Chapter 16

Just as Zeng Rou was sinking into the depths of despair, that person stood up again. It was Xia Tian. The moment Xia Tian moved, he knocked out the black-clothed man. Seeing that Xia Tian was still alive, Zeng Rou could no longer control her emotions.

Crying, at this moment, she had no image of a lady or a strong woman. She was crying loudly, and her daughter beside her was also crying, but because of the sedative, her cries were very soft.

Zeng Rou directly threw herself into Xia Tian's arms. At this moment, she felt that nowhere was safer than this embrace. This embrace was very warm, and at this moment, a thought arose in her mind. She wanted to stay in this embrace for the rest of her life, without considering anything else.

"Cough, cough!!" Xia Tian coughed with difficulty. "We must leave here quickly."

Although Xia Tian had knocked out these people, he hadn't killed them. It was a harmonious society now, and the education he had received from a young age did not include killing. Since the people had been rescued, they had to leave immediately. The police would soon find this place, and if they saw him with a gunshot wound, it would be hard to explain.

"Okay." Zeng Rou wiped away her tears, picked up her daughter, and at this moment, she suddenly saw the blood on the ground. The blood was real, which meant that Xia Tian had indeed been shot.

She saw that Xia Tian's left abdomen was bleeding, and he was holding it with his hand.

"You've been shot. I'll call 120. You must hold on." Zeng Rou quickly took out her phone.

"No." Xia Tian grabbed Zeng Rou's phone. "What happened just now was too complicated. If I'm taken to the hospital, the police will definitely get involved. I don't want to cause trouble for myself."

"But you've been shot." Zeng Rou said anxiously.

"Follow me." Xia Tian knew that his body was much stronger than before. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to stand up and knock out the black-clothed man after being shot, let alone stand up at all.

After turning off Zeng Rou's phone, Xia Tian took her and left the warehouse.

It was less than a kilometer from here to his home. He often played here when he was a child, so he knew the area very well.

Enduring the pain in his body, Xia Tian brought Zeng Rou and the child back to his place. The little girl was very sensible and had stopped crying. She was too tired and fell asleep in Zeng Rou's arms.

Xia Tian carefully walked back home, tearing his clothes to wrap around his body to avoid leaving bloodstains.

Xia Tian's home wasn't big, but the house was relatively clean, with everything neatly arranged. He hadn't been back to this house for a long time. His aunt would send someone to clean it periodically, so everything was still new.

"You live here?" Seeing the things in the house, Zeng Rou was deeply moved. From this, it was clear that Xia Tian was not a rich person. But why did he refuse her money? Was it pride? But in this era, was pride more important than money?

She had always considered money more important than anything else, but at that moment, her thoughts changed. No matter how much money she had, no one would have come to save her in that situation.

In the end, the person who saved her was the one who refused her money, and at that moment, he even said she was his woman.

If anyone else had said that, she would have slapped them. But when those words came from the mouth of this boy, who was over ten years younger than her, she felt so happy. She didn't know if it was because Xia Tian had saved her or because she was moved by his integrity.

Xia Tian found some matches and bandages. These were the only things he could use in the house.

"This is my old home. Now I live with my cousin." Xia Tian's left hand gripped the edge of the table, and his right hand reached for his wound, which was already a mess of blood and flesh.

Zeng Rou looked at Xia Tian in disbelief. "Is he going to pull the bullet out with his hand? How is that possible, and it will get infected."

Seeing Zeng Rou's worried expression, Xia Tian smiled slightly. "Don't worry, it's fine."

Mmm!!

A muffled roar came from Xia Tian's mouth. His eyes were bloodshot, and his forehead was drenched in sweat. With a strong pull, he pulled the bullet out.

Zeng Rou knew that the reason Xia Tian didn't cry out was to avoid disturbing her daughter's rest. But she couldn't even imagine how much pain he must have been in, pulling out a bullet without anesthesia.

Pain!

Xia Tian almost fainted from the pain. He finally understood that being a hero wasn't easy. He felt the presence of death. Blood kept flowing from the wound, and he couldn't stop it. He had wanted to use fire to disinfect the bullet to prevent infection, but if he did that now, his intestines would be burned.

"Am I really going to die here?" Xia Tian shouted in his heart, his body collapsing. Zeng Rou quickly caught Xia Tian's body. She had no idea what to do. She wanted to call the police and 120, but she remembered that Xia Tian didn't want her to call.

At the moment Xia Tian collapsed, a yellow light appeared in his pocket and entered his wound. Zeng Rou saw the yellow light and quickly checked Xia Tian's wound. She was amazed by what she saw.

The yellow light was moving on its own, and after it entered Xia Tian's wound, the wound began to heal itself. In less than ten seconds, the bleeding stopped, and the wound was rapidly healing.

She was an atheist, but she couldn't explain what she was seeing. What was that yellow light, and why was the wound healing on its own? In just about a minute, Xia Tian's wound had completely disappeared, leaving no scar.

Although she couldn't explain what she had seen, Xia Tian was still unconscious. She carried him to the bed and placed her daughter beside him. The room was very quiet, and her heart was calm.

She had never felt so at ease. Looking at the two of them, she felt very happy.

This was all she had ever wanted, but for so many years, she had never met the right person. In her eyes, there were only interests, and no feelings existed beyond family.

Gradually, she fell asleep. She was also very tired. The three of them lay on the bed and fell asleep.

Xia Tian had a strange dream. He dreamed of a huge Buddha statue sitting in his dantian, and the Buddha statue was healing his wound. The dream was very strange, and he could clearly feel the Buddha statue inside him.

The next morning, when Zeng Rou opened her eyes, she saw the most heartwarming scene. She and Xia Tian were hugging, and her daughter was between them, gently kissing Xia Tian's face.

This kiss made Xia Tian start to wake up, so Zeng Rou pretended to be asleep.

Xia Tian opened his eyes and saw Zeng Rou and her cute daughter in front of him. He gently kissed Zeng Rou's face and quietly got out of bed, not noticing that her face was red.

Walking in his yard, Xia Tian had many thoughts.

"Quite a lot has happened recently. I thought everything would be simple, but now it's not so simple." Looking at the familiar surroundings, he felt that everything had changed. His father had always been very strict with him, emphasizing hard work and teaching him knowledge in various fields.

Now, thinking about it, his father seemed to have never worked, but where did their money come from? Although they weren't rich, they never went hungry. And why did his father, who lived in the suburbs, know so much?

"Father's death was definitely suspicious, and what is the scroll that Liusha wants?" He had never heard of any scroll, and his father had never told him about it. How did his father die?

"It seems I need to find the scroll to know everything." Xia Tian started searching around. His house wasn't big, and there was no place to hide anything. Besides, Liusha's people had probably already searched.

Xia Tian carefully recalled the past. His father didn't smoke or drink, and his only hobby was gardening.

"Sigh, Father would never hide the scroll at home." After searching for a long time, Xia Tian found nothing. He took out his phone, but it was already dead. It wasn't a Nokia brick, which could last a week without charging.

He knew his cousin and the others must be very worried.

At that moment, Xia Tian had a bad feeling.

"Xia Tian, you want to get rid of us?" Three figures appeared not far away.

"You really are persistent. I thought I could hide for a while, but you found me so quickly." Xia Tian knew that Liusha's people would find him, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

"Xia Tian, we originally planned to give you seven days, but now we'll give you two. One day has already passed, so you must find the thing today." Seeing that Xia Tian had returned to his old home, Liusha's people shortened the time.

"One day?" Liu Zhi frowned. It seemed there would be no peaceful resolution today. Not only did he have no idea where the scroll was, but even if he did, he wouldn't hand it over because it was his father's legacy.

Clenching his fists, although the three people from Liusha were very strong, even scaring off A San, he had to fight.