Taishan, the second brother, and the third brother came over and frantically licked his face and hands, covering his face with saliva. He looked utterly hopeless.
Since there was a third person in the forest anyway, Song Tantan didn't bother to draw a curtain around the wooden tub to block the view. She put water in the tub and helped the person inside.
Ye Moxun took off his clothes, closed his eyes, leaned against the tub, and whispered, "Could you help me scrub my back?"
"Just take a quick shower. Aren't you feeling unwell? After you shower, put on some clean clothes and get some rest." Song Tantan felt that this guy was taking advantage of her and making a fuss.
Ah, women.
She was just crying and begging him to come back to life, and even said she would give him the supermarket. But now that he's actually back to life, she immediately changed her attitude and started to despise him.
"Tantan, do you still stand by what you just said?"
"What words? Which sentence?"
"The line about giving me the supermarket."
"No, even if I give you the supermarket, can you use it? It's still with me, why are you worrying about this?" Song Tantan held a bath sponge and scrubbed vigorously, not taking his words to heart. The space was hers; just because she said she would give it to him didn't mean she could just hand it over.
"Putting aside the question of whether it works or not, just tell me whether you're giving it away or not." I don't know what he's insisting on.
"Is it alright to see him off?" Song Tantan's reply was rather perfunctory.
"Yes, you have to remember, half of the supermarket belongs to me." From now on, if I ask her for something, I can't nag her anymore.
"Yes, I'll give you half, are you satisfied now?" How childish.
"By the way, why didn't the broken system warn you about the danger this time? You almost got swallowed by the python. Did that thing get untied?" Song Tantan suddenly remembered this.
If the system hadn't failed to warn them, they wouldn't have ended up in such a sorry state, almost losing their lives. The lousy system had previously warned them about the wolf pack and leopards nearby, but this time it was as if the system had died, providing no warning whatsoever.
Ye Moxun was also puzzled. He called the system several times but it didn't respond, which made him laugh in exasperation. He couldn't help but curse the system's ancestors for eighteen generations, if the system had a main lineage.
"Playing dead, absolutely playing dead. This thing is a piece of trash, nobody would want it even if they threw it away." Song Tantan berated the system mercilessly.
"This piece of junk has been here since I was old enough to understand things. It doesn't have any special function, and I only use it occasionally for power struggles within the family."
Song Tantan was shocked, "You came out to escape when you were eight years old. You started fighting within the family when you were so young. What were you fighting about?"
“Sometimes my stepmother would secretly send me a bowl of medicine laced with laxatives. You know I’ve been weak since I was little, and I’ve been surviving on medicine. That woman didn’t like me and wanted to get rid of me.” Because he was weak, a little laxative would probably take away half his life. So, with these repeated attempts, he could lose his life.
However, he received system notifications, so he never fell for their tricks. Sometimes when he went out for a walk and went to the pond to look at the lotus flowers and fish, servants would try to push him from behind, but he always managed to dodge them. He was able to avoid many of these tricks because of system notifications.
"It seems this broken system is somewhat useful after all. At least it saved your life. Although it's a bit useless, it still has some merit, so it's not good to just throw it away." Song Tantan saw that the water in the bucket was a bit murky, so she opened the bottom of the bucket to drain the water and then replaced it with clean water.
The service was so thoughtful that she was almost moved by her own attentiveness.
"The system only gives a warning at the last minute, which puts me in a passive position. If the danger comes too suddenly, it may not be able to warn me in time. This has happened before."
He remembered that he was only five years old that year, thin and small, and unsteady on his feet, sometimes swaying. But he liked to go out and breathe fresh air. The maids and servants who took care of him often ignored him and did not treat him as their master in private.
He was young then, and his health was poor, so he couldn't do anything with the servants. When his uncle wasn't around, he had to fend for himself. He staggered out to get some fresh air, and just as he was getting his footing, the system notified him that a dog had run into his yard and that he should get out of there or he would be attacked.
When he tried to go back into the house, the dog rushed in and knocked him to the ground. His skin was delicate, and when he rubbed his hands on the ground, they were scraped raw and bled quite a bit.
He was filled with resentment. If he couldn't have foreseen it, that would have been one thing, but the problem was that even knowing it didn't prevent him from doing anything. What was the point of having a warning? After that, the system became useless.
The system probably crashed again; it doesn't even give any prompts anymore. It's so useless.
The system continued to play dead. This time it was indeed its mistake. It didn't know why it suddenly short-circuited. When it sensed danger, the host was already entangled by the python. It choked on its own scream and almost choked to death.
After the medicine was finished, even the last bit of skill went wrong, so what's the point of it?
As a result, the system still doesn't dare to show itself, as if it were dead.
Returning to the third python, this one was much easier to deal with. It wasn't as fast as the other two, nor was it as ferocious. Although the system didn't give any notification, Song Tantan quickly discovered its presence and promptly stored it in her spatial storage.
Although Ye Moxun fainted and was extremely weak that day, he was not seriously injured. He was just almost strangled to death, and he recovered after resting for a day and a night.
They were always collecting herbs on the go, and they wouldn't leave until they got their hands on something good, so they were five days slower than Zhong Qingyi and the others.
When they emerged from the deep mountains, Zhong Qingyi and Song Zhuiyan were nowhere to be seen.
At this moment, Zhong Qingyi and Song Zhuiyan had already reached the official road. Several groups of refugees were walking along the road in twos and threes. They were all emaciated, dressed in tattered clothes, smelled terrible, and had numb expressions on their faces.
"Four years have passed, why hasn't the Great Jin Dynasty recovered yet? When will this end?" As they came over, they saw many dead people. At first, they would be kind enough to bury them, but later there were just too many to bury.
The two dug a pit, piled the dead bodies together, and then set it on fire.
If too many people die and the problem isn't dealt with, it could easily lead to an epidemic; otherwise, they wouldn't want to meddle in other people's business.
In the previous few days, they had only encountered refugees who were not in good health. When they saw that the two of them were dressed cleanly, in good spirits, and had rosy complexions, they rushed over and knelt down in front of them to beg for food.
There happened to be some wild rabbits and pheasants at the time, so I just gave them to them. Those people didn't even wait to cook them; they just took them and ate them raw.
Upon seeing this scene, the two were shocked. If they continued to starve, these people might resort to cannibalism. No wonder some people were not afraid of death and rushed into the deep mountains.
That evening, they arrived at a small village. There was no one in the village, so the two found a house that didn't look too dilapidated and decided to stay there for the night.
They won't go back for now; they're going to check out the nearest town. They learned from the refugees that Duke killed Prince Duan a year ago and took over Xifeng. Duke is cruel and belligerent by nature, and they'd heard that he indiscriminately killed refugees. If he gets the world, the people really won't be able to live.
Even if such a person becomes emperor, he will be overthrown within a few years, and the wars will be more prolonged and intense, enraging the people. This is the most foolish thing to do.
However, Duke obviously didn't realize this. But the fact that that guy has survived until now shows that he has some real skills, at least in terms of combat strength.
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