Tang Ning had been thinking about this question last night. He remembered that he saw a hand covered with scales. That hand looked very similar to the one he saw when he was drowning, but the person who saved him was Zhang Yun.
At first he thought he had mistook Zhang Yun's ichthyotic hand for that strange hand, but now he is not sure.
Did he have hallucinations when he was drowning and mistook Zhang Yun's skin for fish scales, or was it possible that Zhang Yun was indeed the evil river god who would become a special being under certain circumstances, or was it that there was someone else who saved him
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind as Tang Ning stared at Zhang Yun, not wanting to miss any of his facial expressions or words.
However, Zhang Yun suddenly closed his eyes as if he was dizzy, and he staggered. His pale face was completely bloodless, and he fell inwards like the door.
Tang Ning hurriedly went to support Zhang Yun, touching his stiff and cold limbs.
Zhang Yun could no longer walk, and Tang Ning helped her onto the bed with great effort. Seeing that she was shivering from the cold and looked confused, Tang Ning anxiously covered her with the quilt and took out two more quilts from the closet. Zhang Yun still kept saying that she was cold.
What happened? What happened in the last night's catching turtle in the jar? He was a fine person before he went there, how come he became like this after he went there
"Zhang Yun, I have a way to make you feel better." Tangning put his finger to Zhang Yun's lips and whispered, "Suck on my finger, you'll feel better."
Zhang Yun's eyes were tightly closed, his long eyelashes trembling on his grey lower eyelids. He let out a faint sound. Tangning leaned in closer to listen and heard Zhang Yun saying, "Go ahead."
"It will really make you feel better." Seeing this, Tang Ning put his fingers into Zhang Yun's mouth. Zhang Yun kept his lips and teeth tightly shut, refusing to touch him. Tang Ning was getting anxious, and when he was about to pry open Zhang Yun's mouth, Zhang Yun suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were full of bloodshot, and his eyes were almost crazy!
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment and subconsciously pulled her hand back. However, Zhang Yun, who was originally lying straight on the bed, suddenly sat up and threw himself on top of Tang Ning!
The cold hands pressed down on Tang Ning's shoulders, and a huge force burst out instantly. At first glance, the bloodshot eyes seemed to be red, like a beast that had lost its mind and could hurt people at any time. The tightly closed mouth opened wide and let out a hoarse roar. In Tang Ning's horrified gaze, Zhang Yun lowered his head and quickly bit Tang Ning's neck!
"Zhang Yun! I'm Tang Ning!" Tang Ning's voice changed in pitch. The trembling voice was like a thin rope around the neck of a wild beast. Zhang Yun's handsome face showed a mixture of ferocity and pain.
His hands were still pinching Tang Ning's shoulders, and a low growl like that of a wild beast came from his throat.
"Let me go! Zhang Yun! Let me go!" Tang Ning struggled desperately, but Zhang Yun was incredibly strong at the moment. Tang Ning's struggle only angered him, and he was instantly dominated by anger. He opened his mouth and bit Tang Ning directly!
No!
Terror overwhelmed Tang Ning. At this moment, a slender and strong hand suddenly grabbed Zhang Yun's neck and pulled the mad Zhang Yun aside. Tang Ning collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.
"Ho ho" was the breathy sound coming from the throat, mixed with some broken roars.
Tang Ning looked up, and the first thing he saw was Shao Mingxun's extremely cold expression. Tang Ning had never seen Shao Mingxun look so scared before. Not even the glasses on his nose could cover his expression. He looked like a demon that had crawled out of hell. He was hundreds of times more terrifying than Zhang Yun!
The man grabbed Zhang Yun's neck with one hand, the veins on the back of his hand bulged, and his fingers clenched one by one -
He really wants to strangle Zhang Yun!!!
"Don't do this!" Tangning quickly climbed up from the ground. He first hugged Shao Mingxuan's slender legs wrapped in suit pants, then hugged his waist behind the belt. Finally, he managed to stand up and touched Shao Mingxuan's arm with trembling hands, "Shao Mingxuan! Calm down! Don't do this!!!"
Just looking at Shao Mingxun, he is now dressed neatly, with no expression on his face, as if he is a model taking magazine photos under cold light. However, Zhang Yun in his hand has turned purple in the face, his eyes are red, and they are about to pop out!
No! Even if it's one second later! Even if it's one second later, Zhang Yun could still be there!
Tang Ning's brain was screaming wildly. He wanted to stop Shao Mingxun, but he couldn't think of any way. He instinctively moved forward and kissed Shao Mingxun on the lips.
The eyes behind the lenses opened wide in an instant, and the hands that were pinching the neck loosened at this moment. Zhang Yun fell to the ground, his body twitching continuously.
The kiss achieves its purpose and then leaves as soon as it is touched, but the person being kissed cannot easily walk away.
Shao Mingxuan stood there for a while, then slowly stretched out his hand and touched the place where Tang Ning had kissed him with his fingertips. The hand that was so steady and strong when it was strangling his throat now trembled uncontrollably, as if every nerve ending was trembling because of that kiss.
Tang Ning, who was observing Zhang Yun's condition nervously, seemed to have noticed something. He looked up and met Shao Mingxuan's eyes.
The deep eyes behind the lenses fell on Tangning's face, as if he had lost interest in anyone or anything other than Tangning. The only person he could see was Tangning.
Tangning was startled by the terrifying gaze. He stepped back in panic, but the oppressive gaze seemed to pin him to the spot. Shao Mingxuan stared at him solemnly, and his deep and magnetic voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Why are you running?"
Tang Ning's intuition told him that prey that kept running away would more easily irritate the beast's nerves.
His feet, which had been retreating in panic, stopped at that moment. Tang Ning controlled his weak legs and managed to stand within Shao Mingxuan's field of vision. He said in a trembling voice, "I-I didn't run away."
Shao Mingxuan stared straight at Tang Ning. His dark eyes seemed to be as deep as the bottom of a pond where not a single ray of light could penetrate. It reminded Tang Ning of the nightmare in which he was sinking continuously. He felt a chill throughout his body, and the area behind his waist covered by scales felt numb and tingling.
Tangning saw the corners of her thin but sharp lips curled up slightly. Perhaps her expression was out of control, as her smile did not become gentle, but instead revealed an indescribable weirdness.
"Just kiss and run, huh?"
Tangning was almost scared to tears. His mind went blank and he stumbled over his words to apologize to Shao Mingxuan, "Is that right?"
The voice was trembling unnaturally, just like Tang Ning himself, who was also trembling slightly.
Shao Mingxuan took a deep breath and held up the frame with his hand. His hand covered most of his expression. When he put his hand down, a gentle smile reappeared on his handsome face. "Why should I apologize? I'm not angry."
Tang Ning was completely stunned, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He took whatever Shao Mingxuan said as his own, "Right, wrong?" This time he was apologizing for his random apology.
If he had gone against the current, he would never have suddenly lost his mind and kissed Shao Mingxuan.
Why did he just do such a thing
Shao Mingxuan laughed softly, lowering his eyelashes to cover his deep black eyes. His lowered eyebrows showed his gentleness and doting, "Why can't you say it's right again?"
As he spoke, he walked towards Tang Ning.
Tang Ning saw this person approaching and his body subconsciously stepped back. However, his feet took a step back and the foot wearing leather shoes took a bigger step. The tip of the shoe touched the toe of Tang Ning's shoe, which seemed to break through Tang Ning's inner defense. Tang Ning's heart was beating violently and he looked at the tall figure in front of him, almost unable to breathe.
The soft waist was embraced by a broad hand, and that part was exactly where the new scales were. When Tang Ning touched it himself, he only felt that the scales were delicate. Now, suddenly this hand covered it, and everything from the waist to the toes seemed to soften into a pool of water, as if it was going to turn into a slender fish tail swaying in the water.
"Be careful, don't fall."
Tang Ning then realized that he had already stepped back to the edge of the threshold without knowing when, and if he stepped back any further he would really trip.
"Tang Ning, how are things going over here?" Lin Yun's voice came from behind. Tang Ning turned around in panic to see Lin Yun who had arrived late.
Lin Yun just ran to the old woman's room to watch everyone drinking porridge. On the first day they came here, they found a finger bone in the fish soup made by the old woman, so they didn't dare to eat the food made by the old woman afterwards. Now there happened to be an NPC tasting the food, so Lin Yun specially watched for a long time. After everyone finished drinking the porridge and left, Lin Yun ran to see the situation on Tang Ning's side.
Because it was broad daylight and Tangning was with Zhang Yun, Lin Yun thought that Tangning would be fine on her own.
This thought ended when he saw Shao Mingxuan hugging Tang Ning's waist.
How come this NPC comes here to take advantage of me again in just a short while
"It seems that Zhang Yun has asked a question." Tang Ning took the opportunity to get out of Shao Mingxuan's arms, his voice still trembling.
Lin Yun's ears went numb when she heard Tangning's voice. Then she realized what Tangning meant, "What's wrong with Zhang Yun?"
He walked into the room and saw the horrifying purple-blue handprint on Zhang Yun's neck. Zhang Yun was fine just before he entered the room, which meant that the handprint was either left by Tang Ning or Shao Mingxuan. If there was not a faint pain on Zhang Yun's chest, Lin Yun would even suspect that Zhang Yun was pinched by Shao Mingxuan.
"I don't know why he suddenly attacked me. It was Shao Mingxuan who showed up and saved me." Tangning said as he looked at Shao Mingxuan. Shao Mingxuan's expression was very calm, but Tangning was still a little scared of him. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you know what happened to Zhang Yun?"
Shao Mingxuan said calmly: "Maybe he is crazy."
"It's a bit abnormal." Lin Yun checked Zhang Yun. "Except for the skin on his chest which is hot, the rest of his body is cold. Is he possessed? Tangning, how did he attack you just now?"
Tangning was worried that his voice would affect Lin Yun's train of thought, so he typed out what had just happened to Lin Yun.
"This situation is somewhat similar to Zhang Shunping, but Zhang Yun should still have some intelligence. He let you go before attacking you. When he attacked you, you said your word and he stopped for a while." Lin Yun frowned: "If you want to protect Zhang Yun, it's best not to let the townspeople know about Zhang Yun's situation now."
Otherwise, the townspeople would most likely drag Zhang Yun out and burn him.
"First lock Zhang Yun up here and tell his grandparents about this. Then we'll go find Taoist Master Zhu to find out what's going on." Lin Yun made the decision and Tangning didn't object.
They walked out of Zhang Yun's house, and Lin Yun ran to talk to the boatman and the others. Tang Ning originally wanted to go over as well, but when he saw the old woman with a weird smile on her face, he couldn't help but stop.
The old woman seemed to be in a good mood, with smile lines blooming on her bark-like face. She hummed a song while cleaning up the dishes. Her old hands stacked the dishes into a pile. She was singing: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up and see who will be spared by heaven."
Lin Yun said something to her, and the old woman's hand loosened, and the porcelain bowl in her hand shattered to the ground. She raised her eyes, and the smile disappeared from her cloudy eyes. Her hands were empty, and the ground under her feet was a mess.
At that moment, Tang Ning suddenly realized that she didn't seem to be the weird old woman in some horror story. She looked confused and helpless, just like an ordinary old woman.