Ye Wanmian was completely unaware of what was happening in the room. She passed through the small door and came to the front of the medical clinic. Li Zhao greeted her with concern.
"Why do you look like this? Did he do something to you just now?"
Ye Wanmian came back to her senses and smiled at Li Zhao. "It's okay, Uncle Li. I just remembered that 'Goudan' is gone. I'm just a bit melancholy."
Li Zhao was stunned for a moment. Remembering how she got along with Xiao Jingcheng before, he let out a soft sigh.
Before, although she always found 'Goudan' annoying because he clung to her and she couldn't shake him off, in fact, she would unconsciously indulge all of 'Goudan's' actions.
It was obvious that she liked that innocent 'Goudan' who knew nothing and regarded her as his only one.
However, Xiao Jingcheng, who had regained his memory, was no longer that simple and innocent 'Goudan' who would snatch pear paste candy and give it to Ye Wanmian, just hoping that she could have a taste. The scrutiny in his eyes and his proud and overbearing demeanor all told others that he was not easy to get along with.
The sleeping green dragon had finally opened its eyes and showed its fangs. This was his true nature, and he would eventually return to his rightful place.
But every time Li Zhao saw the choking mark on Ye Wanmian's neck, he got angry.
He had originally thought that if Ye Wanmian liked that kid, it wouldn't be a bad idea for him to help that stinky boy come up with some ideas. But after seeing the finger marks on Ye Wanmian's neck, he didn't want to do that anymore.
What did the Xiao family's kingdom have to do with his Li family?
Since this guy was surrounded by purple aura and could turn bad luck into good fortune no matter what, then let him take back everything he wanted by himself.
Seeing that Li Zhao didn't say anything and his face looked a bit gloomy, Ye Wanmian gently tugged at his sleeve and called out in confusion, "Uncle Li?"
Li Zhao came back to his senses and gently ruffled her hair.
"Alright, don't be too sad. Just think of it as an accidentally met friend leaving. He is a dragon trapped in the shallow shoal. Sooner or later, he will return to his own place, and we are destined not to be on the same path as him."
Ye Wanmian nodded. "I know."
"Your neck..." Li Zhao sighed softly. "You'd better apply some medicine as soon as possible, or it might swell up tomorrow."
Ye Wanmian found some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and carefully applied it to the choking mark on her neck in front of the mirror.
When her fingers touched it, there was still a bit of stinging pain at first. After applying the medicine, she felt much better.
Just then, a patient came into the medical clinic for treatment. Ye Wanmian and Li Zhao both returned to their positions and began to get busy. They didn't have time to think about other things.
In the back courtyard, Xiao Jingcheng finally stopped the nosebleed, wiped his face clean, and changed into a new set of clothes before walking out of the room.
By this time, the yard was already empty. Presumably, the three of them had gone to the medical clinic in the front yard to see patients.
He walked to the water tank and looked at his reflection in the water. His gaze fell on the mole on the corner of his lips. He resisted the urge to dig it out and turned his head away. He simply pretended not to see it.
Although this appearance was really unsightly, it had the advantage of being extremely confusing. I'm afraid that even if his mother was standing in front of him at this moment, she wouldn't be able to recognize him.
He had to admit that that woman was very careful.
Xiao Jingcheng found that there was some cooked porridge on the table in the yard and a clean empty bowl.
Looking at the chipped and extremely crude pottery bowl, Xiao Jingcheng endured it and kept comforting himself in his heart that he would just have to suffer for a few days. Once he came up with a way, he could leave this godforsaken place.
The porridge cooked by Qi Wen didn't taste very good. It even had a burnt smell. Xiao Jingcheng forced himself to take a few mouthfuls and then put down the bowl.
Was this something fit for human consumption?
There wasn't even a bit of oil in it.
Xiao Jingcheng had nothing else to do at the moment. After finishing eating, he got up and walked around the yard again.
As he passed by a certain corner, he saw a yellow furry thing wriggling there. He just took a casual glance at first, but then his eyes were flashed by something.
Xiao Jingcheng stopped in his tracks and squinted his eyes to look over. He finally saw clearly what the shiny object was.
It was a shiny silver bowl filled with a few bones. He didn't know if it was because the dog had licked the bowl too clean, but it was shining so brightly that it was a bit too much.
Xiao Jingcheng: "???"
What did this mean? He was given a chipped pottery bowl, while a dog was given a silver bowl?!
It must be on purpose. It had to be on purpose!
Xiao Jingcheng endured it for a while but found that he really couldn't bear it. He said coldly, "Stupid dog."
Da Huang had been happily gnawing on its bones with its ears drooping pleasantly. When it heard Xiao Jingcheng's voice behind it, its ears instantly stood up straight, and its body trembled.
It turned its head back and saw Xiao Jingcheng standing behind it against the light, looking down at it with a very unfriendly look in his eyes.
With a "plop", the meat bone in Da Huang's mouth fell to the ground.
Facing the completely changed Xiao Jingcheng, it felt inexplicably scared. But then it remembered that it had to protect its mother, so it bared its teeth at Xiao Jingcheng and let out a low growl.
"I-I'm telling you, Da Huang is not afraid of you!"
Xiao Jingcheng couldn't explain why he could understand what a dog was saying. He snorted coldly.
"Considering that you and your dog buddies helped save me, I won't argue with you. But if you dare to be disrespectful to me like you did this morning again, I'll smash your dog bowl."
Da Huang carefully looked up at him and pushed the silver bowl forward with its paw.
"Da Huang, this is for you."
Xiao Jingcheng's lips twitched.
He wasn't crazy enough to use a bowl that had been licked by a dog.
However...
Suddenly, he smiled, and an idea popped into his mind.
The situation was still unclear at the moment. Xiao Jingcheng had just woken up. Out of caution, he didn't do anything else. He just walked around the yard twice and then returned to his room to lie down and recuperate.
Although the back courtyard had been in a complete mess because of Xiao Jingcheng since early in the morning, it didn't affect the progress in the medical clinic at all. In the blink of an eye, it was sunset, and a day had passed just like that.
Qi Wen came back early to start a fire and cook dinner. After he had prepared a table full of dishes, Ye Wanmian and Li Zhao also closed the door of the medical clinic and returned to the back courtyard.
Ye Wanmian had been busy all day and was so hungry that her stomach was growling. But before she sat down, she looked around and wondered, "By the way, why haven't I seen Goudan? Where has he gone?"
As soon as she said this, Qi Wen and Li Zhao both paused for a moment. Qi Wen quickly glanced at the closed door and lowered his voice.
"Lady Jiang, have you forgotten? His Highness has woken up."
Ye Wanmian's body stiffened.
Right, she almost forgot. Xiao Jingcheng had regained his memory. She couldn't call him Goudan anymore. She should call him 'Jing Xiao'.
With a "creak", the closed door was opened, and Xiao Jingcheng walked out of it.
The sky had gradually darkened. The blue sky had turned dark gray, and the visibility was not as clear as in the morning.
But as soon as he walked out of the door, the first thing Xiao Jingcheng saw was Ye Wanmian sitting in the middle of the yard with her back to him.