Su Chen's eyes immediately turned red, and her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would jump out of her chest.
He finally woke up from his sleep, but was awakened by a dull pain in his chest.
"What's wrong? Where does it hurt?"
The concerned and gentle tone startled Su Chen.
Is this person... still the main villain? Or has he been possessed?
Why are you suddenly being so nice to her?
Su Chen frowned, which Mo Rufeng interpreted as her body still aching.
He quickly shouted outside, "Doctor! Come in quickly and take a look! Is she injured anywhere else?"
It must have been tough for the old doctor, who was helped in and walked in shakily to take her pulse. He replied in a shaki voice, "This young lady is alright, but she seems to be a little anemic. I need to prescribe a blood-tonifying formula."
Mo Rufeng asked again, "If we open it, what about malnutrition caused by frostbite?"
The old doctor said, "Frostbite can leave lasting problems; her hands will itch and hurt every winter. This... can only relieve the symptoms, not cure it. This young lady's hands are quite badly affected..."
"Alright, go down." Mo Rufeng waved his hand, and a young apprentice went down to fetch and prepare the medicine.
Su Chen hadn't noticed it before, but now she saw that her hands were wrapped up like a rice dumpling.
Mo Rufeng quickly grabbed her hand and whispered, "Don't move, this is medicine, you can't take it apart."
"Ouch." Su Chen endured the itch and didn't move anymore.
Seeing how obedient she was, Mo Rufeng ruffled her hair and said, "I'll take you back to the Mo family later."
"Go back to the Mo family?" Go back to be a medicine slave? Indeed... being a medicine slave is much easier than being a rough maid.
Mo Rufeng nodded. "Yes, things will be a bit turbulent lately. It's safe for you to stay at the Mo family."
"Okay." Once she gets back to the Mo family, that cheap master will probably come looking for her to go back.
Since Mo Rufeng said this place is not safe, it would be safer to go back to the mountain with our master.
In the afternoon, Mo Rufeng took her back as instructed. Mo Yun did not appear, presumably still fiddling with bottles and jars.
As Su Chen had expected, Huai Yu appeared before her in the middle of the night.
"Is everything settled? Come back with your master."
Su Chen nodded. "It's all done."
Huaiyu smiled, took out a talisman from her bosom, bit her fingertip, and made a slash in the air, instantly grabbing Su Chen's hand.
Su Chen felt a whoosh, and when she opened her eyes again, the two of them were already standing in front of several thatched huts on an unknown mountain.
The first one to come out was the eldest brother.
"Junior Sister is finally back. What would you like to eat? Senior Brother will have Senior Sister make it for you."
One of the senior students who had been called out walked out of another thatched hut with her arms crossed. "Why aren't you doing it? You always make me do it!"
After saying that, she turned to Su Chen with a completely different expression. "Oh, Junior Sister, you've gotten so thin from hunger. Senior Sister will catch some wild game for you and roast it for you."
Just then, another senior student arrived late, saying, "Let me tell you, don't catch rabbits! Rabbits are so cute..."
The eldest brother rolled his eyes at her. "Alright, alright, I won't arrest your kind. You always say that, isn't it annoying?"
Su Chen stood there obediently watching the commotion. The chatter among her senior brothers and sisters made Su Chen feel a sense of warmth and homeliness.
The senior students argued, but they acted very quickly.
Before long, they caught a few pheasants, plucked their feathers, drizzled them with sauce and seasonings, and soon the aroma filled the air.
Su Chen sniffed, and her stomach rumbled rather spinelessly.
One of the senior female students burst into laughter upon hearing this, while the senior male student and the other senior female student covered their mouths and chuckled.
For the first time, Su Chen lowered her head in embarrassment.
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