After you sever ties, it's no use crying and regretting it.

Chapter 19 Something happened

With just a few words, Wu Guizhi turned the situation around.

Nonsense. If she hadn't received those benefits from the Yuan family, how could she have bribed and ordered around the villagers, and how could she have successfully pressured Xie Shulan's family?

As for whether the Yuan family will have other candidates, Wu Guizhi is not too worried.

Based on the current situation, the only person Yuan Yutong can collaborate with is her!

Yuan Yutong has a lot of leverage over her, and she also has a lot of leverage over Yuan Yutong and the Yuan family. They check and balance each other and won't break off relations.

If the Yuan family and Yuan Yutong want to handle these matters in Ningshui Village and get to the bottom of Lü Daquan's family, then she is the most suitable person.

If it were someone else, they might not have been able to control Xie Shulan and her family.

Even she herself almost suffered a loss at Xie Shulan's hands, let alone others.

Although Hsieh Shu-lan's origins are unknown, she is not someone who is easy to deal with.

This time, Xie Shulan's attempt to incite others to oppose her and seize her resources was quite clever, but they still knew too little about her dealings with the Yuan family.

The Yuan family may not want to directly break ties with her.

However, since Xie Shulan dared to set a trap for her, this family should pay the price!

Thinking of the arrangements on the mountain, Wu Guizhi couldn't help but curl a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth.

Just as everyone was still making their own plans, Xie Shulan's second son, Lü Muyi, suddenly came running down the mountain in a disheveled state.

Seeing his mother and three younger brothers, Lü Muyi continued running towards them, his eyes red and his breath coming in gasps as he anxiously cried out, "Mother, come quickly and help! Something's happened to my eldest brother!"

After shouting this, Lü Muyi had already arrived in front of Xie Shulan and the others, bent over, panting heavily, trying to calm himself down from the discomfort brought on by his worry and frantic running.

Upon hearing what her second son, Lü Muyi, said, and learning that her eldest son, Lü Muren, had actually had an accident on the mountain, Xie Shulan was so frightened that she dropped the bamboo basket in her hand, and several blades of grass fell out.

She had been very worried that her two sons might encounter danger while searching for food in the mountains, and she never expected that something would actually happen this time!

Although she was extremely anxious, Xie Shulan quickly calmed herself down and didn't lose her composure. Instead, she gently patted her second son, Lü Muyi's, back to help him catch his breath, and asked nervously, "Second son, what did you just say about the eldest son?"

Things have been very difficult for our family lately.

In order to find food, the three younger children followed her around digging grass roots and peeling tree bark, while the eldest, Lü Muren, and the second eldest, Lü Muyi, both of whom were somewhat skilled, had recently been going into Lianyun Mountain to look for food.

Lianyun Mountain is also very dangerous now. Affected by the drought, all kinds of food are scarce, which will make the wild animals in the mountain more ferocious and savage.

Going up the mountain to find food under such circumstances would be far more dangerous than usual if one encountered wild animals.

Because of this, no one else in the village dared to easily enter Lianyun Mountain.

Even at the foot of the mountain, wild animals sometimes come down, making it quite unsafe.

Their family lived at the foot of Lianyun Mountain, living in constant fear. Fortunately, nothing untoward happened, and they were able to continue living there.

However, they were always worried about the safety of their two sons. They went into the mountains and faced all sorts of uncontrollable situations. Danger was everywhere. Xie Shulan kept praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky to protect their safety and hoped that they could return safely every day.

She certainly didn't want her two sons to risk going up the mountain, but they had run out of food and needed to rely on them to go up the mountain to find something to eat.

This situation made Xie Shulan feel even worse and more worried.

But this time, Xie Shulan was already uneasy, and she never expected that something would actually happen!

While patting her second son, Lü Muyi, on the back to help him catch his breath, Xie Shulan anxiously awaited his reply.

The situation was extremely critical. After catching his breath, Lü Muyi disregarded everyone else present and almost burst into tears. He quickly said, "Mother, you and Third Brother come with me quickly and help me carry Big Brother down."

"My brother was bitten by a five-step snake and is severely poisoned. He also broke his leg and is unable to move on his own. He has already fallen into a coma."

“I applied some herbal medicine to him, but my brother’s overall condition is still very bad. I can’t move him by myself. You need to come and help quickly to get him down the mountain for treatment.”

Lu Muyi was only twelve years old and had not yet grown tall. He had been suffering from hunger recently, which made him even thinner and shorter. He was unable to move his older brother Lu Muren by himself, so he had to come down the mountain to ask for help.

Furthermore, his elder brother, Lü Muren, had been poisoned by a snake and broken his leg, and his condition was very bad. Lü Muyi was also very worried and hoped that his mother could go with him to give them courage.

After all, he had been poisoned by snake venom. When he came down the mountain to ask for help, his elder brother, Lü Muren, had already fallen into a coma. His condition was very serious; he was barely breathing. Lü Muyi was terrified and dared not face him alone.

Of course, Lü Muyi also harbored a sliver of hope that he wouldn't have to face that situation, and that by the time he and his mother went to help, his elder brother's condition would have improved.

He really didn't want anything to happen to his older brother!

Upon hearing that her eldest son, Lü Muren, had been bitten by a venomous snake, broken his leg, and was unconscious, Xie Shulan's vision blurred, and she almost collapsed from lack of balance.

If she could, she would never want her two sons to go into the mountains.

The mountains are too dangerous; there are venomous snakes and wild beasts. Even experienced hunters may not be able to escape Lianyun Mountain unscathed.

Now that her eldest son, Lü Muren, has really had an accident, it's almost crushing Xie Shulan.

However, knowing that the current situation was extremely dangerous and that she was left alone on the mountain, Xie Shulan didn't say much. She gritted her teeth and endured it, not daring to faint at this moment.

Her eldest son's condition is so dangerous that she needs to make arrangements immediately; hopefully, there is still hope for him.

If she faints at this moment, a few children alone will not be able to handle these things, and there is no one else around to rely on.

For the sake of her eldest son, Hsieh Shu-lan quickly composed herself.