As he thought of this, he pulled Wang Xin out of the crowd.
Once outside the dimly lit room, Ren Yuanhao took a pill, no bigger than a mung bean, from his怀 and placed it in Wang Xin's hand.
"What is this?"
"Don't ask me. This thing can save my nephew, but I can't get it into his mouth."
Ren Yuanhao looked at the man dancing the Nuo opera in the field ridges, then at the deep green mountain range. The night was vast, and the starlight was like water. For a moment, an idea struck him!
"Brother Hao, do you want me to put this thing into your nephew's mouth?" Wang Xin, holding the unremarkable pill, was also greatly confused.
Ren Yuanhao nodded, then leaned in and whispered something in her ear. Wang Xin covered her mouth and smiled, nodding her agreement.
At this moment, Ren Yuanhao suddenly picked up a pile of pebbles and threw them towards the big banyan tree, shouting in alarm, "Damn! What is that thing!"
His voice was loud, immediately startling the Great Shaman and his cousin.
"What did you see?" The Great Shaman cautiously looked in Ren Yuanhao's direction, gripping the beast tooth tighter in his hand.
"I... I think I saw a puff of green smoke float onto the big banyan tree!" Ren Yuanhao yelled, his voice trembling. Suddenly, his head shook again as if he were dodging something. He exclaimed in great alarm, "Great! Great Shaman, did you see it!"
This exclamation startled his cousin's wife and neighbors again!
Wang Xin couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. Taking advantage of the confusion, she slipped into the empty room and skillfully put the pill into the infant's mouth. After ensuring he had swallowed it, she quietly slipped out and leisurely walked to Ren Yuanhao's side, nudging him with her shoulder.
"Done?"
"Mm."
The two whispered to each other. Then, they saw the Great Shaman wave the beast tooth wildly and throw it towards the big banyan tree with a pretense of solemnity. Strangely, after this throw, the infant's desperate cries instantly ceased!
Before the Great Shaman could retrieve the beast tooth, his cousin's wife, holding the now quiet infant, rushed out of the house. She and her cousin knelt before him, repeatedly bowing in thanks. That, of course, is another story.
The couple, along with two or three neighbors, saw the Great Shaman off, completely leaving Ren Yuanhao and Wang Xin, who had done all the difficult work, by themselves.
"How is it, feeling a bit left out?" Wang Xin patted Ren Yuanhao on the shoulder.
"Left out? Why? We were saving a life either way, just in different ways. It's you I feel bad for." Ren Yuanhao brushed the dirt off his hands, grabbed his suitcase, and prepared to head home.
Wang Xin frowned slightly, intending to ask about the pill, but Ren Yuanhao saw her intention first. "Hey, hey, hey, don't ask me where that thing came from. It's classified."
"Esteemed expert, please accept this humble maiden's bow!"
"Stop playing around, let's go home."
After this incident, the two became much closer, chatting and laughing all the way.
In a short while, a low, brick-and-tile house appeared before them.
"Dad, Mom, open the door, I'm back."
As soon as he spoke, Ren Yuanhao heard the shuffling sound of his father's slippers on the dirt. Then, with a creak, the somewhat distorted door opened.
"Haozi! You brat, why didn't you say anything about coming back!"
The person who appeared was Ren Tiande, whose hair was streaked with gray.
"Hello, Uncle!"
Before Ren Tiande could react, he saw a graceful young woman jump out from behind Ren Yuanhao!
This greeting of "Uncle" made Ren Tiande's bones go soft.
He put his arm around his son's shoulder, drawing him into a dark corner, and with his left hand, he thumped his chest, saying in a deep voice, "Good boy, it's one thing to come back without a word, but to bring such a pretty girl back without saying anything? Aren't you afraid we'll be too surprised and faint?"
"Pah, pah, pah, Dad, what are you saying? And, that~"
"And what? She's still standing outside, hurry up and help her in."
Ren Tiande tapped his son's head. Just then, Chen Fang also came out of the house. Seeing Ren Yuanhao, she was overjoyed and was about to exchange pleasantries when she heard Wang Xin call out, "Auntie."
"My, what a spirituelle young lady. Come in, come in quickly."
Chen Fang and Ren Tiande each took a backpack and a suitcase, leaving Ren Yuanhao alone to shiver in the cold wind in the courtyard.
"Is there any justice left? Is there any law? I feel like if I ever get a wife, my family status will drop from platinum to bronze."
Ren Yuanhao lamented repeatedly, then dragged his weary body into the inner room.
"Old man, go light the mosquito coils in Yuanhao's room, and these days the air is damp, so change the quilts and such with new ones."
Chen Fang gave a stern order. As Ren Tiande was about to act, Ren Yuanhao stopped him, "Dad, help me tidy up the side room too."
"Huh? The side room?"
Ren Tiande scratched his head, looked up at the starry sky, and a flash of inspiration hit him. "This side room, it rained a few days ago, and the wind was strong. The side room leaks, so it's probably uninhabitable."
"How is that possible? I'll go take a look."
"Alright, you come help too, son."
Ren Tiande put his arm around his son's shoulders and walked outside.
However, before they reached the side room, his son's head was met with another rap.
"You little rascal, are you stupid? You're supposed to be an educated person. Have you ever heard of 'what's done is done' or 'spilt milk cannot be gathered'?"
As soon as Ren Yuanhao heard something was amiss, he was about to speak when his father interrupted him. "Let me tell you, your mother and I are old and idle. We feel like something is missing. If you don't hurry up and sort things out, are you going to wait until we're too weak to lift a finger before you sort it out?"
"No, Dad, you've misunderstood~"
"Misunderstood? Where do so many misunderstandings come from? Don't argue with me. I've got four or five snakes in the side room. If you're not afraid, you can go have a look." Ren Tiande wore a 'what can you do about it' expression.
—Damn it, if only I could inherit your shameless personality, Dad!
Ren Yuanhao stood frozen in the courtyard for a while. By the time he came to his senses, Wang Xin had already been sent to his room by his parents!
"Haozi, come here, I have something important to tell you."
Ren Tiande sat under the orange-yellow tungsten light, mosquitoes swirling around the scattered light source. Ren Yuanhao sighed and had no choice but to return to the inner room.
"Son, your parents aren't old-fashioned people. We know that young people nowadays are very open-minded, so you don't need to pretend in front of us. Go on in."
As Ren Tiande spoke, he pushed Ren Yuanhao into the room where Wang Xin was without him noticing!
Bang!
The door was firmly shut by him. No matter how Ren Yuanhao turned the lock from the inside, it remained unresponsive!
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