BXBX NOVEL Chapter 291: Chase (II)
Old Man Li struggled to flail around. Seeing the two hounds getting closer and closer from behind, he couldn’t afford to care about anything else and ran wildly ahead. However, the thick layer of snow on the ground left him dejected and powerless.
“Di Yelei! Liu Sisi! Pray that this old man Li doesn’t escape from your clutches, else it’ll be the end of you!”
He glanced back at the people and the two hounds chasing after him, took a turn, and veered towards another hilltop.
Behind him, the three pursuers arrived at the foot of the hill.
“Quickly! It really is Old Man Li up ahead, we need to split up! Surround him from three directions and make sure to capture him!”
Di Yelei instructed the two, each taking a different direction, fully intending to surround him.
This Old Man Li truly lived up to the saying ‘a hundred-leg worm doesn’t die easily,’ his will to live was strong.
The two hounds were too inexperienced. As soon as they saw Old Man Li, they took off, leaving him trailing behind. He wanted to break into a trot, but the thick snow seriously hampered his pursuit speed.
Ahead, the hounds were barking violently. It was clear that the confrontation between the two dogs and Elderly Mr. Di was in full swing.
Wails and roaring kept coming, interspersed with the angry roars of Old Man Li. It was quite a lively scene!
These were two pups barely a year old with serious lack of experience! If something really happened to them because they hadn’t been trained… that would be disastrous!
Worried, Di Yelei subconsciously sped up his steps.
Ahead, Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua had already bitten into Old Man Li’s thigh and back.
The two hounds, though untrained, possessed the hunting instinct of dogs. They clamped down on their target and didn’t let go.
“Let go! Damn you two dogs! Ouch! Let go!”
Old Man Li was both anxious and furious. He stooped down to pick up his crutch and started thrashing at the two hounds, trying to get rid of the burden on his body.
But the two hounds continued to bite him tightly, remaining undeterred no matter how hard Old Man Li attacked.
While Old Man Li and the two hounds were in a stalemate, two villagers soon arrived!
Instantly startled, Old Man Li attempted to escape, but his escape was delayed by the two dogs.
“Old Man Li, stop! You can’t get away. Why bother putting yourself through all this pain? Just stop!” the villagers rebuked.
“Keep dreaming! Just you two runts trying to catch your Grandpa Li? Go and drink a few more days of milk before talking about it!” Undaunted, Old Man Li fought back, raising his wooden stick to hit the dogs around him.
“Ouch”
Ah-Huang howled in pain and finally let go. It fell to the ground, whimpered a few times, convulsed a few times, and then stopped moving.
Blood slowly spread on the snowy ground around him, dyeing the accumulated snow around it a bright red.
The bright-red smear was astoundingly conspicuous, blinding to the eyes!
The sight that greeted Di Yelei when he scaled the hill was Ah-Huang that had fallen before him.
“Ah-Huang? Ah-Huang!”
Di Yelei instinctively called out to it, but his heart was sinking fast.
On the other side, Old Man Li, who initially wanted to hit Ah-Hua a few more times, was frightened upon seeing Di Yelei appear. He quickly stopped his hands, paid no heed to Ah-Hua, still clinging to his thigh, and ran away swiftly.
“Ah-Huang! Ah…”
Di Yelei let out a cry of distress!
There seemed to be confusion in Ah-Huang’s eyes, as if it didn’t understand the situation at all. Instinctively, it struggled to get up from the ground.
Nevertheless, after a few attempts, it collapsed onto the ground again, closing its eyes and panting heavily.
Blood seeped from its open mouth and steadily spread…
It reluctantly opened its eyes one last time to look at Di Yelei, whimpered in his direction, then slowly closed its eyes. It did its best to wag its tail in the snow one last time, then never opened its eyes again.
“Ah-Huang! ”
Di Yelei roared in anger; his round eyes shrank to the size of a needle’s point. In an instant, they were filled with blood-red fury. A powerful intent to kill, spread out in all directions, rushing towards Old Man Li.
Pressing down on the slope with his large palm, he leapt up from below within the blink of an eye, dashing like an arrow towards Old Man Li.
“Old Man Li! I’ll kill you! ”
At that moment, murderous intention filled him!
A chill ran down Old Man Li’s spine. Like a baby rabbit targeted by a cheetah, he was completely drained of the energy to run. Under such a strong aura, his body involuntarily trembled. His weak legs gave in, and he retreated two steps.
The next moment, he slipped and fell!
There was no way Di Yelei would let him off so easily! Subconsciously, he quickly chased after him. But, he was only in time to see Old Man Li rolling down the slope with Ah-Hua on his leg…
“Ah-Hua!? Hurry, let go! Ah-Hua ”
His large hands futilely extended, and he could only watch helplessly as the man and dog continued to roll down the cliff, bringing up a snowstorm, sprinkling white flakes into the sky. They rolled and tumbled…
“Ah-Hua!… Ah-Huang…”
Di Yelei reached out his hands to grab at nothingness, clenching his fists tightly. He hammered the ground and cursed in fury: “Bastard! Old Man Li, even if you go to heaven or hell, I, Di Yelei, will surely catch you!”
Naturally, the commotion here attracted the attention of the villagers closing in from the other two directions. The two could only watch helplessly as he slipped away, unable to lend a hand.
The two fellow villagers rapidly converged and asked, “Ye Lei, what should we do now? Should we go back or go down the cliff to check?”
“Go back! How can we go back like this!”
Di Yelei punched the ground heavily, stood up abruptly, and declared, “You can go back first, or you can stay here and wait for me. I’m going down to check.”
Without any hesitation, he swiftly pulled out a rope and began descending down the cliff.
Meanwhile, Old Man Li, along with Ah-Hua, had rolled several rounds down the hillside. Simultaneously, the surrounding snow showed signs of collapse.
“Oh! Damn it!”
Unable to count how many rounds he had tumbled, his body harshly hit a protruding boulder. After rolling awkwardly for a few meters, he finally came to a stop.
“Pah! Damn it!”
He spat out a mouthful of dirt, and couldn’t help but curse. Struggling to crawl up from the ground, he clutched his aching waist. Only then did he notice that somewhere along the way, that damn dog had let go of its teeth.
He tore off a strip of cloth and wrapped it around his continuously bleeding thigh. After catching his breath for a while, he surveyed the surrounding terrain.
It’s really one’s own bad luck to choke on a sip of cold water!
Clearly, it was a slippery cliff side, and there was nowhere to put in any leverage!
Thinking about going down, the bottom was completely white; no one knew how far it was to the bottom of the cliff.
Looking up…
Just as he lifted his head, he saw Di Yelei, descending down the slope along the rope. Steeling his resolve, he pushed himself to stand up from the snow.