"Mom, it's okay, I'm not that delicate, oh dear..."
Qin Xuanbing, supporting her lower back, had just reached the door when a sudden, sharp pain shot through her abdomen.
"Ouch, it hurts so much, Mom, I think... I think... I'm going into labor..."
During this time, her mother and mother-in-law had been telling Qin Xuanbing about the signs of childbirth. Qin Xuanbing felt that this time her stomach pain was different from before, so she quickly cried out.
"Ah? Xiaobing, it's okay, don't panic, I'll go get the doctor right away..."
Fang Yi, having been through similar experiences, saw her daughter's condition and immediately ran out of the yard, shouting, "Doctor! Nurse! Come quick! She might be giving birth! Where's my mother-in-law? Hurry up..."
Fang Yi's shouts alerted everyone in the courtyard. Ouyang Wan had also returned to the courtyard to stay these past few days, but no one knew when she had started believing in Buddhism. She spent all day holding Qin Xuanbing's prayer wheel and chanting sutras.
As for the doctors and nurses, Ouyang Lei specially arranged for them from the military hospital because he was afraid that his sister-in-law would be unhappy if she couldn't see Zhuang Rui while hospitalized. They have been staying in the courtyard house these days.
The room and equipment for the delivery were prepared in advance. After several people carried Qin Xuanbing to the room, some started boiling water and others got busy.
The white lion, who had been guarding its room, seemed to sense something and rushed from the backyard to the middle yard, lying down outside the makeshift birthing room like a guard.
"Wow……"
A baby's cry echoed throughout the courtyard, and the cold winter seemed to warm up at that moment. The miracle of life brought life back to the courtyard, which had been silent for a long time.
"Waaah..."
Upon hearing the baby's cries, the white lion let out a low growl and glanced up at the eagle's nest in the tree. Perhaps it was a little puzzled as to where the little flying creature had gone.
"It's a boy, the first one is a boy," came the doctor's voice from the room.
"Xiao Qin, hang in there, push, push harder, okay, it's out, it's a beautiful little girl..."
The doctor who delivered the babies was very experienced; she was an old doctor from the People's Liberation Army Hospital. She was the one who delivered Xu Qing's babies. From the time Qin Xuanbing felt the pain in her stomach to the birth of the two children, it only took a little over an hour.
"Let Xiao Qin rest well. Take a nap first, then get up and have some soup. Oh, and if you're not too tired, walk around the room a bit to avoid catching a cold..."
After delivering the baby, the doctor gave Ouyang Wan and Fang Yi a few instructions and then left. Naturally, a nurse went to weigh the baby and give it a bath.
"Bing'er, why don't you take a nap? When you wake up, I'll bring the babies to show you. Don't worry, the little ones are both doing well. One weighs seven pounds eight ounces, and the other weighs six pounds three ounces. They're both chubby little ones..."
When Ouyang Wan saw her daughter-in-law lying weakly on the bed, yet refusing to rest, she quickly told her about the baby's condition.
"Yes, thank you, Mom. You've all gone through so much. Sigh, I really don't know what Zhuang Rui is doing. If he could see his child right now, he would be so happy..."
Qin Xuanbing spoke without thinking, but the two people standing next to her took it to heart, and they felt extremely uncomfortable.
After offering Qin Xuanbing a few words of comfort, the two mothers went outside and remained silent. Qin Xuanbing's words had stirred up their memories of Zhuang Rui, overshadowing their joy at having a grandson. ...
Although Zhuang Rui had experienced many miraculous things, many of which could not be explained by science, he never expected that Jin Yu would come to rescue him from being stranded on a deserted island.
As for how Jin Yu was able to find him from thousands of miles away, Zhuang Rui didn't know and didn't want to know. He only had one thought in his mind: he was about to go home.
As the saying goes, every sip and every bite is preordained by Heaven. There is an unfathomable cause-and-effect relationship in the dark. My adoption of Jin Yu was the cause, and now that Jin Yu has found Zhuang Rui, it should be the karmic retribution as Buddhism speaks of.
As the golden feather flew closer, Zhuang Rui stood up and, imitating King Kong, suddenly pounded his chest, letting out a roar that seemed to have no meaning. It was as if only in this way could he vent the bitterness in his heart for the past two months.
"Awooo!" King Kong was rather simple-minded. Seeing Zhuang Rui happy, it also roared to the sky. However, King Kong was genuine, and the fist pounding on its chest was not fake at all; it made a "thump thump" sound.
"Gah!"
Jin Yu, who hadn't seen Zhuang Rui for a long time, swooped down like lightning. When it was still more than ten meters above Zhuang Rui's head, it suddenly did a somersault to steady itself, and its two sharp claws reached for Zhuang Rui's shoulders.
In their excitement, neither Jin Yu nor Zhuang Rui noticed that just as Jin Yu reached for Zhuang Rui, Jin Gang suddenly revealed a fierce glint in his eyes, swung his long arm, and slapped Jin Yu.
"quack……"
Although Jin Yu reacted quickly, his wing was still struck by King Kong, and he let out a mournful cry as his body, which was over a meter tall, fell into the water.
However, Jin Yu was no pushover. After spreading its wings to steady itself, it immediately fixed its eagle eyes on Jin Gang and was about to take flight.
"King Kong, stop! Jin Yu, you get out of here too! What the hell is going on?"
Zhuang Rui was frustrated. When he saw Jin Gang trying to pounce on Jin Yu again, he grabbed Jin Gang and hugged him tightly.
Zhuang Rui didn't expect that Jin Yu would take the opportunity to attack from behind, tearing Jin Gang's arm to shreds.
Chapter 842 Lingchi (death by a thousand cuts)
Zhuang Rui didn't expect that these two brothers were not the type to suffer losses. Jin Yu took a punch and immediately retaliated with a claw, and the score was even.
"Jin Yu, get out of the way..."
Zhuang Rui hugged Jin Gang and said sternly to Jin Yu, "This little guy is too naughty. Jin Gang is quite honest and won't move once he's hugged, but Jin Yu is secretly slashing at him."
"Gah..."
Jin Yu was a little unhappy. He let out a cry, bent down and rubbed his head against his wing. It seemed that King Kong's punch was quite heavy.
"King Kong, friend, you, me, it, we are all friends..."
Zhuang Rui tried his best to explain to Jin Gang. If he hadn't gained strength recently, he might not have been able to hold onto the rampaging Jin Gang just now.
In the heavens, the Golden Feathers are kings, but on earth, ten Golden Feathers cannot defeat one Vajra.
"Ho ho!" King Kong roared, gesturing wildly with its arms. This guy was also unhappy. It had just seen the golden eagle preparing to attack Zhuang Rui and had gone to protect Zhuang Rui, but it had taken a claw attack for nothing, and its arm was still bleeding.
King Kong's intelligence was only about the same as that of a five or six-year-old human child. When he was wronged, tears immediately welled up in his big eyes.
"quack……"
Jin Yu, feeling displeased, also cried out loudly, seemingly complaining. It was in the right; it had flown thousands of miles to find Zhuang Rui, only to be punched the moment it met him. This was unfair!
"Okay, okay, it doesn't hurt anymore..."
Zhuang Rui was truly exasperated with these two clowns, so he quickly used his spiritual energy to treat Jin Gang's injured arm.
After Zhuang Rui saw the spiritual energy advance, its effects seemed to have become much stronger. Just a wisp of spiritual energy was enough to make Vajra's bloody and mangled arm begin to heal.
After treating King Kong, Zhuang Rui quickly injected a burst of spiritual energy into Jin Yu's body, which finally calmed the two down. King Kong comfortably lay down on the beach, while Jin Yu made a "gurgling" sound in its throat, clearly in a good mood.
"Jin Yu, thank you for your hard work..."
Zhuang Rui noticed that several feathers had fallen off Jin Yu's right wing, and a large patch of skin on its lower leg, which was originally covered in scales, was now scraped raw, indicating that it had been shot.
It's a distance of tens of thousands of miles from China to here. With such a long journey, Jin Yu has to fly while searching for food, which inevitably makes him a target.
It's important to know that gun control is not as strict abroad as it is in China; in the United States, you can buy a gun for a few hundred dollars.
Zhuang Rui felt a pang of heartache seeing Jin Yu's disheveled state, and spared no effort in using his purple-gold spiritual energy to envelop Jin Yu.
Nourished by Zhuang Rui's spiritual energy, the feathers that had fallen from Jin Yu's back began to grow back at a visible speed. Before long, his somewhat bald wings became full again.
Meanwhile, King Kong was looking at Golden Feather with ill intent. It was thinking that this big guy would taste pretty good if roasted. However, if Zhuang Rui knew what King Kong was thinking, he would definitely teach it a lesson.
"King Kong, go catch a goat and we'll roast it and eat it..."
After treating Jin Yu, Zhuang Rui spoke to Jin Gang in his mind. In recent times, he had found that speaking to Jin Gang with his invisible and intangible thoughts seemed to be more effective, and Jin Gang always understood his meaning.
"Awoo!" King Kong pounded his chest, then bent his right arm, struck a pose for Jin Yu, and roared as he ran into the woods. Zhuang Rui burst into laughter at the sight.
Having been on the deserted island for more than two months, this was the first time Zhuang Rui had laughed so happily; his hearty laughter carried far across the sea.
When King Kong returned with a goat, the golden eagle gave Zhuang Rui a surprise.
This guy actually grabbed a shark that was over a meter long and weighed over 200 kilograms from the sea more than ten kilometers away, and flew it for more than ten kilometers before throwing it onto the beach. This gave Zhuang Rui a new understanding of Jin Yu's abilities. Eagles usually use the explosive force generated by sprinting from the air to grab their prey, but their ability to fly for a long time after grabbing their prey is very poor. He didn't expect Jin Yu to be so powerful, which completely overturned Zhuang Rui's understanding.
"Could this guy take me flying out of this ocean?"
The thought popped into Zhuang Rui's mind, but he then shook his head with amusement. Just now, Jin Yu was catching that shark and flying crookedly. He had been poisoned by Jin Yu's ideas. Flying on the back of a golden eagle could only be seen in legends.
However, Jin Yu's arrival still gave Zhuang Rui hope. Even if he couldn't fly away with Jin Yu, Jin Yu could still be a competent messenger.
As long as I spread the word, Ouyang Lei will surely find a way to get here. At the very least, I can have Jin Yu lead the way.
Now that there was hope of leaving, Zhuang Rui relaxed. After the shark died, he held a grand bonfire banquet. Of course, the only guests were him, King Kong, and Jin Yu.
Zhuang Rui slept soundly that night, all his worries gone, and he slept until dawn.
Early the next morning, Zhuang Rui found a piece of sheepskin and wrote on it with goat's blood: "Unharmed, stranded on a deserted island. Follow Jin Yu to find me. There are reefs outside the island. Enter by small boat." After writing it, Zhuang Rui used his precious shoelace to tightly tie the sheepskin with the words to the golden eagle's calf. This thing must not be lost.
"Jin Yu, go find Peng Fei and tell him to bring his men here. Go quickly and come back soon..."
Zhuang Rui thought Peng Fei had already returned to Beijing, and that his family would be at ease after he sent this note back. Little did he know that Peng Fei was still traveling all over the ocean, having practically covered the entire Indian Ocean.
Zhuang Rui's words were spoken in Jin Yu's mind. Jin Yu felt a little regretful, tilted its head and looked at Zhuang Rui for a while, let out a few low whistles, rubbed its head against Zhuang Rui, and then flapped its wings and soared into the sky.
After circling the isolated island, Jin Yu's figure gradually disappeared into the sky above the sea.
After Jin Yu left, Zhuang Rui also got busy. Having suffered so much, it would be a shame not to empty Klaus's treasure.
So in the following days, Zhuang Rui risked his life to venture deep into the mountain, making trip after trip to transport out those jewels and gold coins.
To make boarding easier, Zhuang Rui moved all his belongings to the beach. After all, on this deserted island, he wasn't worried about thieves or robbers.
"Brother Zhuang, I know you're definitely not dead, but where are you?"
Peng Fei lay on the deck, letting the yacht drift on the ocean, staring blankly at the azure sky.
Qin Haoran has already suppressed the matter of him stealing the luxury yacht in Hong Kong, and the yacht can be resupplyed at any time in international waters where the Chinese navy is located.
This can be considered the last bit of support that the Qin family and Ouyang Lei have given Peng Fei, because in the hearts of both families, Zhuang Rui is already a dead man.
In the past two months, Peng Fei has gone from a man weighing 150 pounds to almost skin and bones. Now his weight is only a little over 110 pounds. If he didn't firmly believe that Zhuang Rui was still alive, he would have given up long ago.
Peng Fei's approach to finding Zhuang Rui was correct. He also felt that Zhuang Rui was very likely stranded on some deserted island. However, in the past two months, Peng Fei had visited dozens of uninhabited islands but had not found any trace of Zhuang Rui.
"Damn it, this is all the work of you, you beast..."
Peng Fei suddenly sprang up from the deck and rushed into the cabin.
It turned out that Peng Fei wasn't the only one on the ship. On the floor of the cabin, there was a naked person whose body was tightly bound by fishing nets, with only his head showing.
This person was Muta. In the first month after Peng Fei's unsuccessful search for Zhuang Rui, he returned to South Africa, and Muta actually stayed in South Africa.
Zhuang Rui naturally didn't hold back. After killing all of Muta's followers, he learned from Muta that it was William from the diamond exchange who had betrayed Zhuang Rui's information. After killing William in the Venezuelan girl's bed, Zhuang Rui took Muta to the sea.
Muta's disappearance caused a lot of trouble in some African countries. Mercenaries from various countries were searching for Muta openly and secretly, but no one expected that Peng Fei would capture Muta and take him to the sea.
Finding a person at sea is a hundred times more difficult than finding one on land, which is one of the main reasons why pirates can still roam the seas even in modern times.
So far, Peng Fei's whereabouts have not been discovered, and Muta has been tormented by Peng Fei for more than a month.
"No...don't come any closer, you monster, please let me go, please, let me go, I'll give you ten billion, no...two billion US dollars..."
Upon seeing Peng Fei enter the cabin, Muta's face immediately showed a look of horror, as if he had seen a demon. Compared to how he had treated his enemies in the past, Muta felt that his methods had been far too merciful.