The village chief's house is nearly two kilometers away from Grandma Hua's house, so it takes some time to walk there.

"Can you ride a bike?" Pei Qingyu looked at Xu Jiayun. "Electric scooter."

Xu Jiayun smiled: "I've been in Sunset Town longer than you, what do you think?"

Pei Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then she smiled when she realized what was happening. "Oh, right, then you should be careful when riding your bike at night and ride slowly."

"Okay." Xu Jiayun took the herbs.

Sunset Town is very quiet at night. Under the street lights, there is only a small pink electric scooter riding.

Summer insects were chirping, and the cool sea breeze was blowing towards her along the tree-lined path. Xu Jiayun's long hair was fluttering in the wind.

After arriving at the village chief's house, Xu Jiayun parked his electric scooter in the village chief's courtyard, took the medicinal herbs and knocked on the door.

"I'm coming."

The door opened, and Aunt Li, the village chief's wife, saw Xu Jiayun. She was stunned for a moment before she realized, "Hey! Isn't this Jiayun? When did you come back?"

"I just got back today." Xu Jiayun smiled and said, "Aunt Li, I'm delivering some medicinal herbs to my mother-in-law."

"Hurry up, come in and talk."

Aunt Li invited Xu Jiayun into the house and said, "Please sit down for a while. I'll bring the herbs upstairs."

"Okay." Xu Jiayun walked to the wooden chair in the living room and sat down.

Aunt Li took the herbs and hurried upstairs.

The village chief's house was also a self-built house with three floors, all with stairs. Aunt Li went up and came down soon after.

Xu Jiayun stood up and asked, "Aunt Li, how is your relative?"

"Oh, I'm not sure yet." Aunt Li came over and sat down. "Don't stand there. Sit down. It's been a while since I last saw you. Let's catch up."

Xu Jiayun curled his lips into a smile, then bent down and sat down.

Aunt Li poured a glass of water and put a few rose petals in it. "It's so late, I won't offer you tea. I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep. I planted these roses myself. They are good for your skin and beauty."

Xu Jiayun took the cup of water and said, "Thank you, Aunt Li."

Aunt Li looked at Xu Jiayun, carefully examined her, and nodded. "You look much better than before. We all saw the Chinese painting competition you participated in on TV. The day you won, my husband, Old Li, went straight to the office to broadcast the news. You are a world-class champion from Xiyang Town!"

"It's just one game. Calling me a world-class champion is a bit of an exaggeration." Xu Jiayun felt a little embarrassed by the praise. "I was just lucky."

"Don't be so modest!" Aunt Li waved her hand. "The painting you gave Old Li earlier, he treasures it so much that he couldn't bear to hang it on the first floor. He hung it upstairs in his study instead! Given your current worth, that painting must be worth a lot of money, right?"

"Nothing." Xu Jiayun took a sip of water, and footsteps were heard from the stairs.

It was Grandma Hua and the village chief coming down.

Seeing Xu Jiayun, Granny Hua was startled for a moment, then walked over and asked, "Why are you here to deliver the herbs?"

"I couldn't sleep, and Xiaoyu just happened to say she wanted to send some herbs over, so I came." Xu Jiayun said, looking at the village chief: "Uncle Li, long time no see."

The village chief was also very surprised to see Xu Jiayun, "Jiayun is back! How long do you plan to stay this time?"

Xu Jiayun: "About a month."

"Isn't one month too short?" The village chief said with a smile, "My grandson has also recently become interested in Chinese painting, and I was thinking of asking you for some advice!"

"Ren Jiayun is very busy now, so don't delay her, old man." Aunt Li scolded the village chief.

The village chief touched the back of his head and said, "I'm just saying it!"

Grandma Hua looked at Xu Jiayun with a complicated look in her eyes.

Xu Jiayun noticed that Grandma Hua was acting strangely and asked, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

"You can go back after delivering the herbs." Granny Hua sighed softly, "It's hard to gain some weight. Don't stay up all night and lose it."

"I'm fine, but you, do you really want to stay tonight?"

"There's nothing we can do. The danger hasn't passed yet." Granny Hua looked serious, but she still insisted on sending Xu Jiayun away: "You go back."

Xu Jiayun looked at Grandma Hua. Somehow, she felt that Grandma Hua was particularly anxious to send her back.

But in the past, for a seriously ill patient like this, Granny Hua would have taken every opportunity to let her follow the whole process and learn and gain experience.

Now Grandma Hua’s reaction is obviously wrong.

Xu Jiayun frowned slightly.

But she didn't say anything, just smiled and responded: "Then I'll go back first."

Granny Hua waved her hand and said, "Go back quickly and ride slowly."

Xu Jiayun nodded and said goodbye to the village chief, Aunt Li.

Aunt Li saw her out and watched her leave on her electric scooter before closing the door.

Inside the house, Grandma Hua sighed heavily.

He turned around and went upstairs again.

...

After Xu Jiayun returned home, she called Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing is now managing the company and basically works overtime every day. He is still in the company at this time.

Zhou Jing received Xu Jiayun's call at this time. He felt that something was wrong and immediately pressed the answer button: "Young Madam."

"It's been so long, and there's still no news from him?"

Zhou Jing was stunned. He didn't expect Xu Jiayun to suddenly ask about Pei Sangyu.

This was the first time in the past six months that Xu Jiayun took the initiative to ask about Pei Sangyu's news.

Zhou Jing pursed his lips and said, "No."

"Really not at all?"

Zhou Jing sighed: "Young Madam, I really didn't lie to you. There really is no news."

Xu Jiayun's grip on the phone tightened slightly, "I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Jiayun put down his phone, turned off the lights and lay down.

That night, she tossed and turned until the sky was slightly bright, and then she fell into a drowsy sleep.

In her dream, she seemed to dream of Pei Sangyu again.

After waking up, sparrows were chirping outside the window, and the dream was empty again.

Xu Jiayun got up from the bed, walked to the window and opened it.

In the yard, Nian Nian and Pei Chen squatted under the old banyan tree to watch the ants moving. The two little guys got along very well.

Looking up again, I saw the endless sea and a ship entering the port.

Xu Jiayun took back the time, turned around and walked to the closet...

Before seven o'clock, Xu Jiayun rode his electric scooter out.

Arriving at the village chief's house, Xu Jiayun knocked on the door.

Aunt Li opened the door yawning and was stunned when she saw Xu Jiayun.

"Jiayun, you..."

"Aunt Li, I'm looking for Granny Hua." Xu Jiayun didn't respond to Aunt Li this time: "It's urgent."

Aunt Li hadn't slept much that night, and her mind was still a little fuzzy. She pointed upstairs in a daze, "It's in the room on the east side of the third floor."

"Okay, then I'll go up first."

Xu Jiayun entered the house and went straight upstairs.

In the east room on the third floor, Granny Hua heard a knock on the door. She thought it was Aunt Li and said without turning around, "Come in."

The door opened and Xu Jiayun walked in.

The man on the bed was lying on his stomach with his eyes closed and his face pale.

He was unconscious, his brow furrowed.

His upper body was half naked, and his entire back was covered in blood.

Granny Hua was cleaning his wound with medical cotton soaked in medicine.

Those wounds were not normal wounds. Every bloody scar was festering, and the skin around the scars was purple and black.

Xu Jiayun's feet were firmly rooted to the spot.

Her suspicions were confirmed and she lost all ability to react.

Granny Hua was puzzled when she saw no movement behind her for a long time. She turned around and saw that it was Xu Jiayun. She was stunned for a moment, but soon regained her composure and sighed slightly, "Why are you still standing there? Since you're here, come and give me a hand."

Xu Jiayun came back to her senses from the shock, blinked subconsciously, and tears fell.

Granny Hua frowned, "He's not dead yet, it's too early to cry now."

Xu Jiayun sniffed and raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

She walked over, stood beside the bed, looked at the wounds, and frowned again: "His injuries..."

"It was a whip wound. The whip was a specially made rattan whip soaked in poison. Add to that his own poor immunity, and the wound was very difficult to treat. After half a month of treatment, there was no improvement."

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