Chapter 8: Depression
Two days later.
Chen Lin woke up in the commotion, he pushed open the door and saw Qiu Chan and his brothers blocking dozens of people from the door.
As soon as these people saw him, their emotions became even more agitated, and they all rushed up to him to ask him to give an explanation.
"You're so badly injured, what are you doing running out?" Qiu Chan protected Chen Lin behind her.
Chen Lin understood that these people were here to ask the master, he gently pushed Qiu Chan away, walked in front of these people, and knelt down, "Chen Lin failed to protect the brothers who accompanied him, and betrayed everyone's trust and trust, I'm sorry for you!" ”
One of the middle-aged women stood up and said, "My husband hunted with you, but he stayed in the barren mountains forever, he is the pillar of my family, he is still the father of two children, what is the use of your apology, he will never come back!" As she spoke, the woman wept.
"I understand, I'm sorry for you, from now on, no matter what difficulties you have, you can find me, even if it is a sea of swords, I will never refuse!" Chen Lin promised them.
"I don't need any help from you! I just want my husband back! ”
The situation of the others was not much different from this woman, so they did not accept Chen Lin's apology, they were even a little crazy, and regarded Chen Lin as the object of venting, and the few wounds that Chen Lin had already stitched were torn open again!
Qiu Chan and a few brothers immediately rescued Chen Lin from the encirclement of everyone, but these people swore not to give up today, and they surrounded Chen Lin and the others with their numerical advantage.
When the two sides were fighting, Han Lao walked into the courtyard with the support of the servants.
"Stop it all!!"
This voice silenced the scene.
Chen Lin was not surprised by Han Lao's arrival, most of them came to deal with him.
These people also asked Han Lao to uphold justice for them and let Chen Lin pay for his blood debts.
Once again, the silence of the scene was replaced by the noise.
"Enough! This person is indeed unforgivable, but if you think about it carefully, how much has he helped us over the years, and how much has he helped Xishan Town? From chopping wood to make a fire, to suppressing bandits and eliminating evil! Xishan Town can have today's tranquility, and his credit is not small. In any case, there is no sin unto death! ”
"Let's all go back, the old man will talk to him, and he will give you an explanation." Han Lao said to everyone.
"But we can't just leave...... "Many people are not reconciled.
"Why, you don't even pay attention to the old man?" Han Lao's eyes suddenly widened, and he was angry.
When the people saw this, they dispersed very reluctantly.
"Thank you." Chen Lin thanked Han Lao.
"Don't thank me, you come in with me, and the others are waiting outside."
Chen Lin followed Han Lao into the house.
"When your injuries are healed, leave Xishan Town with your hunting party!" Han Lao said.
"Why? Running out of options? I know that I have caused unforgivable consequences, but I will do my best to make amends and atone for my sins......" Chen Lin refused to accept it, although it seemed to be a very light punishment, his heart was very uncomfortable.
"Don't you understand? They won't forgive you, no matter what help you've given them, this time, they've lost someone dearest! They can't forgive you, and they can only come out of their grief if you completely disappear from their lives, completely and completely! ”
Hearing this, Chen Lin lowered his head and responded for a long time: "I will leave ...... as soon as possible."
After Han Lao got an accurate answer, he left.
That night, Chen Lin led the hunting team to leave, and before leaving, he met with Han Lao, and handed over all the large and small spirit crystals he had saved over the years to Han Lao, hoping that Han Lao would help him distribute these spirit crystals to the family of the deceased.
For the people of Xishan Town, this is a lot of resources, even if it is divided into more than forty parts, it is still very considerable.
Han Lao watched Chen Lin's departure, and his heart was also mixed, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no better choice.
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Chen Lin found a place to camp on the plain more than 30 miles away from Xishan Town, although there are a lot of rocks here, but the dry sand and grass are relatively dense, covering a wide area, suitable for captive short-tailed beasts, can solve their survival problems, it is only one or twenty miles away from the mountains and forests, there is a place to hunt, it is a good place to settle.
Over the next few days, they built a wooden hut from the mountains and sheltered from the wind and rain, so that they could do other things with peace of mind.
In the open space next to the house, Chen Lin personally erected three clothed mounds for their three brothers who died in the hunt - Lu Cong, Lu Qi, and Wu Lingyun.
"Brother, go all the way!"
Chen Lin, Qiu Chan and a few others, Yingzhu drank and sacrificed in the wind.
In fact, everyone has tears in their eyes, but if you live boldly and walk chicly, why cry and cry. Here's what they've said.
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Several days have passed, Chen Lin has been sullen, drinking and drinking, not participating in hunting, and only asking the reason, Qiu Chan They saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts, but many persuasions had no effect.
Chihuang also clearly felt Chen Lin's strangeness, he took advantage of Chen Lin's drowsiness, picked up the wine jug and tasted the wine, and couldn't help but squirt out before he could swallow it.
"It's so bad!" Chihuang grabbed the teapot next to him and poured himself tea.
Chen Lin was woken up by the movement he made, or rather, he hadn't fallen asleep in the first place.
Seeing that Chen Lin drank two more sips of wine, Chihuang asked puzzledly: "This thing doesn't taste good at all, why do you keep drinking it?" ”
"Kid, why do you know so much?" Chen Lin looked at Chihuang and smiled reluctantly.
Chi Huang could see the bitterness in this smile, he was not good at comforting others, and he didn't like to talk to people, but he felt from the bottom of his heart that Chen Lin was of great significance in his life, and he didn't want Chen Lin to be depressed like this.
"This hunt, although there are heavy losses, but it is also because there are too many unexpected circumstances, you have done your best, you can't be blamed for this, and you don't have to blame yourself so much." Chihuang's words came from the heart.
But he didn't understand the real reason that made Chen Lin depressed at all.
The past gradually surfaced in front of Chen Lin's eyes, starting from the unfair treatment he encountered, unyielding, resisting, that kindness, under the cruel and ruthless methods of the Ghost Yan Clan, turned into a deadly stinger, destroying his otherwise infinite future.
However, the path that fate chose for Chen Lin was not a dead end, and when he was disheartened, he met the simple people of Xishan Town. First of all, he exterminated the bandits that had plagued the people of the town for many years, won everyone's trust and respect, and then truly integrated into their lives and became a member of Xishan Town.
A new fire of faith ignited in Chen Lin's heart: maybe it will be difficult to advance in this life, but he must protect Xishan Town.
Now, the flame of faith has been extinguished again, and Chen Lin is stunned and gradually depressed.
He just smiled bitterly at Chihuang's sincere consolation, saying that he just wanted to relax for a while while continuing to drink.
Chihuang suddenly snatched the wine jug from Chen Lin's hand and drank all the rest of the wine in one go, and suddenly, his face became painful, and it took a while to recover from that momentum.
He didn't know where his courage came from, as if he was driven by some kind of mystery.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Chen Lin take out the wine gourd on his waist, Chihuang was at a loss for a while, put down the wine jug, and said to Chen Lin: "Our team can't live without you, do you know?" During the hunt yesterday, Sister Qiu Chan was injured, her arm was bitten, and she was drenched in blood, and they all said that if you were there, hunting a black wolf would not be so thrilling. Originally, Qiu Chan had already told them not to tell Chen Lin about this.
As Chihuang expected, Chen Lin was most concerned about Qiu Chan at any time, and when he heard that Qiu Chan was injured, Chen Lin immediately ran to visit.
Qiu Chan took this opportunity to persuade Chen Lin bitterly, hoping that he could cheer up.
Chen Lin looked at Qiu Chan, who barely supported the whole team, and looked at these brothers, everyone gets along day and night, not relatives but better than relatives, even if they leave Xishan Town, they still have these brothers.
Chen Lin suddenly woke up like a dream, got rid of the state of being in a state of confusion all day, and when he woke up, there seemed to be no change.
But Qiu Chan always felt that something was missing from Chen Lin's body, but she couldn't say it, maybe it was just her own illusion.
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