Before dawn, Xiao Bao got out of bed, slowly put on his clothes and shoes, and went to open the door.
The wind blew in the darkness, making his robes billow as if his small frame couldn't support the clothes.
Xiao Bao didn't care at all. He stepped out and slowly approached Ye Qingxue's house. Gradually, he heard crying coming from inside. It was Madam Zhou begging Xiangsizi to exchange her life for his.
Xiao Bao stood by the window, poked a hole in the paper windowpane, and looked inside.
Whether standing by Ye Qingxue's bedside or lying on her bedside, in spring, summer, autumn, or winter, their postures were all different, but the only thing they had in common was that they were all sobbing softly.
He saw that Ye Qingxue's life force had dwindled to less than one-tenth. This was probably what the person in the chaos meant by putting her in a life-or-death situation.
He saw Xiangsizi trying to help Madam Zhou up from the ground, but Madam Zhou refused to get up.
Xiang Si Zi sighed deeply and said, "Madam Zhou, it's not that I don't want to save Miss Ye, it's just that... where in the world is there a way to save a life? I'm just a doctor, not a god."
Madam Zhou was trembling all over from crying.
Ye Cunsi remained silent, as if he had become a statue.
Xiao Bao's gaze fell on Ye Qingxue's face again.
He slowly stretched out his chubby, white hand, wanting to touch Ye Qingxue's face, but the distance was too great, so he withdrew his hand, looked away, and turned to leave.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew, rattling the doors and windows. The pear blossoms in the yard fell like raindrops, swirling and pattering down.
Dongbai rushed out to see what was happening. The lanterns swayed under the eaves, and the light in the courtyard was constantly being cut off, making it almost impossible for Dongbai to see anything in the courtyard.
With a thud, the lantern hit a beam and fell to the ground, extinguishing the candle inside and plunging the courtyard into darkness.
how so?
Standing in the wind, Dongbai felt for a moment that she was about to be carried away by the wind!
She quickly grabbed the door frame to steady herself!
Just then, a wolf howl pierced the night sky, like a rusty knife scraping bone, its trailing sound trembling and echoing in the house before finally breaking into scattered sobs.
Dong Bai's face turned pale. She quickly turned around and stumbled back to the bedside. Had Ye Qingxue left?
Was this her final farewell?
At this moment, the room fell into extreme silence. Even Madam Zhou stopped crying, but the tears falling from everyone else's eyes became even larger and they couldn't stop them.
Bai Qi suddenly ran off, as if chasing after something.
"Bai Qi, where are you going?" Dong Bai chased after it with tears in her eyes, thinking that as an animal, it could see the souls of the dead, and that it was running out to chase after its master's soul.
The others thought so too and followed in its footsteps, but they did not expect that it would break into Xiao Bao's room next door.
The room was pitch black, with no lights on, and all you could feel was the howling wind and the freezing cold.
Qiu Shen went out, picked up the lantern in the yard, lit it, and came back in, only to find that Xiao Bao was not on the bed at all.
However, at the foot of the bed, there were still many items they had bought while shopping yesterday.
The phoenix kites, as well as the bamboo dragonflies won in the competition, were all neatly arranged, and nothing was missing.
"Where did Xiaobao go?" Qiu Shen asked.
That gust of wind just now was very strange; it was no exaggeration to say that it swept away the clouds and blocked out the sun. They were really worried that Xiao Bao would be blown away—although it was a bit absurd.
But he was such a small person!
Just now, Dongbai almost lost her balance in the wind!
"Could he have suddenly woken up and gone to the outhouse?" Chunqian guessed. "He cares about Miss so much, he wouldn't go far at this time."
As Qiu Shen approached the bedside with her lantern, she saw a box on the bedside table with a note underneath.
Qiu Shen placed the lantern on the side of the table, picked up the note and looked at it. As she read, her brows furrowed tightly. "Go find Xiao Bao! Go quickly! Gather everyone in the manor to search for him!"
Spring's light and summer's green immediately turned around and went out to arrange for people to search.
Dongbai took the note and read it herself: "What does it say?"
—"The pills in the box can save Mother's life. Before the ten days are up and Mother breathes her last, use Father Yunzhuo's blood to make the medicine, and she can be brought back to life."
"Use Yunzhuo's blood in medicine a million times over! A million times over!"
Dongbai's mind went blank for a moment, and she felt like she couldn't think straight anymore. She immediately looked at Qiu Shen, wanting to ask what this meant.
The only person who calls Ye Qingxue "Mother" and Yun Zhuo "Father" is Xiao Bao, which means that the note was left by Xiao Bao.
Where did Xiaobao go?
Qiu Shen had already taken the box into her hands. She opened the lid and found a jet-black pill with a distinct, refreshing smell. Just smelling it gave her a feeling of clarity and well-being!
Dong Bai's voice tightened: "Can this medicine really bring Miss back from the dead?"
Qiu Shen frowned deeply: "I don't know, I haven't tried it. But Xiao Bao's background is strange. He has always said that he can save Miss, and he has shown many abilities that we find incredible... And Miss is already in this state, so why not try anything?"
Dong Bai said, "If this medicine can really save Miss, why didn't he take it out sooner? Besides, our Miss has no relation to the deposed Crown Prince, so why does she need the deposed Crown Prince's blood to make medicine?"
This is also what Qiu Shen couldn't understand.
"Once we find Xiaobao, we'll ask him why. Right now, I'll take this medicine to Xiangsizi and see what he has to say."
Qiu Shen closed the box, picked up the lantern, and went out. Ye Cunsi, Madam Zhou, and Xiang Sizi stayed in the room to watch over Ye Qingxue. Qiu Shen immediately showed the pills to Xiang Sizi.
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