Chapter 94: Danger

Instead of going home directly, Shen Chuning took the flashlight Zhou Yubai left her and went straight up the mountain.

If Wang Yumeng really asked her second brother for money, then her second brother only had one way to earn money, which was to hunt on the mountain and sell the game on the black market.

The mountain was pitch-black, clumps of shadows like ghosts, the mountain wind blowing, the whistling sound like the cries of ghosts and wolves.

Even though Shen Chuning had mentally prepared herself, thinking that she would hide in the space if anything happened.

She was still trembling with fear, her eyes red, tears welling up.

She wiped away the tears that were about to fall, gritted her teeth, mustered her courage, and continued walking up the mountain.

“Caw”

As soon as she took a step, a crow flew over her head, cawing.

“Ah—”

Shen Chuning screamed in fright, her footing unsteady, she slipped and fell.

Her delicate hands frantically grabbed at the surrounding vegetation, trying to steady herself.

Unexpectedly, she grabbed a thorny bush.

Countless thorns pierced her palm, her mental preparation completely collapsed, “Wah woohoo…”

She couldn’t help but cry out loud.

Her cry startled more birds in the trees and small animals in the bushes.

She felt terrifying sounds everywhere.

She couldn’t stop crying.

She also regretted coming to the mountain alone, she should have told her father and brother, and come together, woohoo…

Shen Zhengliang had just climbed halfway up the mountain.

He didn’t know what was wrong with him tonight, after Wang Yumeng nestled in his arms and cried about her difficulties, he had come up the mountain full of happiness and expectation.

But as soon as he entered the mountain, he felt like his heart was beating like a drum, extremely uneasy.

The old hunter who taught him how to hunt had secretly told him that no matter what changes happened, they, who depended on the mountain for a living, must have respect for the mountain.

If they felt uneasy when going up the mountain, they must immediately go down, don’t force it.

When he wanted to go back, his mind was full of Wang Yumeng’s tearful appearance, he didn’t want to disappoint her.

But continuing up the mountain, his mind was full of the old hunter’s warnings.

Torn between the two emotions, he slowed down.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a faint cry in the mountain wind.

His heart tightened, after listening carefully, he found the voice a little familiar.

He instantly remembered the last time he accompanied Yumeng to the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and his younger sister chased after them.

He frowned, could it be that his younger sister had chased after him again today!

He listened carefully for a while, the more he listened, the more he felt it was his younger sister’s voice.

He hesitated for a moment and turned back down the mountain.

His younger sister was so timid, if she really came to the mountain to find him, she would be scared to death.

Shen Chuning sat on the ground and cried for a while.

Then she mustered her courage, she had already come, she couldn’t just sit here and cry all night.

She wiped her tears and continued walking up the mountain, sobbing.

A few steps later, she heard the sound of a large animal from the bushes.

Shen Chuning’s face turned pale instantly, cold sweat breaking out, “Is… is anyone there?”

“Humph… humph…”

The sound from the bushes scared Shen Chuning stiff.

This… this is the sound of a pig…

She… she encountered a wild boar?

After the wild boars damaged the crops in the fields, the brigade organized the militia to hunt wild boars, weren’t the wild boars already in the deep mountains and not appearing in the shallow mountains?

Why… why did she encounter a wild boar as soon as she entered the mountain?

Woohoo… she couldn’t be so unlucky!

Shen Chuning didn’t dare to cry anymore.

She could only pray that the wild boar would leave quickly.

Just then, not far from her on the mountain, Shen Zhengliang’s voice suddenly came, “Who’s there? Little sister, is that you?”

Shen Chuning: …

Her second brother actually turned back to look for her.

“Humph… humph…” Two clearer wild boar snorts sounded.

Shen Chuning felt that the wild boar was already snorting beside her.

She didn’t dare to move, her voice trembling, “Se… Second Brother, it’s… it’s me…”

Shen Zhengliang obviously also heard the wild boar, hearing Shen Chuning’s response, his heart was in his throat.

“Ningning, don’t move, don’t move!” Shen Zhengliang quickly urged.

“Mm-mm!” Shen Chuning quickly nodded.

There had been incidents of wild boars injuring people before when wild boars often went to the village crops.

Later, the commune sent people to educate them about wild boars.

If a person encountered a wild boar alone, it was best not to move. Because unless it was a wild boar in estrus or lactating, it usually wouldn’t attack people proactively.

But if a person moved, it would feel threatened and attack.

Moreover, wild boars ran very fast, and it was almost impossible for a person to outrun them.

If Second Brother hadn’t come, she would have hidden in the space and waited for the wild boar to leave.

But Second Brother was watching her, she couldn’t disappear in front of him!

The wild boar’s snorts grew closer, she could even smell the stench from the wild boar.

The next second, a wild boar of about two hundred jin emerged from the bushes, its long tusks gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

Shen Chuning could tell that if the wild boar charged at her, its tusks could pierce her through.

The wild boar was already snorting at her feet.

Shen Chuning fearfully closed her eyes.

She thought, if the wild boar really attacked her, even if she transformed in front of Second Brother, she must hide in the space.

She didn’t want to die, woohoo…

“Whoosh”

At this moment, an arrow flew down from the mountain and hit the wild boar.

The wild boar’s leisurely snorting immediately turned into anger.

Before Shen Chuning could react, the wild boar roared angrily and charged towards Shen Zhengliang on the mountain.

Shen Chuning subconsciously wanted to call out to Second Brother.

But before she could shout, she was shocked by the scene before her, her throat seemed to be choked, unable to make any sound.