Weeds drooping

Every time Gui Yao had just recovered well, Ren Beixi’s repeated demands made her almost unable to get out of bed.

The man has an excellent sense of measure.

He was obviously distressed, and most of the time he would coax Guiyao to lie down and then comfort her.

Guiyao sometimes feels something is wrong.

But when he saw the satisfaction hidden in Ren Beixi's calm and composed eyes, he swallowed the thoughts in his heart.

Anyway, he is the one who wants it and he is the one who gives it up. He lights the fire and then turns it off, deliberately giving without taking, and spoiling him.

Guiyao would fall asleep comfortably every time she finished cleaning.

Leave it to the north to fetch water and relieve the burden on yourself.

After summer comes, the days in Xiaohe Village rise early.

When Gui Yao woke up, Ren Beixi was no longer beside her. She changed into a light green skirt, tied a hairband, and sneaked out of the door.

Dahuang and Momo were both lying there, but they looked at each other without saying a word, trying to be good dogs who didn't disturb others.

But Guiyao blinked.

Why do I hear that both dogs are sad in their hearts?

Mo Mo: I miss Miaomiao so much, I miss Miaomiao so much, I miss Miaomiao so much.

Da Huang: ...I miss my little master so much...I really want to eat watermelon...I really want to catch pigeons...I really want to eat pork ribs...

Guiyao blinked, plucked the hair on the left side of her neck, plucked the hair on the right side of her head, moved a low stool from the side and sat in the middle, waving a small green fan.

Let’s get down to business.

Last night, Ren Beixi asked her what she heard, and she said she was woken up by the noise of her aunt coming back.

In fact, it is not.

In the past, she had hinted at Huang Shiyu's whereabouts, and the man had promised her to keep an eye on it after noticing it. However, whenever she asked again, he said there was no news yet.

Ren Beixi's consideration made her realize that something was wrong.

Maybe he was thinking about her health.

Until last night, Gui Yao had no idea that Ren Beixi had already locked onto the people on the list.

Among those people, no one had the surname Huang.

In ancient times, there was no developed identity statistics system. Books and records were very easy to forge, and it was even easier to change one's name when traveling abroad. The only thing was... deserting on the battlefield was a despicable act.

Gui Yao looked at the melon field in the distance, and Huang Shiyu's sincere look flashed through her mind. She bit her lip, unwilling to believe it.

The young lady cast her eyes on the book in her hand.

——Tiger Bay Gorge

North of Xiaohe Village, the river is at its most turbulent part in Xianyu City, and the mountain road is steep.

She paused.

For some reason, a fragment suddenly flashed through my mind.

Her aunt patted her head, her eyes full of pity, and she whispered softly, "Yaoyao, be a good girl. You are an obedient child. Don't sit at the village entrance recently. The bandits in Huwan Gorge are rampant and often come to the village to confiscate farm products. It's not good to be caught."

The little girl nodded ignorantly, and the next moment she was standing alone at the entrance of the village, without moving forward.

She turned around and saw a teenage boy picking her up and running inside. He only let her go after they closed the door.

"Don't talk." The boy squatted down and said seriously, "Brother will be back soon."

The little girl tilted her head and sat on the chair. After the boy left, she stood on tiptoe in front of the window and looked in secretly.

The young man was holding a hoe, with other strong men in the village following behind him. He didn't know what kind of enemy he was facing outside the village entrance.

She was tired of reading, rubbed her eyes, curled up in the chair and fell asleep.

Guiyao suddenly opened her eyes.

Is this... the original owner's memory?

In the past, whenever she thought of the original owner's memories, she would have a terrible headache, but today she only felt a gentleness in her mind. Gui Yao touched her temples, raised her eyes, and saw two big dogs with sparkling eyes.

Dahuang's tail hit her leg with a "pa pa" sound.

"Little Master! He was so young back then! I never even saw him!"

Momo blinked silently, sighed, and then said, "Tiger Bay Gorge? I know that place. It's on the other side of the mountain. I could run there for hours and get old."

/Congratulations to the host, the completion rate of the side quest "Song Mo Wuhen" has increased to 60% /

Tiger Bay Gorge is indeed useful information.

Gui Yao didn't have time to think too much. She finally got a new clue. She stood up and ran to the room next to her, but saw that her uncle and aunt's door was closed. They must still be resting. She had no choice but to walk to the village entrance in a hurry. The scene in her mind matched what she saw in front of her.

She paused for breath.

She knocked on the village chief's door but heard no response. She lowered her head, and Da Huang beside her suddenly sniffed the ground and barked a few times to signal Silently to kick the door.

Guiyao realized belatedly that she smelled the smell of spilled lamp oil.

"Bang--!!"

The wooden door was kicked open, and Gui Yao found that her crutch had fallen at the door. She hurried inside, her breathing stagnant.

The village chief was lying on the ground with a broken candlestick beside him. The old man, who was in his forties, had his hands hanging silently.

Gui Yao quickly asked Da Huang to call for help, and went to look for Ren Beixi silently. Da Huang didn't even dare to move his tail, and ran out quickly, barking loudly.

"Village chief, village chief... he's not breathing..." Gui Yao immediately undressed the village chief, keeping her elbows straight and pressing her chest vertically with both arms.

Her mind was filled with her years of first aid experience: pressing once, twice, thirty times, ventilating, several cycles, mostly mechanical movements. She bit her lip and remained calm.

When the villagers broke in, Gui Yao covered her chest with her hands, supported herself on the ground with her other hand, and gasped for breath.

Gui Yao looked at her uncle who had rushed over and said, "The village chief just suffered a cardiac arrest, but he's breathing and has a pulse now. Hurry and have someone carry him to the bed and give him emergency treatment."

Aphasia, trance, and weakness.

Human life, animals, and mannequins that have been practiced many times are completely irrelevant.

The worried voices of the surrounding villagers were endless. Gui Yao slowly got up and walked aimlessly to the village entrance. The mountains and forests in the distance were silent. The sunlight fell on the leaves, flickering, and only the sound of the wind was left.

"Gui Yao!"

Gui Yao raised her head when she heard the noise. Her slender white neck was soaked with sweat, and her blood vessels were thin and fragile.

Before she could react, a large, cool body hugged her from behind, and for a moment, she felt a surge of security.

She knew who it was.

The man was still saying something, probably words to comfort her. She found it difficult to breathe and could only bury her face in his arms.

She and he had been at this distance more than once. Gui Yao paused for a moment before looking at him with red eyes. The man's big hands held her face, and his fingertips gently wiped away her unstoppable tears. The tears wet the distance between them. The sound of their breathing and panting seemed to tear open half of this bizarre world.

"I'm late."

There were many more emotions in Ren Beixi's eyes.

Gui Yao felt the man's breath guiding her, as if he was slowly bringing her back to life. The system's voice came to her mind again: / Congratulations host, the side quest "Song Mo Wuhen" has been completed to 65% /

She didn't understand why she was being reminded at this time. Were the village chief, Huang Shiyu, Da Huang, and everyone in Xiaohe Village just data in the system's tasks?

Including the man who is holding her now.

Her main quest...

If the completion must continue, then is the village chief's fainting also inevitable? Gui Yao shook her head weakly, trying to stop thinking about it. She even felt that this was the system's way of wasting time in order to make her continue the task.

My heart is in a mess.

Mo Mo was so anxious that the dog almost spoke human language. He used his experience in coaxing Miaomiao to teach Ren Beixi how to coax Guiyao. Guiyao pushed Ren Beixi away, but the man wiped her face carefully with a handkerchief.

The village chief should be fine. Although Gui Yao didn't know what caused the cardiac arrest, she knew that the village chief was usually in good health and had woken up quickly. Thinking of this, she saw her aunt coming out of the room, followed by the villagers.

"Our Da Huang even remembered to call for help. He's truly a little hero."

"I also want to thank our Gui family's daughter. Xiaohe Village is blessed to have your Gui family here, which is the result of several lifetimes of hard work!"

"Boss Huang is the same. He's alone, so no one noticed when something happened. Everyone has to take good care of him from now on."

Seeing that Guiyao was frightened, the aunt touched her pretty little face which was tear-stained to comfort her.

Gui Yao responded softly, breathing slightly, and put her arms around Ren Beixi's neck, and was carried into the house by him.

There were only four of them left in the house.

My uncle just finished giving acupuncture to the village chief.

He could see the signs of Guiyao's first aid, but he found it difficult to ask. After waking up, Guiyao had a lot of her own thoughts, as if all the stupidity of the previous ten years had been replaced by intelligence. Sometimes, he couldn't tell whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

He still held the crutch in his left hand, patted the stick, and his eyes fell on the young couple outside the bed.

Just like at the beginning, it was Guiyao herself who decided to marry her ancestral relatives. Now seeing that the two of them can support each other, it is better than he had imagined before.

The village chief lay quietly on the bed, only his brows were tightly furrowed, and when his pupils were opened, they could be seen shrinking back to normal.

"I estimate it will take ten days or half a month before he can get out of bed," said my uncle.

Gui Yao's eyes were firm, and she said with determination, "Uncle, I want to go to Huwan Gorge with Ren Beixi."

"Go ahead." My uncle said with a smile, "Maybe it's time to go now."

He wiped his hands clean, took out a package from the drawer of the village chief's room, and threw it into Ren Beixi's hands: "Don't open it on the way. If you see the person you want to see, give it to him. If not, bring it back intact."

Guiyao felt that her uncle knew something, but he was unwilling to tell her. She understood that everyone had secrets, just like she couldn't tell anyone that she could hear animals talk.

She went out, and the villagers were still guarding the door.

Although the village chief has a bad temper, he is really good to the villagers. In recent years, there have been no external enemies, no internal strife, and no bandits. Xiaohe Village has lived like a god. This year, the melons in the melon fields are not ripe yet, and the villagers have not been given some of their own melons.

Before leaving, my uncle called Ren Beixi.

"The mountain road is difficult and dangerous, so protect Guiyao."

Ren Beixi stopped with his hands behind his back, his bony jawline slightly raised, his eyes as dark as a pool, no longer as gentle as he was in front of Gui Yao. He followed his gaze and saw Gui Yao's slender back that seemed like it would be blown down by the wind, but she rolled up her sleeves and ran again and again.

"Um."

As quiet as the weeds outside the mountain road.