Suddenly, someone pushed the door open.
Su Bao'er walked in carrying the medicine. When he saw Su Yan packing her things to leave, he immediately stepped forward and stopped her.
"Sister Yan, what are you doing? Your injuries haven't healed yet..."
"I want to see Shen Yao. Did he bring me back?" Su Yan grabbed Su Bao'er's hand, unable to hide her excitement, and pressed for details about Shen Yao's situation.
Su Bao'er shook her head, "No... someone knocked on the door last night. When I opened the door, I saw you lying half-dead at the door, Sister Yan."
"Didn't Shen Yao bring me back?" Su Yan asked, somewhat surprised.
Upon hearing this, Su Bao'er frowned with some difficulty. "I don't think it was Lord Shen who brought you back. If it really was Lord Shen who brought you back, why would he just leave you at the door and not care? Besides, when I opened the door, I found that there was no one around. It's unlikely that it was Lord Shen who brought you back."
Before Su Yan lost her memory, she did watch Shen Yao lure away the pursuers, but how did she end up waking up at home?
Su Yan was completely baffled.
Moreover, Su Yan discovered that the poison in her body had been neutralized, leaving only a small amount of residual poison. After a few days of recuperation, she would be fine.
Although Su Yan didn't know who had saved her, she was worried about Shen Yao and Xie Yu's condition, so she forced herself to leave the house despite her weakened state.
Knowing she couldn't stop Su Yan, Su Bao'er didn't try to stop her. She handed her the medicine and advised, "Sister Yan, it's not too late to go after you've taken your medicine."
Su Yan looked at the dark, murky medicine in the bowl and subconsciously swallowed. She usually hated taking medicine, but she knew that she had to drink this bowl of medicine to get out of this room today.
Seeing Su Yan's hesitant expression, Su Bao'er urged her, "Sister Yan, you must drink your medicine today, or you are not allowed to leave."
Upon hearing this, Su Yan, though clearly unwilling, suppressed her displeasure, took the medicine bowl from Su Bao'er, took a deep breath, pinched her nose, and tilted her head back to drink it.
A bitter and astringent taste spread through her mouth. Suppressing the nausea rising in her heart, Su Yan quickly drank the medicine in the bowl clean.
After the medicine was finished, Su Bao'er didn't stop her any further. Instead, she gently reminded Su Yan, who was walking away, like a mother hen, "Sister Yan, be careful..."
"Brother Bao, I know, I know..."
From around the corner came Su Yan's reply, but she had already vanished without a trace.
Su Yan felt very guilty towards Su Bao'er, who was becoming increasingly like a father to her. Although she was not the original owner of this body, she was still Su Bao'er's mother.
During the years in Chang'an, Su Yan was always busy with official duties and rarely had time to spend with him and Banxia, while Su Bao'er was exceptionally sensible and mature.
In her heart, Su Yan always felt indebted to Su Bao'er, so Su Yan thought that she should work hard and work desperately to earn enough money for Su Bao'er to marry a wife and for Banxia's dowry in the future.
After leaving home, Su Yan rushed to Dali Temple.
She first went to Shen Yao's and Xie Yu's homes separately, informing them that neither of them had returned since yesterday.
Su Yan was very worried that the two of them had not yet escaped from the Ghost Market, so she thought of informing Wenren Yi of the situation so that she could lead people to the Ghost Market to rescue Shen Yao and Xie Yu.
Just as Su Yan stepped into the threshold of the Dali Temple, she heard a commotion coming from the street.
Su Yan looked over at the sound and saw Shen Yao and Xie Yu, soaked to the bone, as if they had been through a fierce battle, supporting each other as they walked towards the Dali Temple.
The guards at the entrance recognized Xie Yu first and led their men forward to check the situation.
Before the guards could call for help, Su Yan pushed through the crowd and looked excitedly at Shen Yao and Xie Yu, who had survived the ordeal.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Su Yan punched the two men in the chest and scolded, "You two scared me to death! I thought you two had died in the ghost market."
Xie Yu was still holding on, but Su Yan's sudden punch caused his body, which had been holding on, to lose its strength instantly. His legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
Upon seeing this, Su Yan immediately helped Xie Yu up and discovered that Xie Yu's hands and feet were extremely cold, and his body temperature was frighteningly low, as if he was about to develop a fever.
Su Yan touched Shen Yao again and found that his condition was similar to Xie Yu's.
"What on earth happened? How could you two be like this..."
Xie Yu trembled, glaring at Su Yan with resentment. "Don't ask any more questions, save my life first..."
Upon hearing this, Su Yan immediately called to the others beside her, and they carried Shen Yao and Xie Yu into the Dali Temple.
Fortunately, neither of them was seriously injured; they had just been in the water for too long and their bodies were not recovering quickly. Su Yan found them a room to settle in, and she also boiled water to ward off the cold and made ginger soup.
By the time they finished their work, it was noon, and the fever had subsided for both of them.
Su Yan brought the white porridge and ginger soup she had prepared in the kitchen into the room. At that moment, Xie Yu was wrapped in three or four layers of blankets, huddled in a corner, shivering.
"Dean Xie, it's just that I soaked in the water for a while, is it really necessary to make such a big deal out of it?" Su Yan said helplessly.
Xie Yu pouted and huffed, "It's a cold snap now, you try soaking in the water for three or four hours if you dare..."
Seeing Xie Yu angry, Su Yan, being magnanimous, did not intend to hold a grudge against the patient and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, Dean Xie, I misspoke."
At this moment, Shen Yao glared fiercely at Xie Yu, the murderous intent in his eyes making Xie Yu break out in a cold sweat.
Xie Yu realized that Shen Yao was protecting Su Yan, so he immediately shut up.
Shen Yao threw off the blanket covering him, stepped forward and took the white porridge and ginger soup from Su Yan's hands, his face full of concern as he asked, "Has the poison in your body been cured?"
Su Yan nodded, "It's been cured. There's only some residual poison. It will be fine after a few days of recuperation."
"Poison? What poison?"
At this moment, Xie Yu interrupted their conversation, seemingly unaware of Su Yan's poisoning, and looked at her with a stubborn but soft heart, asking, "When were you poisoned?"
"The assassin's sword was poisoned, and I was accidentally poisoned..." Su Yan explained with a smile.
Now it was Xie Yu's turn to be puzzled. If Su Yan was really poisoned, how could she have left the Ghost Market so quickly?
You have to understand that he and Shen Yao swam for three hours in the river before they returned. Su Yan, with her poisoned body, couldn't possibly be faster than him.
"How did you get back?" Xie Yu asked, his face full of doubt.
Su Yan shook her head. "I don't know. I was already at home when I woke up."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yao narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Who saved you?"
“I don’t know. Bao Ge said he heard someone knocking on the door, and when he opened it, he only saw me lying at the door, and there was no one around.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Yu's pupils widened, and he exclaimed in horror, "Could it be a ghost?"
Su Yan rolled her eyes at Xie Yu with disdain, feeling deeply worried about his intelligence.
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