78 Bait
◎Beauty enters the game◎
In the middle of the night, Shu Yao was sleeping in a daze. She always felt someone breathing in her ear. She was so sleepy that she turned over and fell asleep again.
Because she had something on her mind, she got up early the next day, washed up, and stood in front of the door of the cabin and knocked.
There was a noise in the room. Shu Yao slowly pushed open the door and saw the man struggling to sit up. He was tall and strong, and Ji Shijing's clothes were a little small on him, which made the shape of his muscles stand out.
A closer look revealed that the man had bandaged all the wounds on his body himself.
Shu Yao frowned at his dirty hair and cheeks, then brought him a basin of warm water for him to wash.
Ji Shijing sat on the stone bench in the yard, watching the situation here coldly.
When Shu Yao came out and saw that he was still at home, she couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to class today?"
His eyelashes drooped slightly, and he said simply: "I'm asking for leave."
She was stunned and quickly walked over to him and asked, "Why did you ask for leave? Are you not feeling well?"
Ji Shijing coughed twice, was silent for a moment, and then nodded.
Shu Yao immediately sat next to him, grabbed his hand and asked with concern: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
His eyes were as deep as water, he looked up at the girl beside him, the concern in the girl's eyes made his heart tremble, he didn't look back, his eyebrows raised, with a bit of uncontrollable pride.
She still cared about him. He waved his hand: "It's okay."
Shu Yao wanted to help him go back to the house to rest, but he refused and followed her wherever she went.
She never realized he was so clingy.
She brought the prepared food to the cabin and found that the man had not washed his face or cleaned up, and the basin of warm water had already turned cold. She was a little unhappy, but didn't say anything. She put the food next to him and took the basin of cold water out.
After Shu Yao left, Ji Shijing leaned against the door frame and stared at the man sitting on the ground. He stood with his back to the light, his face hidden in the shadows. The man also squinted his eyes to look at him, but could only see his deep outline.
It was not until Ji Shijing left that the man withdrew his gaze and his face darkened.
At noon, the craftsmen came to do the final finishing work. Qin E had been visiting her parents' home for the past few days, so Shu Yao had to cook lunch for the craftsmen alone. Fortunately, Ji Shijing was there to help her today.
After lunch, the renovation of the house came to an end. Shu Yao settled the wages for the craftsmen and said to Master Li, "Master Li, if you have time, can you help me dig a well in my yard?" Otherwise, it would be too tiring to fetch water from the creek every day.
Master Li nodded and said, "I'll come help you dig the well after I finish the work I'm doing now."
Shu Yao expressed her gratitude repeatedly.
After they left, she and Ji Shijing lay on the lounge chairs in the yard to bask in the sun.
She held a piece of dogtail grass in her hand, and kept turning and folding it between her fingers. Soon, a five-pointed star was folded out.
Ji Shijing was watching from the side, lost in thought: "What is this?"
Shu Yao smiled slightly and handed the folded five-pointed star to his palm: "This is a star, for you." After that, she closed her eyes and planned to have a good rest for a while. After all, she had a tough battle to fight tonight, and she had to get enough rest.
Ji Shijing played with the star in his hand, held it up in the sunlight and looked at it for a long time, then carefully put it into his sleeve.
System: [After testing, the trust value is 47%.]
He turned his head to look at the person who was sleeping soundly, and an unnatural smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but when he thought of the wild man she picked up yesterday, he closed his eyes, and a deep anger burned in his heart that could not be extinguished.
She shouldn't have done that.
He was going to kill that man.
When he opened his eyes again, they were burning red.
Shu Yao didn't sleep for long. When she woke up, the recliner next to her was empty.
Where is Ji Shijing?
When she looked up, she found that the door of the cabin was wide open. She felt a little strange, so she stood up, stretched, and walked towards the cabin. As a result, she saw the man lying in the quilt, shivering, and the quilt was shaking high.
She felt something was wrong and went to take a look. She saw that the man's face was as pale as paper, with beads of sweat the size of beans constantly appearing on his forehead. His lips were pale. He was covered with a thick quilt and shivering constantly, muttering words that Shu Yao could not understand.
She patted him, but he didn't respond.
"Please don't die. I don't want this house to become a haunted house." Shu Yao put her hand on his forehead and found that his temperature was frighteningly high.
He has a fever.
She didn't dare to delay and immediately ran out to find the barefoot doctor in the village. She was the one who brought the man back, and she couldn't let him die here.
Fortunately, the doctor's house was not far from hers. When she went there, he was drying medicinal herbs. After listening to her, the old doctor put down his work, picked up his medicine box and followed her.
When I came back, I happened to meet Ji Shijing who was coming back from fetching water.
When Ji Shijing saw the doctor that Shu Yao had called, his eyes darkened. He carried water to the water tank as if nothing had happened and filled it with the newly drawn stream water.
Shu Yao took the doctor directly into the hut.
When the doctor saw the man's appearance, he frowned, quickly opened the medicine box, took out two silver needles and inserted them into the man's temples. After two injections, the man stopped shaking so much.
The doctor took his pulse.
After a long while, he sighed heavily: "He has an old illness in his body. This high fever is probably caused by the old illness, but... I can't be sure."
"What do you mean?" Shu Yao asked.
The doctor said, "If the high fever is caused by an old illness, it can't be so severe, unless..." As if he thought of something, he immediately picked up a silver needle, pierced the man's fingertip, and smeared the blood on the silver needle.
The tail of the silver needle slowly turned black, and the doctor was horrified: "He is poisoned."
Shu Yao was even more confused. When had he been poisoned?
"There is an antidote to this poison."
The doctor said: "He is seriously poisoned by the red tail grass, which can be cured by using the Astragalus root. My dear, come with me to my house to get some."
Shu Yao nodded, but couldn't help wondering why he was poisoned.
The doctor put away his medicine box and told her, "Redtail grass is everywhere on the mountain behind. If you want to use it to harm someone, you must grind the grass into powder and place it under the person's nostrils. Once they inhale a sufficient amount, they will have a high fever."
"If you don't get treatment, your body will fester and you will die."
Shu Yao took a deep breath. What a vicious person.
Who had poisoned him? Could it be those villagers from yesterday? She shook her head, unsure. She could only wait until he woke up and ask him.
She followed the doctor to his house to get herbs.
After they left, Ji Shijing looked at his reflection in the water, his face gradually becoming distorted.
It’s okay, there’s plenty of time.
Shu Yao took the medicine back, boiled it and gave it to the man to drink.
It was getting dark.
She knew that time was running out, so she hurried back to her room, opened her makeup box, and hurriedly put on some makeup on her face. She was already pretty, and her face had become even more plump and rosy recently, giving her a unique charm.
Shu Yao put on light makeup, looking elegant and charming, and added a teardrop mole under the corner of her eye. She smiled slightly, which was very captivating. This was the effect she wanted, otherwise how could she lure the snake out of its hole.
After packing up, she was about to go out. Ji Shijing was standing at the door and was stunned when he saw her appearance.
Shu Yao walked up to him and jokingly asked, "Why? Are you impressed by my beauty?"
He lowered his eyes, and his narrow, dark eyelids hid the emotions that were rising in his eyes.
Shu Yao stopped teasing him and stood up and left: "I have something to do today. If you don't come back, remember to lock the door and go to bed early."
Ji Shijing locked the door obediently and followed him out.
The sky was covered with thick dark clouds, and not a single star could be seen. The villagers went back to their houses to rest one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people on the country road. Shu Yao walked towards the village entrance.
It was pitch black all around, and she could only walk by feeling. The road was full of gravel, and she stumbled as she walked. The cold night wind blew, and she shrank her neck. The fear in her heart gradually surged up. She looked around vigilantly, not daring to breathe.
In the dark night, she vaguely heard other footsteps behind her. She felt a little relieved and walked forward bravely.
The shadows of the trees on the mountain were swaying, and the wind blew through the forest, making the leaves rustle. She was so scared that she started and felt that this road was extremely long.
When she reached the village entrance and saw the two stone lions, she took a deep breath and continued walking forward, her heart pounding in her chest.
My eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, and from a distance I could hear the creaking sound of the shoulder pole in front of me.
It was like a death song, especially terrifying in the dark night.
Shu Yao's heart tightened.
A dark shadow slowly approached, and she stared at it intently.
The man was getting closer and closer. The moment he passed by her, she recognized him as the dung picker. Before she could react, a smelly rag covered her mouth and nose.
She held her breath and struggled hard, startling a flock of birds in the nearby woods.
The surroundings were getting noisier and noisier. Dozens of young men holding torches gradually approached them, each of their faces filled with anger. It turned out that this person was the flower thief.
The dung picker obviously did not expect this sudden change. He slowly let go of Shu Yao. There was no fear on his face, but a hint of relief flashed across his face.
Shu Yao immediately ran and hid behind the group of young men.
The deal she made with the village chief yesterday was that she would lure out the flower thief, but she had to have dozens of people behind her to protect her.
Looking at the man surrounded in the middle, she had actually suspected him for a long time, but she had no evidence. Now she finally caught him, and the girls in the village were safe.
The dung carrier glanced at everyone, then dropped the rag in his hand and turned to run, but before he could take two steps, he was caught by two young men. They punched and kicked the dung carrier, and soon he was lying on the ground with a hunched body, laughing hideously.
The village chief heard the news from somewhere that the flower thief had been caught, so he rushed all the way to the village entrance. Yang Yue also came. When she saw the person on the ground, she was stunned and shouted in fear: "He...he is not the flower thief either."
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