What to do if you receive the wrong package?

Recently, due to the still low occupancy rate of customers, Wuzhou has once again become a place of trouble. In addition, Uncle Chen, the manager, often goes out with Master Xie, so Maidong has been secretly closing earlier than usual.

As usual, Mai Dong watched the sun gradually set and was about to close up shop when she saw a man collapse at the entrance of her inn.

Mai Dong was startled and quickly ran over to the white-clad man lying on the ground outside the door, caught in the awkward dilemma of whether to help him up or not. Believing that saving a life is a great act of merit, Mai Dong gritted his teeth, quickly helped the man up, and brought him inside, shouting, "Help! Someone's injured!"

The people inside the house all heard Mai Dong's shouts and hurried towards the hall, asking each other as they went.

"What happened? Who's hurt?"

"I don't know, I just heard Mai Dong shout that."

To avoid the gore scaring the little boy, Gu Yan decisively handed Bai Hongsheng, who wanted to join in the fun, to Bai Heming, saying, "Big brother, you take Shengsheng with you, I'll go down and take a look first."

Shen Mujin had just finished feeding Dahuang in the backyard and hadn't had time to clean up when she heard the shout. She quickly wiped her hands with her apron and hurried outside.

Upon entering the hall, Uncle Peng, Aunt Hong, Gu Yan, and others had already gathered around.

When Gu Yan saw Shen Mujin, he quickly called out, "Mumu, come quick! Can you tell what's wrong with this person?"

As Shen Mujin walked forward, she glanced around at the people surrounding her. Seeing that everyone she knew was alright, she breathed a sigh of relief. But when she saw the injured man lying half-reclined on the table, her heart jumped again.

“Xuan…Xuan Yu?” Shen Mujin almost blurted out Xuan Yi’s real name when she saw the familiar face of the injured person. Fortunately, she realized that the people in this inn, though seemingly ordinary, all had some background. It was hard to say whether anyone would guess Xuan Yi’s identity as the Palace Master of Weiyang Palace based on this name.

"Mumu, do you know him?" Gu Yan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, we've met a few times." Shen Mujin didn't say much. She first checked Xuan Yi's wounds, and then called Mai Dong and Mai Qiu to carry Xuan Yi to a room on the second floor.

"Aunt Hong, could you and Uncle Peng please boil some water for me?"

"Ayan, go to my room and bring me my medicine box."

"Maiqiu, I'll have to trouble you to fetch a doctor. I can only treat the external injuries briefly. For the internal injuries, I'll need to call a doctor to take a look."

After methodically arranging things, Shen Mujin picked up a pair of scissors and cut open the clothes along the wound. Then, she gently wiped the bloodstains around the wound with a brand-new handkerchief. Fortunately, there weren't many wounds, so it seemed that the dark red bloodstains on the clothes weren't from her.

After wiping him clean, Shen Mujin breathed a slight sigh of relief. Xuan Yi had wounds all over his body, some large and some small, but none of them were fatal. The only serious one was near his shoulder blade, which looked like it had been pierced through by a sword.

Taking the medicine box from Gu Yan, Shen Mujin took out a small dark brown porcelain bottle and carefully applied the white powder medicine inside to Xuan Yi's wound.

Gu Yan peeked out from the side, silently gossiping in his mind: Who would be so nervous after only meeting a few times? These two must be something special.

Shen Mujin had just finished bandaging Xuan Yi's wounds when she turned around and saw Gu Yan's probing gaze.

"Mumu, tell me honestly, what's going on with you?"

"What happened? It was just a simple situation where the doctor was bandaging the patient."

"I don't believe it. How could you know my name after only meeting me a few times? How did you two meet before?"

“It was the same before. He was injured, and I saved him.” Shen Mujin summarized her acquaintance and friendship with Xuan Yi in just eight words.

Gu Yan carefully examined the person on the bed. He hadn't been able to see clearly before because of the bloodstains on his face and the fact that his hair covered his face, but now that he looked closely, he was indeed quite handsome. He had a fair and handsome face, long black hair, and even with his eyes closed, he could see that his face was exquisitely sculpted.

She couldn't help but give Shen Mujin a thumbs up, "Not bad, Mumu, this guy is really handsome, you're so lucky."

Just as Shen Mujin was about to say something, she saw Mai Dong lead the doctor in. The doctor looked very old, with white hair and beard, and walked with a shaky gait, leaning on a cane. Gu Yan quickly moved a stool behind the doctor and said, "Please sit down."

"Thank you." The voice was steady and strong.

After sitting down, the old doctor extended his trembling hand and placed it on Xuan Yi's wrist. After a while, he glanced at the bandaged wound, nodded, and said, "The wound was treated very promptly, and the bandaging technique was very professional. The patient is only temporarily unconscious due to excessive blood loss. I will prescribe some medicine to replenish qi and blood. He just needs to take it on time and rest in bed more."

"Thank you, doctor. When will the patient wake up?" Shen Mujin asked with concern.

"This varies from person to person, depending on the patient's physical condition. Generally, it should be fine in one or two days." The old doctor glanced at Xuan Yi lying on the bed, but didn't say the rest of his sentence. Since the person on the bed was unwilling to open his eyes, he wouldn't say anything more.

Shen Mujin nodded, indicating that she understood. Taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, she leaned close to Gu Yan's ear and whispered, "Ayan, could you pay me for the consultation fee this time? I'll pay you back next time."

"You're being too polite with me," Gu Yan replied softly, then paid the consultation fee before Mai Dong could. Mai Dong could only take the old doctor's medicine box, accept the prescription, and respectfully lead the old doctor away. Gu Yan seemed to remember something, quickly chased after them, and gave Mai Dong the money for the medicine.

Shen Mujin looked at Xuan Yi, who was lying unconscious on the bed once again, reached out and pulled the blanket up on him, and sighed softly, "Every time I see you, you are covered in injuries. Maybe I really am your nemesis."

After saying that, he casually lowered the bed curtains on one side before leaving the room.

Hearing the door close, Xuan Yi, who was behind the bed curtains, slowly opened his eyes. Actually, he had already woken up before the old doctor entered the room. However, when he overheard Shen Mujin's conversation with another person, he chose to remain unconscious. Since Shen Mujin didn't want to elaborate on their relationship, why wake up and awkwardly face each other?

But I'm still unhappy.

Shen Mujin wasn't like this when they were in the mountains.

Xuan Yi became increasingly agitated, so he simply got up, sat up, and lifted the bed curtains to look around the room.

Ever since receiving information from the guards that Shen Mujin was staying at this small inn, he had been thinking of coming to see her. He muttered to himself, "The room is so small, no wonder there are no guests."

The guards were indeed sent by Xuan Yi, serving both surveillance and protection. After his injuries healed, Feng Ting sent word that the person who had tried to harm him had been captured, forcing him to leave Zhuiyun Cliff ahead of schedule. He had planned to return to find Shen Mujin after dealing with his affairs, but unexpectedly, Shen Mujin followed suit and left Zhuiyun Cliff as well. Fortunately, he had left behind guards to keep track of Shen Mujin's movements; otherwise… he might have missed her entirely.

A few days ago, the secret guards sent word that two men and one woman had checked into the inn. All three were from the Bai family and had a close relationship with Shen Mujin. They often chatted and played chess together and were quite intimate.

Most importantly, the man among them, Bai Heming, the eldest son of the Bai family, discovered the secret guards and told Shen Mujin about them. The secret guards of Weiyang Palace are all highly skilled in martial arts and have excellent hearing and eyesight, so the fact that they were discovered shows that Bai Heming is no ordinary person either.

The guard reported the entire scene to Xuan Yi without missing a single word. When he heard Shen Mujin speak up for him and consider him a "friend," he felt a strange excitement and thrill deep inside.

Suddenly, Xuan Yi felt a strong urge to see Shen Mujin. So he resorted to his old trick, deliberately injuring himself instead of completing the task easily, and then "coincidentally" fell in front of the inn, waiting for Shen Mujin to pick him up and bandage his wounds as before.

But this time it feels a little different, doesn't it?

Could it be because Shen Mujin has someone else around her that she's acting this way? Then it would be better to make everyone around her disappear. Thinking this, Xuan Yi shook his head again. No, doing that would probably only make Shen Mujin more upset and less willing to talk to him.

Gu Yan, who was downstairs with Shen Mujin preparing medicine, suddenly felt a chill down his back and shivered involuntarily.

"What's wrong with you?" Shen Mujin asked, somewhat amused, as Gu Yan suddenly seemed to snap out of his daze.

"I don't know, maybe it's because the medicine was too bitter," Gu Yan said, pinching his nose with a look of disgust.

"Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease..." Before Shen Mujin could finish speaking, Gu Yan quickly interrupted, "Okay, Doctor Shen, I know I was wrong. You can continue decocting it. I'll go report the situation to my older brother first. I'll be going now."

If she didn't run now, when would she? Gu Yan felt that if she stayed any longer, she would start to smell like Chinese medicine.

"Let's go, let's go." Shen Mujin watched Gu Yan's departing figure, used a white cloth to cover the medicine lid, lifted it to check the water level, put the lid back down, and slightly turned down the heat.

A short while later, a bowl of dark, sour, and bitter-tasting herbal soup was ready. Shen Mujin placed the bowl on a tray, then, after thinking for a moment, picked out a plate of the sweetest red bean and jujube paste cake and placed it aside. She then carried it upstairs to the second floor.

Because Xuan Yi was still pretending to be unconscious when Shen Mujin left, and because she didn't knock, she simply lifted her foot and kicked the door open with force.

As Shen Mujin stepped into the room carrying a tray, she turned around and met Xuan Yi's gaze, who was leaning against the bed in a daze. Their eyes met, one still somewhat lost in thought, while the other looked away.

"How are you feeling?" Shen Mujin asked, breaking the silence as she placed the tray on the table beside her.

"My whole body aches, especially my shoulders. It hurts so much that I can't even lift my arms," ​​Xuan Yi said to Shen Mujin with a mournful face.

"It hurts, huh? Then drink the medicine. It will stop hurting after you drink it." Shen Mujin placed the medicine in front of Xuan Yi, raised an eyebrow, and gestured for him to drink it.

Looking at the herbal soup in front of him, which "didn't taste good at all," Xuan Yi hesitated.

"You're not afraid of bitterness, are you? I never expected that the dignified Palace Master of Weiyang Palace would be afraid of bitterness. If word gets out, wouldn't that be a laughing stock?" Shen Mujin couldn't hold back any longer and put the medicine back on the table.

Looking at the medicine soup in the distance, Xuan Yi's toughness returned a bit. "Who said I'm afraid of bitterness? This little injury is nothing to me. I don't need to take medicine; I'll be fine in three to five days."

"A minor injury? A minor injury could cause excessive blood loss to the point of unconsciousness? Or are you..." Shen Mujin narrowed her eyes, not directly uttering the word "lie".

Xuan Yi never expected that he would be exposed. In the past, he was always the one who made Shen Mujin furious. Today, the tables have turned, and he was left speechless by Shen Mujin.

"Alright, although your injuries aren't serious, you still need to rest in bed for a few days. Tell me, why did the busy Grand Palace Master Xuan suddenly have time to appear before me again?" Shen Mujin moved a small round stool over and sat opposite Xuan Yi.

Xuan Yi, stubborn as ever, would never admit that he wanted to see Shen Mujin, so he directly said the excuse he had prepared in advance: "I came to Wuzhou, of course, for the Seven Star Stone."

"You're quite late," Shen Mujin retorted mercilessly. "The bodyguards around me are your men, aren't they?"

"Yes." Hearing Shen Mujin's affirmative tone, Xuan Yi readily admitted it.

"You didn't start having someone watch me because you were afraid I wouldn't pay you back the bag of silver I borrowed from you, did you?"

"..." Xuan Yi was almost speechless at Shen Mu Jin's guess.

"If that's not the reason, then what is it?"

Xuan Yi couldn't quite put his finger on it. Was it because Shen Mujin, as a member of the Shen clan, knew the secret of the treasure? Or was it simply because he didn't want to lose contact with Shen Mujin?

“Naturally because…” Before Xuan Yi could finish speaking, he quickly raised his right hand and, to Shen Mujin’s surprise, threw two small throwing knives toward the door.

The sharp throwing knife pierced through the wooden door, and with a cry of surprise from outside, it seemed to be blocked by something, falling to the ground with two clangs.

Shen Mujin seemed to realize something and quickly opened the door. Seeing Gu Yan at the door, she grabbed him and asked urgently, "Are you alright?"

Gu Yan waved his hand, "It's nothing, it's nothing. Luckily, my older brother was with me, otherwise..." Gu Yan was a little scared when he said this. Sure enough, eavesdropping is dangerous.

Shen Mujin then noticed Bai Heming behind Gu Yan and smiled at him gratefully: "Brother Bai, thank goodness for you."

Then, with a look of exasperation, he poked Gu Yan's head and said, "You actually dared to eavesdrop on me! You've really grown some guts!"

Gu Yan quickly explained, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. I was just worried that something might happen to you. My brother and I guessed that the bodyguards around you might be from this person. Since you wouldn't tell me much, I had no choice but to sneak over and take a look."

Shen Mujin sighed softly, took Gu Yan's hand, and led her and Bai Heming into the house.

"Let me introduce you. This is the friend I was looking for, Bai Yanhuai from the Bai family in Wuzhou, and this is her elder brother, Bai Heming."

"This is Xuan... Xuan Yi. I have some connection with him before." Shen Mujin introduced them, choosing Xuan Yi's real name when she mentioned him, because she trusted Gu Yan and Brother Bai. Even if they guessed something based on his real name, they wouldn't do anything.

"Huh? Didn't you just say his name was Xuan Yu?" Gu Yan was a little confused.

"It's probably because this young hero's identity is somewhat special. I never expected that the renowned Palace Master Xuan of Weiyang Palace would faint in front of a small inn," Bai Heming explained to Gu Yan with a light smile.

"I never expected that the eldest son of the Bai family, the richest family in Wuzhou, would be staying in such a dilapidated little inn." Xuan Yi looked at Bai Heming and mocked him without showing any weakness.

"I already told you that I missed some things because you were late. You should rest first, and I'll explain everything to you in detail later." Shen Mujin was a little confused about where Xuan Yi's hostility towards Brother Bai came from, so she quickly replied.

Then, she turned to Gu Yan and whispered, "Don't worry about me, Xuan Yi won't do anything to me. Don't worry, I'll tell you the details about Xuan Yi and me tonight."

Gu Yan nodded, looking at Xuan Yi who was throwing knives and being aggressive, his goodwill towards him instantly decreased. For Shen Mujin's sake, he snorted and left with her older brother.

Shen Mujin closed the door and sat back down on the small stool, thinking about the sudden incident: "No one in the inn has bad intentions. Don't resort to violence so easily. You should recover from your injuries and leave."

“I’m not leaving. Why can Bai Heming stay here, but I can’t?” Xuan Yi refused outright.

"Are you really here for the Seven Star Stone? The Bai family mansion was seized by a group of brutes who came looking for the Seven Star Stone a while ago. Master Bai fled with his guards, leaving only Yan Huai and her two siblings behind. They escaped from the Bai family mansion after going through many hardships."

"Of course, but I missed some things because the mission wasn't finished yet. Now that the mission is complete, I can come naturally." Xuan Yi nodded after hearing this, planning to have Feng Ting investigate later to find out who exactly occupied the Bai residence.

"Alright, you can stay if you want. Remember to pay for your room, medicine, and house call fees, and don't hurt anyone. Our inn only provides breakfast. If you want to eat lunch and dinner at the inn, you'll have to pay for those too. Think it over carefully. Once you've made up your mind... have your guards let me know, I need to go downstairs to help prepare dinner." After saying that, Shen Mujin neatly put the stool back in its place, picked up the tray, and left without looking back.

Xuan Yi lowered his eyes, lost in thought. After a moment, he summoned a guard, "Do you have any silver on you?"

The guard was quite surprised and nodded stiffly.

"Then lend it to me for now. Go find Feng Ting later and ask him to return it to you. Also, ask him to prepare some more silver for me so you can bring it back with you."

The bodyguard never imagined that, as a bodyguard, not only was his life in his master's hands, but even the little money he had on him had to be borrowed by his master. He was miserable.

Xuan Yi: It's not like you're not going to pay me back, why are you complaining!