“How is that possible?” He Zhilan was the first to disagree with Gu Ciyu’s statement. “My Xia’er hasn’t been to the vicinity of Qishan County these days, nor has she had any contact with anyone from Qishan County!”
As she spoke, she prepared to help Lin Qixia up.
"No! Stop her!" Gu Ciyu shouted immediately.
Li Pei reacted quickly and grabbed He Zhilan.
"You! Let me go!" He Zhilan tried to break free from his grip, but was held tightly by one of his hands.
Li Pei said firmly, "Aunt He, I'm doing this for your own good and for everyone in this village. Please don't touch Lin Qixia until Gu Ciyu confirms whether she has been infected."
"Li Pei, you brat! How come you believe Gu Yatou's words but not mine?" He Zhilan scolded anxiously.
However, Li Pei remained unmoved, still holding onto her.
Seeing this, He Zhilan called out to Lin Jiudong beside her, "Dong'er, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and help your sister!"
“But…” Lin Jiudong hesitated, “What if my sister really gets sick?”
He Zhilan was so angry at Lin Jiudong's cowardly behavior that she exclaimed, "Dong'er!"
Lin Jiudong was startled and shrank back, taking a step back and distancing himself from Lin Qixia.
Gu Ciyu, wearing a veil, cautiously stepped forward to observe Lin Qixia's condition.
"How is it?" Li Pei asked her after she had been staring at him for a while without saying a word.
Gu Ciyu shook her head, not entirely sure: "Her symptoms are somewhat similar, but she doesn't have a rash, so I'm not entirely sure."
"Uncertain?" Li Shufen couldn't stand it any longer and said, "Miss Gu, if you're not even sure, isn't it a bit too hasty to say that Xia'er has contracted the plague?"
He Zhilan quickly questioned them, "Sister Shufen is right, Gu girl, you've been too hasty!"
She glared at Li Pei, who was holding her, and said, "Let go of me now!"
The weather is so hot these days, we can't let Lin Qixia lie on the ground forever.
Gu Ciyu frowned and refused, saying, "Even if I'm not sure right now, I can't let Aunt He take this risk!"
"I did it on my own! What's it to you?" He Zhilan scolded her angrily, and tried to break free from Li Pei again.
However, the other party still held her tightly, making it impossible for her to help Lin Qixia.
"Well..." Lin Jiudong looked at this scene with a hint of reluctance in her eyes. Just as she was about to speak, a familiar figure walked past her.
"Get out of the way!" the boy said coldly.
"You, how could you..." Lin Jiudong looked at Huo Yanqing, his jaw dropping in shock.
I never expected this guy to show up in public.
Huo Yanqing, exuding a fierce aura, walked straight through the crowd.
"Hey? Who are you?" Finally, someone in the crowd noticed that the person was unfamiliar and asked.
Huo Yanqing ignored the man and continued walking towards Lin Qixia.
Gu Ciyu frowned upon seeing this: "What do you want to do?"
"Don't go over there!" At this moment, Li Pei didn't care about He Zhilan anymore and quickly let go of her to help Gu Ciyu stop the black-clothed boy.
Huo Yanqing's eyes grew even colder as he was blocked from his path.
"Didn't you hear what Miss Gu just said? You can't go over there!" Li Pei frowned and advised him, "If you come into contact with her, you'll get infected..."
Before he could finish speaking, Huo Yanqing dodged past him in a flash.
The next second, he appeared beside Lin Qixia, slowly squatted down, and hugged her around the waist.
The surrounding villagers were stunned and speechless at the sight.
"you……"
Gu Ciyu was about to say something when she met the boy's indifferent black eyes.
In an instant, she was enveloped by an extremely dangerous aura.
She couldn't swallow the rest of her words.
Huo Yanqing gently picked up Lin Qixia and looked down at the person in his arms.
The girl frowned, her expression slightly pained.
Therefore, Huo Yanqing's aura became even colder as he glanced at the people around him.
The crowd was stunned by the fierce killing intent emanating from him, and they all unconsciously stepped back.
Even though Li Pei was unwilling, he still made way for him.
Huo Yanqing then spoke to Lin Qixia in a clear yet gentle voice, "Let's... go back."
It wasn't until Huo Yanqing had carried the unconscious Lin Qixia away from the crowd and walked quite a distance that He Zhilan finally realized what was happening.
"Let's go!" She grabbed Lin Jiudong, who was standing there lost in thought, and chased after them.
Li Shufen also came to her senses at this moment and scoffed at Gu Ciyu: "You guys are being too unfair this time. Lin girl has worked so hard these days and saved our village's land."
"Lin girl probably fainted because she was too tired, and you took the opportunity to make things difficult for her!"
Zhang Dazhuang quickly echoed his wife's words: "Yes, yes, you guys are so despicable!"
After that, the couple left the crowd and followed.
As they walked, Zhang Dazhuang glanced at the boy holding Lin Qixia not far away and couldn't help but ask, "Where did this kid come from?"
"Who knows!" Li Shufen guessed. "Judging from his attitude towards Lin Yatou, the two of them probably already know each other."
The people of the Great Yin Dynasty were open-minded and tolerant of this situation.
Li Shufen chuckled: "A young man who can defend Lin girl like this is quite nice."
“That’s right,” Zhang Dazhuang nodded in agreement.
Lin Qixia had a dream while she was in a coma, a very absurd dream.
She dreamt of the scene described by the system: the Great Yin Dynasty being annihilated, a scene that was extremely tragic.
The Great Yin Dynasty in her dream was completely different from the place she had lived in reality. Everywhere she looked, there were corpses of the starving and bloodshed.
The Xiahe Village of that time no longer existed. I had fled north to Kyoto with my family, thinking that I had finally escaped a calamity.
As a result, Huo Yanqing led his troops to the capital.
When she faced the boy again, he was no longer the boy she had first met, who had looked at her innocently with clear eyes, begging her for help.
Instead, his hands were stained with blood, and his eyes were filled with a sinister glint as he gripped her neck, saying, "Lin Qixia...you've really made me look for you!"
A sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth, which was extremely chilling.
"I..." Lin Qixia tried to speak, but only felt suffocated.
In the struggle, she caught a glimpse of the bloodied, decapitated corpses of her elder brother Lin Xiao, sister-in-law He Zhilan, Lin Jiudong, and even her youngest niece on the ground beside her.
A wave of terror washed over her, and she screamed, "Ah!"
When she woke up again, Huo Yanqing's familiar face appeared before her eyes.
"What's wrong?" the boy asked her with concern.
"Ahhh, don't come any closer!" Lin Qixia continued to scream.
As she yelled, she threw everything around her at him, such as pillows and the fan she used to cool herself off at night when it was too hot.
Huo Yanqing calmly took the items one by one, then pressed her hand and asked with a puzzled look, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Qixia was completely unable to move and was forced to look at the boy in front of her.
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