Gu Yanyue supported Yuwen Ran and followed the woman into a small courtyard. Upon entering, they were greeted by a field of peach blossoms. It was blooming season, and the blossoms were in full bloom. Their rich, intoxicating fragrance was intoxicating. This wasn't peach blossom season, so Gu Yanyue was somewhat curious about the sight.

The woman led them through the courtyard and into an endless corridor. The entire corridor was empty, with only the echo of footsteps as the only sound.

She brought Gu Yanyue and Yuwen Ran to the side room. After taking Yuwen Ran's pulse, she took out a bottle of medicine from her bosom and handed it to Gu Yanyue. "After you clean his wound, apply this medicine on it. When you're done, come to the kitchen to boil some medicine for him and feed it to him twice a day."

Seeing that the woman never mentioned Yu Wenran's injury, Gu Yanyue couldn't help but ask, "Master, is my husband's injury serious?"

The woman glanced at Yuwen Ran and snorted coldly, "He won't die. If he had come a few days later, he would have healed on his own."

Gu Yanyue breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The woman continued, "When your husband wakes up, come find me in my room. I'll tell you in detail the origin of this villa."

After the woman finished instructing Gu Yanyue, she turned and left. Gu Yanyue saw the woman out the door, then went to get a basin of water according to the direction the woman pointed, and took off all the clothes on Yu Wenran.

Seeing the wounds on Yuwen Ran's body, Gu Yanyue gasped. Yuwen Ran had bruises and sword wounds on his body. Especially the sword wound, the wound had already festered, and the flesh and blood were stuck together with the lining. Gu Yanyue hardened her heart and took off Yuwen Ran's lining from him.

She picked up a wet towel and gently wiped Yuwen Ran's wounds. She had to change several basins of water before the wounds were clean, and a sweet, fishy smell filled the air. Gu Yanyue was extremely careful when applying the medicine to Yuwen Ran. After wrapping the wound with gauze to secure it, she was startled to see the blood seeping through the layers of gauze.

This was not the first time she helped Yu Wen Ran get medicine, but it was the first time she saw Yu Wen Ran injured so seriously.

When Yuwen Ran woke up, it was already evening the next day.

Her face was still very pale when she woke up. Her first reaction was to look down at herself, finding her body clean and her clothes tidy. She looked around and saw Gu Yanyue sitting by the bed, her eyelids lightly closed, her brows slightly furrowed, looking extremely tired.

Yu Wenran moved his fingers and found that his hand was being held by Gu Yanyue, with the palm covering the back of his hand.

Yuwen Ran carefully pulled his hand out of Gu Yanyue's palm and carefully sat down on the edge of the bed. When he sat up, he pulled the wound. Yuwen Ran took a breath of cold air. Even the slightest breath was painful. It seemed that if this injury was to recover, it would not be so easy...

The noise made by Yu Wenran getting up was so loud that it woke up Gu Yanyue who was sleeping soundly on the side of the bed. Gu Yanyue's reaction time was very quick.

Yu Wenran had just sat up when Gu Yanyue woke up rubbing her eyes.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Yuwen Ran shook his head, "No."

Gu Yanyue kicked off her shoes and climbed onto Yuwen Ran's bed nimbly. Seeing Gu Yanyue climbed onto the bed without saying a word, he raised his arm to make room for her so that she could rest her head comfortably in his arms.

Gu Yanyue carefully avoided the wound on Yuwen Ran's chest, hugged him tightly, and buried her face in his arms, saying something a little strange, "Next time, you must try your best to protect yourself and don't let yourself get hurt so badly again."

Yuwen Ran agreed.

When Yuwen Ran was able to get out of bed, Gu Yanyue took him to find the woman. As soon as Yuwen Ran woke up, Gu Yanyue told him where they were and what happened after Yuwen Ran fell asleep.

As soon as Gu Yanyue and Yu Wenran entered the room, she bowed to the woman sitting at the head of the table and said, "Greetings, Master."

The woman waved at her, motioning her to come over. Gu Yanyue did as she was told and walked over obediently.

"My last name is Bai Youjin. I am the owner of this forest and a world-renowned master of mechanical devices. I'm not bragging, but when it comes to mechanical devices, I'm second to none." Bai Youjin paused mid-sentence, took a sip of tea, and then continued, "The reason I filled this forest with mechanical devices was to escape from the world."

"Because my mechanical skills are unmatched, many people come to me to make custom mechanisms, but they all use them for evil purposes and never for the right purpose. I can't even look at people like this!" When Bai Youjin said this, he slammed his hand heavily on the table below. In an instant, the table turned into sawdust and scattered on the ground. This shows that Bai Youjin is not only an excellent mechanical engineer, but his internal strength has also reached a superb level.

"After I found out, I didn't want to help them anymore, so I found a quiet forest and planned to settle down there, never to bother with worldly affairs again. But those people wouldn't let me live in seclusion so easily, so many people came to disturb me. After a while, they became annoyed and resentful, and I got fed up with it. So I thought of a solution that would solve the problem once and for all. I filled this forest with traps so that only I could leave, but they couldn't get in."

Yu Wenran came forward, secretly pulled Gu Yanyue, and asked in a low voice: "So why does this Senior Bai want to take you as his disciple?"

Gu Yanyue hushed him and signaled him with her eyes to continue listening to Bai Youjin.

Bai Youjin glanced at Yuwen Ran and said, "I took this little kid as my apprentice because I saw his talent in mechanical engineering and wanted to teach him everything I've learned throughout my life."

When Yuwen Ran saw Bai Youjin answer him, he realized that he had not yet thanked Bai Youjin for saving his life, so he bowed deeply to Bai Youjin and said: "Junior Yuwen Ran thanks Senior Bai for saving my life--"

Bai Youjin then raised his head and looked directly at Yuwen Ran, but the words he said were to Gu Yanyue: "What's your name, little kid?"

Gu Yanyue followed Yu Wenran's lead and bowed to Bai Youjin before answering, "My name is Gu Yanyue."

Bai Youjin smiled upon hearing this, and beckoned Gu Yanyue to come closer to her, "That's a good name! Come, offer me some tea and kowtow three times, and you will be my only disciple."

Gu Yanyue did as she was told without saying a word. After serving tea to Bai Youjin, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Bai Youjin.