Gu Chong stopped what he was doing when he heard her hoarse sobs.
He was being hugged from behind, but his body was stiff.
He could see the blood on his fingers clearly with just a slight lowering of his eyes.
At that moment, he was somewhat afraid to turn around.
I was afraid to see the fear and dread in her clear eyes.
But she said she was in pain.
Gu Chong wiped the blood off his clothes and took her slender hand that was resting on his waist.
"Gu Chong..." she called his name again.
Xue Fu tightened her grip around his waist, her face nestled against his broad back, drawing on the sense of security Gu Chong provided.
She was very fortunate.
She said, "I'm so glad you came."
She wasn't actually very strong; he could easily break free from the arms around his waist with just a slight struggle.
But Gu Chong was easily pulled back from the edge of the cliff to within the warning line.
He wiped his hands again until he felt they were clean enough, then composed himself and turned to look at her.
Xue Fu has fair and delicate skin; even a slight bump can leave a mark.
Not to mention that Sun Yu had just shown no mercy and used a vicious technique, so the bruises on her neck from being pinched so hard were even more obvious.
There were finger marks around her neck, signs of abuse.
He raised his hand to Xue Fu's neck to check her wound, but when he saw Xue Fu instinctively shrink her neck to avoid his touch, Gu Chong couldn't suppress his anger.
He truly wanted Sun Yu to disappear from this world.
She couldn't help but flinch, but Xue Fu quickly realized it was Gu Chong, so she moved closer so he could touch her neck.
Xue Fu wanted to say something, but in the end, only his name came out: "Gu Chong..."
He responded softly, stroking her neck with great tenderness.
He said, "I'll take you to get your medicine."
Aside from his earlier anger, Gu Chong's expression was now extremely calm and restrained.
He gently comforted her, "I will handle it well and won't let you feel wronged."
The calmness he displayed at this moment, the gentleness he showed in front of her, and the anger he had just displayed—besides all these emotions, Xue Fu also saw Gu Chong's self-blame deep within them.
The tears I had been holding back started flowing again, because I had someone to rely on, so I could cry freely and unrestrainedly.
Xue Fu's tears shattered Gu Chong's restrained composure.
He awkwardly raised his hand to wipe her tears, but his rough fingertips only made her eyes redder.
He gently coaxed her, "Does it hurt? I'll carry you down the mountain to see the village doctor, okay?"
"Don't cry."
He wiped away her tears one by one, his dark eyes fixed on her.
Unlike Xue Fu, who could easily utter sweet words when trying to coax people, Gu Chong was clumsy at it and couldn't come up with anything sweet.
But even with such clumsy language, Xue Fu choked back a few sobs.
As Gu Chong was trying to coax her down the mountain, there was a commotion in the woods to his left.
Gu Chong looked over and saw Gu Fei running over, panting.
Gu Fei's originally fair face was now flushed red, as if she was afraid of being late.
When he first came down the mountain to look for someone, he was thinking that his brother hadn't returned home yet, so he wanted to go find the village leader. The village leader's words carried the most weight in the village.
However, Gu Fei was lucky. As soon as he reached the foot of the mountain, he ran into his brother, who had returned from the county town and was walking up the mountain to find them.
When his brother saw that he was the only one coming down the mountain, looking hurried and anxious, he frowned and asked, "Where's my sister? Why is she still on the mountain? Why is she all alone?"
After seeing his brother, Gu Fei finally found his pillar of support. He was so anxious that he almost cried. He quickly recounted what he had just encountered on the mountain and said that his sister was still there.
Before he could finish speaking, his brother had already run up the mountain.
His older brother ran fast, and he couldn't keep up.
But Gu Fei thought, "I need to get better quickly so I can run there and find my sister as soon as possible."
Gu Fei finally arrived at the scene. As soon as he got there, he saw Xue Fu crying in her brother's arms, her brother holding her with a calm expression, and Sun Yu lying on the ground, half-dead.
Gu Fei thought, "My brother arrived just in time."
He finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease.
However, Gu Fei had sharp eyes. He saw the obvious finger marks on his sister's neck, felt a chill in his heart, and turned his gaze to Sun Yu's face, which was covered in blood from her nose.
Gu Chong was a man who rarely spoke such tender words, so when he did, Xue Fu melted and obediently climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck.
On the way down the mountain, Gu Chong walked quickly and steadily.
He didn't say much, and Xue Fu was also too upset to speak.
Xue Fu lowered her head and pressed her neck against his, hugging him tightly.
She had been carried on Gu Chong's back several times, and seemed to have become familiar with his broad shoulders and back.
Xue Fu raised her hand and gently touched her neck, occasionally still feeling the suffocating sensation of being strangled.
She thought, "Thanks to Gu Chong."
Thankfully, he was there.
Xue Fu thought that Gu Chongzhen was like her guardian angel.
Gu Chong carried Xue Fu on his back towards the village medical point.
The medical station is located at the first crossroads in the village, where most people part ways to go to and from work.
Today is a day off, and many people saw Gu Chong carrying Xue Fu intimately on his back.
Gu Chong didn't pay attention to these gossips, but Xue Fu, who was on his back, heard them.
However, she didn't say anything.
Once Sun Yu's situation is exposed, everyone will know the truth.
Gu Chong hurriedly lifted the curtain hanging at the entrance of the medical point and strode over to the counter where the medicines were placed.
He glanced around the room; no one was there. So he called out the village doctor's name loudly: "Village Doctor Chen?"
Dr. Chen was drying medicinal herbs in the backyard when he heard someone calling from the front yard. He put down the herbs, wiped his hands clean, and went back inside.
"Oh? What's going on?" Village Doctor Chen stared intently at the two of them, his expression subtle.
However, after Gu Chong placed Xue Fu on the single bed that was specially prepared for patients to lie down on, Dr. Chen's face immediately darkened.
The marks on Xue Fu's neck were too obvious, and Gu Chong received several indignant and disapproving glares from Chen Village Doctor.
"How did it get like this?" Village doctor Chen approached to examine Xue Fu's neck, then slapped Gu Chong's arm, a crisp 'smack' sound echoing in the room.
Then came Dr. Chen's question: "Did you pinch him, kid?"
Before Gu Chong could even explain, Dr. Chen, his face dark, prepared to chase him out.
Doctors are virtuous and cannot bear to see such things.
Xue Fu immediately realized that Dr. Chen had misunderstood, and quickly began to explain to Gu Chong.
Her voice was hoarse and her speech was somewhat unclear, but Dr. Chen still understood her.
This wasn't done by Gu Chong; it was someone else who orchestrated it.
Gu Chong is the one who saves the damsel in distress in the story.
"A hero saving a damsel in distress," Dr. Chen joked.
These words made Gu Chong, who was originally serious, feel a burning sensation in his ears, and his gaze involuntarily shifted to Xue Fu's slightly flushed face.
But as his gaze shifted downwards and he saw the horrifying marks on her neck, the heat subsided, replaced by a chilling surge of rage and a violent rage within him.
Sun Yu...
Gu Chong's eyes sharpened, but softened completely when he touched Xue Fu.
"Let's apply a cold compress first."
The village doctor found a clean cloth, soaked it in cool well water, and had her apply it as a compress to her neck.
Gu Chong silently took notes of what the village doctor Chen said, remembering the prescriptions he wrote and the timing and order of applying and changing the medicine.
Looking at her face, which had regained its composure after being frightened, Gu Chong said softly, "Rest here for a while, I'll come pick you up later, okay?"
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