"The girl is..." Fu Huaichu raised his eyes, pinched his brows and looked at the environment of the hut calmly, "I can't remember."

"Cousin..." Su Zhiruan took a step forward, raised his voice, pretending to be excited and choking, "A few days ago, you asked the third uncle to pass on a message, saying that you would come back to see me. Now that we finally meet, it's under such circumstances..."

Before she finished speaking, she covered her eyes with her sleeves to wipe away her tears, sobbing as she continued to make up stories, "Thinking back then, you and I were childhood sweethearts, but Brother Erniu had to go out to take the entrance exam, so we parted ways. Many years have passed, and you sent a message saying you were coming back. My whole heart was focused on you, but I didn't expect that when I saw you again, you were seriously injured, and...you had forgotten me..."

After saying that, Su Zhiruan gently wiped away her tears again. She didn't cry loudly, but just a line of tears slid down her snow-white cheeks, which made people feel distressed for no reason.

The reason she made up was very reasonable. Fu Huaichu looked at the cotton cloth wrapped around his arm and blood oozing from the wound. He was very weak at the moment and needed a place to heal.

As far as he could see from observing the thatched cottage, there were several Chinese medicinal herbs neatly packed in wooden boxes in the corner. Through the half-open window, he also saw a lot of herbs drying on the bamboo dustpan in the yard. She must be a medical student. She didn't have many belongings and it seemed that she was the only one living here.

She was the only one who knew medical skills, and she had already regarded him as her cousin. All this seemed to be God's will. Fu Huaichu looked at her, a very beautiful woman, but there were calluses on her hands from years of work, so she must be from this village.

In this case, he might as well impersonate her cousin. After thinking it over, Fu Huaichu sighed deeply and looked at Su Zhiruan with eyes like obsidian. "I will try my best to remember the past, cousin."

Su Zhiruan was secretly happy, her expression was gentle, and her eyes were slightly red. She took the porridge from the table, scooped it with a spoon, and then handed it to Fu Huaichu, "Brother Erniu, you are weak, you can only drink some porridge to warm your body. There is not much money at home, so you have to make do with it."

Fu Huaichu looked at the porridge but did not reach out to take it. His eyes gradually darkened and he reluctantly moved his arm. Then he said to Su Zhiruan, "Cousin, you know, my arm is injured and I can't hold the spoon. Please, cousin..."

Su Zhiruan knew what he was thinking at this moment. Not being able to lift the spoon was just an excuse. He was afraid that the bowl of porridge was poisonous.

"Brother Erniu, you are seriously injured. Let me feed you." She walked up to him with a bowl of porridge. "It shouldn't be too hot now. Let me try it."

After saying that, Su Zhiruan scooped a little with a spoon and tasted it herself. It was light and thick. Then, she found another spoon from the other side and was about to feed Fu Huaichu the porridge.

"Just use this spoon," Fu Huaichu stopped her, pointing to the spoon she had used, "We are childhood sweethearts, so we naturally won't care about these things. Otherwise, I would have to trouble my cousin to wash an extra spoon."

Su Zhiruan smiled in her heart. She knew why Fu Huaichu insisted on using the same spoon with her. It was because he was wary and worried that she would poison the other spoon.

But at this time, she was a weak girl, so she shyly fed him porridge spoonful by spoonful while chatting about some family matters.

"I didn't expect that even though Brother Erniu had lost his memory, he still didn't despise me," Su Zhiruan pretended to be shy and continued to add fuel to the fire, "At that time, we gave each other tokens of love and agreed that when we grew up, you would come and marry me."

Fu Huaichu paused, then stopped, "A token of love?"

"Yes, the little clay figurines carved by Su Zhiruan and Su Erniu," Su Zhiruan smiled slowly and fed him another spoonful of porridge. "Brother Erniu used to call me Ruanruan, so call me that now too."

"Ruan Ruan." Fu Huaichu relaxed his vigilance a little and called him that as she said.

Then, he could see joy in the girl's eyes, and he took it all in.

"Then I'll go wash the dishes first. Brother Erniu, you should have a good rest. Your clothes and things are all at the bedside." After Su Zhiruan gave the instructions, he walked out with the tray and wooden bowl.

She put the bowl on the stove, but didn't rush to wash it. Instead, she turned over the herbs in the yard.

While turning the herbs as the original owner remembered, she called upon the system in her mind.

"System, why is Fu Huaichu injured? He looks seriously injured," Su Zhiruan knew the system was there, so she slowly expressed her doubts. "It sounds a bit absurd that a prince could be seriously injured to this extent and still be picked up by me."

[This part is not included in the plot and the host needs to explore it on his own.] The system did not give an answer, but only gave her this sentence.

Su Zhiruan was not annoyed. She packed a bag and continued the conversation. "It seems that the status of the Son of the Plane and I are very different this time. Let's take it one step at a time. I don't know how much he believes what I said just now."

[Host, you seem to have changed a lot compared to before.] The system sighed after seeing the scene just now.

"This mission is to give birth to a child for the heirless Crown Prince Fu Huaichu. When he returns to the capital, I'm afraid he won't even be able to find the door," Su Zhiruan was quick and nimble as she packed another bag. She sighed, "People always have to learn to grow up step by step. Change is inevitable. As for now, I will find an excuse for Fu Huaichu to stay, and then find a way to get close to him. The sooner the mission is completed, the sooner I can be free."

[I believe you can do it!] The system encouraged her and then went offline.

After the successful completion of the first three world missions, it now trusts Su Zhiruan very much.

When it was first bound, it thought she was an ordinary girl, with a plain personality and even looked a little weak, so it didn't hold much hope.

But later, Su Zhiruan's calm and rational performance time and time again made it trust its host more and more.

The system leaves with satisfaction.

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After Su Zhiruan packed up the herbs, he cleaned the original owner's small courtyard again, washed everything that needed to be washed, and put them in their proper places.

Fu Huaichu saw her working through the half-open window, tidying up everything in order, and he found the Panlong jade pendant from his old clothes and put it on his body.

He played along with her for a while and left after his injury healed.

He looked at Su Zhiruan who was busy in the yard calmly and said to himself, "Su Zhiruan."

Perhaps because Fu Huaichu had not yet recovered from his serious injuries and his body was still weak, he fell into a coma not long after.

Su Zhiruan was not idle either. Since she had a new "cousin", the uncles and aunts in the village also wanted to know the existence of this brother Erniu.

Soon, she prepared some prescriptions for clearing away heat and reducing internal heat, packed them into small packages, and delivered them door to door.

"Uncle Sanyou, my cousin Erniu and I prepared some heat-reducing prescriptions. When you come back from working in the fields, drink some to clear away heat and relieve internal heat. It will be good for you."

"You're asking about your cousin? Oh, I met him when I was a kid studying in the medical clinic, and later he came to the village for a while. What? You forgot?"

"That was many years ago. Now my cousin Erniu has come to see me. We even got a token of our love back then!"

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