She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 43 - Is She Jie Chens Lover Raised in the Team
Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Is She Jie Chen’s Lover Raised in the Team?
Chapter 43 -43: Is She Jie Chen’s Lover Raised in the Team?
Xiang Ying remained extremely composed.
She grabbed Jie Chen’s hand and began to suck the poison out of his blood.
After doing this more than ten times, and feeling that it was about enough, she rinsed her mouth with saltwater.
Jie Chen stared at her in a daze, his thin eyes filled with an undeniable astonishment.
“Do you… do you know what you’re doing?”
“What else could I be doing, of course, I’m saving you.”
Finishing her words, Xiang Ying raised her head, her phoenix eyes steady and calm: “Being bitten by a poisonous snake isn’t scary; you just need to suck the poison out.”
Then she tore off a section of fabric from his sleeve and tied it around his injured hand.
The people around them noticed this and realized that the relationship between Jie Chen and Xiang Ying was quite unusual.
Even if there had been no relationship before, the exiled criminal Xiang Ying now owed a debt of life-saving grace to the Military Supervisor.
Jie Chen pursed his thin lips, his gaze deep as he watched Xiang Ying’s actions.
Why was this woman becoming more and more incomprehensible to him?
He used to think she was shameless and negligent, even towards her own children.
But now, having spent this time together on their journey, she seemed like a completely different person.
Compassionate and clear about love and hate.
She even risked her own safety to suck out the poison for him…
After Xiang Ying finished bandaging, Jie Chen withdrew his hand.
“Next time I’ll do it myself; you don’t need to take such risks for me.”
Seeing his tone feigning indifference, Xiang Ying noticed a slight softening in his eyes behind the mask.
Her red lips parted, and in a hushed voice, she said, “Who says I’m taking a risk for you? Wasn’t it you who reminded me to be careful first? What, you’re allowed to care about me, but I’m not allowed to help you?”
If Jie Chen hadn’t reached out to grab the snake off her shoulder, he wouldn’t have been bitten.
After Xiang Ying said these words, Jie Chen’s ears that were exposed outside the mask even reddened.
He unconsciously diverted his eyes: “Nobody cares about you.”
At this point, Captain Jia led his men in, pushing through the crowd, and angrily confronted Xiang Ying.
“Why didn’t you let us shoot the arrows just now? Because of your misplaced compassion, we lost a criminal, and with so many snakes, nearly got everyone else buried with you!”
Xiang Ying replied coldly: “I didn’t let you shoot the arrows to save Mr. Lin. As for why Beauty Feng died, you shouldn’t ask me; you should ask someone else.”
Her phoenix eyes glanced towards Xiang Qianqian, who seemed to feel her gaze, shrank, and curled up, her head bowed in panic.
Jie Chen shifted slightly, shielding half of Xiang Ying’s body.
“What she did was not wrong.”
“Military Supervisor! You can’t favor her too much.”
Captain Jia cut himself off partway, realizing that Jie Chen’s gaze was full of warning and fierceness, and resentfully swallowed the rest of his words.
Jie Chen led his men away and also ordered the soldiers to patrol each area and check thoroughly, to prevent snakes from creeping into the supplies.
As soon as he left, Tao Xue ran over with the other two children and embraced her.
“Mother, it was really terrifying just now!”
“How could you face the mother snake alone? What if you got eaten? Next time, call me to help, understand?” Xiang Yuanshuo’s soft, chubby face tried to put on a serious adult expression.
Xiang Ying’s brows relaxed, and her laughter was pleasing.
She stretched out her hand and pinched Xiang Yuanshuo’s tender, soft cheeks: “If there’s a next time, I’ll definitely call you.”
Xiang Yuanshuo then nodded in satisfaction, but his gaze clearly conveyed that he thought Xiang Ying was not giving him peace of mind.
The male snake and some other dead snakes, which were originally to be discarded by the soldiers, were claimed by Xiang Ying instead.
Skinny Monkey curiously approached her, watching Xiang Ying skillfully gut the snake, remove its viscera, extract the snake gallbladder, and also neatly slice up its flesh.
“Wow, you really aren’t afraid of the snake meat being poisonous, and you want to eat it?”
“The poison in snakes comes from the venom glands; as long as you’re careful not to puncture the venom glands while cutting, it’s naturally not poisonous.”
As she spoke, her blood-stained hands lifted a slice of snake flesh and brought it to Skinny Monkey’s mouth: “Raw snake meat has a fresh taste, want to try?”
Skinny Monkey repeatedly waved his hands and took a few steps back: “I don’t dare enjoy such a luxury.”
Xiang Ying smiled faintly.
Of course, she also didn’t partake.
Instead, she handed it to Lin Lingxiang, while secretly slipping her a small bag of millet.
“Find an opportunity to cook it into porridge. Add some snake meat. It’s beneficial for the elderly when it comes to revitalizing their health,” she whispered.
When Lin Lingxiang found out it was snake meat, she was a bit scared but also deeply grateful as she accepted it.
“Thank you, elder princess. I will serve the Crown Prince more diligently to help lighten your burden.”
Xiang Li, standing nearby, looked over with his warm and clear eyes, casting a silent glance her way.
Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes narrowed into a smile: “On this journey of exile, we are all one family, aren’t we, brother?”
Xiang Li, who was named, blinked in surprise. As Lin Lingxiang’s gentle gaze turned towards him, he nodded slightly: “Indeed, one family.”
The remaining snake skin was laid out by Xiang Ying to dry on the rocks and was later sewn together to make a sunshade.
The snake gallbladder was made into a medicine, some of which was given to Xiang Li, and the rest was kept for Jie Chen.
However, at night when Xiang Ying had just closed her eyes to sleep, she felt someone come to check her breathing.
She opened her eyes to find it was the children.
Xiang Xiuxiu, who still had her hand under Xiang Ying’s nose, quickly pulled back.
“Big brother, second brother, mother is still alive!”
Xiang Ying sat up, rubbing her tired brow: “What are you three doing up at this hour? Go to sleep.”
Xiang Yuanlang said in a cold tone, his small hands crossed over his chest: “Xiuxiu was afraid you got bitten by the snake today and didn’t realize it. We’ve been taking turns keeping watch at night.”
Xiang Ying nearly laughed out loud.
“It was your Uncle Jie Chen who was bitten, not me.”
Xiang Xiuxiu’s voice was soft, pitifully so: “But he’s not our mother. We only care about you.”
Her words instantly warmed Xiang Ying’s heart.
She pulled her daughter into her embrace and comforted her with pats: “Don’t worry, I’m fine. My nostrils are still breathing. Enough noise, go to sleep.”
The three little ones lay down beside her.
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Xiang Yuanlang and Xiang Xiuxiu closed their eyes, but Xiang Yuanshuo, still acting mature beyond his years, gently reminded: “If you feel unwell, you must tell me. Don’t try to be strong.”
Xiang Ying hummed in response and nodded perfunctorily: “Okay.”
Leaving that aside, Xiang Yuanshuo was truly born to be a big brother with all his worrying despite his young age!
The next day, she awoke.
As the Exile Team set off again, Xiang Ying sat on Xiang Li’s wooden cart, legs crossed, holding icy sweet water in her left hand and a meat bun in her right—she appeared to be on vacation, enjoying the sun.
Come noon, the whole team paused by a stream for a break, but Xiang Ying had Tao Xue set up a large pot to cook.
She sneaked to the stream, pulled out a fish from her space, and then held it up pretending to be delighted: “Look what I caught in the stream!”
Tao Xue exclaimed in admiration: “The elder Princess is so capable!”
The others were astonished, wondering how such a large fish had come from this crystal-clear stream – they hadn’t even seen a shrimp or crab.
Xiang Ying instructed Tao Xue to clean the fish, then she put the whole fish into the pot to cook, adding in the wood ear mushrooms and bamboo shoots they hadn’t finished before.
Soon, the fragrant smell of fish soup wafted through the air.
Xiang Ying invited Lin Lingxiang and Seventh Princess to join them for the soup. In the scorching heat of summer, they drank until sweating profusely, thoroughly refreshed.
Seeing them enjoying the meal so much, the other criminals also stationed themselves by the stream, hoping to catch something for themselves.
Only Xiang Qianqian sat alone in the distance, too hungry to muster the energy.
Captain Jia, who appeared beside her at some point, sneered: “Do you see? You abide by the rules, but your elder sister doesn’t seem to care about the rules at all. Does she even look like an exile? More like the Military Supervisor’s little darling kept in the team!”
“Think about my offer. Call Qi Fengyi out tonight at midnight, and I will make it worth your while.”
Xiang Qianqian did not speak, her gaze fixed intently on the bowl of fish soup in Xiang Ying’s hands.
