At night, because it started to snow, the adults were worried that Liu Yusheng would freeze in bed, so they put a bed warmer under her quilt.
Originally Chen Xiulan wanted to sleep with her, but Liu Yusheng refused.
Chen Xiulan tried every means possible to persuade her, but after seeing her indeed lying on the bed without moving with the bed warmer, she could only return to her room.
The first snow came fast and furiously, intermittently with no sign of stopping for a long time.
The cold wind with snow foam slashing against the window and making a rustling sound mixed in with the howling wind, was very clear.
The outside fluttered about in the storm.
But inside, it was quite warm and cozy.
Liu Yusheng gently closed her eyes and slept peacefully.
"Bang!"
A loud thumping sound came from the small courtyard, waking Liu Yusheng from her sleep.
She knitted her brows and listened carefully, but no other noise sounded.
The snowstorm outside had stopped sometime ago, and it was quiet.
Liu Yusheng thought for a moment, got out of bed, lit the oil lamp, and opened the door.
With the other hand, she gripped the psychedelic pouch for self-defense.
The dim light from the oil lamp illuminated the courtyard a little. Because the yard was small, she could see almost everything except for the two small rockeries the family had piled out.
It was all snow-white, so the black figure that was sitting against the wall on the snow stood out.
He was clad in tight black clothes with a black hood over his head, revealing only a pair of eyes. At this moment, he was coldly staring at the child that appeared at the door of the house.
"Who are you?" The clear voice of the little girl rang in the snowy night, faint yet calm.
The person didn't answer and remained staring at the girl, but the coldness in his eyes faded a little, as if he had relaxed because of the child's identity.
Four eyes locked.
Liu Yusheng didn't dare to call out to anyone. Looking at the person's costume and the faint smell of blood in the air, she assumed that this person was injured, and that this visitor knew martial arts.
If she drew her family out, it would be like bringing a flock of sheep to the wolf, which would keep her even more constrained.
After a while, the person spoke, "I'm sorry, my body is injured and I couldn't hold on any longer, so I came in to hide away. But rest assured, there won't be further troubles."
The slightly hoarse voice was definitely female.
While speaking, that person pulled down her face scarf. She was indeed a woman.
Approximately 20 years old, and her injury caused her to look pale.
However, her move was tantamount to showing the little child that she meant no harm.
Liu Yusheng tilted her head, "Are you sure a child can understand what you're saying?"
"All I know is that a child wouldn't be so calm in a situation like this."
There was no further trouble; Liu Yusheng did understand.
This opponent should have eliminated her enemy, only to be injured herself.
She happened to be passing by and jumped into her courtyard.
"Are you trying to get out of the cold at my house for the night?"
"It would be better if you could heal my wounds, little doctor."
The corner of Liu Yusheng's mouth twitched. She broke into her house yet dared to seek help.
Couldn't hold on any longer and came in to hide away? She must have come all the way here specifically.
"Come in first." She gave way to the side, signaling the woman to enter the house.
She never thought of going forward to help her. Her small body couldn't bear it.
The woman got up on her own and stumbled towards the warm looking room, whispering, "Thank you," as she passed by Liu Yusheng.
"I hope it really won't cause any trouble," Liu Yusheng returned.
"Absolutely not."
Whether it would or not, she didn't have a choice, right?
When the woman sat in the room, Liu Yusheng took two more closer looks at the place where she had been sitting, and found no blood stains on the snow and walls. Only then did she relax a bit.
"No one's tracking me," seeing through Liu Yusheng's concern, the woman frowned and explained.
"Hmm." She turned around and placed the oil lamp on the table. "Let me see your wounds."
The woman pulled the garment straight from the collar to her shoulder.
The wound was on her left shoulder. It was neither long nor short, but deep enough to show the bone, and the flesh rolled outward on both sides, looking bloody and hideous.
Liu Yusheng thought for a moment. She brought the bed warmer on the bed along with her small medicine kit on the bedside, unscrewed the lid of the bed warmer, took a clean gauze and soaked it in the warm water inside. Then she wiped the blood off the woman's shoulder.
Then she disinfected, applied medicine and bound it, all in one motion.
Quick and neat.
"You can stay in the next room to rest for the night and leave in the morning. Don't let my family find out." After doing everything, Liu Yusheng walked back to the bed and lay down. "I'm going to sleep. Go out and turn out the lights along the way."
"…" Although the woman was indifferent and calm, her expression still slightly cracked.
Was she so at ease with her? Was the little girl really courageous or confident?
The lights went out and the sound of departing footsteps echoed softly. Before the door was fully closed, the soft voice of the woman floated in, "My name is Yan Hong."
The next day, Liu Yusheng woke up at dawn. Her eyes paused on the small medicine hit and bed warmer on the table in the room, and got up.
She was on time with her routine, and her family hardly bothered her as long as she wasn't up too late.
She dressed herself up and went out with her hair in a mess to ask her mother to brush it for her.
Not that she didn't want to do it herself, but she couldn't.
She could do anything else well. She just couldn't learn to tie her hair in a bun…
She pulled the door open, but when she looked up, she was startled by the dark shadow in front of the door.
Liu Yusheng looked at the woman standing upright in the doorway, and the corners of her eyes crinkled up, a not-so-good premonition rising in her heart. "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Since you saved me, I should promise myself to you."
"…" Liu Yusheng wanted to faint. "I don't want you to give yourself to me, and I didn't save your life. Any doctor can cure that wound in your shoulder, really!"
"You're the one who saved me."
"I did save you, but I'm a doctor, and it's a doctor's duty to save lives and heal injuries. Besides, I just treated you for a minor wound. It's definitely not to the extent of pledging yourself to me! If you want to thank me, you can pay me money and walk away. Alright?"
"I don't have money."
"Then, I won't charge you anything. Can you leave now?��
"You should promise yourself to your savior."
"…" To hell with your uncle! Liu Yusheng held her forehead, feeling for the first time the fever of wanting to cuss.
This person was her spool, ah!
She was doing it on purpose, right?
Yan Hong shot a glance at Liu Yusheng and immediately averted her gaze.
She knew that little girl was about to go crazy, but in order to complete her task, she had no other way.
What the master said about playing pathetic was completely useless. She was too wary.
She could only shamelessly play scoundrel.
Beneath the calm surface, Yan Hong felt her face burning.
It was the first time she had done something so shameless. For this reason, she had also specially chosen the bitter ruse of inflicting injury to herself to win her opponent's confidence.
If she could, she would have preferred to go straight with her sword.
Th-there really was no other choice.
"… I'll put up your hair."
Liu Yusheng: "…" She actually bribed her with this method?
When Liu Yusheng came out of the small courtyard with a big living person, the Liu family was dumbfounded