Koi Fubao: Being loved by everyone on the road to escape from famine

Yu Li's narration is like a series of heavy pictures, slowly unfolding in the air.

Under Jin Chengfeng's captivity, she was forced to drink a bitter medicine of unknown ingredients every day.

The moment the liquid entered her throat, her consciousness began to blur, and every late night, the pain in her body was like being cut back and forth by countless blades, excruciating pain that made her feel worse than death.

In the midst of despair and torment, Yu Li several times considered giving up her life because she could not endure such torture.

But when she thought of her father still being detained by Xuan Yutang and his life or death uncertain, she gritted her teeth and persevered out of her strong desire to see her father again.

However, in the following nights, Jin Chengfeng seemed to change his strategy and forced her to take another drug, threatening her father's life if she resisted.

After taking those drugs, Yu Li felt as if her skin was being peeled off alive, and the pain almost drove her crazy.

Xiao Zhixue listened to this heart-wrenching narration, and the rows of cold corpses and human skins in the dark room emerged in her mind. A chilling guess quietly rose in her heart - could it be that Jin Chengfeng intended to use these human skins to create horrible puppets? However, this evil plan was interrupted by her and Fan Yanmu's intervention before it could be realized.

Worried that Yu Li might have been seriously poisoned, Xiao Zhixue immediately took her pulse.

As expected, the diagnosis confirmed her worries. Yu Li's body was indeed infected with a deadly poison. If no antidote was found within seven days, her internal organs would rupture one by one and her skin would fall off painfully like a snake. The consequences would be disastrous.

Fortunately, there were still a few precious detoxifying herbs stored in the space. Combined with the various poisonous medicinal materials that Xiao Zhixue had carefully collected before, she gradually had an idea in her mind.

The situation is urgent. Since we have already intervened, we might as well resolve it thoroughly.

She gently told Yu Li to go back to her room and rest, and told her that the servants would bring her dinner later.

Yu Li's heart was filled with endless gratitude. After bowing repeatedly to express her gratitude, she slowly returned to the simple and quiet Zen room.

Xiao Zhixue then walked into the small house where her parents lived, and saw her mother Zhou Shuqiong, who was concentrating on cooking a pot of wild vegetable soup in front of the stove with her head down. The faint green steam lingered under the dim light, revealing a hint of the hardship and warmth of life.

She sat quietly beside her mother, but her soul sank quietly into the space, using the sophisticated equipment and rare materials in it to carefully prepare a pill that could detoxify.

The two medicines were carefully sealed into two jade-white porcelain bottles, waiting to exert their miraculous effects.

Soon, Aunt Hu came with her two lively children, Guo Xiao and Guo Hua, to help prepare dinner.

Xiao Zhixue caught a glimpse of Guo Xiao busying around, and handed him the porcelain bottle containing the detoxification pill, and whispered, "This is your sister's medicine. Remember to let her take one pill after dinner."

Guo Xiao took the porcelain bottle, a bright smile broke out on his face, and he nodded repeatedly to express his gratitude.

Aunt Hu also cooked a bowl of wild vegetable soup to fill the stomachs of the hungry Guo Xiao and Guo Hua. She then carried a bowl of hot vegetable soup and walked towards Guo Jia, who was bedridden due to illness.

Xiao Zhixue looked at everyone sitting around a table, drinking simple wild vegetable soup with rough bread, and secretly sighed at the temporary difficulties. She thought that it was not the best time to bring up the newly discovered food reserves of the Xuanyutang branch.

Zhou Shuqiong skillfully divided two bowls of steaming wild vegetable soup and assigned Xiao Tingxuan to deliver them to Yu Fugui and Yu Li respectively.

Xiao Tingxuan was about to step out of the room when he was stopped by Xiao Zhixue's voice: "By the way, bring this medicine to Yu Li as well. Remember to give it to her every three hours."

Xiao Tingxuan nodded in agreement, holding the wild vegetables and medicine bottle in his hands, and hurried to the Zen room in the backyard.

When he came back, there was an exquisite sachet in his palm. He quickened his pace and almost trotted back to Xiao Zhixue's side. He said excitedly: "Sister, Miss Yu asked me to give this to you. She said it was to thank you. You must accept it."

Xiao Zhixue took the sachet that looked ordinary but seemed to hide something extraordinary. She put it close to her nose and sniffed it gently, but found that there was no fragrance wafting away, and it seemed that the spices inside were not ordinary spices.

With curiosity gleaming in her eyes, she gently opened the small mouth of the sachet. A finely crafted, soft human skin mask lay quietly there, looking extremely mysterious.

She was immediately filled with doubts. Why did Yu Li have such a strange item?

Xiao Tingxuan seemed to see her confusion, and then explained: "Miss Yu mentioned that she secretly obtained this from Jin Chengfeng. Maybe you can use it in the future."

When Xiao Zhixue heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. She thought to herself that she was not an expert in disguise, and she would not be able to use such a human skin mask even if she got it.

However, thinking that this object came from Jin Chengfeng, a mysterious figure, she decided to keep it and put it in that magical space.

Just as Xiao Zhixue was chewing the bitter wild vegetables and immersed in various speculations about what might happen in the future, a tall figure appeared silently behind her, like a mountain suddenly appearing in the night.

Looking back suddenly, her eyes met Fan Yanmu's sharp eagle-like gaze unexpectedly. His resolute face seemed even more angular in the dim light.

Seeing this, Zhou Shuqiong immediately invited him warmly: "Mr. Fan, have you had dinner? If not, please join us."

Fan Yanmu's eyes were fixed on Xiao Zhixue, as if waiting for her response.

Xiao Zhixue felt a little surprised. When did Fan Yanmu become so polite?

In the past, he was always nonchalant and would casually sit next to her, without any sign of needing advice.

The change at this moment caused subtle ripples in Xiao Zhixue's heart.

Why did his behavior today reveal unprecedented abnormality?

This abnormal behavior was like throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing ripples.

"Sit down, have you had your porridge?"

Xiao Zhixue spoke softly, moving gracefully towards the space beside her, with a gentleness in her movements that could not be ignored.

The sunlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, dappled onto her face, adding a touch of gentleness to her.

When Fan Yanmu heard this, a warm current seemed to flow through his heart, and the solemn expression on his face instantly melted like spring snow meeting the warm sun, and was replaced by an unconcealable joy.

He could hardly wait and sat down beside Xiao Zhixue in a very good mood. A faint smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth, which was a long-lost happiness.

Not far away, Ying Yi and Ying Er looked at each other, and a hint of relief flashed in their eyes.

Ever since Xiao Zhixue left the quiet and solemn Zen room, Fan Yanmu's face has been gloomy like the sky covered by dark clouds.