"What!"
This explosive roar that swallowed mountains and rivers came from Jiang Yu Feng behind him.
He scurried over in three steps and sat down on his knees beside Chen Canaan with a plop, "Anan, what's going on?"
Qiao Wen's brain was a bit blank for a moment, subconsciously moving the flashlight's light slowly down from his face. He was wearing a black T-shirt, and at the moment, his abdomen was wet, but because of the black color, the original color of the wet stains could not be discerned.
He reached out and touched it, then shone his flashlight into his palm, and sure enough, it was a handful of bright red. It had been at least twenty minutes since he had walked here from the sentry post, and this idiot hadn't said a word, holding on strongly until now.
As for why they didn't say anything, it was simply because they were afraid of dragging them down.
Jovian's eyes sank, and it was easy to steady himself.
Chen Canaan gasped for breath, laboriously opened and closed his lips, and said word by word, "You guys go, leave me alone. Brother Feng, you must bring Xiao Qiao home safely."
Jiang Yu Feng slammed his fist on the ground in pain, he had just lost six good brothers who were born to die, and now Chen Canaan was in critical condition.
How old is Nan? Just nineteen, a year younger than his sister.
It was as if his throat was blocked by something, and the hardened man who had walked on the tip of the knife for so many years was unable to speak for a moment in pain.
Before he could reply, Qiao Wen, who had already forced himself to quickly return to his senses, spoke sternly first, "If you want to go, go together!" Then he held the flashlight in his mouth, removed the bag behind him, pulled out a dagger and alcohol and a roll of gauze from it, while lifting off Chen Canaan's t-shirt, he said to Jiang Youfeng, "Brother Feng, I'll treat the wound of Brother Nan, just now I seem to have heard the sound of running water, there should be a mountain spring nearby, go and look for it, the hounds are out of order in the presence of water, let's go through the water, we can avoid the tracking. "
"Good." Jiang Yu Feng also finally calmed down a little, wiping his face and getting up in a panic, "I'll go find it right away."
Perhaps it was already numb from the pain, Chen Canaan did not moan, only said in a breathless voice, "Xiao Qiao, they will soon come after me. You don't care about me, hurry up and go."
"Shut up! Keep your strength up." Qiao Wen sank his face and bellowed lightly, handing the flashlight over to Zhi next to him, finding the location of the bullet in a blur of blood and flesh, reaching out and touching it, realizing that the bullet was stuck between the ribs and did not enter the internal organs, he couldn't help but breathe a little sigh of relief, stuffing the knife sheath into his mouth and saying, "Nan, I'm going to remove the bullet for you, there's no anesthesia, so bear with it for a little while."
He didn't dare to delay because the wound was bleeding profusely, and after sterilizing his hand and the blade with alcohol, he gently slashed the wound open in the light of the flashlight.
Chen Canaan, who was biting the sheath of his knife, his body began to instinctively twitch and spasm, and his breathing became more and more rapid. Qiao Wen had already felt the icy cold emanating from his body, and raised his head to take advantage of the dim light to look at the man whose face was pale and whose eyes were beginning to lax, and said sternly as he retrieved the bullets, "Chen Canaan! You hold on to me, you haven't even fucking touched a woman, you can't just die like this!"
Chen Canaan, who was almost about to close his eyes, was suddenly pulled back a little by the voice. He half-opened his eyes and looked toward Qiao Wen, who was diagonally above him.
In the dark shadow and shimmering light, that fair and handsome youthful face, he could not be more familiar. However, that serious and cold old expression was unfamiliar to him.
His consciousness was already somewhat blurred, he opened and closed his lips, biting the sheath of his sword and speaking vaguely, "Who are you?"
Jovian didn't answer him and finally managed to remove the bullet.
Chen Canaan grunted twice in pain, but he forced himself not to move around until Qiao Wen applied medicine to him and bandaged his wounds before he spasmed and passed out.
Jovian reached out and probed his nostrils, which were weak but steady, and let his heart drop a little.
To have survived until now is a man of steel.
He straightened his clothes and wiped the still-dry sweat from his face. The man was cold at the moment, a symptom of blood loss.
He used to always think that he was steel and iron, yet how strong his body was, it was actually flesh and blood.
He knew that the other party was very weak right now, but was afraid that if he slept through it, he wouldn't wake up, thus he quickly pinched his middle to wake him up, "Nan, don't sleep yet."
Chen Canaan finally barely woke up again, "Xiao Qiao."
"Nan, hang in there and don't fall asleep."
At this time, Jiang Yu Feng also went and returned, gasping, "There is indeed a mountain spring." He also looked at Chen Canaan, who was leaning in Qiao Wen's arms, and asked, "How is Nan doing?"
"The bullet has been removed and the wound bandaged, but he's lost a lot of blood, so we'll have to find a safe place quickly and let him recuperate."
Jiang Yu Feng already didn't have the heart to explore Qiao Wen's calmness and composure at this time, in fact, all along the way, all sorts of performance, all show that this frail teenager, with his own former cognition is not the same.
It was just that now was not the time to think about this, what he had to think about now was how to save his life, and he carefully carried Chen Canaan on his back.
The spring was not deep, no higher than a man's waist, and the water was cool enough that it was impossible to see what was in it in the darkness.
When they first boarded the boat, there were ten people, but now there were only four left, two of them were disabled and one was sick and weak. The only one who was intact, Jiang Yu Feng, took up the heavy burden of carrying Chen Canaan on his back as well as opening the way ahead.
And whether or not they could get out of this jungle, or where they would go, was all unknown, and the only thing they could do was to follow the waterways, keep moving forward, and get rid of as many of the soldiers that were tracking them as they could.
A few people walk and stop, Chen Canaan is also drowsy, and until the sky reveals the white of the fish belly, behind there has been no pursuers to catch up, presumably has been completely get rid of, coupled with a few people have been unloaded, had to go ashore to rest for the time being.
Qiao Wen has been feeling a lot of pain on his legs, should be encountered leeches, but did not have time to pay attention to it, this moment sat down, first checked Chen Canaan's condition, to make sure that he is still stable, before he had the time to lift his own pants, the white calf is clearly lying on two thick leeches, should be sucked all the way to the blood, ruthlessly satiated meal.
Jiang Xuefeng and Ah Zhi were in the same situation, a few people sat on the ground, took twigs and picked the leeches off, leaning together to catch their breath.
Knowing that Qiao Wen was physically weak, Jiang Yu Feng looked up at his pale face and asked, "Wen, are you alright?"
Jovian nodded, but his voice was a bit frail, "It's holding up."
He looked around and found that this place was emptier than the previous forest, then his eyes suddenly lit up, it turned out to be not far away, there were a few fields that looked like they were reclaimed by people, which meant that there was a village nearby.
Just now in this war-torn country, no one can guarantee the safety of this village, but Chen Canaan's condition can't be delayed, even if it's a dragon pit or tiger's den, he still has to try...
"There are fields in front of us, there should be a village nearby, Chi you go and explore the situation, we'll wait here and signal immediately if there's a problem."
"Good." Chi nodded his head, he had injured his leg last night, although it was only a skin wound, it hurt like hell when he touched the water, but he couldn't care less about that at the moment, and he forced himself to limp through the pain to find out what was going on.
Qiao Wen moved to Chen Canaan's side, looking at the man with his eyes closed tightly, he reached out and touched his forehead, yesterday it was cold, but now it was scalding hot, obviously it was a bit inflamed.
Seeing his worried appearance, Jiang Youfeng said, "Ah Wen, don't worry, Ah Nan has a good body base, he will definitely be able to pull through."
Qiao Wen didn't make a sound, only suddenly said, "Brother Feng, hide the money first."
Jiang Youfeng then remembered that the huge amount of US dollars in the bag would be a time bomb if he really met someone, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Or you're thoughtful."
He pulled over a few people's bags, turned his head to look around, walked under a gnarled tree, pulled out his dagger and dug a hole, tentatively burying a few dozen pounds of bills in it.
Life is naturally important, before life and money, of course, you have to choose life, but nine deaths to survive, you can not go back penniless, so the money must be protected.
He hid the money and returned to sit down beside Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan not long before he saw a limping Chi hurrying over with a pair of men and women.
Chi wore a face of ecstasy, it was obvious that this village was not a bandit's den, but a decent village with simple folk.
"Brother Feng A Wen, this is Ah Ming and Ah Jiao, their fortress is nearby, quickly carry Ah Nan on your back, there is a doctor in the fortress."
The man and the woman were young, gabbled about nothing, dressed elegantly, with kind faces, and really didn't look like bandits.
Because I heard that they were merchants from China who encountered bandits and had no choice but to flee into the jungle. It is said that the two siblings, who also suffered from the scourge of bandits, sympathized with the several people, and seeing that Chen Canaan was injured and unconscious, they hurriedly led them to the village to recuperate.
This village in the jungle, only a few wooden houses, a total of only ten or so families, can be described as a small pocket village.
Originally, Qiao Wen thought that this deep mountain village doctor, even if it is not a witch doctor, that is similar to a half-assed Mongolian doctor, until he saw that the village doctor who was invited by the brother and sister of the A-Ming, took out the stethoscope and two bottles of Western medicine, only then did he realize that this village doctor is a serious modern doctor.
It turns out that the people of this village are not indigenous to the jungle, because of the war home was destroyed, so they fled into the jungle to take refuge. Sounds a bit like a paradise isolated from the rest of the world, not knowing whether there are Han or Wei Jin.
Chen Canaan, who had taken the medicine, gradually stabilized his breathing, only to remain unconscious.
The two siblings, A-Ming and A-Jiao, waited for the doctor to finish looking at Chen Canaan's injuries, and then went to cook for a few people.
After fleeing all night, their eyes didn't close for a moment, a few people were sleepy and hungry, not to mention Qiao Wen, even a tough guy like Jiang Yufeng couldn't carry it, each ate two bowls of soup powder, and reluctantly fed a little bit to the unconscious Chen Canaan.
Waking three people tense a string is finally loosened, only to determine that there is no danger, and then do not care about the other, collapsed across the floor, closed their eyes to sleep.
Qiao Wen this poor body, can support until now has been a miracle, this sleep is really sleepy, woke up already in the afternoon, the sun in the sky are slowly to the west.
The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to reach out and probe Chen Canaan's nose beside him, and then touch his forehead to make sure that his breathing was steady and that his fever had gone down, and finally he heaved a sigh of relief.
He silently looked at the man's pale cheeks, even his lips were bloodless, as if he had lost a lot of weight just overnight. After coming to this world for a few months, the feeling Chen Canaan gave him was never vibrant, yet at this moment, he was so frail that one could not bear to look at him more.
Seeing that he was still in a deep sleep, Qiao Wen did not intend to forcefully wake him up. Turning his head to look at the threshold, he realized that Jiang Youfeng and Ah Zhi had gotten up at some point and were sitting at the doorway, smoking in silence.
He got up and walked over barefoot.
"Brother Wind, Brother Chi."
Jiang Youfeng looked up at him, smiled lightly, and asked, "Your body is still carrying you, right?"
Jovian sat down next to him and smiled bitterly, "It's okay."
Jiang Yu Feng looked at Chen Canaan who was lying straight in the room: "I also don't know when Anan will wake up?"
Qiaowen said, "The fever has gone down, so it should be nothing serious."
Jiang Youfeng thought about how he didn't seem to smoke, and was about to put out his cigarette when Qiao Wen had already spoken first: "It's fine, give me one too."
Jiang Yu Feng looked at him suspiciously, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and lit the lighter for him.
Jovian came forward with his cigarette in his hand and lit it, inhaling deeply.
Tobacco was actually a bit much for this body to carry these days, but the frightening experience of the night had left him in desperate need of a little something to ease the tightness.
Jiang Yu Feng was surprised to see him smoking as skillfully as an old smoker, but then he saw him coughing heavily as if he was choking after two puffs.
"Smoking is not a good habit, can't smoke or don't smoke."
Qiaowen smiled and shook his head, it was true that after changing bodies, a lot of things had been very different, he was himself, but he was also no longer his former self.
He pressed the cigarette out on the ground, and when he looked up again, his gaze inadvertently landed on the pocket watch in Jiang Youfeng's hand, in which was embedded a small photograph as if it were a girl.
Jiang Yu Feng sensed his line of sight and generously stretched the photo in front of his eyes, smiling and saying, "My sister, good looking, right?"
This Double Blossom Red Stick was a solid iron blooded tough guy, usually always cold and scary, Qiao Wen didn't expect him to have such a gentle time.
Not only the tone of his voice, but even the corners of his eyebrows carried a gentle smile.
In the photo was a seventeen or eighteen year old girl, with a head of dark shoulder-length hair, a melon face with a pair of big black and white eyes, indeed a top beautiful girl.
Qiaowen nodded and said, "It's beautiful, I didn't know you had a sister, Brother Feng?"
Jiang Youfeng laughed and said, "After my dad passed away, her mom took her and remarried, while I went to the city fortress to follow Master Panther, and we haven't lived together for many years."
Jovian got the idea, thinking it was a half-sibling.
Jiang Yu Feng reached out and carefully touched the tiny photo, smiled and said, "She's very smart, she got into college on her own and is now a college student. I don't even dare to see her now, afraid that her friends will know that there is a brother like me."
Qiao Wen did not know what to say for a moment, a female college student, if people knew that there was a brother who was a gangster, it would indeed be a trouble.
Jiang Youfeng laughed and added, "Speaking of which, we haven't seen each other for almost a year, she wanted to invite me for dinner, I pushed her back several times, and the last time he threw a tantrum over the phone, saying that he'd ignore me in the future." Speaking of this, he shook his head in amusement, "If I can go back alive this time, the first thing I'll do is to go find my sister for a meal."
Jovian laughed, "Brother Wind must be a good brother."
Jiang Yu Feng looked at the photo, but smiled.
Chi, who was on the side, coldly burst out, "When I go back this time, I'll have to make Xiao Cui leave that old man and marry me for life."
Qiaowen looked at him in disbelief, not expecting the man who had just finished speaking foul language, when he looked over, a blush suddenly surfaced on his dark face, as if he was shy, and he touched his nose in a bit of embarrassment and said no more.
Instead, Jiang Yu Feng looked at him, smiled and said for him, "Xiao Cui is an old flame of Ah Zhi, used to work as a dancer in the ballroom, Ah Zhi felt that he did not have money, has not been marrying people, and then the human girl was disheartened, a few years ago to the rich boss as a concubine to go."
Yes oh, the law of monogamy was only enacted in Hong Kong City two years ago, and before that, the feudal custom of polygamy remained, especially among the rich, where it was common to have wives and concubines.
Chi said resentfully, "I wanted to wait two more years, but I didn't know she couldn't wait."
Jiang met the wind said, "A woman's youth is just these few years, Xiao Cui is still two years older than you, you don't marry her, and you don't let her find a way to live on her own, you don't blame her either."
Chi was silent for a moment, his voice a bit frayed, "I don't blame him."
Jiang Yu Feng said, "If we can go back safely this time, you can buy a small apartment after splitting the money, and live a good life with Xiao Cui." Speaking here, he sighed despondently, "Originally, ten of us came here, but I didn't expect that in just one day, only four of us will be left."
Thinking of those few brothers who had died tragically, all three of them were momentarily filled with sorrow.
After a long time, Chi looked up and said, "Brother Feng, if we can go back alive, this revenge, we must avenge for our brothers."
A flash of ruthlessness appeared on Jiang Yu Feng's cold face as he nodded, "I will definitely kill An Sha with my own hands."
Qiao Wen does not mix with the jianghu, there is nothing to avenge the psychology of hatred, but thinking of Chen Canaan, who is still unconscious behind him, the heart also rarely floats on a wave of hatred that wants to kill the enemy.
A few people were chatting when the two siblings, Ah Ming and Ah Jiao, returned.
Both of them were dressed in local traditional clothes, looking like simple villagers. Ajiao saw several people sitting in front of the door and ran over with a smile, presenting the mushrooms picked in the basket to them.
Jovian smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
Ajiao's face immediately floated with a touch of big girl's shyness. She was a seventeen or eighteen year old girl, with a healthy complexion, and a pair of dark eyes, not exactly the prettiest, but such a young, simple and enthusiastic girl had her own pleasing features.
She pointed to her brother, who was following behind her, and gibbered.
Though she was well aware that of the three, only Chi knew Vietnamese, her eyes were still on Qiaowen when she said this.
Chi translated with a look of urgency, "Wen, Ajiao said his brother caught fish from the river, how do you want to eat it?"
Jovan said graciously, "Stew will do."
Chi said loudly in Vietnamese to the young girl in front of him, "Stew."
The girl nodded and couldn't help but look at Jovian again before greeting her brother and heading off to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Anyway, those two siblings don't understand Chinese, Ah Zhi joked without any fear, "Ah Wen, if we really can't go back, you don't have to worry, you can stay here to be a son-in-law for others, I'm afraid that good-looking men like you are very sought after."
Qiao Wen smiled disdainfully, and before he could say anything, Jiang Youfeng had already said first: "Ah Wen is not just good-looking, if it wasn't for him on this journey, several of us would have lost our lives long ago. Someone as capable as him, he still needs to go back to Hong Kong City to show off his skills."
Chi, who had also seen what Jovian could do, nodded deeply, "That's true."
Jiang Yu Feng slightly straightened his face and said to Qiao Wen, "Wen, this time, Brother Feng's wisest decision was to let you come with us. But it's also true that you you've suffered with us."
Qiao Wen shook his head indifferently, "I'm also uneasy about Nan, as long as he's fine, this bitterness is nothing."
Jiang Yu Feng turned back to look at the ignorant Chen Canaan and laughed, "Ah Nan, this bastard boy, is considered blessed to have an Ah Di like you."
Jovian smiled back, "Nan's been good to me."
Jiang Yu Feng said, "I know that you guys have a good relationship."
After last night's military turmoil, it was rare for the three to relax and chat, and although the road ahead was uncertain, at least this moment was peaceful for the time being.
Compared to Ajiao, his brother, A Ming, seems to be a young man of few words, seldom to the front of a few people to come together, only Ajiao a girl in and out to greet a few strange male guests, is a little out of the surprisingly generous.
Dinner is a pot of delicious stewed river fish with mountain mushrooms, Southeast Asia makes good use of all kinds of spices, even before the pot is brought into the house, the aroma is already fragrant for ten miles.
Qiao Wen first served a bowl to Chen Canaan.
Chen Canaan's abdomen was injured, so he couldn't directly help him sit up, he could only place his head on his lap before trying to call him, "Nan wake up, dinner is ready!"
It took several screams before the drowsy man responded slightly.
Chen Canaan slowly opened his eyes and saw the person above him, his gaze a little lax, as if he didn't quite recognize the person, and spoke in a low voice, "Xiao Qiao?"
Jovian: "Nan, it's me."
Chen Canaan nodded his head unsearchably and said vaguely, "Uh, it's Xiao Qiao."
Qiao Wen picked up the small bowl, "Nan, wake up a little and eat something."
Chen Canaan's eyes were still half-open and half-closed, obviously not very awake, but when Qiao Wen placed the spoon with the fish on his lips, he instinctively opened his mouth and slowly swallowed it into his stomach.
He usually eats like a wolf, and the rare time he chews slowly is when he's about to lose half his life.
Not only did he eat slowly, but it also dripped out from the corners of his mouth from time to time, and Qiao Wen immediately wiped it clean. He had been raised with respect and was the pride of heaven in the eyes of others, and was actually not good at taking care of patients, but at this moment, taking care of Chen Canaan was meticulous and ironic, as if he had already done such a thing many times.
In fact, it wasn't so much how many times he had done it, but rather the original body's memories of Chen Canaan taking care of that frail little Qiaowen in this way countless times.
A bowl of fish with soup fed, spent a small half clock, Chen Canaan in the end is still not too awake, ate this point, then closed his eyes do not want.
Jovian let him lean back against his lap for a little while to take the edge off before placing the man back on the pillows.
A few people ate such a big meal, finally is a reprieve, the night and then a good night's sleep, tomorrow will probably be able to fully recover their strength.
Therefore, not long after the genius had just darkened, Jiang Youfeng and Ah Zhi slept on the sidelines early.
Qiao Wen has always been less sleep, daytime sleep half a day, this moment is only but nine o'clock, lying on the ground since the sleep.
From time to time there were whispers of Ajiao's siblings in the next room, but he didn't understand Vietnamese and didn't know what the siblings were talking about at night, let alone go and join them.
Because of the delay in falling asleep, Qiao Wen finally waited for Chen Canaan to wake up again.
This time is really awake, although the voice is still weak but very clear call "Xiao Qiao".
When Qiao Wen heard the commotion, he busily fished for the candle next to him and lit it, then sat up slightly, and through the candlelight, he looked at the person next to him and said, "Brother Nan, you're awake?"
Chen Canaan fumbled to grab his hand and opened his eyes, looking at him in the dim light.
His dark, sunken eyes looked to have cleared up quite a bit, but he just didn't say anything for a long time.
Unsure of his condition, Qiao Wen asked worriedly, "Brother Nan, are you in pain? Do you want some water?"
Chen Canaan slowly shook his head and finally spoke in a low voice, "Xiao Qiao, I seem to have had a dream."
Listening to his tone, which seemed genuinely lucid, Jovian followed his words and asked, "What dream?"
Chen Canaan said, "I dreamed that you told me that you were leaving for a faraway place and would never come back."