Chapter 80: Chapter 80 The Forest
After a moment, Xuexue finally felt alive again. She straightened her clothes and, in the dim moonlight, could finally see the man in front of her clearly. He was barely alive, obviously severely injured.
Xuexue felt somewhat guilty, as she had forced a severely injured man to exert himself.
“Cough cough … Look, buddy, I had no choice. If it weren’t for nearly losing my life, I wouldn’t have bothered you, haha… .”
Although the man was on his last breath, under the hazy moonlight, Xuexue clearly saw him glaring at her with a pair of bitterly cold eyes, as if he wanted to kill her.
“Okay, okay, I was wrong. Stop glaring.”
Xuexue couldn’t bear it any longer since she had used him for the antidote, knowing she was at fault first.
“Out of pity for you, I’ll gather some leaves to keep you warm. Let’s call it even with that.”
The weather was really cold. Xuexue wasn’t sure if the man was shaking from anger at her or simply from the cold, as he trembled all over.
“Get away from me,” the man said coldly.
“What’s wrong with you? I’m trying to be nice by bringing you some leaves for warmth. You should at least thank me instead of telling me to go away! What a cunning person.”
While gathering leaves from the ground and tossing them onto him, Xuexue continued.
“But seeing how pitiful you look, I won’t hold it against you.”
“You…you…you…stink, woman, shut up,” the man on the ground said, shivering all over from Xuexue’s infuriating behavior.
Today was truly a curse; not only was he hunted down, but he also encountered a shameless girl.
“You think I want to talk to you? If it weren’t for the fact that you saved my life, I wouldn’t bother speaking to you at all!”
The man fell silent, fearing that if he spoke again, he might be angered to death by this woman in front of him. His eyes fixed tightly on Xuexue, trying to discern her features so he could seek revenge later.
Xuexue busied herself back and forth in the small woods, running back and forth several times until she had gathered a large pile of leaves. Then, holding the leaves, she walked over to the man and energetically started piling them on him, until only his head was showing.
“Ah, that should do it.”
Xuexue dusted off her hands, satisfied with her work.
“Lady here can assure you that if you stay here tonight, you definitely won’t freeze to death.”
Upon hearing this, the man almost vomited blood. He wasn’t cold at all. He was just gravely injured and couldn’t recover momentarily.
“You…you…you stink, girl, just go away already.”
“No need to chase me away, I have to go back anyways, my mom is waiting for me to eat dinner. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely come to check on you tomorrow. If you’re unfortunate enough to have died, given that you saved my life, I’ll make sure to bury you properly.”
“What now? Still mad about earlier? I’m telling you, these things aren’t just up to me. You seemed quite happy earlier, don’t you admit it?”
“You talk as if you’re so noble. No matter how much I forced, you still cooperated, so in the end, it’s really me who’s at a loss. But, being the generous person I am, I won’t stoop down to your level.”
Having said that, Xuexue waved her hand, turned around and walked away. Although he had saved her life, she had also collected a lot of leaves to keep him warm, so as far as she was concerned, they were even.