readytorunbook Chapter 153 Encounter with a Python
Chapter 153 Encounter with a Python
Qin Yingxue's face froze for a moment, then she turned around and saw that the room was empty. She seemed to understand something and laughed until her stomach hurt.
They probably thought they had encountered something fantastical and ran away out of fear.
Qin Yingxue looked contentedly at the twenty or thirty beehives in the space, bought meat buns and milk from the mall, and ate while following the direction in which Bai Haijian and Qin Dahe had fled.
They ran all the way to the beach, both of them panting heavily. When they saw that no one was following them, their legs gave way and they collapsed onto the sand.
"Haijian, do you think we saw it wrong?" Qin Dahe asked, his eyes filled with a mixture of fear and doubt.
Bai Haijian closed his eyes briefly, then gave a wry smile: "Uncle Qin, we both saw it wrong?"
The two fell silent, exchanging a lingering glance.
"If the search team doesn't find us today, we shouldn't go back to the woods tonight. If there's really something in there, neither of us will survive," Qin Dahe said, his face full of fear.
Bai Haijian nodded in agreement: "Uncle Qin, let's gather some dry firewood. If we light it, it will produce smoke, which will help them find us."
Qin Dahe quickly got up and started picking up dead branches with Bai Haijian.
It was already eight o'clock in the morning. Qin Yingxue saw that it was getting late and instructed Xiao Wu to go to the small fishing village to see if there was any movement there.
On the monitor, Xiao Wu plays the role of Qin Yingxue, diligently feeding Sanbao.
Qin Yingxue misses her three babies. Only after becoming a mother did she realize that when she's away from home, all she can think about is her baby.
I wonder if they've eaten enough, slept well, or if they'll recognize Xiao Wu...
Thinking about this, Qin Yingxue realized she had been overthinking things.
Sanbao is just a baby who eats and sleeps, and doesn't have any independent thoughts yet, so how could he possibly recognize me...?
But the next moment, she was surprised to find that the eldest and second eldest children, as well as the usually quiet third child, were all babbling and getting a little excited.
Although they still drank milk as usual, they would spit it out after a few sips, and the two older children pouted and cried loudly.
The third baby lay there, refusing to open his mouth to drink milk.
The crying startled Zhu Huiwen, who quickly climbed upstairs, tenderly picked up her eldest child, and soothed, "Don't cry, don't cry, my sweet baby! Grandma will feed you, only when you're full can you grow up quickly..."
I don't know if the older child was really soothed, but he stopped crying and opened his mouth to drink milk obediently.
Wen Tianqing also picked up the second child and helped feed him.
Xiao Wu picked up Xiao Shiqing, who lazily glanced at Xiao Wu's face but refused to open her mouth to drink milk.
"Yingxue, Xiaowu wants breast milk." Zhu Huiwen looked over and asked with concern, "Do you still not have enough milk?"
Xiao Wu shook his head: "Mom, I'm still worried about my third brother and Haijian. You and Tianqing can help take care of the child. I'll go to the fishing village again to see if they've come back."
Xiao Wu's face showed anxiety, and her voice trembled with tears at the end.
Zhu Huiwen sighed: "Don't worry too much. Dahe Haijian is blessed with good fortune and will surely turn bad luck into good."
"Thank you, Mom." Xiao Wu mimicked Qin Yingxue's expression, her face full of gratitude.
"Xiao Qing, hurry up and drink your milk. After you're full, Mommy will go find your uncle, okay?" Xiao Wu coaxed gently when she saw that Xiao Qing wasn't drinking milk.
Xiao Qing didn't anxiously look at Xiao Wu. When the pacifier touched his little mouth again, he curled his tongue and started drinking milk.
Seeing this, Qin Yingxue finally felt relieved, and with tears in her eyes, she reached out and touched Xiao Shiqing's delicate face through the monitor.
Of her three babies, she was most worried about the youngest.
He had a poor appetite, so she tried her best to breastfeed him whenever she had breast milk available.
From yesterday to today, I haven't had any breast milk for a full day and night.
No wonder Qing never opened her mouth when she was little.
Qin Yingxue felt heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do about it.
After Xiao Wu fed Xiao Qing and said goodbye to Zhu Huiwen, he headed towards the small fishing village.
The small fishing village was quiet; it was unclear whether everyone was at work or staying at home.
Xiao Wu walked along with a solemn expression.
When they arrived at the Bai family home, Bai Haifeng, with tears streaming down her face, stood at the door with Yang Weijun, looking around. The moment she saw Xiao Wu, she burst into tears and threw herself into Xiao Wu's arms: "Auntie, everyone in the village has come back, except for my brother and Uncle Qin."
Qin Yingxue had sensed something was wrong, so she inputted a command and asked through Xiao Wu, "Don't cry yet, tell your aunt, when did the villagers come back?"
“He came back last night. Several people got sick from being caught in the rain. Grandpa Village Chief and Uncle Bai know my brother hasn’t returned, so they’ve gathered the villagers to find a search and rescue team, but…”
Bai Haifeng stopped speaking here, hiccuping as she spoke.
"But what?" Xiao Wu asked hurriedly.
“Many people in the village are saying that Brother Bai must have gone out to fish under the guise of looking for someone. There’s no need to look for him, he’ll definitely be back today,” Yang Weijun chimed in.
Qin Yingxue was furious, clenching her fists as if she wanted to smash those people's faces to pieces!
Xiao Wu, being a robot, didn't display Qin Yingxue's anger, but still pretended to be furious: "Nonsense! When your brother gets back, we'll settle accounts with them one by one. Did the village chief really send a search and rescue team?"
"Yes! Originally, the village chief was unwilling to go to the search team, but later Uncle Bai stepped forward to vouch for him. He said that if the elder brother did not go to find someone and instead fished privately, he would pay all the search team's expenses. Only then did the village chief go to the search team with Uncle Bai."
"How long have the search and rescue team been gone?" Xiao Wu asked.
"It's been over an hour," Yang Weijun said, glancing at the sky.
Xiao Wu comforted the two children for a few words and then waited with them at the Bai family's house.
Qin Yingxue had a plan in mind.
Seeing that Bai Haijian and his third brother had already collected a large pile of dry branches and damp wood, Qin Yingxue asked Zhang San to keep an eye on things while she went back to put the treehouse back into her spatial storage.
I had planned to wander around last night, but I never expected to have such an unexpected discovery and only just got back now.
After checking and finding no trace, Qin Yingxue hurried back to the beach to look for them.
But after taking only a few steps, a slick, shiny python as thick as a wooden barrel blocked their path.
Qin Yingxue was completely unprepared and almost had a close encounter with the python. She screamed in terror, "Ah..."
Then, feeling a chill run down his spine, he threw a light grenade almost without thinking.
As luck would have it, just as the python opened its blood-red maw to swallow Qin Yingxue whole, something was thrown into its mouth, which it swallowed without a second thought.
With a loud "boom," the python exploded, its blood and flesh splattering everywhere, covering Qin Yingxue's face.
Qin Yingxue threw out a light grenade and ran at full speed, but she was still affected by the blast. She felt nauseous and squatted down to the side, retching incessantly.
"Why do I hear someone screaming?" Qin Dahe asked, picking at his ear, puzzled.
"There's no one here! You must be hallucinating again!" Bai Haijian said dismissively as he tried to light the firewood.
Zhang San's expression suddenly changed drastically.