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Chapter 580: The evil will be punished by the evil tiger. I am just joking with you.
It was around 7 o'clock at this moment. The forest was pitch black. Looking down from the top of the slope, one could only see the oak and linden trees standing upright, or the low shrubs and tall grass leaves. After the roar of a tiger was heard in front, it was followed by screams. The shrill wails and cries for help spread throughout the mountains and forests, scaring the birds and beasts to flee in all directions, and even the flies and insects seemed to hold their breath.

Xu Ning and others stopped at the top of the slope. They were shocked when they heard the sound and were stunned for two seconds before they recovered.

"Fuck! Why did he run to the front?" Xu He was a little confused.

Chen Hedong shouted urgently: "Brother!"

Guan Lei gritted his teeth and cursed: "This is fucking..."

Everyone had the same expression, because they really couldn't figure out why Chen Heshuang ran to the front.

Chen Jinlong was running towards the top of the slope when he heard the tiger's roar and almost fell down in fright. He stood firm and shouted, "Da Shuang! Dong! Hurry up and save your brother!"

Chen Hedong stared blankly at the darkness ahead. How could he save the person? He had never even fired a gun before. He had only shot an air rifle twice in the park, let alone extracting a tooth from a tiger's mouth.

At this time, Xu Ning rushed down the slope with his gun in hand, shouting, "Take down all the stuff! Brother He and I will go to rescue people, Shitou will protect Brother Dong! Don't run forward, find a tree to climb up! Shitou?"

"Know!"

Guan Lei placed the ladle with the fire on the ground, then quickly took off the backpack. When he stood up, he saw Chen Hedong also taking off the backpack, so he lent a hand, turned his head and looked at Chen Jinlong and shouted, "Hurry up and find a tree as thick as your thigh to hide!"

"Ah? Ah! Eh..."

Chen Jinlong seemed to be frightened, but in fact, he just wanted to know whether Chen Heshuang was alive or dead. If he died, who would support him in the future?

If he is still alive but has broken arms and legs, can I still take care of him until he grows old?

It has been mentioned before that he and his wife had already thought of a way out. Chen Jinlong has been training his eldest son since he was young, intending to have Chen Heshuang take care of him in his old age, while his wife is training the younger son. That's why Chen Hedong, who is caught in the middle, is not liked by his biological parents. After all, it's a waste of effort to be nice to him. Besides, Chen Hedong's personality is not very similar to that of the old Chen family, so naturally he doesn't please his parents.

Without further ado, after Guan Lei helped Chen Hedong take off the backpack, he dragged him to the left a few steps to find a small tree as thick as his thigh, squatted down and shouted: "Brother Dong! Hurry up! Climb higher! Hurry up!"

Chen Hedong stared down at Guan Lei's shoulder, feeling deeply moved. He didn't expect that he, who was usually ignored by his parents and cheated by his friends, would actually meet two or three buddies who dared to help him escape from desperate situation at a critical moment of life and death.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother..."

"Stop being so pretentious and get up there quickly!"

Chen Hedong gritted his teeth and stepped on Guan Lei's shoulders. As soon as Guan Lei stood up, he climbed to a height of 1 meters. He used both hands and feet to climb up while holding the tree. When he climbed to a height of more than two meters from the ground, he saw that Guan Lei was actually helping Chen Jinlong climb the tree. For a moment, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He really wanted Guan Lei to run away first and not worry about Chen Jinlong's life or death, but the man in front of him was his biological father, and his biological brother was at the foot of the mountain and his life or death was unknown. With his character, he would never do such a thing as to ignore his relatives. What he said before was just an angry remark.

Chen Hedong understood that what happened today was indeed unfair to Guan Lei, Xu Ning and Xu He. Two of them went down the mountain with their guns, and one stayed here to take care of him and his son. This friendship will never be forgotten in his life!
"Climb higher! Big cats have strong jumping abilities, and can easily climb to a height of two or three meters. Climb faster! The higher the better! Wait here and don't move..."

After saying that, Guan Lei rushed to the place where the ladle was placed, put the hand axe in his mouth, picked up the handle of the ladle with one hand and clamped it at his elbow, then pulled out the sharp knife from behind, and rushed down the mountain.

Two minutes later, after Xu Ning and Xu He swooped down the mountain with guns in hand, they saw a dark shadow flashing in front of them. Neither of them fired a shot because they saw the dark shadow had already disappeared into the bushes.

Xu Ning and Xu He held the gun handle in their right hand and the pine torch in their left hand, and used their left forearm to support the 56 rifle to make the muzzle as stable as possible. They were extremely nervous and moved slowly forward.

A painful groan was heard from behind a tree less than ten meters ahead, and his breathing was slightly rapid. This man was none other than Chen Heshuang. At this moment, there were two wounds on his chest and abdomen, which were probably caused by the big cat's claws. There were two blood holes on his face, as if they were caused by the big cat's fangs. His left arm was missing, and a bowl-sized scar was bleeding. His right calf was bent backwards, and one could tell at a glance that it was completely broken.

Chen Heshuang was not unconscious, but his mind was a little confused, otherwise he would not have screamed and wailed.

When Xu Ning and Xu He came over, they saw Chen Heshuang covered in blood. Xu He handed the torch to him, his face changed, and he said, "It's over. His arm has been removed..."

Xu Ning frowned and said, "Brother He, please watch over here. I'll take a look at what's going on with him."

"Well, if it doesn't work, just leave him there. He's in such a state of mind all by himself. Why do you think he ran ahead of us?"

Xu Ning shook his head without giving any explanation. In fact, he knew very well that there were only two possibilities, or one possibility!
First, Xu Ning slapped them both in the face, so he was resentful and wanted to run to the reservoir in advance and borrow a boat to leave. Or, he felt that he was more important, and if he disappeared, everyone would definitely look for him, so he wanted to play hide-and-seek with everyone...

Second, Chen Heshuang did not carry a basket. The heaviest weight on his body was a pine torch. So he probably thought that the big cat was following them and that it was safer in front of them, so he struggled to get in front of them.

And he did have time to run ahead of the group, because Xu Ning and the others did not hurry in order not to make too much noise and to conserve their energy. If Chen Heshuang had walked lightly and quickly, he only had to go around thirty or forty meters away, and Xu Ning and the others would not be able to hear his footsteps, because the ground in this area of ​​the mountain was all grass and mud, and there were no dead leaves in autumn or snow in winter, so the sound of his footsteps was very small, almost imperceptible.

No matter what Chen Heshuang's reason was, things could not develop to this point now, and it was definitely unchangeable. He could only accept his fate!
That's why Xu Ning didn't dig into the matter like a detective. Even if he knew that Chen Heshuang wanted to harm people, could Xu Ning really kill him? No! Because Chen Heshuang's current appearance was a greater punishment than letting him die!
He slowly squatted down, shone the firelight on Chen Heshuang's face and neck, and glanced at his torn and broken left arm, frowning and said, "We have to stop the bleeding first, otherwise he will definitely die!"

"How do we stop the bleeding? We don't have anything for surgery..."

Xu He came to his senses and asked, "Use a red-hot knife to burn it?"

"This is the only way. Otherwise, we have to use the gunpowder in the bullets. But the wound area is too large. How many bullets should we use? Or we have to use a red-hot knife to burn him!"

"I'll go and shout... Hey, Lei Zi is running down here."

Xu Ning stood up and looked at the fire on the slope, and said with a smile: "He must come down."

While waiting for Guan Lei, Xu He looked around with his gun in hand and asked softly, "Do you think the big cat is gone?"

"It probably hasn't left. It has tasted blood. Even if it left, it can still catch up with us... Well, now we can only rely on luck. I hope the three kowtows we made before entering the mountain will be of some use."

Xu He said: "It will definitely work! The four of us knocked loudly, so we are all fine."

At this time, Guan Lei ran over with a ladle in his hand, spat out the hatchet in his mouth, and panted, "Brother, what... Fuck! Are you dead?"

"He's not dead yet, but he's almost dead. Put the ladle down. I have to find a way to stop the bleeding. Whether he can survive depends on his fate."

Guan Lei glanced at Chen Heshuang indifferently: "It's unnecessary to save him. Brother Dong told me at that time that you slapped them both in the face, and he must have held a grudge. This time he disappeared and ran ahead of us. He must have been planning something bad! I didn't expect to lose more than I gained..."

Xu Ning pulled out the sharp knife from behind him and threw it into the ladle. Guan Lei added some firewood into the ladle.

"Brother Dong is standing here watching, how can you not save him? Wouldn't that create a rift between us?"

Xu He nodded and said, "Er Ning is a good chatterbox. We brothers get along well with each other. If we don't save him, anyone would think twice."

Guan Lei said: "Brother Dong said he was fed up with him..."

"No matter how annoying it is, he is still my blood brother! You can't be too extreme in doing anything, understand?"

"Oh, I see."

Xu Ning lowered his head to look at the ladle placed beside Chen Heshuang and said, "Let's go back and pick up Brother Dong." "Hey! Brother, didn't you two see the big cat just now?"

"It just caught a glimpse of its shadow. It ran away as soon as Brother He and I came down."

Guan Lei laughed and said, "He has been nagging me ever since we entered the mountain. This is what they call "evil will be rewarded with evil!"

"Don't laugh out loud later. It might be embarrassing for Dong Ge to hear it."

Xu He said: "Now we just hope that the big cat will leave quickly and stop following us, otherwise my heart will be pounding!"

"Well, I've never fought a tiger before. I've only seen one from a distance. Now it seems that I should try not to touch this tiger. If I want to fight it, I have to be prepared, otherwise I will definitely fall into the pit!"

This is what Xu Ning thought in his heart. He didn't think tigers were awesome before, but he changed his mind after seeing the three tigers in Wangxing. Now, after close contact, his thoughts have changed again. It's not that he is afraid of tigers, but he is about to get married, his family is happy, and his life is very comfortable. Why should he mess with tigers? That's not the way a normal person thinks.

He had seen a lot of human nature in his two lives, and knew what to do and what not to do. If something happened to him, the old Xu family would definitely fall apart! Therefore, when encountering danger, he would hide if he could, and if he really couldn't hide, he would have to fight to the death.

"We didn't expect to encounter a big cat before entering the mountain, and we didn't prepare for it. Now it's dark, and our eyesight is not as good as a big cat. We should avoid provoking it if we can."

"OK……"

When they reached the top of the slope, Guan Lei looked up and waved, "Brother Dong, come down quickly. It should be alright."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hedong immediately slid down and asked, "How is my elder brother?"

"I was bitten by a big cat. My left arm was bitten off, my right leg was broken, there are two holes on my face, and there are two or three claw marks on my chest..."

Chen Hedong slipped to the ground, turned around and was stunned when he heard the sound, "Fuck! Dead...dead?"

"He's still breathing. I have to stop his bleeding first. Whether he can survive depends on his own fate."

Chen Hedong hurried over and said, "Erning, you have to save him no matter what. After all, he is my brother. I really have no other options!"

At this time, Chen Jinlong jumped down from the tree, rolled over when he landed, and quickly got up, saying, "What the hell? What's going on? Why are you still..."

Xu Ning interrupted, "When we were going down the mountain, the big cat had already run into the woods. When we saw Brother Chen, he was leaning against a tree. His left arm was gone and his right leg was broken, but he was still alive."

"What do you mean he's still alive? He's been bitten by a tiger! Let me ask you, we followed you into the mountains, so you have no responsibility, right?"

Guan Lei glared and said angrily: "We have your fucking responsibility! Are you fucking reasonable?"

Xu Ning lost the mood to communicate with Chen Jinlong, and turned around and said, "Brother Dong, your father is unreasonable, are you reasonable?"

Seeing Xu Ning was angry, Chen Hedong gritted his teeth and said, "Dad! Can you be reasonable? Erning helped our family find it back for my great grandfather, and didn't take a penny. What else do you want? I didn't let you two come with me before, but you two insisted on begging my grandfather to come with you. After entering the mountain, you didn't listen and ran around! Who do you blame? Can you blame Erning? He helped me, why is it thankless?"

Chen Jinlong patted his hip and said, "Your elder brother has been bitten by a tiger, and you are still speaking for outsiders? Are you a human being?"

Chen Hedong laughed: "I'm not a human? I think you are not a human! You don't even know the most basic way to be a human, you are not even as good as a child, are you a human?"

"You fucking want to say another one? I think you want to rebel against Tiangang?" Chen Jinlong cursed angrily.

Xu He stood by and watched this bizarre scene. It was hard to imagine how Chen Jinlong could think of saying these words. Guan Lei turned his head to look at Xu Ning and said, "Brother?"

Xu Ning said with a dark face: "Brother Dong, you, Shitou and Brother He should go down the mountain first."

Chen Hedong was stunned for a moment: "Come on, Erning, just say whatever you want to say, or you can give him a beating and I'll apologize to you on his behalf, okay?"

Chen Jinlong looked at Xu Ning suspiciously and said stiffly, "What? Do you still want to kill me?"

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Well, how did you know?"

After saying that, his smile disappeared and he became serious. He raised the gun and pointed it at Chen Jinlong and fired.

Xu He, who was standing by, was quick-witted and used his arm holding a pine torch to block the gun, forcibly raising the muzzle. Guan Lei and Chen Hedong also wanted to step forward to stop Xu Ning, but their movements were too slow and they were quite far away from Xu Ning...

The bullet flew past Chen Jinlong's crown, scaring him so much that his whole body trembled. His legs went soft and he fell to the ground. He looked at Xu Ning with horror, his face full of disbelief.

Xu He said anxiously: "What's the point of punishing him?"

Chen Hedong opened his mouth, obviously frightened. He quickly hugged Xu Ning's arm and said, "Erning, give me some face!"

"Brother Dong, it's not that I don't give you face, but from yesterday when we entered the mountain until now, your father and your brother have been slandering me from time to time. Do you think I am the same as them?"

"Brother apologizes to you, okay? Don't do that to me... Dad! You should apologize to Er Ning right now! What are you looking at?"

Chen Jinlong moved his lips and lowered his head and said, "I, I was wrong, don't do the same as me..."

Xu Ning grinned and said, "Uncle, look at you, I was joking with you, why are you kneeling down? Hurry up and get up! Brother Chen is still waiting for help down there!"

His sudden change of expression made Chen Jinlong stunned, as if it was not Xu Ning who had fired the gun. After Xu Ning helped him up, he turned around and said, "Brother Dong, I was a little impulsive just now."

"It's okay. What my dad said just now was really not human language. I'm sorry that you have been wronged."

Xu Ning waved his hand: "Brother Dong, there shouldn't be any cracks in our friendship, right?"

"What kind of cracks could there be? No one was hurt. Erning, don't think too much. I'm not an unreasonable person."

Xu Ning said, "Okay, let's go down the mountain. Don't waste any more time here. If you waste any more time, he will die."

"Hey! Let's go now."

Everyone picked up the backpacks and cloth bags on the ground and walked down the mountain.

Guan Lei fell behind slightly, and walked down side by side with Chen Jinlong. He whispered, "Uncle Chen, you'd better not try to do anything bad. I know where your home is. My brother has a family, but I don't have one, you know?"

Chen Jinlong shrank his neck when he heard this, and said with a stiff upper lip: "I know..."

(End of this chapter)