Chapter 005: Village Evil Snake-5
After the crisis was resolved, Jiang Yan started to wander around the wilderness again. Meng Tang followed him patiently, their two shadows, one short and one long, looked like the young master and bodyguard in a TV series.
The two of them unknowingly walked to Meng Tang's home. Xu Fusheng was standing in the yard in front of the house with a sad face. It was not until he saw his grandson coming that he relaxed his brows slightly and waved his hand, saying, "Tang'er, come here quickly."
Meng Tang glanced at Jiang Yan and walked over.
Jiang Yan didn't want to go over at first, but when he saw a person lying in the yard, a woman with her back to him and her face covered, crying, he suddenly remembered something and followed over.
"My son!"
Before Jiang Yan got close, he heard the woman's wailing, which was continuous and miserable.
"Is it incurable?"
Jiang Yan walked up to Meng Tang and asked in a low voice.
"It feels like that." Meng Tang looked at the man on the ground and sighed with a hint of regret.
Jiang Yan asked again: "Then how did you save me?"
Before Meng Tang could speak, Xu Fusheng spoke first: "My dear grandson, how did you detoxify Jiang Yan?"
Xu Fusheng frowned. He had been watching the young man underground for a long time and had tried every possible method, but there was still no sign of the young man waking up.
"Please save my son!"
The woman wiped her tears and reached out to grab Meng Tang's clothes. It seemed that she had been crying for a long time and her eyes were swollen.
Jiang Yan felt pity and tilted his head to stare at the young man lying there. He saw that his face was black and blue, as if he had been punched several times, and there was no life on his face.
"Is he still breathing?" Jiang Yan blurted out subconsciously, and quickly glanced at the young man's mother.
Xu Fusheng said: "The breathing is very weak."
"This snake came from the back mountain. If I'm not mistaken, it's the same species as the one that bit you." Xu Fusheng looked at Jiang Yan as if he was looking at a medical miracle, causing the latter to touch his head awkwardly.
Jiang Yan put down his hand that was touching his head, looked at Xu Fusheng and asked, "Is there nothing you can do?"
Xu Fusheng shook his head and then turned his gaze to Meng Tang.
"I..." Meng Tang said one word, then braked the car and fell silent until the woman who caught him burst into tears. He then spoke again, "I picked a kind of herb in the back mountain and made a medicine for him." After saying that, he glanced at Jiang Yan beside him with his peripheral vision.
When the back mountain was mentioned, Xu Fusheng's expression changed slightly. When this taboo word was mentioned again, he felt vaguely uneasy.
The woman almost fell to her knees, but Meng Tang quickly helped her up. A sobbing female voice rang in her ears, "I didn't keep an eye on my son and let him break into the back mountain. It's all my fault, but, but——"
"I heard that you two also came from the back mountain." The woman glanced at Meng Tang and Jiang Yan's faces at the same time. Suddenly, she let go of Meng Tang's hand and turned to grab Jiang Yan. "I only have this one son. Please help me."
Jiang Yan tried to pull his hand back, once, twice, but failed. His throat was dry, and he said in a stiff posture: "But I only have this one life."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Meng Tang smile restrainedly.
Xu Fusheng was also in a dilemma, and finally Meng Tang spoke up: "I'll go alone."
Jiang Yan was stunned.
Xu Fusheng's face wasn't much better.
The woman, for the first time in her life, smiled with gratitude, held Meng Tang's hands again, and bowed several times: "Thank you, my good child."
The sunlight filtered through the slanting tree branches and fell into the yard, stretching the shadows of the four people very long.
Jiang Yan turned around and asked Meng Tang: "Are you really going?"
Meng Tang nodded and stretched out his hand to cover Jiang Yan's head.
A black shadow loomed over him, and Jiang Yan subconsciously dodged backwards, "What?"
The other person paused, "There are leaves on your head."
Meng Tang withdrew his hand, holding a fallen leaf between his fingertips, which had turned yellow with the season.
Jiang Yan said "Oh".
Afterwards, Xu Fusheng and the woman moved the young man on the ground back into the house.
"When are you leaving?"
Jiang Yan also went to Mengtang's home. It was not his first time here, so he seemed very familiar with the place, as if he was at home.
In comparison, Mengtang, who returned home for the first time, felt like a guest.
"Let's go when the sun sets." said Meng Tang.
Jiang Yan exclaimed, his eyes widened slightly, "You went there at night? Aren't you afraid of snakes?"
Meng Tang chuckled, "Brother, if you are worried about me, why don't you come with me."
Jiang Yan snorted and said casually, "You're protecting me?"
Meng Tang did not deny it, "Yes, I will protect you."
Jiang Yan laughed when he heard this. He was still thinking about the bite mark on his arm. It was so painful.
"I don't want to die anymore." Jiang Yan replied. He felt that he had died once and didn't want to go to hell again.
The dim, flickering light shone on the wooden table between them. Meng Tang supported his chin with one hand, looked at the young man on the other side and said, "If I can't come back, there's no way to solve your sequelae."
Jiang Yan leaned against the wall on the right and said nonchalantly, "That makes sense."
Meng Tang raised the corner of his mouth with a meaningful smile, "Could it be that brother wants to die with me for love?"
"..." Jiang Yan didn't know why this person was so shameless. Of course, as a straight man, he didn't quite understand the other party's series of abnormal behaviors. He just thought: Is it because I didn't read enough books? For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.
"I want to live," Jiang Yan said, "I don't want to feed snakes with you."
Meng Tang made a sad expression, "Brother is so heartless, can't you expect something good from me?"
"Then why did you accept this commission? It's not your responsibility." Jiang Yan said this almost without thinking, and then he felt ashamed, as if it was thanks to Meng Tang's bravery when he was bitten by the snake, otherwise he might not have survived.
Before the other party could speak, Jiang Yan said emotionlessly: "Whatever you want."
Seeing that there was no possibility that he would go with him, Meng Tang said with some regret: "I will miss my brother."
"Grandson, are you really going?"
While they were talking, Xu Fusheng came downstairs and walked over to the two of them. His old voice was filled with worry, "I'll think of another way."
Meng Tang said, "I'm sure I will come back." But his eyes were always on Jiang Yan.
"This..." Xu Fusheng hesitated to speak.
The mother and son upstairs had already fallen asleep. As night fell, the old house was utterly quiet except for the rotting sounds caused by the wind blowing through the walls.
"Why."
After a while, a heavy sigh broke the silence of the night.
***
Not long after Meng Tang set out in the dark, Jiang Yan followed him out.
It was clearly just a few minutes late, but Jiang Yan quickened his pace to chase him, but he could not catch up with Meng Tang.
Where did you go?
Ever since the legend of the curse and the appearance of the mysterious weirdo, Jiang Yan seldom went out at night. Now he had been searching for Meng Tang for a long time but couldn't find him, which made him even more panicked.
The ink-like night shrouded the head; the chirping of cicadas, the sound of wind and flowing water passed through the ears. Jiang Yan stood in the silent night, feeling a little at a loss.
Otherwise, just go home.
Although Xu Fusheng told his parents that he would not be going home tonight, fortunately his father went to bed late and should open the door for him.
Suddenly, a dog's barking sounded in my ears, deafening, like a thunder that quickly tore through the silent night.
At the same time, Jiang Yan's already pounding heartbeat became even more turbulent, and it almost broke free from his heartstrings for several seconds.
Jiang Yan held that heart tightly and walked along the outer wall of a certain house in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
Unfortunately, when he passed by the window of this house, the light inside suddenly came on. The dazzling light pierced his eyes like needles, causing him to squint subconsciously.
Then came the voice from the inner room——
"Mom, that weirdo showed up again."
It was the cry of a little girl.
Jiang Yan opened his mouth, thinking about explaining something, but his feet moved disobediently.
He ran away again in a panic.
As he was running, he suddenly bumped into someone.
"Who is it?"
Who has nothing better to do than wander around outside in the middle of the night!
Wait, that sentence is a bit strange.
Isn't he himself?
Jiang Yan rubbed his painful nose, and when he looked up at the person he had bumped into, he was surprised to find that there was no one in front of him.
It's really weird.
Jiang Yan was about to move his steps when he felt his calves suddenly go cold, as if a piece of ice had suddenly stuck to him.
But this temperature is somewhat familiar, and it is very close to Mengtang's body temperature.
But at this moment, Jiang Yan obviously had no mind to think about anything else.
Because he heard a "hissing" sound that only snakes could make, and the winding cold traces on his calves were very similar to the movement trajectory of a snake.
Can't be so unlucky?
He is not in the back mountain now.
It shouldn't be like this!
Jiang Yan's heart twisted into a ball, and then he felt the snake moving up along his calf and into his thigh.
hiss.
If this continues, he will hiss like a snake.
Since he didn't know whether the snake was poisonous or not, Jiang Yan didn't dare to act rashly. Of course, a big reason for this was that he was afraid of snakes and didn't dare to move at all!
"Brother, is that you?"
The long silence was finally broken by a low and pleasant voice, which also soothed Jiang Yan's wildly beating heart that was almost suffocating.
Jiang Yan blinked, and while trying his best to keep himself stable, he opened his mouth and called for help: "It's me, help me, there's a snake!"
"Don't be afraid, brother. I'm coming."
No one knew where Meng Tang came from, but he came to Jiang Yan like a savior.
Jiang Yan was very moved at this moment, and even had the urge to give herself to him.
In reality, all this was just a premeditated conspiracy.
It’s just that Jiang Yan will never have the chance to know.
Meng Tang walked out of the darkness, and the moonlight fell on him like salt. He walked up to Jiang Yan with a pleasant voice, "Where is the snake?"
Jiang Yan sniffed, with a little red at the corner of his eye, "My legs, my legs, ah no——"
The handsome young man shuddered as if he had been electrocuted, and then said in a trembling voice: "No, it's on my, my butt."
Meng Tang smiled slightly, but his voice was still filled with concealed worry. "What should I do?"
Jiang Yan was like a stuffed animal that had been bitten by something. He showed his wound pitifully to others, "Help, help me."
Meng Tang patiently asked, "How can I help my brother?"
Jiang Yan grabbed his hand, and wrapped his warm fingers around his cold palm. He seemed unable to feel his overly cold body temperature, and even pulled the coldness towards himself, stopping just inches away from his hips.
"I'm afraid."
It means, you come.
Meng Tang was very kind and automatically completed his words.
"Then..." Meng Tang seemed to hesitate for a moment, then stared at the handsome young man's clenched lips and said word by word, "It may be a little painful, you have to bear it."
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