When Gu Yixian came out of the cave, she saw the bloodstains on the ground. After thinking for a moment, she covered them with soil, then found some vines to block the cave entrance. After finishing these tasks, her forehead was covered with sweat, but she breathed a sigh of relief.

"In that case, Gu Liyan's enemies should not be able to find him, right?"

He got up, slung his bamboo basket over his shoulder, and walked out of the forest.

Back to the cabin

Gu Yixian was searching for herbs that could reduce fever when she suddenly heard an urgent voice from outside the door.

"Miss Yiyi, are you there?"

Hearing the voice of the person who came in, Gu Yixian hurriedly pushed open the door and saw a middle-aged woman with dark skin and tear stains all over her face. This woman was Xiao Hu's mother, Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law.

Gu Yixian hurriedly asked, "What happened, Aunt Zhang?"

Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law wiped away her tears and said, "Yiyi, you should go and see him quickly, Xiaohu's illness seems to have worsened again!"

“Mrs. Zhang, don’t worry. Tell me what symptoms Xiaohu is experiencing,” Gu Yixian said hurriedly.

Sister-in-law Zhang thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Hu was fine when he woke up this morning. After breakfast, he said he was hot. I changed his clothes and he said he was sleepy. I told him to take a nap. When I finished my work, I found Xiao Hu lying on the bed, covered in sweat. I couldn't wake him up no matter what I did... Waaah, Miss Yiyi, please go and take a look!"

Gu Yixian's expression changed upon hearing this. "Aunt Zhang, don't worry, I'll bring the herbs and come with you right away!"

As she spoke, Gu Yixian walked into the wooden house, took the herbs from the bamboo basket, turned around and closed the door, and then walked out of the wooden house with Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law.

The two jogged for more than ten minutes and arrived at the village marked "Happiness Village". They went into the only dilapidated thatched house in the village.

Upon entering the room, Gu Yixian immediately saw the little boy lying on the wooden bed. His face was pale, and his whole body was soaked as if he had been drenched in water. Gu Yixian hurriedly went over to take Xiaohu's pulse, and her expression changed as she felt the pulse.

Seeing Gu Yixian's expression, Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law asked anxiously, "Miss Yiyi, how is Xiaohu?"

"This..." Gu Yixian's expression changed drastically. She had just sensed Xiao Hu's pulse and found that he had no life force left, but he was still clinging to life with a breath, so she dared not make a hasty conclusion.

Gu Yixian thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Zhang, don't worry, I will do my best to make Xiaohu better. I will go back and make him some medicine first, and then we will see how it goes after he takes it."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law turned pale and immediately knelt on the ground, pleading, "Miss Yiyi, please save Xiaohu! Xiaohu is all I have left; I can't live without him!"

Gu Yixian quickly helped Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law up and comforted her, "Aunt Zhang, please don't be like this. Xiaohu is a good boy. I won't let anything happen to him."

Hearing Gu Yixian's words, Zhang Xiang's sister-in-law nodded in relief. Gu Yixian looked at the furnishings in the room; apart from a table, a chair, and a bed, there was nothing else. She sighed, "Aunt Zhang, has Xiaohu's father still not returned?"

Zhang Xiang's wife's face immediately changed, and she angrily cursed, "That scoundrel abandoned us, a widow and her child, and went crazy talking about going to cultivate immortality. He hasn't come back for three years now, how can I still count on him!"

Gu Yixian nodded awkwardly. "Don't be angry, Aunt Zhang. I think Brother Zhang will be back soon."

"I hope so." Zhang Xiang's wife sighed. "No matter what he and I are like, I just hope that my little tiger can grow up happily and healthily."

Gu Yixian turned her head to look at the cute boy on the bed and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Zhang, Xiaohu will be fine! You take care of him first, I'll go and make his medicine right away."

"Well, then I'll trouble you, Miss Yiyi." Sister-in-law Zhang Xiang nodded with a smile.

Gu Yixian went to the kitchen to prepare the medicine, and for a moment she had forgotten about Gu Liyan.

Meanwhile, Gu Liyan, inside the cave, gradually felt cold, exhaling cold air and trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing the darkness before him, Gu Liyan's mood plummeted. Ignoring his injuries, he curled up in a corner.

"Gu Yixian, you'll come back, right..." Gu Liyan murmured in a daze, "Please... don't abandon me..."

——

As the sun sets and the curtain falls...

"Goodbye, Sister Yiyi!" Xiaohu waved to Gu Yixian with a rosy face.

Gu Yixian smiled and waved to Zhang Xiang's wife and her husband, who were holding Xiao Hu behind her. Xiao Hu's condition had improved by now.

Gu Yixian wiped the sweat from her face as she walked home with her empty bamboo basket on her back, feeling a sense of relief. "Luckily, Xiaohu's condition was stabilized in time, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable."

Gu Yixian was overjoyed to have done a good deed and planned to treat herself when she got home. After a light dinner and some medical reading, Gu Yixian prepared to go to bed.

However, after lying in bed for a long time, Gu Yixian tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. She felt like there was something she hadn't done, no matter how much she closed her eyes. After several rounds of this, she sat up and muttered to herself with a strange expression:

"What's wrong with me? I usually fall asleep very early, so why am I having insomnia tonight? It's so strange..."

Gu Yixian subconsciously looked out the window and could see faint fluorescent lights in the forest. Suddenly, she stood up abruptly. "Oh no! Gu Liyan is still waiting for me!"

Gu Yixian picked up her medicine box, grabbed an oil lamp, and ran toward the forest.

A cold wind blew along the way, and Gu Yixian couldn't help but shiver. Thinking of Gu Liyan, who was thinly dressed and seriously injured, still in a dark cave, she didn't have time to go back and put on some clothes. She hurriedly ran towards the cave.

Running all the way to a cave deep in the forest, Gu Yixian tore aside the vines and rushed into the cave, calling out, "Gu Liyan! Are you there?"

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