Chapter 183: Worry

Hearing Xiaohuan's words, I was completely dumbfounded. I was scared silly by the "tiger-wolf" words of this little girl before me. This girl had even calculated everything for the future; it was simply too terrifying.

"Xiaohuan, don't joke with others!" Zheng Linming glared at Xiaohuan and said.

"I'm not joking at all. What I said is true. I really want to marry Brother!" Xiaohuan pouted and rushed over to hug me.

I was startled and instinctively wanted to push her away, but suddenly stopped. If I pushed her away, would she be sad? After all, Xiaohuan had saved my life, and her intentions were so pure.

"Alright, Xiaohuan, go out and get the medicine, let him rest!" Zheng Linming said.

Xiaohuan let go of me, then suddenly stood up with a smile and said to me: "Brother, I'm going to get your medicine. Rest well!"

After saying this, Xiaohuan ran out happily. I carefully examined my surroundings and found that this was a very ordinary rural house. The walls weren't cement, but the most ordinary mud, and the roof was also built quite simply, feeling like it might leak at any time if it rained. I didn't expect that there would still be such houses in this world. I originally thought the place I lived in was already very poor, but compared to them, I was truly wealthy.

I slowly sat up, got out of bed, put on my shoes, and looked at the scenery outside. The air here was exceptionally fresh, and the chirping of cicadas and birds around me made my whole body and mind feel exceptionally comfortable. There were quite a few houses similar to this one outside, and there were many children running and playing, feeling exceptionally happy.

Zheng Linming saw me get up, turned to me, and said: "Judging by your clothes, you're from the city, right?"

"Uh, I suppose so!" Compared to this place, the place I lived in could indeed be considered a city.

I walked to Xiaohuan's side, watched her preparing the herbal medicine, squatted on the ground, pointed at the children outside, and said to her: "Why don't you go play with them?"

Xiaohuan looked at the children outside and said with disdain: "I'm not that childish. They're just a bunch of little brats; I can't get along with them!"

"Aren't you a little brat too? What are you pretending to be an adult for!" I looked at Xiaohuan in a bad mood and said.

"I said, I'm not young anymore. I can get married in two years!" Xiaohuan looked at me angrily, pouting.

I looked at the house and it seemed there were only Xiaohuan and Zheng Linming, so I said to Xiaohuan: "Thank you for saving me today. By the way, my name is Yang Yun!"

"My name is Xiaohuan. I already said, no need to thank me, just marry me!" Xiaohuan smiled, like an innocent child, but the words she said were really hard to match with her pure and innocent face.

"Xiaohuan, right? Actually, a life-saving grace doesn't necessarily mean you have to marry me!" I started thinking about how I could persuade her.

"I don't care. A life-saving grace must be repaid by marrying. That's what it says on TV and in storybooks!"

"TV is all for fooling children; it doesn't count at all. Think about it, two people who don't know each other suddenly marry. If the two people don't like each other, wouldn't that make both of them unhappy?"

"But, I'm very happy! Besides, Brother Yang Yun is so handsome. I don't care, in any case, Brother Yang Yun is mine, I'm your wife, and you're my husband!"

Regarding the words of this little girl, I truly had a headache. For the first time, I felt that dealing with a child was so troublesome.

Zheng Linming saw us from the side and also showed a smile, not intending to come up to help me out.

"By the way, Xiaohuan, where are your parents?" I asked, puzzled.

"I don't have parents. My parents passed away a long time ago. It's always been Grandpa taking care of me!" Xiaohuan said with disappointment.

Hearing this, I hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't know. But it's okay, Xiaohuan, you still have Grandpa!"

"Right, I still have Grandpa, and now I also have Brother Yang Yun, I have a husband, I feel very satisfied!"

I didn't intend to answer this guy's words at all. Saying more was useless; this girl seemed to have set her mind on a dead end and couldn't listen to anything.

Just at this moment, Zheng Linming beside us suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, scaring Xiaohuan and me so much that we hurriedly put down what we were doing and ran to Zheng Linming's side, asking: "Old man, what's wrong with you?"

"Grandpa, Grandpa, don't scare me! Is your previous illness recurring? Wuwu!" Xiaohuan cried and hugged Zheng Linming.

Hearing Xiaohuan's words, Zheng Linming obediently patted her head and said: "Silly girl, I'm fine, just drink some medicine and it will be better!"

However, I felt this matter wasn't that simple. From Xiaohuan's words, it could be heard that this spitting of blood hadn't happened just once. It seemed it had been there before, most likely a long-term illness. I looked at Zheng Linming, and Zheng Linming shook his head at me.

At night, I was alone outside, feeling the baptism of mosquitoes and insects, feeling so uncomfortable that I couldn't sleep, thinking about what had happened before. I originally thought I was dead for sure after jumping into the moat, but I didn't expect I really didn't die. It felt like all of this was a dream. However, since I didn't die, some things definitely couldn't just be left as they were.

Who exactly was the person who betrayed me? And how is everyone doing now? If Li Hong solved me, would he make things difficult for them? This was also what I was very worried about. After all, Li Hong was also very unhappy with them before. I could only hope that Sister Ling and Sister Shuang could take care of them more. After all, Zhang Wu was from the Zhang family, so I thought they wouldn't dare to go too far. As for Zhang Yinuo, that goes without saying. As for Xu Hongzhi, Sange—thinking of Sange, I felt exceptionally uncomfortable in my heart. Sange was the one with the least background among these people, and also the one who had offended the most people before, and at the same time, he was now the most dangerous. It was impossible not to be worried.

I didn't know where this place was either. I only heard them say this was some village. To go to the city outside, one had to walk dozens of miles of mountain road, and then take a tractor to the city to take a bus to get to the city.

Now, I couldn't just leave if I wanted to. Besides, my body was exceptionally weak, and for some reason, my leg was injured in the river water, so I was limping when I walked.

I lived here for eight or nine days, and these eight or nine days I was exceptionally happy. I played very happily with Xiaohuan and other children. Although Xiaohuan was very unwilling to play with them, seeing me go over, she had to play together. I taught them to read and write. Here, they couldn't even afford to go to school. Although there was a school here, for them, the school was in a place very far away, and they didn't have any transportation here, so the word "school" was exceptionally distant to them.

And these two days, Zheng Linming's body was getting worse and worse. It looked like he wouldn't make it, and it felt like it was just a matter of a few days. ===== CHAPTER 184 =====