Yan Xiao recalled the description in the book: Jiang Xinrui was assigned by the male protagonist to go to a small town to meet the unconscious Wei Wuxiu.

As they approached the town, they encountered a young man, Lou Guyu, who was afflicted with a Gu poison, and his bodyguard, Man Yi, in a dilapidated temple.

Jiang Xinrui was unaware of Lou Guyu's identity, but out of a doctor's compassion, she treated him.

However, the poison that Lou Guyu was afflicted with was beyond her medical expertise to cure.

Whether it was because the female lead and Lou Guyu were destined to be together, or because the female lead was truly kind-hearted, she actually gave Lou Guyu the life-saving medicine that her master had given her, which could cure all poisons.

That medicine was extremely precious; one of its ingredients had become extinct, and even if one had the prescription, it could not be reconstituted. She only had one of those ingredients.

After Lou Guyu was rescued, he saw that Jiang Xinrui was accompanied by guards. Thinking about his own situation, he pretended to be pitiful and clung to Jiang Xinrui.

Jiang Xinrui seemed to have forgotten the purpose of her trip and let Lou Guyu follow her. The group encountered many assassination attempts along the way.

Some of these attacks were directed at Jiang Xinrui, while others were directed at Lou Guyu. Fortunately, Jiang Xinrui's bodyguards were quite capable, and in the end, the two of them supported each other and developed a revolutionary friendship.

Lou Guyu's initial use of Jiang Xinrui transformed into genuine dependence on her.

When Jiang Xinrui finally found the unconscious Wei Wuxiu, she discovered that Wei Wuxiu was not simply sick, but had been poisoned by a Gu.

While she was good at treating illnesses and injuries, she only had a superficial understanding of Gu poison and was completely helpless against it.

If the antidote were still available, she might still be able to save him, but the medicine had already been given to the boy, and she was completely helpless.

Just as she was overwhelmed with mixed feelings, Lou Guyu easily helped her remove Wei Wuxiu's curse and then revealed his true identity to her.

After learning Lou Guyu's identity, Jiang Xinrui not only did not dislike him because he was a Miao, but also felt sorry for his plight.

He expressed his willingness to recognize him as his younger brother and take him back to Jiangbei so that he could start a new life.

Lou Guyu had nowhere to go and had developed a dependence on Jiang Xinrui, so he naturally agreed to her invitation.

After Lou Guyu, the former "holy woman" of the Miao ethnic group, joined Jiangbei, many peaceful people who could not stand the rule of the Miao king also came to join him.

Therefore, Jiangbei is no longer helpless in the face of the Gu poison commonly used by the Miao people.

This also makes the situation in Jiangbei much better than that of other rebel armies and the Qing Kingdom.

Those who have nowhere else to go are more inclined to seek refuge with Jiangbei for this reason.

This is one of the reasons why Shen Muzhi was able to become the final winner.

Therefore, although the female protagonist saved the boy with a life-saving drug, she was still guaranteed to make a profit.

Now that the person who met the boy has become Yan Xiao, she looks at this hot potato with a black line on her face.

If she were to make a move, she would be stealing the female lead's opportunity. Given her already limited conscience, she wouldn't feel any remorse for stealing someone else's opportunity.

But Lou Guyu is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and a serious sucker for good looks. Given her current condition, saving her would probably be a waste of time.

If she steals the female lead's opportunity, but because she doesn't have the female lead's halo, does that mean Lou Guyu will still be able to go to Jiangbei?

Can she still wholeheartedly serve the male lead?

If not, it could very well affect the world's situation and trajectory. Then her limited prophetic storyline would be meaningless, wouldn't it?

Most importantly, this thing has a bunch of people chasing her. With her mediocre skills, she has to protect Shen Qiyue, who is completely powerless. If she encounters a master, she will have no choice but to kneel down.

Having finally been given a second chance, and having imagined countless times how she would enjoy life in the future, she had no intention of gambling. In this life, she would rather lie down than sit up, and she didn't want to cause herself any trouble.

Thinking this, Yan Xiao's hand touched the ten taels of silver that she had put away, but she couldn't bear to return it to Man Yi.

She glanced at Man Yi with a pained expression, but upon seeing his injuries, she perked up immediately, coughed, and feigned concern, saying:

"Your injury looks pretty bad. How about I apply some medicine to treat it first?"

Man Yi shook his head without hesitation, staring intently at Lou Guyu with a very serious expression: "Treat him."

"Uh~"

Yan Xiao should have expected this outcome. In the original book, although this man was highly skilled in martial arts, he was a dull and stubborn man who only cared about the young man and only listened to him.

She asked this question simply because she was reluctant to part with the money she already had.

Just then, Shen Qiyue returned with the medicine she had divided up from the groom, and asked Yan Xiao with her eyes whether she should give the medicine to Man Yi.

Yan Xiao reluctantly touched the money she had already obtained, but then made up her mind that saving her life was the priority. It wasn't worth taking such a big risk for such a small amount of money. She decided to leave this hot potato to the female lead to deal with herself, since she didn't have any female lead aura.

Just as she was about to return the money and leave, Lou Guyu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly coughed and then spat out a mouthful of bright red blood, startling the three people present.

Man Yi anxiously tugged at Yan Xiao's sleeve:

"Treat him quickly."

Yan Xiao was only startled, but not flustered.

Because in her opinion, the female lead hadn't appeared yet, so this big troublemaker shouldn't die.

When she touched Lou Guyu's wrist again, intending to check on his condition, a look of utter disbelief appeared on her face.

The fiery aura emanating from Lou Guyu's body was now several times more intense than before, to the point that the energy that had been protecting his heart meridian could no longer sustain it.

She dared to say that, given Lou Guyu's current condition, if she didn't intervene, the male lead's trump card against the Miao people's Gu poison would die right here.

But this shouldn't be happening at all. The female lead hasn't even arrived yet, how could he possibly die?

Yan Xiao didn't have time to figure out which part went wrong at the moment; she quickly channeled her supernatural energy to suppress the violent aura.

To avoid attracting attention, she even took a silver needle and inserted it into a spot that wouldn't hurt or itch.

Her supernatural energy hadn't recovered much yet, but the violent energy was particularly strong, and before long she felt herself becoming somewhat exhausted.

Fortunately, Lou Guyu was lucky. Before her alien energy ran out, the violent aura was temporarily suppressed, and Lou Guyu's life was temporarily saved.

Yan Xiao also had time to think carefully about why things turned out this way.

She didn't do anything wrong, so why does the plot suddenly stop?

Could it really be because of that bowl of porridge she ate?

Isn't that utter nonsense?

Where is the lady of the house?

As Yan Xiao was thinking, Man Yi's large face, filled with anxiety, appeared before her:

"how?"

Yanxiao wasn't in the mood to deal with Manyi at the moment, so she just brushed him off casually.

"I'm not going to die anytime soon, so don't bother me and let me think about it."

Man Yi thought Yan Xiao was trying to find a way to treat Lou Guyu, and since Yan Xiao had indeed stabilized Lou Guyu's condition, he obediently stayed by Lou Guyu's side.

Aside from occasionally glancing at Yanxiao, he didn't make a sound.

Yan Xiao is now not only exhausted, but also seriously questioning the meaning of life.

Where is the mother of the house?

Should we discard this trump card against the Miao people?

This plot isn't right!