Chapter Eighty-Five: Crisis Averted+
Without the villagers knowing, after Gu Yu and Gu Mengyao hurriedly carried the wolf home, they left the house and returned to the village entrance after Gu Mengyao quickly washed herself and washed away the smell of blood.
Gu Mengyao also took the cleaver used to kill the wolf, preparing to secretly put it back on the table once they reached the village entrance.
When the two returned to the village entrance, the people here had even more panicked expressions, clearly already aware that the situation was not good!
The wild beast that came down from the mountain was actually a wolf!
This kind of animal was very troublesome!
Among the crowd, a few people who had just followed the village chief to see the wild beast were now constantly talking about their recent near-death experiences, with exaggerated expressions that made people feel even more scared.
As for the other injured people, the village chief had already arranged for them to be sent to town for treatment.
However, the problem of the wild wolf had not been resolved, and the village could not have a peaceful day.
Especially after hearing that wild wolves were very vengeful, the village chief was even more worried that the wild wolves would sneak into the village in the dead of night and bare their fangs at the villagers’ homes…
“Village Chief, what should we do!”
“Exactly, as long as this wolf isn’t dealt with, I won’t dare to sleep at night.”
“Aren’t there a few hunters in the village? Let them deal with that wild wolf! They’ve been hunting in the mountains for so long, they must have experience!”
“Right! Hurry up and let the hunters deal with that wolf.”
“Are you stupid? Only Wu Changlin and Gu Mengyao hunt in the village, but now Wu Changlin has fled after killing someone, and Gu Mengyao is just a young girl who hasn’t reached adulthood. How could she possibly deal with a fierce wolf! Isn’t this pure harm!”
“What do you mean harm! They’ve been hunting in the mountains for so many years, how could they be afraid of a wolf? Hurry up and let Gu Mengyao go…”
“You shut up! Didn’t you see Gu Yu glaring at you? Be careful he holds a grudge against you. If your family members get sick and die in the future, he won’t treat them.”
“How is that so exaggerated? If you really get sick, there are so many doctors in town! Why only let Gu Yu treat people, that’s a joke.”
“When your child had measles, why didn’t you refuse to let Gu Yu treat them!”
“…”
While the villagers were discussing noisily, Gu Yu, upon hearing someone wanting his wife to take risks, couldn’t help but glare fiercely at that person, even though he knew the wild wolf had already been dealt with by Gu Mengyao.
Only after making that person’s face look embarrassed did Gu Yu retract his gaze.
Although Gu Yu felt disgusted by people who resorted to moral blackmail, the other villagers were still good. At least not all of them echoed it, and some even retorted.
This made Gu Yu feel that his wife’s act of helping to kill the wolf was not a fruitless effort.
If it were Gu Yu, even if he had the ability, he would not help voluntarily, unless there was profit, then he would consider it.
Just like a businessman, when seeing a worthless commodity, he wouldn’t spend even a dime.
However, when encountering a priceless commodity, he would buy it even if it meant losing everything… because if he resold it, he could earn more money.
But Gu Mengyao and Gu Yu’s personalities were different, so the principles of doing things were bound to be different. However, this did not make Gu Yu dislike her. He just thought his wife was too kind!
“Village Chief, I have experience hunting in the mountains for the past few years. I’ll go with you to see that wolf now!”
“This, this… Mengyao girl, why don’t you go home and get your hunting tools, just in case?”
“No need, this cleaver will do.”
Gu Mengyao didn’t want the villagers to continue panicking. Since the wild wolf had already been dealt with by her, it was just a matter of going to see it. Therefore, she took the initiative to step forward and offered to deal with the wild wolf.
She might as well not return the cleaver and continue to accompany Gu Mengyao to the scene.
The villagers who had been discussing all around, upon hearing Gu Mengyao volunteer, except for a few people who showed shame, more were filled with gratitude.
Regardless of the final outcome, just the fact that Gu’s daughter cared so much about the village was a good thing!
A girl who had not yet reached adulthood was willing to risk her life to deal with a wild wolf, which was truly moving to the point of speechlessness.
In contrast, the people who had just suggested Gu Mengyao deal with the wild beast had truly wicked consciences!
As everyone thought this, some villagers spat on the ground when looking at those few people, indicating their disdain.
“Alright, since that’s the case, let’s go take another look. If this wolf isn’t eliminated, our village will never be peaceful.”
There was no better solution now, so the village chief finally nodded in agreement.
At the same time, he thought that even though Gu’s daughter had agreed, he must keep a close eye on her later, lest something actually goes wrong and Gu Yu tear down the village!
After a few interactions with Gu Yu during this period, although the village chief hadn’t seen him comprehensively, he had a general idea.
This kid Gu Yu was not someone to be trifled with.
It was easier to deal with King Yama than with a petty ghost.
And Gu Yu now had the personality of a petty ghost, but with the ability of King Yama, which made him even more dangerous.
If he were truly entangled by Gu Yu, it wouldn’t be over without losing a few layers of skin…
“Yu, do you still want to go with me?”
“I’ll go with you! And call Qingheng too. After we’ve seen it and there’s no problem, we’ll go home.”
“Okay.”
Afterwards, when Gu Mengyao asked Gu Yu beside her, Gu Yu immediately said he wanted to go with her.
Gu Qingheng, who was standing beside them, immediately showed an excited expression upon hearing that he was also being brought along, and was very curious about the place where the wild wolf appeared.
Unfortunately, besides bloodstains, there was nothing else there.
Even the wild wolf had been carried home by Gu Mengyao.
When Gu Mengyao carried the wolf back, to prevent the wolf’s blood from dripping and leaving a trace, she directly tore off a large piece of bark and bandaged the wound on the wolf’s neck to stop the bleeding.
At that time, Gu Yu, having witnessed his wife’s fierce wolf-slaying scene with his own eyes, was not at all surprised even when Gu Mengyao easily tore off the bark.
Anyway, his wife was awesome!
Afterwards, led by the village chief, a group of newly selected people quickly rushed to the place where the wild wolf had appeared, their hearts uneasy, fearing that they would also be bitten by the ferocious wolf later.
But when they reached their destination, there was nothing on the ground except a pool of blood.
Where was the wolf???
“Village Chief, didn’t you say there was a wolf? Where did that wolf run off to?”
“You ask me, who should I ask!”
Then, when someone curiously asked the village chief, the village chief immediately glared at him irritably, then looked at the bloodstains on the ground, a smile involuntarily appearing at the corner of his mouth, but it quickly disappeared.
Although the absence of the wild wolf allowed the village to breathe a sigh of relief, how did that wolf disappear?
Looking at the bloodstains on the ground, perhaps other animals were attracted during the fight between the wild wolf and the people, and thus ate the wolf… But the animals that could eat a wild wolf must be even more powerful!
In that case, it was uncertain whether the current situation was good or bad!
“There’s no wolf! I was even a little excited! What a disappointment, sister, I want to go home!”
Just as the village chief was frowning, Gu Qingheng’s clear voice suddenly rang out, causing everyone to subconsciously look at him. Gu Qingheng was startled and quickly hid behind Gu Mengyao.
However, he kept pulling at Gu Mengyao’s clothes, urging her to go home quickly.
“Mengyao girl, Gu Yu, you two go back first! That wolf must be in dire straits, and you are not needed here anymore.”
“Alright, then Mengyao and I will go back first.”
Hearing Gu Qingheng’s words, the village chief no longer dwelled on the unknown fierce animal, but instead told the three from the Gu family to go back first, and they would handle the rest of the matters.
In fact, the village chief did not want the three children from the Gu family to come at the beginning… But as soon as Gu Mengyao said she would come, Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng immediately expressed their concern and wanted to follow.
Now that the wolf problem had been solved, the next step was to clean up. They just needed to dig up and bury the soil stained with wolf blood, and there was nothing else for the three from the Gu family to do.
“Village Chief, here’s the cleaver for self-defense!”
After hearing this, Gu Mengyao did not refuse further. Instead, she handed the cleaver to the village chief and then led Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng away from there, heading home.
“Hehehe, brother-in-law, how is it! Did I imitate it well? The village chief and the others were all deceived by me.”
“It’s quite similar, but Qingheng, you’re only eight years old. Even if you act like a child, no one would suspect you.”
“Tch, only now you remember I’m only eight years old! Brother-in-law, when you let me into Qingshan Academy before, why didn’t you think about my age!”
“That’s a different matter. I was thinking about your future. After all, opportunities like this don’t come often. If you didn’t seize the opportunity to enter the academy this time, you’ll definitely regret it later.”
“What’s there to regret? At worst, I’ll enter after I pass the Tong Sheng exam.”
On the way home, Gu Qingheng immediately spoke to Gu Yu to claim credit.
It turned out that Gu Qingheng’s words of disappointment and wanting to go home earlier were all spoken at Gu Yu’s instruction.
Gu Mengyao, standing by, had a smile on her face as she watched the two bicker, thinking that she was lucky that the matter of the wild beast coming down the mountain had been resolved smoothly.
Life had been very peaceful these days, causing Gu Mengyao to slacken in her practice of lightness skill. However, after experiencing the crisis brought by the wild wolf today, she felt that she needed to practice even harder.
If there were other dangers later, and she didn’t have the ability to resist, that would be terrible.
“Brother-in-law, is that wolf really at our house? I really want to see it! Sister has hunted so many prey over the years, but I’ve never seen a wolf!”
“It’s my first time seeing one too. Actually, it’s nothing special. It looks like the dogs in the village, except its tail doesn’t stick up, it can only be tucked between its legs.”
“……”
Afterwards, when the topic turned to the wolf that Gu Mengyao had butchered at home, Gu Qingheng expressed great curiosity, wondering what a wolf looked like and if it was particularly scary!
However, what Gu Yu said immediately made Gu Qingheng’s mouth twitch, and he felt speechless.
With his brother-in-law’s description, he felt that the wolf was not worth seeing anymore!
