Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Even if Jiang Zebei felt that he could no longer support his body anymore and wanted to faint so that he could just sleep, he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
He could not fall. He absolutely could not fall.
He was not alone. Chen Mengtian was waiting for him at home.
That girl might not like him, but his parents chose her as his wife.
She was the only one waiting for him at home.
They might not be destined for each other, but even if they were not destined to be together, he could not cast her aside.
At that moment, someone rushed over to him.
Jiang Zebei found the person strangely familiar.
It looked like his wife, Chen Mengtian, but didn’t she leave?
Jiang Zebei could no longer see the things in front of him clearly.
He shook his head to see the person in front of him properly.
“Jiang… Ze… Bei…” He seemed to hear someone calling out to him.
The girl standing in front of him was indeed Chen Mengtian.
Her eyes were red from crying, and she reached out to support Jiang Zebei.
Right now, they were still hundreds of meters away from the foot of the mountain. If they walked another half an hour, they would reach Chen Village.
Chen Mengtian had run away as ordered and should have rushed to seek help from the villagers or carelessly waited for Jiang Zebei at home, but she did not.
When she remembered how the teenager had held her in his arms and asked her to run at that dangerous moment, she was unable to leave free of ease.
Once she got down the mountain, she thought about asking for help from the villagers. That way, she would not have cast aside Jiang Zebei alone in the mountains.
But she knew clearly that no one would help.
She could ask the villagers for help, but her words would definitely end up gathering no help. No villager would go into the mountains without a large group.
Entering the mountains was something terrifying for them.
Even if they eyed the treasures in the mountains, they obediently stayed in their village and farmed their land. They did not want to risk their lives.
And if the villagers tried to gather a large group, it would require a lot of time.
Chen Mengtian thought about many things within a short time.
Once she thought things through, she found herself running up the mountain.
When she was halfway up it, she saw Jiang Zebei swaying down the road. His face was purplish, and his lips were pale.
This was a clear sign of having been bitten.
Chen Mengtian reached out to pat the boy’s face. “Jiang Zebei, look at me. Can you see me clearly?”
A venomed person had to retain consciousness.
Even if Chen Mengtian was a little panicked, her mind was quite clear.
Jiang Zebei’s eyelids were growing heavier, and it looked like they were about to fall shut soon.
Chen Mengtian tried to support him, but found herself lacking the strength to do so.
She was shorter than him by a head, and her body was a little weak as well. She could never support his weight.
Chen Mengtian cast a glance at the tree nearby and pushed the boy toward it.
At the current moment, Jiang Zebei did not have any strength left. He was already in a semi-conscious state.
They were only around six steps away from the tree. But Chen Mengtian and the boy leaning against her took more than ten steps to reach it.
Besides, with every step they took, Jiang Zebei broke out in a thin sheen of sweat.
In a while, Chen Mengtian finally put him down and made him lean against the tree behind him. But she did not have the time to relax. She started searching for wounds on Jiang Zebei’s body.
Soon, she found a bite mark on his ankle.
The bite mark consisted of two bleeding wounds. The skin around them was purplish and badly swollen.
‘What should I do… What do I do?’
There were no blood serums in this era. How was she supposed to save him?
It was not practical to suck the venom out with her mouth. She could only relieve him of the symptoms, but not get rid of the venom completely.
Would he die?
Yes. Blood serums were necessary to cure venom from snakes. Otherwise, the venom would just act up.
Was she really going to watch him die?
Chen Mengtian’s face turned pale. She shook her head vigorously.
She could not do that.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up.