Held by the arm, Zhang Xiaoshan couldn’t leave and had no choice but to turn around and brace himself to address the widow Su.
"Auntie Xiang Mei, the village head has already taken care of my matter. Rest assured, I will definitely keep my mouth shut. Don’t come looking for me anymore, lest you get seen and people start gossiping..."
Who would have known that after hearing Zhang Xiaoshan’s words, Su Xiangmei not only didn’t show the slightest sign of relief but instead shook his arm even more agitatedly.
"No, that’s not it..."
Su Xiangmei kept shaking vigorously, seeming very anxious but unable to articulate a complete sentence. Updates are released by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝓷𝓮𝓽
"Auntie, has something happened?"
Zhang Xiaoshan, with his sensitive mind, had already sensed that something was amiss.
And sure enough, the next moment, Su Xiangmei knelt in front of Zhang Xiaoshan, tears streaming down like rain, and she wailed continuously, saying,
"Little Shan, I beg you to save Little Ya, please save her, she’s still a child."
Su Xiangmei’s daughter, Li Ya, had grown up following Zhang Xiaoshan around. Though not a biological sister, their relationship wasn’t too far off.
Upon hearing that Li Ya was in danger, Zhang Xiaoshan also became anxious.
"Auntie Xiang Mei, don’t cry. First, tell me what exactly happened, what’s wrong with Li Ya? Explain it to me clearly..."
Zhang Xiaoshan pulled Su Xiangmei up from the ground.
Only then did Su Xiangmei, through sobs and tears, explain to Zhang Xiaoshan,
"Little Ya took a day off and came home yesterday. Today she has been bleeding non-stop down there, it’s almost a hemorrhage, she’s dying... We’re too far from the county hospital, I had no choice but to come to you for help. Little Shan, Little Ya is my lifeblood, and she has always been close to you, you must save her, I kneel before you."
Seeing Su Xiangmei about to kneel again as she spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan knew the situation was urgent and immediately intercepted her, saying earnestly,
"Let’s leave the courtesies and thanks for later; saving her is what matters."
Having said that, Zhang Xiaoshan took the first-aid kit from the health clinic and hurriedly rushed towards Su Xiangmei’s home.
Soon, the two of them entered the house.
Although the Li family was a large household in White Dragon Village, Su Xiangmei, after all, was a widow who had lost her husband. In these mountains, without a strong man to provide labor, life naturally wasn’t too good. Su Xiangmei’s home didn’t even have a courtyard, just two rooms made of blue bricks and tiles, sitting on a small terrace, left by the deceased parents of her late husband.
One room was for cooking and piling up miscellaneous items, and the other room was where the mother and daughter lived.
Being a resident of White Dragon Village, Zhang Xiaoshan knew his way around and entered the bedroom where the mother and daughter lived without hesitation.
Pushing the door open, the room’s furnishings were very simple: a solid old wooden bed, a desk, a wardrobe, all several years old. Although the room was quite crude, it was clean and tidy.
However, this clean room was permeated with a strong smell of blood.
It could almost be described as pungent.
The source of all the smell was that solid wooden bed.
The bedsheet and blanket on the solid bed were dyed black-red, and the blood kept dripping down onto the floor.
A slender young girl with a tall figure was lying on the bed.
The girl was none other than Su Xiangmei’s daughter, Li Ya, currently a senior in high school in the county town, eighteen years old according to rural standards.
Li Ya was very beautiful, much more so than Su Xiangmei; however, her face was as pale as paper at the moment, lacking even the slightest trace of color, and her pants were stained with blood. She curled up into a ball on the bed, shivering.
Li Ya, having lost her father at a young age, had developed an extremely strong character, enduring the pain even in the face of great suffering.
But the moment she saw Zhang Xiaoshan’s figure, this strong girl seemed to have seen her own superhero.
Tears burst from her beautiful eyes, and with a shout, she burst into loud weeping.
"Brother Little Shan, it hurts, save me."