Once We Lived in Nanjing

"Then what happened? OVER."

"I just kept crying, kept crying, until deep into the night when I heard a knock on the door. I went to open it, and amazingly the teacher was back. I was so happy; she said she had been dragged far by the tiger, but she managed to pull out her dagger and stabbed it in the tiger's eye, and the tiger ran away. The teacher was truly incredible. I hugged her tightly, but she was covered in blood, with a terrible wound on her shoulder. I helped the teacher bathe, cleaned her wound, and applied medicine and bandages, then let her rest on the bed.

I thought the teacher could recover, after all, she's so formidable, she could drive away a Bengal tiger with just a dagger without even having a shotgun.

But in the following days, the teacher started to have a high fever."

"The teacher kept having a high fever, her face pale, and I was very anxious, on the verge of tears. I didn't know what to do. I tried every medicine I could, and even picked herbs to brew decoctions for her, but the teacher's condition just didn't improve. I slept next to her at night, holding her, and could feel her body burning hot.

The teacher's appetite got worse and worse, she couldn't eat anything, and was vomiting. I cooked for her, making salted fish and wild vegetable lotus seed porridge, and smoked venison strips, but she couldn't eat any of it.

She would sleep all day long, and I sat by her bed to keep her company. Then one day at noon, the teacher woke up, she gently patted my shoulder and told me she wanted to eat something.

She said, 'Yaya, I'm a little hungry, I want to eat something.'

I was so happy, the teacher finally wanted to eat, her health must be improving.

I quickly went to the kitchen to cook for her, I cleaned a wild chicken I had caught the day before and stewed a pot of soup, thinking a patient should drink some hot soup, it would make her more comfortable.

It took me a long time to stew the soup.

The meat was stewed until it was very tender, then I let it cool for a while, before bringing it into the room, calling the teacher to come and eat.

I held the bowl and called out to the teacher, 'Teacher, look at the chicken soup I stewed for you!'"

"But the teacher did not answer me.

She had already died."

Ban Xia decided to use a whole sika deer as bait to trap the Bengal Tiger. She chose a good location, and the trap was set up between two residential buildings. She planned to stay vigilant all night and day, perched on the balcony or windowsill with her shotgun, ready to shoot the tiger immediately if it fell into the trap.

"BG4MSR, if you're determined to take down this tiger, then you have to wait for me. I'm going to consult an expert for you, OVER."

"Experts? Were there people specialized in hunting tigers in your era?"

"Uh... no, in our time, hunting tigers is a crime punishable by prison, but there are experts who study tigers. I'll call the Siberian Tiger Park! Someone will help you make a plan, I'll go there tomorrow, you have to wait for me to come back tomorrow night! Miss, did you hear me? OVER."

"Alright, alright."

Last night BG4MXH said he could find an expert to help her, but Ban Xia was very aware that to hunt any animal and choose the right method, only the old hunters who have been hunting for years have the most experience.

To deal with wild beasts, there probably aren't many people with more experience than herself in BG4MXH's era.

However, since he said he would help, it wouldn't hurt to go back later and listen to his opinion.

After all, many hands make light work.

Ban Xia casually placed the shotgun aside, squatted down to check the condition of the trap, and then turned to move the dead deer.

Suddenly, she froze.

Her limbs were completely numb and stiff, barely feeling her own heart beating.

A rough estimate showed that the girl was no more than a meter away from that thing, almost face to face. Through the dense green bushes, she could even see her own reflection in those amber eyes.

Yes, plans can never keep up with changes.

You have plans, but the opponent may not follow them; it could show up at any moment, like right now.

Ban Xia's mind went blank.

The last thought flashing through her brain was:

I won't be able to get back tonight, sorry BG4MXH, I have to break our appointment.