Chapter 281 - Irresponsible
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
After hearing that painful shout no one dared to stay inside their house everyone just like Su Wan and her family rushed out, to see what was happening. Even if they wanted to they couldn't stay, if wolves were really descending down the forest then they need to discuss countermeasures with their village head, ah! If not how will they be able to sleep at peace at night?
Attracted by the man's shout everyone ran outside and soon a crowd formed just outside Su Wan's and the Lin brothers house. It just so happened that Su Wan and the Lin brothers lived rather close to the mountain, thus the man who was scared shitless by the wolves, saw their house he immediately collapsed outside and cried for help.
" Wolves, so many wolves" the man was still stammering while his wife who came running behind him was trembling so badly that her entire body shook. Beside her the wild vegetables that she and her husband harvested with so much difficulty were sprawled on the ground, right now they were too terrified to care about these wild vegetables when they nearly met with a life-threatening accident.
" Xiao Du, calm down," said the village head Luo who came rushing when he heard of the situation from one of the villagers. Behind him was Luo Chenxi whom the villagers haven't seen for a long time. At first, no one paid any attention to her but then almost as if synchronised the villagers turned their heads to stare at Luo Chenxi.
Because this sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl who was yet to mature looked so flashy and voluptuous! Her waist was no longer as willowy as before instead it has become curvy with an edge of seductive charm to it. Her flat chest that could be once mistaken as a man was now plump and round, it even juggled when she ran after her father. What was happening? Why did this girl become so charming all of a sudden? Did she go through a major growth spurt or something?
The men of the village couldn't look away from Luo Chenxi, though her facial features weren't as good as Su Wan her curvaceous body easily made up for that. While the men ogled at Luo Chenxi the latter enjoyed their vulgar and lustful gazes, she even smiled shyly at them making their blood burn with passion.
The men were happy to have such a seductive vixen like women in the village but the women of the village were really upset, many pulled long faces as they took a glance at Luo Chenxi while a whole lot curled their lips in disdain.
While no one was looking these women pinched waists and stomped on their husband's feet to stop them from ogling Luo Chenxi. No matter how seductive she was, she was the village head's daughter, how daring of them to lust over her, did they think they were living a little too peacefully?
Not to mention they actually dared to look at another woman when they, their wives were still standing next to them!
The women were unhappy but couldn't do anything other than pull a long face and turning their nose the other way, who asked Luo Chenxi to be the daughter of the village head?
" what's wrong uncle Du?" asked Luo Chenxi playing her role as a considerate and concerned young daughter of the village head as she helped Uncle Du from the ground, while she helped him up, her fingers ever so slightly trailed on Uncle Du's skin making the latter shudder " are you okay?"
Have to say that Luo Chenxi was putting everything on the line by being so brazen but her actions were skilful and no one detected anything except Uncle Du. But this was the first time for an old man like him to enjoy the touch of a young girl, Uncle Du wasn't going to complain, he looked at Luo Chenxi who nodded her head and sighed regretfully before turning to look at her father " father, I already told you that the wolves will sooner or later descend down the mountain, you should have sent someone experienced to lay down traps. Now see what happened"
Village head Lup uncomfortably rubbed his nose, his daughter indeed said that but instead of someone experienced she asked him to send Lin Jing. But at that time they just finished having a feud with the Lin family how could Village head Luo ask Lin Jing to do something so dangerous? And that too without any help? Village head Luo knew his villagers well, he knew that many of the villagers in his village were corrupt and eager to take advantage of others, they hardly showed a united front.
When he asked them to go with Lin Jing they refused, since the villagers refused to accompany Lin Jing, Village head Luo couldn't ask Lin Jing to lay down traps alone on the mountains right?
" Your daughter is right, Village head Luo" chimed one of the villagers as he stepped forward out of the crowd and said disdainfully " we all know how dangerous it is for us in the winter, the wolves descend down the mountains and if we don't lay down traps earlier than we will suffer from heavy losses. Yet you didn't ask Lin Jing to lay down traps why is that?"
"That's right village head what kind of advantage did the Lin family give you that you completely forgot about your villagers' safety? It's your responsibility to ask Lin Jing to lay down traps every winter, hasn't it been like this for year's why didn't you do it this time?" said Uncle Du who finally calmed down under Luo Chenxi's soothing voice, he finally found his courage and spoke up resolutely as he pointed at Village head Luo and then at Lin Jing " you too Lin Jing, it's too insensible for you. You know you need to lay traps for wolves at the mountain in winters but you didn't do it despite knowing the dangers, aren't you trying to get us killed like this? How can you be so irresponsible? Even if the village head didn't ask you, you should have done this on your own. After all it's your responsibility"
Uncle Du was really smart, he could easily catch on that Luo Chenxi was helping him and was willing to touch him because she wanted to incite trouble. And for whom did she want to incite trouble? It goes without saying - the Lin family! There are rumours surrounding the village that there was strife and struggle between Luo Chenxi and Su Wan, so understandably Uncle Du decided to fight for justice for the pretty lady!
" exactly, Lin Jing.. This was insensible of you. You are responsible for laying down the traps. How can you forget such an important matter? " said another villager immediately chiming in together with Uncle Du.
Once one or two villagers spoke up, others started to follow them like sheep in a herd and started blaming Lin Jing too. Listening to his villagers who were blaming him, Lin Jing felt annoyed, what did they mean by his responsibility? Since when was he responsible for laying down traps? He did it willingly and out of respect and care for his villagers, he protected them because he was showing his consideration to his villagers since when did it become his responsibility! But no matter what Lin Jing thought, he couldn't speak up.. More and more voices drowned his voice every time he tried to say something, in the end he was do frustrated that he wanted to punch someone.
Before he could rush ahead, a strong female voice shot through the crowd silencing them all for once "SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
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Chapter 282 - [Bonus ] She Will Kill Her !
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
Su Wan originally didn't want to, help Lin Jing which was why she remained silent till now she wanted him to experience how it feels when no one stands up for him but then even after being overwhelmed and wronged by the villagers to this extreme limit, the latter still didn't speak up and let them spit on him however they wanted. Su Wan didn't want to help Lin Jing but when she saw him getting wronged like this, she couldn't stop herself. Who asked her to be so soft-hearted? She immediately rushed forward with her four other husbands like a warrior and shouted loudly " what do you mean by it's my husband's responsibility to lay down traps to catch the wolves? Did you pay him? Or did you give him some gold and silver benefits, so that he will willingly lay down his life for you? Why don't I give you some money let's see how many of you dare to go up the mountains to lay down traps! " she swept her gaze at the bustling villagers who were busily speaking up just now and sneered " what happened? Don't have the courage? You don't dare to even say yes but you want to push my husband into doing this life-threatening job for you? Who are you? The Emperor or the Crown prince! Why should my husband endanger life for you?"
Uncle Du who was orchestrating everyone into bullying Lin Jing and his family immediately choked on air. He has indeed heard about Su Wan's fame but didn't know that the latter has such a sharp tongue for a second he didn't know what to say but then he felt a soft pinch of his waist as Luo Chenxi batted her lashes at him, she has loosened the front of her blouse just enough for Uncle Du to peek at her full mound with its pink bead standing tall and upright. Seeing that shiny pink peak, Uncle Du swallowed and looked at Luo Chenxi who mouthed the word ' you can do anything just do what I say '.
A beautiful and youthful lady was inviting him, how could Uncle Du say no to her? He immediately became full of vigour and shouted as he walked out of the crowd " fine, indeed, we didn't pay him but he is still the one of us, right? He lives in the Dong Tong village and he is the only one who knows how to hunt animals. How can we compare to him? He has experience catching wild animals but we are simple farmers who know nothing about hunting, if you ask us to go to the mountain aren't you pushing us to death? How can you be so heartless - your husband made a mistake but instead of acknowledging and mending it, you still quibble with us, where is the justice? You don't even know when I and my wife were harvesting wild vegetables in the forest, we almost got surrounded by twenty to forty wolves, if not for our good Karma we would have died. Now that pack of forty to twenty wolves is coming down say what are we going to do? God forbid if something happened to any one of us or our house who's going to compensate us, you? "
Uncle Du once worked as a guard in a restaurant and has a way with his words. He was smooth in laying down pits and if someone else other than Su Wan was standing in front of him, they would have fallen in the pit he weaved just like the villagers.
" That's right, who's gonna compensate us? I raise ducks and chickens if the wolves attacked my house where will I take my chicks and ducklings? Won't I be losing a lot of money?"
" it's still alright for you the chicks and ducklings are still small, so not much of your efforts will be wasted but my family raise pigs, and our three pigs are now fully grown and can be butchered anytime soon, with this wolf pack coming to our village I'm afraid my family will suffer heavy losses, we can't even take the pigs to the town in this heavy snow, we were going to wait till spring but what now? Who's gonna help us ?"
"Yes, yes! What should we do? Tell us "
Su Wan was so angry that she laughed, to think that these fully grown adults were being led around by their nose by Uncle Du and yet they couldn't realise this, though she didn't know why Uncle Du was targeting her family, she won't let it rest either! To daring to target her family see how I teach you, even if I can't teach you, I will drag you down with me. As she thought it through, Su Wan sneered and said " what do your chicks and pigs have to do with us? When you brought those chicks and piglets, did my Ah Jing give you a guarantee that he will protect them or did you take insurance from him? No right? Then why should he compensate you? As for laying down traps, my Ah Jing did it out of his own free will because he cares about you as his fellow villagers. He worries over your safety and willingly lays down traps every winter to safeguard your safety, when he did it without you all asking him neither of you said thank you, nor were you grateful. Instead, you took it for granted, now he didn't lay down traps just one time, you come knocking at my door asking for an explanation, what explanation? How dare you ask for one!"
" so what he is still a part of our village, he is one of us -"
"So what if he is part of this village? Aren't you a part of the village too? Then you don't have any responsibility except staying at home and lasting around while my husband puts his life on the line? So what if he is a hunter? He is still human not some immortal who can do everything alone! If you want him to sacrifice so much for you why do you call this village Doing Tong? Name it Lin Jing after my Ah Jing !"
Su Wan was even more forceful than Uncle Du and soon changed the tides, seeing her changing the course of the conversation, Luo Chenxi was hateful. To use that stupid old man Du, she willingly touched him and even let him peek at her body, she already lost so much by letting him grope and knead her - she couldn't let Su Wan escape this time!
So she hurriedly stepped forward and spoke up with a polite smile quite similar to her father but she kept her expression full of anxiety as if she was really worried "alright everyone calm down, no need to be like this. I think Mrs Lin is right we can't just depend on Eldest brother Lin like this, why don't we summon up an emergency team of a few robust villagers and have them hunt the wolves? This will be alright, right Mrs Lin?"
Previously, she was too good and let Su Wan whisk away with her petty life but this time she will definitely end Su Wan once and for all! Let's see how Lin Rui refuses to marry her then! This house those shops and the Lin brothers will all belong to her, in the past she only wanted Lin Rui but this time she will snatch everything from Su Wan just like she snatched everything from her!
Once she sends Lin Jing to the forest, hehe. Su Wan will be dead sooner or later.. Luo Chenxi's eyes flashed with viciousness as she looked at Su Wan, her gaze was already full of pity and smugness like she was watching her enemy die a painful death.
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Chapter 283 - Have To Go Even If They Don't Want To
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
This time no one dared to refute Luo Chenxi because the latter indeed suggested the most idealistic way to handle the situation. They couldn't leave the problem of wolves descending down the forest unattended because if they didn't deal with the wolves then the pack will descend from the mountain and create a bloodthirsty ruckus in the village.
When that happens no matter humans or chickens both will be hunted down by the wolves, so it was impossible for the villagers to just leave this problem just as it is.
Though Su Wan and the Lin brothers didn't want to agree, they couldn't do so. Lin Jing was indeed the only hunter in the Dong Tong Village if he doesn't help the villagers at such a time then the villagers might make things difficult for them in the future. They still didn't have money to move to the town or capital, with their current income they can easily afford a comfortable life but they couldn't buy a house in the town where prices were sky high at the moment.
Not to forget there was also their field, though they harvested the rice before the snowfall, the brothers couldn't find a decent buyer in such a hurry, meaning they will suffer through a loss.
However, after suffering this injustice, the entire Lin family's determination to move out of the Dong Tong village became even more strong. Why should they stay in this village where these villagers only knew how to take advantage of their kindness? Move! They will move!
Su Wan pursed her lips and inwardly decided to save even more money in the future the sooner her savings crosses three hundred taels the sooner she will be able to move out of this place, though she wanted to enjoy a decent and peaceful life, she was really picky about her neighbours with such ' if I fall down, I will drag you down too' kind of villagers, she has no patience. So, she might as well move away and look for a new place to settle down, it's not like this village is the only one with a peaceful atmosphere!
"Fine," said Lin Jing, he knew that this was the best possible outcome. Not only the villagers everyone was like this, no one wanted to endanger their lives. At least this time he would at least have a few villagers as a company, in the past, he laid the traps all alone " mother, Wan Wan, go in. I will go with the Village head and choose some villagers as my partners, after that I will go straight to the mountains and lay down pit traps. I might not be back tonight because I also need to organise night duty in case the wolves really descended"
After hearing Lin Jing's explanation Su Wan was both nervous and afraid. The two of them were still in a cold war, Lin Jing was yet to make up with her but now he has to live for such a dangerous task. She was anxious and couldn't help but blurt out " stay safe" after saying this her entire face flushed red, she didn't know what to do with her hands either as she raised them halfway up to hug Lin Jing. She was still angry but she wasn't an unreasonable woman, her husband was going to hunt a pack of wolves with forty to twenty wolves, she couldn't just send him away while staying mute can she?
These were the first words that Su Wan spoke to Lin Jing after their fight, Lin Jing was stunned but at the same time, he was really happy. His wife still cares about him! This time even if a wolf lunges at his throat, he will fight to his death to return safe and sound to Su Wan. He happily raised his hand and patted Su Wan's head " I will, how can I not be safe when I haven't made up with you ?"
After saying these words, Lin Jing bid his brothers and parents goodbye then turned to leave with Village head Luo.
The Lin family stared after his vanishing back and every single one of them was feeling uncomfortable. The last time Lin Jing faced a pack of wolves he nearly lost an eye, it was through sheer luck that Lin Jing was able to get away with his life. If not for his mentor and good friend of Father Lin, Lin Jing would have lost his life then and there. So, it wasn't surprising that the Lin family was feeling uncomfortable.
Not only them but Su Wan too felt as if she shouldn't let Lin Jing go to the south mountain today, she didn't know why but her heart was really unsettled after realising that Lin Jing was leaving for the mountains to hunt the wolves. However, she couldn't selfishly stop him, if she did the entire village will become their family's enemy and look for trouble with them every now and then.
She looked in the direction where Lin Jing went and didn't move for a long while, she was reluctant to let him but couldn't stop him at all. If possible she would have gone with him but she knew no one in her family would agree to let her go with Lin Jing even Lin Jing himself wouldn't have brought her with him.
"Let's go, eldest brother is going to work hard but we also need to be prepared," said Lin Yan, though his voice was firm no one missed the slight tremor in his voice and his trembling fists " we need to prepare some hunting forks and hunting arrows and bows as well, Ah Chen you stay at home with mother and Wan Wan. Ah Yu you too stay behind, Ah Rui, father come with me to the town we need need to buy these things before evening and return before the sun sets"
" En, Ah Yan is right. Lan'er, Wan Wan go inside " said Father Lin agreeing with Lin Yan as he turned to look at his wife and patted her shoulder, he knew his wife was worried about their son but they couldn't do anything. Right now, it was a situation of their family against the village. If they refuse to let Lin Jing help the villagers in time of need, they might become the villagers enemy number one, so even with a heavy heart they have to let Lin Jing go" don't worry, Lin Jing knows his stuff. He - our son is strong and fierce he will be fine, okay. You two don't need to worry about him"
" don't worry about the brother, he is a really strong mother, Wan Wan...he even hunted a tiger once remember? He will surely be fine and this time he isn't alone " Lin Rui too tried to calm his mother and Su Wan down as he ushered them inside and helped them on the Kang in the closes room to the front door.
Though mother Lin and Su Wan were not at all convinced they still didn't make things difficult for their sons / husbands in such difficult times. They let Lin Rui settle them in Lin Yan's room and said nothing.
Lin Yan and Lin Rui wanted to say more and stay by their wife and mother's side but they have to return before dawn, so they could leave after giving some more instructions to Lin Chen and Lin Yu.
The two of them left the house completely ignorant of the fact that a pair of eyes were locked on their backs like a vicious serpent.
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Chapter 284 - [Bonus ] Hiding Pigs
Luo Chenxi didn't leave with other villagers instead she stayed in an inconspicuous spot where no one could see her. Her eyes were firmly locked at the Lin family's door as she watched Lin Rui leave with his second brother and father.
' return before the evening? Fat chance! You will only return once Su Wan, that bitch's corpse turns completely cold and blue not before that'
Though her plan was risky and Lin Jing might lose his life together with Su Wan, Luo Chenxi wasn't at all worried about it. She didn't like Lin Jing, the eldest Lin brother anyway - too stoic and not romantic at all. Even if he died while saving Su Wan, then he deserved it. Who asked him to play ' save the beauty?'.
She waited for Lin Rui to walk away with his brother and father before turning her attention to Uncle Du who was standing by her side. She rolled her eyes at him but since she needed this old man's help, she smiled seductively at him and trailed a finger up and down his chest as she winked at him proactively " there is an abandoned shack at the back of the village, come there after half an hour. I will reward you there but only if you do what I want you to do, if you can't there is no need for you to come, I will look for someone else"
How could Uncle Du let go of this chance? A voluptuous and young girl was inviting him alone in a shack to do this and that, how can he refuse? He immediately nodded his head like a chicken and said "I will be there don't worry, your Lao Zi will do what you want as long as you satisfy Lao Zi. Once I'm sated, I will do anything."
" you will be satisfied," said Luo Chenxi though she wanted to vomit at the ugly expression and the foul smell coming from Uncle Du, she still kept a straight face. After spending time with the two hooligans she was really good at masking her expressions, as well as disgust. She knew that in winters villagers didn't bathe for months and smelled really bad but right now she had no money to give to Uncle Du as all her money was given to the hooligans to keep their mouths shut, so she could only use her body to bribe Uncle Du. So no matter how disgusted she felt, she still kept a straight face and did what she needed to do.
Have to say, after two months with the hooligans, Luo Chenxi went through an abrupt development. She knew and understood that the two hooligans might be in cahoots with the Lin brothers and might betray her so even though she spent her nights with them she didn't ask them to join in her scheme. Instead, she looked for another man who had no relation with the Lin brothers - Luo Chenxi knew that Uncle Du was vain, petty and selfish - he hardly worked and his family was really poor.
But somehow he still managed to curse the Lin family, calling them white-eyed wolves and what not saying that they could have hired people from their village instead of hiring those rich workers from the town. If they did that they would have helped poor villagers like him but they didn't. He was a perfect example of not wanting to work hard but still blaming others for his misery.
Because Uncle Du's family was poor he couldn't get married at an early age, he only got married when he became an old shrunken bean and even when he got married he didn't get the wife of his choice. Aunty Du was just as old as Uncle Du, her temper was weak and she was as thin as a stick because she didn't get enough to eat as a child. Her body didn't feel at all good while making love, and Uncle Du wasn't satisfied. He wanted those plump figure women at the brothels but he couldn't because he had no money - which was why Luo Chenxi deliberately chose him for her plan.
The day before she loudly talked with her friend about how the poor villagers can still make do as long as they act thriftily and were brave enough to go deeper in the mountain where they can wild vegetables to ease their hunger in front of Aunty Du who haven't anything since night.
After listening to Luo Chenxi, Aunty Du dragged Uncle Du to the mountain where they encountered the wolves coming down the mountain. She deliberately sent Uncle Du up the mountains because she knew that this time Lin Jing didn't set the pit traps as he no longer hunted in the mountains, such a thing it was easy to forget since he no longer went up the mountains.
A few weeks ago she heard her father worrying over whether to ask Lin Jing or not after she and her mother failed to ruin Su Wan's reputation. Her father couldn't make up his mind but Luo Chenxi did, she purposely kept asking her father to send Lin Jing to set traps so that her father gets more and more and suspicious of her and won't send Lin Jing, as long as Lin Jing didn't set those traps the matter would sooner or later explode.
Even better if it's someone like Uncle Du, he was selfish and greedy to curry favour with power. He also had a way with his words unlike Lin Jing who couldn't say two words with ease, as long as someone like him goes with Lin Jing and have Lin Jing be ostracised by his own teammates, Lin Jing will be left alone and once he gets lost or even better attacked - sending Su Wan up to the mountain and pushing her in front of a wolf wasn't difficult.
As for Lin Chen and Lin Yu, those two smarty pants, she made special plans for them. She has long bribed one of the hooligans in the town, once Lin Yan and Lin Rui enters the town that hooligan will make things for them. When that happens, Lin Yan has to call Lin Chen for help, if Lin Chen goes Lin Yu will go as well.
And then she will ask Uncle Du to rush to the Lin house and tell Su Wan about Lin Jing getting lost in the forest with a pack of wolves roaming freely, She knew Su Wan was gutsy and she will definitely rush to save Lin Jing instead of waiting for the Lin brothers, and that will be just perfect for her plan!
Hah! When Luo Chenxi was thinking about this the door to the shack opened and Uncle Du entered. Seeing him come, Luo Chenxi undid her clothes, revealing her voluptuous figure. Once Uncle Du laid eyes on her naked body without an inch of clothing, it was like he was fed with chicken blood - he roared loudly before attacking Luo Chenxi as the two of them fell on the old bed in the shack that soon started to churn loudly as they messed around.
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Su Wan didn't know that for killing her for once and for all Luo Chenxi has degraded her body so much that she slept with hooligans to old me. She was currently helping Lin Chen in bringing their pigs and chicken to the room next to the hot spring room which was really farther inside their house and couldn't be easily raided by the wolves. Their family's pigs have grown as well in fact they were the biggest among the pigs of the village with Su Wan's care and meals they were at least seven hundred and fifty kg and can be sold for a lot of money.
Su Wan wanted them to grow a bit more before sending them to her eldest Uncle's butchery because that's where she will get the most decent sum of money for these pigs ( Eldest Uncle: you don't even need to send these pigs just come and eat with Uncle and Uncle will give you money )
But now because of the threat of wolves she had to hide these pigs. She was really having a headache just thinking about it, Lin Jing was in danger and her delicately raised pigs were also in danger, will there be any peace in her life? Like ever?
Noticing Su Wan's anxiety stricken expression, Lin Chen couldn't help but tease her a little " Wan Wan, I never thought that your courage will be so timid. You are just like a tiny sparrow, don't worry my brother is really capable he even fought with a tiger with his bare hands once, you don't need to worry about him getting hurt because a tiger is equivalent to twenty wolves if my brother can take on a tiger alone he could definitely take on these wolves with a hunting team now "
Su Wan couldn't help but refute him" don't be such a crow beak, okay? What take on twenty wolves or what not! Instead of worrying about your brother taking on this pack of wolves you should pray sincerely that the hunting team that your brother is leading doesn't even meet the wolves! If he really encounters a pack of the wolf who knows what will happen! Do you think he is the main protagonist of Redwall or something ?"
Although Lin Chen didn't know what Redwall meant, he knew that Su Wan was angry at him so he hurriedly coaxed her " Wan Wan you are right, I was wrong. Don't lower yourself to my level and get angry alright ?"
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A power stones equals to slapping Luo Chenxi how many slaps are you going to give her ?
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Chapter 285 - Dig Pits
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
Su Wan didn't bother with Lin Chen anymore, casting a disdainful glance at him, she turned around and left the room to bring the remaining chickens in the room. She wasn't the only one who was driving her livestock inside her house, everyone in the Dong Tong village were doing the same. Those who couldn't bring their chicken and pigs inside butchered their livestock then and there.
They would rather sell the meat in the town by braving the cold winds rather than leaving them behind for wolves to eat them. If the wolves got past Lin Jing's defences and descended down the mountains, then they wouldn't even have time to cry! Because whether animals or humans, wolves will attack everyone alike.
Just like these villagers the other half of the village left for their relatives in the town, they didn't want to stay in the village and become stationary food for the wolves, so they prepared their bags and rushed out of the village together with the ones who were going to the town to sell the meat.
The villagers continued with their preparation while Lin Jing and his team continued with theirs, the team was finishing up with their task of digging pit traps when they heard the howls of the wolves. From the sounds of the howls, it was clear that the wolves were getting closer and closer, Lin Jing raised his head and unease settled in his heart. He was an experienced hunter and knew that the pack of wolves had more than thirty wolves, though they finished digging pit traps they weren't going to be enough for such a big pack of wolves.
They might have to stay behind and clean this pack of wolves on their own, this..this was something Lin Jing wasn't willing to do, not because he was afraid but because he knew how risky it was to face such a big wolf pack. He wasn't just responsible for digging pit traps but also responsible to bring these people who came forward to help him safely to the village without getting anyone hurt.
" Are you done digging? If you have then move on and dig further, or else the wolves will have a way to walk around the trap... Don't be lazy dig more"
Well all except this one, he was willing to leave this man behind you to become wolves food. However, Lin Jing was certain that even if he left Uncle Du behind the wolves might not eat him, that old man smelled so bad like ten-day-old rotten tofu. Wolves with their keen sense of smell might really not even sniff at his body much less eat him.
" Uncle Du, can you shut up?" Lu Lin who came with Lin Jing to assist the latter in digging pit traps could no longer stay silent, he couldn't understand why this scaredy-cat of a man agreed to come with them. Come with them was putting the matter lightly, Uncle Du has in fact thrown quite a ruckus when Lin Jing was choosing his hunting, saying things like how Lin Jing was trying to shirk away from his responsibility by choosing his friends in the hunting team. Demanding that they take him, the old experienced man who has seen the ways of the world with them, in the end, the village head had to agree even if he didn't want to.
Uncle Du came on the premise that he will help them but he has done nothing to help them, he barely moved after reaching this place where they were going to dig pit traps but he kept running his mouth every now and then, at first everyone silently listened but now it was becoming a really exhausting drag. They wanted to get out of the mountains as soon as they can but Uncle Du, this burdensome full was creating trouble for them, as they needed any more trouble! How annoying!
They believed that Uncle Du was doing all this because he wanted to make trouble for no reason, very much like his personality. How would they know that Uncle Du was trying to delay Lin Jing from leaving until the wolf pack descends, under Luo Chenxi 's commands. It never occurred to them that even under these dangerous circumstances someone would try to act like an opportunist, To do something like this, it was simply outrageous! These honest friends of Lin Jing never even thought about it like this.
" what are you talking about! How dare you act so rudely to me! you brat" snapped Uncle Du since he took on the job and Luo Chenxi already made the ' payment' he could only thicken his skin and deliberately delay the hunting team from leaving the mountains " I'm just giving you my precious advice after years of experience. You don't know but the wolves are really intelligent animals, if you don't dig the pit properly they won't fall in the trap and soon find a way to escape, I'm just trying to give you my best suggestion here"
" We don't need you to tell us" snapped Chen Cai, Lin Jing another friend who got fed up with Uncle Du's continuous ' experienced advice' " brother Jing has already told us what you are saying before we set off, can't you see we have already dig around the mountains alright? We are finishing up the final touches and we would have been done that if not for you who keeps rambling, can't you see such a simple thing ?"
"You -"
"Shut up" hissed Lin Jing incensed as he hurriedly climbed out of the pit trap while asking his teammates to do the same, the others couldn't understand why Lin Jing was asking them to retreat but when they heard a low menacing growl, they all understood.
The wolves finally descended the mountain. And thanks to Uncle Du who kept causing trouble, they will be the first to bear the brunt. The hunting team instantly turned stiff, they have never seen wolves before especially of such a big size. They couldn't move until Lin Jing shouted at them to climb up the trees and hide from the incoming wolves.
Only then did they wake up from their daze and hurriedly started climbing up the trees. Others were alright but Lin Jing was not because before he could climb up, Uncle Du hugged him from behind dragging him down " Lin Jing, you -you can't leave me behind. I'm old and I can't climb up trees, if you me alone I will die here, the wolves will kill me please, please stay with me don't climb up"
'Then go and die' was what Lin Jing thought but he was as soft-hearted and couldn't leave Uncle Du alone. The old man was still human and very much alive, no matter how rude and selfish he was, Lin Jing couldn't leave him alone thus, he stayed beside Uncle Du and hid behind the trees that were covered with snow.
Lin Jing as a kind man didn't catch the vicious glint that passed in Uncle Du's eyes.
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Chapter 286 - Fell Down The Cliff
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
Lu Lin and Chen Cai who climbed up the trees could see what was happening in front of them, when they saw the pack of wolves charging in their direction after listening to Uncle Du's voice they shouted to their other team members " prepare, everyone get ready... Arm your bows and attack!"
Lin Jing didn't bring many young men but the ones he brought were strong and energetic, at once every single one of them armed their bows with arrows and targetted the incoming wolves.
Lu Lin who couldn't use a bow and arrow hurriedly took out the bamboo pole that he brought and sharpened the edge of it before throwing it at the wolf that jumped and twisted in midair, he couldn't do much but he could at least obstruct the wolves from crossing the pit traps that he and his teammates dug.
Lin Jing also held a bow and arrow as his eyes glittered with determination, once or twice he would peek out of from behind the tree and aim at the wolves that were surrounding them.
The first to arrive at the traps were, of course, the Alpha wolf, he didn't jump in the trap stupidly instead stopped to examine the pit trap in front of him. He even howled at the wolves behind him making them stop, the wolves could, of course, smell the scent of humans and meat, especially after losing a few of their packmates, they knew that they were surrounded by humans, thus, they stopped after their leader howled at them. However, there was no shortage of stupid who could resist the temptation of the alluring scent of meat that Lin Jing and his team members laid on bamboo stakes with sharpened tips that Lin Jing and the others embedded in the ground.
The first to jump was a very large pure grey wolf, it leapt in the trap with its mouth open but as it soared in the air, it could no longer hold on to the ground and fell directly inside the trap. As soon as it fell inside the pit trap, a loud sound resonated in the clearing. Its feet hovered in the air, as its underbelly got pierced by the bamboo stakes that Lin Jing and the others embedded inside the trap. Immediately the scent of blood filled the air.
Behind the grey wolf, three more wolves threw them in the trap. By the time the grey wolf got caught in the trap, the three wolves have already jumped in they couldn't stop themselves even if they wanted to, the pits dug by Lin Jing and his friends were large and deep yet they left the mouth of the traps small so that no Wolf would be able to escape.
Even if any wolf somehow managed to make it out alive by dodging the bamboo stakes it was impossible for it to climb out of the trap.
Almost four wolves were caught in the trap on their own, Lu Lin intercepted a few and made them fall in the pit while ten or more were killed by Lin Jing and his friends' thanks to their good aiming skills.
However, Lin Jing didn't dare to relax in the slightest, he retreated behind the tree to hide himself further in while he strictly reminded his team members " don't dare to relax your stance. Keep an eye around the ground, don't let your cleverness turn into a tragedy..."
Just as those words left his mouth, the Alpha wolf who was the biggest and the largest jumped in the air, twisting itself madly so that he could cross the pit traps. Although the Alpha wolf was the only one who was able to cross the pit traps, he was the most dangerous and deadly one. Behind him, a few wolves howled but he stopped them by howling a bit, the wolves retreated a safe distance after following the Alpha wolf's subsequent howl.
The Alpha wolf started to sniff around as he advanced in Lin Jing and Uncle Du's direction.
Lu Lin and the others attacked the Alpha wolf sending flying arrows and bamboo at it, a few escaped while the wolf dodged them but some of the arrows did get lodged in its body. Though Lu Lin together with Lin Jing and the others rained arrows on the Alpha wolf's body, the latter never retreated, after all, the animals in the forest have frozen to death while the others went to hibernate, If it couldn't get ' food ' for his pack maybe, his pack might just die because of starvation!
As a leader he couldn't allow it, today he would either succeed or die trying.
The alpha wolf seemed to have smelled Lin Jing's scent, it knew that it couldn't attack the ones who were sitting on the trees hiding behind the dense snow and everything, so it decided to attack the weakest link and take the meat back to its pack. Lin Jing shot an arrow at the leader but the latter nimbly dodged it, Lin Jing aimed another arrow in its direction but before he could dislodge the arrow, someone pushed him from behind making him slip and roll on the snow right in front of the incoming wolf.
Shocked Lin Jing looked back at Uncle Du who was running away after throwing him in front of the wolf, the others saw this too and they immediately cursed at Uncle Du for being a white-eyed wolf, pushing the one who saved his life in danger. But they didn't have the time to chase Uncle Du, they all aimed at the wolf and shot their arrows in its direction.
Lin Jing was also quite agile with his hands he was able to grab his hacking knife even if his arrow and now dropped on the ground, just as the arrow collided with the wolf's side belly and a burst of blood.
However, he wasn't as agile as he thought he was, though he escaped the alpha wolf's jaw, he couldn't dodge its raking claws and soon bloody scars formed on his body. The smell of blood made the alpha wolf's viciousness reach a new height as it rammed its body into Lin Jing sending the two of them rolling down the snowy cliff.
" Brother Jing!"
" Eldest Lin !"
"Lin Jing"
Sorrowful screams resounded in the forest as Lin Jing rolled down the cliff with the Alpha wolf pressing its forelimbs on his shoulders. Lu Lin and the others jumped down the tree rushing to stop Lin Jing but the cliff was too steep and the rolling mass of Lin Jing and The Alpha wolf was too fast for them to catch on.
Then right in front of their eyes, Lin Jing and the Alpha wolf fell down the steep cliff leaving a trail of fresh blooming blood behind them.
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Chapter 287 - Avenge Brother Ling!!
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
For a while the clamouring forest immediately quietened down, neither wolves nor humans could react to what just happened. Their leader/ team leader fell from the cliff? Then what will happen to them? The wolves silently starter retreating, their intelligent eyes whirled as they looked around, the entire path was dug deep with pit traps. And they were confronted with a bunch of humans who were proving themselves as hard nuts to crack. With their leader gone they needed to change the strategy ah!
Lu Lin and the others didn't have the time to care about the retreating wolves who stopped attacking them, now their entire focus was on the fallen Lin Jing, the cliff was steep and it was hard to climb up as well as to go down. Lu Lin and Chen Cai wanted to go down but the others stopped them. Losing Lin Jing was enough if these two met with an accident as well then how will they answer Lu Lin and Chen Cai's family?
" I have to go down and save him" when Zhu Yang, one of their teammate stopped Lu Lin, the latter couldn't help but insist. He desperately motioned his hands at the bottom of the cliff with teary eyes as he argued with his team members " Brother Jing took responsibility for our safety, he swore to bring us back safe and sound. The same thing applies to him as well! Do you want me to just leave the mountains without even trying to look for brother Jing? Isn't it selfishness on our part, only caring about our lives while disregarding the life of the man who protected us?"
"Brother Lu, I know what you are feeling. Believe me, I'm feeling the same! I don't want to leave either but you need to think about it rationally" said Zhu Yang who already has tears flowing down his cheeks " Brother Lin fell down from such a high cliff, and that too when he was being attacked by the Alpha wolf, do you really think he...he will be alright after this?"
What Zhu Yang wanted to say was whether or not Lin Jing will be alive after suffering from such a great fall, but he couldn't bring himself to say that. Though Zhu and Lin family barely talked with each other, the two families had a decent relationship among them. Zhu Yang greatly admired Lin Jing because the latter was a great hunter.
He too was very upset with what happened but he needed to keep hold of himself in this case, he couldn't lose himself to his emotions.
Lin Jing fell from such a steep cliff, it was almost impossible for him to make out alive of that valley down the cliff.
"I don't know about anything, I just know that I have no face to look at sister in law, Su's face," said Chen Cai bitterly " it has only been more than three months after sister in law Su married in the Lin family, how am I suppose to tell her that Brother Jing - "
Chen Cai didn't speak any further but no one needed him to say anything anymore. Su Wan was still the newly wedded wife of the Lin brothers, it hasn't been even a year since the Lin brothers married Su Wan and she already lost a husband. Though Su Wan couldn't be counted as a proper widow, she still have to serve her role as Lin Jing's widow by staying clear from physical relationships with her other husbands for the next three years and by strictly following a vegetarian diet.
Following a vegetarian diet wasn't something difficult, what was difficult was to stay away from her other husbands. All of them were married and knew how important it was to have an intimate relationship between husband and wife. If Su Wan stayed away from her husbands, for the next three years - sooner or later their relationship would degrade. No matter how good a man's character was he couldn't stay away from women after having a taste of a woman's body.
Lin brothers were young and got blooded men too, how will they resist the temptation outside for the next three years while their shared wife served as a widow of their dead eldest brother? Sooner or later they might bring a wife of their own, especially now when they have the means to do so.
In short Su Wan's life would no longer be a happy one.
" it's all that old man's fault" snapped Lu Lin not bothering to even filter his mouth as vulgarities poured out his lips " Brother Lin was kind enough to protect him, and yet that old bastard pushed Brother Lin in front of a starving wolf! Is his smelly body more precious than brother Lin's? That old man is such a drag of this world yet he still protects his life like a precious gem! No, I will not let this matter rest, that bastard Du have to pay for what he did"
" you think you can make him pay?" asked Zhu Yang bitterly " Uncle Du's family might be poor but his eldest brother is still considered to be the elder of the Dong Tong village. I'm certain that Elder Du will surely protect his little brother, no matter how unhappy and upset he might be with Uncle Du, he wouldn't let his brother get hurt. After all, they are blood-related brothers"
"You mean to say that we just leave this matter at rest?" snarled Lu Lin "no! We can't do this if we let that bastard Du escape, then we will be letting Brother Lin down. We will definitely avenge brother Jing, if Elder Du wants to protect that good for nothing bastard then he might do so but we will make things difficult for the Du family in the future!"
" We need to go," said Chen Cai as he stared at the falling snow " or else the path will be sealed by the snow, let's go we need to pass the news to the Lin family and bring some more people in the mountain to look for brother Lin's body, alright?"
These words left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth but they still nodded, this was their responsibility as the survivors of this incident.
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Chapter 288 - [Bonus ] Bring Her Back
"Help! Help! Help me!" Uncle Du who have already run away after pushing Lin Jing in the mouth of the Alpha wolf had no idea that Lu Lin and the others were planning to avenge Lin Jing by creating trouble for him and his family, even if he did know about it Uncle Du wouldn't have cared about it at all. His elder brother was one of the Elders of Dong Tong village, with his brother around no one would dare to mess with him unless they wanted to be kicked out of the village.
As for pushing Lin Jing, that was his survival instinct, even if Lu Lin and the other members of the team ratted him out, he didn't murder Lin Jing with his own hands, did he? They were attacked by the wolf and he was scared after seeing such a big wolf lunging at him. He didn't want to push Lin Jing in the mouth of the wolf, but he was too terrified and pushed Lin Jing at instinct not because he wanted to push him - that's right? Isn't it? That's logical, after all, he was human and as a living breathing human who finally got a taste of enjoying his life, how could he be willing to die? No one wanted to be killed by a ferocious wolf, if Lin Jing was in his place he would have done the same.
Uncle Du this promiscuous and selfish old man has completely forgotten that Lin Jing could have climbed up a tree and could have left him alone to fend for himself but he didn't, instead, he stood by his side and protected him until he was betrayed by him.
Such was a human mind as long as they wanted to wash off their guilt, they would create scenarios that never existed to make themselves more pitiful and worthy of being sympathised with.
Su Wan was waiting with bated breath for Lin Jing's team to return, earlier Lin Rui sent word for Lin Chen to come to town because they got stuck because of the heavy snow, they needed someone to drive the ox cart to the town to get them out of there, so Lin Chen have to rush to Brother Sheng house to borrow their ox cart.
Lin Chen left Lin Yu behind for taking care of her and mother Lin along with the three little Qi siblings. But then after half an hour later, Qi Zhi started vomiting, no matter how much Su Wan and Lin Yu took care of Little Zhi, the latter kept hurling whatever they fed him. Neither lemon water nor the dried herbs worked, in the end, Lin Yu had to bring Qi Zhi to Doctor Gu.
Because Qi Zhi was just five years old neither of them was willing to take a risk, what if the little kid caught a chill, and they mistook it for an unsettled stomach? In this era with no medical treatment and proper medicines, Su Wan was worried that Little Qi Zhi might end up getting really sick if not treated properly. What if the little boy got a fever? In this cold weather with no proper medicines, even an adult would end up burning in fever, much less a child.
So, despite Lin Yu constant placating, she still sent the latter to Doctor Gu's house with Little Qi Zh.
Though Su Wan thought that all of this was mere coincidences, she couldn't help but brush off the feeling that something was off, like why would Lin Rui send word for Lin Chen if they got trapped in the town? Wouldn't it make sense to call for Lu Sheng? Instead of Lin Chen?
And Qi Zhi, how come he got sick only today? Why not before, why not after?
Though Su Wan had a lot of questions, she didn't pay attention to them. She was far too worried about Lin Jing to care about these questions, she might as well worry more about Lin Jing than think about such baseless questions that did nothing to help her and instead only increased her anxiety even more.
She was pacing in the back ball, from time to time gazing at the front door when she heard Uncle Du's cry of help, all of a sudden her gut twisted in pain and an unknown chill spread all over her body to the tip of her extremities. Ignoring mother Lin's call, she rushed out of the house, where a crowd of people were already circling Uncle Du and helping the latter to sit up.
Su Wan looked at the panic-stricken Uncle Du then looked around the crowd searching for Lin Jing, however even after looking around the crowd for a total of five times she couldn't see Lin Jing. Her hanging heart fell down all the way to the pits of her stomach with a loud ' Dong' as she turned to look at Uncle Du " where is Ah Jing? Where is my husband? Where did you leave him! Why isn't he here? Didn't you go with him?"
Uncle Du who was enjoying the care and affectionate gestures of the villagers was annoyed by Su Wan's constant questioning, he angrily harumphed and but still looked at Su Wan with a somewhat reluctant manner as if he was afraid to agitate her even further " that.. That.."
"What? What ' that' speak properly!" Su Wan who was already on her toes felt as Uncle Du was teasing her. What did he mean by ' that', 'that '? Can't he see she was already hopping with anxiety? Did he want to kill her? If continued with his nonsense she might really die of a heart attack!
" that..we were attacked by the wolves and Lin Jing - Lin Jing, he was taken away by the leader of the wolf pack!" Uncle Du wanted to have a little more fun with Su Wan after all this lady has always looked down on him ( she hasn't ), who asked her to look away in an arrogant fashion whenever he crossed her path ( she didn't ).
As soon as Uncle Du finished speaking the entire crowd of people gasped while Mother Lin dropped to her knees, she didn't shout or scream instead she started crying, she always knew that her eldest son's job as a hunter was like dancing with death, but she never thought that her son who was so strong and sturdy would one day - Mother Lin cried so bitterly that everyone in the crowd felt sorry for her.
But Su Wan didn't, she didn't cry not did she throw a tantrum instead she rushed inside the house and brought out a bone chopping cleaver. Seeing her rushing out with a cleaver raised in her hand, many people screamed and jumped out even Uncle Du instantly got to his feet and jumped out of her way.
Everyone all thought that Su Wan has gone mad because of grief but to their utter surprise, Su Wan didn't charge at them like a warrior instead she ran in the direction of the mountains without even looking back once.
Only then did Mother Lin snap out of her crying daze and shout "stop her! Stop her! I have already lost a son, I can't lose a daughter too! Bring her back, bring her back! Bring my Wan Wan back-" Mother Lin was already agitated, she was old and the news of her son dying was enough to make her despair but when she saw her daughter in law rushing to the mountains where wolves and whatnot were roaming, all her blood rushed in her head at once, thus, she fainted just after taking two steps right in front of the Village head who hurriedly asked a woman from the village to help Mother Lin up.
"Go and bring her back !" Shouted Village head Luo, but even if the villagers rushed after Su Wan after listening to village head Luo's order, they were two beats too late. Su Wan was faster than them and already entered the mountains by the time they finished covering the path to the mountains halfway.
The villagers met with the hunting team after a short while but the hunting team couldn't catch or trace Su Wan who was like a loose cannon.
Su Wan who rushed inside the forest didn't look or hear a thing that the villagers were shouting behind her, she hurriedly climbed up the mountain and followed the trail of blood left by Lin Jing.
It wasn't difficult to find the trail as she only needed to follow the pit traps dug in the forest.
She followed the trail and reached the cliff from where she couldn't even see the end of the valley, her heart was beating wildly as she looked around, she was sure that she will find a proper path to climb down the cliff. She wasn't willing to believe that Lin Jing died or something happened to him, they haven't made up yet - and he even promised to safely return back to her. She would never believe that he wouldn't return unless she sees for herself!
Who knows maybe Uncle Du was lying or maybe he saw it wrong because her Ah Jing can't die! He was someone who fulfilled his promises and he promised that he will be back. She was still looking around for a steep slope or some narrow path to climb down the cliff when - she realised that she didn't need to look for a path, because someone has already pushed her down!
Losing the ground under her feet, Su Wan shouted her scream resonating in the snow-covered valley startling the hunting team that rushed back into the forest.
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' I'm dying can you love me a little more?' - Lin Jing ( give Lin Jing your love by sending him power stones to recharge!!)
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Chapter 289 - Numb
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
Luo Chenxi watched Su Wan falling from the cliff, instantly a gush of sweetness spurted in her heart. Finally! Finally! She finally got rid of this annoying obstacle in her path, with this bitch gone, Lin Rui have to marry her even if he didn't want to, now that Su Wan was gone sooner or later she will drag Lin Rui in her bed. Once she gets her hand on him let's see how he will escape from her clutches!
Men, they were all same without Su Wan, it wouldn't take long for Lin Rui and his bothers to roll in bedsheets with her.
Luo Chenxi never once thought that the Lin brothers were different from the men she usually accompanied. They would rather live their entire lives as virgins and widowers than touch a filthy woman like her who has no qualms about whom and when she slept with, if they married her who knows the top of their heads might go greener than a green perrier pasture.
Not to mention she wasn't their type and the Lin brothers would never look at her way whether Su Wan was with them or not.
However, Luo Chenxi was someone who
believed that she was the most beautiful girl in the village, with her loose disposition and character, many men in the village liked to kiss her ass, increasing her vanity to another level. Thus, even though Su Wan was more beautiful and capable than her Luo Chenxi still believed that she was better than Su Wan who was brought by Lin Brothers unlike her who was sorted by so many men.
What Luo Chenxi didn't know was that those men only sort her out was because she has a good figure and she was the daughter of the village head nothing more, they didn't fancy her for her qualities or because she was capable.
Su Wan who was flailing her arms to reach the cliff had no idea that the one who pushed her down was already dreaming about replacing her, if she did - Su Wan might have chopped Luo Chenxi up with the cleaver in her hands without even bothering to ask questions. However, currently, she couldn't pay attention to the culprit of her fall, mainly for two reasons, first - she couldn't see who it was because the forest in the mountain was too dark with snow-filled clouds covering the sky, the only thing she caught on was that the culprit was a woman who smelled strongly of roses mixed with morning dew.
Su Wan didn't know who that woman was but she swore that once she got out of this valley alive, she would catch hold of that woman even if she has to sniff around the village like a sniffer dog! But she will get her hands on that woman who dared to push her down the cliff!
And secondly, she couldn't bother about the woman right now when she plummeting down all the way to her early death. Su Wan didn't want to die and she wasn't willing to let go of her second life without fighting for it, so she tried her best to thrust her body forward to the side of the cliff as long as she got closer to the cliff, she could decrease the speed of her fall by embedding the cleaver in the wall of the cliff.
It would have been impossible if this happened in summer but right now the cliff was covered in a rather thick layer of snow, Su Wan was certain that she could use this layer of snow to her advantage thus she madly twisted in midair trying to push her body closer to the cliff.
Thankfully, Su Wan's core strength was rather good so she was able to bring her plan in motion somehow. Once she got closer to the cliff wall, Su Wan rooted her cleaver in the layer of the snow that was covering the cliff wall, slowing down her speed. Though Su Wan slower down her acceleration by embedding both her hands in the snow layer, her speed was still incredibly fast but with the cliff wall acting as a frictional force, it wasn't that dangerous as before at least she wouldn't fall to her death.
" It hurts" muttered Su Wan as her body continued to fall, her hands that were deeply rooted in the snow, stung and fell numb after a short while making her realise that both her hand must have gotten frostbite. But no matter how badly it hurt, Su Wan gritted her teeth and endured it. This was her decision and all the consequences were hers to face, she couldn't leave Lin Jing in this valley without any medicinal herbs or treatment if by chance he was alive but badly injured Su Wan wanted to make sure to grab on to that one chance! Lin Jing was strong and resilient as long as he had his wits just like her, he would not die! So for the sake of Lin Jing, Su Wan endured the spreading numbness in her hands and feet.
BANG!
Finally, Su Wan reached the end of the cliff after falling for God knows how many hours. Her numb legs buckled under her weight and she fell on her back, she was exhausted after clutching on the cliff for so long. Even her hands and feet have gone numb, she raised her right hand after a lot of jerky movements and sure enough her fingers were swelling to the size of sausages.
Su Wan hurled a diatribe of curses at the woman who pushed her down as she somehow got to her fours, her legs were wobbly and she couldn't stand up, but since she needed to find Lin Jing, somehow she managed to crawl up to her feet.
Then with shaky steps, she somehow pushed herself to walk forward, the weather was taking a turn for the worse, snow was falling heavily covering her head and shoulders with a pile of snow in no time, with the looming dark clouds over her head Su Wan couldn't see anything, in the end, she had to resort to the most stupidest way to search for Lin Jing.
" Ah, Jing! Jing ge? Can you hear me if you can answer me! It's Wan Wan" Su Wan knew that her shouts might attract wild animals but she had no choice! It was snowing so badly how was she supposed to look for Lin Jing when she can't even see? Though she didn't know whether or not her voice could reach Lin Jing in such a heavy snowfall with cold winds echoing around the valley " Lin Jing! Can you hear me? Lin Jing are you there?"
Su Wan kept shouting Lin Jing's name every once in a while on the top of her lungs, once or twice she almost triggered an avalanche, it was only through sheer luck that she managed to escape.
"Jing ge?" this time Su Wan shouted even louder and she indeed received a reply but not from a human but a growling animal.
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Chapter 290 - It's You ! It's Really You!
Name：Shrewd wife of Lin brothers Author：fairytail72
Su Wan stiffened, she whirled around in a hurry and what she saw made her legs go even more jelly than they already were. In front of her stood a big wolf the size of a trolley, its belly was pierced by someone most likely by Lin Jing but it was still very much alive and kicking. Even with the blood gushing out of its belly like water draining out of a broken pipe, its eyes still had their ferocious vitality.
Su Wan couldn't believe her eyes as she stared at the wolf in front of her, if the wolf was still alive then what about Lin Jing? Her heart that have already dropped to the pits of her stomach twisted felt as if a pair of icy cold hands gripped it and gave it a hard squeeze.
She didn't want to believe it but the evidence of Lin Jing's fall was standing right in front of her breathing and moving while she couldn't catch a single glimpse of Lin Jing. Her heart wrenched in pain as tears blurred her eyes, to think she would lose Lin Jing like this, why was she so stupid? Why didn't she forgive him earlier? Even if he made a mistake she should have known how Lin Jing was, he hardly spoke sweet words and didn't know how to coax anyone with his bland and stoic nature. Why didn't she forgive him earlier? But no matter how much Su Wan regretted it now, she couldn't do anything.
Fear and pain burst in her veins like boiling poison, she could no longer think straight. All she knew was that even if she died tonight it will be worth it because she couldn't stand the thought of living her life without Lin Jing. He was her first man in this world, the first person who showed her real genuine care. Though she was calculating and had a petty temper, Lin Jing hardly ever got mad at her and tried to play along with her as much as he could. He also brought finely polished rice for her one time when he hunted a boar.
In her grief, she forgot that she also had four other husbands to take care of, she was just too aggrieved to even think straight anymore.
The big grey wolf too seemed to have sensed that Su Wan was preparing to do something drastic, thus he didn't give her a chance to turn her situation around instead he lunged at her, aiming its jaw right on Su Wan's neck. Su Wan stiffened but then with a shrill cry she attacked the wolf, her eyes closed as she aimed her cleaver at the wolf's head even if she died tonight she will bring this wolf down with her!
It was stupid, completely stupid but Su Wan still wanted to do it.
She closed her eyes as she rushed at the wolf and suddenly felt a gush of warm liquid splatter on her. She sighed in relief at least she killed the wolf before dying, then she waited for the impact of the wolf colliding with her but even after two seconds later she felt nothing, instead she heard a rather angry voice, a voice that she thought she will never hear ever again.
"What is wrong with you ?" Lin Jing who came running to stop the wolf from tackling Su Wan, couldn't help but scold her angrily. He never thought that he would see Su Wan here in a place where she had no point to be at, earlier because the Wolf has pierced his skin and tore his flesh, Lin Jing have run away and climbed up a tree. He wanted to take a breather before tackling the wolf but before he could so much as take a sigh of relief, he heard Su Wan's voice, first, he thought maybe he lost too much blood and started hallucinating but when the wolf turned around and focussed its attention on something else, Lin Jing realised that Su Wan came to the mountains searching for him!
Lin Jing was both worried and scared when he saw Su Wan standing like a wooden statue in front of the wolf. In the end, despite all his injuries, Lin Jing still climbed down the tree and rushed towards Su Wan because he hurt his leg when he fell from the cliff, Lin Jing was slower than usual which was why Su Wan didn't see him coming.
" Ah, Jing? Ah Jing it's really you? You are okay!"Su Wan didn't hear a single word of Lin Jing all her attention was on Lin Jing who was standing in front of her, though he was bloody and hurt - he was still alive and breathing!
Even though the injuries looked severe, Su Wan knew that they weren't life-threatening as long as she properly disinfected it the wounds won't get severely infected and everything would be fine.
Because Su Wan was a little too excited, she jumped at Lin Jing who was already badly battered and injured, the second Su Wan hugged him Lin Jing staggered and if not for his timely manner of embracing her properly the two of them would have fallen on the snow.
"You are okay! You are okay, oh Ah Jing you are okay" Su Wan was so overwhelmed that she couldn't help but start crying, she didn't want to but her eyes just wouldn't listen to her before she knew it, she was already crying like a child as she hugged Lin Jing " I - I didn't forgive you when you left and didn't even talk to you properly, that's all I could think about ever since I came to know that fell from the cliff. Oh, Ah Jing, I was so scared this was the only thing I could think about"
Lin Jing wanted to coax Su Wan but he was so much in pain that he couldn't do anything except awkwardly pat her. He was also feeling a bit feverish after staying in the cold for so long, the wolf has clawed on his clothes tearing his shirts to bits. Right now Lin Jing was feeling too cold even if he was a man of steel he couldn't help but shiver in such cold weather.
" Wan Wan, don't cry..look what I brought for you," said Lin Jing as he fiddled around in his pants pocket and pulled out a cutting of an exotic blue rose, the navy blue rose with white hues looked really mysterious. Su Wan who was from the modern world knew how rare it was to find blue roses and how expensive they were, she blinked her teary eyes and slapped Lin Jing where the latter wasn't injured before snapping unhappily " you what are you doing! You were attacked by a wolf yet you got time to get the cutting of this blue rose? Are you out of your mind!"
"I wanted to make you happy," said Lin Jing simply as if not understanding why Su Wan was getting mad again " I'm not weak, a wolf can't do anything to me. I was just careless and ended up in this accident, don't worry I didn't get injured when I was cutting this blue rose. I - I never saw something so pretty and thought that maybe you will like it. You like it do you Want Wan?"
Earlier Lin Jing has twisted in midair so that his fall was cushioned by the big wolf, thus he didn't get serious injuries but he successfully angered the wolf. Thus, Lin Jing had to run but while he was escaping he saw this rare blue rose and thought about how his second brother coaxed Su Wan, he found it really pretty so he decided to bring it for Su Wan who would have thought that before he could bring it to her, Su Wan would come to him on her own?
Like it? How can she not like it? To think this idiot was still thinking about how to coax her when he was being chased by a wolf. How can she not like it?
She nodded her head and too the blue rose from Lin Jing before saying " En, I like it"
" that's - that's good," said Lin Jing and then he fainted.