The Tempting Educated Youth Married to a Rough Man-Chapter 236 - 232: This Is a Good Mushroom—Eat It and You’ll Sleep Soundly
As expected, everyone who accidentally ate the mushrooms made by Wen Ran felt drowsy shortly after.
The team leader was terrified, "What did you do?"
"...Nothing much, they just ate some of the drug I used on those kidnappers."
Team Leader: "!"
He let out a sharp exclamation, "What did you say???"
Wen Ran dug at her ear, looking innocent, "It’s fine, just think of it as a sleep aid. There are no other side effects; just sleep it off, and they’ll be fine when they wake up."
The team leader felt his heart shiver, "You little brat, can’t you let people be at ease?"
Wen Ran was also at her wit’s end, "It’s not my fault they ate it!
It was just left in the corner, who knew someone would think the mushrooms were wasted, clean them up, and put them in the pot.
I’ve been busy all day, my head’s full of things. Not noticing this little detail is quite reasonable."
To be fair, it really wasn’t Wen Ran’s fault.
The day was truly nerve-wracking for her.
Dealing with kidnappers, arranging for one of the wolves to go down the mountain to find people, and having to take a child to look for another child herself. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Forgetting about a problematic mushroom, that was entirely normal.
"Sigh!"
The team leader knew, he just had to ask carefully, "You’re sure it’s okay?"
"It’s definitely fine," Wen Ran gestured at the kidnappers, concise and clear, "See, they’re all waking up."
The team leader looked at the bleeding crowd, silently staring with a fish-eye expression.
Wen Ran: "...Hahaha, don’t mind those little details, it’s because I beat them up, not poison, rest assured."
As she spoke, Wen Ran also let out a big yawn, her eyes bleary, "Why am I feeling sleepy too?"
Moreover, this drowsiness was quite unusual.
A little, like her eyelids were battling.
Not wanting to sleep?
Then ready to faint.
The team leader grinned, "When we were eating, you didn’t eat any less."
Wen Ran: "But I..."
"Duang~"
Wen Ran rolled her eyes and collapsed straight away.
Sorry, had to sleep first.
When everyone else ate, the team leader didn’t have the chance. Just thinking about becoming the pioneer of the team made him so excited he felt full.
This whole escapade made him the one that got away at the scene.
Fine.
Looking at everyone around, the team leader sighed, guess he wouldn’t be sleeping either, might as well keep watch.
Anyway, sleeping wouldn’t be peaceful either.
Everyone was in a deep sleep at night.
Only the team leader, in his fifties, was wide-eyed and stayed awake until daybreak.
Wen Ran’s sturdy frame, like a small calf.
She stretched lazily, opened her eyes, and saw the team leader squatting beside her, with two large dark circles, lifeless eyes, and a blank stare.
Wen Ran: "!"
Oh dear~
Her heart skipped a beat, scaring away what little sleep was left.
"Uncle, didn’t you sleep all night?"
The team leader spoke with three yawns accompanying his words.
"I, ah~ I didn’t dare sleep..."
His mouth was so wide open you could see his throat.
As everyone woke up, the team leader checked that no one had kicked the bucket, stood up, and shook himself, "Well, no point waiting, let’s set out."
"No way," Wen Ran supported the team leader, "At this rate, if you step wrong going down the mountain, it’ll be a big problem."
The path led all the way down the mountain, any fall would mean a tumultuous roll down.
Then, with the team leader’s old bones,
He’d be crushed.
"Exactly," Mrs. Xiao, who had also slept soundly, said.
Looking at the kidnappers being carried behind her, she had a wickedly brilliant idea.
"Come, a few people, tie up the team leader and carry him down too."
Team Leader: "!!!"
His old face turned pale with fright, "Don’t mess around, you little troublemakers."
If the team leader didn’t resist, it would have been boring.
The more he struggled and resisted, the more excited the young men who came up the mountain became.
In the end, everyone mobbed him, tied him up tightly. Four young men lifted the team leader and chanted as they descended the mountain.
The team leader initially refused, swore, but his strength was limited after all.
He cursed and cursed until he was tired.
Once tired, he calmed down.
He wasn’t calm for long before his head lolled and he fell asleep.
Seeing this, everyone consciously lowered their voices so he could sleep well.
The chirping of birds, the buzzing of insects, mixed with the crunch of leaves underfoot, played a lullaby for the team leader.
Mr. Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, and Wen Ran stayed at the back of the group.
"You’ve worked hard; don’t go collect pigweed these next few days."
Wen Ran yawned, "Can I really not go?"
"Sure."
Truth be told, Wen Ran’s pigweed job was created by the team leader to keep her settled.
With twenty to thirty pigs in the pigsty, relying on Wen Ran’s daily three baskets of pigweed, they’d have starved long ago.
Spring plowing is important, but so are the pigs.
Wen Ran, obediently, "Fine, this time, I should be able to rest a few more days."
"No worries," Mrs. Xiao laughed joyfully, "even if you take off the entire spring plowing, the team leader won’t complain."
Now, in the team leader’s eyes, Wen Ran equals the pioneer team.
Oh dear, just one look at her does bring a lot of joy.
You know, this rotten girl can sometimes be infuriating but she sure knows how to get things done.
...
After a shaky journey down the mountain, they tossed the awakened team leader into the air.
"Aah!"
The weightlessness made the team leader shout uncontrollably, "You brats, put me down!"
"Oh~ Up!"
The team leader soared three meters high amidst laughter and cheers.
As for the six kidnappers, they had already been taken away by the commune and the public security.
"I knew it, this incident surely involves you,"
Shao Ping looked at Wen Ran, feeling a touch of gentleness emerging.
His words clearly expressed acknowledgment and praise for Wen Ran.
However, in Wen Ran’s ears, those words definitely changed tone.
"Tsk," Wen Ran akimbo, dissatisfied, "Hey! What do you mean by that? Like I’m some troublemaker!"
Darn it, she was clearly the unlucky one, right?
"No," Shao Ping helplessly, "I didn’t mean that, it’s just that, in this squad, you’re the only one who could catch those kidnappers."
Mentioning the kidnappers reminded Wen Ran of the kid who was shoved into Hongguo’s arms at the train station a while back.
"By the way, that little boy, how’s he doing now?"
When she was there, they only mentioned that the child looked familiar to those in the photo, but forgot to ask about the outcome.
Since it crossed her mind, might as well ask.
"He’s doing well, sent back home."
Shao Ping explained, "This whole incident owes thanks to you all, but I’ve been busy lately, and the child’s home is in another province.
The reward for your family will take a little while to come."
Wen Ran: "!"
Oh~
