Shen Yao was just falling asleep when a scream woke her up. She immediately pulled the covers over herself, disappearing completely with the blanket.
The scream had woken many people, and they all gathered together, including the Shen family.
"What's going on? Why are there screams late at night?" Villager 1.
"Someone must have gone to the back mountain late at night!" Villager 2.
"Even if they went to the back mountain, why are they screaming like that? They scared the children crying." Villager 3.
"Did they encounter some danger? Otherwise, why would they make such a commotion! Tigers used to appear here!" Villager 4.
Hearing this, they all thought they couldn't just ignore it. What if they really encountered danger? As for tigers, that was decades ago, and it wasn't even known if it was true!
With that, all the men, some with phones, some with flashlights, and some with headlamps, started heading out.
These headlamps and flashlights were all bought by themselves to catch loaches and frogs at night.
A group of over a dozen people, each carrying "weapons," some with wood-chopping knives, some with hook knives, some with ropes, shovels, and wooden sticks. No one was empty-handed.
The group went up the mountain, shouting and searching, to see if they could find anyone.
After searching for more than an hour, they finally found a large man who had rolled into a thicket of thorns.
Shen's father recognized the man at first glance. He was a guest who had just checked into their agritainment that day.
The reason he remembered him was because they had eaten a whole pot of rice that afternoon, which left an impression on him.
"Are you alright, sir?" Shen's father quickly called out to the man with the tattooed arm.
But the man with the tattooed arm was clearly severely injured. He was trembling all over, covered in dirt, and had many scratches from the thorns.
Seeing that the man with the tattooed arm didn't reply, Shen's father quickly urged everyone to rescue him first.
Then, everyone used knives and shovels to chop away the thorns, and it took three people working together to pull the man with the tattooed arm out of the thicket.
After being rescued, the man with the tattooed arm began to babble, talking about monsters, big snakes, and begging them not to eat him.
"Could he have gone mad?" said an older uncle.
This place was already somewhat superstitious, and with age, they believed it even more.
Since the screams they heard were not from one person, they searched for a while longer and found two more people in a crevice of the rock wall.
Similar to the man with the tattooed arm, the other two also kept muttering pleas not to be eaten.
Seeing this, everyone was even more convinced of what the uncle had said. It seemed they had truly gone mad.
Indeed, daring to go up the mountain in the middle of the night, one couldn't tell if they were brave or foolish.
However, when Shen's father heard the three people mention a big snake, he couldn't help but think of Mo Xuan.
Thinking that she, like his daughter, had returned from that world, her abilities must be considerable, and turning into a big snake was not impossible.
These three people were likely scared by Mo Xuan. It seemed they had ill intentions, and their presence in their family's orchard late at night was definitely suspicious!
Shen's father, without revealing his thoughts, asked everyone to help bring the three of them down the mountain and take them to the hospital.
The three of them did not look well, they were disoriented, and they had quite a few wounds, big and small.
However, most of the villagers had tricycles, and those who owned cars were unwilling to take these three seemingly abnormal people.
They were afraid of actually being possessed and bringing them bad luck.
In the end, Shen Huaimin had to drive them to the hospital with Shen Huaijin.
Since the people were found and it was still early, everyone dispersed and went home to sleep.
Shen's father smiled and thanked them for their help that night, inviting them all to dinner at the agritainment the next day, on him.
Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed. The food at Shen's family's agritainment was truly exceptional.
They had only tasted it once the day before it opened, and every mealtime, the aroma of food from the agritainment made it impossible for them to eat their own meals.
After Shen's father saw everyone off, he went into the agritainment to find the companions of the three injured men.
The people who had come together were all groggy, and their expressions were very unhappy after being woken up.
He yanked the door open, extremely annoyed, "What are you doing, knocking in the middle of the night!"
Then he saw Shen's father standing at the door. Despite knowing he was the owner of the agritainment, his tone was still unpleasant.
Shen's father replied with annoyance, "Your companions were injured on the mountain just now, and we've already sent them to the hospital. They came with you, so I'm here to inform you."
Then Shen's father took out a pen and paper, wrote something down, and handed it over, "Here is the hospital's address and phone number. You can send someone to take care of them."
After speaking, Shen's father left directly. If it weren't for his son taking them, he wouldn't have made this trip, fearing they might be kept by the doctor to be looked after!
Wanting his son to take care of those three little thieves? Humph! As if!
After Shen's father left, the big man who opened the door came to his senses and quickly knocked on the doors of a few neighboring rooms to relay the news Shen's father had given him.
When they heard that they had failed and were injured, they were shocked.
Then they sent three people to the hospital to find out the situation, while the rest continued to stay there, hoping to find some news.
When Shen's father returned home, he saw his wife sitting on the sofa with a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Shen's mother asked anxiously.
Her heart had been hanging high all along!
"What else could have happened? We had thieves!"
Shen's father angrily told Shen's mother the facts, and upon hearing it, Shen's mother also cursed angrily.
"Bah, shameless people, they shouldn't have let Huaimin and Huaijin send them, making them do such a thing!"
Shen's mother was furious. Who were these people? Their family had just started, and someone was already trying to take advantage of them!
"Fortunately, we had Mo Xuan today. Otherwise, if they had found something, who knows what would have happened!" Shen's mother said sincerely.
She was even more satisfied with Mo Xuan, her suddenly appearing grandson.
"That's true. That child likes meat, I'll make a big meal for him tomorrow!"
At the hospital on the other side, after Shen Huaimin and Shen Huaijin sent them there.
The doctor immediately began to treat their wounds, and they advanced the medical expenses.
When the companions of the three arrived, they left immediately, not forgetting to ask them to return the advanced medical expenses as they left.
Bah! Want to spend their money? Dream on!