While the man was drinking tea, the mute woman knelt on the ground with lowered eyes. She first removed the sweaty shoes from the man’s feet, replacing them with slippers. Then, she fetched a hot towel and silently wiped away the sweat from the man’s body.
Throughout the process, the mute woman gazed at the grumbling man with eyes full of tenderness, obedient and gentle.
If this were any other man, having such a beautiful and gentle woman would have delighted him, but this man merely impatiently pushed her aside as she finished wiping him and asked, “Is dinner ready?”
The woman nodded gently, and as the man got up and walked toward the dining table, she continued to follow closely behind him, holding the towel to wipe the parts of his back that she had missed.
Only after she had cleaned away every trace of sweat from the man’s body did the woman finally reveal a satisfied smile. She then turned and left.
A few minutes later, the woman returned, this time carrying a prepared meal.
Simultaneously, as if they had an unspoken agreement, the two children who had been playing outside and the elderly woman who had been taking a stroll all entered the house. Without a word, they proficiently sat down at the table.
Bai Lixin glanced at the wall clock; it was exactly 6:00 PM.
Tonight, there was another meat dish on the table, and it was “boiled meat slices” this time.
Under the glistening oil, slices of meat floated amidst the fat and lean portions.
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Bai Lixin once again pushed the plate of meat toward them.
As usual, it was the man who started to eat first and enjoyed the meal the most.
The elderly woman savored the well-cooked vegetables slowly. Since today’s dish was spicy, the children couldn’t eat it, and in the end, it all went into the man’s stomach.
After finishing the meal, the man wiped his mouth and, just like the day before, said, “I’m going to the next door to play cards,” before leaving.
Everything was the same as yesterday. If it weren’t for the change in the dishes, Bai Lixin would have wondered if he was caught in some kind of loop.
If it wasn’t a loop, then they must be too accustomed to this way of life, perhaps unable to make any changes.
Day after day, they followed the same routine, like a melody stuck on repeating notes. It seemed like a soothing life, but they must keep a series of rhythms.
After dinner, Bai Lixin went to the adjacent courtyard.
Just like yesterday, a crowd had gathered around, watching the people inside playing cards.
“Big Joker!”
A voice suddenly reached Bai Lixin’s ears amidst the chaotic noise. He was about to leave but stopped abruptly, his gaze once again turning toward the crowd.
That voice rang out again.
“Pair of Aces!”
“No way out!”
Bai Lixin walked behind the table, craned his neck to take a look inside, and to his surprise, among those playing cards in the center, there was a player from the game lobby.
The player was fully engrossed in the game, and every detail on his face reflected his joy.
Suddenly, the player stood up, slammed the few cards left in his hand onto the table, and exclaimed, “Bomb!”
The other people immediately scratched their heads in frustration.
“Haha, you have no way out, right? A 3, I win! Haha, come again, come again.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Everything seemed the same, yet beneath this appearance of sameness, something was quietly changing.
That night, Bai Lixin didn’t go anywhere. He stayed quietly in a corner of the courtyard, watching the group of people.
The excited sounds of the player playing cards reached his ears constantly. He stood there, silent and seemingly out of place in this courtyard.
When it was 8:00 PM, everyone who had been watching suddenly stopped cheering.
“It’s so late, we should hurry back to sleep.”
“I’m so tired, we have work to do tomorrow, let’s disperse.”
“Hey, aren’t you going to continue?” Not only the onlookers but even the villagers who had been playing cards simultaneously put down their cards and stood up. Seeing this, the player quickly called after them, “I haven’t had enough fun yet.”
“No need, no need. Let’s play again tomorrow night, this round is enough for us,” the villagers yawned. “Young man, you’re remarkable. Both your luck and skills are great talents.”
“It’s only 8 o’clock now. Can’t you stay up for another half an hour? How about playing for another half hour?” the player tried to persuade.
“You silly lad,” one of the villagers suddenly gave the player an affectionate smile. “No matter how good poker is, it can’t compare to the warmth of your bed. We’re heading home to snuggle with our wives and warm our beds. Who knows, with some effort, we might have two kids next year.”
“Yeah, don’t bother cleaning up, someone will take care of it later. You’re a grown-up already, it’s time to find a partner and have children. If your kids and their kids are efficient, you might even have a four-generation household, just like old Li at the village entrance. That would be nice.”
After hearing this, the surrounding villagers burst into laughter and gradually dispersed.
In just a few minutes, the lively courtyard had become deserted, with only the player left sitting at the table.
Once everyone had left, the player stood up, somewhat reluctantly, and left the courtyard.
After the player departed, Bai Lixin emerged from the shadows.
He looked at the scattered playing cards on the table thoughtfully, then turned and left.
When he returned to the courtyard, the mute woman was still covered with a piece of clothing and waiting for him.
Seeing Bai Lixin return, the woman didn’t gesture or communicate much. She skillfully closed the door, exchanged a brief greeting with Bai Lixin, and went to sleep.
Starting the day as the earliest riser in the household and ending it as the last to sleep, that was the daily routine for this mute woman.
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In the live broadcast room
[This village is inexplicably strange.]
[Yes, it’s really strange. Everything looks normal, but everything feels weird.]
[That Pan Pan scared me just now. This is definitely a high-level copy, and even as a welfare copy, I have no idea where the catch is.]
[So, is this village really involved in women and trafficking?]
[I don’t know, ask the wall if you want answers.]
[Is there a possibility I’m not asking you?]
[If you’re not asking me, why are you blabbering on?]
[…I can’t shut my mouth, okay?]
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Early the next morning, three people stood at the village entrance.
Sun Ning glanced at the time on her system. “Why hasn’t that kid with the small braid come out yet? Is he still coming?”
Li Cancan: “We still have ten minutes before the agreed-upon gathering time. Maybe he’s planning to arrive a bit later?”
Sun Ning frowned. “I really dislike people who are late. Let’s go over and call him.”
The three of them quickly arrived at the house of Small Braid. They were about to knock on the door when the tightly shut door suddenly swung open from inside.
Both those outside and inside the door were taken by surprise, and Small Braid stepped back in shock.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?!”
Li Cancan and the others were about to apologize, but before they could utter a word, they heard a gentle yet anxious voice.
“Tap, tap, tap.” The hurried footsteps approached, and a disheveled woman hurried over. Her hair was dripping wet. She held onto her hair with one hand, while her worried eyes were fixed on Small Braid. “Are you okay?”
To prevent water droplets from her hair from falling on her body, she tilted her neck slightly, creating a graceful curve on her fair neck.
“I…,” Small Braid blushed, “I’m fine. You should go back and wash your hair quickly. You might catch a cold from the wind. I was just startled by my friends, that’s why I looked like this. It’s okay.”
Upon hearing this, the woman finally noticed the people at the door. “Oh, I only cared about Xiao Zhao just now and didn’t see there were others outside. Are you going out somewhere?”
Bai Lixin carefully examined the woman before him. She appeared to be in her thirties, though life here hadn’t aged her much. Despite her busy farming life, her face remained as fresh as ever.
She was also a very beautiful woman.
Not just beautiful, but there was elegance in her.
As she spoke, a string of water droplets slid down from her temple, rolling down her neck and into her clothes.
Small Braid blushed and stuttered, “We, um, plan to go up the mountain today. Uh, Miss Song, I’ve already cleaned up the kitchenware for you. I’m leaving.”
The woman looked at Small Braid gratefully and said, “I’ve told you, you don’t need to do that. You’re our guest, how can I trouble you?”
Small Braid: “It’s no big deal. I have some free time, and helping you with the dishes can even exercise my biceps.”
As he spoke, he flexed his arm.
The woman: “Xiao Zhao, you’re such a good person. If I were a few years younger, I’d definitely cling to you. Such a fine young man, I’d find you a good wife for sure.”
Small Braid blushed even more and nervously scratched his head. “No, really, there’s no need, Miss Song. I’ll be on my way. I’ll be back tonight.”
The woman suddenly remembered something and called out to them, “Wait a moment.”
With that, she hurried into the kitchen.
Soon, the woman returned, holding a plastic bag.
She didn’t care about her hair now; her wet locks hung behind her, and droplets like pearls fell, immediately wetting her clothes.
Small Braid only glanced once and quickly averted his gaze.
The woman forcefully stuffed the plastic bag into the boy with Braid’ arms and said, “Xiao Zhao, I just baked these pancakes this morning. Take them with you in case you get hungry on the way. Be careful on the mountain, and come back tonight for your favorite fish hotpot.”
Small Braid lowered his head, clutching the plastic bag tightly, too embarrassed to look at the woman.
She continued, “If you’re going up the mountain, be cautious of the animal traps. To prevent the mountain ghost from coming down to steal children, the village has set up many traps on the mountain. There might not only be animal traps but other snares as well.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Are they effective?”
The woman replied, “Who knows? Anyway, children still go missing. But nobody dares to slack off, right? What if we remove the animal traps and more children get kidnapped? Why are you going up the mountain?”
Bai Lixin thought for a moment. “We want to go up and pick some pears. I heard the pears on the mountain are really sweet.”
The woman said, “The pears on the mountain are indeed excellent. For pears, you need to go to the east side of the mountain. Not only are the pears sweet, but there’s also a mountain spring up there. The water from that spring is incredibly sweet. They say it’s a gift from the mountain god, and after drinking it, you can stay forever young. If you can go there, could you bring back a bottle for me?”
Small Braid immediately said, “Of course, we can do that.”
The woman: “Then wait here. Let me get you a bottle.”
The woman was like a cheerful hummingbird. She quickly left and returned to the courtyard with a bottle.
It wasn’t until the woman returned to the yard that Small Braid finally raised his head.
Li Cancan teased, “Could it be you’ve taken a liking to this lady? But she’s someone’s wife.”
Small Braid blushed and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. I treat her like my sister. Let’s go!”
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In the live broadcast room
[Someone’s wife… it would be nice if God Xin was a wife.]
[I want to see God Xin as someone’s wife and the big boss’s NTR.]
*NTR means cuckoldry; where a someone’s love interest is ‘stolen’ by another person.[Can you guys calm down? Can’t you expand your horizons a bit? Why can’t the big boss be the wife?!]
[??? Sorry, I was wrong. I often feel inferior because my imagination isn’t rich enough.]
[Inferiority +1.]
———————————–
The first half of the path up the mountain wasn’t too steep.
As the woman had mentioned, there were many traps on the ground, and every few steps, they’d discover one concealed beneath dried leaves.
Although the mountain didn’t look very high from a distance, their progress was quite slow due to the many traps.
Li Cancan proceeded cautiously, occasionally patting her chest and saying with lingering fear, “It’s a good thing we didn’t come to climb the mountain last night. With the density of these traps, we would have fallen into one long ago. God Xin, you truly have foresight.”
Bai Lixin: “It’s just a matter of practice.”
Li Cancan: “…”
‘Is this what they call “so skilled it’s heartbreaking”?’
The three of them walked on and after two hours of walking, they had only reached halfway up the mountain.
Further up the slope from the halfway point, the terrain became much steeper. However, correspondingly, there were far fewer traps.
In this calculation, their speed hadn’t actually changed much.
They climbed like this and finally reached the mountaintop around noon, where they also saw the mountain spring the woman had mentioned.
Bai Lixin stood on the mountaintop, looking down, and the village, which wasn’t very large to begin with, now appeared as small as a matchbox.
A mountain spring flowed from the ridge, the water sparkling and murmuring, clear as crystal.
The moment he saw the mountain spring, Small Braid’ eyes lit up and he dashed straight toward it. He was so fast that the others couldn’t catch him in time.
Just as Small Braid was about to reach the mountain spring, he suddenly screamed in agony and fell to the ground.
The three of them were startled and rushed over.
They saw that one of his legs was firmly caught in an animal trap. Sharp teeth, glinting with cold light, had bitten into his lower leg, and fresh blood had instantly dyed the trap red.
The pain caused Small Braid to roll on the ground, muttering curses, “Fuck, it hurts so much! Who the hell put an animal trap by the water? Have they no shame? Help, it hurts.”
Bai Lixin bent down to help him open the animal trap. As soon as Small Braid was freed, he immediately took out a healing prop card from his backpack.
A white light flashed, but there was no improvement in the leg.
Blood continued to flow, and the flesh was mangled, looking gruesome.
The healing card didn’t work.
At this point, Small Braid started to panic. He quickly took out a slightly higher-level healing card, but after a white light flashed, there was still no change in his leg.
“Healing cards can’t be used? How can this be?” Small Braid couldn’t believe it. He tried several times in succession. Finally, he angrily threw all the ineffective cards on the ground. “Dammit!”
“There’s some not-so-good news,” Bai Lixin said, holding two prop cards in his hand. “The problem might not be limited to healing cards. I just randomly tried two cards, and neither of them worked.”
“His wound can’t wait. You two take him down the mountain, and I’ll stay here for a while to see if I can find anything.”
While the man was drinking tea, the mute woman knelt on the ground with lowered eyes. She first removed the sweaty shoes from the man’s feet, replacing them with slippers. Then, she fetched a hot towel and silently wiped away the sweat from the man’s body.
Throughout the process, the mute woman gazed at the grumbling man with eyes full of tenderness, obedient and gentle.
If this were any other man, having such a beautiful and gentle woman would have delighted him, but this man merely impatiently pushed her aside as she finished wiping him and asked, “Is dinner ready?”
The woman nodded gently, and as the man got up and walked toward the dining table, she continued to follow closely behind him, holding the towel to wipe the parts of his back that she had missed.
Only after she had cleaned away every trace of sweat from the man’s body did the woman finally reveal a satisfied smile. She then turned and left.
A few minutes later, the woman returned, this time carrying a prepared meal.
Simultaneously, as if they had an unspoken agreement, the two children who had been playing outside and the elderly woman who had been taking a stroll all entered the house. Without a word, they proficiently sat down at the table.
Bai Lixin glanced at the wall clock; it was exactly 6:00 PM.
Tonight, there was another meat dish on the table, and it was “boiled meat slices” this time.
Under the glistening oil, slices of meat floated amidst the fat and lean portions.
Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Bai Lixin once again pushed the plate of meat toward them.
As usual, it was the man who started to eat first and enjoyed the meal the most.
The elderly woman savored the well-cooked vegetables slowly. Since today’s dish was spicy, the children couldn’t eat it, and in the end, it all went into the man’s stomach.
After finishing the meal, the man wiped his mouth and, just like the day before, said, “I’m going to the next door to play cards,” before leaving.
Everything was the same as yesterday. If it weren’t for the change in the dishes, Bai Lixin would have wondered if he was caught in some kind of loop.
If it wasn’t a loop, then they must be too accustomed to this way of life, perhaps unable to make any changes.
Day after day, they followed the same routine, like a melody stuck on repeating notes. It seemed like a soothing life, but they must keep a series of rhythms.
After dinner, Bai Lixin went to the adjacent courtyard.
Just like yesterday, a crowd had gathered around, watching the people inside playing cards.
“Big Joker!”
A voice suddenly reached Bai Lixin’s ears amidst the chaotic noise. He was about to leave but stopped abruptly, his gaze once again turning toward the crowd.
That voice rang out again.
“Pair of Aces!”
“No way out!”
Bai Lixin walked behind the table, craned his neck to take a look inside, and to his surprise, among those playing cards in the center, there was a player from the game lobby.
The player was fully engrossed in the game, and every detail on his face reflected his joy.
Suddenly, the player stood up, slammed the few cards left in his hand onto the table, and exclaimed, “Bomb!”
The other people immediately scratched their heads in frustration.
“Haha, you have no way out, right? A 3, I win! Haha, come again, come again.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
Everything seemed the same, yet beneath this appearance of sameness, something was quietly changing.
That night, Bai Lixin didn’t go anywhere. He stayed quietly in a corner of the courtyard, watching the group of people.
The excited sounds of the player playing cards reached his ears constantly. He stood there, silent and seemingly out of place in this courtyard.
When it was 8:00 PM, everyone who had been watching suddenly stopped cheering.
“It’s so late, we should hurry back to sleep.”
“I’m so tired, we have work to do tomorrow, let’s disperse.”
“Hey, aren’t you going to continue?” Not only the onlookers but even the villagers who had been playing cards simultaneously put down their cards and stood up. Seeing this, the player quickly called after them, “I haven’t had enough fun yet.”
“No need, no need. Let’s play again tomorrow night, this round is enough for us,” the villagers yawned. “Young man, you’re remarkable. Both your luck and skills are great talents.”
“It’s only 8 o’clock now. Can’t you stay up for another half an hour? How about playing for another half hour?” the player tried to persuade.
“You silly lad,” one of the villagers suddenly gave the player an affectionate smile. “No matter how good poker is, it can’t compare to the warmth of your bed. We’re heading home to snuggle with our wives and warm our beds. Who knows, with some effort, we might have two kids next year.”
“Yeah, don’t bother cleaning up, someone will take care of it later. You’re a grown-up already, it’s time to find a partner and have children. If your kids and their kids are efficient, you might even have a four-generation household, just like old Li at the village entrance. That would be nice.”
After hearing this, the surrounding villagers burst into laughter and gradually dispersed.
In just a few minutes, the lively courtyard had become deserted, with only the player left sitting at the table.
Once everyone had left, the player stood up, somewhat reluctantly, and left the courtyard.
After the player departed, Bai Lixin emerged from the shadows.
He looked at the scattered playing cards on the table thoughtfully, then turned and left.
When he returned to the courtyard, the mute woman was still covered with a piece of clothing and waiting for him.
Seeing Bai Lixin return, the woman didn’t gesture or communicate much. She skillfully closed the door, exchanged a brief greeting with Bai Lixin, and went to sleep.
Starting the day as the earliest riser in the household and ending it as the last to sleep, that was the daily routine for this mute woman.
—————————–
In the live broadcast room
[This village is inexplicably strange.]
[Yes, it’s really strange. Everything looks normal, but everything feels weird.]
[That Pan Pan scared me just now. This is definitely a high-level copy, and even as a welfare copy, I have no idea where the catch is.]
[So, is this village really involved in women and trafficking?]
[I don’t know, ask the wall if you want answers.]
[Is there a possibility I’m not asking you?]
[If you’re not asking me, why are you blabbering on?]
[…I can’t shut my mouth, okay?]
—————————-
Early the next morning, three people stood at the village entrance.
Sun Ning glanced at the time on her system. “Why hasn’t that kid with the small braid come out yet? Is he still coming?”
Li Cancan: “We still have ten minutes before the agreed-upon gathering time. Maybe he’s planning to arrive a bit later?”
Sun Ning frowned. “I really dislike people who are late. Let’s go over and call him.”
The three of them quickly arrived at the house of Small Braid. They were about to knock on the door when the tightly shut door suddenly swung open from inside.
Both those outside and inside the door were taken by surprise, and Small Braid stepped back in shock.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?!”
Li Cancan and the others were about to apologize, but before they could utter a word, they heard a gentle yet anxious voice.
“Tap, tap, tap.” The hurried footsteps approached, and a disheveled woman hurried over. Her hair was dripping wet. She held onto her hair with one hand, while her worried eyes were fixed on Small Braid. “Are you okay?”
To prevent water droplets from her hair from falling on her body, she tilted her neck slightly, creating a graceful curve on her fair neck.
“I…,” Small Braid blushed, “I’m fine. You should go back and wash your hair quickly. You might catch a cold from the wind. I was just startled by my friends, that’s why I looked like this. It’s okay.”
Upon hearing this, the woman finally noticed the people at the door. “Oh, I only cared about Xiao Zhao just now and didn’t see there were others outside. Are you going out somewhere?”
Bai Lixin carefully examined the woman before him. She appeared to be in her thirties, though life here hadn’t aged her much. Despite her busy farming life, her face remained as fresh as ever.
She was also a very beautiful woman.
Not just beautiful, but there was elegance in her.
As she spoke, a string of water droplets slid down from her temple, rolling down her neck and into her clothes.
Small Braid blushed and stuttered, “We, um, plan to go up the mountain today. Uh, Miss Song, I’ve already cleaned up the kitchenware for you. I’m leaving.”
The woman looked at Small Braid gratefully and said, “I’ve told you, you don’t need to do that. You’re our guest, how can I trouble you?”
Small Braid: “It’s no big deal. I have some free time, and helping you with the dishes can even exercise my biceps.”
As he spoke, he flexed his arm.
The woman: “Xiao Zhao, you’re such a good person. If I were a few years younger, I’d definitely cling to you. Such a fine young man, I’d find you a good wife for sure.”
Small Braid blushed even more and nervously scratched his head. “No, really, there’s no need, Miss Song. I’ll be on my way. I’ll be back tonight.”
The woman suddenly remembered something and called out to them, “Wait a moment.”
With that, she hurried into the kitchen.
Soon, the woman returned, holding a plastic bag.
She didn’t care about her hair now; her wet locks hung behind her, and droplets like pearls fell, immediately wetting her clothes.
Small Braid only glanced once and quickly averted his gaze.
The woman forcefully stuffed the plastic bag into the boy with Braid’ arms and said, “Xiao Zhao, I just baked these pancakes this morning. Take them with you in case you get hungry on the way. Be careful on the mountain, and come back tonight for your favorite fish hotpot.”
Small Braid lowered his head, clutching the plastic bag tightly, too embarrassed to look at the woman.
She continued, “If you’re going up the mountain, be cautious of the animal traps. To prevent the mountain ghost from coming down to steal children, the village has set up many traps on the mountain. There might not only be animal traps but other snares as well.”
Bai Lixin asked, “Are they effective?”
The woman replied, “Who knows? Anyway, children still go missing. But nobody dares to slack off, right? What if we remove the animal traps and more children get kidnapped? Why are you going up the mountain?”
Bai Lixin thought for a moment. “We want to go up and pick some pears. I heard the pears on the mountain are really sweet.”
The woman said, “The pears on the mountain are indeed excellent. For pears, you need to go to the east side of the mountain. Not only are the pears sweet, but there’s also a mountain spring up there. The water from that spring is incredibly sweet. They say it’s a gift from the mountain god, and after drinking it, you can stay forever young. If you can go there, could you bring back a bottle for me?”
Small Braid immediately said, “Of course, we can do that.”
The woman: “Then wait here. Let me get you a bottle.”
The woman was like a cheerful hummingbird. She quickly left and returned to the courtyard with a bottle.
It wasn’t until the woman returned to the yard that Small Braid finally raised his head.
Li Cancan teased, “Could it be you’ve taken a liking to this lady? But she’s someone’s wife.”
Small Braid blushed and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. I treat her like my sister. Let’s go!”
—————————-
In the live broadcast room
[Someone’s wife… it would be nice if God Xin was a wife.]
[I want to see God Xin as someone’s wife and the big boss’s NTR.]
*NTR means cuckoldry; where a someone’s love interest is ‘stolen’ by another person.[Can you guys calm down? Can’t you expand your horizons a bit? Why can’t the big boss be the wife?!]
[??? Sorry, I was wrong. I often feel inferior because my imagination isn’t rich enough.]
[Inferiority +1.]
———————————–
The first half of the path up the mountain wasn’t too steep.
As the woman had mentioned, there were many traps on the ground, and every few steps, they’d discover one concealed beneath dried leaves.
Although the mountain didn’t look very high from a distance, their progress was quite slow due to the many traps.
Li Cancan proceeded cautiously, occasionally patting her chest and saying with lingering fear, “It’s a good thing we didn’t come to climb the mountain last night. With the density of these traps, we would have fallen into one long ago. God Xin, you truly have foresight.”
Bai Lixin: “It’s just a matter of practice.”
Li Cancan: “…”
‘Is this what they call “so skilled it’s heartbreaking”?’
The three of them walked on and after two hours of walking, they had only reached halfway up the mountain.
Further up the slope from the halfway point, the terrain became much steeper. However, correspondingly, there were far fewer traps.
In this calculation, their speed hadn’t actually changed much.
They climbed like this and finally reached the mountaintop around noon, where they also saw the mountain spring the woman had mentioned.
Bai Lixin stood on the mountaintop, looking down, and the village, which wasn’t very large to begin with, now appeared as small as a matchbox.
A mountain spring flowed from the ridge, the water sparkling and murmuring, clear as crystal.
The moment he saw the mountain spring, Small Braid’ eyes lit up and he dashed straight toward it. He was so fast that the others couldn’t catch him in time.
Just as Small Braid was about to reach the mountain spring, he suddenly screamed in agony and fell to the ground.
The three of them were startled and rushed over.
They saw that one of his legs was firmly caught in an animal trap. Sharp teeth, glinting with cold light, had bitten into his lower leg, and fresh blood had instantly dyed the trap red.
The pain caused Small Braid to roll on the ground, muttering curses, “Fuck, it hurts so much! Who the hell put an animal trap by the water? Have they no shame? Help, it hurts.”
Bai Lixin bent down to help him open the animal trap. As soon as Small Braid was freed, he immediately took out a healing prop card from his backpack.
A white light flashed, but there was no improvement in the leg.
Blood continued to flow, and the flesh was mangled, looking gruesome.
The healing card didn’t work.
At this point, Small Braid started to panic. He quickly took out a slightly higher-level healing card, but after a white light flashed, there was still no change in his leg.
“Healing cards can’t be used? How can this be?” Small Braid couldn’t believe it. He tried several times in succession. Finally, he angrily threw all the ineffective cards on the ground. “Dammit!”
“There’s some not-so-good news,” Bai Lixin said, holding two prop cards in his hand. “The problem might not be limited to healing cards. I just randomly tried two cards, and neither of them worked.”
“His wound can’t wait. You two take him down the mountain, and I’ll stay here for a while to see if I can find anything.”
