This time, Su Yanke was truly stunned. He had agreed so readily that it felt unreal to her.
Doctor Liu noticed that his quick agreement had surprised Su Yanke, so he quickly explained, "Well, my ancestors switched professions by the previous generation. We don't need it anymore. And it was already ineffective, but you brought it back to life. It seems we're fated!"
Hearing Doctor Liu's words, Su Yanke naturally had no reason to decline. She accepted it. For some reason, Su Yanke felt that this copper coin was different from the one she had touched before. Its color was darker, almost blackish - purple.
Su Yanke's attention was completely focused on the copper coin. She didn't notice that Xiaobao, standing beside her, looked a bit strange.
Xiaobao stared at the copper coin. He felt an incredibly attractive force that made his body involuntarily want to move closer. But his remaining rationality held him back.
Xiaobao gritted his teeth tightly, clenched his fists, and curled his toes. He used every muscle in his body to resist this inexplicable attraction.
"Hey, Xiaobao, are you okay? You look a bit pale," Doctor Liu casually glanced over and noticed Xiaobao's oddity.
After Doctor Liu's reminder, Su Yanke also noticed something was wrong with Xiaobao. She quickly squatted down to check on him. Just as she was about to use her spiritual energy, she suddenly remembered the last time when her spiritual energy had gotten out of control. She stopped. Fortunately, Doctor Liu, who was good at medicine, examined Xiaobao and shook his head, finding nothing abnormal.
Xiaobao himself was also very confused. Just now, he really felt that his body was about to go out of his control. But when Su Yanke looked at him, he was afraid that his current state would worry her.
Just as Xiaobao's heart started to race, that strange force seemed to disappear out of nowhere. It was just in time, right before Doctor Liu examined him.
So Doctor Liu only felt that Xiaobao's heart was beating a bit fast, but there was nothing wrong with the rest of his body.
"Sister, I'm fine. Don't worry," Xiaobao looked up at Su Yanke and gave her a sweet smile.
"Xiaobao, if you feel any discomfort in your body, you must tell sister and Doctor Liu. Your health is the most important thing, okay?" Su Yanke squatted in front of Xiaobao, speaking gently but firmly.
Xiaobao nodded vigorously. Su Yanke also bought a few sets of medicine for treating colds from Doctor Liu. As the weather was getting colder, it was better to have some medicine on hand to prevent colds and fevers.
Su Yanke didn't expect things to go so smoothly. She had originally thought it might take the whole noon and still not succeed.
It was still early. Since she didn't want to waste the time, she decided to go directly to Chen Yonggui's house.
Chen Yonggui's house was quite a distance from Doctor Liu's. On the way, Su Yanke chatted with Xiaobao from time to time. The journey wasn't too boring.
"Xiaobao, do you want to go to school?" Su Yanke suddenly asked out of the blue.
Xiaobao clearly didn't expect this question. He looked up at Su Yanke in confusion, trying to find some clues on her face.
"Just say what you think in your heart. Sister just wants to know your attitude towards studying," Su Yanke said in a relaxed tone.
After looking at Su Yanke's face for a long time, Xiaobao still couldn't find anything. He then lowered his head, paused for a moment, and whispered, "I want to go to school, but..."
"There's no 'but'. Your willingness is enough. Leave the rest to sister," Su Yanke patted her chest.
Xiaobao's face blushed for no reason.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at Chen Yonggui's house. This time, the door wasn't locked tightly as it was last time. Instead, it was slightly ajar.
For some reason, Xiaobao's body was trembling. Su Yanke thought it was because of the cold weather, so she deliberately pulled Xiaobao into her arms to protect him from the bitter cold wind.
As soon as Su Yanke got close, Xiaobao straightened his back. He even walked in a rather awkward way.
The garden looked cleaner than last time, but there were still some weeds, making it look a bit desolate.
Chen Yonggui's courtyard gate was different from Uncle Lao Ji's. It was bigger and didn't make the creaking sound like Uncle Lao Ji's. So it seemed overly quiet.
"Uncle Chen? Uncle Chen, are you at home? It's Su Yanke!" Su Yanke's voice echoed in the empty courtyard. A strange atmosphere began to spread.
Su Yanke frowned. Something was wrong. It was too quiet, so quiet that she could hardly hear any breathing sounds.
If that was the case, where could Chen Yonggui and his son be?
Just then, a panicked sound of footsteps approached.
"Hey! Miss Ayan, why are you here?" It was Uncle Dali. His clothes were sticking tightly to his body because of the sweat.
"Uncle Dali?" Su Yanke was also a bit surprised. Shouldn't they all be at home making stoves now? Why...
Something was wrong!
Su Yanke suddenly woke up and stared at Uncle Dali.
"Is something wrong with Uncle Chen and the others?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Yonggui and the others have been arrested by the government!"
"Do you know the reason?" Su Yanke tried to calm herself down.
Uncle Dali scratched his head anxiously. "I'm not quite sure. It seems that something happened to Yonggui's clan, and he and the others were implicated."
"Uncle Dali, do you know where Uncle Chen and the others are now? Take us there!"
Uncle Dali always did what Su Yanke said. Without even asking why, he turned around and led Su Yanke there.
Before leaving, Su Yanke looked down at Xiaobao. Xiaobao was tightly holding onto her clothes. Su Yanke understood and nodded. Then she carried Xiaobao with her. Time was running out!
There were several circles of people around the government office. After observing for a while, Su Yanke quickly spotted Uncle Lao Ji. She used her spiritual energy to push the surrounding people aside and quickly reached the front row, beside Uncle Lao Ji.
"Uncle Lao Ji, what on earth is going on?" Su Yanke tried to speak louder because it was really noisy around.
Uncle Lao Ji was obviously surprised to see Su Yanke here.
Su Yanke briefly told him about how she met Uncle Dali. Uncle Lao Ji nodded and then told her what he knew.
After lunch, Uncle Dali went to Chen Yonggui's house. At that time, Chen Yonggui was still doing some housework. He was very happy to see Uncle Dali. Uncle Dali explained part of the stove to him. As expected of a well - educated man, Chen Yonggui understood quickly. Soon, they finished the discussion.
Not long after Uncle Dali left, a group of government officials rushed into Chen Yonggui's house and arrested Chen Yonggui and the still - paralyzed Chen Yongshun.
They only found out about this later when a villager who had been to the market came back and said that someone from their village had been arrested, but they didn't know who it was. So Uncle Lao Ji asked Uncle Dali to go and check on their close friends to see if anyone was missing, while he went to find out who had actually been arrested.
On the way to check on his friends, Uncle Dali gradually learned that it was Chen Yonggui's family who had been arrested. Since he wasn't far from Chen Yonggui's house at that time, he went to check if it was true, and that was when he met Su Yanke and the others.
Before Uncle Lao Ji had finished speaking, there was suddenly a commotion inside the government office. A person was thrown out. The person was very thin, with dirty clothes and messy hair. He looked as if he had been dumped out of a garbage can.
After the person was thrown out, the crowd dispersed for a moment but then gathered around again. Everyone covered their mouths with their hands, showing disgusted expressions, as if they were really disgusted by this person. But if they were really disgusted, why did they all crowd together and utter malicious words? In fact, their lives were too monotonous. Once they saw a "toy", how could they let it go so easily?
The person just lay there motionless, looking rather pitiful in the cold wind.
Looking at the person's back, Su Yanke always felt as if she knew this person, but she just couldn't remember where she had seen him.
Since being thrown out, the person had not moved. An old bearded man beside him, seeing that the person was not moving, wanted to go up and kick him.
Just as his foot was about to land, Su Yanke moved. She pinched the pain point of the bearded man. A shrill scream like that of a pig being slaughtered echoed through the air.
Su Yanke ignored the man's scream. She just turned around to check on the person. But when she looked, she froze. It was Chen Yongshun!!
Su Yanke's first reaction was to look for Chen Yonggui. Chen Yongshun really needed the care and company of his family right now, but Chen Yonggui couldn't show up.
The bearded man stared at Su Yanke's back with a lecherous look in his eyes.
Su Yanke felt the disgusting look on her back, but her main task now was to take Chen Yongshun away from this place, so she ignored the man.
But while Su Yanke ignored him, the bearded man was not willing to let her go.
"Little lady? Did you pop out of my heart? Why do you suit me so well?" The bearded man said in a nauseating tone.
Su Yanke's brows couldn't help but frown. But now that her hands were holding Chen Yongshun, she couldn't free them.
Seeing that Su Yanke didn't give him any reaction, the bearded man felt angry and itchy.
Finally, seeing that Su Yanke was about to leave, he couldn't wait any longer. He directly reached out his hand to grab Su Yanke's shoulder. But at this moment, a strong hand grabbed the bearded man's out - stretched arm.