Chapter 48: With No Medicine, Only Death Awaits

Fang Yuqing, Wang Min, Sun Zhichao, and the others fled back like lost dogs.

Once inside the house, they slammed the door shut. Cold sweat drenched them all as they gasped for breath.

Especially the wounded, who bit down on their teeth in pain, collapsing onto the sofa.

Zhang Yi’s arrows had struck Sun Zhichao, Zhou Peng, and Ge Jialiang—three of them.

After all, as the primary attackers, they were closest to Zhang Yi’s door.

Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining had witnessed Zhang Yi’s methods before and deliberately stood further back, avoiding the arrows.

Thus, of the seven who had gone over, four men were either dead or struck with those tetanus-infested arrows.

At first, the cold weather masked the pain, but once home, enduring the extreme chill, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and undo their clothes.

When they saw the wounds, their faces drained of color.

If these were ordinary arrows, they could be pulled out, disinfected with alcohol, and treated with anti-inflammatory medicine.

But these arrows were rusted through and through!

Without antibiotics, infection would mean certain death in this harsh environment—an agonizing demise.

“No, no! How could this happen!”

Sun Zhichao’s pupils constricted; he understood what this meant. The fear of death immediately enveloped him.

“Smack!”

A sharp sound rang out as Wang Min slapped Fang Yuqing in anger.

The wounded were all her close friends and family.

And it was all because Fang Yuqing had egged them on to seize Zhang Yi’s house.

How could she not be furious?

“You wretched woman, this is all your fault!”

“You said only the door was sturdy—how come there are arrows? Did you know all along and run so far away? Why are you two unharmed?”

Wang Min was taller and more robust than Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining.

That slap sent Fang Yuqing trembling in fear.

She covered her face and tears of grievance streamed down.

“I don’t know either! Last two times we went over, he didn’t attack us with crossbow arrows.”

Zhou Peng had an arrow in his arm. Seeing his beloved woman struck by his cousin’s slap, he struggled forward to shield Fang Yuqing.

“Cousin, please don’t! I can testify—Yuqing really didn’t know!”

Wang Min, seeing her cousin’s foolishness, only despised him more.

Pointing at Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining, she hissed, “Then why are they fine? Hmph, I saw them hiding far away just now!”

Lin Caining frowned, muttering softly, “You weren’t hurt either, so how dare you blame us!”

Wang Min cursed furiously, “That was just luck—I wasn’t hit. Now all of us are hurt because of you two. Get out of here!”

Sun Zhichao reached out to stop Wang Min and gave her a meaningful look.

“We’re all injured now; someone has to take care of us.”

He spoke quietly.

He didn’t want to die yet. They had to pull out the arrows and pray for no infection if they were to survive.

Wang Min’s chest heaved violently as she glared hatefully at Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining.

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