HBWnovel Chapter 201 Everyone Has Their Own Story
Chapter 201 Everyone Has Their Own Story
"Is it for cooking again? Luo really likes cooking." Rong smiled as she took the seat of the table and struck up a conversation with Jiang Luoluo to make her feel like she was being isolated.
"Luo, you don't need to worry about him. That's just how he is when he gets serious about something; he doesn't pay attention to anything else."
Jiang Luoluo looked at the departing figure and could sense it. She nodded, then her attention returned to Rong. She asked somewhat shyly, "Um, may I take a closer look at these things on you?"
Rong was taken aback for a moment, then laughed generously, "Of course, do you need me to take it down?"
"Huh?" Jiang Luoluo was stunned for a moment. So generous?
Before Jiang Luoluo could wave her hand in refusal, Rong had already sat back down on the stone bed, quickly removing all her belongings, and waved enthusiastically at Jiang Luoluo, "Come and take a look."
Since they had already taken it down, it wasn't appropriate to refuse anymore. Jiang Luoluo scratched her head and went over to take a closer look.
The wooden frame that serves as the prosthesis is a hollow shape, resembling four rounded wooden sticks joined together to form a hollow cylinder.
But in reality, it was a single piece of wood, hollowed out in the middle, and then the four sides were shaped into four cylinders; they were a single unit.
Then, two identical hollowed-out wooden sticks were stacked together to replace the thigh and calf parts, respectively.
The prosthesis features a movable structure similar to the temple of an eyeglass, allowing it to bend slightly forward, backward, left, and right. This enables Rong to perform small bending movements when wearing it.
Then, at the very top, Jiang Luoluo also saw a layer of animal hide wrapped around her thighs to reduce friction.
Regardless of the production quality, Jiang Luoluo was full of praise for the attention to detail shown by the model.
The men over there had already found suitable wood and started making things, no longer paying attention to what was happening here.
Rong then started chatting with Jiang Luoluo about the wooden prosthetic limb, as was her habit.
Through the conversation, Jiang Luoluo also learned about Rong and Tai's situation.
Rong was once an orc warrior, and her leg was even eaten by a wild beast during a hunt.
Logically, someone like Rong, who suffered such a near-fatal injury, would usually choose to stay in the Taz Forest, either to cover for their companions or to contribute their last bit of strength, rather than returning to the tribe and becoming a burden.
—The so-called fatal wound does not mean that such an injury will lead to death. Given the physical condition of the tribe members, such an injury is far from being fatal.
The reason it is considered a fatal injury is that such an injury makes it almost impossible for the person to leave the Taz Forest on their own. The smell of blood will attract more powerful beasts, and the person will lose enough agility to become a burden to their companions, further hindering them.
This is the real fatal reason.
Rong originally intended to give up and return, and was even prepared to go all out and sacrifice his life for his teammates.
But she discovered she was pregnant.
After she risked everything to undergo her final transformation into a beast, she felt the presence of the newborn life inside her.
She could die, but she didn't want her unborn child to die too.
Therefore, Rong made an action that could almost be described as desertion.
She dragged her wounded body, now missing a leg, to find her companions.
Of course, no one would criticize Rong for such behavior.
Although when it comes to themselves, everyone will tacitly choose to fight with all their might and never look back, when their companions choose to return, the tribe will only feel fortunate and happy for them.
That child is Cong now.
Rong's choice to live a life of ignominy did not yield good results. If she had chosen to die in the TAZ Forest, it might have been a better thing for her, sparing her the despair of losing a leg.
But Rong chose to live, so she had to accept the fact that she had lost a leg, could not stand, could not get up, and could only lie in bed unable to move.
Sometimes choosing to live is more cruel than accepting death.
So after that child was born, Rong thought about ending her life more than once.
But each time she was stopped and brought back.
The various wooden items placed beside the stone bed were her husband's efforts to keep her alive, and also the barriers that kept her from death.