Chapter 230
A slight noise came from the darkness, and Fan Xiaoxiao clutched the food in her arms tighter. Just as she was about to turn around, Fan's voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Sister! Can you see clearly from inside?!"
The sound was very close to the cave entrance; Fan Xiaoxiao heard something fall in the darkness.
Fan Xiaoxiao frowned, then quickly walked out with the things in her arms.
"Sister, I'm only taking two sweet potatoes, what's the big deal about not being able to see them clearly?"
She held up what she was holding for Fan to see: two large sweet potatoes, which were sent over from Ginkgo Village earlier.
Fan looked at the sky outside and then glanced at the sweet potato with some confusion.
"It's still early, are you already hungry?"
"I don't know why, but I suddenly had a craving for roasted sweet potatoes, haha."
Fan Xiaoxiao laughed a couple of times, diverting Fan Shi's attention. After entering the kitchen, she ran into Xiaoyu and Xiaobao.
The two little ones were arguing and wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes. Fan Xiaoxiao smiled slightly and handed the things in her hand to Fan Shi.
"Give these two to the two little ones first, and I'll go get two more."
After saying that, she picked up the oil lamp and left the kitchen without looking back.
"Hmm? Mother, do we have any sweet potatoes in the cellar behind us?"
Xiao Bao looked in the direction Fan Xiaoxiao left, puzzled. The little boy clearly remembered that they had put a lot of sweet potatoes in each of their cellars. Why was Auntie going to that far away?
Madam Fan scratched her head: "Perhaps I've forgotten."
...
After returning to the stable cellar, Fan Xiaoxiao lit the lamp in her hand this time.
The faint light barely illuminated the entire cellar, in an inconspicuous corner.
She finally saw Xiahou, and Bai Chaoyan, who was seriously injured.
"What's going on?!"
Fan Xiaoxiao frowned the moment she saw the two of them, not for any other reason than that Bai Chaoyan looked to be in a really bad state.
Her chest wound had reopened, perhaps due to the movement, and dark red blood was slowly seeping through her clothes. Judging from the wound, it appeared to be very close to her heart.
Her right arm appeared to be broken, hanging limply downwards, and her pretty face was frighteningly pale.
Xiahou, standing to the side, was slightly better off, but he was still quite disheveled, showing no trace of the cleanliness he used to possess.
Upon hearing Fan Xiaoxiao's question, Bai Chaoyan pursed her lips, not rushing to answer. Instead, she asked an unrelated question: "Has Sang Lan'er been here?"
Fan Xiaoxiao nodded: "She did come by. Did she know you were here? Also, no outsiders should know about my cellar. How did you two find out?"
A barrage of questions came out in quick succession, leaving Bai Chaoyan's face even paler.
Then Bai Chaoyan suddenly coughed, seemingly very agitated.
Fan Xiaoxiao was startled and quickly stepped forward to cover her mouth.
"Shh! Renle seems to have sent people to monitor my house, so keep your noise down!"
Xiahou remained silent for a while before saying to Fan Xiaoxiao, "Miss Fan, now that Sang Lan'er knows we're here, we can't stay here any longer. Could you please find a way to get us out of here? To be honest, we were able to come here because Gu Zhongtai told us."
Fan Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow, not expecting that Gu Zhongtai was also involved in this matter.
Then she noticed the strong distrust in the other person's tone towards Sang Lan'er, so she put down the oil lamp and found a clean place to sit down.
"Why do you have to move just because Sang Lan'er knows you're here? Isn't she your junior sister?"
"She's not one of my maternal grandfather's students!"
Bai Chaoyan suddenly became agitated, her chest heaving violently, and she almost coughed violently again. But this time she was smarter; she quickly curled herself up, her whole body trembling slightly, looking incredibly pitiful.
Xiahou's eyes flashed with deep heartache, and he quickly pulled her into his arms, gently patting her back to help her catch her breath.
Fan Xiaoxiao felt a little embarrassed by their actions and didn't know where to look.
The emotional arc between these two main characters is inversely proportional to their misfortunes; the more tragic their circumstances, the stronger their feelings become.
After a short while, Bai Chaoyan finally felt much better. But when Sang Lan'er was mentioned, she still gritted her teeth and looked as if she wanted to kill her.
Xiahou sighed softly, "Sang Lan'er has harmed Master."
"!?"
Fan Xiaoxiao could hardly believe her ears. The one who killed the Celestial Venerable was actually Sang Lan'er!? How could this be? She had seen how much Sang Lan'er respected the Celestial Venerable when they were in Tianshan. She was also the one who was most furious when the villagers of Ginkgo Village looked down on the Celestial Venerable.
She killed the Celestial Venerable!? What a joke! You must know, if she killed the Celestial Venerable, it means that Sang Lan'er is Ren Le's person!
"You, are you sure Sang Lan'er killed the Heavenly Venerable with her own hands!?"
Xiahou shook his head slightly, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about how to bring up the matter.
Bai Chaoyan, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, gritting her teeth and spitting out a few words: "It's her good younger brother, Sang Yuer!"
"Ha, we were so foolish! We never imagined that the child we raised for over ten years would turn out to be a wolf with sharp teeth! It's a good thing that Grandfather doted on the two siblings so much! Cough cough cough"
Bai Chaoyan interrupted herself with a soft cough, but what she said was enough to calm Fan Xiaoxiao down.
Sang Yu'er...
Fan Xiao narrowed her eyes, not feeling particularly surprised. Sang Yu'er had a ghost face tattoo, and so did Sun Jingde; they were both from the same court, so it wasn't surprising.
However, Sang Lan'er and Fan Xiaoxiao felt that the attitude was a bit strange. She created an avalanche and then implied that Bai Chaoyan and Xiahou were at her house.
If she really wanted to harm the two of them, wouldn't it have been more direct to just tell that disciple surnamed Guo? Why go through all this trouble?
Furthermore, Gu Zhongtai found it strange that if he really wanted the Celestial Venerable to die, why would he tell them about his family's cellar and let the two of them hide there?
As she thought of this, her gaze fell upon some medicines not far away, which were clearly in the same kind of packaging that the Ghost Doctor usually used.
These clues from all sides made Fan Xiaoxiao sense that something was wrong.
She took another look at the two people in front of her. Although both of them were injured to varying degrees, their expressions seemed to show only anger, not sadness.
She paused abruptly, realizing what was happening. But just as she was about to speak, she heard someone calling her from outside the cellar: "Auntie! Auntie!"
It's Xiaobao!
Fan Xiaoxiao picked up the oil lamp and grabbed two sweet potatoes haphazardly.
"I will find a way to do what you want me to do, but I don't want my family to be involved in this matter. Please keep a low profile for the next few days."
"good."
Xiahou and Bai Chaoyan responded, but Fan Xiaoxiao didn't have time to say anything else. She hurriedly left the cellar.
"What's wrong, Xiaobao? What happened?!"
When Xiao Bao saw her crawl out of the cellar, his little face turned extremely anxious.
"Auntie! The uncles from town are here! They say lots and lots of soldiers have entered the town!!"
(End of this chapter)
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