Chapter 128

"When did you wake up?" Fan Xiaoxiao was so shocked that she couldn't even finish her sentence.

"Boss, behave yourself." Gu Zhongtai repeated without any expression, and Fan Xiaoxiao immediately knew when he had woken up. Instantly, a slightly embarrassed smile appeared on her face: "Heh, heh, well, that's because I... I spoke too quickly."

"Oh? Boss, what do you mean?"

Gu Zhongtai leaned weakly against the edge of the bathtub, his slightly curly hair sticking to his face because of the water, making him look like a painting.

"Boss, 'Boss' means you're the boss!" Fan Xiaoxiao chuckled dryly and gave a stilted explanation.

"Ha, I'm your boss?"

Fan Xiaoxiao blinked, her legs trembling as she looked at the dangerous smile on the other person's face.

"Ah, um. Yes, that's right. See, I call you 'boss'."

However, after hearing this, Gu Zhongtai remained expressionless, his face cold as he looked at Fan Xiaoxiao.

This made Fan Xiaoxiao uneasy, but fortunately, he didn't maintain that expression for long. After hearing the noise outside the window, Gu Zhongtai turned his head to the side.

"What's going on outside?"

Fan Xiaoxiao frowned and shook her head: "I don't know, but... it seems to be aimed at me."

"you?"

Gu Zhongtai was a little confused as to why it was Fan Xiaoxiao. He had sent people to investigate her before. She was just an ordinary peasant girl, so why was she suddenly being hunted down?

"ah!"

Several more screams rang out from outside, followed by the Ghost Doctor's voice: "Those who know what's good for them, get out of here! Don't force this old man to kill us all!"

No sooner had the voice fallen than the Ghost Doctor called out from outside, "Child! They're gone, come and help!"

Upon hearing that it was safe outside, Fan Xiaoxiao quickly stood up and walked outside, saying, "Coming!"

But when she stepped outside, she discovered that the area was filled with gruesome corpses.

Her expression changed slightly, but she walked through the corpses without the slightest hesitation. Reaching the Ghost Doctor's side, Bai Hua, who had injured her back, was very pale.

Fan Xiaoxiao quickly walked to the other person's side and helped the Ghost Doctor up. However, the Ghost Doctor's movements were very rough, and he immediately aggravated Bai Hua's wound.

"Hiss." Bai Hua gasped, her face pale.

"Ouch! That's good! Why didn't you just poison them all? Did you think you could take them down with your few moves?"

Xiao Bai shook his head, offering no further explanation.

"I'm injured now. Go and find something for the master to eat tonight. They probably won't be able to get here today."

"Hey! You're actually ordering me around!"

The Ghost Doctor was not satisfied with the other party's orders, and glared at him with raised eyebrows.

Do you even know who I am to you?!

Ignoring the somewhat noisy ghost doctor, Bai Hua went inside the house and found a place to sit down.

"Are you injured?"

Gu Zhongtai's cold voice rang out, and Bai Hua and the Ghost Doctor realized that he had regained consciousness.

"master."

"You just said you wanted the old man to go find food? Ha, I think he might poison us. Miss Fan, we'll have to trouble you to go with him."

Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at the impeccable smile on the man's face and knew that they were probably trying to get rid of her.

Even the slow-witted Ghost Doctor noticed something was off about the two of them. He glanced at them, then turned to the silent Fan Xiaoxiao: "Baby, we..."

Just when the Ghost Doctor thought Fan Xiaoxiao wouldn't be willing to leave, Fan Xiaoxiao interrupted him.

"Let's go, old man. Let's take advantage of the fact that it's not dark yet and go for a walk around the neighborhood to see if we can find anything."

After saying that, Fan Xiaoxiao propped herself up and started to walk out.

"Wait a minute."

Gu Zhongtai's voice rang out again, and Fan Xiaoxiao turned around, somewhat puzzled.

"Is there anything else?"

"come over."

Fan Xiaoxiao tilted her head in confusion, but ultimately succumbed to Ye's subtle smile.

By the time she realized what was happening, she was already standing in front of Gu Zhongtai's bathtub.

Her lips twitched; she seriously doubted whether this powerful figure possessed some kind of sorcery. Or perhaps, some kind of mind-controlling ability. Otherwise, why would she have obediently walked over?

"Old man, I should be able to circulate my internal energy now, right?"

"As long as it's running, there's no problem."

After receiving the Ghost Doctor's answer, Gu Zhongtai raised his hand and grabbed Fan Xiaoxiao's wrist.

"What, what are you doing?"

A warm feeling traveled from Fan Xiaoxiao's wrist all the way up her body, and her clothes gradually dried out.

Fan Xiaoxiao was taken aback, and then realized that the other person was helping her dry her clothes that had just gotten wet.

"Th...thank you."

Once the clothes were almost dry, Gu Zhongtai released her wrist.

"A dirty little girl."

His tone was very light, especially that nonchalant tone, which immediately made Fan Xiaoxiao's face flush red: Holy crap! She... well, she hadn't really taken a proper shower these past few days because of the escape! But he couldn't see her, could he?! How... could it be that she smelled bad?!

Fan Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat, her face turned as red as a boiled shrimp, and she covered her collar as she ran out: "I, I'll wait for you outside, Grandpa!"

"What's wrong with this girl?" The Ghost Doctor looked at Gu Zhongtai with some doubt, and then asked another question.

What did you say to her?

"Splash!"

Gu Zhongtai stood up from the bathtub. Hearing the Ghost Doctor's question, he simply curled the corner of his mouth and said, "I didn't say anything."

"Oh, really?"

The Ghost Doctor smacked his lips, picked up his basket, and walked out the door.

Outside the door, Fan Xiaoxiao quietly grabbed her sleeve and brought it to her nose to sniff. Sure enough, after sniffing it closely, she found that her clothes really did have a faint sour smell.

Oh, my God! Let me just die right here!

Fan Xiaoxiao looked up at the sky and sighed in despair, feeling as if her toes were about to pierce through the mud beneath her feet.

"Hey kid, what are you standing there for? Let's go!"

The Ghost Doctor's voice rang out behind her. Fan Xiaoxiao replied with a tearful sigh and followed him deeper into the village.

After hearing that the two had left, Gu Zhongtai put on this robe and sat down.

"Tell me, what's the deal with those people?"

"They are Sun Jingde's men."

Gu Zhongtai paused slightly as he pulled at his clothes, repeating the name in a strange tone: "Sun Jingde? What does he want with Fan Erya?"

Bai Hua shook her head, then frowned and continued, "I don't know, but what's certain is that they seem to want her alive. Otherwise, given their personality, they would have taken Fan Xiaoniangzi's life directly."

Gu Zhongtai removed the black gauze covering his eyes, and his green eyes narrowed slightly: "He will come again."

"After all, once a snake or rat has taken hold of a benefit, it certainly won't let go."

(End of this chapter)