Huang Ying was so frightened that she hugged her head tightly and closed her eyes, not daring to move.
The torch thrown by Bai Zheng landed behind Huang Ying, forcing the snake to deflect its direction and fall into the grass on the other side, disappearing.
"Don't be afraid, Huang Ying!" Bai Zheng whispered as she ran towards her.
Suddenly, a sharp pain came from her ankle.
Bai Zheng's steps suddenly stopped because of this sudden and unexpected pain.
She frowned tightly and looked down.
Here, the moon was just blocked by the large and dense leaves, making it look completely dark. She could only barely see by the weak light of the torch in the distance that a slender figure left from Bai Zheng's ankle.
Bai Zheng gasped.
At the same time, the sharp pain in her ankle disappeared, replaced by a slight numbness.
"Not good!" Bai Zheng's heart sank. She took a few steps and pounced on Huang Ying's side, picking up the torch that had fallen on the ground.
In the current situation, it was impossible to judge how many snakes were still hidden in the dark. Only getting closer to the torch was the safest.
Huang Ying had come to her senses. Seeing Bai Zheng leaning behind her and slowly falling down, she immediately looked up.
"You hold the torch." Bai Zheng slowly slid down to sit on the ground, handing the torch to Huang Ying. Then she decisively tore the bottom of her clothes and tied her ankle up.
"What's wrong, miss?" Huang Ying stared blankly at Bai Zheng's movements.
Bai Zheng opened her mouth. Only then did Huang Ying notice that Bai Zheng's lips had turned blue and purple. She was immediately shocked and jumped up. "Miss, you're poisoned?"
Bai Zheng forced a smile. Her fingers tied with the cloth began to tremble slightly because of the toxin. She said hoarsely, "I was bitten by a snake..."
Before she could finish her words, her vision began to spin. Finally, in Huang Ying's panicked expression, she fainted.
Cold... so cold...
In the ice and snow, she was covered in blood and lying in the valley. Her mind was in a daze. Every part of her body seemed to be crushed by a huge rock. She was in so much pain that she couldn't move.
She couldn't feel anything except the cold and pain.
Gradually, she didn't know how long she had been lying like this. In the blur, she began to hear someone calling in the distance.
"Liu... come back..."
"Feng... come back..."
"Liu... Feng... come back..."
Liu Feng!
Bai Zheng suddenly trembled, and her mind immediately became clear.
At the same time, the voice was getting closer and clearer, until it reached her ear.
That was the gentlest voice in the world that she would never forget in her life.
She closed her eyes. Her eyelids were so heavy that it was difficult to open them, but the corners of her eyes were so sour that it seemed that tears would fall as soon as she opened them.
Her body was gently lifted by someone. Then she entered a warm embrace that smelled of light medicine and grass. The embrace was so warm that it blocked all the cold outside and smoothed all the pain on her body.
Just like that day, when he blocked Liu Feng's claw for her, when he protected her behind him so that the city guards wouldn't find her, when he carried her across the lake to the small pavilion in the middle of the lake, that familiar embrace with a faint smell of medicine.
Bai Zheng's nose became sour.
Feng Linyuan, so it's you...
So the person who saved her in the beginning was you.
So the first warmth she felt when she came to this other world came from you.
The sourness came surging in. Tears overflowed from her eyes and slid down her eye sockets to her ears.
"Crazy Uncle, did you hurt the miss? Why is she crying?" A girl's surprised cry suddenly sounded, pulling Bai Zheng back from her dream.
Bai Zheng slowly woke up and opened her eyes.
"Miss, you're awake?"
In front of her, the girl's round eyes were full of surprise. When she saw her wake up, her eyes immediately brightened like the moon in the sky last night. It was Huang Ying.
Bai Zheng nodded and looked around at the strange environment blankly. She asked, "Where is this?"
At this time, she was lying on a simple bamboo bed. There were low earth walls around. There were very few things in the room. All the furnishings were clear at a glance.
"Girl, tell this crazy girl. Are you feeling better now?"
Before Huang Ying could answer, an old man with a wrinkled face and white beard rushed to answer Bai Zheng angrily.
Bai Zheng was slightly stunned. Hearing this, she moved her leg that had been bitten by the snake and found that she was indeed much better. She immediately understood. She raised her eyebrows and smiled at the old man in front of her. "Is it Uncle who helped me detoxify? Thank you, Uncle, for saving my life."
"You're still a sensible girl, unlike this heartless crazy girl!" The old man snorted as he said this and gave Huang Ying a dirty look. "How dare you question my medical skills."
Seeing this, Huang Ying muttered aggrievedly, "I just saw the miss suddenly cry just now. It scared me."
"I think you should find someone else to treat your brother's leg!" The old man said as he turned around and left.
"Hey, Crazy Uncle, it's my fault. I wrongly blamed you. Don't..." Huang Ying followed behind Uncle and begged for mercy, but before she could finish her words, she was scared to stop by Uncle's loud door closing sound.
Bai Zheng looked at Huang Ying's dejected appearance with amusement. She looked at the busy figure of the old man outside the window through the window. The smile on her lips deepened.
"Huang Ying, who is this Uncle?"
"He's just a crazy old man!" Huang Ying pouted and answered discontentedly.
After she said that, she turned around and carefully tucked the quilt for Bai Zheng. Seeing that Bai Zheng's expression had returned to normal, she seemed to remember the way the old doctor tried his best to detoxify Bai Zheng just now. She sighed again and added.
"I don't know who this Crazy Uncle is either. I only know that his medical skills are excellent. Since he came, no matter who in the village is sick, they all come to him."
"Oh?" Bai Zheng raised her eyebrows and asked with interest, "When did he come?"
"Speaking of which..." Huang Ying supported her chin and recalled for a moment. She slowly replied, "It seems that it's only been a few months."
"He's the kind old doctor who treated your brother's leg that you mentioned earlier?"
Huang Ying nodded repeatedly. "Yes, although this Crazy Uncle has a strange personality, he's a good person. He doesn't charge any consultation fees for our diagnosis. At most, he'll ask for a mouthful of wine."
"Ask for a mouthful of wine..." Bai Zheng repeated these four words. When the words reached her lips, the corners of her lips hooked up. "Interesting."
At this time, because of last night's rush, Bai Zheng's delicate face was full of dust. Her high ponytail was messy. Her sky-blue clothes were even torn beyond recognition.
At this time, even if Bai Nianjin and his brother were standing in front of her, they probably wouldn't recognize their sister.
Huang Ying didn't understand. "What's interesting?"
"Don't you think your Crazy Uncle looks very familiar?" Bai Zheng looked at Huang Ying and asked with a smile.
"If the miss didn't say it, I wouldn't have realized it. As soon as the miss said it, it's really true. No matter how I look at this Crazy Uncle, he looks a bit like..."