Chapter 81: Lin Xi
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The woman standing at the door was shocked by the sudden opening of the door. In the next moment, the cold and sharp blade was pressed against her neck. The sharp blade made her shiver, and a layer of gooseb.u.mps appeared on her neck.
There was a porcelain bowl on the tray in her hand. The meat soup emitted the fragrance of minced meat. After the porcelain bowl fell to the ground and shattered, the hot soup immediately scalded her fair calf.
Her round eyes were filled with fear, and her pink lips were slightly parted. She took a deep breath, but she couldn’t make a single ‘sound. In the next moment, she fell back and fell to the ground.
When Zhao Cheng saw that he had frightened her, he immediately put away his knife. Then, he hurriedly bent down to help the woman who had fallen.
“Miss Lin, I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was you. I’m really sorry for frightening you.”
After Lin Xi stood up with Zhao Cheng’s help, she waved her hand at him, gesturing with sign language that she was fine. Then, she bent down to pick up the tray on the ground and said in sign language, “I’ll go get another bowl of soup.” Then, she turned around and walked away.
Zhao Cheng knew that he had frightened her, so he felt guilty. He scratched his buzz-cut hair and looked at Shi Xiao to hear his arrangements.
Shi Xiao didn’t show any emotions on his face. He only closed his eyes and said “Go do your work.”
“Yes.” Zhao Cheng immediately ran away.
Lin Xi was Shi Xiao’s savior.
Shi Xiao and Zhao Cheng were hunted down and fell into the trap set by the locals to capture wild beasts.
Shi Xiao was already injured at that time. This trap was very deep and was four to five meters long. Although staying here could ensure that he wouldn’t be discovered by the enemy, at the same time, no one could find him. No one came to save him.
After the sun rose the next day, the dazzling sunlight woke Shi Xiao and Zhao Cheng up. Shi Xiao’s wound was bandaged by his clothes. Although he didn’t bleed too much, the blood didn’t stop flowing. From time to time, some blood would seep out.
After being tortured like this for the entire night, Shi Xiao’s face was very pale. Zhao Cheng even wanted to cut open his flesh and feed it to Shi Xiao. Suddenly, a long and strong vine was thrown down from above his head.
Zhao Cheng didn’t care about anything else. Even if it was the enemy’s rattan, he had to leave at this moment. In any case, if he continued to stay here, he would die anyway.
Zhao Cheng tied Shi Xiao to himself and pulled them up step by step.
After they crawled out of the trap, they realized that the person who saved them was an Asian girl. She tied the rattan to a very thick tree trunk and threw it down to save the two of them.
Zhao Cheng thanked her, but she noticed Shi Xiao, who had lost too much blood, and gestured worriedly.
Zhao Cheng had received professional training, so he could naturally understand sign language. Only then did he realize that this woman was mute, so he communicated with her in sign language.
The woman said that she was a girl who had been trafficked by human traffickers. Later on, she was lucky enough to escape along the way and met an old man in the village. Seeing that she was in a pitiful state, he took her in and brought her home to do ch.o.r.es.
Zhao Cheng believed her, so he brought Shi Xiao back to the village with her.
She found a straw hut for the two of them and would send them medicine and food every day. Zhao Cheng treated her as their savior and had always respected her.
Lin Xi scooped another bowl of broth and brought it over. This time, the door of the straw hut wasn’t closed, but she still knocked on the open wooden door.
Shi Xiao was resting with his eyes closed when he heard the knock on the door. He looked up at her and said gently, “Please come in.”
Lin Xi put down the tray and handed the bowl to Shi Xiao.
Shi Xiao tried his best not to pull at his wound as he picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
As the taste of the gravy spread in his mouth, Shi Xiao felt his body gradually regain its strength. Although there wasn’t much meat and it was all minced, he still felt that this bowl of soup was delicious..