CHAPTER 1126: 1204: THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF

After the carriage stopped, Dong Huiying stayed inside with Shu Yu. Shujun alighted and began organizing. He asked Yi Ran’s subordinates to help him light the fire pit, throwing some wood inside. While heating the kang, he also tidied up the room. Once the room was warm, he hurried out to the carriage parked in the yard.

He brought out a set of clean bedding and carried Shu Yu out of the carriage. The few steps alone made Shu Yu unbearable; it was truly too cold. Even with thick clothes, he shivered from the chill.

Once inside, the cold blankets had been heated by the kang. Shujun peeled away Shu Yu’s thick layers of clothing, leaving only a white shirt and pants before tucking Shu Yu into the warm bed.

The bed was very warm, and Shu Yu let out a long breath, "Finally, we’re alive again."

Shujun chuckled lowly, "You!" Glancing at him helplessly, then he said: "I’m going out with my wife later, leaving Yi Ran here with you. If you get sleepy, just sleep a bit longer."

Shu Yu gave him a look, "Take good care of my wife."

Shujun raised a brow, and naturally replied: "Don’t worry, I will take care of her, including your share, absolutely!" He thought to himself, ’My wife, my wife, Xiao Hui is not just Shu Yu’s wife, but also the wife of me, Third Brother Liang!’

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The snow hadn’t stopped, and Dong Huiying and Shujun had rushed to several pharmacies to gather enough herbs for both. On their way back, they spotted a person. It was a middle-aged woman stumbling and staggering, dirty with blood stains, her shoulders covered in snow.

The woman looked scared. After a fall, she scrambled up, yelling, "Wolf! The wolves are here; that man, he didn’t die, he’s still alive!!"

Dong Huiying felt a shock inside. He exchanged a glance with Shujun. Shujun grabbed the woman, "Wolves came, what wolves?"

The woman was panic-stricken, recognizing Shujun’s accent as foreign, breathlessly saying, "It’s that man; he’s a wolf, that monster!"

The woman spoke incoherently, but Shujun pieced together some critical information from her words.

A man, for living with wolves and controlling packs, was seen by locals as a demon. Previously, someone started a rumor, claiming it was necessary to kill the demon, gathering people to venture outside Hanxue Pass into a deep mountain forest where a valley lay; there they encountered the man known as Wolf King.

But strangely, despite the crowd hunting him, the Wolf King only kept fleeing, never responding to the attack. Later, chaos broke out in the forest, and the Wolf King was shot by an arrow. An Archer claimed the Wolf King was hit in the heart, and everyone believed the Wolf King was dead. However, the Wolf King miraculously survived, and seemed to harbor resentment, slaying indiscriminately at sight.

Shujun inhaled deeply; he exchanged a glance with his wife, noticing her grave expression. "Let’s go back first; I need to prepare the medicine for the second brother."

Afterward, they hurriedly rushed back.

If not surprising, this man could very likely be his fourth brother.

But why has Lao Si never contacted the family?

Why has he been wandering outside for over two years without returning home even once?

Shujun frowned deeply. He followed his wife, noticing her worried expression, and held her hand, gently squeezing it: "Don’t worry, he’ll be fine. Not to mention his former skills, but with those wolves by his side, if he doesn’t wish for harm, no one can hurt him."