Mr. Xiao, can I borrow your wedding invitation?

Chapter 71 Viral Guo Ming

Xiao Shen bit the towel in his mouth, took a deep breath, and treated his wound himself.

Immediately afterwards, Nanwu heard a muffled groan escape from the man's Adam's apple. It wasn't her, but she nervously clenched her fists.

Until a loud "bang" was heard, Nan Wu quickly turned around and saw that Xiao Shen's face was pale, and even his lips were bloodless, like a transparent sheet of paper, looking terribly haggard.

He braced himself on the bed with one hand, swaying precariously.

"Fourth Master!" Nan Wu rushed over to support him.

"What are you yelling for? I'm not dead yet!"

Despite being clearly weak, the man was still putting on a show of bravado.

"Hurry up and bandage me up. Do you want me to bleed to death so you can find another lover?"

Three black lines appeared on Nanwu's forehead.

After hurriedly bandaging him up, Nanwu breathed a sigh of relief, covered in sweat. Looking at the old man, she saw that he was in no better condition, as if he was about to die at any moment. Just as she was about to ask him if he needed some water, his body suddenly slumped to the side.

Nan Wu reacted quickly, and Xiao Shen fainted in her arms.

The rain fell all night, like the end of the world, destroying everything.

Song Hao said that Xiao Shen's temperature should be monitored continuously. If he develops a fever, the situation will be very serious, and he must hold on until tomorrow morning.

This arduous task fell to Nan Wu. Song Hao said, "Miss Nan, I'm a rough and clumsy man. You ladies still need to take care of my daily life. I'm entrusting Xiao Shen to you. Please!"

Nan Wu might as well not be a good person, but thinking that Xiao Shen might give her a break because of this, it might be a good opportunity to show her what she's capable of.

That night, Nan Wu dared not close her eyes at all, fearing that if she did, Xiao Shen would be blind forever.

Human lives are at stake; she has to shoulder the responsibility.

So, to prepare for the worst, she kept checking Xiao Shen's forehead temperature and kept wiping his body with a warm towel.

After a whole night of tossing and turning, I finally couldn't go on anymore...

On a clear morning after a downpour, the air was filled with the fragrance of dust and mud, and the sky was so clean it was almost blinding, as if it had been washed by water.

Water droplets fell on the banana leaves, making a dripping sound, while birds chirped and chattered in the treetops.

Nanwu had a dream in which she was being chased and killed. She was stabbed and covered in blood as she fled for her life in the forest. She was chased to the top of the mountain and forced to retreat step by step until she finally lost her footing and fell off the cliff.

With a scream, Nanwu sat up abruptly.

After a few seconds of blankness, she realized that it had all been a dream.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned his head and saw that the bed was empty. Where was that old man?
Could it be that he was captured and killed by those people?

Thinking of this, Nan Wu ran out in a panic, "Fourth Master, Fourth..."

I bumped into someone who came in, and my nose felt sore and painful.

"Want to do it?" Xiao Shen suddenly bent down, looking at her with a mischievous grin, as if he were an adult looking down at a child's height.

Nan Wu's lips twitched; she wanted to slap him to death.

However, seeing him standing there so imposingly, he must be out of danger.

"Oh dear! Did I come at the wrong time?" The old lady who came to call for dinner stumbled upon this scene, covered her eyes in bewilderment, and scolded the old man who came with her, "Old man, it's all your fault, I told you to call from outside!"

"How would I know any of this? Hurry up, make room for the young people." With that, he grabbed the old lady and hurriedly left.

Nan Wu and Xiao Shen looked at each other, finding the old couple utterly adorable.

Unlike the city, the countryside is full of delicious food, but this is the most natural, green and pollution-free food. Whether it was because he was hungry for a long time or because he wanted to change his taste, Song Hao ate five coarse grain steamed buns in one go. If it weren't for Xiao Shenfei's glare, he could have finished the whole table.

The old lady's eyes darted between Nan Wu and Xiao Shen a few times, then she nudged the old man with her arm. "Old man, look, Miss Nan is beautiful and kind, and Mr. Xiao is tall and handsome. They are a match made in heaven. Their child will definitely be very good-looking!"

“Yes, yes, I think he looks more like Mr. Xiao. Everyone says that Dad’s genes are strong!” the old man agreed.

The old lady immediately refuted this, saying, "How do you know it's a boy? What if it's a girl? She'd be even more like Miss Nan—gentle, virtuous, beautiful, and sensible. Oh, I would love her so much!"

The two elderly people turned their competitive gazes to the man and woman involved, asking, "Mr. Xiao, Ms. Nan, is it a boy or a girl you've given birth to?"

Song Hao suppressed a laugh and became a bystander.

Nan Wu nearly choked on her food, but after tidying herself up, she smiled and said, "Grandpa, Grandma, Mr. Xiao and I..."

"It's getting late, eat your fill and get going!" Xiao Shen interrupted him coldly. Although the conditions here were limited, he still gracefully completed the mouth-wiping ritual.

Nanwu was speechless. Go on the road? Can't he even speak properly? He should go on the road himself.

"No rush, no rush, stay a little longer. We don't have any outsiders staying here anyway! It'll be good for me to have someone to talk to!" The old lady sincerely urged them to stay.

Xiao Shen stood up and nodded to the two elderly people, "I apologize for the inconvenience, thank you both for your help!"

Song Hao placed two stacks of cash, which he had prepared in advance, on the table. "This is a small token of my brother Shen's appreciation. Please accept it!"

The two elderly people exchanged a glance, and then simultaneously pushed the money back.

"We can't possibly want this! Take it back, take it back!"

"That's right, that's right. Although we are from the countryside, we have never valued money. We appreciate your kindness, but if you feel bad about it, go and give it to those who still need the money!"

The two elderly people talked back and forth, refusing to accept the money no matter what they said. Nanwu saw something more precious in them than anything else: simplicity and kindness.

Xiao Shen didn't insist any further, and the three of them quickly said goodbye and started their journey back.

Upon returning to Ningcheng, Xiao Shen went to the hospital. The previous bandaging had been too hasty, so to avoid infection, the doctor cleaned his wound again and required him to be hospitalized.

From the moment he sent Song Hao away, Nan Wu knew that her fate was no longer in her own control.

She's been detained!

The top-of-the-line single room I stayed in was all white, giving me a feeling of being plunged into an ice cave.

Nan Wu thus became Xiao Shen's private nurse in a daze.

The phone finally got a signal, and it was flooded with missed calls and text messages.

Xiao Jiayang: [Xiao Wu, where are you? Uncle says he doesn't know where you are either. Why aren't you answering the phone? What are you doing? Are you hiding something from me?]

Ha! There was no concern in Xiao Jiayang's words, only questioning, as if he was afraid of being cuckolded. Unfortunately, he had already been cuckolded long ago.

It's just a matter of reciprocity; you give me one, and I'll return the favor.

Nan Dongxue: [I heard you were taken away by Master Xiao? What happened? Did something go wrong with the project? Let me tell you, no matter what, even if he wants your life, you have to hold the line. This project can't fail, or don't come back to see me!]

(End of this chapter)