What's wrong with you?

No one knows what she went to do. Her originally fair face was covered in dust, and her long black hair was haphazardly rolled into a ball and held in place with a twig. The loose hair flew wildly, lacking any refined elegance, but it added a touch of wildness and unruliness to her.

Her clothes were patchwork of blue and green, all sorts of colors, as if she had just come out of a large dye vat, matching her face in appearance.

Then look at her feet, a pair of sneakers, black and gray on the surface, covered in dust on the soles, from head to toe she is nowhere near as refined as before.

She now looks more like a little beggar who has fled back from disaster; if it weren't for her bright, watery eyes, he really wouldn't have recognized her.

Ignoring her disheveled appearance, Su Yuxi chuckled, revealing two rows of bright white teeth. She then forcefully lifted the two snakeskin bags with both hands and tossed them to him with a thud.

Chu Juan's expression changed slightly. He reached out his hands and subconsciously caught the thing that was thrown to him.

Before he could even ask what it was, the familiar herbal scent emanating from the snakeskin bag stunned him, a look of surprise crossing his face, as if he had already guessed what was inside.

He lowered his head and took a few serious sniffs, his pupils blinking rapidly as if unsure, then sniffed again.

This time he was certain, and his eyes shone with excitement.

"These are all medicinal herbs..."

"Hmm." Su Yuxi patted the dust off her hands, then remembered there were still things outside the door, so she immediately turned around and roughly threw the packets of medicinal herbs on the ground inside.

The marble floor was slippery, and the packets of precious medicinal herbs glided in one by one, as if on a glider.

Chu Juan tightly hugged the two burlap sacks of medicinal herbs, staring blankly as one sack after another was thrown in. With each muffled thud, the once tidy entrance was soon piled high with sacks, and the entire living room was filled with the fresh aroma of medicinal herbs.

At this moment, he suddenly came to his senses and realized that he had let a girl carry all the things by herself. He looked at Su Yuxi, who was panting heavily, with a face full of shame and chuckled awkwardly.

"Um...you haven't been collecting medicinal herbs all these past six months, have you?"

"Have you been hiding in the mountains all this time?" It seems that only this reason can reasonably explain her disappearance for half a year, and they can't find any trace of her even after searching the ground.

Su Yuxi put her hands on her hips, looking at her achievements over the past six months, feeling extremely satisfied. A drop of sweat slid into her eye, and she blinked quickly twice. Not caring about the dirt, she wiped the sweat away with her hands, and a few more gray marks immediately appeared on her forehead.

Seeing her nonchalant expression, he roughly understood why her face looked like that.

Hmm! She's a very genuine girl.

Yes and no.

"Wait a minute, there's something else." She turned around and hurried back to the car to take out a long wooden box.

She did collect a lot of medicinal herbs in the past six months. Those things could be easily put in a snakeskin bag, but these few are different. These few things are worth tens of millions.

"Here, this is what you wanted. Keep it safe, or I won't be responsible if you break it." She carefully handed the items to him, her eyes still showing a hint of reluctance. She had almost risked her life to get these things.

"I've given you the item, so you can't renege on my payment." If you do, he'll have to pay with half his life.

Chu Juan seemed to have guessed what might be inside. His hand holding the wooden frame trembled slightly, and his expression was one of overwhelming excitement.

"Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged. If it's true, I'll pay you double the reward."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuxi raised her big smile, which, combined with her dirty little face, made her look somewhat silly and simple-minded, though she herself was unaware of it.

She smacked her lips: "Is there any water? I'm so thirsty."

Chu Juan's attention was now entirely focused on the wooden frame, and he couldn't hear what the person in front of him was saying.

Seeing his dazed expression, Su Yuxi shook her head, thinking to herself that he was really naive. A few herbs had captivated him like this; if he were to see the mountains and fields full of medicinal herbs, he would go crazy.

She ignored him and strode past him into the building.

She stood in the spacious and bright living room, her eyes scanning the surroundings. When she saw the refrigerator, her eyes lit up. She strode over, opened it, and her previously animated face froze.

Don't normal refrigerators store fresh fruits and vegetables, desserts, yogurt, and chocolate?

Why does this refrigerator look like it contains only soda water and alcohol?

None of them could fill their stomachs.

She took two bottles of water with a puzzled look, gently closed the refrigerator door, and unscrewed the caps as she walked, chugging down the two bottles of water.

I glanced around and didn't see any other refrigerators.

She returned to Chu Juan's side and asked, "Mr. Chu, don't you have any food at home?"

Chu Juan snapped out of his shock, quickly checked the contents, and then sealed it away. He held the wooden box tightly, refusing to let go, and his voice was so excited that he almost couldn't speak clearly: "No...nothing."

He didn't expect Su Yuxi to actually find the items.

I thought she had died inside after disappearing for half a year, but I never expected that she would come back safely one day and bring all her belongings back with her.

He will also live to see the Glass Vine, the Flame Fruit, and the Morning Gold Grass.

Su Yuxi's shoulders slumped slightly, but she still asked, unwilling to give up, "Where are the snacks?"

Chu Juan shook his head again. His family never cooked, there was no food at all, he didn't eat snacks, and he never kept such things. This house was only used for sleeping.

Su Yuxi felt completely devastated. She hadn't had a decent meal in the past six months, and as soon as she got back, she sent food to him, thinking that since she was back, he should at least have a hot meal.

"Ah... I'm so hungry." She came with a long face and heavy steps to the pile of medicinal herbs.

His eyes searched through the many medicinal herbs, and finally he randomly opened the bag closest to him and poured out the herbs inside.

It contains a multitude of rare medicinal herbs, such as thousand-year-old ginseng, hundred-year-old lingzhi mushrooms, rare snow lotus flowers, and various other scarce medicinal materials, all of which appear to be quite old. Any one of these items would be snapped up if released on the market.

Now he truly believed that Su Yuxi was a herb gatherer, and a very skilled one at that. No one else would have the ability to find so many things in half a year.

Su Yuxi looked utterly defeated. She flipped through this and that, but didn't like any of them. Finally, she picked out the ginseng that was the most filling. She wiped the ginseng with her clothes, smelled it twice, and felt that it was of good quality. She then took a bite out of the middle.