Starting from helping someone rob a wedding, he was forced to hide in the Sunset Sect

Wang Xichun had a nightmare.

The village was attacked by a group of vicious bandits. Flames engulfed everything, houses collapsed, and villagers fled in terror.

In the chaos, Wang Xichun saw her mother holding her, crying and trying to escape.

The mother's eyes were filled with despair and fear, but she still held Wang Xichun in her arms without hesitation, protecting her and desperately looking for a way to escape.

The bandits' fierce roars echoed in his ears and flames burned before his eyes. Wang Xichun felt as if he was in a hellish scene.

In the end, my mother also died. She was being chased by a bandit and was stabbed in the thigh by two knives. She endured the pain, took the two knives away, and continued to run away.

Wang Xichun woke up from a nightmare, her forehead was soaked with cold sweat and tears flowed from her eyes. She couldn't control her emotions and began to cry softly.

She remembered that the nightmare she had just had was real. Her village was attacked by bandits and all the villagers died.

"Girl, are you okay?" Duan Yandong walked over and asked.

When Wang Xichun heard the voice, she raised her head and wiped away the tears from her eyes.

She saw the man in front of her clearly. He was wearing a plain gray cloth and there was no expression on his face.

She looked at the gauze on her left hand and thigh again, and realized that it was the person in front of her who saved her and helped her treat her wounds.

Wang Xichun wrapped herself tightly in the quilt because she was not wearing any clothes but only underwear.

She huddled in a corner of the bed, tears quietly falling. She lowered her head, her long hair falling on her cheeks, covering her moist eyes.

"Thank you... for saving me. I want to be alone... for a while."

Duan Yandong nodded gently, "Okay, if you feel uncomfortable anywhere, you can tell me."

Duan Yandong did not disturb her and continued to read the medical book in his hand.

Today when he went out to buy breakfast, he heard something that a village a few kilometers outside Baizhu County was attacked by bandits last night.

He guessed that the girl in front of him was most likely someone who had escaped from that village.

He had no friends and had rarely spoken to the girl except for work. He didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only continue reading the medical book in his hand.

Duan Yandong heard the crying stopped for a long time, probably because the girl was tired of crying.

He picked up two steamed buns and a pot of water on the table and went to the bed.

"Let's eat something first."

Duan Yandong wanted to say something else, that only when you are full will you have the energy to cry, but he felt that it was inappropriate to say it out loud.

He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any appropriate words to comfort her, so he returned to his original seat and continued reading.

Inside the house, there were only the sounds of Wang Xichun eating and Duan Yandong turning pages of a book. There was no other sound.

In the evening, Duan Yandong treated the wound on Wang Xichun's left hand and bandaged it with gauze.

"Do you want anything to eat? I'm going out to buy some food now."

"Anything is fine."

She is now living under someone else's roof and is too embarrassed to ask for what she wants to eat.

Duan Yandong felt that this girl would probably stay with him for quite some time, so he thought it would be better to know her name.

"My name is Duan Yandong, what's your name?"

"Wang Xichun."

Duan Yandong returned to Wang Xichun's bed again, holding the clothes that were hung outside.

"Your clothes have been washed and dried. Your left hand is not convenient for washing your body right now. Do you need my help?"

Wang Xichun shyly shook her head: "No, I can wash it myself."

Duan Yandong helped her boil some hot water, placed the wooden barrel filled with hot water next to the bed, and at the same time put the new towel he bought this morning on the bed.

"Then I'm going out to buy some things. I have a lot to buy, so I'll be back a little later."

I have to buy her clothes and underwear. You can't let her wear them for a day or two and then use the quilt as clothes, right?

After watching him close the door and leave, Wang Xichun moved the quilt away and prepared to wash himself.

However, just as she began, the door to the house opened again.

Duan Yandong didn't expect her to take a shower so soon. He immediately closed his eyes and said, "Be careful not to get the gauze wet. It's not good for the wound."

He closed the door again, leaving Wang Xichun with a red face and a towel in his hand.

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Duan Yandong returned home, moved the wooden table next to the bed, and put down the food he had packed.

He looked at the clothes on the bed and asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to put on your clothes?"

Wang Xichun replied somewhat embarrassedly: "My left hand is not very convenient."

Her left hand is now wrapped in gauze and her arm cannot move over a large range. Any movement will cause severe pain throughout the body.

Understanding her situation, Duan Yandong nodded and picked up the clothes on the bed.

"Turn around and I'll help you put it on."

Wang Xichun leaned against him and carefully moved away the quilt that was wrapped around himself.

Duan Yandong gently lifted her left hand, passed it through the cuff of her clothes, and then put the clothes on her.

Finally he tied a bow tie. He didn't know how to make any other belt buckle, only this one.

"Let's eat. I bought stir-fried meat with green peppers and onions, and chicken soup." Duan Yandong said as he sat down.

This transparent box for food was made by Xing Tiansi fifty years ago. It makes it convenient for people to pack their food to take home without having to eat in an inn or restaurant.

Over the past fifty years, this kind of box has become popular in big cities and county towns. It is cheap and you can buy ten from a merchant for just one penny.

Restaurants and inns in Baizhu County use this kind of box to pack meals for guests.

Duan Yandong washed two pairs of chopsticks and two spoons and returned to the wooden table. He originally only had one pair of chopsticks because there would be no guests coming to his house.

Today he went out of his way to buy a new pair of chopsticks and a spoon, and also bought new ones for himself.

"Can you eat with one hand?" Duan Yandong asked Wang Xichun.

"Sure, I've tried eating with one hand before."

He nodded and handed her a pair of chopsticks.

"Thank you." She took the chopsticks and said.

Wang Xichun picked up a piece of green pepper with chopsticks and asked the question he had always wanted to ask: "Why did you save me?"

"There's no special reason. You fell to the ground and I happened to see you, so I saved you." He ate a piece of green pepper and continued, "I'm a doctor. Saving the dying and the wounded is my duty. The old doctor once taught me that I should save people within my ability."

Of course, I also told him that if he is a big villain, don't save him.

"You don't have to worry too much. You can stay here until your injury heals. It's just one more mouth to feed."

His tone was calm, without a trace of hypocrisy.

"I bought you two sets of clothes. I'll help you wash them after dinner. You'll have new clothes to wear tomorrow. The blood stains on your clothes can't be washed out, so it's better to change them."

"If there is something inconvenient, you can call me. I will be at home these days except when I go out for work." Duan Yandong added.