Fire Captain

After taking two bites, Bai Ziyang found that the fruit was quite sweet. While he was eating, he saw Han Dieyi open the door and walk out. The morning sun's rays bathed her body, making her look like a fairy in the forest. Bai Ziyang was rarely absent-minded.

Han Dieyi turned around and saw Bai Ziyang holding a fruit in his mouth, looking dazed. He no longer had the carefree and unrestrained look he had when they first met last night. Han Dieyi couldn't help but chuckle.

Bai Ziyang was deceived by this smile, and the result was that the wild fruit in his mouth fell directly on his feet, which woke him up. He smiled and handed the things in his hand over and said, "I still have some dry food, and I picked a few wild fruits. I ate them and they were quite sweet. I'll just have to eat them when I get up early. I don't know how far this place is from the town."

Han Dieyi took the things and said, "Thank you, Mr. Bai. This place is only a day's journey from the town."

Bai Ziyang said: "Calling me Mr. Bai is too polite, just call me Bai Ziyang."

Han Dieyi smiled and said, "Just call me Brother Bai."

Bai Ziyang waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright."

After asking about the distance to the county town, Bai Ziyang started running. A day's journey for an ordinary person only took an hour for Bai Ziyang. He went to the county town to buy some food. Bai Ziyang's principle was that he could not let his mouth go. He also bought some detoxifying herbs. The herbs collected in the wild were not as convenient as those prepared in the pharmacy. Anyway, Bai Ziyang thought of himself as rich and willful!

When Bai Ziyang returned to the cabin in the forest with a bunch of things in his arms, he saw Old Man Han lying on the bed, barely breathing, and Han Dieyi was holding up his wrist and feeding something into Old Man Han's mouth. Bai Ziyang was almost scared to death after seeing it clearly. It turned out that Han Dieyi was cutting his wrist and dripping blood for Old Man Han to drink.

Bai Ziyang quickly threw away what he was holding, ran to Han Dieyi, grabbed her wrist, unfolded a handkerchief, bandaged the wound with a distressed look on his face, and asked, "What happened?"

Han Dieyi looked at Old Man Han worriedly and said, "My father's poison just broke out again, but I don't have any poisonous insects anymore. Because I have been exposed to these poisonous insects and poisonous plants since I was a child, my body is already full of toxins, so..."

After Bai Ziyang bandaged Han Dieyi's wrist, he sat down next to Old Man Han and asked, "Do you often let your father drink your blood like this?"

Han Dieyi nodded slightly. Bai Ziyang took out a silver needle and said as he gave the acupuncture: "I will now slowly guide the poison in your father's body to his dantian. It will take a few days for one acupuncture today. After that, as long as Mr. Han doesn't use martial arts, he will be fine for the time being."

Han Dieyi asked happily: "Really?"

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "Don't worry."

Originally, it should not be difficult to cure Old Man Han with Bai Ziyang's magic, but Bai Ziyang thought that Old Man Han could still cause trouble even when he was poisoned. If he felt relieved after eliminating the poison, he would be like a god. So, it is better to keep the poison for him. It is not time to detoxify it yet.

In the following days, Bai Ziyang gave acupuncture to Old Man Han every day. Usually, he and Han Dieyi went to the woods to pick some wild fruits, hunt pheasants and rabbits, etc., and went to the county town every few days to buy some food. His life was very happy, and his relationship with Han Dieyi grew rapidly.

However, Bai Ziyang recently discovered that this good life might not last long.

The main reason is that Han Dieyi's father, Han Jie, was tricked by his brother into drinking poisoned wine when Han Dieyi was young, and was pushed off a cliff along with his daughter, in order to get Han Dieyi's biological mother. So Han Jie has been wanting revenge for so many years, and he is probably alive today thanks to the power of hatred.

As the saying goes, if you don't explode in silence, you will become abnormal in silence. Old man Han is quite abnormal now. Bai Ziyang heard his conversation with Han Dieyi more than once, saying things like "stay away from this kid, this kid is very suspicious, don't forget that there is still a big revenge to be avenged" and so on.

Bai Ziyang thought to himself: They really demolish the bridge after crossing the river, kill the donkey after unloading the mill, and drive away the monk after reciting the sutra.

The system, which occasionally popped up, said, "Given Han Jie's current level of suspicion towards the host, I suggest that the host leave for a while."

Bai Ziyang said: "Other people's systems can check other people's favorability. Tell me, is it useful if I ask you to?"

System: "I think checking the favorability is too low. Our goal is to make the mission target happy. This is real emotion, not just a number."

Bai Ziyang said: "...I'll finish this bowl of chicken soup, you can do whatever you want. So what should we do now?"

The system said: "I think the host can change the map. If we continue to circle around Han Dieyi, I think the old man will explode in a perverted state."

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "That's right."

The next day, after Bai Ziyang finished the acupuncture, he quietly called Han Dieyi into the woods while Old Man Han wasn't paying attention.

Han Dieyi asked, "Brother Bai, is there something you want me to do?"

Bai Ziyang said straight to the point: "I'm leaving!"

Han Dieyi blurted out in surprise: "Why?"

Bai Ziyang said: "I accidentally heard your father talking to you before..."

Han Dieyi hurriedly said: "Brother Bai, don't listen to my father's nonsense. He is suspicious of everyone because of what happened before. I..."

Bai Ziyang interrupted her and said, "I know, but all good things must come to an end. For Mr. Han's peace of mind, I'd better leave him for a while."

Han Dieyi heard the determination in Bai Ziyang's words and knew that Bai Ziyang's departure was a foregone conclusion. She couldn't help but murmured, "Are you going to abandon me too?"

Although Han Dieyi's voice was pitifully low, Bai Ziyang still heard it. He suddenly reached out and hugged Han Dieyi in his arms and said, "I'm just leaving for a while. It's not like we won't see each other again in the future."

Han Dieyi was suddenly held in Bai Ziyang's arms. She struggled subconsciously, but failed to break free. Perhaps she didn't want to leave this embrace...

After a while, Han Dieyi asked in a muffled voice: "Then...Brother Bai, when are you leaving?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Right away..."

Han Dieyi raised his head and asked, "So fast?"

Bai Ziyang said, "We will leave sooner or later. I don't want to see your sad expression. Promise me, okay?"

Han Dieyi lowered his head and said nothing.

Bai Ziyang took out a jade bottle from his bosom and said, "This is the detoxification pill I made for you. It can remove the toxins in your body. Take one pill every month, and the toxins in your body can be removed in a year."

After that, he stuffed it into Han Dieyi's hand, then took out a bag of silver and said, "This is all the cash I have, enough for you and your daughter to live for a while. From now on, you two should not sleep in the jungle. Stay in an inn in the town and eat something good. When I took your pulse, I found that you were very weak and lacked nutrition."

Han Dieyi nodded and hummed softly.

Bai Ziyang rubbed Han Dieyi's hair and said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Bai is leaving, give Brother Bai a smile?"

Han Dieyi raised her head, her eyes red, and she forced a smile. Bai Ziyang left and said, "Well, she's still very beautiful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure was already several feet away and disappeared in a short while.

Han Dieyi returned to the cabin holding the things Bai Ziyang had given her. Han Jie was already sitting at the table pouring tea. He asked, "Is he gone?"

Han Dieyi nodded.

Han Jie said, "It's better to leave..." Then he looked at Han Dieyi with tears in his eyes and scolded, "Look at your achievements, you are useless."

But after Bai Ziyang left Han Dieyi's sight, he tapped his index finger on his lips and blew a whistle, and a maroon horse came running from a distance. Bai Ziyang's horse was exchanged with the system at a high price. Not only can it travel a thousand miles a day, but it has also accompanied him to travel through many worlds. It is usually in the system space and can be summoned when needed. Bai Ziyang gave it a name, Bai Xiaobai, like his last name. A red horse is called Xiaobai? Usually, it is called Xiaobai Xiaobai, and Bai Ziyang occasionally has the illusion that he is calling himself. (This horse seems to have appeared before, but I forgot whether I wrote it down at the time. Was it red or white? I forgot... just assume it is red...)

Bai Ziyang plans to go to the capital. No matter which world it is, the capital is always a place where stories happen, especially here.

When Bai Ziyang first arrived in the capital, he was exhausted and wanted to find a place to wash off the dust. However, before he even found an inn, he saw many ragged people running together, calling their friends.

Bai Ziyang stopped someone curiously and asked, "Hey, brother, where are you all going?"

The person who was stopped was not angry, and said to Bai Ziyang: "Let's go get some porridge... Brother, are you also from the Beggars' Sect?"

Bai Ziyang was stunned and asked, "What Beggars' Sect?"

The Beggars' Gang brother said, "Because the only daughter of Qianjiazhuang is the last disciple of our Beggars' Gang leader, Qianjiazhuang donates porridge, clothes, rice and flour to the Beggars' Gang brothers every month."

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "Thank you, brother."

Bai Ziyang thought: I have no way to get to know anyone from Qianjiazhuang, so I can get here without any effort. But... Bai Ziyang looked down. Although he looked dusty, he didn't look like a member of the Beggars' Sect. But the solution was simple and crude. There were beggars all over the city, so who would be afraid of not being able to find a piece of rags?

After walking around, Bai Ziyang was holding a broken bowl, leaning on a broken stick, and wearing tattered clothes. He looked like a little beggar, even more like a beggar than a beggar.

Bai Ziyang arrived at the soup kitchen and saw a beautiful middle-aged woman with two maids handing bags of rice and flour to the beggars with her own hands. She had a smile on her face, just like Guanyin.

Bai Ziyang stood in the line, his face becoming paler and paler, sweat pouring out of his forehead. When it was almost his turn, he swayed and suddenly fell to the ground.

The beautiful woman who was distributing porridge saw this and hurried over, shouting, "Chong'er!"

A heroic young man holding a sword came to her side and asked, "Madam, what's the matter?"

It turned out that this beautiful woman was Zhu Yuchan, the wife of the owner of Qianjiazhuang. Zhu Yuchan hurriedly said, "Chong'er, come and see what happened to this child?"

Qian Chong felt Bai Ziyang's pulse and said, "It shouldn't be a serious problem. It seems that his body is too weak and he fainted from hunger."

Zhu Yuchan said, "Poor child, quickly carry him back home and ask a doctor to come and see him."

Qian Chong said in embarrassment: "This..."

Zhu Yuchan said: "Don't talk about this and that, come quickly..."