After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

"Ownerless?" Yuan Ge was slightly stunned. This statement was quite strange, but after thinking about it, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

"Yes." Jianshu's whole body softened completely. She tilted her head to look at Yuan Ge. Her pupils were dark in the light, like the windless sea under the moonlight on a winter night, vast and quiet. She said, "For a wolf, there is only submission, not protection. At that time, she still needed your protection, so she was willing to serve you as her master. It was a temporary measure, not out of loyalty. When her claws were sharp, it would be the best outcome if she quietly left for a little kindness. If she was cruel and tore you apart with one claw, what could you do?"

Isn't it just... torn apart?

"I didn't expect that you are more insightful than me." Yuan Ge smiled and shook his head, "You are usually too dull. Look, isn't it good to talk to me like this? I feel like I have suddenly become enlightened..."

"It's not that I'm persuasive. It's just that you've been well protected, and you've never seen how bad people's hearts can be... Some people are much worse than wolf cubs." Jianshu suddenly paused, frowned and listened carefully, then said, "Someone came, outside the medicine garden, and said he wanted to pay New Year's greetings to the Great Elder."

It was only a short time ago and it was still raining. Who would have gone to Grandfather's yard and rushed to the medicine garden at such an early age? Obviously, he heard that the old man had rested here last night, so he came to see the true face of her medicine boy under the pretext of paying New Year's greetings? He was even worried that if he came too late, Grandfather would go back, and the excuse they had finally found would be useless, so he rushed here early in the rain... This thought and this calculation were all reflected on her face.

I just don’t know which one it is?

"Since we're here, we can't let them go back empty-handed." It didn't make sense for a little medicine boy like her to still be sleeping in when the Great Elder had gotten up. Yuan Ge grinned and sat up, hugging his knees and nodding at the door, "Then get up and see if breakfast is ready."

Jianshu lifted the quilt and stood up. The cold air hit her in an instant, and she shivered uncontrollably. Her fingertips grasping the corner of the quilt paused, and she suddenly turned around to look at Yuan Ge, "Young Madam."

She called out, and meeting the other person's gaze, she swallowed her saliva as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Young Madam, I am not a wolf cub. I will always be the sword and shield in your hands, to follow your plans and protect you. I will never betray you."

This is not a good occasion to show loyalty. The quilt is soft and warm, but loyalty is always the opposite of warmth and softness. But I don't know why, maybe it's the days under the sun that make people nostalgic, maybe it's the trust at that moment that makes people moved, or maybe it's just the little bit of warmth in the winter rainy day, so I blurted it out almost impulsively - I felt relieved after saying it, anyway, I seem to be less and less like myself now.

Yuan Ge unexpectedly opened his eyes wide, and after a while, his eyebrows curved, "I know... It's just a book review. I don't need you to use people as shields. People are people, they are flesh and blood... If one day I encounter danger, I don't need you to stand in front of me as a shield. Trading one life for another is too stupid, do you understand?"

Jianshu hummed softly, lowered his head and walked away. His voice sounded somewhat perfunctory, and it was unclear whether he heard anything or not.

Yuan Ge also knew that for people like Jianshu, they subconsciously felt that their lives should be sacrificed for their masters. This concept was deeply rooted and not easy to change. He could only wait for time to influence her subtly... After all, the current Jianshu was very different from the original one.

The rain was still falling, but the wind seemed to have died down a lot, and it was difficult to hear clearly from a distance.

The voices of inquiry at the gate of the courtyard became clearer and clearer. It sounded like the second and third elders came together. They were probably deliberately speaking too loudly to ask the servant if the first elder was there. The servant spoke in a low voice and no one knew what he said. The other party then loudly "discussed" with each other whether they should wait. Finally, they decided to wait outside the gate hesitantly. After all, the rule of not entering the medicine garden without permission had been verified by many people. However, the voices were so loud that even if my grandfather was still sleeping soundly, he would definitely hear them.

Sure enough, a servant soon came trotting to the door and invited the person into the medicine garden.

Yuan Ge sat in the house for a while, waiting for the simple porridge and side dishes to be served. After finishing the meal, he leisurely changed into a festive red dress, tied a hairband of the same color, and then leisurely went to the main house of the medicine garden with Jianshu.

She lowered her head and walked to the door in small steps. She stood outside the threshold, quickly glanced inside the room, then quickly retracted her gaze and bowed slightly, "Master Feng, Great Elder, I greet the two elders."

The third elder hummed softly and said nothing more.

The second elder Zhuang Lichuan said, "No need to formalize," and waved to let Yuan Ge in. He looked at Yuan Ge with a smile and asked, "You are the new medicine boy that Master Feng has accepted, right? Master Feng hasn't accepted a medicine boy for many years. I think you are a very talented and lovable girl. Come, come closer, come closer, let me take a look."

Yuan Ge raised his eyes timidly and glanced at Feng Qingtan, which made Feng Qingtan's heart beat fast - this dead girl looked half dead last night, and now she suddenly started acting in front of these two people after sleeping for half a night. As the saying goes, there must be something wrong when something is abnormal, and this abnormality... must be a big monster!

Elder Feng quickly glanced between the second and third elders, and having some guesses in his mind, he nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "Since the second elder has ordered you to do so, come in." It was rare for the dead girl to be so well-behaved, which really made people feel cold.

Yuan Ge then walked in slowly, came in front of Zhuang Lichuan, bowed again, and said, "My daughter Shiyin greets the Second Elder."

She also bowed while examining the book behind her, but she said nothing. She really couldn't learn the young lady's crisp appearance, so it was better not to learn.

"Shiyin..." Zhuang Lichuan smiled as he recited the name while holding his teacup. "It's a good name. Don't be afraid. Although the rumors outside are supernatural, the old men in our mountain are all easy to talk to. Lift your head and show me what you look like."

There was a rumbling sound of thunder in the distant sky. In the dark sky, Yuan Ge slowly raised his head and looked at the other party. A white mist flashed in the sky. There was a smile on the corner of the girl's mouth, which seemed to be too late to hide. It flashed away, and Zhuang Lichuan was startled by this familiar smile. He looked carefully but there was nothing there, only the timid and soft smile of the girl in front of him... At that moment, it seemed like his illusion, an illusion caused by being dazzled by the lightning.