flstandardbreds Chapter 382 The Hunter's Little Darling 43
Chapter 382 The Hunter's Little Darling 43
If someone falls into the water and is swept away, they definitely need to be found.
However, this does not include Tu Shen.
He picked up Xie Qingyu and headed home, only thinking about quickly changing her clothes.
As for Ma Erya, who was still in the river, she was not on his list of considerations.
At this moment, my cousin didn't care about the berries on the ground. Seeing Tu Shen carrying Xie Qingyu away, she looked into the river and ran home to call for help.
She was squatting by the river washing berries when she was unaware of what was happening behind her, but she heard Tu Shen's roar. She felt panicked, as if something bad was about to happen, but she didn't dare to stop. With tears in her eyes, she returned home and told him about Ma Erya being swept away by the water.
There are only five or six households living in this neighborhood.
My cousin was sent to inform these families, and Uncle Tu and the rest of the family found the torches they had stored and set off to the river to look for people.
The river is very fast-flowing; if you fall in, you could easily be swept away.
Similar things have happened before.
So when they heard that someone had been swept away, they all went downstream without prior arrangement.
"She can swim, so she shouldn't be in any danger, right?" my cousin asked, sobbing.
She wasn't scared or upset; it was just a normal reaction to being terrified and crying after experiencing panic. She looked even more disheveled than if she had actually suffered a misfortune.
"It's more dangerous to swim," Uncle Tu replied unconsciously.
Those who can swim will unconsciously resist the current, causing them to lose energy even faster.
Uncle Tu didn't know the reason, but he had this experience.
When the water falls here, adults are often in more danger than children, and those who can swim are in more danger than those who cannot.
Several torches lit up one after another, most of them heading downstream.
After clarifying the timeline of the search, some people started looking from the middle of the area where the bodies fell into the water.
It was already dark, which made finding the person much more difficult.
There are many dangers lurking by the water at night, and people need to be especially careful.
The shadows of stones in the water, or branches falling into the water, give the illusion that people are on the riverbank, requiring careful observation to discern.
There aren't many people on the mountain, but fortunately they are all simple and warm-hearted. This time, apart from the children, the whole family is out helping to search for people.
The commotion, which started from upstream to downstream, alerted some people who lived far away. Seeing the situation, they knew something was wrong and spontaneously came to help search for the person.
The riverbanks have become lively.
Meanwhile, Tu Shen, who was still at home, was completely unaware of the situation here and didn't care at all.
The things Tu Shen bought today were still on the table in the main room. After he came back, he put the things down here and went to find Xie Qingyu.
We found it in the very first place.
Even now, when Tu Shen thinks back to that scene, he still feels a bit scared.
His fingers were trembling as he undressed Xie Qingyu. Even though her fair skin was right in front of him, all he could think about was quickly drying her off and helping her change her clothes.
He stood beside Xie Qingyu while she changed her clothes. Because he was still wet, he didn't dare to help her, but the nervous look in his eyes was unmistakable.
"Don't look at me, hurry up and change your clothes too," Xie Qingyu said immediately when she noticed Tu Shen standing beside her without moving.
"Okay." Tu Shen said, deftly taking off his clothes, but his eyes were fixed on Xie Qingyu.
His heartbeat had not fully recovered, and the explosive emotions were temporarily suppressed in his mind, only focusing on his concern for Xie Qingyu; everything else was temporarily out of his mind.
Otherwise, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control himself.
"I'm fine," Xie Qingyu said, trying to comfort Tu Shen even though she couldn't see him.
From Tu Shen's angle, he couldn't see Xie Qingyu's movement and almost assumed that Xie Qingyu had been pushed by Ma Erya.
This realization filled him with regret.
If it were Xie Qingyu who was swept away today, he might as well go with her.
Tu Shen himself was unaware that such a thought had crossed his mind.
However, he still knew clearly that Xie Qingyu had stood firm at the time, and it was he who slipped and brought Xie Qingyu down with him.
Fortunately, Xie Qingyu knows how to swim.
Tu Shen felt fortunate; if she hadn't been able to swim, the two of them might have actually ended up in the water together today.
"I shouldn't have left you at home alone." Tu Shen choked on several mouthfuls of water, his voice hoarse and filled with regret.
"Then you can't keep me tied to your side all the time, that's perfectly normal."
"You don't know, she pushed you on purpose." Tu Shen was a little anxious, afraid that Xie Qingyu still thought Ma Erya was a good person.
"I know, I felt it." Xie Qingyu's gentle words soothed Tu Shen's agitated mood.
"It was my fault this time. I knew she was from my grandmother's side, but I didn't stop her from coming." Tu Shen felt extremely guilty and wanted to slap himself.
"I know, but it's not that I haven't noticed; I just haven't considered the worst-case scenario," Xie Qingyu comforted her.
Xie Qingyu knew Ma Erya's purpose in staying here, but she also had her own things to investigate, so she tolerated keeping her by her side to see what she would do.
I never expected that she would actually have the idea of harming someone.
This is a peaceful era, and there is no fighting or killing.
This behavior was truly unexpected. Xie Qingyu could sense the change in her attitude over the past few days. When she made this vicious decision, she had already figured out how to do it in just one day, or rather, in the blink of an eye.
The only thing Ma Erya probably didn't expect was that Xie Qingyu was wary of her, and that her eyesight had improved considerably.
"You've come back just in time," Xie Qingyu praised.
"You might not have fallen down without me," Tu Shen said in a muffled voice, his head lowered.
He was utterly ashamed when he thought about it; if he hadn't run over, Xie Qingyu wouldn't have fallen into the water.
Moreover, I've heard that it's bad for a woman's health to go into the river, so what if something happens to Xie Qingyu?
Whether she can have children is secondary; what I'm worried about is that she has some kind of disease.
The mountains are the most vulnerable to illness. Doctors are hard to find here; people mostly rely on experience to find some herbs and then leave it to fate.
This is also why Tu Shen was in such a hurry to have Xie Qingyu change her clothes, fearing that she might get sick.
"If I hadn't fallen in the first time, she might have pushed me a second time. Even without you, I would have been swept away if I had fallen into the water."
Tu Shenming knew that Xie Qingyu's words were meant to comfort him. The self-blame in his heart had not disappeared, but it was warm, like a burning flame covered with a dome, allowing him to control it and also allowing him to breathe.
"Let's go to the river and see if we've found the person," Tu Shen said. "We need to see them alive or dead."
Tu Shen carried Xie Qingyu there on his back. He was now extremely wary and dared not let Xie Qingyu be in any dangerous place.