The listless Gan Li was startled awake by Gan Tian's scream. Together with Gan Mingyi, she looked up at Gan Tian and then looked at the roadside in the direction Gan Tian was pointing.
However, they were so dizzy from the sun that they couldn't see the person Gan Tian was talking about for a moment.
"Oh dear, my little darling, don't scare your uncle. Where would anyone come from in this desolate wilderness?" Gan Mingyi wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that Gan Tian was seeing things.
“There really is someone, Second Uncle, see for yourself!” Gan Tian said, unable to resist moving closer to Gan Li and reaching out her little hand to tug at the hem of her clothes.
Ganli knew she was scared, so she quickly took her hand.
However, her curiosity was piqued, and she squinted to examine it closely, only to discover that there really was a dark shape in the grass.
"Looks like there really are people!"
The three approached cautiously and finally saw that there was indeed a person lying in the grass.
The man was dressed in black, of medium height, and thin. He lay on the ground with his back up, his face obscured by messy hair, making it impossible to see his true features. However, the skin on his slightly exposed neck was remarkably fair.
He lay on the ground, motionless.
Seeing this, Gan Tian became frightened and hid even further behind Gan Li.
Gan Mingyi was the bolder one. He went closer to take a look, but he still couldn't tell if the person was dead or alive. He mustered his courage and poked the person, and the person's arm suddenly moved, startling the three of them.
"My God!" Gan Mingyi exclaimed, jumping back abruptly: "It's alive!"
Ganli was also startled and looked nervously at the person on the ground. She thought he might wake up, but after he moved, the person lay still again.
However, something was seeping out from beneath him. Everyone looked closer and were even more terrified—it was blood!
Only then did everyone notice the wounds on his body. His black clothes were tattered, and his exposed skin was covered with bloodstains. It was unclear what kind of sharp weapon had caused the wounds, which were so deep that the bone was visible. It was a shocking sight.
"What...what should we do?" Gan Mingyi looked at the scene, feeling somewhat helpless.
"Mother, is he going to die?" Gan Tian's voice trembled slightly.
Gan Li was also a little dumbfounded. Although it was the first time she had encountered such a scene, she felt that the scene was very familiar.
Just then, the person on the ground suddenly moved again. Presumably, the position made it difficult for him to breathe, so he used all his strength to lift his head, but he couldn't hold on for long before he fell back to the ground.
However, this movement caused some of his hair to fall down, revealing his face covered in blood, yet still undeniably beautiful.
Oh wow, Ganli suddenly realized where that damned sense of familiarity came from.
On a secluded path, he was injured, but upon seeing a beautiful woman, his compassionate heart kicked in. He took her home, and the two hit it off... Isn't this the standard setup for a romance novel?
But you thought the story would turn out to be a love story?
No, it's actually a horror story!
For example, the female protagonist of a certain palace picked up a man, and then her mother died, her father went insane, and she herself died in the end;
For example, a certain Su picked up a snake, and afterwards she not only had to give birth to a child, but also had to jump off the Zhuxian Terrace, and her eyes were stolen hundreds of years later.
For example...
When Ganli thought about all this, and then about what Maria had said, that the female lead of this world was someone else—those female leads had all suffered so much, she couldn't imagine how miserable she, a mere cannon fodder character who wasn't even a supporting female character, would be if she took this man back.
She shivered, then resolutely pulled Gan Tian forward. She wasn't the female lead; why should she concern herself with these trivial matters?
Gan Mingyi was stunned: "Little sister, are we just going to abandon this? Isn't that a bit heartless?"
Ganli looked at his innocent expression and felt heartbroken:
"How can you be so sure he's a good person? What if he's a bad one? You can't just be kind to anyone in this world, or you might get yourself into trouble!"
Just as Ganli was about to slip away with Gantian, a 'ding' sound suddenly rang in her mind.
Immediately afterwards, a mechanical voice rang in her mind.
[System task issued: Please help the injured person on the roadside to get out of trouble.]
Ganli:? ? ?
Wait, what's going on? This "Saintly Mother System" was supposed to only issue tasks that help women, right? What's happening now? Is it a bug?
"[Maria, what's going on? Are you mistaken? Why is a saintly system like yours asking me to save a man?]" Ganli roared in her mind.
Maria answered slowly:
[That's right, host, the system isn't malfunctioning. This mission requires you to help an injured person on the roadside, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that person is a woman.]
【woman?】
Ganli retreated with some doubt, then boldly walked to the 'man' and began to observe him carefully.
Gan Mingyi had just been persuaded by her words and was about to leave when he saw her return, leaving him completely bewildered.
"Little sister, didn't you say he might not be a good person? Let's hurry up and leave. What if his enemies come after us and think we're in cahoots with him? We'll be doomed then!"
He lowered his voice and said.
Gan Li didn't have time to pay attention to him. She squatted down, boldly brushed aside the man's hair, and looked at his throat first.
Her neck was fair and long, but she didn't have an Adam's apple!
Gan Li thought to herself, "Holy crap, it really is a woman!"
As she got closer, she noticed more and more that this person had delicate features, with arched eyebrows that exuded a heroic air. In addition, he was about 1.7 meters tall, much taller than the average woman of this era. No wonder she had thought he was a man earlier.
So... all those dangerous assumptions from before are now invalid. Since she's a woman, what's there to be afraid of!
Gan Li said firmly, "Second Brother, we must save her!"
Gan Mingyi: "???"
"But little sister, didn't you just say that you can't be too kind in this world, or you might get yourself into trouble?"
"But then again, if everyone were this indifferent, wouldn't the world be even worse?"
Ganli said righteously, "The Buddha said, 'If I don't go to hell, who will?' So let me save her!"
As Ganli spoke, she began to examine the person's injuries on the ground and found that her injuries were indeed serious, but fortunately they were all superficial wounds.
She thought for a moment, then tore some relatively clean cloth from the man's clothes and used it to wrap his larger wounds before calling out to Gan Mingyi:
"Second brother, carry her on your back, let's go to the county."
Gan Mingyi was numb. His little sister's face changed faster than the sky. No matter what she said, he would just do it!
He stepped forward and, with the help of Ganli and Gantian, carried the person on his back. Only then did the group set off again, heading towards the county.
On the way, Gan Mingyi was still a little worried. The wounds on this man looked like someone was seeking revenge. What if his enemy caught up with him on the way?
Fortunately, his worries did not come true. As dusk approached, the four of them finally arrived in the county town.
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