Chapter 28

"But the nearest village is a day's journey away on horseback."

Dongfang Jin looked at the increasingly heavy rain with a helpless expression, then turned to the little mouse and asked, "Hey, what's your name?"

My name is Pingping, and my sister's name is An'an.

"What an unbearably common name. My name is Dongfang Jin." After saying that, Dongfang Jin ran out into the heavy rain.

Pingping watched Dongfang Jin rush out and tears streamed down her face again. Then she picked up the remaining peach blossom pastries and returned them to Jingtao.

Jing Tao looked at An An lying on the ground and shook her head.

"You are really good people," Pingping said, then wrapped up the peach blossom pastry and placed it next to her sister.

About three incense sticks later, Dongfang Jin returned from outside, soaked to the bone.

Pingping immediately stood up to greet them, but two other people followed.

After seeing clearly, Pingping immediately stepped back to protect her younger sister.

Su Mu did not immediately draw his sword after hearing Dongfang Jin's words.

Honeysuckle walked up to the flat surface and asked, "Can I see your sister?"

Pingping saw Dongfang Jin nod and stepped aside.

"Dongfang Jin has told us everything. We really didn't know you had suffered so much." Ren Dong lifted An An's clothes and found no wounds. She then took An An's pulse and found that it was just a cold, but the fever was quite high. Ren Dong took out a small pot and boiled some ephedra for An An to drink.

"She's already taken her medicine. I'll check on her again tomorrow morning."

Pingping knelt down again to thank her savior.

Honeysuckle quickly helped him up. "Don't be like this, let me see your injury."

Pingping took off her clothes, and the two were stunned by the dense wounds she had sustained.

While applying medicine to Pingping, Rendong said, "You are really good to your sister. You are covered in wounds, but your sister doesn't have a single external injury. If I were my brother, I would take care of me like this." As she spoke, Rendong glanced at Su Mu.

Looking at Pingping's numerous wounds, Su Mu understood. Even a demon wouldn't be beaten like this if they tried to harm someone. He lowered his weapon and bowed, saying, "I'm sorry. I didn't expect that you two, as demons, had never harmed anyone. I know this identity wasn't what you chose."

"It's alright, we're used to it. That's just how the world is. Even if we don't hurt others, they won't accept us the moment they see our faces. Humans and demons are destined not to live in peace."

A "cough" interrupted the atmosphere.

Ren Dong turned to look at Dongfang Jin and said, "You'd better take off your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

"Are you kidding me! How am I supposed to undress with two women here?"

"I'm a doctor, and I've treated countless men in the past."

Dongfang Jin glanced at Jing Tao beside her. "That won't work either; Jing Tao is still here."

"Does she even know what a man and a woman are?" Su Mu asked.

Dongfang Jin was speechless after being rebuked, and only managed to squeeze out a sentence after a long while: "That won't work either. Anyway, I brought an umbrella when I came back. With my physique... ouch."

“If you don’t take it off, I’ll help you,” Su Mu immediately took action.

Dongfang Jin clutched her clothes tightly, shouting, "Su Mu, you beast! Men shouldn't touch each other!"

"Don't move, don't move, I'll do it myself," Dongfang Jin said reluctantly as she took off her shirt piece by piece.

After taking off the last piece of clothing, her fair skin was exposed, revealing a tall and well-proportioned figure with smooth but not exaggerated shoulder lines, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and well-defined muscle lines.

"I didn't expect you to have such a good figure," Su Mu joked, then picked up Dongfang Jin's clothes and dried them by the campfire.

Dongfang Jin glanced at Jing Tao and noticed that she was also staring at her. She lowered her head shyly.

Su Mu took off his coat and tossed it to Dongfang Jin, saying, "You can wear this for now."

Dongfang Jin caught it and immediately threw it back at Su Mu, saying, "What kind of tattered coarse cloth is this?"

"Don't wear it, never wear it, you might as well freeze to death," Su Mu said, putting the clothes on.

Although puzzled by what she saw, Jing Tao did as she was told, taking off her coat and handing it to Dongfang Jin beside her.

Dongfang Jin looked at Jing Tao in disbelief, and two blushes appeared on her face.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, he took Jing Tao's coat and covered himself with it.

Ren Dong instantly understood everything: "Why didn't Young Master Dongfang refuse this time?"

After pondering for a while, Dongfang Jin replied, "She can't understand human language, so how can I refuse?"

The clueless Su Mu interjected, "Then why don't you just throw it back to her?"

Dongfang Jin was furious with Su Mu, that idiot.

After applying the medicine to Pingping, Rendong brewed a pot of ginger soup for everyone to drink. With Su Mu's help, Dongfang Jin was able to put her own clothes back on and fall asleep peacefully.

The next day, when An'an woke up, Ren Dong cooked her some herbal soup and gave it to her. Su Mu took out half of the dry food from his pack and left it for them.

Pingping thanked them with tears of gratitude.

Su Mu said, "I used to hate monsters very much because they killed my important friends. But now you've changed my mind. I used to be an unambitious person, but one day I wanted to change everything. So Pingping, I hope that one day we can change everything together, and humans and monsters can live in peace."

Pingping smiled and nodded at Su Mu, "Yes, I will be a good demon in the future."

Su Mu patted Pingping's head. "Then let's work hard together. From now on, I'll only kill bad demons. When I become the most powerful demon slayer, I'll come back to see you."

Pingping happily waved to the departing crowd, "Thank you, you're all kind people."