Chapter 38 Shen Nian’s Poison

Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen heard the commotion and came to the window, looking out. They saw Shen Dong, Shen Nian, Shen Feng, and the white wolf standing outside the window.

The two were startled: “Nian Nian, Ninth Son, why aren’t you sleeping in the house, what are you doing outside? Hiss! That’s… a wolf?”

The two elders hurried out of the house.

Wei Shi also saw the situation outside from the window, she put on a coat and came out with the two elders.

The lights in the second, third, and fourth families also lit up, and people came out of the house one by one.

Shen Dong put his hand to his forehead, glared at the two children in his arms: “Look at what you’ve done, you’ve woken everyone up.”

He looked at the white wolf and roared angrily: “And you, stop howling! You’re going to deafen me!”

The white wolf was no longer aggrieved, it glared at him unhappily.

This glance angered Shen Dong. He was about to lash out when Grandpa Shen and the others came over, and as soon as they arrived, they started scolding him.

“Shen Dong, you bastard! What kind of father are you? You sneak out in the middle of the night to play around, and you even bring Nian Nian and Ninth Son out with you, are you looking for a beating?” Grandpa Shen slapped Shen Dong on the back of the head.

Grandpa Shen snatched Shen Nian from Shen Dong’s arms, glared at Shen Dong fiercely: “You’ve made Nian Nian cold, just wait and see how I deal with you!”

Shen Nan and the others also scolded Shen Dong.

“Big Brother, look at the mess you’ve made tonight, I can’t help but say a few words to you.”

“What’s with that wolf? Is it Ninth Son’s wolf?”

“How did it get down the mountain?”

“It’s been a long time, this guy is still so mighty, he’s worthy of being the wolf king!”

“Hey! Big White…” Shen Xi greeted the white wolf without fear, but he was interrupted by Shen Feng.

“Third Uncle, it’s not called Big White, it’s called Mantou.”

Shen Dong finally found a chance to speak, he hurriedly explained to everyone: “Father, Mother, Wife, you’re all mistaken, I didn’t bring the two children out, they came out on their own. They said they missed Mantou and came to play with him. Mantou is the white wolf in front of you, he’s Ninth Son’s relative.”

He told everyone about Shen Nian and Shen Feng wanting to adopt the white wolf.

Grandpa Shen and the others understood when they heard this, they looked at Shen Feng with a hint of apology.

Grandpa Shen hugged Shen Feng and stroked his head: “We were too cautious, we separated you and Mantou, it was our fault. But we still can’t keep him, it’s not good if the villagers see him. But if you miss him, you can let him come down the mountain to accompany you, or let your father take you into the mountains to find him. We won’t stop you from being with Mantou anymore. You’ve grown up, we won’t interfere too much with some things, we’ll gradually let you do them.”

Shen Feng knew that this was the biggest concession his family had made to him and Mantou so far. The village was different from the mountains, Mantou was indeed not suitable to stay in the village all the time.

“I understand, thank you, Grandpa.” Shen Feng replied obediently.

Grandpa Shen smiled in satisfaction: “Promise Grandpa, you can’t sneak out in the middle of the night without telling the adults anymore, it’s too dangerous!”

Shen Feng nodded: “I understand, Grandpa, I was wrong, I won’t do it again!”

Shen Nian also said softly: “I know I was wrong too! I’ll go back to sleep obediently.”

Although they agreed like this, they didn’t think so in their hearts. It was impossible not to sneak out, they would just be more careful next time so that the adults wouldn’t find out.

The two got down from the adults’ arms, walked over and said goodbye to the white wolf. The white wolf rubbed its head against Shen Feng’s palm and turned back to the mountain without looking back.

Shen Nian and Shen Feng were taken back to their room, this time they were arranged to sleep in Shen Dong and Wei Shi’s room.

Looking at Shen Nian and Shen Feng’s sleeping faces, Shen Dong frowned and said to Wei Shi: “Was it too much of us not to keep Mantou?”

Wei Shi said: “It’s not too much, he’s a wolf after all. We can be unafraid of him, but the villagers can’t. Unless he can do something that makes the villagers grateful and no longer afraid of him.”

Shen Dong said no more.

Speaking of Ma Chenggong and Bai Xiaohui.

Ma Chenggong and Bai Xiaohui returned to their residence in town under the cover of night. Zhang Ying was out, the two went into a room, Bai Xiaohui took out a wound medicine from the closet and applied it to Ma Chenggong.

The cut on Ma Chenggong’s chest wasn’t deep, but it hurt several times more than a normal cut. When the wound medicine was applied, he sweated profusely in pain.

Bai Xiaohui was heartbroken, she cursed: “That little girl is so ruthless! I must get revenge for this!”

Ma Chenggong put on his clothes: “How? We can’t beat her at all, and we’ve been poisoned by her!”

“She’s a monster!” Bai Xiaohui was angry when she mentioned this.

The little girl cured their poison, but she gave them another kind of poison.

When they were first poisoned, they rolled on the ground in pain. The little girl stood aside, laughing like a little Yama King. Only she could cure this poison, and she only gave them one pill to suppress the poison every month.

She made them work for her, reporting the situation in Tianxuan Kingdom to her at any time, and informing Zhang Ying that Wei Shi in Lanhua Village was not the former Crown Princess, they had mistaken her for someone else!

“Is the poison she gave us really that powerful?” Bai Xiaohui frowned. “Could she be tricking us?”

Ma Chenggong looked at her sideways: “She said that eating honey would make the poison activate, and we would die within a quarter of an hour. Do you want to try it?”

Bai Xiaohui kicked him: “If you want to try it, try it yourself, I don’t want to die.”

Ma Chenggong smiled at her: “Do you care if I die?”

Bai Xiaohui rolled her eyes at him: “Why would I care? You’re not anyone to me, we’re just companions. Don’t try to get any ideas, the master won’t allow us to be together.”

Ma Chenggong fell silent.

Indeed, they couldn’t be together. This was a rule set by the master, anyone who dared to break this rule would face inhumane punishment.

Ma Chenggong said: “You also felt it, the Gu poison in our bodies has indeed been cured. That little girl is indeed capable. As for the poison she gave us, we dare not gamble. If it’s real, we’ll die with our eyes open! According to what that girl said, let’s stabilize Zhang Ying first! Anyway, our goal wasn’t the former Crown Princess, whether that person is the former Crown Princess or not doesn’t have much impact on us.”

Bai Xiaohui said: “How can it not have an impact? The former Crown Princess is the master’s own daughter! If the master knew that his daughter was not dead, he would be very happy. If he was happy, he might reward us.”

Ma Chenggong said coldly: “If you want to live, just pretend you made a mistake. I dare to guarantee that if we dare to tell the master about the former Crown Princess, that girl will definitely kill us. You haven’t felt her ruthlessness tonight? She’s not an ordinary child! We can’t gamble!”

Bai Xiaohui didn’t say anything anymore. She flashed back to Shen Nian’s cute and lovely smile, and couldn’t help but shiver.

“Bang!”

There was a sound from outside.

Bai Xiaohui and Ma Chenggong immediately became alert and cleaned up the wound medicine and bloodstains.

The door was pushed open, Zhang Ying pushed the door open and came in. Seeing the two of them in the room, she asked in surprise: “When did you come back? How did the investigation go? Is that person the former Crown Princess?”

Bai Xiaohui sat on the stool with a tired face and said: “We just came back. We were wrong, that person is not the former Crown Princess, she’s just a peasant woman who looks like the former Crown Princess.”

Zhang Ying smiled: “I said that a person as noble and beautiful as the former Crown Princess wouldn’t end up in such a poor place! It turns out it was just a case of mistaken identity. It’s a good thing we didn’t impulsively tell the master about this, otherwise we would have been punished!”

Ma Chenggong asked: “How about you?”

Zhang Ying said: “That person has a master by his side, I couldn’t get close to him, I didn’t find out why he came here. But his daughter’s maid often goes to the Shen family’s pancake stall to buy pancakes.”

She adjusted her sleeves and said: “Since she’s not the former Crown Princess, then we shouldn’t bother with her. Let’s focus our attention on that person!”

“He came all the way from the capital to travel here, I don’t believe he has no other purpose.”

The next day, Shen Dong, Shen Bo, Shen Xue, Shen Nan, Shen Duo, and Liu Shi went out to sell pancakes before dawn.

Her brothers had breakfast and morning exercises before going to the private school. Only Shen Nian was left at home. She was about to take Zhao Uncle to the wasteland when she saw the Wan family’s sedan chair rushing towards her house.