Chapter 126 Rescuing people, abandoning them in a cave
They had to erase all traces; they couldn't let anyone know that they were the ones who rescued the people, otherwise the whole village would suffer.
"Okay!" With someone on his back, Lin Dayou felt a surge of heroism. His previous fear had long been forgotten, and he only wanted to get the person to the cave he knew as soon as possible.
"Dad, are you sure there really is a cave here?" Looking at the familiar scene, Lin Luoxi couldn't help but wonder if Lin Dayou had made a mistake.
After all, they had run around this place several times in the morning but hadn't found any caves or anything like that.
"Don't worry, your father knows this back mountain like the back. I remember exactly how many trees there are on this mountain, how could I make a mistake?"
Lin Dayou grew up in these mountains and forests, and he knows this area very well.
"Alright, I'll believe you this once." Seeing how certain Lin Dayou was, Lin Luoxi could only believe that there really was a cave in the back mountain.
Following Lin Dayou, we groped our way through the winding paths of the back mountain until we arrived behind a large tree that was over a hundred years old.
"Oh my, that scared me to death." The century-old tree was so lush and its roots were so extensive. They came over in the dark, and Lin Dayou almost fell over.
Thinking that he was carrying someone on his back, Lin Dayou quickly steadied himself and walked forward with lingering fear.
Upon entering, they could clearly smell the dryness emanating from the ground. In addition, Lin Luoxi's night vision was quite good, and she could vaguely see that they had already entered the cave.
"Alright, let's leave him here for now. We'll bring him some food tomorrow." Lin Dayou placed the person in a dry spot and stretched his aching shoulders.
"Okay, let's go. If we don't go back soon, Mother and my older brother will worry." After looking around, Lin Luoxi found no trace of wild animals in the cave and urged Lin Dayou with peace of mind.
"Huh? Just leave him here alone?" Lin Zhousheng was still a little worried about leaving the man alone in the cave overnight, since he had suffered very serious injuries.
“Why don’t you stay here and keep watch, Uncle Zhou? I’ll go and tell your aunt that you have something to do and haven’t gone back yet…” Lin Luoxi said, seeing that Lin Zhousheng couldn’t bear to leave the man alone in the cave.
"Ah? Never mind, I still need to go back and tell your aunt about buying the land..." It was late at night, and he didn't dare stay in the mountains. He didn't want to see his great-grandfather so soon.
"Oh, I thought Uncle Zhou, you meant..."
"But don't worry, I'll sprinkle some beast-repelling powder here first, that'll ensure he lives until dawn tomorrow. Wait for me a moment..."
A series of rustling sounds came from inside the cave.
Lin Luoxi first took advantage of the two adults' inattention to walk up to the unconscious man, feed him some spiritual dew, and then took out a packet of medicine powder from her purse and carefully sprinkled it at the entrance of the cave.
After doing all this, Lin Luoxi clapped her hands and called Lin Dayou and Lin Zhousheng to go home.
"Luo Xi, is it really okay to sprinkle on the powder?" Lin Dayou was still a little worried after watching Lin Luo Xi fiddling around with it.
"Dad, if you're worried, you can stay and take care of her. I'll put in a good word for you when I get back." Lin Luoxi rolled her eyes when she heard Lin Dayou doubt her abilities.
The cave was quite dark, so Lin Dayou couldn't see anything, but he could sense it from Lin Luoxi's impatient tone when she was being questioned.
"Forget it, your mother is still angry with me today. If you don't go back now, she probably won't let me into the room anymore..." Actually, Lin Dayou was just afraid of being alone in the mountains, so he used Lin Wangshi as an excuse.
"Tch~" Seeing through it but not saying it, Lin Luoxi just scoffed speechlessly.
Without saying anything more, he turned around and started walking down the mountain, not caring whether the two adults behind him were following.
Seeing Lin Luoxi leave so confidently, Lin Dayou and Lin Zhousheng glanced at the location of the unconscious man before taking off to catch up with her.
It was getting late, and Lin Luoxi was worried that her family would be anxious, so she quickened her pace to get home.
"Mother, why are you all standing outside?" Just as Lin Luoxi had predicted, under the cover of night, Lin Wangshi, along with Lin Wenqian and the others, stood at the gate of the courtyard, facing the entrance of the village, eagerly waiting.
"We were worried that something might have happened to you on the way back since you hadn't come back so late, so..."
When Lin Wangshi and Lin Wenqian saw that Lin Ruoluoxi, Lin Dayou, and Lin Zhousheng had returned safely, their hearts finally settled down.
They breathed a huge sigh of relief and rushed forward, surrounding the three of them.
"Second sister, why did you come back from the back mountain?" Lin Wenqian was not mistaken; Lin Luoxi and the other two had indeed come back from the back mountain, and their shoes were still covered with the unique pine needle soil from the back mountain.
Xie Hanchuan wanted to ask the same question, but Lin Luoxi had already asked it, so he stood aside quietly watching Lin Luoxi, hoping to get an answer from her.
"This is a long story, let's go inside and talk about it first."
Lin Wen and Wang Shi didn't know how long they had been standing at the door. Lin Luoxi had been terrified on her way back, so she wanted to go inside and calm herself down before making a move.
"Dayou, it's getting late. My wife is probably very worried. I need to go back and let her know I'm safe..."
Seeing the joyful and warm scene of Lin Dayou's family, and thinking that his own wife must be very worried at this time, Lin Zhousheng quickly told Lin Dayou and wanted to rush home.
Before he could finish speaking, a figure came running from a distance, calling out to him in a panic.
"Village chief, you're here! Something's happened..." A young man's voice was so loud that everyone heard him even before he got close.
"Wenjie, what's all the fuss about?" Lin Zhousheng frowned deeply when he saw that the person was Lin Wenjie.
This man loved watching excitement; wherever there was excitement, he was there. Lin Zhousheng had a bad feeling when he saw him appear.
"Something's happened to the Lin family. Yang Qian'ao from Yangjia Village has come knocking on their door." As Lin Wenjie said this, he would occasionally glance at Lin Dayou, who was listening intently.
"Brother Wenjie, what are you looking at? Are you trying to see how my dad will react?"
"Or do I need to remind you again that our family has absolutely no relation to the Lin family?"
"If you want to watch other people's commotion, clean up the soot at the bottom of your own pot first." Lin Luoxi disliked people like that, who did nothing productive and only focused on whether other people's chickens were laying eggs.
"Da Ya~" Lin Wangshi said in a mock scolding tone after Lin Luoxi finished speaking.
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