Chapter 70
The cold spring kept boiling. Through the clear spring water, one could see the modern prosperity under the water waves.
“…It would be troublesome if we traveled to other times and spaces or other eras. Moreover, we were all soul-transported. We don’t know what the consequences if we jump like this. It will be even worse if we take the original owner’s body back with us…”
The two sat by the spring and analyzed it for a long time. Although they guessed that the way to get back was to jump from the cold spring, for various reasons, they did not try it easily.
It had been several days since the cold spring had stopped boiling and they had gone down the mountain.
Shan Yu walked vigorously, while Er Zhu was panting. “Brother, please slow down. My injuries hadn’t healed yet, so I couldn’t walk fast… Huh~”
“I had been out for so many days without any means of communication, and my family must have been very anxious.” Shan Yu pulled Er Zhu and said, “If you hold on just a little longer, we’ll be there soon.”
Er Zhu didn’t have as many worries as Shan Yu. He thought he was alone, so he was not in a hurry to rush back. He dragged Shan Yu and sat down on the ground. “I have persisted for a day and a night, and I can’t fly back no matter how fast I am. Take a rest! I really can’t do it anymore.”
Shan Yu was also tired, but his mind was firm and his willpower was strong. His eagerness to return to the medical clinic had already overcome his physical fatigue. He was walking with his last breath, but he was relieved by Er Zhu’s drag.
He took out a few fruits he had picked randomly on the road and divided them with Er Zhu. Seeing the silence in the forest and the darkness all around, he thought that it was not very safe to travel at night, so he said, “There are wild beasts at night. I’m worried. Wait a minute. Find a tree to rest and wait until daybreak before setting off.”
The century-old tree, which was more than five meters high, had branches intertwined into a dense network to protect it from wind, rain, and wild beasts. It was a very good resting place.
…just a bit of useless for their pants.
Shan Yu and Er Zhu looked at each other’s leaky crotches and smiled at each other, laying together and chatting happily.
“What did you do before you traveled through time? It seemed to me that you knew a lot about the plants here. You weren’t like a doctor, but more like a botanist.”
“…I’m not a doctor or a botanist, just a businessman.”
“A businessman? A businessman who is proficient in medicine and botany?”
“It’s just a hobby.”
“Then you are awesome. You can make a living out of your hobbies.” Er Zhu rested his arms and said, “Unlike me, I was a carpenter before time travel, and I could only be a carpenter after time travel. If I were more versatile, maybe Lian Zhou… Hey! I feel bad just thinking about him.”
“Still thinking about it?”
“I loved him so much; I almost got him but didn’t. He changed his mind and dumped me during the relationship. How much do you think he hurt me? Can I not think about him?”
“…Where is your wife, Yu Hua? Don’t you feel anything?”
“If you were me, would you have feelings for him?”
“I saw him come to see you before, and I thought he was quite a nice person.”
“That’s not bad?” Er Zhu sneered. “He has a tepid temperament. Every time we met; he was like a frog in hot water. I could be suffocated by him. Moreover, he didn’t look very good, and I was not interested.”
“…not so good?” From Shan Yu’s point of view, Yu Hua looked like a handsome young man from a troubled world. Er Zhu actually said that he didn’t look very good? Was there something wrong with Shan Yu’s aesthetic level? Being brought down by his ugly wife?
In the medical clinic, Wan Qiu, who thought something was wrong with his husband cried silently while holding the little bun and sneezed twice: ‘Who is talking about me in the middle of the night?’
Er Zhu nodded firmly, “He isn’t as good-looking as Lian Zhou anyway.”
“If you want to compare with Lian Zhou, then to be honest, few could compare to him.”
The two were feeling sleepy as they talked. In the hazy mountain rain, Shan Yu felt the old tree beneath him swaying. He opened his eyes alertly, glanced around subconsciously, and found that there was a small river across the forest of the dead. On the opposite hilltop, sporadic firelight appeared.
Shan Yu was completely sleepless, so he woke up Er Zhu and asked him to take a look.
“How could there be anyone there in the middle of the night?” Er Zhu rubbed his eyes. He couldn’t see clearly from too far away. He only looked at the fallen leaves on his head in wonder. “Was there an earthquake? Are there still wild beasts? What’s wrong with this tree? Has it been shaking?”
Shan Yu pointed to another mountaintop where the fire had appeared. “It seems to be because of that place…”
“What kind of things could affect us here? Excavation of mountains and digging graves in the middle of the night? Or military drills?”
Shan Yu lowered his eyebrows and thought. “There might be a war.”
“What?”
.
It had been two days since Shan Yu and Er Zhu had come out of the Deadly Forest, and more than ten days had passed since they had disappeared.
Wan Qiu was wandering by a small river not far from the Deadly Forest. When he saw the Shan Yu, he shed tears of excitement and hurriedly ran over.
“Husband!”
The unkempt two people were stunned for a moment, wondering why Wan Qiu was there.
“Why are you here?” Shan Yu caught the shuanger who thrown himself into his arms, feeling an inexplicable sense of surprise.
This feeling was as if he had been thinking about someone while away from home. When he rushed back through hardships, he found that the person he had been thinking of was waiting for him on the way home.
That feeling was simply amazing!
Shan Yu wiped Wan Qiu’s tears with dirty hands, turning him into a little cat, and asked with a smile, “Are you here to find me?”
Wan Qiu choked up and nodded, crying so much that he couldn’t speak.
In fact, he had long thought that Shan Yu was gone, but he was unwilling to give up. He wanted to see people, both alive and dead, so he came to the Deadly Forest every day to try his luck.
But the forest was too dangerous. Wan Qiu was timid and worried about the little bun who was still learning to talk, so he didn’t dare to go in. He could only linger in tears by the river where he used to go. He felt really helpless.
Wan Qiu laid in Shan Yu’s arms and cried for a long time. His tears weren’t dry until he returned home.
Shan Yu, who was rarely soft-hearted, did not dislike Wan Qiu for crying. He applied medicine to Wan Qiu’s scratched feet, frowned slightly, and said, “How far did you walk? How did you hurt your feet like this?”
How could it be not injured?
The medical clinic was dozens of miles away from the Deadly Forest. Shan Yu and Er Zhu had taken a rarely known shortcut. What about Wan Qiu? The distance Wan Qiu walked every day was dozens of times that of them.
Wan Qiu cried so hard that he couldn’t even open his eyes. He nestled in Shan Yu’s arms, hugging his neck and sobbing, “Husband, I thought you…”
“Okay, don’t cry anymore.” Shan Yu comforted Wan Qiu with his arms around him. Because of his concern for him, he was so soft-hearted that he walked around the house for a long time like someone coaxing a child. Only then did Wan Qiu stop crying, and with a smile, he asked, “You can’t live without me so much?”
“Yeah.” Wan Qiu sniffed as he laid on Shan Yu’s shoulder. “You can’t leave me.” He didn’t want to leave either.
“Then if one day I want to take you to live in a strange environment, will you come with me?”
“Wherever my husband is, it will be my home.” Wan Qiu hugged Shan Yu’s neck tightly and whispered affirmatively, “As long as you don’t drive me away, I will follow you all my life.”