Wilderness Redemption Tour

On the way back to Horseshoe Lookout Camp, Sean told everyone how he had been spending the past few months in captivity.

The process was very monotonous, nothing more than complaining about how bad the food was and how poorly I slept, but in the end it turned into bragging about myself.

"The brave Sean would rather die than betray his partner when facing the interrogation of the vicious Pinkerton detective!" This is how he summed up himself.

"Sean, you don't know that Karen has lost weight in these few months without you." Lin Yan heard Bill actually mentioned Karen to Sean.

"Really? I've always wanted her to lose weight, but she always refused with various reasons." Sean said with a surprised expression.

Bill laughed after hearing Sean's response. "I think you should take a shower and change your clothes when you get back. You'd better take off your clothes and burn them, otherwise the whole camp will be filled with your smell."

Josiah deliberately fell behind the team and said to Lin Yan, who was walking at the end, "You two are really good at hiding your talents."

"We were just lucky and caught them off guard." Lin Yan knew that Josiah was talking about him and Sadie rescuing Sean. He also remembered that Arthur said Josiah was a professional liar and no one knew what he was thinking, so don't believe what he said. Therefore, he was very wary of the other party taking the initiative to talk to him about this matter.

"Oh? Caught off guard? As far as I know, these people are Ik Skedin's men. They belong to a bounty hunter group that has only emerged in the past two years. To be able to stand out from the vast number of bounty hunters, I don't think they lack the most basic caution." Josiah still had a smile on his face, but Lin Yan always felt that he seemed to have seen something.

"Just say what you want to say. There's no need to beat around the bush." ​​Sadie couldn't stand the other person's mysterious look, so she asked Josiah directly what he wanted to do.

Josiah smiled and waved his hands. "Don't get me wrong. I have no ill intentions. I'm just surprised that Dutch actually recruited two of you guys after the disaster in Blackwater Town. It seems like you can perfectly fill the vacancies left by Mike and David."

"Mike and David?" Lin Yan thought for a moment, then said, "Are you talking about the two gang members who died in the incident in Blackwater Town?"

"Huh? You even know this? It seems that Arthur told you a lot about the gang's past."

Josiah nodded and continued, "That's right. Mike and David are two brothers. They were good fighters in the gang who were no less skilled than Arthur, and Mike's close combat ability was even better. I heard about their deaths before, and I felt sorry for the gang. I didn't expect that right after we lost them, you would appear. If Dutch knew what you were capable of, I think he would wake up laughing in his dreams."

Sadie also seemed to think that Josiah had bad intentions. "I think you overestimate us. We are just average at best. If Dutch listens to you and assigns us a very important task, we will implicate others if we fail to complete it."

Josiah shrugged nonchalantly. "Well, whatever you say is what's going on."

After saying that, he rode his horse forward and stopped talking to Lin Yan.

"What do you think?" Sadie asked Lin Yan after seeing Josiah leave.

Lin Yan thought about it, and finally shook his head and said: "I don't know, but I feel that he seems to be suspicious of us. Anyway, we should be more careful of him in the future."

Sadie nodded, and then said something that she was not comfortable saying to Lin Yan in front of Sean. "I didn't expect you to be so patient. You were able to help Sean untie his restraints without any hesitation even though Sean smelled so bad. It completely refreshed my understanding."

After hearing this, Lin Yan said with a bitter face: "It was very hard for me to endure it... Fortunately, I didn't eat breakfast. I vomited again before rescuing Sean, and there was really nothing left in my stomach to vomit. Otherwise, I would have vomited the moment I got close to Sean..."

Led by Javier, they ran all the way out of the state border of West Elizabeth before stopping to rest. This time Sean took the initiative to take the responsibility of starting the fire, but everyone was afraid of the smell on him, so no one asked to help him.

Bill even suggested that Sean build two bonfires, one for himself.

Everyone actually thought so, but no one was as thick-skinned as Bill. Because of their own face, no one stood up to support Bill.

Before Sean came back, the hungry people had already started sharing the food they brought with them. Lin Yan stood in front of the horse calmly, then took out various foods from the space bag and shared them with everyone.

So when Sean came back with a bunch of branches, everyone had almost finished breakfast and lunch. Sean also knew that he smelled really bad, so after lighting the bonfire, he consciously moved away from everyone and started eating his lunch, occasionally joking with everyone or asking how the gang was doing.

After resting for two hours, everyone headed towards the camp again.

When everyone showed up at the camp with Sean, the whole camp was in an uproar. Everyone came forward to greet Sean and chat with him. But they only chatted from a distance because no one could stand the smell of Sean at that time.

Dutch stood at the door of his tent and announced loudly: "Hey! Guys! Today is a good day to celebrate! Let's have some fun, tonight, let's indulge ourselves! Pearson, go and kill the cattle that Arthur drove back that day. It will be our food tonight."

There was a sudden cheer in the camp.

Sean also said at the right time: "I know you bastards miss me, you don't have to worry now, because your happy pill is back!"

Aunt Susan was also happy about Sean's return, but as the manager of the camp, she still said to Sean sternly: "Sean! Hurry up and take a bath in the river below, otherwise we will have to change camps later!"

Sean obediently picked up the clothes he wanted to change and rode away. Lin Yan saw that Karen wanted to go with him, but was stopped by Aunt Susan again.

"Karen, where are you going? Didn't Dutch say we should celebrate tonight? There's a lot of work to do in the camp now."

Karen had to give up the idea again and went to help Pearson.

When Lin Yan and his friends returned to the camp again, Arthur had already returned. John and Lenny, who were not there yesterday, also appeared among the welcoming crowd.

"I'm sorry I couldn't go with you yesterday. When I came back, Dutch said you had been gone for a long time." Arthur walked up to Lin Yan and said to him, then he patted Lin Yan's shoulder with relief. "But you did a great job. Not only did you bring Sean back safely, but no one was injured."

"Joshua told me that he guessed you were going to see your ex-girlfriend. Is that right?"

Arthur was stunned when he heard this, and then he said with foul language: "Damn it! This guy, he really can't hide anything from him. Should I consider silencing him?"

Then he said vaguely to Lin Yan: "He is right, I went to see Mary, the ex-girlfriend you mentioned. She recently moved to the vicinity of Valentine because of her brother. Oh, by the way, his brother's name is the same as yours, also called Jamie. She asked me to go because of Jamie. He joined a cult, and Mary was very worried about his safety, so she asked me to go over and persuade him."

Huh? I thought there was some kind of rekindled love story, but I didn't expect you to be just a tool for that person...

Lin Yan's mouth twitched unconsciously and asked, "Then what?"

"I found Jamie and persuaded him to go back, then watched them get on the train to St. Denis."

Ah... this... Mary is really something, Arthur helped you so much, but you didn't even treat him to a meal...

Arthur wiped his face, clearing away the bad mood. "Okay, let's not talk about me. I also heard Josiah talking to Dutch just now. I heard him say that you and Sadie wiped out the entire camp of Ike Skedin. Is that true?"

Lin Yan took off his hat and scratched his head. "That's true, but there weren't many enemies in the camp at the time, and Sadie and I were just lucky."

"Whether it's luck or your strength, I think you no longer need my care and can go out and take on missions on your own. Go out and try your luck, Jamie. Every qualified gunslinger in the West grew up this way. I did this, John did this, and Lenny, who is older than you, did this too."

"Are you saying that I can move freely now? Find something to do on my own?"

"That's right, but you're still a member of the Van der Linde gang. If you encounter something you can't solve, come back to the gang for help. If there's anything big happening in the gang, you'll naturally be called upon. Of course, don't forget to give the gang a share of the money you earn from completing missions. You can choose to sleep in the camp at night, or live outside like Micah or Josiah."

There was a hint of reluctance in Lin Yan's eyes, but more of it was excitement, because it meant that he no longer had to be Arthur's follower, but could go out into the world as a formal gang member.

"Uh..." Lin Yan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Arthur reached out and patted Lin Yan's shoulder. "Okay, Jamie, go take a break. I'm going to help Pearson kill the cow. Today is a day worth celebrating. Since the incident in Blackwater Town, I haven't seen so many smiles on the faces of gang members for a long time.