CHAPTER 71: 71: CAN HE BE SAVED (PART 2)_1

"Third Brother... is there any hope for Third Brother?" Yixuan asked anxiously, the girl’s composure giving him a glimmer of hope, yet the severity of Third Brother’s injuries was such that it clearly meant... he was not going to make it.

Dong Huiying glanced at Yixuan and gave a confident smile with her pursed lips.

"Don’t worry! With me here, even King Yama can’t snatch away the person I am determined to save!"

Yixuan looked at her.

Her face was still the same old one.

But her confident demeanor, her bright eyes, seemed to hold a winning hand, exuding a presence that looked down upon the world...

......

In Kaoshan Village, the Liang family.

Dong Huiying rushed into the courtyard holding Liang Shujun, and Big Brother Liang Zhichen, hearing the commotion, came out of the house. Seeing Shujun unconscious and badly injured, Zhichen’s heart sank with a thud.

As Dong Huiying carried Shujun to the east room, she made her needs known: "Yixuan, I need hot water, needles and thread, and alcohol!"

Yixuan obediently did as he was told, not even realizing himself that he might have been influenced by the girl’s confidence. At this moment, at least for today, right now, she had become his pillar, his ultimate guide.

Dong Huiying kicked open the door to the room and laid Shujun on the kang bed.

Zhichen also followed them in.

"Shujun??"

Dong Huiying didn’t even glance at him, for she was a doctor, and saving lives was her sacred duty. Her attention was entirely focused on Liang Shujun.

"Get the scissors. The injuries are severe, not just on the upper body, but also the lower. Hurry up and help!"

She was busy herself, and as soon as Yixuan brought the needles and strong alcohol, she immediately began to cleanse Shujun’s wounds with the alcohol.

The unconscious Shujun moaned, his body convulsing with pain, a far cry from his previous imposing presence when battling black bears and wolf packs.

"Quick, hold him down!"

Zhichen snapped to attention, without asking any questions, he followed Dong Huiying’s instructions, restraining Shujun’s body to assist her.

...

On the way back, Liang Haoming had split up with Dong Huiying, taking a detour to another village to purchase some medicinal herbs. Anxious about the wounds on Third Brother, he had run all the way back, arriving at the door drenched in sweat.

When Dong Huiying saw Liang Haoming, she asked, "Did you get all the herbs?" The names of the herbs were all provided by her.

Haoming wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head, "We’re missing two!"

Dong Huiying snatched up the bag of herbs and after opening it, her brows immediately furrowed.

The herbs she asked Haoming to buy were all common ones, nothing rare, considering the Liang family couldn’t necessarily afford exotic items and the mountain folks might not have them in stock.

"Which two are we missing?" Zhichen asked. "Jade and I brought back quite a few herbs from town today."

"Flower-Holding Grass and Dragon Whisker Root!"

Zhichen recalled the formula Jade used for her medicine. "I’ll go get them right now!" He had purchased quite a lot of those two herbs.

The whole family was buzzing with activity, Shujun had lost so much blood, he was completely pale.

Dong Huiying calmly directed the next steps, like how to process the herbs and mix them, while she busied herself feeling around on Shujun, tapping and prodding, with the brothers at home not understanding what she was doing at all.

Only Haoming fell silent for a moment, remembering how after the fall from the cliff, when she had touched him, his wound stopped hurting, and these past few days when she occasionally touched him, he didn’t feel the pain anymore.

Gradually, the pained expression on the suffering Shujun’s face eased, he became more peaceful, but he was still not very lucid.