The moment Xi Xi accepted the mission, the elderly white-haired woman suddenly seemed to lose all the strength to support her body. She couldn't catch her breath, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted without warning.

"This is too fast..." Xi Xi muttered to herself, and hurriedly squatted down to carefully examine her mother-in-law's wounds.

The old man was dressed in tattered clothes, as if he had been mercilessly slashed by some sharp weapon; his clothes were ragged and filthy.

Xi Xi examined the old woman from head to toe for a while, and finally found only obvious redness and swelling on her ankle and dried bloodstains left from abrasions on her upper arm.

Apart from that, Xi Xi did not find any other signs of injury.

So, why did she faint? Could there be some hidden internal injury...? Xi Xi was puzzled. She wasn't a doctor, so how could she tell the reason?

The ostrich beside it was extremely anxious. It stood up and kept rubbing its head against the white-haired old woman, its urgent cries revealing its sorrow.

However, no matter how hard the ostrich tried, Grandma Yu kept her eyes tightly closed and showed no signs of waking up.

Xi Xi looked at Granny You, whose face was covered in dust, and was somewhat puzzled.

She looked around and quietly took out a blue talisman from a corner. Instantly, a bathroom curtain appeared out of thin air in front of her.

Xi Xi thought that, in any case, the most important thing right now was to clean Grandma You's wound to prevent infection, inflammation, suppuration, and worsening.

She walked up to Grandma You, turned her back, squatted down, and with great effort carried the unconscious Grandma You on her back.

She walked shakily to the bathroom door curtain, and just as she was about to lift the curtain and step inside, she felt a lightness behind her.

Xi Xi touched her back; it was empty, the old woman's body was long gone.

Startled, she instinctively turned her head to look, and vaguely saw a tiny particle shimmering with a faint light gradually dissipating into the air.

Only then did they realize that Grandma You had somehow returned to the corner where she had fainted, as if she had never been moved.

"..." Xi Xi was speechless.

What's going on?! Can't NPCs move around freely? Hey, she just wanted to clean Granny You's wounds, not bury her alive...

Left with no other choice, Xi Xi opened the golden lucky bag at her waist, rummaged through it to find the necessary medical supplies, and treated her mother-in-law on the spot.

She gently rolled up Grandma You's trouser leg and saw that the old woman's thin ankles were badly swollen and red, with bruises and abrasions in some places.

Xi Xi didn't dare to delay. She quickly got up and went into the washroom, got some clean water, and carefully washed away the mud and dirt clinging to the wound.

Then, she poured disinfectant onto a cotton ball and began to wipe the wound, her movements were exceptionally meticulous and careful.

After everything was cleaned up, Xi Xi took out a roll of clean white gauze. Her technique was skillful and efficient, and in no time, she had properly bandaged the wound.

After Xi Xi finished bandaging the wound, she noticed that Grandma You had opened her eyes at some point. An indescribable gratitude bloomed on the old woman's face. She moved her slightly chapped lips as if she were saying something.

Xi Xi leaned closer to listen and realized that she was murmuring "water" in a low voice.

Xi Xi took out the remaining half bottle of drinking water from the golden lucky bag. Then, she found her thermos from the scattered supplies in her backpack, poured out hot water and mixed it with the water.

Warm water flowed slowly down her parched throat, and Grandma You's eyes instantly welled up with tears—a genuine emotion revealed after being helped.

A warm and grateful smile appeared on her lips as she gently grasped Xi Xi's hand, her grip conveying a thousand unspoken words.

"Child, you are so kind. You saved me and took such good care of me. I... I really don't know how to thank you enough." The old woman's voice choked with emotion as she spoke in a trembling voice.

"But it's really too dangerous here, you should leave quickly... This is my ostrich, Barrett, you can take it with you, don't worry about me anymore..."

The ostrich named Barrett became even sadder, whimpering and snuggling close to Granny Yu, refusing to leave.

Xi Xi stared blankly at the sentimental script in front of her.

Normally, Xi Xi would probably just say, "Okay, I'm leaving then. You two can chat." She wouldn't care if it didn't concern her.

But the theme of this rare book is "rescuing NPCs," so she can't leave even if she wants to.

Having no other choice, Xi Xi had to put on a show of reluctance to part with her mother-in-law, comforting her and promising to take her away from here.

Grandma You was clearly deeply moved. With tears in her eyes, she stared at Xi Xi and asked her name.

Then she turned to the ostrich and coaxed, "Barrett, you'd better cooperate well with Miss Xi Xi and not be careless and hold her back, understand?"

Upon hearing its owner's reprimand, the ostrich immediately raised its neck, nodded obediently, and then bowed to Xi Xi.

[Instance Progress Notification: Congratulations to Ostrich Barrett for joining the Adventurer Faction]

A system voice sounded in her ear, and Xi Xi was instantly startled. She immediately looked at the light screen map.

The white dot that originally represented neutral creatures on the map has now quietly turned into a friendly green!

Is this advancing the plot? The neutral creatures have successfully sided with her!?

Xi Xi was overjoyed. In her excitement, she suddenly remembered the dangerous words her mother-in-law had just mentioned, and was about to ask for more details when a gurgling sound came from the side.

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