Feeling the enthusiastic atmosphere around her, Xu Nian didn't say anything, but instead took out a few steamed buns and stuffed them into the hands of Da Bao and Er Bao, who were eagerly waiting.
"Are you starving?"
Counting the time, she was away for a total of five or six days. No one in the village was on good terms with her, and food was a rare commodity. Naturally, the two little children were left unattended and lived a hard life.
This is one of the reasons why she was so eager to come back.
Seeing their older sister's concerned gaze, Da Bao and Er Bao were filled with longing and burst into tears, crying, "We're not hungry, we're not hungry, as long as our older sister doesn't abandon us!"
In fact, they initially believed Cuiqing's explanation. They had agreed to go gather herbs, so why hadn't she returned for so long?
Later, they heard that it was because their elder sister was very capable and didn't want these people to hold her back, so she went far away.
Da Bao and Er Bao waited and waited, but nothing came. Every night they were heartbroken.
[Waaaa, those two little babies look so pitiful.]
[Oh my god, if they left me alone without family or food for a few days, I probably would have died.]
Look how thin these two kids are; they clearly haven't been eating much. Sigh.
"My sister didn't abandon you, it's just that some things happened."
Seeing the two children holding her thin figure, Xu Nian was also moved, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Regardless of what happened in the past, she is now the only pillar of support for these two children, so she absolutely cannot have anything happen to her.
"Heh, that sounds nice, but I bet you just wanted to get rid of these two burdens, but then you realized you couldn't, so you came back!"
Seeing such a heartwarming scene, Cuiqing felt uneasy and hurriedly called out, "Otherwise, why would you have disappeared for so many days? The people in this village are waiting for you to heal them, you..."
Halfway through her sentence, Cuiqing fell silent, looking nervously at Xu Nian who was gradually walking towards her.
At this moment, Xu Nian's eyes were filled with dark clouds, and a mocking smile curled at the corner of her lips. "Treatment?"
Before Cuiqing could react, a loud slap rang out that echoed throughout the entire room.
"Smack!"
Cuiqing touched her face in disbelief, where five bright red handprints were clearly visible.
She felt the burning sensation on her face, stammered for a while, then pointed at her and yelled, "How dare you hit me?"
"That's exactly what I'm going to do!"
Xu Nian ignored her shrewish and unreasonable behavior, her voice cold, "Whether I save someone or not depends entirely on my mood. If I save you, you're lucky you weren't meant to die; if I don't, then you deserve it!"
After a long pause, Xu Nian turned around and looked around at those who had slandered her.
Everyone who was being looked at instinctively lowered their heads, their faces filled with shame.
Yes, Xu Nian had no obligation to treat them; they were just grateful for the favor and took it for granted.
[Wow, this streamer is so awesome! Give them a good slap in the face!]
[This Cuiqing is truly the epitome of online trolling, I'm speechless.]
[And these ungrateful villagers, might as well not save them!]
"I never imagined that the people you rushed back to treat were these idiots."
A cold male voice sounded from behind, and Gu Zhan strode over, his eyes filled with an inescapable gloom.
He could tell that Xu Nian was anxious to come back, and he also learned that she had risked going up the mountain to collect herbs in order to save someone. Although he had only known Xu Nian for a short time, he could tell from the little things that she was a kind and good girl.
Such goodwill was met with such treatment, and even he, who was naturally indifferent, felt indignant.
"That's right, you bunch of ingrates, I think we should just kill you all!"
The soldiers who had long been on good terms with Xu Nian were furious and drew their swords, pointing them directly at them.
The villagers had never seen anything like this before. They were terrified, dropped what they were holding, knelt down, and cried out, "Sir, spare our lives!"
"Take it back."
Seeing this, Gu Zhan coldly ordered, "How many times do I have to tell you, don't do anything that is inconsistent with your status."
The soldiers were still dissatisfied, but they had no choice but to obey orders. Reluctantly, they sheathed their swords, but their eyes still glared at them fiercely, as if they wanted to devour them alive.
Xu Nian is such a good girl, how could she be maliciously slandered like this!
Cuiqing was so frightened that she couldn't speak and collapsed to the ground, trembling.
She never expected that soldiers would suddenly appear and shout that they would kill them!
Seeing Gu Zhan and Xu Nian exchanging glances, Cui Qing felt she had figured something out and was so angry she wanted to bite her lip.
What a cunning Xu Nian! She actually seduced the soldiers to scare me. What a vixen!
After speaking for a while, Xu Nian felt much of her inner turmoil dissipate.
She had just heard many people speaking up for her, which was somewhat comforting.
These men and women, who came from the fields, are simple and honest by nature. If it weren't for the famine that caused widespread panic, who knows what they would have become.
"Da Bao, Er Bao, go grind the medicine. When you're done, your big sister will give you sugar cubes."
Xu Nian patted the two children's heads and stuffed the snake grass into their hands.
Having received the order, Da Bao and Er Bao happily responded, clutching the snake grass as they went to grind the medicine, humming a tune, "Sister's back, Sister didn't abandon me~"
This scene immediately made everyone envious and eager.
Those were life-saving herbs, and the Half-Immortal really did bring them back!
"Ha, I knew the Half-Immortal wouldn't abandon us. Those of you who were shouting earlier don't deserve to take the Half-Immortal's medicine!"
The person who had just defended Xu Nian suddenly felt incredibly smug and spat in that direction, his disgust palpable.
Gu Zhan watched the girl's eloquent manner, a hint of admiration in his eyes.
As a general, he naturally wouldn't be biased. He said calmly, "During the days she disappeared, she was captured by the mountain bandit king to be his wife. But she was thinking of you all, and she was determined to escape even at the cost of her life, exchanging her life for medicine to cure her illness."
These words caused an uproar in the audience.
The general before me, dressed in military attire, resolute and solemn, would certainly not lie.
So, in some unknown corner, Xu Nian was actually fighting to the death with that insidious and vicious mountain bandit king, while they shamelessly slandered her!
Immediately, those who had been shouting earlier lowered their heads in shame, crying and saying, "We're sorry, fortune teller, it's all our fault, we wronged you!"
One sound led to another, and then a self-reproachful cry gradually rose up.
[Haha, now they know to cry, but what good will it do! The streamer must never forgive them!]
Seeing this, Xu Nian merely lifted her eyelids, her face still displaying an unyielding coldness.
If we don't teach these people a lesson today, they'll really start treating her like a living saint!
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