Zhou Wangshu looked at the little girl who was pale and terrified but came back to rescue him with a complex expression.
"You can't run fast carrying me, and then neither of us will be able to escape."
"I can't just leave you here to die. Do I look like someone that disloyal?" Su Yaoguang said seriously, "I saved you, and you absolutely cannot die here."
Two people appeared in front of them at this time.
Jiang Yihui was sitting on a rock, holding a book in his hand. Standing beside him was Xiao Yanci, who was holding a water bottle and was pouring water for Jiang Yihui at that moment.
The two of them heard the commotion from this side and looked over. When they saw Su Yaoguang running with Zhou Wangshu on her back while a wild boar was chasing closely behind, their faces were full of shock.
Su Yaoguang ran towards Jiang Yihui while carrying Zhou Wangshu.
"Don't come over... don't come over..." Jiang Yihui shouted.
Su Yaoguang bypassed them directly.
The wild boar charged at Jiang Yihui.
Jiang Yihui screamed, "Ah..."
He gave Xiao Yanci a push.
Xiao Yanci grabbed the machete nearby and swung it at the wild boar.
The wild boar sensed danger and dodged aside.
It was just this dodge that saved both Jiang Yihui and Xiao Yanci's lives.
"Su Yaoguang!" Jiang Yihui shouted angrily, "What did you do?"
Su Yaoguang put Zhou Wangshu down.
She couldn't run anymore either.
If it weren't for these two unlucky guys stopping the boar for a moment, the boar would have pierced through both her and Zhou Wangshu's abdomen during that charge.
"How's it my fault? I didn't raise this thing, I'm a victim too, okay?" Su Yaoguang cautiously watched the wild boar in front of them. "Either it dies today, or we do."
The wild boar charged again.
Su Yaoguang stepped forward and struck at the wild boar.
The wild boar swiftly dodged.
"Grunt grunt..."
Bang! Zhou Wangshu stimulated the wild boar with a slingshot.
The wild boar felt the pain and charged towards Zhou Wangshu.
At that moment, Su Yaoguang jumped, agilely landing on the wild boar's back and slashed at its neck.
The wild boar violently bucked, trying to shake Su Yaoguang off.
Su Yaoguang clung tightly to the wild boar's neck, waiting for it to tire out before quickly, forcefully, and accurately chopping at its head.
"Roar roar..." The wild boar, feeling the pain, became even more enraged.
However, its neck was already wounded from a slash, and the more it bucked, the faster the blood spattered.
Zhou Wangshu snatched the machete from Xiao Yanci's hand, rushed over, and slashed at the wild boar's neck. With the wild boar's unwilling howl, its massive body collapsed to the ground.
Hoo... Zhou Wangshu stopped, dropping the machete from his hand.
Su Yaoguang also dismounted from the wild boar.
She sat on the ground, wiped the sweat off her face, and found her hands were covered in blood.
Jiang Yihui and Xiao Yanci were dumbstruck, staring at the two of them.
Jiang Yihui, snapping out of it and standing on his trembling legs, shouted at Su Yaoguang, "Su Yaoguang, did you do that on purpose?"
"What did I do on purpose?" Su Yaoguang glared at him.
"You clearly saw us here, so why did you lure the wild boar this way? If it attacked us, could we withstand it?"
"Are you joking? I was in a life-and-death situation too, who cares if you can handle it or not? This was my escape route, and just when I was about to change course, the wild boar was already charging at me, alright? In that kind of situation, I had to keep running on this route. You're the one standing there stupidly; why should I be responsible?"
"You, you, you... Women and petty men are the hardest to deal with."
"Tsk, tsk, you survived thanks to this difficult-to-deal-with woman. Our Wangshu, even when seriously injured, came to help, while you two grown men just stood there watching. Oh, not stood, sitting on the ground. Look at how stupid you are, can't even stand straight, have you been scared silly?"
"You..." Jiang Yihui was furious but didn't know how to retaliate. He glared at Xiao Yanci, cursing, "Are you mute? Say something!"
Xiao Yanci said calmly, "Young lady, in that situation, it was clear you provoked the wild boar. We were innocently dragged into this, and you should apologize to us and compensate for our losses."
"If it were anyone else, I'd definitely apologize. But Jiang Yihui, the feud between our families runs deep. If we are going to apologize, we'd have to talk about it starting from before your mother and my mother got married, or maybe from the time when we were kids and you almost drowned me while robbing my fish in the river."
Jiang Yihui's face turned ugly.
"Your fake face may fool others, but not me. Pretending to be an innocent victim, if it were you in that situation, you'd probably have pushed me in front of the wild boar! Oh, right, you did push him. Jiang Yihui, you're as hypocritical as ever," Su Yaoguang scoffed, "I don't have time to deal with you today, don't come looking for trouble."
Xiao Yanci said nothing more.
This Jiang Yihui really was detestable; he would be happy to see someone deal with him. Of course, this village girl was also quite pesky. Seeing her today, she was not only rough but also quite vicious.
Thankfully, he didn't fall into her hands. Given her personality, who knows what kind of torment he would have suffered.
"Are you alright?" Su Yaoguang asked Zhou Wangshu.
When speaking to Zhou Wangshu, she was noticeably more gentle, as if she was a different person.
Zhou Wangshu shook his head, "I'm fine."
Cough cough...
He said he was fine, but he was coughing quite severely.
Su Yaoguang said, "Let's head down the mountain now, and immediately get Doctor Lin to check your wound again."
"My wound has already scabbed over; it'll be fine. I just overexerted myself earlier and can't catch my breath. After resting for a bit, it'll be okay. You don't need to waste money on me."
The more sensible Zhou Wangshu acted, the more Su Yaoguang couldn't bear to see him suffer. She glanced at Xiao Yanci, feeling increasingly disdainful.
Su Yaoguang grabbed the leg of the wild boar and began dragging it down the mountain.
Jiang Yihui and Xiao Yanci watched her figure, feeling apprehensive.
Is this really a woman?
With such strength, could she kill someone with a single punch?
Zhou Wangshu said to Su Yaoguang, "The wicker basket is still up on the mountain, I'll go back and carry it."
Su Yaoguang waited for him in place, then continued dragging the wild boar downward once he returned.
"We should head down the mountain, too," Jiang Yihui said, swaggering down the slope.
Xiao Yanci carried a basket that contained Jiang Yihui's books.
This Jiang Yihui was really something, insisting on reading on the mountain, so pretentious. He had just seen his writing, and even the offspring of the Xiao Family, who only attended school for a year, were better than him.
Yet he was so pretentious, satisfying others' admiration of him. Everyone in the village spoke highly of him, some even thought he had already passed the imperial exams.
Nonetheless, this was also an opportunity.
If he could win him over, maybe he could return to the academy.
Xiao Yanci followed behind Jiang Yihui, his mind racing.