly hugged him and whispered, "I'm fine. He didn't go all the way with me. Calm down. Just use the Gu on him. Don't kill him. Murder is illegal!"
Long Buxi remained unmoved, his entire body radiating murderous intent. "He touched you, he deserves to die!"
Cheng Ying gently kissed his forehead and softly comforted him, "Don't get agitated, calm down. You have plenty of ways to make him wish he were dead. Don't kill him in a moment of impulse, or you'll pay for it with your life. It's not worth it."
Wei Muchen's limbs were forcibly broken by Long Buxi, and the exposed parts of his body were bitten by Long Buxi's poisonous spiders, scorpions, and other venomous insects, causing him unbearable pain all over his body.
Ignoring his own pain, he struggled to his feet. Seeing the man and woman embracing on the bed, and the undisguised joy and love on Cheng Ying's face, the jealousy in his heart burned fiercely, almost making him lose his mind.
He sneered at Long Buxi: "Long, you've seen it all. She's mine now. You should know very well what happened these past few days while I kept her tied up in this basement. She's a used woman now. Even if you take her away, she doesn't belong to you!"
Upon hearing this, Long Buxi was filled with rage. He released Cheng Ying and strode over. He raised his long leg and kicked Wei Muchen in the chest, knocking him to the ground. As Wei Muchen coughed up blood, Long Buxi drew his Miao knife from his waist and plunged the tip of the knife between Wei Muchen's legs.
Wei Muchen let out a pig-like scream of pain, his body covered in blood, yet he still stubbornly retorted, "If you have a temper, then kill me! I've already ruined your fiancée, but you don't dare to kill me. You're a coward!"
Cheng Ying's eyelids twitched. Seeing the murderous intent on Long Buxi's face, she knew he was truly intent on killing her. She quickly got out of bed, grabbed him, and yelled at Wei Mucheng, "Shut up, you lunatic! Stop spewing nonsense and slandering people. If you really had violated me, given my personality, I would have bitten my tongue and committed suicide long ago. How could I still be struggling to deal with you in this godforsaken place?! Do you think I've been obedient to you these past few days because I'm afraid of you?"
Long Buxi was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly unbuttoned his own clothes, put the Miao-style jacket on Cheng Ying, and then picked Cheng Ying up and walked towards the basement entrance. "You go up first, I need to have a good 'talk' with him."
Cheng Ying looked worried. "Don't kill him."
Long Buxi carried her up the steps. "Are you afraid I'll kill him, or are you afraid I'll pay the price for it?"
“Even at a time like this, you still don’t trust me?” Cheng Ying laughed, softly reaching out to pinch his arm. “I wish he would die right now, but this is Han Chinese territory, not your Miao village. This is a society governed by law. No matter how angry you are, you have to control yourself.”
Long Buxi carried her out of the entrance, carefully placed her on the grass by the entrance, whispered "I know," and turned to go into the basement.
Cheng Ying thought Long Buxi had come alone, but she didn't expect that after standing at the entrance for a while, Wan Shuhui, Cheng Xue, Sun Qinghui and others, guided by a blue butterfly from Long Buxi, found where Cheng Ying was.
Seeing Cheng Ying standing in the grass, her face pale and dressed in Long Buxi's Miao clothing, Wan Shuhui and Cheng Xue's eyes reddened, and they rushed over, surrounding her and asking, "Xiao Ying, sister, are you alright?"
The people in front of her included her family and friends, as well as educated youth from the village, leading cadres, the branch manager of the post office, and even the head of the county's armed forces department and the director of the public security bureau. A large group of people surrounded her, looking at her with concern.
Cheng Ying relaxed, her eyes red, and shook her head. "It's alright, nothing's wrong."
"Xiaoxue, your sister is injured. Let's talk about it at the hospital." After saying this, Sun Qinghui squatted down in front of Cheng Ying and offered to carry her to the hospital.
Cheng Ying said it wasn't necessary and insisted on waiting for Long Buxi to come out of the basement. She inquired about Wei Muchen's condition and learned that Long Buxi hadn't taken his life, but had only used her Gu worms to severely torture him, leaving him covered in wounds and looking neither human nor ghost. Only then did she feel relieved and faint.
When she woke up again, she was already in the Miao village of Pucangzhai.
When she woke up, she thought she was still in the basement. Her whole body tensed up, and she reflexively wanted to fight Wei Muchen to the death.
When she looked up, she saw Long Buxi's handsome face magnified.
Feeling the warmth of his embrace, Cheng Ying remembered what had happened before she fainted and knew she had been saved. She immediately relaxed, snuggled closer to Long Buxi, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Long Buxi, how long have I been unconscious? Where am I?"
Long Buxi put a thick Miao cloak on her and gently tied the drawstring around her neck. He said in a gentle voice, "You've been unconscious for over a week. Your Han doctors said you took too many sleeping pills and might remain unconscious for a long time. I consulted your parents and brought you back to Pucang Village."
Cheng Ying felt a little strange. "Why did my parents agree to let you take me away?"
She was kidnapped and imprisoned by Wei Muchen. Given her parents' personalities, they should have sent her to the hospital so she could recuperate properly.
“Because I told them I could exorcise the curse and wake you up in the shortest time possible.” Long Buxi didn’t hide anything from her. “Your parents think that since something like this has happened to you, it would be better for you to come back to the Miao village with me.”
He put it very tactfully, but Cheng Ying understood what he meant.
She was kidnapped by Wei Muchen, and her clothes were torn. Even though nothing had happened between her and Wei Muchen, in the eyes of the villagers, she was already an impure person, and they couldn't help but spread some unpleasant rumors about her.
But if she were with Long Buxi, even if the villagers wanted to say something, her parents would use Long Buxi to shut them up. Out of respect for him, those people wouldn't dare to gossip and risk their lives.
With that thought in mind, Cheng Ying felt relieved and sat up to ask, "How is Wei Muchen doing?"
Long Buxi brought her a cup of hot water and made her drink it. "Your parents reported it to the police, and your father even found that Chief Wei and asked for justice for you. Now your parents are staying in the capital to handle the aftermath. According to your Han Chinese laws, the harm Wei Mucheng caused you is enough to get him shot, but his father begged your father to spare his life, so I put a heart-cursing Gu and other Gu worms on him. He's now an idiot and will spend the rest of his life in prison."
Cheng Ying nodded knowingly; she wasn't surprised by Wei Muchen's outcome.
He was from a prominent family, after all. No matter how fair and just Chief Wei was, he couldn't possibly watch his own son die, and he would inevitably plead with her father for mercy.
Given her father's overly kind nature, he would definitely agree to Chief Wei's request to spare Wei Mucheng's life.
However, with Long Buxi around, Wei Mucheng will never regain his sanity and will remain a fool and madman in prison for the rest of his life.
She felt that this ending was still a bit too lenient for her.
What if Wei Muchen regains his senses one day and starts harassing her again?
As if sensing her worry, Long Buxi said, "Don't worry, no one can cure my Gu worms. Even if someone could, I can have other Gu worms kill the person who hurt you whenever I want!"
Cheng Ying was completely relieved and put her arm around his waist, saying, "Nothing really happened between Wei Muchen and me."
“I know.” Long Buxi lowered his eyes and gently kissed her lips. “I have already had Alan control Wei Mucheng’s mind. He has told me everything.”
Cheng Ying was dumbfounded. Controlling her mind? She told him everything?
Did Wei Muchen also tell her about her rebirth and her marriage to Wei Muchen in her previous life?
Before she could ask, Long Buxi stood up and said, "You haven't eaten for many days, you must be very hungry. I've made you some porridge, I'll bring it to you." With that, she walked out of the room and went downstairs to get the porridge.
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