The moment Qiu Yan saw Zhu Juan,

I also breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhu Juan crying with grievance, she went over to comfort her.

"It's good that you're alright." After all, she's just a young girl.

At that moment, she felt a sense of gratitude towards Qin Susu.

Qin Susu is a restless sleeper, but she sleeps very soundly.

She turned over and continued sleeping, showing no sign of waking up at all because of Qiu Yan and Gu Xiaoran's appearance.

After waking up, Apu leaned back and sat down, looking curiously at the child in Qiu Yan's arms, his eyes darting around.

Seeing that Zhu Juan was still crying, Qiu Yan reached out and handed her a handkerchief.

"What exactly happened to you along the way?"

They turned a perfectly good life into one of beggarhood.

It must have been tough for Zhu Juan following Gu Xiaoran. She must have suffered a lot along the way.

"Master." Zhu Juan knelt on the bed.

"It's all Zhu Juan's fault. She didn't take good care of the young master and made him suffer so much."

"This isn't your fault." Qiu Yan helped Zhu Juan up with one hand, glanced at Gu Xiaoran in her arms, and then at the three women on the bed.

Those who are away from home, please make do with squeezing in tonight.

Qiu Yan's words comforted Zhu Juan, but at the same time, she also felt somewhat guilty.

If I were more cautious... well, not necessarily. My young master is so cunning; he loves to play hide-and-seek.

She took Gu Xiaoran from Qiu Yan and placed him next to her, then covered him with a blanket.

Qiu Yan realized that Zhu Juan had caught a cold. After thinking for a moment, she first treated her external injuries and then took out the herbs she carried with her to start decocting the medicine.

"How did Xiao Ran know I was here?" Qiu Yan asked while decocting the medicine.

Zhu Juan felt that, apart from her parents, her two masters were her closest relatives.

“The young master doesn’t know this; he only knows that you have come from the Western Regions.”

"How did he know?" Qiu Yan pressed.

"He said he heard it from his junior uncle."

"Ah Xu?" Strange, how did he know? Qiu Yan pondered for a moment, then thought to herself, Ah Xu is like a tapeworm in her stomach.

After finishing her work, she brought over a basin of clean water, soaked a cloth in it, and used it to wipe Gu Xiaoran's face and limbs.

Gu Xiaoran's originally dark face turned fair, and she finally looked more pleasing to the eye.

Zhu Juan recounted in detail everything that had happened to them in the past month.

When Qiu Yan heard that He Lin had gone to Lingnan Village, she had a vague suspicion in her heart.

She sighed.

What needs to be known cannot be hidden.

She never imagined that so many things would happen during the six months she was away.

When Zhu Juan spoke of the hardships, especially their journey through the desert, her voice choked with emotion.

Qiu Yan deeply sympathized with this experience.

You little brat, do you even know how precious your life is?

If Zhu Juan and the other two hadn't been by your side, would you still be lying on this soft bed right now?

"Zhu Juan, go to sleep. I'll wake you up when the medicine is ready."

"Um."

Zhu Juan nodded in agreement. Actually, she still had a lot to say to her master, but she was just too sleepy.

This ordeal was even more dangerous than the last time she and her parents fled.

However, thanks to her two elder brothers, Xuanming and Xuanying, who constantly shielded her and her young master from many difficulties.

Seeing that Zhu Juan had fallen asleep, Qiu Yan left the yurt.

Because Zhu Juan had been rescued, she wanted to know what was happening outside.

As soon as she lifted the curtain, she saw three men, Ling Ba, Xuan Ming, and Xuan Ying, standing quietly outside the yurt.