At the beginning of Niujia Village, my sister-in-law and I depended on each other.

"you wanna die?"

Before he could feel the smoothness on his neck, Niu Dingtian's drunkenness wore off and he shouted coldly.

The force in his hands was so great that in just a moment, the person in the darkness had no strength to resist.

Although it was pitch black in front of him and he couldn't see anything, he could smell a rich aroma mixed with a faint smell of blood. Obviously, this person was not Bao Bu Tong.

Feeling something suddenly wet on his hands, Niu Dingtian took out a fire starter from the bedside, blew it up, and in the faint light, he saw a pair of eyes filled with tears and despair.

"It's you?"

Niu Dingtian was stunned for a moment, and the strength in his hands lightened a little.

The person in front of him was the woman in black who threw chopsticks at him in Songhe Tower in the afternoon.

At this moment, his left arm was wrapped in a layer of black gauze, blood oozing out, and a small crossbow was exposed from the cuff.

After seeing Niu Dingtian's face, she immediately held back her tears and fear, and the feeling of suffocation around her neck, and looked into Niu Dingtian's eyes stubbornly.

"He must have been injured outside, and it rained heavily in the middle of the night, so he took shelter in the thatched hut."

"Or, someone is chasing us."

Niu Dingtian thought about it for a moment and came up with an idea in his mind.

If the other party really came for him, what he shot at Songhe Tower in the afternoon would not be chopsticks.

After glancing at the wound on the black-clad woman's left arm, Niu Dingtian removed her crossbow and slowly released her neck.

"Cough cough cough..."

After breaking free from the restraints, the woman in black had tears in her eyes and covered her neck while coughing violently.

Niu Dingtian lit the oil lamp, sat on the bed made of wooden sticks, and said thoughtfully:
"You shoot me three arrows, and I pinch you. No one dies, so no one should blame anyone else."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman in black, who had just recovered her breath, was like a little wild cat with its fur standing on end. She picked up a blue-printed Shura knife and slashed towards Niu Dingtian.

Although her eyes were fierce, her strength was weakened by eight points due to her injury.

At this moment, he exerted force suddenly, and blood gushed out of the wound on his arm.

Niu Dingtian lightly slashed with his palm, and the precious sword fell to the ground with a clang. The woman in black wanted to attack again, but before she could chop out a palm, she fell limply on the bed.

Then, she clutched the corner of the quilt tightly with her right hand, forced herself to stand up, and stared at Niu Dingtian coldly.

Niu Dingtian didn't care much about it. Some people's strength was just a disguise to cover up their inferiority and anxiety.

Just now, he saw clearly the tears and fear in the girl's eyes.

After some hesitation, Niu Dingtian looked into the eyes of the woman in black and asked:

"Swimming from the lake?"

The woman in black didn't say anything, but her eyes were cold as she continued to stare at Niu Dingtian.

But her slightly trembling body and gradually disordered breathing showed that she must be feeling unwell.

Niu Dingtian sighed softly. This girl was obviously mentally handicapped.

Glancing at the water stains on the bedside that looked like water stains wrung out of wet clothes, he stood up, found a pile of dry firewood, lit it in the mud stove, put an iron pot on it, poured clean water on it, took out his torn brocade robe, tore off a few long strips of cloth and threw them in.

Then, he just stood by the earthen stove, looking down at the water in the pot until it boiled.

Seeing Niu Dingtian's actions, the woman in black on the bed looked wary.

It was still raining heavily outside, but the fire in the stove did dispel a lot of the moisture in the house.

Niu Dingtian put out the fire, picked out a piece of cloth and hung it on the side of the pot, looked at the woman in black, and said:
"Wounds that come in contact with raw water are prone to festering. When the hot water cools down, clean the wound and bandage it after the cloth strips dry."

After saying that, he picked up his clothes, opened his umbrella, turned around and walked out of the thatched hut, and came to the pavilion nearby.

He was wet all over and felt very uncomfortable. He had to change his clothes as soon as possible.

But just as he unbuckled his belt, he heard a creaking sound from the thatched hut next to him.

The door was opened.

Then, a figure staggered out from inside and walked towards the boat in the rain. The lake was pitch black, and the woman in black disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Niu Dingtian raised his eyebrows and shouted:

"Girl, the boat can't be rowed away! I need it to go into town to drink!"

This is not nonsense. I specially packed up different boats for the convenience of traveling. How can someone take them away as soon as I got them?

"Puff-"

But just as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of someone falling into the lake, which was not very clear in the pouring rain.

"Is there any fish?"

Niu Dingtian was stunned.

"How could it be such a coincidence?"

Reacting quickly, he jumped out of the pavilion and rushed towards the inky black lake.

……

After a dozen breaths——

Returning to the shore again, Niu Dingtian carried the delicate body horizontally and walked into the thatched hut with a gloomy face.

The two men were soaked in water, their heavy clothes stuck to their bodies and water kept flowing onto the ground.

Walking to the bed, Niu Dingtian glanced at the person in his arms, then looked at the bed, a hint of hesitation appearing on his face.

There are straw mats, rice straw and quilts on the bed. He can just put them on the bed. If the weather is not clear for the next few days, he will not sleep on the bed.

But no matter what, being injured to this extent, he had to take off all the wet clothes. After all, his current skills were not strong enough to dry the wet clothes.

Feeling the delicate body trembling in his arms, Niu Dingtian hesitated for a moment and pulled off the green satin cloak she was wearing.

What came into view was a beautiful face, but due to the injuries, it was too pale and bloodless.

When his eyes fell on the fair and slender neck and he saw a purple mark from being pinched, Niu Dingtian couldn't help but be stunned.

"..."

"A sin..."

With a slight sigh, he carefully untied the black gauze on the woman's wound.

He reached into his bosom and pulled out a boxwood comb, a bronze mirror, two pink handkerchiefs, and three small wooden boxes.

"It's still feminine."

Niu Dingtian thought silently.

After taking off his coat, shoes and socks, Niu Dingtian placed the girl on the bed.

He wiped away the blood stains around her wound, revealing the festering wound that had turned a little white.

When she was cleaning her wound with a cloth dipped in warm water, the girl still felt pain in her daze, and her body trembled and shrank.

"I should bring back some sorghum wine."

After cleaning, Niu Dingtian murmured to himself as he looked at the girl's snow-white arms.

The wound was a little festering, and there was no medicine or anti-inflammatory drug. It was also a damp and rainy day, so it was difficult to deal with.

While frowning in thought, Niu Dingtian's heart suddenly moved as he smelled the faint, sweet and greasy fragrance coming from the girl.

I can borrow some medicine if there is no medicine...A-Bi said it is more than ten miles to the southeast.

The night is dark, but as long as you row in the right direction, you can always see lights at night.

Thinking of this, he quickly stood up, found two thick towels, stuffed them into the girl's wet undergarments, covered her with a quilt, moved the earthen stove next to the wooden board, and lit a pile of firewood.

After doing all this, Niu Dingtian picked up the Shura Knife on the ground, walked out of the thatched hut, and quickly disappeared into the dark night. (End of this chapter)