Just as Xia Yutang was thinking about asking her mother what they had done that day when she came back, her father came in.

Having not seen his father for several days, Xia Yutang's short legs moved swiftly, and he pounced on his father, crying, "Daddy, Daddy..."

"Hey, daughter, why are you here all alone?" Xia Jixuan hadn't expected his daughter to be in the space at this time.

Seeing her small figure rushing towards him, he quickly reached out and picked her up.

Xia Yutang rubbed against his father, sniffing left and right, and discovered that there was a strong smell of blood.

"Dad, he's bleeding..." Xia Yutang's little hands moved quickly, wanting to see where her father was hurt. Just thinking about her father's injury made tears stream down her face.

Xia Jixuan quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe his daughter's tears: "Tangtang, don't cry, Dad's fine. Look, it's just a small injury on your hand. Go to the drawer in the living room and get the first-aid kit. Dad will treat the wound first."

His daughter is so small, but her nose is incredibly sensitive. His wound had already been treated on the mountain when he came in.

He couldn't go back to camp yet, so he just quickly cleaned himself up and even washed himself. How did his daughter manage to smell blood on him?

Xia Jixuan is still unaware that his daughter's senses have become exceptionally heightened after drinking the well water in the courtyard of the space.

Upon hearing her father's words, Xia Yutang quickly ran to the living room to retrieve the first-aid kit, and also grabbed a small basin, intending to fill it with water to clean her father's wound.

She remembered that her wounds healed very quickly after drinking the water from the space well. She just didn't know if her father's constitution was the same as hers.

"Dad, just drink some water, it'll be fine..." Xia Yutang quickly ran to the kitchen table with her short legs, poured a glass of water, and ran out.

Her mother was afraid they would get stomach aches from drinking unboiled water, so boiling water was a habit they had always had. Even inside the Jade Space, it was the same.

His mother would boil the water first, then let it cool to a near-drinking temperature, and then put it back in the pot. This way, the water would stay at that temperature, and he could drink it whenever he wanted.

"Okay, okay, be good, don't cry, Daddy's drinking water. This water is amazing, look, I just rinsed it and the wound is healed right away." Xia Jixuan quickly drank the cup of water his little daughter brought him, then took the small basin from his little daughter's hand, filled it with water, and washed the wound on his hand in the water.

Just as he was about to dry it, the wound began to heal at a visible speed, until only a faint scar remained.

"Wow! It's healed..." Xia Yutang was seeing something so miraculous for the first time. She was really shocked to see her wound healing.

"Tangtang, this is our family secret. You can't tell anyone, not even your best friends, understand?" Xia Jixuan was really worried that his little girl, who was not even 4 years old, would let it slip one day.

"I know, it's snowing, so Aunt Miao and the others aren't coming over. The children aren't coming to our house either, even Xiao Fubao hasn't come to the village to cry..." They didn't know if it was because he'd been too busy lately, or because he hadn't left the village, so they knew very little about what was happening in the village.

Song Fubao, who used to cry all day in the village, seems to have disappeared. There has been no news of her for more than a month.

"You stay here obediently, Dad has to go to work. When your mother comes in, have her tell me about the Song family. If I'm not here, have her write a letter and leave it in the living room..." Xia Jixuan rambled on for a while before disappearing. Perhaps it was a habit, so she wasn't worried about her daughter at all, nor was she alarmed or frightened by his disappearance.

Xia Yutang hadn't even answered when her father disappeared. She could only shake her head helplessly and start cleaning up the mess her father had left behind.

She didn't need the things in the first-aid kit. After arranging them properly and closing the lid, she washed the cup her father had just drunk from. She threw the bandages and gauze, still stained with blood, into the trash can in the yard.

The trash can in the yard has a magical function: all the trash thrown in will disappear without a trace the next day.

They rarely litter, since there's really very little useless stuff these days.

When Xia Yutang returned to the kitchen, she realized that she had forgotten to get something to eat for her father. She recalled his earlier appearance – haggard, disheveled, and seemingly much thinner.

Xia Yutang felt a little sorry for him. She found the milk powder container she usually used to make formula in the kitchen, made a big cup of milk for her father, and then put several large meat buns on the kitchen table.

The little boy scurried back to the living room and sat on the sofa, calling out, "Dad, Dad, I made you a big glass of milk and some big meat buns on the kitchen table. Dad, eat some quickly!"

Her shout startled Liu Fangmei, who was cooking outside. She quickly came back to see what was wrong, but as soon as she entered, she noticed that the milk on the table was gone.

It seems her husband must have been by earlier, and her daughter is worried about him. I wonder how dirty he must have been for her to realize he was hungry. She actually prepared so many steamed buns for him and even made him some milk.

"Tangtang, stop shouting. Your dad drank the milk, and look, one of the big meat buns is missing." Liu Fangmei carried her little daughter directly to the table, pointing to the missing bun and the empty cup.

Liu Fangmei once again felt that her daughter's voice was too loud, so loud that it hurt her ears.

"Daddy was injured, but he just came back and washed up, and he's all better now. Daddy is so dirty, and he said he wants to hear about Song Fubao..." She was still a little baby and couldn't clearly describe what her father looked like at that time.

They looked really slovenly, like homeless people. I wonder what kind of mission they were on, since they haven't even left a message to let me know they're safe after all this time.

If her father hadn't come back today, she would have thought he had disappeared.

"Okay, I'll write more when I have time. It's too cold outside, so you can stay here. There are toys over there, what do you want to play with? Go get it yourself." It's snowed heavily several times already, and the temperature outside has dropped sharply. If the little girl goes out now, she'll have to be bundled up like a ball, otherwise she'll still get cold.

I wonder if her frail health has improved at all. She hasn't caught a cold since the beginning of winter this year, but she doesn't dare to let her guard down, afraid that her little girl might catch it again.

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