Bizarre Cultivation: Starting from Being Beaten Up by Reality

Chapter 140 3nd Mother

Lin Fan laughed for a while, then wiped away his tears. "It's nothing. Your words reminded me of a good friend from the past. I'm genuinely happy for them. You're right. If I can't go home, in this world, I'd rather choose a way to die a quick and painless death!"

Niu Dadan felt that Lin Fan's mental state seemed to have become more unstable because of his words. Ruolan had always been very effective at comforting him with those same words before.

"Brother Lin, we all need to try our best to survive. So where do we go next? Back to the caravan to find a doctor?"

Lin Fan stopped laughing. "You're right, let's go to the wetlands. If we go back to the caravan and get caught again, we'll have no chance to escape. Let's hide in the mist of that dense forest for a while, and leave when things calm down. Also, I should have notified the doctor to come to the wetlands to meet us."

Niu Dadan gritted his teeth. He wasn't in good shape either. He had just encountered Sun Ruolan, who had escaped from the encirclement. The two of them had managed to break through the encirclement, but both had suffered considerable injuries. Sun Ruolan was in even worse condition, now completely unconscious.

Niu Dadan mustered his last breath, his wound bleeding profusely, and if this continued, blood loss alone would cause him to faint. But he was determined to get Ruolan and Lin Fan to safety, even if it cost him his life.

Fortunately, the destination was a nearby wetland, and before losing consciousness, Niu Dadan finally landed safely on the large rock that had been used to place the offerings.

Seeing Doctor Lei running towards him, Lin Fan used his last bit of strength to gag himself, spit out the Soul-Suppressing Pearl, and put it into his special bag.

Dr. Lei was taken aback by what he saw. "Brother, it seems you particularly enjoy doing this all the time. Do you not like food to stay in your body for too long?"

Chen Ergou shook his head. "There are many things about Brother Fan that are not normal. By the way, doctor, all three of them are unconscious. Who should we save first?"

Dr. Lei let out a long sigh, "Carry it back first, we'll save it together!"

Sun San Niang paced outside her hut, her eyes, marked by a beauty mark, drooping, her expression calm yet unfathomable.

boom!

Chen Ergou opened the door to her hut, and the smell of blood mixed with the scent of herbs overpowered the original damp and musty smell, rushing out all at once.

Sun San Niang frowned slightly, swayed her hips, and slowly walked into the house.

His gaze lingered briefly on Sun Ruolan, who was lying on the bed, before sweeping over Lin Fan and Niu Dadan, who were lying on the wooden planks on the ground. The mechanical beast Xiao Yi was pacing anxiously around them.

She found Dr. Lei slumped in the corner. "Doctor, how are they?"

Dr. Lei forced a smile. "Generally speaking, none of them are saved."

A hint of sadness flashed in Sun San Niang's eyes.

But Dr. Lei continued, "But who am I? I am a descendant of the Gu Doctors of Southern Xinjiang, a resident doctor at the Third People's Hospital of Yunmeng City, and a future miracle doctor! With my help, of course they are all fine. They just need to rest for a while."

Dr. Lei had thought that the previous times he saved Lin Fan were the biggest tests of his career, but he didn't expect that the better days were yet to come. This time, although Lin Fan wasn't as seriously injured, three people came at once, including a pregnant woman.

Sun San Niang listened to the first string of incomprehensible words, her expression blank until she heard the last sentence, at which point her expression finally softened.

She curtsied gracefully to Doctor Lei, her loose gauze robe slipping off her shoulder to reveal half of her fair and slender shoulder. "Doctor, your medical skills are superb; I admire you greatly."

Doctor Lei, whose complexion had just regained some color, suddenly looked pale again. "Go away, go away! Don't do this in front of me. This old man is exhausted. I finally managed to recover some energy, and you, you little wench, have drained it all away. Stop loitering around here, and don't make me watch you!"

Dr. Lei was quite blunt, but Sun San Niang wasn't angry at all. She smiled, apologized, and left. Dr. Lei's eyes were drawn to her retreating figure, glued to her bobbing buttocks, until she left, after which he half-reclined back in the corner.

Sun San Niang stepped outside, her thin, bony hand waving in front of her nose to clear away the unpleasant smell of herbs, before taking a deep breath of the musty, rotten odor that was so common among the people of the wetlands. Her gaze habitually drifted into the distance, her thoughts wandering beyond her body.

Just as the corners of her mouth were about to turn up in a smile, a loud "Third Sister" interrupted her thoughts.

Su Changyi rushed over in a hurry, carrying a hoe. He bypassed Sun Sanniang and went into the house, looking at the people lying haphazardly inside with a serious expression.

Sun San Niang turned and went back into the house, calling out to Su Changyi's retreating figure, "Uncle Changyi, what happened?"

Su Changyi frowned. "Outside, Constable Sun and his gang are going door to door asking if anyone has seen a few injured outsiders here."

Sun San Niang's expression also turned serious. "The wetlands are so vast, they might not be able to find this place."

Su Changyi shook his head. "They don't have the patience for a search. They told us all to come out and question them together. Many people saw these people when they came. You can't hide them."

Sun Sanniang's thin chest heaved slightly. "Su Changyi! You know, these people just helped us rescue so many people and gave us a huge boost. Now you're going to turn around and sell them out?"

Su Changyi fell silent for a moment. Su Ping and the others had returned to the wetlands before Lin Fan and hid in the dense forest. They had also heard about the chaos in the Li family.

Seeing the two arguing, Chen Ergou came over and said, "Hey, wife, don't overthink it. Brother Fan and Brother Niu certainly didn't do this because of you. After all, we didn't even know each other before today."

Sun San Niang glared at him, swallowing back what he was about to say. "Of course I know that. I just think that since they taught the Li family a lesson and saved people, they should be our benefactors."

Su Changyi sighed, "Third Sister, you've only been in the sex trade in the wetlands for a few years, you don't understand at all. There aren't many honest people in the wetlands, and no one can withstand the scrutiny of those men in black leather shoes."

Upon hearing this, Sun Sanniang's anger flared up, her fair face turning bright red. "You're so honest, you'd rather your whole family starve than steal. So what if you're in the sex trade? When you were starving, wasn't it your wife who saved you and your child? The men and women in the wetlands who steal and prostitute are all forced into it by the Li family and the government. What's there to be ashamed of? If we betray those who helped us today, we'll never be able to hold our heads high again."

Su Changyi was struck where it hurt and flew into a rage. He raised his large, fan-like hand and was about to slap Sun Sanniang across the face.

Sun San Niang's beautiful, delicate eyes bulged out from her thinness, and she stared straight at Su Changyi without flinching. "Go ahead and hit me. You have the strength to go after the Li family and beat up the yamen dogs, but you only know how to bully your own kind, right?"

Looking at the unprecedented light in Sun Sanniang's eyes, Su Changyi seemed to see the shadow of his wife in her. He slowly lowered his hand. "Alright, but I can only guarantee that I won't say anything. I can't control what happens to others."

Sun San Niang put away her resolute expression, put on her usual charming face, and gently took Su Changyi's hand. "Uncle Changyi, didn't the head constable tell us to assemble? We'll be punished if we're late. Let's go quickly."

Su Changyi was a man who was absolutely loyal to his wife. Just as he was about to shake off Sun Sanniang's hand, he heard her say in a seductive voice, "Uncle Changyi, you should have hidden your family members well, right? When we go outside later, you can hold me and treat me like your wife."

"Why?"

"Just listen to me."

Su Changyi did not hug Sun Sanniang, but he let her hug him. Her soft and light body was almost hanging on Su Changyi's fairly strong arm.

Constable Sun yawned. He had been sleeping soundly in the yamen when the county magistrate assigned him this inexplicable task: to come here and find someone.

He wasn't quite clear on the details yet. After Li Quwan woke up, she immediately sent a letter to the yamen (government office). As for the Li family, all seven officials had mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a trail of blood. The Li family had no energy to worry about anything else; they were busy trying to exterminate the beasts that had invaded their home. They had tried to recapture them, but these beasts seemed to be committing suicide. Even after paying several times the price to capture one, they could never tame it again. Without the Black Dragon's suppression, these creatures, more ferocious than wild beasts, were simply impossible to subdue.

The local government, of course, knew about the Li family's troubles long ago, but since the fire hadn't reached them, the county magistrate hadn't sent a single person. Even when the beasts stormed into the county town, aside from a few gatekeepers who died, no one came out to stop them. The Sanyi Temple, after receiving the news, also pretended to know nothing. These people were brothers at the same table when there was meat to eat, but once someone was in trouble, they all stayed far away, afraid of being implicated.

However, after reading Li Quwan's letter, Magistrate Sun of Xintai County pondered for a while. He didn't want to get involved in the mess left by the Li family, but catching a few petty thieves who had managed to escape from prison was a piece of cake. Moreover, this way, the Li family couldn't say they hadn't helped in the future. So, based on the speculation in Li Quwan's letter, he divided the constables into two groups, each led by a head constable: one group went to search the wetlands, and the other went to search the caravans camped outside the city.

Officer Sun was in charge of the wetland area. He gathered his search team and coldly watched the wetland people gather.

Sun San Niang's home was far away, and Su Changyi had received the news here and rushed back and forth, so the two of them were almost the last to arrive.

Seeing the two of them so entangled together, Officer Sun was furious and shouted at them, "What are you dawdling for? Get over here!"

Sun Sanniang reluctantly released Su Changyi and bowed gracefully to Constable Sun. "Sir, I'm so sorry. My husband and I were busy with important matters at home and didn't hear your summons for a while."

Officer Sun clicked his tongue in annoyance. "Doing serious business? What serious business could there be in the middle of the night? Forget it, have you seen any of the injured people?"

As he spoke, Constable Sun gave a general description of Lin Fan and the others' clothing. This was all based on a brief description written by Li Quwan in her letter, without any portraits. If there were only one person, it would indeed be difficult to identify them based on this, but with two men and one woman, plus some distinctive clothing features, anyone who had seen them before would remember them.

All the wetland dwellers bowed their heads and remained silent.

In particular, Sun San Niang kept her head down very low, and her bright but cheap clothes made her stand out in the crowd.

Head Constable Sun grabbed Sun San Niang by the hair and lifted her up like a chick. So light? Head Constable Sun was a veteran of the brothel; he immediately knew that this prostitute must have been given a potent venereal drug and estimated that she wouldn't live much longer.

He leaned closer to look at her face, his garlic-smelling breath hitting Sun San Niang's pretty face. "She is quite beautiful."

She was beautiful, always wore those clothes, and spoke with a natural flirtatious tone. The experienced Constable Sun could tell at a glance what Sun San Niang did for a living. Not to mention, nine out of ten women in the wetlands did this kind of thing, and the tenth was still breastfeeding—it didn't even need to be guessed.

Officer Sun teased Su Changyi, "Hey, brother, how do you feel when your wife is entertaining customers?"

Su Changyi clenched his fists silently without saying a word.

With a swift movement, Constable Sun made Sun San Niang kneel down with her back to him, then drew his knife and held it to her neck.

Have you ever met those people I mentioned?

Sun Sanniang was already trembling with fear, her voice trembling with tears. "Sir, no, we haven't seen it. My husband and I have been at home all night and haven't gone out."

Officer Sun lightly scratched Sun San Niang's face with his knife.

"Ah! Sir, spare my life! Spare my life! I've never seen anything like it before!"

Officer Sun looked at Su Changyi, "And what about you? You haven't seen it either?"

Su Changyi trembled all over, his clothes soaked with sweat. "I've never seen this before."

Constable Sun brought his knife close to Sun San Niang's snow-white neck. "You're not being honest! If you don't tell the truth, I'll kill you, you bastard woman."

Sun Sanniang had collapsed to the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly, and shouting to Su Changyi, "Husband, save me! You heartless bastard, do you have any conscience? Tell the officials what you know right now! Husband, husband, say something!"

Her cries were heartfelt and desperate, but every "husband" reminded Su Changyi that he couldn't say it, he couldn't say it!

Constable Sun chuckled, "You wouldn't have been hoping for her death all along, would you? Well, who could resist a woman whose lips are so alluring? Right, hahaha, hahaha." The constables behind him couldn't help but laugh along.

Su Changyi had attended private school for a few years when he was young, so he was more knowledgeable than the people from the wetlands. He kowtowed and said tremblingly, "Sir, I really haven't seen her before. Please spare my wife. My wife has not done anything wrong. Please spare her!"

"You haven't done anything wrong? The Great Qian Dynasty prohibits prostitution, yet you say you haven't done anything wrong?"

"But the crime does not warrant death."

"Private prostitution is indeed not that serious, but this woman knew she had syphilis, yet she still lifted the curtain to welcome customers, which is a form of witchcraft, intending to spread the plague and cause chaos in the area."

Su Changyi was speechless. Indeed, even so, it was not a reason for a constable to kill someone on his own. But even if he killed someone, he could simply report it as a prisoner resisting arrest and accidentally killing him, and that would be the end of it.

He was acting on the orders of the county magistrate, wielding the "imperial sword" to execute first and report later. The wetland people, on the other hand, were notorious for their male and female thievery, and had no connections whatsoever, making them easy targets.

"I'll give you one more chance, you understand?"

"Husband, save me, save me! Husband, we've been husband and wife for so many years, you can't just stand by and watch me die! Husband, husband, tell me what you know!"

Sun Sanniang's image gradually overlapped with that of his wife, and Su Changyi's teeth nearly ground to powder. If it were his wife here, he certainly wouldn't have been able to hold on. By now, Su Changyi fully understood Sun Sanniang's intention.

Even Constable Sun could see the affection in Su Changyi's eyes, so it was almost impossible for him to lie.

"Your Honor, please forgive me, I truly did not know."

puff.

A thin line of blood was drawn on Sun Sanniang's neck. Constable Sun quickly stepped back, and hot blood spurted out. Su Changyi, who was kneeling in front of Sun Sanniang, was stained with blood by the spurting blood.