Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

Chapter 1258: Chapter 1258: I’m Truly Useless

In the secret village, the guards were strict, and everyone held a knife in their hand.

"Yuan Yu, how are you?" Xu Qinglang saw the weary Yuan Yu returning and hurriedly rushed forward, saying, "Did those people bully you?"

"It’s fine."

Yuan Yu shook her head. They pushed her into the house, but she wasn’t abused. Soon, someone even brought food.

"Don’t eat it."

Just as Xu Qinglang was about to tell her not to eat it, Yuan Yu was already eating with big bites.

"Yuan Yu, how can you just eat their food?"

Xu Qinglang’s stomach was growling with hunger, but he held back, and with Yuan Yu not returning, his worry made him lose his appetite even more.

"It’s okay, they still need me." Yuan Yu answered while eating, her mouth full. She had just performed a simple surgery on someone and was starving.

Yuan Yu was extremely hungry. After answering Xu Qinglang, she buried her head in her meal, and only when her stomach was full did she let out a satisfied burp, saying, "Although the food doesn’t taste great, it’s better than nothing."

Yuan Yu patted her full stomach contentedly and seeing Xu Qinglang not eating much, she asked, "Aren’t you hungry?"

They had been captured here for at least seven or eight hours by now.

"I’m hungry, but I can’t eat."

Xu Qinglang fiddled with the chopsticks, feeling heavy-hearted, saying, "Yuan Yu, am I useless? I came to save you, but instead, I dragged you in."

"Xu Qinglang, instead of thinking like that, why not just fill your stomach first?" Yuan Yu couldn’t help but twitch her lips. She knew Xu Qinglang to be gentle as jade before—how could she not know his character was as delicate as a woman’s?

"If we fill our stomachs, we’ll be able to handle whatever comes more calmly."

Yuan Yu stood up, analyzing, "I operated on that person; he was stabbed several times. Once he wakes up, we should be fine."

To clean that person’s wounds and remove the necrotic tissue exhausted Yuan Yu. She was indeed a surgeon, but the equipment here wasn’t comprehensive, and they weren’t the tools Yuan Yu was used to. Moreover, the person had been injured for a long time.

The surgery was completed, but who knows if that person will wake up?

"How many times was he stabbed?"

Xu Qinglang asked.

Yuan Yu carefully explained to Xu Qinglang, who said, "Your medical skills are excellent; it will definitely be fine."

Xu Qinglang finished eating the food quickly, even if it tasted bad, at least he had filled his stomach.

"Yuan Yu, what if that person dies, what do we do?" Xu Qinglang worried. The places Yuan Yu mentioned were very crucial, and even if the bullets were taken out, who could tell if there might be complications?

"Don’t jinx it!"

Yuan Yu glared at Xu Qinglang angrily, saying, "I have great confidence in my surgical skills."

"Yes, yes, your medical skills are great, there will definitely be no problem."

Xu Qinglang smiled and agreed, but deep down he wasn’t so sure. If it weren’t a matter of life and death, would they have snatched a doctor, to do something so risky and bold?

Xu Qinglang felt uneasy, having tried all methods. This wooden house had one window that was high off the ground, at least two meters high and very small. Unless they knew Bone Shrinking Skills, it was impossible to escape through that small window.

The only door was guarded by two guards, both wielding knives, making it impossible for Xu Qinglang to walk out.

He wasn’t like his elder brother Xu Qingfeng, always in the company. He was just a sincere traditional Chinese doctor, working with his grandfather. Although he had seen a lot, facing real weapons made Xu Qinglang shrink.

Night fell, and the dark room became even more sinister. The flames outside flickered occasionally, with a faint hint of voices.

"Yuan Yu, are you cold?" Xu Qinglang took off his jacket and offered it.

Yuan Yu refused, saying, "You’re just wearing a short-sleeved shirt underneath, you’ll get sick."

"It’s okay, I’m a man." Xu Qinglang said indifferently, but as the wind blew from someplace, Xu Qinglang shivered.

Yuan Yu pushed the clothes back, saying, "You wear it; my clothes aren’t cold at all. Don’t catch a cold and develop a fever. I don’t have time to take care of you."

Xu Qinglang awkwardly took back the jacket. The wind was indeed cold. He put the clothes back on, squatted down with his back against the wall, and said, "Yuan Yu, should we try escaping?"

"How do we escape?"

Yuan Yu squatted in the corner, both sides leaning on the wall. She could see the door overhead. This gave Yuan Yu a greater sense of security. After eating, she walked around the place, thinking of every method, but couldn’t find a way out.

Sigh, she mainly just circled around here, couldn’t even step out the door.

The guards outside were many, even pretending to be sick with stomach pain, there were always two people watching, making any method useless.

Those people were eager to follow her to the toilet, guarding her tightly.

"I don’t know, sigh."

Xu Qinglang sighed, feeling useless again. If, if Tang Jun were here, he could surely protect Yuan Yu?

Xu Qinglang let his mind wander, unable to do anything else, just kept talking to Yuan Yu.

"Yuan Yu, do you think if we hadn’t gone out to collect herbs today, we wouldn’t have been caught?"

"You’re overthinking, there are more than just us captured." Yuan Yu retorted angrily.

...

"Brother, are you all right?"

He Ming supported Tang Jun and only when they settled did they realize the place felt like a dungeon.

"I’m fine."

Tang Jun ’looked’ around, not actually seeing anything, and asked, "Xiao Ming, where are we? Have they imprisoned us?"

"Yes, not just us, there are others too."

He Ming shouted loudly, "Hey, why are you imprisoning us? Let us out."

"Stop shouting, it’s useless to shout." Someone next door yelled, "What are you here for? How did you get caught?"

"We came to collect herbs and were inexplicably captured."

He Ming’s words got general agreement, and people next door said, "I, I was the same."

He Ming started chatting with everyone, finding out most were local villagers, inexplicably captured.

"Brother, what do we do?"

He Ming kept complaining to Tang Jun, rubbing his painful body, cursing and asking Tang Jun what to do.

"How is it, any issues?" Ni Yan looked at Hei Zai and asked.