Fortunate Wife Chapter 136
Published at 20th of July 2019 12:17:02 PM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 136
Chapter 136 – Wolf attack (1)
Did you not know? Li Mo purchased you to be Li family's shared wife!
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When Li Man came out of her daze, she saw that she had somehow walked to a verdant area with trees . It was so quiet here that she could hear the chirping of insects in the grass .
Her legs felt weak, so she numbly sat down on an exposed tree root . Her embroidered shoes had become unbearably stained by mud a while ago, but she didn't have the energy to care . Mudan's words kept echoing in her mind as well as Mudan's slightly surprised and sympathetic gaze .
Above her, towering trees blocked the sky, and only a patch of the sky could be seen .
She suddenly thought of her memories of modern-day .
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That young girl, who had been born with congenital heart disease, could only stand in the corner and enviously watch her classmates play with rubber bands .
During athletic competitions, she didn't even have the qualifications to join in and cheer . She could hear the unceasing shouts of encouragement coming from the school campus, but she could only stay at home and look at the sunflower on her windowsill . It had lost a few petals and leaves .
On the college campus, underneath the Chinese parasol trees, there would be sweet couples walking together and attracting admiring gazes . As for herself, she had gone in shock from being too nervous about her first date and utterly frightened away the young man that had wanted to date her .
Much later on...
After graduating college, as her former classmates were busy starting their careers, her parents had arranged a marriage for her .
That man, he came from a good family, had a good appearance, high-level education, a good job, and this would be his first marriage too . And so, she fell for that man's gentle smile .
At that time, she had thought the gods were compensating her by giving her such a good man .
After the wedding, they treated each other with mutual respect . Although their marriage was as insipid as water, she felt incomparably blessed .
She went from a young girl that didn't know anything to someone that learned how to do housework such as cooking . She cooked all sorts of culinary delicious to please her husband .
However, although he had smiled warmly when they met each other for the first time, she saw that smile appearing less and less in his eyes .
He would frequently return home very late . Sometimes, he wouldn't even come home .
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She suddenly felt as if there was something in her eyes . Li Man rubbed her eyes and realized there were tears at the corners of her eyes . Her face felt wet too .
Was she crying?
She had previously though that her new life had allowed these memories to gradually fade away . She didn't expect that these memories would still feel so vivid right now .
She missed her family and that time period . She even missed that man, who had betrayed her .
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At this moment, Li family's home was in total chaos .
Li Shu's eyes were already red . He turned to hide from their view and secretly rubbed the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand . "Could she have run away again?"
"She wouldn't . " Li Hua's complexion was pale . He didn't know if he said this to comfort his older brother or to comfort himself .
Little Five was rubbing his eyes and crying . "I want older sister . "
"Oldest brother? "Li Yan was sitting on the bed and questioningly looking at Li Mo .
Li Mo's forehead was wrinkled . He said, "Stop thinking of such ridiculous things . She definitely didn't run away by herself . "
Li Yan's expression became graver . "En . Oldest brother, I'm just worried that something happened to her . "
Li Mo added, "Yes, that's a possibility . I walked around the entire village and didn't see her . The morning is almost over . We have to find her before it gets dark out . Second brother, go with third brother and check the fields in front of the village . Fourth brother, stayed in the village and look for her . I'll go the back of the mountain to search . Little Five, stay at home just in case she comes back soon . "
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Fortunate Wife Chapter 137
Published at 20th of July 2019 12:17:02 PM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 137
Chapter 137 – Wolf attack (2)
"En . " As soon as Little Five heard that Li Man would be coming back, he swallowed down the rest of his sobs and got up from the ground .
"Oldest brother, how about I go with you to the back of the mountain?" Li Shu thought that area was more dangerous and was worried about his oldest brother going there by himself .
Li Mo waved his hand and said, "Your second brother is still wounded . I'll worry less if you go with him . "
"We should be the ones going to the back of the mountain then," said Li Yan .
"The two of you aren't as familiar with that area as me," said Li Mo .
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The other brothers didn't try to keep arguing . They knew that their oldest brother grew up hunting on the mountain . No one else in the Goddess's Ravine was as familiar with the mountain's topography as well as identifying the various scents and threats as Li Mo .
"Alright, regardless if we find her or not, we'll all come home to check in with each in two hours," instructed Li Mo .
After that, everyone dispersed .
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It was if time had come to a standstill . The beautiful sunshine passed through the dense trees and cast its dappled light on her .
Li Man narrowed her eyes and stared at the patches of sky above her . She was as still as a stone statue .
She didn't know how much time had passed when a gust of wind blew by . The leaves rustled, and some of the broad leaves fell on her body . It was as if she had been jolted awake from a dream by the cold temperature . Shivering, she abruptly got up from the ground .
Had long had she been out here? Her family must be worried sick about her, right? After she came to Li family's home, she had never gone out by herself since then .
Li Man patted her clothes down to shake off the bits of grass and leaves . She turned around and wanted to leave the mountain to go home, but right after she turned her head, she saw a pair of cold eyes that were filled with killing intent .
Wolf?
Omg, it was a wolf . It was a violent, man-eating wolf .
All of her blood instantly went up to her brain . Li Man wanted to run, but her legs felt numb and weak . She was shaking like a piece of chaff . She couldn't even move one step away .
That wolf could sense Li Man's timidity . It quietly strolled towards her .
Li Man wanted to retreat, but her legs felt weak, and her butt fell to the ground instead . The wolf suddenly violently dashed towards her .
"Ah!" It felt as if her heart had stopped beating . Li Man instinctively grabbed the loose grass on the ground and threw it at the wolf . She rolled away, then ran for trees .
However, before she could even start to climb up a tree, the wolf's agile body was already pouncing towards her . Terrified, she closed her eyes and waited to feel the pain of her neck being torn apart .
However, the awaited pain didn't come . Instead, someone forcefully hugged her, and they rolled over several times on the ground .
When she opened her eyes to look, before she had time to get a clear look of her savior, that person had already swiftly grappled the wolf . That person and the wolf tumbled along the border of the tree roots until they rolled down the side of the slope .
Li Man got up in a panic . She headed over there and saw that the wolf was on top of Li Mo with its jaw wide open .
Li Mo was desperately trying to choke the wolf's neck so that the wolf couldn't bite down .
"Oldest brother . " Li Man was freaking out . She picked up a stick and thought it was too thin . She threw it away . After turning around several times, she finally found a stick that was slightly thicker . She quickly picked it up and ran towards the bottom of the slope, but the slope was too steep, and she was panicking too much to watch her feet . She tripped and fell headfirst . Just like that, she rolled to the bottom of the slope too .
T/N: This might have already been mentioned before? Until recently, Li family was too poor to even have a field to farm, so Li Mo could only feed his younger siblings by hunting, which is very risky . This is why he's more familiar with the mountain than the other relatively richer villagers, who can safely stay by the village and farm .
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Fortunate Wife Chapter 138
Published at 21st of July 2019 10:04:42 AM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 138
Chapter 138 – Wolf attack (3)
"Man-er" . Li Mo saw Li Man rolling down . When her body came to a stop at the bottom, she remained motionless . It felt as if something exploded in his chest . He exerted all of his strength to choke the wolf, then forcefully pushed it off and ran toward Li Man .
That wolf was obviously very hungry . It wouldn't give up meat that had been practically delivered to its mouth . Moreover, by turning his back to the wolf, Li Mo had exposed his biggest weak point to it . Once again, the wolf swiftly pounced towards Li Mo . Its jaw opened wide to bite its prey's neck .
This time, the wolf was exceedingly vicious . Although Li Mo immediately tried to evade it, the wolf's claws left behind a trail of blood on Li Mo's back .
Li Man had just regained consciousness . The moment she opened her eyes, she saw this hair-raising scene . She screamed in terror, but still grabbed the nearby stick to attack the wolf with it .
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However, her strikes only met empty air .
Once again, Li Mo was grappling with the wolf . However, this time, he had gained the upper hand . His sturdy, mountain-like body was pressing the wolf down as his large hands firmly choked the wolf . . .
A short while later, the air was faintly permeated was the scent of blood . Li Man thought the smell was coming from Li Mo's injured back, but when she approached him, she saw that the wolf was no longer moving . Its mouth was open, and blood was dripping out .
He had choked the wolf to death? Li Man was dumbstruck . Her small hands were still holding the stick up . She had forgotten to lower it .
Exhausted, Li Mo fell down in a sitting position on the side of the wolf's body . Perhaps, this movement had pulled on his back injury . A painful hiss came from his mouth .
Li Man returned to her senses and quickly went over . "Are you okay?"
She wanted to check his back injury, but Li Mo stopped her . "I'm fine . Help me up . "
"Sure . " Li Man supported him up by the arm, then her arm very naturally wrapped around his waist so that he could lean on her for support .
Seeing how tense her small face had become, Li Mo softly comforted her, "I'm fine . Don't worry . " However, he left his arm around her shoulder for support .
"No, I saw that the wolf scratched you . " Li Man's voice was still a bit shaky . Suddenly, warm liquid fell on the back of her hand . She instinctively turned to look and saw that blood had dripped down from his back and onto her hand . When she looked up, she saw that his grey shirt was clawed open . From her point of view, she easily spotted that section of bleeding flesh .
Her little face turned deathly pale . Shocked, she couldn't look away . "Y-your back, it's bleeding . "
"It's no big deal . That beast only touched it . " To her surprise, Li Mo shrugged off the seriousness of his injury and smiled at her . He picked up the stick that she had dropped, walked to the wolf, and drew a circle around it .
Li Man followed after him . She curiously asked, "What are you doing?"
"Although this beast's fur is a bit off, it fortunately hasn't been damaged . It should probably still be worth some money . I'll have third brother come and drag it back later . " Li Mo tossed the stick away .
Oh, so that was why he had choked the wolf to kill it . It was so that fur wouldn't be damaged . When she looked at Li Mo again, she noticed that there was a dagger hanging at his waist . Li Man immediately became angry . "You risked your life just to get a wolf's fur? Did you not realize how much danger you were in?"
If he hadn't evaded quickly enough, it would have been his neck that got clawed instead of his back . . .
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Fortunate Wife Chapter 139
Published at 22nd of July 2019 07:00:08 AM Please help us improve Trinity Audio
Chapter 139
Chapter 139 – Wolf attack (4)
"It's really not a big deal . " Seeing her staring at him with teary eyes, Li Mo felt a bit flustered . It wasn't that he wanted to toss his life away . He had been confident of winning against the wolf in one swoop . However, he had lost his senses when he saw Li Man falling down here too . At that time, he didn't care about anything else . He had just dashed towards her, that's why he ended up being hurt by the wolf .
Li Man glared at him before hurriedly walking over to him and supporting his weight again . Li Mo wanted to take his arm back to show that he really was fine . However, when he tried to do this, she glowered at him . "You're still trying to act like a hero? You're already horribly injured . Come on, we have to hurry back and get a doctor . "
"Oh . " Li Mo pursed his lips and stayed silent .
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As the two of them descended the mountain, Li Man's heart felt guilt-ridden, but also touched . She felt guilty that Li Mo had gotten hurt because of her and touched that Li Mo had considerately not asked her why she had wandered off .
Yes, she found the idea of a shared wife utterly preposterous . However, she couldn't blame anyone . To begin with, she was merely a person that had died unjustly and took over someone else's body in this strange world . Perhaps, the original owner of this body had been happily living with this family of brothers, and she had ruined their happiness by coming here .
Still, please give her more time to digest this shocking information . She needed time to adapt . Perhaps, she would be able to accept her role at some point in the future, but it definitely wasn't right now .
Li Mo accommodatingly matched his pace to hers . As they slowly walked, his heart felt like a string stretched too far . Was she thinking about running away again? He couldn't tell for sure, but he didn't want to confirm his guess either . Right now, he felt that she was like a small rabbit that had suffered shock and needed protection .
"Oldest brother?" At this time, Li Shu had seen them and was sprinting to them from the bottom of the mountain . Behind him, Li Yan had also quickened his pace .
Li Man stiffened . She leaned closer to Li Mo as if she was cowering . Li Shu was a straightforward person . Would he ask her why she had left home? She hadn't thought of a good excuse yet .
"Oldest brother, you're hurt?" Fortunately, Li Shu's attention was focused on Li Mo's injury . He only briefly swept his gaze over Li Man before taking over the responsibility of supporting Li Mo . Then, he turned his head and quietly said, "Wife, let's go home . "
He didn't ask her any question either . Li Man felt sick at heart, but also warm . She assented and followed after them .
Li Yan's face was still bruised . He walked over to Li Man's side . Although he didn't say a word, she felt endless pressure .
When they returned home, Li Mo got onto the bed and faced his younger brothers' worried gazes . He didn't want to say too much, so he sent three of them away .
Li Shu went up the mountain to get the wolf's corpse . Li Yan went with Li Hua to get the doctor .
Little Five remained leaning on the bed and holding his oldest brother's hand while choked up with sobs . He would cry every time his oldest brother came back home with injuries . Everyone else in the family was already used to it . It was only Li Man that felt so upset when she heard him crying that she wanted to cry too, especially when she saw how deep Li Mo's wound was . Her hands trembled .
"Take off your shirt . I'll wash the wound for you . "
Li Mo hastily refused . "It's okay . The doctor will treat it when he comes . " He was worried that the blood would scare her .
Li Man glared at him . She put a clean towel in warm water, then wrung out the excess water . "Even if the doctor comes, he won't clean your injury . "
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Fortunate Wife Chapter 140
Title: Fortunate Wife
Chapter 140 - Wolf attack (5)
"Third brother, he can..."
"Quickly, take it off." How could Li Shu, who was so clumsy, do a better job than her? Li Man put down the towel and was about to take off his shirt herself.
Li Mo hastily sat up and somewhat awkwardly took off his outer shirt.
Next to him, Li Man pointed out, "The undershirt is torn too. Take it all off."
Li Mo's expression looked somewhat strained. "It's not urgent. It's enough to just wipe off the blood on the side."
It couldn't be that he was feeling shy, right? Li Man suspiciously looked at his honey-colored face. Sure enough, she noticed a trace of strangeness. She found his behavior laughably ridiculous. He could accept something as outrageous as a shared wife, so why was he shy about her seeing his upper body? Besides, Li Yan and Li Shu had been shirtless in front of her before.
Being stared at like this, Li Mo felt even more self-consciousness. He could only turn around and take off his undershirt. With his upper body bare, he lied down on his stomach.
Li Man didn't keep talking. She squeezed the towel so that it was half-wet and half-dry and gently wiped the dried blood that was at the edges of his wounds.
Although she had mentally prepared herself, it still felt as if needles were stabbing her eyes when she saw the bloody gouges on his sturdy back.
After she finished cleaning the blood from his injury, she rubbed alcohol on his back to disinfect the wound. By the time she was done doing this, her body was soaked in sweat.
Hearing her taking a deep breath, Li Mo said, "Tired? Go rest."
"I'm not tired." Li Man put the alcohol down and took out the basin of bloody water.
Right after she got to the doorway, she saw that Li Yan and Li Hua had returned.
Li Yan was carrying an old man with a beard on his back. That old man was wildly waving his hands and loudly squawking, "Outrageous! Too impudent! Are you guys bandits?! How can you treat such a good doctor like this? I'm warning you, even if you kidnapped me here, I won't treat the patient."
Li Yan didn't pay attention to him. He swiftly entered the courtyard.
Li Hua was following behind them. One hand was holding a medicine bag, and the other hand was stretched out to support the old man. He was worried the old man would fall down from his careless flailing about.
She quickly poured out the bloody water into the outhouse, then ran back to the hut.
Li Yan had already brought the doctor into the eastern hut. "Doctor, help us out, please take a look. My oldest brother is seriously injured."
"Hmph." The old man coldly glanced over at Li Mo before taking his medicine bag and heading out, "I already said that I refuse to check his injury since you guys forcibly brought me here."
Li Hua hastily stopped him and apologetically said, "Doctor, we were too reckless and offended you. Please forgive us. My oldest brother is injured very badly, so we were worried about taking too much time to get back here. That's why we had no alternative but to..."
"Your oldest brother is injured badly? It's not like he's going to die immediately. Besides, haven't you heard of first come, first served? Little Four from Chen village headed out early in the morning to ask me to go over to check on his family's old sow. She's having difficultly giving birth. That's an emergency too, but you guys intercepted us midway to his home. Aren't you guys forcing me to go back on my word?" The old man angrily said while smoothing out his beard with hands
"Doctor, although my oldest brother's injury wasn't immediately fatal, who can guarantee it won't become life-threatening if there's a delay? Please, take a look." Although Li Hua was anxious, he didn't dare to offend this bad tempered old man.
On the side, Li Yan wiped his sweat and said, "As long as you treat my oldest brother, I'll immediately bring you to Chen Village. I promise there won't be a delay."
T/N: Lol, Li Mo feels like a bullied maiden. If Li Yan wasn't actively pushing him to pursue Li Man, Li Mo would probably stay a bachelor forever.