"But I'm perfectly fine right now, there's absolutely no problem with me."
"That proves that my sister's illness is just a simple cold, and it's not contagious at all."
"Sister, don't worry too much about your condition. You'll definitely get better soon."
Xia Sen spoke, trying to comfort Xu Yuehuai.
Upon hearing what she said, Xu Yuehuai was at a loss for words.
Xia Sen said again, "Sister, you should rest here for a while. I'll go look around and see if there are any wild fruits. Sister, you've just woken up, so you must replenish your nutrition first."
After making arrangements for Xu Yuehuai, Xia Sen immediately went to search the surrounding area.
He wanted to find something to eat quickly and bring it to Xu Yuehuai.
But after searching for a long time, Xia Sen found nothing.
Xia Sen returned somewhat dejectedly, "Sister, I'm really sorry, I couldn't find anything to eat."
"I'm so useless, I'm going to let my sister go hungry."
Xu Yuehuai said to Xia Sen very gently, "These things shouldn't have been your responsibility in the first place. You've done a great job. It's okay if you didn't find anything. Maybe we'll find something to eat on our way."
"You've been working so hard for so long, you should stop and rest for a while."
"After we recover our strength, we will continue to the next town tomorrow."
Xia Sen nodded, and then the two of them rested.
Xia Sen then placed one of his robes on Xu Yuehuai to keep her warm.
"Xia Sen, you're dressed very thinly yourself, don't give me your robes, I'm fine."
Xu Yuehua wanted to take off the clothes she was wearing and return them to Xia Sen.
Xia Sen quickly stopped her, placing the robe tightly on Xu Yuehuai's body.
"Sister, please don't refuse. You've suffered so many injuries. If you don't keep warm, you might be in danger."
"And you've caught a cold, so you need to cover yourself with this robe now."
"Don't let my thin appearance fool you, I'm a boy after all, and I'm in great physical condition."
As he spoke, Xia Sen showed Xu Yuehuai his muscles, but he was already thin and small and didn't have any muscles at all.
Xu Yuehuai was deeply moved, and her eyes welled up with tears.
"Okay, then I'll accept your kind offer. Let's go to sleep now."
"Come closer to your sister, let's put this robe on together."
Then, Xia Sen moved closer to Xu Yuehuai, and the two leaned against each other, draping their robes together.
Then they rested. Everything around them was very peaceful and quiet, as if everything had frozen in time. There were no insects chirping either.
The moonlight was particularly faint, and everything was extremely dark.
A cool breeze was blowing around them, and they couldn't help but shiver.
After closing her eyes for a long time, Xu Yuehuai finally fell asleep.
I was awakened by the sound of birdsong in the morning.
Everything around seemed to awaken, and other creatures appeared in the jungle.
Xu Yuehuai opened her eyes and found that Xia Sen was no longer there.
"Xia Sen, where have you been?"
"Don't scare your sister!"
Xu Yuehuai called out to those around her. She knew Xia Sen would never leave her alone, but now she didn't know where Xia Sen had gone, and she was afraid that something might have happened to him.
However, after some time, Xia Sen finally returned, holding a pheasant in his hand. The pheasant struggled violently, but it couldn't escape Xia Sen's hands at all.
"Sister, I just heard a chicken clucking, so I went to catch one and brought it back."
"You haven't eaten for quite a while, so this is a good opportunity to help you recover. Maybe after you eat this chicken, you'll be able to recover faster."
Xu Yuehuai was deeply moved that Xia Sen had gone to catch chickens so early in the morning.
"Then I'll help you deal with this chicken."
"Sister, you still have so many wounds on your body, so don't bother with them. I know how to take care of them myself."
Xia Sen did not delegate anything to Xu Yuehuai; he did everything himself.
Xu Yuehuai lay peacefully beside the tree trunk, watching Xia Sen process the pheasant. After a while, she suddenly felt sleepy again and slept for a long time.
Xu Yuehuai finally woke up when she smelled a very fragrant aroma.
When Xia Sen saw that Xu Yuehuai had woken up, he immediately grabbed a large chicken leg and walked towards her.
Xu Yuehuai saw that Xia Sen's hands and face were completely black, but he still looked very cute.
"Sister, eat quickly!"
"Okay, you eat too!"
Xu Yuehuai told Xia Sen to eat quickly as well.
"OK!"
After they finished eating the pheasant, they regained some of their strength.
Then Xia Sen dragged Xu Yuehuai along, just like before, and continued on their way.
Xu Yuehua felt particularly sorry for her, but she was completely unable to move and could only do this.
She thought that once she recovered and reunited with Qi Guze and the others, she would definitely repay Xia Sen properly.
They hurried toward the town, but on the way, they suddenly saw some other people by the roadside.
They seemed to be refugees as well, fleeing from other places, all heading to the next town.
Then Xu Yuehuai carefully observed the refugees around her and saw that some of them were coughing, and their symptoms seemed to be exactly the same as hers.
She became increasingly suspicious that she and those people might have contracted the plague.
However, there was no way to know for sure, so they could only continue silently toward the town.
Then they arrived at a small town with a small population, but everything was very quiet and there were no troublesome people.
Xu Yuehua judged that they might have gotten far away from the place next to Qili Village, otherwise they would definitely have been caught by the officials there.
They entered the town with remarkable ease and found a place to rest. It was a corner, and there were other refugees squatting in the corner as well.
Some passersby, seeing how pitiful these refugees were, would either throw them a few coins or a few steamed buns.
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