"But if they are not possessed by evil spirits, then are they mentally ill or crazy?" the man said unconvinced.
"Mental disorder? Could both of them become mentally ill at the same time? Isn't this too much of a coincidence?" others wondered.
"Who knows? Maybe it's their own fault. Both of them are not good people. They deserve to get this strange disease this time!" People who have been bullied by Li Ergou or Fatty Cui are happy to see the current situation of these two people and gloat over their misfortune.
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The pain in Li Ergou and Fatty Cui did not ease until three months later, when spring came. But by then they had been tortured to the point of being emaciated, and were completely different from before. Fatty Cui, in particular, changed his temperament for the first time after losing weight and no longer dared to be so arrogant.
After Li Ergou and Fatty Cui got back together, they became even more wary of Gu Shichu. Not only did they never dare to mention what happened before, but even when they saw Gu Shichu at work, they avoided her as much as possible and stayed far away, not daring to appear in front of her at all.
Gu Shichu was very satisfied with this. For such bastards who only bully the weak and fear the strong, they should be taught a lesson so that they will be afraid of seeing themselves. She only let them suffer for a few months and did not expose them, let them go to jail, or take their lives. This was already a act of mercy on her part.
You have to know that Gu Shichu is not a kind-hearted person.
By this year, Gu Shichu and Ji Mingtao had been together for almost two years. They were not an ordinary couple and did not talk about love. Instead, they were more focused on exploring each other's bodies, only physically and not emotionally. However, they were becoming more and more in tune with each other and slowly felt like an old married couple, except that they could not be seen in public.
Even Zhang Weihong, who often visited Gu Shichu's house, did not notice the close relationship between the two. Perhaps it was because of her carelessness, but more importantly, it was because they were cautious and secretive enough.
As the weather warmed up, the snow on the mountains melted. Wild boars, black bears and other wild animals woke up from hibernation, but they could not find enough food on the mountain, so they began to go down the mountain and ran to the village.
When a villager saw a blind bear in his own private plot, he was so scared that he crawled back to tell the village chief.
The village chief organized the young and strong men in the village, took the only wooden basket in the village, and brought hoes, sickles and other weapons to fight the blind bear.
The blind bear is an extremely dangerous beast that usually lives in deep mountains. But now that it has come down the mountain, it will definitely come into conflict with the villagers. Therefore, the village chief can only take precautions and kill the black bear before it bites anyone to death.
All those who participated in hunting down the blind bear this time were men. Even though Gu Shichu wanted to recommend himself, he was rejected by the village chief. However, Ji Mingtao was called.
Gu Shichu could only find some herbs from his companion space, prepared a powerful drug, and asked Ji Mingtao to apply it on the wound of the black bear when it was injured, so that the drug could take effect as quickly as possible.
Ji Mingtao looked at the bottle of green medicine residue paste that Gu Shichu handed to him. He took it without saying anything. Having been in contact with Gu Shichu for so long, he knew that she had some mysterious methods, but since she had never told him, he pretended not to know and did not try to find out her secrets.
When Gu Shichu wanted to talk to him herself, she would naturally say that Ji Mingtao was not in a hurry.
Seeing that he accepted the herbal paste without asking, Gu Shichu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you trust me so much that you don't even ask?"
"Will you tell me if I ask you?" Ji Mingtao looked at her helplessly and asked back.
"No." Gu Shichu said with a smile.
Ji Mingtao showed an expression of "as expected" and looked at her with understanding.
Seeing that he was not amused, Gu Shichu pinched his face in boredom and said, "Why are you so uncooperative with me?"
Sighing, I had to remind him: "Be careful not to get any of this herb on you, not even a little bit of the juice, otherwise I don't know how many days you will be unconscious. After all, this is a drug for wild animals, and the consequences will be very serious if used by humans."
Ji Mingtao nodded, looked at Gu Shichu intently, and said, "Stay at home for the next two days and don't run around. The blind bear hasn't left yet, and we don't know where he will appear. Don't take any risks."
Although Gu Shichu was confident that she could escape if she encountered a black bear, she would not refuse Ji Mingtao's kindness, so she nodded and agreed: "Of course, I cherish my life very much, and you should also pay attention to safety. You must be more careful when drugging the black bear. It would be fine if you can throw the drug into the bear's mouth from a distance, but if you fail to throw it successfully, then the precious drug will be gone. You should decide carefully."
"I'll act according to the circumstances." Ji Mingtao agreed.
The strong men went bear hunting, and the people who stayed in the village were very worried about them. The atmosphere in the village was not as relaxed as usual, but a little tense and depressing. The children didn't dare to play too loudly for fear of angering the anxious adults.
Two days later, with a burst of exclamations and the sound of clattering footsteps, the people who went to hunt the bear finally came back. The blind bear was successfully captured and killed, but two of the people who went there were seriously injured, and the others were also more or less injured.
The two seriously injured ones were carried back, covered in blood. Their family members burst into tears when they saw them. The village doctor was definitely unable to cure such serious injuries, so the village chief had to order people to send them to the hospital in the city.
As for those with minor injuries, just apply some medicine and they will be fine. After all, a trip to the hospital costs a lot of money.
Although some people were injured, most of them came back alive without any missing limbs. They also brought back a big bear weighing three or four hundred kilograms. That was all meat. Three or four hundred kilograms of meat was enough for each family to share. How could they not be happy
So everyone started to deal with the black bear's body and divide the meat.
Gu Shichu did not stay to watch the fun. She followed Ji Mingtao back. Ji Mingtao's clothes on the left side of his waist were torn and stained with blood.
"How did you get hurt?" Gu Shichu asked with a frown. She knew that Ji Mingtao was very agile. Logically speaking, with so many people fighting against the black bear this time, he should not be able to be hurt at all.
"I was trying to save a frightened person and was accidentally scratched by a bear." Ji Mingtao replied calmly, "The wound is not very serious, just apply some medicine."
After hearing what he said, Gu Shichu sneered and said, "The wound is not serious? Then why is there such a strong smell of blood?" As she spoke, she pulled open the hem of his shirt and saw several deep wounds on his waist. They were bloody and the flesh on the wounds was turned outward hideously, obviously caused by the bear's claws.
"You think this isn't a serious injury? Only when even my kidneys were taken out by the bear do you think it's a serious injury?" Gu Shichu stared at him coldly.
When Ji Mingtao heard her words, he suddenly chuckled, looked around, and seeing that there was no one around, he held her hand that was lifting his clothes, and said softly, "I'm used to this kind of injury, it's nothing."
After hearing his calm words, Gu Shichu was no longer angry with him. Instead, he felt sorry for him and asked, "It must be very painful, right?"
Ji Mingtao lowered his eyes and nodded gently, but thought to himself: Showing weakness is really useful.