Reborn as the Villain's Wife, I Shine in 80s-Chapter 131 - 127 Encounter (2)

"Hey, hey... Xiao Jiang, wake up." Tian Sangsang called out a few times, but he remained motionless. She lowered her gaze to look at his clothes again; the fabric around the left side of his torso was soaked in blood, clearly indicating a large wound there. There was another injury on the back of his right shoulder, a bloody mess, seemingly caused by a sharp weapon being stabbed in and roughly pulled out. The rest of his body didn’t have major injuries—just some knife wounds.

She carefully peeled back the fabric beside him and took a single look at the pus-filled wound. Instantly, she turned her face away, not only feeling a strong urge to vomit but also shedding tears unknowingly.

It wasn’t because she was timid or anything, nor because she felt sorry for this man. In fact, they were complete strangers. But even though she was overweight, she was still a woman. And women naturally favor delicate things. Faced with such a ghastly wound, she couldn’t help but feel somewhat afraid and flustered.

Tian Sangsang stood up and cast a complex gaze down at the man lying on the ground. She muttered to herself, "Sorry, but I can’t save you."

"I’m not a doctor."

"If I go looking for a doctor for you, who’s going to pay the medical bills?"

"Besides, who knows if you’re being chased or something? If I get caught up in this, both my son and I will suffer for it."

"Even if I manage to carry you to a hospital, with how weak your breathing is, you probably won’t last long anyway."

"If the doctor fails to save you and you die, forget about medical fees—won’t even the coffin costs fall on me?"

"May the Lord have mercy on you."

"Early death or late death, you’ll die either way."

"Everyone faces death eventually—some as light as a feather, others as heavy as a mountain."

"Early death means early reincarnation. I hope next lifetime you won’t end up as a disposable pawn."

"Or maybe you’ll get a fresh start after you die?"

"Anyway, given that you’re destined to be a pawn, whether it’s now or later, a pawn’s fate is a pawn’s fate, right?"

"Don’t worry. I’ll take care of Li Yibai for you. Even though at the moment, it seems like you don’t know Li Yibai yet..."

"So that’s that. I’ll take good care of your son. You can rest in peace."

"..."

Tian Sangsang shook her head, finishing her rambling. She bowed deeply and said, "Amen. I’m leaving now; take care of yourself. I’ll just pretend I didn’t see anything." With that, she fled the crime scene in haste.

On the way back, Tian Sangsang passed by a butcher shop and bought three large bones, though she wasn’t entirely sure why she did. When she got home, she placed the basket on the ground and the bones on the table.

Meng Shuyan came in from outside, followed by Little Milk Tea. His eyes formed crescents as he smiled brightly, "Mom, you’re back. Earlier I was performing with Little Milk Tea."

Tian Sangsang wiped the sweat off his face. "Performing what?"

"This—look." Meng Shuyan raised one hand and said childishly, "Milk Tea, squat."

Little Milk Tea obediently squatted.

"Milk Tea, stand up."

Little Milk Tea promptly stood up.

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Little Milk Tea jumped onto the table with impressive agility, grabbed a dishcloth in its mouth, and used its paws to swipe and scrub. Its antics were ridiculously funny.

"Wow, amazing." Tian Sangsang clapped her hands in praise, "You’re both so impressive!"

Meng Shuyan beamed with joy from the compliment, his face glowing pinkish white.

"Yanyan, let’s eat watermelon. Mom brought back two watermelons today." Tian Sangsang pinched his soft, plump cheek, then noticed Chen Ying coming downstairs. She said, "Yingzi, I have watermelon here. Take one and eat it with Chen Ming."

Chen Ying walked over, touched and tapped the watermelon, weighing it in her hands. "Where’d you get such a big watermelon?"

"Lucky break—picked them up from the mountain. Giving one to you and Chen Ming. Yanyan and I won’t be able to finish two by ourselves."

Chen Ying wasn’t used to eating watermelon often, so she seemed quite excited. She accepted it without hesitation.

Tian Sangsang began preparing dinner, which turned out to be quite hearty—a yam stew with large bones, fragrant enough to intoxicate.

Watching Meng Shuyan eat gleefully, Tian Sangsang suddenly thought about the wounded man still inside the cave.

Damn it!

At that moment, Zhao Chun’s favorite catchphrase popped into her mind.

I’ve totally lost to you. Tian Sangsang grumbled inwardly. I can’t just leave someone to die.

After dinner, she entered the space, ladling four large spoonfuls of leftover bone soup into a storage container. Then she prepared a medical kit containing basic supplies: white gauze, medical cotton swabs, cotton balls, iodine, alcohol, red medicine water, purple medicine, clean scissors, band-aids, painkillers, hemostatic pills, Aspirin, Wind Oil Essence, cooling oil, small tweezers, antipyretic medications, cold medicine, and so on.

Before darkness fully set in, Tian Sangsang hurried out the door.

Once again stepping onto the trail, she found the forest cloaked in fog. The distant calls of birds echoed, urging Tian Sangsang to quicken her pace. Finally, she arrived at her destination. She shone her flashlight inside the cave; the lighting was dimmer now than before. She groped her way to the corner—he was still there.

Tian Sangsang first reached out to touch the man’s forehead, which was burning hot. Good heavens, let’s not have the villainous Big Boss turned into a foolish Big Idiot! Tian Sangsang gently pushed him flat onto the ground and retrieved a clean cloth from her space, placing it on his forehead. The moment the cool fabric made contact, he stirred slightly, his tightly drawn features relaxing a little, though his eyes remained closed.

It’s better if he doesn’t open them.

Desperate measures for a dying man.

Tian Sangsang didn’t intend to contact any hospital for him. She didn’t want to have any ties with him. She merely hoped his life force was strong enough to survive under her care.

But then, an unexpected development occurred. As she pushed him down and straightened up, a fleeting image surfaced in her mind.

This man was, in fact, quite handsome. His striking features and well-built physique... Just now, when she accidentally brushed against him, those muscles were definitely not fake—they were honed through training.

"Smack!" Tian Sangsang slapped herself across the face and sighed heavily. "You original owner, you’ve ruined me. Four-legged frogs might be hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere. Oh well, fine! Saving him today clears our accounts—I’m paying off your debt for you!"

With that, Tian Sangsang pulled out the nourishing bone soup from her space and began feeding it to him. The process was predictably challenging; the milky-white broth dribbled from his lips onto the ground below. Gah! What a waste of all that bone nutrition! There were other ways to feed him, but she wasn’t about to sacrifice herself to save a stranger. After the soup, she followed up with antipyretic medication.

Next, Tian Sangsang gave his wounds a simple dressing. Disinfection and medication—she handled it with ease. She may never have butchered a pig, but she had seen pigs run.

During the dressing process, the pain evidently became too much. He thrashed violently for a moment. Tian Sangsang, now drenched in sweat, looked up at him, only to see his head tilted to the side, the earlier cloth slipping to the floor. She bent down to pick it up, but suddenly, his hand shot up and grabbed her wrist tightly.

Tian Sangsang froze in place, her body stiffening as her heartbeat skipped a beat.