"Does it really hurt?"
Shen Zhiyi stopped crying and asked with some doubt.
"Really." Duan Xingzhi reached out his uninjured hand and gently stroked her cheek, wiping away her tears with his thumb.
"Don't cry," he coaxed softly. "I'll put on the medicine."
"I will tell you wherever I go from now on."
"Is this okay?"
Shen Zhiyi was stunned by his unprecedented gentleness, and only then did she realize that she was almost sitting on his lap.
She blushed and stood up, walking around behind him. "That's more like it..."
"Then I'll continue applying the medicine for you."
Duan Xingzhi slightly turned his head.
I saw her fingertips, covered in ointment, gently massaging my shoulder.
There was a barely visible bruise on it.
He curled his lips into a smile.
"Um."
The following day, Shen Zhiyi pulled Duan Xingzhi aside and solemnly announced in the village's assembly square—
"From now on, whoever wants Yan Nu to help with anything or do anything must inform me in advance."
Shen Zhiyi is usually very polite, so it's rare for her to speak in such a serious tone.
This is something that cannot be ignored.
“He is someone I took in, and I have a responsibility and obligation to take good care of him.”
"No matter how much money you offer to bribe him, you can't let him go to such a dangerous place alone!"
"He is in poor health and has not cleared the toxins in his body. He cannot endure hardship or fatigue. We ask our fellow villagers to be understanding."
She bowed deeply to everyone.
The village chief quickly stepped forward and helped her up. "Oh dear, Doctor Shen, since you've said so, we'll take good care of Yan Nu from now on. Why are you being so polite?"
"If it weren't for your help, we don't know how many years shorter our lives would have been."
"There's no need for that."
"Yes, Dr. Shen, there's no need to be so polite," everyone echoed.
"Thank you, Village Chief, thank you everyone." Shen Zhiyi took Duan Xingzhi's hand. "Then I'll take Yan Nu back first."
She pulled him towards the outside of the square.
Duan Xingzhi followed her blankly.
In the sunlight, I stared intently at their clasped hands.
My head is spinning.
In front of so many people, she placed herself within her protective sphere...
Duan Xingzhi was deeply shaken.
The young people below were heartbroken.
Unexpectedly, Dr. Shen cares so much about this person!
Ah-Pan, dragging his injured body, sat in the shade of a large tree, looking at them with a forlorn expression.
Next to him squatted a young man holding a tiger skin.
It was Xiao Ding, whom the village chief had sent to deliver poison to Fuling Valley the day before yesterday.
"He's not in good health?" Xiao Ding complained. "They skinned such a huge tiger, and they say he's not in good health... That tiger could eat three cows!"
"Doctor Shen's heart is completely drawn to the outside world."
"I've never seen her take any patient so seriously before. She not only gave him free medical consultations and let him stay at the pharmacy, but also allowed him to eat and drink for free and not have to do any work."
"He can't even help the villagers."
"Hey, Apan," he poked Apan's uninjured arm, "Do you think that Yan Nu, isn't he Doctor Shen's kept gigolo?"
Ah-Pan felt as if a huge rock was stuck in his chest.
"I have no idea."
Previously, Teng Erniang had been trying to introduce potential partners to Doctor Shen, but she refused them all. Even she herself rarely got close to her.
But she actually took that slave girl's hand.
Ah-Pan lowered his head, feeling pain in his wound and pain in his heart.
Duan Xingzhi overheard their conversation.
He pursed his thin lips and firmly grasped Shen Zhiyi's hand.
"What's wrong?" She turned to look at him.
Duan Xingzhi shook his head.
Back to the pharmacy.
With a cold face, he stared at himself in the bronze mirror for most of the day, examining his wheat-colored skin, a complex emotion, both sweet and bitter, spreading from his chest.
He is clearly not innocent.
There's absolutely no need for her to support us.
He will make money for her, lots and lots of money.
He wanted everyone to envy her.
Instead of discussing her or sympathizing with her.
In Yun Shen Village, there is an ancient temple dedicated to the Old Man Under the Moon.
Legend has it that if you make a wish under the ancient tree in the Yue Lao Temple at a fixed time each year, the gods and Buddhas in the temple will hear the wish of the person with the most sincere heart and help them achieve their wish.
There aren't many people in Yun Shen Village, but every year people go there to fulfill their vows.
So everyone thought it was incredibly effective.
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