Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 470: Rat Poison

Chapter 470: Chapter 470: Rat Poison

Yuanbao was already a bit panicked, and being scolded by Xiaoqi, she suddenly felt wronged.

"I, I...."

Her eyes turned red, and the expression on her face was pitiful. Looking at her like this, Xiaoqi started feeling regret.

Did he perhaps overdo it?

After all, Yuanbao was younger and a girl, he shouldn’t have been so harsh on her...

But if he had been a step behind earlier, she might have gotten hurt...

Xiaoqi was very confused, one side of him told him to apologize to Yuanbao, the other side made it hard for him to swallow his pride.

While he was distressed, he saw the girl’s nose crinkle, and hot tears began to fall down her face.

"Don’t cry..."

The sight of Yuanbao’s tears completely flustered Xiaoqi. He wanted to step forward and wipe them away, but as soon as he moved forward, she retreated two steps backward.

Yuanbao wasn’t like this before.

The young boy felt lost, a piece of his heart missing which no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t fill.

Yuanbao raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, without even glancing at him, she ran away.

The figure of the girl grew further and further away until she was obscured by the courtyard wall, leaving Xiaoqi feeling deflated.

He regretted it, he shouldn’t have been cold to Yuanbao, nor should he always think that they looked down on him.

Before he could feel miserable any longer, he heard a few squeaks, and a group of rats appeared once again from the edge of the field. The odor was more revolting than before, making one nauseous.

Without any hesitation, Xiaoqi picked up the arrow from the ground and ran quickly towards the village.

Even if he knew some martial arts, he alone couldn’t handle this many rats.

He needed to notify the villagers first.

There was noise at the edge of the field in the village. The curious young doctor peered out and saw rats emerging from the edge of the field.

The rats were black, their fur shining with oil, their mouths long and pointed, and their whiskers wild. Their eyes even more so permeated with a fierce light.

Just by making eye contact, the doctor’s face turned pale.

"The rats are coming! Everyone, head back inside!"

The young people in the village saw the rat swarm and yelled out as they pulled him back.

Before they could figure out what was happening, they were shoved into the houses, leaving only a group of sturdy young men outside.

"Doctor, you guys stay inside for now. We have to go deal with the rats. If you see any rats entering the house, be careful not to get hurt."

"Ah, okay, got it."

After ensuring their safety, a few people stayed behind to watch, while the rest armed themselves with hoes and sickles and began to hunt rats around the village.

Just as Wang Jingzhi had been discussing treatment methods and felt pleased, he heard a commotion outside the courtyard. Then Li’s wife anxiously ushered them into the house.

"Auntie, what...what’s going on?"

"Shh, be quiet, the rats are back."

Li’s wife simply motioned them to be quiet and briefly explained the situation. Then she resumed her task of wiping down the bodies of the patients.

Wang Jingzhi was taken aback, recalling the bloodstains he saw when he entered the village, there was a sense of hesitation in his heart.

Was the Rat Plague outside the city already this severe?

He had traveled with his grandfather for a year during his childhood years.

At that time, his grandfather was a well-known traveling doctor. Halfway through their journey, they happened to encounter a drought, so they ended up staying in a village for half a month.

During that half a month, what he saw the most were hungry rats with fiery eyes and villagers eating the rats raw.

Due to his grandfather’s status as a doctor, they managed to avoid many disasters.

Later, a rat plague broke out in that village. But by the time he followed his grandfather back there, they only saw the village burned to ruins and countless charred bones.

After returning to the village, his grandfather stopped traveling to practice medicine and just kept him by his side.

Seeing Auntie Li busy at work, Wang Jingzhi didn’t just stand idly by. He simply stepped forward to help her with the patients.

The more contact they had with the patients, the better they could determine how to handle such diseases.

Rats were running around in the village, but they scattered slightly when they smelled the odor of herbs, which was the reason why the number of patients in the village hadn’t increased despite the frequent appearances of rat swarms.

With the rats running amok, Shen Wenchen naturally didn’t just sit around. He got up and stepped out the door.

He had guarded other villages before, but when he saw even larger rats this time, he frowned in disgust.

These rats were truly disgusting.

In just one month, they had grown so much.

Wherever the rats went, there was a foul smell, paired with their own odor, mixed with a hint of fishy smell.

"General."

Aze was leading as usual, leading a group of people to exterminate the rats all around. He was a little surprised to see Shen Wenchen come out.

"Where are you leading the people?"

"Village, village entrance."

"Okay, let’s go."

Shen Wenchen had battled on the battlefield after all, the rats instinctively avoided him and attacked other people in the crowd instead.

The group of people had weapons in their hands and specially made sachets on their bodies. For a while, the rats were screeching and scurrying around.

Xiaoqi held a firewood knife in his hand, venting all his displeasure on the rats in front of him.

When Shen Wenchen turned his head, he saw that Xiaoqi had a bloodthirsty look, his clothes full of foul-smelling blood, but he kept going without a pause.

Noticing the abnormal situation, he only frowned and lifted the boy up.

Xiaoqi, who was lost in his killing spree, only felt a tightness around his collar as he was lifted off the ground along with his knife.

Instinctively ready to swing his knife, Shen Wenchen simply knocked him out with a palm before throwing him over his shoulder and continuing his task.

Wang Jingzhi blinked and saw a rat sneaking into the house. This sight made his scalp tingle, so he picked up a brick from the ground and threw it.

The rat was stuck near the window. Seeing a brick coming, it tried to escape, but only managed to squirm its body before its brains were crushed by the brick.

The smell of blood and filth immediately spread, causing people to retch.

"How did you let them get in?" Auntie Li’s expression changed dramatically. She quickly took out a packet of powder from her pocket, and spread it around the window, sighing with relief.

As the powder fell on the rat’s body, the smelly stench was instantly masked only leaving a faint scent of herbs.

"Auntie, did Brother Two mix this powder?"

"Yes indeed. Brother Two is skillful, especially at mixing this rat repellent, which can not only repel rats but also remove odors. Without it, our village would be a mess."

Auntie Li saw his interest in the powder and took some more out of her pocket to give to Wang Jingzhi.

"Thanks to you being quick just now, or it would have been trouble if that rat had gotten in."

"No, it’s my responsibility."

Wang Jingzhi was a bit embarrassed, after all, he was also scared just now.

He had never seen such large rats before.