CH 15.1

Chapter 15.1 – Rescued

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No matter if it was the previous or the present lifetime, whether she was an adult or as a child, her sleeping posture has always caused others to feel helpless as such.

Li Chuan, who no longer felt sleepy, got up from the ground and took off his down-windbreaker to cover Su Qin.

Being a light sleeper, Su Qin was awakened by his movements and sat up subconsciously. Seeing that it was him, she brushed a handful of her hair casually.

Li Chuan uttered a ‘shh’, motioning her to restrain her movement.

He then carried the backpack lying at the corner and walked to the cave’s entrance, and Su Qin followed in wake too.

Placing the flashlight between the rocky wall, Li Chuan sat by the wall and placed the backpack on his lap. He took out a dagger from inside the bag and handed it to Su Qin.

Taking the dagger, the girl was taken aback for a moment.

The man whispered, “You have to use a knife during the critical moment. Devils are unlikely to care.”

The man’s voice was half-absorbed by the rocky wall and half-usurped by the sound of water, thus the people resting in the cave weren’t able to hear it.

Sitting next to him and holding the black dagger sheath in her left hand, Su Qin pulled the dagger out with her right hand where the cold blade glinted under the flashlight.

“Why did you bring these things with you for the education support program?” Su Qin’s voice was frail and sounded like a little girl.

She asked while admiring the dagger.

In her previous lifetime, she met Li Chuan five years later. Although Li Chuan sympathized with her at that time, he dared not offend the villagers’ wrath to protect her and take her away from the village. What he did was to get the police’s help.

In this lifetime, she met Li Chuan five years earlier and it was also obvious that his temperament this time was different from five years later.

He didn’t contemplate prudently when doing deeds and he faced the enemies callously with heroic impulses and fearless bravery.

Could it be that he is now too young and his youthful temperament makes him ignore the danger as he accompanied them here?

“It’s Teacher Zhang’s.” Li Chuan added, “Teacher Zhang is a criminal police officer and is suspended for making a mistake. Since he was bored in the city, he came here with me to cultivate his body and mind.”

“Oh … “

Su Qin accepted the dagger then leaned against the rocky wall in a daze.

After a moment of silence, the man next to her took out some medical supplies from his backpack and pointed to her calf, “Your injury, let me help you clean it up.”

“Oh, I almost forgot if you didn’t mention it.” Su Qin rolled her pants up revealing that shocking wound. She turned to face the man and stared at the iodine volts in his hand and said, “Teacher Li, let me … do it myself?”

Li Chuan fished out a piece of chocolate from his backpack and handed it to her, “Have something to eat. I’ll do it.”

In addition to self-defense items in his backpack, there are also cookies, chocolates and candies, all of which are to appease hunger and replenish energy.

Tearing open the chocolate wrapper, Su Qin broke off a small piece then stuffed it into her mouth and sucked it.

As the sweetness melted between her teeth, a burst of stinging pain came from the wound. Su Qin frowned and made a ‘hiss’ sound.

Li Chuan did not stop but continued to clean her injury. He then carefully rolled down her pants after putting on the dressing, “It’s done.”

The man was as gentle as ever.

Li Chuan’s nature is as such. He is nice to everyone and won’t lose his temper with anyone. It was precisely due to such a gentle temperament that led to Lin Xiaoyin’s entanglement for many years in her previous lifetime.

Su Qin was not without complaints, but she wouldn’t voice it out since she had learned to assimilate it herself. She knew very well that she could be with Li Chuan for so many years precisely because she had never lost her temper with him.

But for Su Qin, who had live through one lifetime, suddenly felt that her previous lifetime was depressive and she was utterly stupid. She should really have a big fight with him sometimes to make him realize the seriousness of the problem.

And she should indeed give Lin Xiaoyin a slap when she came to pester her.

When Lin Xiaoyin was beaten up soundly by Li Yunzhen today, she didn’t deny that there was her own retaliation element in it since she could have spared Lin Xiaoyin from the beating.

Her way of thinking and even her personality has changed after being reborn again.

Will she still agree if Li Chuan still proposes to be with her in this lifetime? After pondering about it carefully, it seemed unlikely anymore.

She is not willing to be ordinary and become an insignificant seamstress anymore in this lifetime.

Although she married the best man in her previous lifetime, the respectful life was too dull without the least bit of excitement to speak of. Recalling Lin Xiaoyin’s utterance for her to divorce Li Chuan in front of her daughter and the arrogant appearance of the woman in the previous lifetime made her feel even more disgusted.

With Li Chuan’s gentle personality, if he was to use harsh words to resolutely refuse a woman, Lin Xiaoyin wouldn’t have tangled for so many years.

Moreover, Lin Xiaoyin dared to act so willfully also due to her being wealthy.

Given another lifetime again, Su Qin doesn’t want to be utterly stupid again. Whether at home, in school, in the workplace or in her marriage, she wants to be formidable and stand in a position that no one dares to undermine her.

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Li Chuan felt puzzled seeing her shaking her head and asked in a low voice, “Why are you shaking your head?”

“I’m thinking. How will the relatives and friends around look at us after we go back.” With the back of her head leaning against the rocky wall, Su Qin sighed, “Hong-hong has become like that, what will happen after she gets out, she … “

Li Chuan was silent. A moment later, he placed his hand on her shoulder and gripped it as solace, “These people will have their retribution.”

Revealing a bitter smile, Su Qin whispered, “I hope so.”

These three words that came faintly out of her mouth were like a thousand pounds that weighed heavily on Li Chuan’s chest.

Ignorant villagers, damn human traffickers.

Li Chuan once again remembered his wife and daughter who died in the fire in his previous lifetime.

Perhaps it was the blow of the fire in his previous lifetime that made Li Chuan want to understand some things.

He was viewed as a ‘Considerate Professor’ by his students, but isn’t the title ‘Considerate’ that tagged on a husband another scumbag’s quality?

As a man, a husband and a father, his tenderness should only be given to his family, not to those who were insignificant.

He shouldn’t be tolerant and lenient towards Lin Xiaoyin. As a human, one must be selfish when need be.

He had been too ‘Saintly’ in his previous lifetime. In this lifetime, he will live selfishly, not only for himself, but also for Su Qin and their future children.

The next day, Yun Fei delivered food to the mountain temple as usual and saw the mess inside once he pushed open the door. When he saw Li Yunzhen tied to a chair, he appeared panicked and fumbled to untie her.

Li Yunzhen grabbed his wrist weakly and said, “Feifei, quick, go back to the village and call for someone. Your wife has run away.”

Yun Fei’s eyes reddened hearing this. He bit his lips and ran down the mountain in tears.

He stumbled into Zhang Xing’s house and grabbed Zhang Xing’s wrists as he wailed, “My wife has run away, my wife has run away.”

Getting up early, Zhang Xing wanted to send Li Chuan out of the village but he couldn’t find him. After hearing that the women in the mountain temple had run away, Zhang Xing immediately realized the graveness of the situation and gathered the villagers to the mountain temple.

Crying heartbrokenly, Yun Fei followed behind the large crowd.

An aunty who came along patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, “Feifei be good, don’t cry, your wife can’t run away. The entrance of our village is strictly guarded, where can she go? Don’t worry ah, your Brother Xing will definitely bring your wife back.”

Pursing his mouth, Yun Fei raised the back of his hand to wipe his swollen reddened eyes, “I want my wife, want my wife … “

He sat on the ground and began to kick up a scene and clamored about wanting his wife.

Zhang Xing had someone send his injured mother down the mountain then asked several men to go up the mountain with him to go look separately. He glanced at Yun Fei, who was sitting on the ground crying, and said, “Feifei, go home. I will definitely get your wife back! Okay?”

“Not okay! I’m coming with you!” He snatched a hatchet from an uncle. His foolish face was full of stubbornness, “I want to find my wife! I won’t go home until I find my wife!”

“Fine, fine, fine, as you wish.” Zhang Xing took the group of men up the mountain and began to search along the mountain paths.

By evening, they found nothing, then someone proposed to go have a look around the rocky mountain cliff.

Once someone proposed, there would be others who opposed.

An uncle who was in the crowd said, “There is practically no path in that area and bears were allegedly seen, so they won’t be able to go there. We’d better look elsewhere first.”

Lowering his head and considering for a moment, Zhang Xing said, “It’s precisely because no one goes to that area that we must go take a look. Perhaps they are over there.”

With accelerating heartbeats, Yun Fei looked and pretended to be ‘in favor’.

Adopt whatever measures that are appropriate, hence Yun Fei had to follow them and proceed ahead.

When they arrived at the rocky mountain cliff with overgrown brambles, they continued to walk in.

Since the mountains were full of wild bears, villagers rarely came here. Zhang Xing had asked Yun Fei’s mother and son to come here looking for Zhang Er’wa after his disappearance two days ago.

As those wild bears attacked swiftly, Zhang Xing who walked in front was agitated with fear. He stopped after a few steps then turned his head and spoke to the Fool behind, “Feifei, you are familiar with this area, you go ahead and lead the way.”

“Oh.”

Yun Fei nodded and walked obediently in front. When they almost reached the rocky cliff, Yun Fei who was walking in front suddenly shouted ‘Wa’ then turned around and ran back.

Those who didn’t know what had happened, turned and ran back with a ‘Wa’ too.

After running without break halfway down the mountain, the villagers stopped.

Panting and halting in place, Zhang Xing stood on top of a rock to count the number of people. Finding no one was missing, he felt relieved and asked Yun Fei, “Fool, did you see a bear just now?”

“I … I don’t know.” Yun Fei voiced out timidly.

“Then why the fart did you run ah!”

Lowering his head and playing with his fingers, Yun Fei muttered and mumbled, “I … I just saw a big python tangling around the tree. I was scared … “

Zhang Xing, “ …… “

Since it was getting late and they didn’t bring any torches, they couldn’t stay in the mountains anymore.

The villagers were clear that the girls could not run out from the mountain village and it was merely a matter of time before they were found.

Perhaps they will even come down the mountain themselves when they run out of food.

Zhang Xing returned with the villagers and went to all houses to speak to those who had lost their ‘wives/daughter-in-laws’. He patted his chest and guaranteed that he would definitely get them back!