88 Chapter 88. I Have my Ways
Ji Shuisheng watched as Su Qing trudged through the mountain rocks with great effort. That thin and weak body was like a dandelion with strong vitality.
“Su Qing, this is too dangerous. Tell me where Lingzhi is. I’ll go and find it; you wait for me here.”
“You won’t be able to find it.”
Su Qing answered without turning her head. Her body was still weak, and after a while, beads of sweat dripped down her forehead. Her hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her cheeks. She tucked it behind her ear and continued to climb.
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Ji Shuisheng looked at her stubborn back and shook his head. He had no choice but to follow and protect her quickly. If Su Qing were in danger, he could save her at the first moment.
Fortunately, the road wasn’t long, and an empty space was ahead. Su Qing turned back to look at Ji Shuisheng. He had been protecting her all this time. Although she didn’t need it, she still felt warm inside.
“There’s an underground water source further ahead.”
Su Qing wiped her sweat and told Ji Shuisheng that they could find the underground water source after walking a few hundred meters, according to the map given by Xiao Qi.
“How did you know?”
Ji Shuisheng looked ahead. Stones were everywhere, and he didn’t hear the sound of water. How could Su Qing be so sure?
“I have my ways,”
Su Qing replied indifferently and did not look at Ji Shuisheng as she walked forward. Ji Shuisheng was already used to her as a lone wolf. This was a lady with a personality. There was no use in asking if she did not want to talk about something.
Su Qing didn’t like to talk, so Ji Shuisheng chatted with Zhong Yong as they walked. As they spoke, they asked about his father’s situation.
“Zhong Yong, have you met your father?”
“No, my mother said that my father is a hero.”
Zhong Yong’s expression was a little lonely, but he straightened his neck proudly when he spoke of his father as an unparalleled hero.
“Unparalleled hero?”
Ji Shuisheng repeated and nodded.
“Our fathers are all unparalleled heroes.”
When Su Qing heard that the two men missed their fathers, she was in a daze for a moment. She had never known what her parents were like since she was young. From the time she could remember, he had been through brutal training and killing.
She had never felt a mother’s and father’s love before. She didn’t know what they were.
“Su Qing.”
Ji Shuisheng saw two big and one small wild boar walking towards them. The big boar with the small wild boar was the fiercest. Seeing that Su Qing didn’t notice the wild boar and continued to walk with her head down, he ran over and pulled Su Qing’s arm to run up the mountain rock.
However, they were still a step too late. The male and female wild boars discovered them and ran toward them.
“Hurry up and go up.”
Ji Shuisheng pushed Su Qing onto the mountain rock and took out the treasured knife that could break iron with a blow. Zhong Yong also saw the wild boar and shouted happily,
“Wild boar, they’re here to deliver meat.”
He threw away the basket on his back and pounced on the wild boar with his bare hands. Su Qing stood on the rock and watched the two men fight the wild boars.
The wild boar screamed and attacked him even crazily. Ji Shuisheng dodged the wild boar’s attack and quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly stabbed the knife into the wild boar’s neck. When the knife was pulled out, blood spurted out.
Ji Shuisheng didn’t expect that the wild boar could still chase after him after being stabbed in the neck. The wild boar forced him to the front of the mountain rock, ready to fight to the death and find an opportunity to stab it again.
Su Qing picked up a stone and threw it at the boar. The boar uttered a shrill cry and fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
Ji Shuisheng raised his head and looked at Su Qing. She was still expressionless, and her eyes were still cold and emotionless. Her clothes fluttered in the wind as she stood on the mountain rock.
“Thank you,” he said.
Ji Shuisheng thanked Su Qing and went to help Zhong Yong. Over there, Zhong Yong was fighting hand-to-hand with the wild boar. The silly boy had great strength and knew how to use brute force. He grabbed the wild boar’s two front hooves and wrestled with it.
The boar that attacked him was a male boar. When it saw that its mate had been smashed to death by Su Qing, it uttered a terrifying cry and slammed its head against Zhong Yong like a madman.
A wild boar that had gone mad possessed immense strength, and a wild boar that had lost its mate was even more terrifying than a tiger. Zhong Yong used up all his power and could no longer hold it down, and he was knocked to the ground by the wild boar. After the wild boar knocked him down, it used its two fangs to pick at Zhong Yong’s stomach.
Zhong Yong nimbly rolled on the ground and dodged the boar’s fatal blow, but he was also scared into a cold sweat. The boar immediately turned back and continued to charge at him after failing to pick up Zhong Yong.
Ji Shuisheng flew and stabbed the treasured saber into the wild boar’s neck. With a pfft, the special saber sank into the wild boar’s neck. Ji Shuisheng turned the special saber with force, and the wild boar let out a shrill cry as it fell to the ground and twitched. Fresh blood splattered all over the ground.
Su Qing liked Ji Shuisheng’s knife. This was a treasured knife that could cut through iron like mud. The wild boar skin was the hardest, and ordinary blades could not cut through it.
The two big wild boars were killed. Ji Shuisheng and Zhong Yong were both exhausted and covered in sweat. The small wild boar trembled as it looked at its parents. It let out a sad howl and looked very pitiful.
There were rules in hunting, and they did not kill animals that had not yet reached adulthood. Ji Shuisheng did not care about the small wild boar. He kept his treasured saber and looked at the two wild boar corpses on the ground.
An adult wild boar weighed two to three hundred catties. Fortunately, they had brought Zhong Yong with them, so they could carry the wild boars down the mountain with each of them taking one.
However, he still had to accompany Su Qing to look for Lingzhi, and the villagers at the foot of the mountain were also hungry. Ji Shuisheng decided to let Zhong Yong carry a wild boar down the mountain first, and he would bring the remaining wild boar down the mountain after he accompanied Su Qing to find Lingzhi.
“Big brother, you guys, be careful.”
Zhong Yong carried a wild boar effortlessly and instructed Ji Shuisheng worriedly before he left.
“I know. You be careful too. Don’t fall.”
Ji Shuisheng nodded and reminded him. Su Qing stood on the mountain rock and watched them talk. He was a little impatient. How could a man be more dawdling than a woman?
After Ji Shuisheng sent Zhong Yong away, he turned around and saw Su Qing’s impatient expression.
“Let’s go!”
Ji Shuisheng smiled apologetically at Su Qing and suggested to continue walking.
Su Qing didn’t say anything and jumped down from the rock to lead the way. Ji Shuisheng followed behind her. There was no conversation between them as if they were strangers.
Ji Shuisheng looked at Su Qing, who was quiet and wanted to find something to say. However, he was afraid that Su Qing would find him talkative, so the silence was golden in the end. He lowered his head and thought about his worries.
“Wait, it’s nearby.”
Su Qing suddenly stopped. Ji Shuisheng didn’t expect her to stop, and he couldn’t help but bump into her back. He was afraid he would knock Su Qing down, so Ji Shuisheng hurriedly used both hands to support her shoulders.
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Su Qing was thin. Her shoulders were all bones. When he thought of how she was covered in wounds when he saved her, Ji Shuisheng felt pity for her. How much torture had she suffered in the past?
Ji Shuisheng’s action felt like he was pulling Su Qing into his arms. Su Qing turned around and glared at him angrily. Ji Shuisheng quickly let go.
“I’m sorry, I … I was distracted and afraid of knocking you down … That’s why I’m helping you.”
Ji Shuisheng stammered as he explained, his face turning the color of pig liver.
