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"teacher!"

This little action of hiding behind his body, coupled with a rare confused expression, made the young man look a little cute and childish. But no matter how fast he hid, Alger could see it clearly.

Arge turned around nervously and shouted, "Deco, the teacher seems to be injured, come and have a look."

"Ah?!" Jin Daiqi and the others all looked over. Shoubing, who was soaking in the bucket, was left alone. They all ran over and surrounded Lan Xia.

“…”

Lan Xia felt a tingling sensation on his scalp for some reason. He took a half step back with his hands behind his back and tried to explain with a smile: "I'm not injured, I..."

Jin Daiqiao's face sank, and she displayed the domineering attitude of a doctor. She pushed away her brother who was afraid to take action, and relying on her small stature, she grabbed Lan Xia's hidden wrist and pulled her forward.

She is not an evolver, and Lan Xia is afraid of accidentally hurting someone, so she can only let her do what she wants.

The blood on the fingers of the hand exposed to everyone's eyes had not yet dried, and due to hypothermia, the fingertips were a cold blue.

Like a piece of ice jade tempered with blood.

Xiguang has just found a place to stay and has a lot of things to deal with. Lan Xia really doesn't want everyone's attention to be on him, and this is really not a big deal.

He joined Xiguang for his own purpose, and everything he did was for the development of Xiguang. From the perspective of maximizing benefits, he only had minor injuries and old illnesses, which would at most cause some pain and would heal on their own in a few days. These kids really shouldn't waste too much time on him.

Besides, they had not known each other for long, and the relationship between them was probably just one of dependence and being dependent, so Lan Xia did not quite understand, nor did she adapt to the inexplicably silent atmosphere around them.

He raised his fingers with all his strength, trying not to let the blood on his hands stain the little girl's new skirt. "Okay, okay, I'm really fine. Shoubing is in the broken mirror period of S Evolver. He used up some strength to suppress the mental storm, but it's not a big problem."

After a pause, the young man looked around and seemed to understand something. He added in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, it won't affect the development of Xiguang."

After he finished speaking, the surroundings became even more silent. Jin Daixiu's eyes turned red. She lowered her head and took out a piece of gauze, and wiped the blood off Lan Xia's fingertips: "It's not because..."

"Deke!" Alger suddenly spoke. He glanced at Lan Xia and said, "It's for Xiguang's development, but mental storms are very dangerous. For the sake of safety, let Deke examine and treat you."

"It won't take much time. Besides, Xiguang has just arrived here and needs to get familiar with the surrounding environment."

Lan Xia lowered her head and met Jin Daixi's pitiful expression. She finally compromised helplessly, took off her windbreaker, and sat on the chair next to her. "Okay."

Jin Daiqiao quickly took out a body test ring. Wearing the test ring on the left elbow for three minutes can get accurate body data. The one in her hand was modified and made by herself, and it is several times more accurate than those on the market.

After pulling up the shirt, the purple marks on Lan Xia's forearms left by the nutrient injection were exposed to the air, which was particularly shocking.

Jin Daiqi was stunned.

Lan Xia cried out, and subconsciously tried to hide backwards again. Halfway through hiding, she suddenly remembered that she was checking something, so she paused and had to reach out her other hand to cover her arm.

He curved his eyes nicely and said embarrassedly, "Sorry, teacher forgot. Did I scare you?"

Seeing that Jin Daiqiu didn't say anything, Lan Xia thought he was really scared by him, and said, "It's very convenient to inject nutrients into the arm instead of eating. Dai Ke will go and watch over Bing. It doesn't matter whether the teacher tests or not--"

Click.

The detection ring locked around his elbow.

Lan Xia: ...

Probably every doctor has no patience to listen to patients blabbering about how they are fine. Jin Daiqiao pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

Although she is young, timid and likes to cry, she has experienced life and death, and is actually much more mature than the average person.

While waiting for the test data, she suddenly remembered the night when they had a barbecue not long ago. When the teacher found her, he also hid his hands behind his back and half-rolled up his shirt.

So at that time, was the teacher injecting himself with nutrients?

She didn't believe that someone skipped meals just because the nutritional supplements were convenient. The only possibility was that the teacher couldn't eat.

Judging from the number of pinholes on the arm, it must have lasted for some time. If it was just an injury, considering the physical fitness of a spiritually evolved person, it shouldn't have lasted for so long before it got worse.

She probably won't get anything out of asking now.

So after collecting Lan Xia's physical data, Jin Daiqi also quietly took away the gauze that wiped the blood from Lan Xia's fingertips.

"The instruments and equipment are simple. The data has been obtained, but I still need time to analyze it," Jin Daiqi said, "Brother, I will leave the teaching to you."

After she said that, she ran out.

Lan Xia put her clothes in order: "Okay, no need to wait here, go do whatever you need to do."

Arge: "Well, teacher..."

His eyes moved between Lan Xia's forearm, which was full of pinholes, and Shoubing.

"I won't go out. I'll just rest here and keep an eye on Shoubing." Lan Xia glanced at the little leader in the corner, "Don't tell anyone about what happened today. Take him away and then go see Dai Ke."

When he said to take a break, Alger's frown relaxed a little: "Okay."

From beginning to end, this future leader behaved very maturely, but when he was leaving, he couldn't help but glance at Shoubing who was soaking in the bucket.

I thought viciously, when this guy wakes up, he will definitely force this bastard to apologize in front of the teacher!

It was already late at night when I finished giving instructions one by one.

When passing by the house, Alge saw his sister squatting on the steps.

It was small, curled up into a ball, holding a thin stick in its hand, poking at the small reptiles on the ground.

The starry night was bright, and the little girl looked a little depressed.

Arge walked over and squatted beside her: "Deco, you are not happy."

After a while, I heard a muffled "Hmm."

Jin Daixiu hugged her knees, the twinkling stars in the sky reflected in her eyes, and she felt a little dazed.

"Although I have only known Teacher Lan Xia for a short time, he saved our lives and he is so amazing. I have long regarded him as someone I am very close to and respect. But today I discovered that the teacher does not seem to think so, does not care about us very much, and even seems... does not care about himself very much."

Just like today, even though he was hurt from suppressing Shoubing's mental storm, his first reaction was to hide it instead of sharing it with the people around him.

After being discovered, he just explained that he would not affect Xiguang's development. He is such a gentle person, but his concern for his own body can even be described as stingy and indifferent.

But life is very precious and the most beautiful thing, isn't it?

Arge thought for a moment and said, "Deco, the teacher is a little different from us. He..."

【I am just a wanderer, looking for a place where violets can bloom. 】

Arge remembered what Lan Xia said to him at the beginning.

"He promised something that had to be done, so everything else became unimportant." The thorns on the road will hurt, but those who have only one goal in mind will not feel the pain.

Arge is precocious and a natural leader who sees many things more clearly than most people.

He sighed and said, "Teacher - in fact, he is a very difficult person to approach."

Although he is not arrogant, does not get angry easily, is gentle and has a good personality, but that kind of gentleness and meticulousness is also a symbol of alienation.

Arge went to check and found that his and Decor's room had been cleaned up and was fully stocked with all the things they liked that they had talked about with the teacher during their usual chats.

When he asked, he found out that the things in the room were bought by the teacher himself when he went to the black market, and the teacher took them all to heart.

It is true that he and Decor are the teacher's students, and the teacher will take care of and protect them and help Xiguang go further, but for the teacher, that's probably all.

He has always felt that the teacher is like the moonlight in the sky, light and unrealistic, not as vivid and lifelike as the little action of hiding his hands behind his back today.

"But it's really abominable," Alger leaned back on the steps without any image, his mature appearance was wiped out, and the boy waved his fist at the sky angrily, "You can't even take care of yourself, and you still say you can take care of us."

Jin Daiqi: "Brother, why didn't you say it in front of the teacher?"

Arge: "A teacher is a teacher... I don't have the courage. By the way, what are the results of the teacher's physical examination?"

Talking about business, Jin Daiqiu sat up straighter, "Yes, it's just like what the teacher said, there are traces of frost on the meridians, and the internal injuries are minor. There is no medicine for this, and it will heal in a few days. But when I did the test, I found that the teacher had a serious old stomach disease."

Of course, it is impossible to analyze the situation using only the collected data. These are the conclusions she drew from the test results on the blood-stained gauze.

She paused, as if she was a little puzzled. "I tried to use drugs to treat stomach problems in cells and choose the most appropriate treatment plan, but strangely, the pathogen is almost immune to all drugs. In other words, conventional drugs have no effect on the teacher."

But this situation only exists in the stomach area, and the rest of the body is normal, which is very strange.

This also means that once the teacher's abdominal cavity is injured, it may affect the stomach, and the injury will be difficult to heal.

If it were an ordinary person, he could just get an artificial stomach and not be afraid of any torture. But as an S-level spiritual power evolver, in order to release spiritual power, he must require the naturalness of all organs in the body, especially the limbs and internal organs, otherwise it would be impossible to release spiritual power.

Arge: “Isn’t that dangerous?”

"As long as you take good care of yourself and eat well, there shouldn't be any problem," Jin Daiqi said. "Do you remember that when the teacher rescued us, his abdomen was penetrated by shrapnel? The teacher has been injecting nutrients during this period. I suspect that the stomach was injured. The data did not detect it, which means that it is almost healed."

She was a little frustrated. “But we didn’t know until today.”

Arge: "It's okay, Decca. The teacher didn't want to tell us before. Now that we know, we can look at him in return."

"I believe that before long, the teacher will no longer isolate us from his world. To him, Xiguang is not just a developing organization, but a place that carries many beautiful memories."

Jin Daiqiao nodded quickly and said seriously: "Then, let's start with the first meal tomorrow morning. I will cook the porridge myself!"

Arge: "..."

He was silent for a moment: "Goodbye, sister."

Jin Daixi: “?”

"I'll go find the chef tomorrow," Alger begged, "Please let the teacher go."

Jin Daixi: “…”