Da Bao pouted, lowering his head in silence. After a pause, he forcefully squeezed a few tears from his eyes and pointed at Er Bao, saying aggrievedly, "Brother... did it."
Er Bao's face immediately darkened. He finally understood what it meant to be wrongly accused, and the blow was quite painful.
"Is that so?" Feng Jin raised an eyebrow, her suspicious gaze scrutinizing Da Bao. She felt that what Da Bao was saying was unreliable.
If Da Bao had made Er Bao dirty, she might have believed it. But for Er Bao to do such things, it was indeed difficult to believe.
Da Bao hurriedly nodded, and continued to state with conviction, "It was brother."
Er Bao rolled his eyes, his gaze at Da Bao filled with disdain. He had never seen anyone lie so easily, without even a draft.
Cai Qing and Chu Qing were also taken aback by Da Bao's sudden move. They were stunned for a long time before reacting. Now they understood why Da Bao had insisted on not changing his clothes. He was preserving evidence to report Er Bao.
"Young Madam... actually it was..." Chu Qing was about to speak up for Er Bao when Feng Jin's gaze stopped her.
"You don't need to say more. I already know what's going on."
From the beginning, she didn't believe Da Bao. This mischievous child wanted to use the situation to frame Er Bao, just so she would scold Er Bao.
"Da Bao, tell your mother the truth. What exactly happened? Did Er Bao really mess up your clothes?"
Feng Jin patiently squatted down to meet Da Bao's gaze, waiting for him to tell the truth.
"I... Mother..."
Da Bao was clearly a little guilty, constantly avoiding Feng Jin's eyes. He opened his mouth slightly, but swallowed the words back.
His two fingers kept twisting together, showing his inner turmoil. He knew he couldn't hide it any longer, so Da Bao reluctantly decided to tell the truth: "It was brother, and I also did things to brother."
A mother knows her child best. Feng Jin knew that what Da Bao was saying now was true. Her face was filled with helplessness. It seemed that in the short time she wasn't watching these two, they had started fighting again. Neither of them was easy to deal with.
"What did Mother tell you? You are brothers, you should be friendly, help each other, and love each other. You can't fight. You've been fighting as soon as I turn my back. Are you deliberately trying to make me worry!"
Feng Jin's tone was filled with anger, and she was very dissatisfied with their behavior. These two troublesome boys only knew how to fight all day.
After scolding them, Feng Jin calmed down a little. "Do you two remember?"
After being scolded, Da Bao and Er Bao nodded obediently and replied in unison, "We remember."
"Let's eat first," Feng Jin waved her hand casually, telling them to quickly sit down and eat.
She was already starving by now and didn't care about anything else. The priority was to fill her stomach.
Da Bao sat on the chair with a dejected mood, all his dissatisfaction vented on the food, stuffing one mouthful after another into his mouth.
He had intended to teach Er Bao a lesson and show him who was the elder brother, but he ended up failing and getting scolded along with Er Bao. He felt it was a great injustice.
"Eat properly when you eat. Look at how you've made the whole table and the floor full of crumbs. Is your mouth leaking? Can't hold food in?"
Feng Jin reached out to wipe the food residue from the corner of Da Bao's mouth, looking at him with slight disgust. He was already such a big child, yet he still ate so carelessly.
"Young Madam... Young Madam..."
Lu Shi's anxious voice came from outside the room. Before he could be seen, his voice echoed throughout the entire room.
Feng Jin furrowed her brows slightly, put down her chopsticks, and looked outside. As soon as she saw Lu Shi, she immediately stood up from her chair.
"What happened?"
Lu Shi was covered in blood, and there were spots of blood on his face. This made Feng Jin's heart clench, and her entire heart felt like it was being squeezed.
"Young Madam, on our way back, we were ambushed. Young General... Young General was shot in the shoulder..."
Feng Jin's heart instantly leaped into her throat, and her nerves immediately tensed. "Where is Ling Mohan?"
"He's... he's..." Before Lu Shi could finish speaking, he lost his breath and fainted.
"Cai Qing, you stay here and take care of Lu Shi."
She handed the unconscious Lu Shi over to Cai Qing and Chu Qing to care for, and Feng Jin ran outside. When she found him, Ling Mohan had already been moved to a room. He was unconscious.
"Ling Mohan... Ling Mohan..."
After calling out loudly a few times, the man lying on the bed remained unmoved. Feng Jin felt his pulse. His vital signs were stable; he was merely unconscious.
"Chu Qing, go and prepare hot water and scissors."
She had to remove the arrow from his shoulder as soon as possible, otherwise, he would lose too much blood, and it would be too late.
Feng Jin hastily prepared the things. After Chu Qing had the hot water ready, she threw the knife and scissors into it for simple disinfection.
It was only after cutting open his clothes that Feng Jin saw how severe Ling Mohan's shoulder wound was. The arrow had penetrated three inches deep into the flesh, barely an inch away from his heart. If it had been any further, Ling Mohan would have died long ago.
Even though Chu Qing had seen many such scenes before, she couldn't help but panic now. Even her hands trembled as she handed things over.
"Knife..."
"Scissors..."
"Bandages..."
Feng Jin's movements were incredibly steady, as if she were facing a lifeless puppet rather than a person of flesh and blood. Her face showed no emotion, and her hands were resolute.
With two fingers holding a silver needle, Feng Jin swiftly moved her hand. A few silver needles pierced the man's acupuncture points.
The arrowhead was too deep. Removing the arrow later would be extremely painful. Since Ling Mohan was unconscious and couldn't be given anesthesia, she could only use silver needles to temporarily seal the acupuncture points, which would also alleviate his pain and make removing the arrow safer later.