Chapter 867: Repeated Break Downs

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If Wei Ling didn’t want to do it, she wouldn’t force her.

But if she was going to eat it, she had to do it.

Wei Ling looked at the heartless Su Xiaoling and was about to go crazy.

She had already said that she didn’t know how to. She didn’t know! Why didn’t Su Xiaoling understand? How could she be so unreasonable? If she had ignored her yesterday night, Su Xiaoling might have died.

Su Xiaoling saw Wei Ling’s emotions, but nothing could affect her decision.

She was already dragging her sickly body to cut wood. Why couldn’t Wei Ling deal with the corpses of the two birds?

“Mother only needs to peel off the skin.”

Before Su Xiaoling took the dagger away, she even cut open the abdomens of the two big bird corpses so that Wei Ling could remove the skin.

Su Xiaoling slowly went outside.

Wei Ling clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms. After a while, she calmed down and touched the big bird’s corpse with her hand.

It was a little stiff and the feathers couldn’t be plucked out. It was just skinning, but it was very difficult for Wei Ling.

How she wished that the people outside could find them immediately. That way, she wouldn’t have to live in this miserable little cliff cave and do what the servants did.

Unfortunately, no matter how much she broke down, only the cold wind responded to her.

Wei Ling dealt with the big bird’s corpse under countless breakdowns.

Beside the fire, the big bird’s stiff corpse gradually warmed up. Wei Ling felt all the pores on her body open. That cold shiver spread throughout her body. She threw it away countless times before picking it up and dealing with it.

It was almost dark outside.

She heard some movement.

Su Xiaoling returned, dragging three trees thicker than an arm with lush branches.

Su Xiaoling’s face was even paler.

When Wei Ling saw her, she was about to tell her about the breakdown in her heart when she saw that Su Xiaoling was not even looking at her.

Her clothes had become a big bag with something inside.

At this moment, Su Xiaoling did not look like the crown prince consort who had lived a luxurious life for many years at all. She was completely a country bumpkin.

Su Xiaoling sat down to rest and unbuttoned her dress. Many medicinal roots fell out.

She buried the medicinal root by the ashes of the fire and slowly dealt with the trees.

The dagger was very small. It was very tiring to process all of this into small pieces for easy burning.

She was weak and her injured shoulder hurt. She could barely raise her hand.

Everything she did was based on her willpower, her willpower to survive. Wei Ling sniffed and said first, “Xiaoling, I’ve done everything you asked me to do.”

She took care of both birds and skinned them.

Su Xiaoling said calmly, “Rest when you’re done.”

Wei Ling opened her mouth. She felt that Su Xiaoling was too cold. She had done so much, but why didn’t she say anything good?

Why did she have to be so cold?

She was filled with grievances and did not feel good. She felt that she had lowered her head many times. Su Xiaoling was so smart. Could she not tell that she was expressing goodwill?

However, she never cared about her goodwill. There was no emotion in her eyes.

Wei Ling was dissatisfied. Looking at Su Xiaoling’s cold expression, she couldn’t help but roar, “Su Xiaoling, why are you so cold to me? Haven’t I done enough? I’m already like this, but I still have to do this. What haven’t I done? What more do you want? I’m your mother-in-law. I’m already like this. Why aren’t you comforting me??”

Wei Ling felt like she was going crazy. Her heart was breaking down every moment of every day. She needed to be comforted.

Especially since she didn’t know how long she would have to wait here. She needed someone to take care of her and comfort her.

Su Xiaoling glanced at Wei Ling’s broken emotions and only smiled mockingly. She said coldly, “Mother, do you think I should be grateful to you? Thank you for your special care and causing me to encounter such a calamity? Thank you for suffering so much in such an environment and still listening to me?”

“Mother, are you alright?”

Su Xiaoling couldn’t hide the disgust in her eyes. She looked at Wei Ling’s speechless expression and sneered. “I’m not a fool, and Mother isn’t stupid either, right? What made you have the illusion that no matter what you do, others should not remember it?”

As a mother, she had poisoned Zhou Zhi countless times and hated him to death countless times. However, she could not accept Zhou Zhi’s fallout with her. She could not accept that Zhou Zhi no longer cared about her.

It was the same for Zhou Heng. As a mother, she could not bear to see her sons have a good relationship. She could not bear to see her son have a good relationship with his wife, but she had to rely on Zhou Heng, who was the Crown Prince.

In Wei Ling’s eyes, she had always been one of the reasons why the mother and son did not get along. Now that Zhou Heng did not want to be the Crown Prince, Wei Ling still felt that she was the culprit. Without her, Zhou Heng would not rebel. Therefore, she did not hesitate to sacrifice herself to make a move.

Unfortunately, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Wei Ling didn’t expect her maidservant’s clothes to be like rotten wood. She didn’t expect herself to fall off a cliff and fall until she was paralyzed, relying on her annoying daughter-in-law to survive.

Didn’t Wei Ling understand? She did. She just felt that they couldn’t really hate her.

Su Xiaoling’s cold and heartless words made Wei Ling speechless.

She didn’t dare to look into Su Xiaoling’s eyes. She lowered her eyes.

Su Xiaoling didn’t pay much attention to Wei Ling and continued to deal with the wood.

When it was dark, one was finally cleared. The one that had been placed at the side had also been roasted until it was half dry. This way, they could survive the night as they burned.

Su Xiaoling picked up the big bird, dug a hole in its abdomen, and threw away its intestines.

The heart, lungs, and livers were all left behind. They hung on a branch and roasted slowly.

The meat of the two big birds was also cut into strips and hung on the branches.

Every big bird weighed seven to eight catties. Even after removing their skin and fur, it still weighed more than six catties.

She cut the meat off so that it can be roasted dry and stored.

For the many days after this, she and Wei Ling would have to rely on this for food. Her shoulder hurt too much. She had to rest.

She was especially tired. She didn’t have the strength to climb trees or hunt again.

The injuries on her body were not just from hunting. She was not seriously injured after falling from the cliff, but she had many small injuries that ached these days.

The bird’s internal organs were cooked. Su Xiaolu dug out the medicinal root. After this medicinal root was cooked, it was pink and glutinous inside. It was like a pancake.

Coupled with the bird’s internal organs, both of them could eat their fill.

When there was no more water, she took snow from outside and melted it into water. She leaned the bamboo joints by the fire and warmed it up to drink.

Su Xiaoling did not go to sleep. Instead, she continued to deal with the firewood. These firewood had to be dealt with and piled by the fire so that they could dry quickly.

Wei Ling was full. She wanted to say something but hesitated several times. Her gaze landed on Su Xiaoling’s blood-soaked hands. She exhaled heavily and said, “Xiaoling, I’ll deal with the firewood. You should rest..”

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