Chapter 319: Xiang Yuanyuan is injured and worried (two in one)
Every time Xiang Yuanyuan saw this scene, she couldn't help but laugh secretly, and then took a lot of photos with her mobile phone. The sight of the two animals massaging Du Ruo was really too funny.
Of course, the black bear doesn’t look as aggrieved as it did at the beginning. Since the arrival of Tiger Vanguard, it seems that it doesn’t feel so aggrieved anymore.
Tiger Pioneer did not feel aggrieved. In fact, it seemed to have regarded Du Ruo as its own kind and quite liked playing with Du Ruo. The most important thing was that Du Ruo was provided with food and accommodation here. After eating, he could bask in the sun. Xiang Yuanyuan would also tickle him, which made him feel very comfortable.
"Okay, someone is coming, you guys go hide in the cabin first."
Du Ruo, who was enjoying it, said something, then waved his hand, and an invisible force in the air pushed Tiger Vanguard and Black Bear into the house.
"Ouch~"
Tiger Vanguard was initially somewhat reluctant, and rubbed his head against Du Ruo in a coquettish manner, then he opened his mouth and growled in a low voice.
But before it could finish roaring, Du Ruo grabbed Tiger Vanguard's mouth and muted it manually.
Then, the tiger and the bear were pushed into the corner of the wooden house.
After they entered the wooden house, Du Ruo got down from the table and sat on the chair.
Not far away, Uncle Xiong slowly walked over with some vegetables in his hands.
"What about sunbathing?"
Uncle Xiong saw Du Ruo sitting on the chair and asked with a smile.
"Uncle Xiong, you are here. Come and sit down. I am going to bask in the sun to replenish my calcium."
Du Ruo stood up and asked Uncle Xiong to sit down.
"I went to the market today and bought some vegetables. I thought I'd send some over to you."
Uncle Xiong put the vegetables in his hand on the table, and at the same time looked at the increasingly cozy cabin, with a bigger smile on his face.
"Uncle Xiong, I'm sorry to bother you to bring the food over. We can just go buy it ourselves."
Xiang Yuanyuan came out of the house carrying tea. When a bear and a tiger entered the house, she knew that there must be guests coming, so she asked the two guys to hide so as not to scare others.
The only one who needed Du Ruo to do this was Uncle Xiong.
The two of them also went to the nearest market, but there were few vegetables at the moment, and their main purpose of going to the market was to buy meat for the Working Bear and Working Tiger.
Of course, the two were very grateful for Uncle Xiong's behavior. It felt good to have someone care about them. Although they didn't necessarily need it, they appreciated it.
"It's not a big deal, but this year quite a few young people have returned, saying they want to develop at home. The village has become more vibrant recently."
Uncle Xiong took the tea but didn't drink it. Instead, he chatted with the two of them for a while.
"The environment outside is indeed not that good now, but is there any way out for young people returning to the village?"
Du Ruo continued the conversation, and Xiang Yuanyuan brought out a plate of dried fruits, which were taken out by Du Ruo from the nests of those unfortunate squirrels in the forest when he went into the mountains later.
Since Xiang Yuanyuan couldn’t finish eating them, she washed them and fried them to make dried fruits, which are great as snacks or for entertaining guests.
"What else can we do in this mountainous area? We can contract some forests or ponds to raise some snow frogs, and then grow some food. We won't have to worry about food and drink."
Uncle Xiong had a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was very supportive of someone coming back to do this.
They live off the mountain, but now no one is going up the mountain anymore, so they feel pretty bad.
"But they have been quite idle recently. Several of them are filming around the village with their cell phones. If you don't like it, I'll keep an eye on them and don't let them come over."
Having said that, Uncle Xiong actually explained his purpose.
Uncle Xiong looks like an old farmer from the mountains, but that doesn't mean he is unintelligent. He doesn't know the identities of Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan and he hasn't asked about them, but he knows they are definitely not simple.
The last time Du Ruo came here, he was brought here personally by the leader of the Municipal Bureau, Xing Anming. But this time, the cabin had been renovated before he even arrived, and they even came over to connect the electricity.
You have to know that if there is any problem in their village, they have to go to the higher authorities to ask for help. From this point alone, it can be seen that Du Ruo is either rich or powerful, so he cares so much about it.
This time I came to find out Du Ruo's specific ideas. Even if I can't motivate the young people in the village, at least I don't want these young people to come and offend others. Of course, it would be even better if I could lead them.
"It's okay, Uncle Xiong. We are not something to be ashamed of. There is no need to stop us. Please just tell them that we are staying in this cabin for the time being."
Du Ruo smiled and didn't think too much about it. His life now was very straightforward and he didn't think about those trivial things at all.
However, he didn't want anyone to break into the cabin when they were not at home, so he mentioned it to Uncle Xiong.
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I've told them, they know what to do, so I'll go back first."
After Uncle Xiong knew Du Ruo's thoughts, he didn't stay any longer. After saying something, he went back to the village with his hands behind his back.
“The young people Uncle Xiong mentioned should be engaged in self-media.”
Xiang Yuanyuan watched Uncle Xiong leave, and then started chatting with Du Ruo.
"Well, it should be. It's hard to find a job now. At least the expenses won't be that high if I go back to the village. Young people don't have as many concerns as middle-aged people. Maybe I can make it."
Du Ruo understood more about this and was also quite emotional. If he didn't have the golden finger, he might have started live streaming with Yang Chenguang after he lost his job. Without the golden finger, he wouldn't dare to use all his savings to run a B&B.
For zero-cost startups like live streaming or video shooting, regardless of whether you can make money, at least you won’t get into debt.
"Ah."
Xiang Yuanyuan had nothing to say about this. With her family's financial resources and assets, she had only made videos for fun before and had never been short of money.
"Ouch~~"
The tiger vanguard and black bear in the house walked out after they were no longer restrained by the invisible forces.
Tiger Vanguard was biting a big bone in his mouth, and Black Bear was holding a bunch of fruit in his paws. He lay down beside Du Ruo and started eating.
"Hey, I saw they were bored in the house, so I brought them some food."
Xiang Yuanyuan explained with a smile, then squatted beside Tiger Pioneer and rubbed his big head with his hands.
"They are happy, carefree, and have no worries about food and water. But we can't keep them with us forever. We should send them back to the forest in a few days."
Du Ruo picked a big red apple from the black bear's paw, put it in his mouth and started eating it with a crunch without even wiping it.
When the black bear saw that the biggest apple was taken away by Du Ruo, he was angry but could not say anything. He just glanced at Du Ruo.
"What are you looking at!"
Du Ruo patted the black bear on the head and scolded it.
"Woo~"
The black bear quickly lowered its head, chewed faster, and held the remaining fruit tightly with its claws.
"Hehe~~"
Only Xiang Yuanyuan was laughing on the side. The way Du Ruo got along with these animals was really enviable.
At night, Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan slept in the house, while the tiger and the bear lay down and slept outside the cabin. They got along very harmoniously.
But late at night, Xiang Yuanyuan was awakened by the sound of Du Ruo scratching her body as usual.
Originally, Xiang Yuanyuan was somewhat used to it and was thinking of holding Du Ruo in her arms as before. However, when she reached out her hand, she felt the quilt was a little wet, and she smelled a hint of blood at the tip of her nose.
Xiang Yuanyuan gently lifted the quilt to see more clearly, but she did not have Du Ruo's night vision ability and could not see the specific situation.
Xiang Yuanyuan simply reached her hand into the quilt and felt around gently.
"what!!"
Suddenly, a short cry came out of Xiang Yuanyuan's mouth, but as soon as the cry came out, Xiang Yuanyuan quickly interrupted it.
"what happened?"
Although Xiang Yuanyuan's voice was only shouted subconsciously and very softly, even the black bear and tiger outside the house were not woken up, but Du Ruo immediately opened his eyes and asked.
"A little pain!"
Xiang Yuanyuan saw that she had finally woken Du Ruo up, so she said something softly.
"Clap~"
As soon as Xiang Yuanyuan finished speaking, the lights in the wooden house came on. The sudden and dazzling light made Xiang Yuanyuan squint her eyes.
Du Ruo looked at Xiang Yuanyuan's fingers that had already stretched out from the quilt, which were covered in blood.
Du Ruo frowned tightly when he saw this scene. He wanted to grab Xiang Yuanyuan's hand to check it, but when he took his hand out of the quilt, he found that his fingers were covered in blood, and there was even some residual flesh under his nails.
"I did this?"
Du Ruo ignored himself and checked Xiang Yuanyuan's fingers. There was a scratch on the slender finger. The scratch was very thin and bleeding.
"It's okay, I was just scratched by your fingernails. Look at yourself first. I just felt a lot of blood under the quilt."
Xiang Yuanyuan didn't care about her fingers, but just now when she was groping, she accidentally touched Du Ruo's fingers that were scratching her body.
One can imagine how sharp Du Ruo's fingers are, but she is usually a little restrained. Just now, her fingers just touched it and were immediately cut. She screamed out because her fingers were suddenly injured.
"I'm fine. I'll go get you some wine to disinfect it. Wait a minute."
Du Ruo didn't care about himself. He knew what his physical condition was the moment he woke up.
After taking a closer look at Xiang Yuanyuan's finger, he found that it was indeed not serious, so he felt relieved. However, he did not ignore it. He shook off the blood on his hand, got up and went to look for a medical kit in his luggage.
He took out some iodine from the box and wiped Xiang Yuanyuan's finger, then carefully wrapped it with a Band-Aid.
When he looked up, he found that Xiang Yuanyuan was not looking at his hands, but at Du Ruo's body. His eyes were a little hazy and tears were welling up in his eyes.
"Does it hurt?"
Xiang Yuanyuan touched Du Ruo's body with her other hand. Du Ruo's upper body was now covered in blood, and bloody red marks on his chest were extremely conspicuous, but no blood was flowing out at this time. His skin was torn and flesh was exposed, which looked quite scary.
"It doesn't hurt, it's just a flesh wound. Look, it's starting to heal now."
Du Ruo looked down and didn't care. It was indeed as he said, it was healing, but it looked a little scary. After he woke up, he actually discovered this situation and understood how the flesh in his fingernails came from. To be honest, it didn't hurt, but there was a cool feeling.
"When did I... start scratching myself?"
Du Ruo grabbed Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and asked her to look up and not look at his body, for fear of causing psychological trauma to Xiang Yuanyuan. At the same time, he changed the subject, as he also wanted to know when he started.
"Ten days ago, when you were still at home, you often scratched yourself in the middle of the night. It wasn't serious then, but it has become more serious recently. I didn't expect you to scratch yourself today."
After thinking for a while, Xiang Yuanyuan told the truth. She knew that lying was useless in front of Du Ruo.
And...she had wanted to talk to Du Ruo about this matter for a long time.
If Du Ruo could scratch his body until it was covered in blood today, then what about after a while? Would he scratch himself until it was covered in blood?
Du Ruo frowned even deeper when he heard it. Scratching the body was an instinct, the itch that went deep into his bones, and it was not surprising that he went back and scratched hard when his mind was relaxed.
But what worried him was that he actually scratched Xiang Yuanyuan today.
This is a very serious problem.
He scratched his own skin, and even if it was so serious that he had to scratch his bones with his hands, it would be something he could withstand with his recovery ability.
But Xiang Yuanyuan is different. Today, Xiang Yuanyuan was cut just by touching his nails. What if she touched other places?
Not to mention the neck, arteries, and even the fetus in the belly, he felt very guilty and remorseful for cutting Xiang Yuanyuan's finger today. He could restrain himself when he was awake, but when he was asleep, he could not guarantee that he would not hurt Xiang Yuanyuan.
Especially now that Xiang Yuanyuan is pregnant.
"right……"
Du Ruo looked into Xiang Yuanyuan's eyes and was about to apologize, but Xiang Yuanyuan immediately covered his mouth with her hand.
"You don't have to apologize. And it's okay for me to be injured. I just can't bear to see you so miserable."
Xiang Yuanyuan put her hand to Du Ruo's mouth, then leaned over and kissed Du Ruo on the face, speaking softly.
"Well, don't worry, it won't happen again."
Du Ruo grabbed Xiang Yuanyuan's injured hand, rubbed it on his face, and made a promise.
"Is it caused by the transformation of the body? Husband, tell me the truth, otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
Xiang Yuanyuan was not relieved by Du Ruo's promise. She knew Du Ruo better and knew that he would not lie if he said he would not do it again in the future. However, if Du Ruo said nothing, it would only make her feel worse.
“Well, it’s caused by the body’s transformation. The first transformation was to change the fur all over the body.
The second physical metamorphosis is when all the body's muscle fibers and tendons are broken down and reshaped.
Now is the third body transformation, from bones to bone marrow. There is no pain in this process, just itching.
It was just a slight itch at first, but since my teeth were replaced, the itch has become more and more severe day by day, until now it is an itch that goes deep into the bone marrow.
The slapping and biting of black bears and tigers can relieve the itching of my body, but how to stop the itching, I think, is to wait until the body is completely transformed. "
Du Ruo started telling Xiang Yuanyuan about her physical transformation from the very beginning. While talking, she wanted to wrap Xiang Yuanyuan, who was wearing thin pajamas, with a quilt.
But when he picked up the quilt, he found that it was covered with blood. He didn't continue, but just hugged Xiang Yuanyuan in his arms to prevent her from catching a cold.
Logically speaking, due to his control over his body, he would wake up immediately when scratched, but in that itchy situation, Du Ruo would only feel comfort when scratching.
That's why he didn't wake up even after scratching his skin. Perhaps he subconsciously felt that stopping the itch was far more important than physical injury, so he didn't even stop the bleeding instinctively.
"When will it end?"
Xiang Yuanyuan wanted to touch the wound on Du Ruo's chest, but was afraid of hurting Du Ruo. At the same time, she asked the question she had asked many times.
"I don't know. This is also my first time to undergo a physical transformation. There is no relevant record even in ancient books."
When he said this, he was a little confused, and he had some vague guesses and thoughts in his mind.
It's not that no one has ever reached his level of cultivation from ancient times to the present, but no one has ever reached it at such a young age.
Legendary figures like Bodhidharma and Zhang Sanfeng are all masters of martial arts. If someone who practices martial arts becomes an immortal, they will definitely be the first ones mentioned.
But there are very few legends like this, there are only rumors that they lived for one or two hundred years. Du Ruo suspected that this was because they were already old when they achieved success in martial arts.
The body is no longer full of vitality, unable to complete physical transformation, and ultimately unable to achieve the path to martial arts immortality.
Of course this is just his guess, but it also shows that there is really no previous experience for him to learn from.
As for the idea, it was the inspiration brought to him by the black bear and the tiger these days. Perhaps he needed to beat his flesh or bones to speed up the transformation of his body, but Du Ruo was a little confused as to what extent he should do it.
If the previous body transformations were to continue, perhaps all the bones would have to be shattered? Even Du Ruo didn't know how much damage this would require.
Anyway, even though Tiger Vanguard was using his teeth to grind them, their terrifying bite force couldn't break his skin.
"Is that so?"
After listening to this, Xiang Yuanyuan was also a little confused. Happiness and hesitation filled her heart at the same time. She was happy for Du Ruo's martial arts, but also hesitant about Du Ruo's current situation.
"Rest first, I will find a solution."
In fact, Du Ruo knew the best solution in his heart, but looking at Xiang Yuanyuan, he didn't want to take the risk. Now he already has a family, if he can just get through it, he doesn't want to try it unless it's absolutely necessary.
"Ah."
Xiang Yuanyuan nodded, then snuggled up to Du Ruo.
Du Ruo took off the quilt, and then the lights in the cabin went out automatically, and the room fell into darkness again.
All that could be heard outside was the Tiger Vanguard's snoring like an engine and the black bear's heavy breathing alternating one after another.
What Du Ruo said turned out to be true. Over the next few days, Xiang Yuanyuan woke up in the middle of the night as usual and never saw Du Ruo scratching herself again. However, her worries grew stronger.
……
"Wife, let's go hunting in the woods with the black bear and the tiger today. They have become fat these days."
Early in the morning, Du Ruo and the two animals finished their morning exercises, and then shouted to Xiang Yuanyuan in the cabin.
"Okay, let's eat something and then set off. The snow has melted now, so let's go pick some wild vegetables or medicinal herbs on the mountain."
Xiang Yuanyuan looked at the tiger and the black bear with amusement.
In fact, there was no chance for these black bears and tigers to gain weight. Although they ate a lot every day, they were always trained by Du Ruo. The two beasts took turns to slap Du Ruo's body. If they didn't slap hard or bite him, Du Ruo would scold them.
After a simple meal, Xiang Yuanyuan rode on the tiger's back, while the black bear held a basket in its mouth. The man and the two animals followed Du Ruo into the forest.
Ever since she got the tiger, Xiang Yuanyuan no longer looked down on the black bear's back. She sat on the tiger's back, gently patting the tiger's belly with her long and plump legs, and her eyes kept looking around.
Now all the snow in the forest has melted, only there is some ice and residual snow by the stream. The rest of the place is covered with green and has regained its vitality.
"Oh! Who hit me? It was a squirrel, husband. You must have robbed the nest of this squirrel, but why did it hit me and not you?"
Xiang Yuanyuan was looking around happily, but a small nut fell from the sky and hit Xiang Yuanyuan's head accurately.
The circular projection showed a squirrel with its fur standing on end on the tree. As soon as he saw the squirrel's appearance, he immediately knew that it was the squirrel whose nest had been robbed by Du Ruo.
Don't ask her why she knew that. Du Ruo had emptied all the squirrel nests around. Otherwise, she would have brought so many nuts from home to eat. If she couldn't finish them, she could even fry them.
"Because all these nuts went into your stomach."
Du Ruo replied with a smile that he had already noticed the squirrel's actions, but did not stop them. Instead, he let Xiang Yuanyuan interact with these little animals.
He somewhat understood why the squirrel did not bear a grudge against him, because as his cultivation improved, he got along more and more harmoniously with nature. This was also the reason why the tiger and the black bear were willing to stay and work for him.
After all, they are real wild beasts and will not behave themselves simply by being fed and housed.
"╭(╯^╰)╮You must be bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. Little guy, if you don't leave, I will dig out all your squirrel nests."
Xiang Yuanyuan put her hands on her hips and said something fiercely to the little squirrel on the tree.
"Haha~"
Du Ruo watched with a smile on his face, and the gloom from the previous period seemed to have disappeared.
At the same time, he did not waste any food. He picked up the nuts that the little squirrel had just dropped and put them directly into his mouth. He chewed them and swallowed them all, including the shell and the meat.
Du Ruo would only wash or peel the shells carefully when he was taking care of Xiang Yuanyuan, but now, as time went by, he had become more casual.
As they walked along, Xiang Yuanyuan would occasionally get off the tiger and pick some wild vegetables to put into the black bear's basket nearby.
"WOC!!!! BLACK BEAR!!!!"
Two people and two animals were walking in the woods when suddenly a scream came from the side.
"Are you blind? That's a tiger!!!"
There was another shout, and a flurry of panic.
"Are you sand dollars? Those are tigers and black bears!!"
A voice came again, this time a little rougher.
"Then why don't you run!!!"
The two voices in front shouted at the same time.
"Shouldn't this be filmed? A bear and a tiger together, eh?? And there are people?"
A rough voice sounded, but there was some difference.
"What the hell? Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and grab your weapons to save them."
When the two people who had already run away heard that there were still people there, they thought that someone was hurt by the tiger and the black bear, and they stopped running immediately.
Instead, he turned around and walked carefully towards the tiger and black bear with his weapon.
(End of this chapter)
