Chapter 132 - 132 Care
132 Care
Su Xiaoxiao lay on the cold grass and let the snow fall on her face and body.
She could not feel the pain and coldness. She could no longer tell if it was the effect of the poisonous vines or if she was frozen.
Was it an illusion?
Why did she hear someone calling her?
But she couldn’t make any sound.
It was not easy for her to be reborn. Was she going to die here?
Her eyelids were getting heavier. If she fell asleep now… she would never wake up.
But really… she couldn’t hold on anymore.
In her daze, she vaguely saw a tall figure walking toward her.
She opened her mouth to say something but fell completely unconscious.
Wei Ting squatted down and touched her forehead before picking up her injured chubby hand.
Usually, she would cry like this with just a scratch. Now, with this inch-long wound, who knew how many tears she would shed?
“My Lord!”
After the man in black checked his surroundings, he reported, “An injured man and a dead big worm. The man was bitten by the big worm. The big worm… died from having its throat pierced. The scissors were not sharp. It was stabbed at least twice.”
Wei Ting frowned.
The man in black looked at Cripple Feng and then at Su Xiaoxiao. “Lord, between the two of them, who stabbed the big worm?”
That stabbing was too ruthless. It was difficult to believe that an ordinary person could do it.
However, other than the two of them, there was no trace of a third person.
Wei Ting didn’t say anything and looked coldly at the wound on Su Xiaoxiao’s hand.
The man in black also came over to take a look. He dipped his fingertip into the dried blood on the back of her hand and sniffed it.
“Lord, she was cut by the poisonous vine.”
“Is it serious?” Wei Ting asked.
The man in black thought for a moment. “If it were any other woman, it might be very serious.”
Wei Ting frowned. “What do you mean?”
The man in black muttered, “The wound isn’t deep. She’s so fat. This dose won’t kill her. She’ll be fine after lying down for two days!”
He said that she was fine, but why did he still feel that there was killing intent in his lord’s eyes?
Wei Ting took off his cotton jacket and covered Su Xiaoxiao’s frozen fat body.
“My Lord!”
The man in black’s expression changed!
How could his lord take off his clothes for a woman?
Wei Ting helped Su Xiaoxiao sit up and turned around to carry her on his back.
The man in black’s expression turned even worse. “Lord! Let me do it!”
This woman was so fat! She would crush his lord!
Moreover, his lord’s leg was injured!
Wei Ting rejected him with a look. He stood up with Su Xiaoxiao on his back.
This was not the first time Wei Ting had carried Su Xiaoxiao. On New Year’s Eve, when she fell asleep, he was the one who carried her back.
It had only been twenty days, but he clearly felt the weight on his back lighten.
“Take the walking stick,” Wei Ting said.
The man in black picked up the walking stick on the ground resentfully.
Did he still remember that he had a walking stick? Didn’t he realize that his leg had recovered? Did he still want to return to the capital?
“There are also wild vegetables,” Wei Ting instructed.
The corners of the man in black’s mouth twitched. He was the legitimate son of the Wei family. When did he start thinking about a few stalks of wild vegetables?
“Lorf, what about that person?” the man in black asked gloomily.
“Carry that down the mountain,” Wei Ting said calmly.
“Oh.”
The man in black reluctantly walked towards Cripple Feng. Was there a need to carry this thin piece of pork rib?
“I mean the tiger,” Wei Ting said.
“Why are we carrying the tiger down the mountain?”
Wei Ting said calmly, “For money.”
The man in black was speechless.
The man in black said, “Sir, you’re limping. Do you think it’s possible for you to carry a big worm and a fat girl back? The villagers will be suspicious!”
Wei Ting glanced at him and said, “So you’ll be the one selling it.”
The man in black was speechless again. His face darkened as he resigned himself to fate and carried the tiger’s carcass on his shoulder.
After becoming a woodcutter, he also became a tiger hunter.
His lord was a different person!
“What about this person?”
The man in black kicked the unconscious Cripple Feng.
Wei Ting thought for a moment. “Bring him.”
“Oh.” The man in black grabbed Cripple Feng’s collar with one hand.
His lord only said that they would bring him along, but he did not say how.
He dragged Cripple Feng down the mountain like a sack.
Cripple Feng was dizzy from the rough handling. His butt rubbed the ground all the way. He was woken up by the pain a few times and fainted again.
The man in black threw Cripple Feng at the foot of the mountain and left.
Cripple Feng was discovered by a villager who came out to relieve himself.
Since Cripple Feng was covered in blood, the villager almost thought he had seen a ghost.
It took him a while to recognize that they were relatives of the Su family. He hurriedly went to the Su family to report.
The Su family was naturally in chaos. Cripple Feng was fine when he left. How did he become like this in just a while?
“Aiya!” Zheng Lanxiu pounced on her man and cried. “Damn it! Who did it?”
Su Jinniang came too.
Only she knew that Cripple Feng had gone to the back mountain, but she never expected him to return in this state.
Did Cripple Feng succeed or not?
Why was he injured like this?
“Brother Wei! Fat Lass!”
The ten-year-old Su Sanlang pointed at the village road ahead.
Wei Ting took another path down the mountain and deliberately avoided Cripple Feng.
He didn’t know what had happened on the mountain, but he knew that there were many gossipers in the countryside.
Su Xiaoxiao was covered in his cotton coat and was carefully protected.
“Brother Ting, where did you go?” It was the Junior Officer.
Wei Ting said politely, “I accompanied Daya to the mountain to pick some wild vegetables. She was tired and fell asleep.”
Su Jinniang thought.
Fatty Su had clearly gone up the mountain alone!
She saw clearly that Wei Ting did not accompany her!
Could it be that… Cripple Feng had succeeded?
Did Wei Ting find them on the mountain and witness Fat Lass Su losing her innocence? Could he have seriously injured Cripple Feng in his anger?
Fatty Su had been tainted by another man and he had seen it… He had seen it…
Su Jinniang’s heart thumped.
… .
When Wei Ting arrived home, Father Su and Su Ergou had just come out of the house.
The two of them had gone to the mountain to look for her but to no avail. They wondered if Su Daya had already returned, so they went home to take a look.
Seeing that there was no one at home, they planned to look for her again.
“Son-in-law? Daughter!”
“Eh? Brother-in-law! Why are you with my sister? What happened to my sister?”
The father and son welcomed him.
“I met her on the mountain. She might have encountered a big worm.” Wei Ting had nothing to hide from his family. Most importantly, he could not hide it either. She was covered in blood.
Wei Ting continued, “There was another villager who was injured. Daya’s injuries aren’t serious. Dad, don’t worry.”
The father and son did not care about Crippled Feng at this moment. After all, Crippled Feng was a relative of the Su family and had nothing to do with their family.
The father and son didn’t think in that direction. They were worried about Su Xiaoxiao and followed Wei Ting into the house.
Father Su spread the blanket and Wei Ting placed her on the soft bed.
Her body looked bloodstained, but it was actually not hers. As for the wound on the back of her hand, it was as the man in black had said. It was fine. Even the color of the scar had faded.
The reason why she was unconscious was that there was still some poison left in her body.
Even though Wei Ting had repeatedly promised that Su Xiaoxiao would be fine, Father Su’s heart still ached. “You can’t let your sister go up the mountain alone next time. You have to follow, understand?”
“Got it!” Su Ergou agreed solemnly.
Father Su continued, “Forget it, I’ll follow!”
After saying that, he looked at Wei Ting and grabbed his hand. “Son-in-law, it’s all thanks to you this time!”
Wei Ting said, “It’s my duty as a family.”
Before going up the mountain, Wei Ting entrusted the three children to Little Wu.
Wei Ting’s leg was swollen again so Su Ergou went to fetch the three of them back.
The first thing the three of them did when they entered the house was to look for Su Xiaoxiao.
The three of them began to climb onto the bed!
They wanted to sleep with their mother!
But as they climbed, the three of them stopped.
Their mother didn’t sleep during the day…
The three of them looked at Wei Ting uneasily.
The three little fellows were more sensitive than ordinary children and sensed that something was wrong so quickly.
Wei Ting said without changing his expression, “Your mother only fell asleep… She was exhausted during the day… so she fell asleep. I’m not lying to you. If you don’t believe me, ask her yourself when your mother wakes up.”
In order to increase their acceptance, he deliberately referred to Su Xiaoxiao as “your mother”. This was something that he never used to do.
The three of them enjoyed it and believed their father.
They sensibly stopped climbing onto the bed and gently came to her pillow. They stood on their tiptoes and kissed Su Xiaoxiao’s face one by one.
It was very soft. They did not want to wake their mother.
They were also very careful as if they were protecting the most precious thing in their lives.