Chapter 129
Not far after Fan Xiaoxiao and the Ghost Doctor walked away, the Ghost Doctor found a place to sit down.
"Oh dear, I'm not going anymore, I'm not going anymore."
"Grandpa, are you tired?" Fan Xiaoxiao looked at him with some confusion. This old man was usually very particular about food, but today he said he was going to find something to eat, but he stopped after walking only a few steps.
The Ghost Doctor glanced at Fan Xiaoxiao: "Aren't you feeling better? Baby, you're still sick too. Besides, do you really think that kid wants us to go find food? He said he wanted you to come out with me, but he didn't say he wanted you to go find food with me."
After saying that, he took out two pancakes wrapped in oil paper from his basket. He handed one to Fan Xiaoxiao: "Here, have some first."
"Where did you get these?!" Fan Xiaoxiao stared wide-eyed as the Ghost Doctor produced the two pancakes as if by magic.
"Hey! I specially asked Brother Wang's wife to make me two extra pancakes!"
"..." Seeing the old man's eyes almost disappear from his smile, Fan Xiaoxiao's lips twitched slightly.
But the pancake in her hand gave her a sense of warmth; this old man loved to eat it. And now, he was willing to sneak her out to eat pancakes.
Fan Xiaoxiao stroked the pancake wrapped in oil paper, feeling as if she had been filled with a large pot of hot water, her heart warm.
Seeing that he didn't understand for a long time, the Ghost Doctor pretended to reach out and snatch her cake.
"Kid! I only have these two cookies! Those two bad guys who were whispering behind our backs don't have any! Do you want some or not? If not, I'll eat them!"
Fan Xiaoxiao quickly stuffed the pancake into her mouth and took a big bite: "Holy crap, who's slurping this!"
The food in her mouth made her speech sound a little slurred. The Ghost Doctor laughed and started eating his own pancake.
Before long, the two of them had finished eating everything.
Fan Xiaoxiao let out a burp and rubbed her stomach.
"Grandpa, do you think they've finished talking?"
"Hiccup, you should be done talking now, right? Tsk, even if you're not finished, I still have to go back with you to brew your medicine! From today onwards, you have to drink medicine morning and evening to regulate your body."
"Huh? Why? I'm just a little weak and have caught a cold, it's not that serious!" Fan Xiaoxiao didn't want to keep taking that bitter medicine! Besides, she drank the medicine prescribed by the Ghost Doctor this morning and was almost fully recovered. She just felt a little tired and sleepy now.
The Ghost Doctor abandoned his usual childlike demeanor and revealed a rare serious expression.
"Your body should have given out long ago, but you're probably young and recover faster than adults. You may not usually be aware of your physical condition, but a simple cold has become so serious. If a regular doctor had encountered your situation, you might have really died."
Fan Xiaoxiao was stunned, and then lowered her head.
She knew the Ghost Doctor wasn't trying to scare her; after all, the original owner of this body had starved to death.
"Let's go, Grandpa, I'll go back with you to take your medicine."
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"Oh? So you didn't find anything to eat?"
Gu Zhongtai, wearing an overcoat, sat by the campfire. The firelight cast a warm glow on his profile.
"This village is deserted, where else can we find food?"
The Ghost Doctor continued to lie without batting an eye, while Gu Zhongtai tugged at his clothes, which were about to slip down, and turned his head away.
There was no conversation between them, and as night fell and everything grew quiet, Fan Xiaoxiao was awakened by a dry, itchy, and sore throat. Just as she was about to go to her water pouch to get some water, she suddenly noticed what appeared to be a fire outside the door.
With a creak, the door opened, and Fan Xiaoxiao stepped out of the dilapidated house. Her movement caused the people around the campfire to turn their heads slightly.
"You're awake?"
"Boss Ye!?" Fan Xiaoxiao was quite surprised to see Gu Zhongtai in front of her. She thought everyone was asleep, but she didn't expect him to still be there to rest.
Instead, he sat by the campfire, seemingly lost in thought.
"Are you on night watch?"
Fan Xiaoxiao walked over to Gu Zhongtai with some curiosity and took small sips of water from the water pouch.
"I suppose so,"
Gu Zhongtai gave her a vague answer and threw another piece of firewood into the campfire. The flames instantly consumed the dry wood, crackling and popping, a sound that conveniently masked the sounds of someone stepping across the grass and spying on them from the surrounding woods.
Gu Zhongtai tilted his head slightly, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
Fan Xiaoxiao lowered her head. The two of them were not far apart, and she could clearly smell the bitter scent of Chinese herbs on the other person. For some reason, she thought of what this big shot had said to her that evening: "Dirty girl."
She glanced at the distance between herself and Boss Ye, and silently took two steps back. After shrinking into a tiny ball, she wrinkled her nose and sniffed—ah…she really wanted to take a bath! She didn't want to be a dirty girl!
"Heh..." Gu Zhongtai chuckled softly upon hearing the commotion beside him.
He poked at the fire, and the flames suddenly shot up even higher.
The intense heat from the fire made Fan Xiaoxiao retreat a little further. She watched him manipulate the flames with perfect precision, then looked into his eyes and frowned.
"you……"
"Do you know who chased you this afternoon?"
Gu Zhongtai spoke before Fan Xiaoxiao could, silencing her question.
Once this was brought up, Fan Xiaoxiao didn't bother asking anything else. After sighing, she said, "I don't know who they are, and I haven't offended them..."
At this point, Fan Xiaoxiao paused. No, she had offended people—the group from Huilong Village—but it seemed that they were all dead.
She frowned, then continued, "I shouldn't have offended any living people, right?"
"So, have you ever had anything or anything like that?"
"What else? You must be joking, boss. I'm dirt poor, how could I possibly get anything else..." Fan Xiaoxiao seemed to have thought of something, and her movements stiffened slightly.
A bead of cold sweat immediately appeared on her forehead. She swallowed hard before continuing, "How could I possibly have gotten anything else? Except for your...that dagger?"
Her voice trailed off, and then, as if struck by a sudden inspiration, she added the word "dagger." She said this to remedy a strange pause she had made earlier.
Sure enough, Gu Zhongtai raised an eyebrow after hearing her words.
"real?"
Fan Xiaoxiao nodded vigorously: "Really, really! More real than pearls!"
After saying that, she gave Gu Zhongtai a sincere smile. But in reality, Fan Xiaoxiao's back was covered in cold sweat. She finally understood what those people were after!
And indeed, there was such an item that she took.
What they probably want is just that one walnut!
Fan Xiaoxiao's heart sank slightly; she hadn't expected that these people would trace it back to her so quickly.
Gu Zhongtai poked at the fire again. Fan Xiaoxiao was getting too hot and was about to get up and go back when Gu Zhongtai stopped her.
She turned to look at him, somewhat puzzled, and was about to ask a question when she heard Gu Chongtai let out a cold snort into the empty night sky.
"Hmph, now that you're here, why are you hiding?"
(End of this chapter)
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