The more intense the situation beca, the calr Mu Shuangshuang beca.
"You should tell Huang Er that yourself." Just as she finished speaking, Mu Shuangshuang pulled the hemp rope in her hand and jumped down from the tree, kicking a wolf away in the process.
She landed lightly and stood firmly beside Huang Da.
When she chose that tree earlier, Mu Shuangshuang had calculated the distance so that she could jump down and save Huang Da in monts of crisis.
However, the two of them definitely couldn’t rely on just this rope to leave.
They could only take it one step at a ti.
Mu Shuangshuang’s sudden appearance temporarily startled the wolves. The white Wolf King howled twice, and no more wolves attacked.
But its fierce gaze was fixed on Mu Shuangshuang.
Huang Da was like an eggplant hit by frost. "Miss Shuangshuang, are you crazy? Doing this will get you killed too."
Ignoring the blood still flowing from his wrist, Huang Da scolded Mu Shuangshuang.
"If I hadn’t co down, your wrist would’ve been bitten off. Now stop talking and focus on dealing with the wolves; Huang Er and the others are almost here."
As soon as Mu Shuangshuang finished speaking, Huang Er’s furious roaring gradually approached.
Nobody knew where he got a wooden fra from, but on it were bundles of firewood, already set ablaze.
When he got closer, the wolves parted to let him through.
Huang Er charged into the circle. Mu Shuangshuang instructed them, "Quickly, gather so more dry grass and firewood. We must hold out until Yuan Feng cos back."
Mu Shuangshuang only trusted Lu Yuanfeng to have the ability, so she waited for Lu Yuanfeng.
Huang Er noticed the blood flowing from Huang Da’s wrist and wanted to check it, but Huang Da waved him off.
"Huang Er, guard one direction each. For the rest, leave it to the fire to hold."
Near the fire, the snow had already lted, and stepping on it felt quite muddy.
Huang Er was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Though he held the longbow in his hand, he didn’t dare to draw it.
"Brother, I’m not afraid of dying, but this ti we’ve dragged Miss Shuangshuang into it too," said Huang Er.
"Stop babbling. If you hadn’t insisted on shooting an arrow into the wolf pack, we wouldn’t have angered them." Huang Da reprimanded Huang Er.
No matter what Huang Da said, Huang Er listened without daring to retort.
"Miss Shuangshuang, if we get out of this, the Huang brothers will follow you and Brother Fengzi for life, doing whatever you say." Huang Da added.
"You two are really talkative; you never stop. If it weren’t for this situation today, I’d definitely beat you up." Mu Shuangshuang said with a smile.
Only soone like Mu Shuangshuang could still be smiling in such a situation.
The Huang brothers were increasingly amazed.
"Miss Shuangshuang, I’ve never t a girl as brave as you in my life."
"Our Tie Dao Village and your Er Gui Village, just hearing the na Niuwei Mountain scares everyone to death, let alone going up." Huang Er agreed.
"Exactly, the strategies you give us don’t even resemble those of a countryside woman; they’re more like those of an experienced hunter," Huang Er chid in.
"That’s right, you guys should see what Fengzi does; he’s the king of the jungle." Mu Shuangshuang shalessly praised Lu Yuanfeng along with herself.
Huang Da and Huang Er secretly laughed, but their hearts were filled with admiration for Lu Yuanfeng.
That guy is really lucky. They thought he only found a village woman, but her wisdom is way above the average village woman.
The three of them eased their nerves by talking, while staying alert.
They were scared and hungry, and their nerves were on edge.
After a while, a howling sound suddenly ca from not far in the forest.
Mu Shuangshuang was the first to react, asking Huang Da, "What animal makes that sound? It seems to be coming this way."
"It’s a jackal... it’s a jackal. Wolves love to fight jackals; we’re saved." Huang Da replied.
The howling of the jackals was getting closer.
The wolf pack perked up their ears, as if trying to determine the direction of the jackals, but the sound was too far away to tell.
"Ah-ooh~"
The wolves howled back and forth, seemingly trying to intimidate the still unseen jackal pack.
Now, the pack bared their sharp wolf fangs. Their target, as Mu Shuangshuang said, had shifted.
The three of them weren’t enough to feed a dozen wolves, but a jackal pack was different.
If they won, the whole pack could survive the winter.
Wolves are adventurous animals; facing unknown danger, they were excited rather than afraid.
Mu Shuangshuang reminded Huang Da and Huang Er, "Later, seize the mont to escape. Take care of yourselves."
"Ow~" the sound of jackals got closer.
The wolf pack started running in the direction of the sound.
Mu Shuangshuang took the opportunity to grab a burning torch and fled in the opposite direction from the wolves.
The Huang brothers hadn’t even reacted before Mu Shuangshuang was far away.
The sky gradually darkened.
The forest was in chaos, with animal cries echoing throughout the woods.
Lu Yuanfeng followed the footprints all the way with a torch and finally found Mu Shuangshuang and the Huang brothers in a hidden cave.
Inside the cave, the fire burned high. Seeing the person he had been thinking about, Lu Yuanfeng rushed straight over and hugged Mu Shuangshuang tightly.
"As long as you’re okay!" Just a few words, but they exhausted all of Lu Yuanfeng’s strength.
Mu Shuangshuang grinned and gently patted Lu Yuanfeng’s back, comforting him and also telling herself that there was no more danger.
"Yuan Feng, are you okay?" Mu Shuangshuang grabbed Lu Yuanfeng’s wrist and looked him up and down, finally landing her gaze on his feet.
Mu Shuangshuang felt a pang of heartache. "Oh dear, your shoes, why are they ruined?"
Lu Yuanfeng’s pair of old cotton shoes were worn through, his toes sticking out, and inside the shoes, ice-shard blood had ford.
Even so, Lu Yuanfeng didn’t feel cold; instead, his heart was rather warm.
"Yuan Feng, sit down quickly, take off your shoes, and warm your feet. I brought an embroidery needle; I’ll patch your shoes, or else you won’t be able to wear them." Mu Shuangshuang seated Lu Yuanfeng on the ground.
The embroidery needle was given to her before leaving by Yu Si Niang.
She wasn’t good at embroidery, the only thing she knew was patching clothes. As for embroidery, sothing every Da Ning woman knew, she was clueless.
Yu Si Niang said that in the mountains, branches were many, and clothes easily got torn. If they tore, they had to be patched quickly to prevent the cotton inside from reducing.
What kept the cotton-padded clothing warm was indeed the cotton inside. If all the cotton was gone, then the clothes were useless.
Mu Shuangshuang didn’t want Yu Si Niang to worry, so she brought it. She didn’t expect it would actually co in handy.
"Shuangshuang, there’s no need to sew them. I’ll make do for a day; we’ll go down the mountain tomorrow." Lu Yuanfeng didn’t let Mu Shuangshuang touch his feet.
He felt they were dirty.
"Don’t talk. I told you to take care of yourself, but you talk nonsense!"
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