met free Chapter 193 Azhu
Chapter 193 Azhu
The next day.
Sunlight filtered through the leaves of the trees, dappling Lin Shu's delicate features.
A dirty figure squatted in the grass to Lin Shu's left, one hand gripping the grass, tilting his head to look at her, and occasionally raising his other hand to shield her from the sun.
As if sensing someone beside her, Lin Shu suddenly opened her eyes without warning, a cold glint flashing in them.
What comes into view is—
A clump of messy hair, like a bird's nest.
Lin Shu was startled and immediately sat up. She saw a bird's-nest head popping out of the grass, which looked extremely strange.
When the man saw Lin Shu open her eyes, he suddenly stared intently into them, his eyes revealing a kind of affection, the kind that one has for an object.
Then, he raised the hand that was holding the grass and reached out to Lin Shu, not reacting even as the branches and leaves bounced back and hit his face with a 'slap slap' sound.
Sudden--
"Bang... bang..."
Two sounds rang out one after the other: the sound of Lin Shu kicking someone, and the sound of that person landing on the ground.
It turned out that just as the man was about to touch her, Lin Shu's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and she kicked him.
"Ugh...ugh..." Lin Shu's kick seemed to have been a bit too hard. After the person landed, he knelt on the ground and let out a painful whimper.
Lin Shu got up to check.
The person on the ground appeared to be a man, wearing clothes so dirty that their color was indistinguishable. He was hunched over, one hand clutching his stomach, while the other hand hung limply at his side.
A few green fruits kept falling out of his hand as he clutched his stomach.
Seemingly noticing Lin Shu's gaze, the man tried to look up at her.
Lin Shu then took a closer look at the other person's face. Uh... it was too dirty to see their features clearly.
"It hurts...! Ugh..." The man seemed to have not spoken for a long time, and the sound he made was like that of a wild beast.
He was filled with 'grievance' at this moment, but he still made sure to hand the few wild fruits he was holding to Lin Shu.
Lin Shu recognized the familiar voice coming from him; this must be the person who helped her scare away the wild beast last night…
“Hungry…eat…” the man said, pointing to Lin Shu’s stomach, enunciating each word clearly.
Seeing that Lin Shu still didn't speak, he struggled to get up, gently placed the wild fruit on a clean leaf, reached out and tugged at Lin Shu's clothes, and continued to point at Lin Shu's stomach: "Cry...! Hungry...."
After saying that, he moved the leaf containing the wild fruit closer to Lin Shu and said, "Eat!"
Lin Shu roughly understood...
The man must have heard his stomach growl while he was asleep, and he thought he was hungry, so he went to find some fruit for himself.
Seeing that although his clothes were dirty, his hands were clean, and that he had saved her, she reached out and picked up the fruit, saying with a hint of apology, "Thank you."
The man's eyes lit up, and he kept repeating, "Eat..."
Lin Shu ate two fruits, and seeing that the other person was still squatting on the ground staring at her mouth, she took one and handed it to him.
The man's clear, innocent eyes widened for a moment before he reached out and took it, grinning foolishly at Lin Shu. His perfectly white teeth contrasted strangely with his dirty attire.
Lin Shu pursed her lips, looked at the strange man beside her, and tentatively asked, "Did you save me?"
The man seemed a little slow to process what was happening; he tilted his head and thought for a long time before nodding.
Then, like a wild beast, he moved closer to Lin Shu on all fours, squatted down on the ground, pointed in a direction, then pointed at Lin Shu, then at himself, slowly conveying:
"Sister...water...help!"
Hearing the other person's incomprehensible words, Lin Shu looked at his unnaturally drooping arm and the blood clots on his hair. Was he injured in the head? No wonder he seemed strange and not very bright!
Lin Shu frowned and asked, "You mean I fell into the water and you saved me?"
Seeing that Lin Shu understood his meaning, the man nodded excitedly, so much so that he felt dizzy.
Lin Shu turned her head and saw the clothes she had used as a cushion last night. Weren't they Ji Wan's clothes? No wonder they looked familiar!
Did Ji Wan also fall down?
Lin Shu frowned, looked at the man who had been staring intently at her, and asked again, "When you saved me, did you see anyone else?"
The man blinked his dark, bewildered eyes twice, then shook his head and nodded.
This time, Lin Shu didn't understand what he meant; perhaps he himself didn't even know!
Lin Shu sighed, looked at his arm, and casually asked, "Are you injured? Do you want me to take a look?"
This time, the man reacted quickly, immediately moving close to Lin Shu and using his good hand to lift her drooping arm: "Sister...look...!"
Lin Shu was taken aback, then took his hand and gently tore open the clothes on his arm. She saw a large gash on his arm, the wound was turned outwards and whitish, and it was even inflamed...
Moreover, the wound looked like a fresh one inflicted by a blunt instrument, which made Lin Shu uneasy. She felt that the injury was probably related to her!
After the wound was treated, Lin Shu pretended to take out a bottle of medicine from the pouch at her waist.
The man looked at Lin Shu's purse, then at the porcelain bottle in her hand, tilting his head with a hint of doubt in his eyes—there was clearly nothing there last night!
Lin Shu didn't notice his expression. She gently sprinkled the medicine on his arm, which immediately made him wince in pain. However, the arm in Lin Shu's hand did not move at all.
When Lin Shu looked at him, he grinned at her with his big white teeth.
After Lin Shu finished bandaging the man's wound, she looked at the unidentified green liquid on her own elbow, frowned, and casually sprinkled some medicinal powder on it...
Once everything was settled, Lin Shu looked up again and saw the man staring intently at the medicine in her hand, pointing with a look of utter confusion in his eyes.
Lin Shu raised an eyebrow. Looks like she's not stupid after all!
The two remained there for a long time. Lin Shu looked at the man squatting beside her like a big dog, and then said in a voice that was neither warm nor cold:
"My name is Lin Shu. Do you remember your name?"
The man thought for a moment, his face contorting as if he had realized something, but just as he was about to speak, a piercing pain shot through him, causing him to clench his fist and slam it hard against his head.
"Bless...bless...! Ah...it hurts!"
"If you can't remember, then so be it!" Lin Shu pulled away his hand that was hitting her head repeatedly, and softened her voice: "Until you remember, I'll just call you A-Zhu."
He seemed to really like the nickname "A-Zhu," grinning at Lin Shu, but unfortunately his face was so dirty that it was not attractive at all!
Lin Shu looked at the dirty person in front of her and silently took a few steps back.
A-Zhu naturally noticed the rejection in Lin Shu's eyes, and dejectedly squatted down, taking two steps back.
Seeing this, Lin Shu rubbed her forehead, then stood up and said to Azhu, "Let's go wash up in the pool."
She was about to wash off the greenish stuff on her elbow, but then—
Upon hearing that they were going to the riverbank, A-Zhu immediately shook her head, refusing to go no matter what.
Lin Shu was confused.
Finally, only after being threatened by Lin Shu did Azhu slowly follow behind her...
It wasn't until they reached the pool that Lin Shu roughly guessed why A-Zhu was unwilling to come. She saw—
A woman, stripped down to only a white undergarment, was carelessly tossed onto the grass by the pond...
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