Lu Renjia roared in anger, his heart trembling at the thought of failing at the mission He Suo had assigned him. He left Xu Shiqing's room in disgrace, constantly pondering how he would explain himself later.

Seeing that everyone had left, Da'an sniffed around the room, sneezing as he did so. Fortunately, the incense in the room was no longer strong. He shook his head, and after a while, he finally reached the bedside, ducked under it, and pulled out a piece of clothing. It was Xia Chu's.

Just as it was about to go out, Xiao An squeezed in, but the space under the bed was not big enough to accommodate both of them.

Da'an roared a few times, and Xiao'an whimpered and backed away, but unexpectedly his butt was stuck. Da'an was anxious and slapped his brother with his paws. Xiao'an kept whimpering in grievance, but he couldn't get out.

Where did Xia Chu go?

Zhang Zhou took Xu Shiqing back to his room. Before he could say anything, he saw Xu Shiqing pointing at his bed. He turned around in confusion. Who else could it be but Xia Chu?

Xiaochu! Zhang Zhou was so surprised that he forgot about Xu Shiqing who was powerless all over, and threw himself towards his sister.

Zhang Xin grabbed Xu Shiqing, who was about to collapse to the ground, and shook him viciously, "Do you think I'm dirty?"

"Let go." Xu Shiqing was also drugged by the incense and spoke weakly.

Xia Chu didn't wake up, even her clothes were messy, and her coat was missing.

"Shiqing, what happened?" Zhang Zhou confirmed that his sister was fine, covered her with a thin blanket to hide her exposed shoulders, and returned to the outer room.

Xu Shiqing struggled in vain for a few times, then turned around and glared at Zhang Xin angrily. Zhang Xin had just had enough fun and helped him sit down on a chair. "I'll go find a doctor. You two can talk first."

Through Xu Shiqing's narration, the whole story was pieced together.

He Suowei had someone first charm Xia Chu, then move on to Xu Shiqing. However, Xu Shiqing was extremely sensitive to smells. Even in a deep sleep, the strong aroma woke him up. He sneezed several times, his head spinning from the smell. Subconsciously, he reached for the refreshing sachet he had placed under his pillow before bed and placed it to the tip of his nose.

The people outside thought they had succeeded and came in to take a look. But Xu Shiqing was still somewhat conscious at the time, but he couldn't open his eyes. He heard the sound of someone dragging something heavy, and the attendants outside didn't move, so they probably dragged him away.

Xu Shiqing realized something was wrong, so he pretended to sleep on his stomach and blocked his nose with a sachet. When there was no movement in the room, he was about to get up when he heard someone come in again.

He quickly pretended to be asleep, and Xia Chu was thrown onto the bed. He didn't know who it was at the time, only that there was someone else. After those people took off his and Xia Chu's coats, they left.

In this situation, how could he not know the other party's sinister intentions? He used all his strength to get up and dragged Xia Chu to Zhang Zhou's room next door.

Before I had time to catch my breath, Zhang Zhou and the others came over.

Hearing that the coat was still in Xu Shiqing's room, Zhang Zhou stood up quickly. He was worried that Da'an would take the coat out of the room and others would see it.

As soon as I walked out of the room, I heard the barking of two dogs from next door. Xiao An seemed to have been beaten again, and the barking sounded pitiful.

When Zhang Zhou entered the room, he saw a dog's tail wagging outside. It was Xiao An's. It seemed to want to get out, but unfortunately its butt was raised too high and got stuck on the bed.

"Stupid dog," Zhang Zhou sighed, and went over to hold Xiao An's tail and dragged him out. Da An lowered his body and crawled out with Xia Chu's clothes in his mouth.

At this time, Zhang Zhou was glad that Xiao An was clumsy, otherwise if he took the clothes out, someone would definitely see it.

After folding the clothes neatly and wrapping them in the bed sheet from the closet, Zhang Zhou took the two dogs back to his room.

"It must be something." Xu Shiqing half-lidded his eyes. He didn't dare close them; the moment he did, the world would spin and his body would feel as if it were falling. "He holds a grudge against me for… ridiculing him in the forest. This beast…his methods…are so despicable."

"Drink some water." Zhang Zhou felt sorry for both his sister and his good friend, and secretly decided to settle the score with He Suo.

"I feel so dizzy. Help me go to Zhang Xin's room and lie down for a while. I feel like vomiting." Xu Shiqing stretched out his hand and closed his eyes. He was so dizzy that he almost vomited.

Zhang Zhou suggested, "How about washing your face with cold water? I see that An and Xiao An are soaked through. I guess Madam Li splashed water on them and woke them up."

"It's useless." Zhang Xin returned with the doctor and grabbed Xu Shiqing with one hand. "This incense is for humans. It might not be as effective on dogs. That's why they need to be awakened by water."

"Is this a patient?" The doctor, carrying a medical kit, was about to step forward when Zhang Xin raised his hand to stop him. "Go somewhere else."

After saying that, he glanced at Zhang Zhou, who nodded. After watching his friend leave, he closed the door and helped Xia Chu put on her coat.

He and Xia Chu were not related by blood, so they should avoid suspicion. However, he could not care less about that at the moment. The doctor would come over after he finished examining Xu Shiqing.

Just as he finished tidying up, there was a knock on the door. He Suoyin called out from outside, "Brother Zhang, have you found your sister? Is she safe?"

"Found it. The girl is in my room. She must be here to see me." Zhang Zhou didn't open the door, but just replied.

He Suoyin didn't force himself to go in. Most people could guess what was going on. "As long as it's safe, I'll go back first. Come find me if you need anything."

As soon as He Suoyin left, Zhang Xin came over with a doctor.

"You've been poisoned by the incense. It's harmless. You'll just sleep for a while. I can give you two injections and you'll wake up." The doctor said as he took out a silver needle and gave Xia Chu a few injections on the head.

Xia Chu opened her eyes dazedly, then closed them again. After repeating this several times, her eyes slowly became clear. "Second brother? This..."

"Nothing, just rest for a while." Zhang Zhou helped her straighten the quilt, sent Zhang Xin and the doctor out, and closed the door. "How is Shiqing?"

"He's doing better than your sister. He can get up now. I'll let him lie down and rest for a while." Zhang Xin turned to the old doctor. "You haven't been here today."

"Yes, I have never been here and I don't know anything." The old doctor nodded hurriedly and ran away with the medicine box. His speed was not like that of an old man at all.

"Thank you very much." Zhang Zhou bowed deeply.

"You're so polite. Do you want to cut off my robe?" Zhang Xin raised his eyebrows.

Zhang Zhou smiled helplessly, "Don't joke about this, Brother Yuanshan."

Zhang Xin smiled, then said seriously: "How can I be uninvolved in this matter? Lu Renjia's words just now have already exposed it. I don't want to let this matter go like this." After he said that, he narrowed his eyes dangerously, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

Xia Chu rested for a while and then got up. Zhang Zhou asked her to tidy up her appearance and walked with her outside to show everyone that she was intact. This would prevent too many bad rumors from spreading. Bai Wuxia and others surrounded Xia Chu as soon as they saw her.

"It's all my fault. We agreed to be inseparable, but someone took you away right under my nose." Bai Wuxia has been blaming herself ever since the accident. At this moment, she felt so upset that her eyes turned red and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Who would have thought he would be so arrogant?" Xia Chu held her hand, "Don't blame you, I should have just not opened the door."

"Now that things have come to this, we should be more careful in the future," said Li Yun.

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