[Sense and Sensibility] Fascinated by you

Tonight's moon is big and round, and the bright moonlight shines on the woods, making everything look quiet and peaceful.

In the depths of the woods, the land became darker and redder towards the northwest, and there were more gravels. A group of people and horses stepped on it and made a messy rustling sound.Under a rocky mountain, there is a small dilapidated village with dozens of wooden houses scattered in it. Except for a two-story building in the middle, the rest are bungalows. The outside of the house is covered with green vines and moss. Can't recognize the original color of the house.Some houses have been blown up because no one has taken care of the wood all year round, and they seem to be uninhabitable. There is a wooden fence that is one person high around the village. It seems that it has just been repaired recently, so it can still be used.

This stone mountain used to be a mine, which attracted some miners to come here to dig coal. As more people came, a small village gradually formed.But there wasn't much coal in the mine, and within a few years the miners couldn't dig anything out, and people quickly abandoned it, and it didn't take long for animals and insects to use it as a new nest.

More than a month ago, a group of humans came to this forgotten village again, drove away the animals, cleaned the house, repaired the fence, and seemed to live here for a long time.

Hathaway's hands were cut behind her back, and she was taken into the village by a group of people. She had some scratches on her cheeks, and injuries to her knees and shoulders, which were caused by being pushed from behind on the gravel. At that time, she got up from kneeling on the ground without saying a word, ignoring the insolent laughter coming from behind, she didn't take this kind of humiliation and embarrassment to heart at all.She was only worried about the Colonel's body. He was wounded in the chest and was still on the horse. She asked to bandage his wound, but was refused. She was worried that he would die due to excessive blood loss.

It was late now, there was no entertainment in the village, and most people were already asleep. The bloodstained strong man named John dragged Colonel Brandon from his horse, and he pushed a room that was still intact. Wooden house, throwing him in casually.

Hathaway gritted her teeth and watched his rough movements. She knew she was powerless to stop her, so she didn't make a sound. The man who had been monitoring them under the hotel pushed Hathaway from behind, "Miss, your room is not in. this."

Hathaway stood stubbornly and refused to move, "No, I want to share a room with him. He is injured and needs someone to take care of him. If you leave him like this, he will die immediately."

The little Gavin, whose spine was injured by Colonel Brandon, walked over awkwardly with his waist supported, "This, this is not in compliance with the rules. What if the two of you run away together?" Very young, he stutters when he gets nervous.

"He was so badly injured, do you think I can escape with him? We agreed, if you let him go, I will redeem us both with [-] pounds. If he dies, I won't live, You won't get a single penny!" Hathaway's tone of voice was not high, but no one could mistake the firmness in her words, her eyes shone coldly in the moonlight, and she moved from left to right Looking at it, her expression is not cruel, but it makes people feel very oppressive.

Several people she saw looked away unnaturally, and the man named Gal fiddled with the scabbard of the dagger, "Okay, lock her in too, this is our important property, we can't Let them die." As he spoke, he sneered and approached Hathaway's face, and looked at her with those cold snake-like eyes, "But miss, you'd better be honest, otherwise I don't mind There are a few more holes in his body." After speaking, he turned and walked away.

The few remaining people looked at each other and agreed with his words, and left one after another. Hathaway looked at Gavin again.

Gavin took a step back and stammered, "You, why are you looking at me like that? Everyone has already agreed."

Hathaway turned around and raised the tied hands behind her, "Release me, how can I take care of him like this. Also, find me an oil lamp, preferably hot water and wound medicine." Persimmon Of course, being picky, Hathaway could tell at a glance that the little guy named Gavin was the best bully among these people, so she picked him without hesitation.

Gavin stared at Hathaway, and after a while, he really started to untie Hathaway, muttering in a low voice: "Okay, okay, you all bully me, and now even the captives bully me I'll go to Kate's to see if there's any medicine, just wait. But don't run around, or he won't be treated!" He walked away slowly while supporting his waist, and continued to mutter : "Damn, I have to ask Kate if there is any sprain medicine, my back hurts! What a bad day!"

As soon as he walked away, Hathaway rushed into the room. The floor was covered with damp, but when people stepped on it, there was a "creaking" sound. Colonel Brandon was thrown on the floor, and his life and death were unknown. Lying on his back, she carefully turned him over, anxiously sniffed his breath with her fingers, although it was a little weak, but he was still alive, she put down half of her heart.Then she took out the handkerchief that was stuffed on his chest in a hurry just now, it was completely soaked in blood, she looked at the wound with the moonlight shining in from the door, and found that the wound was no longer bleeding, so she finally put it down Come on.

Hathaway raised her head and looked around the room. She couldn't let the colonel lie on the ground like this. She had to find a dry place to settle him down. There were two rooms in the wooden house. The room she and the colonel were in should be the living room and the In the dining room, there was only a table, two chairs, a wooden barrel, and a cabinet by the wall, but she couldn't see what was inside, and there was a fireplace in the corner.

She gently put the colonel on the ground, and went into the inner room to look again. It was just as simple here, with only a bed, a desk and a chair, and there was not even straw on the bed.But she didn't have anything to complain about, at least the bed board was still firm and dry, and it wasn't rained by moths.She dragged the colonel from the outer room into the room, and barely lifted him onto the bed.

She was worrying that there was no medicine here, and Gavin finally came back when he couldn't help the colonel bandage up. He held a candlestick carefully in his hand, and there was a girl behind him, but Hathaway was not in the mood to see her now. She quickly stood up, reached out to take the candlestick in Gavin's hand, and whispered "Thank you, Gavin" when she turned around. Although they were both perpetrators, she felt that she had to thank the people who helped her at this time Thank you, whether it's to keep getting help or to pretend to be docile.

Gavin froze behind her for a moment, then he scratched his head and looked at the girl behind him, "Ah, it's nothing, I, I'll get the quilt and hot water." He ran out again after saying that.

Hathaway put the candlestick on the table, pulled Colonel Brandon up with great effort and helped him take off his coat, then she looked at the shirt under the Colonel that was almost half stained red, and became worried. She took it off, and he had nothing to wear, though it made no difference whether he wore it or not now.

"I brought my shirt and pants. If you don't dare to help him change, go out." The voice behind him was young but dignified.

Hathaway turned around to look at the girl at this time. She was about 23 or [-] years old, with black hair tied behind her head, a round apple face, big eyes, and rose-colored lips with a hint of light. smile.There was a peaceful yet powerful expression from those docile light brown eyes, which made those who were watching her calm down naturally, Hathaway felt this way now.

She was also looking Hathaway up and down with her eyes, "Kate Morris." Then she introduced her name.

"Hathaway Butler." Hathaway nodded and introduced herself, neither of them saluted hypocritically at this time. "I think we should wait for Gavin to bring the hot water, wash and bandage his wound before changing clothes."

Kate acquiesced to her proposal, and neither of them spoke again. Hathaway focused on Colonel Brandon, while Kate looked at the window and thought silently.

After a while, Gavin came in with a bucket in one hand and a large handful of quilts in the other. His walking posture was still weird, and it seemed that his waist was still hurting.

Kate stepped forward to help him, then she went to the living room and found a basin, she poured hot water and soaked a cotton cloth.At this time, Hathaway had already taken off the colonel's shirt. Although the blood hadn't completely solidified, she still had a lot of effort when taking off her clothes. Gavin also stepped forward to help her. In a coma, he also frowned in pain.

Hathaway carefully helped Colonel Brandon clean up the wound with a wet cotton cloth. There were still some small knife wounds on his cheeks, neck, and arms, which seemed to be caused by Gal, which made Hathaway secretly hate him. As for There were countless other scratches and bruises. Seeing these wounds, Hathaway almost burst into tears, but she closed her eyes and took a deep breath to swallow the tears. Now is not the time for her to cry. , She is also unwilling to show her weak emotions in front of these people.

Then she looked at Kate, "Is there any medicine?"

Kate took out a handful of herbs from the box she brought, and said, "I'm sorry, the ready-made wound medicines are all used up, but here are the herbs I picked a few days ago, and the effect is the same."

Hathaway stared at those green plants, are these wound medicine? "...How do I use this?"

Kate raised her eyebrows, "Maybe you can bite it with your mouth? You know, just apply the juice to the wound." Gavin covered his mouth with his hand and rolled his eyes from side to side.

Hathaway looked at the green plant in her hand angrily. She seemed to have forgotten that she was a prisoner just now. Don't say that there is no wound medicine now, even if there is no herb, she shouldn't complain.Then she picked out a few herbs with a blank expression and stuffed them into her mouth and chewed vigorously. Of course, the taste was not good, it was bitter and astringent and had an indescribable strange smell, which was really disgusting.

Kate and Gavin stared at Hathaway with wide eyes. Unexpectedly, she did so. Kate licked her mouth and said with embarrassment: "I was just joking. Actually, I brought a medicine pestle here, but The wound medicine is really used up." As she spoke, she took out the pestle and gauze.

Hathaway didn't say much, saying anything at this time was superfluous, she had to get more help for Colonel Brandon.She spat out the chewed herbs, and while applying medicine to the wound on the Colonel's chest, she said, "I heard that dog's saliva has a magical effect on the wound, I hope human's also has it."

This made Kate even more embarrassed. Then she took the initiative to help Hathaway treat the colonel's other wounds, made the bed again, and sent some clothes for Hathaway to change and wash. Finally, she suggested that Hathaway You can go to rest in the wooden house next to it. After all, it is not decent for men and women to live alone in the same room, but Hathaway sternly refused.

Just as she was about to leave, "My brother, how is Philip now?" Hathaway had already determined that they were the kidnappers who kidnapped Philip.

Kate didn't look back, she paused, "I'll take you to see him tomorrow." Then she walked out.

The author has something to say: In the last chapter, I abused the colonel a lot, thinking that I would scam some diving readers, but the result...(┬＿┬)

All the divers come out and take a clubbing~