Era: You're asked to cook a home-style dish, but you cook Wellington.

"Gao Yang!"

Su Wanqing ran to the door in an instant and tightly grasped Gao Yang's hands.

At this moment, Gao Yang was wearing a clean set of clothes, but the smell of blood on his body was still clearly audible.

"Quick, didn't you want tiger blood?"

Gao Yang quickly turned to the side, revealing the large tiger behind him.

"This is……"

Su Wanqing covered her mouth in surprise, never expecting that Gao Yang had brought back the tiger that guarded the old ginseng on Eagle Beak Cliff.

The tiger looked listless. Its wounds were bandaged, so there was no blood. However, its paw was hanging limply on the ground, whether broken or dislocated, it was unclear.

"It's a long story. Let's get the tiger's blood first, and I'll explain in a bit."

Gao Yang slapped the tiger on the butt.

The tiger roared, its eyes filled with grievance.

It stood up, shook its head, and walked into the hall.

The other members of the Su family were startled by this sudden turn of events and jumped up, fleeing their seats as if they were escaping.

"Quickly get tiger blood to save the old man."

Su Wanqing burst into tears of joy and rushed to the doctor's side, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him back and forth.

The doctor swallowed hard, his heart pounding as he looked at the mountain tiger before him.

"No, I'm scared too."

Lin Zheng stood to the side, looking at the tiger, then at Gao Yang, his brows furrowed with amazement.

"I didn't expect you to actually bring the tiger back."

Su Wanqing relaxed immediately upon seeing a large amount of bright red blood being drawn out. Upon hearing Lin Zheng's words, she instantly grasped the key point.

"Old Lin, we encountered many dangers in the Cangmang Mountains. How did you know Gao Yang would be alright?"

"Oh, Xiao Gao talked to me before he set off. He said that Eagle Beak Cliff is not as high as I thought. There is a pool of water at the bottom. If necessary, he might jump off the cliff. He asked me to arrange some people to meet him there in advance."

"I just didn't expect that, besides Gao Yang, my men also rescued this tiger. I didn't believe it when they called me."

Lin Zheng touched his chin with a sigh.

Gao Yang added, "Yes, it was almost all over, but luckily Old Lin had made arrangements in advance."

As he reminisced, he didn't notice at all that the beautiful woman beside him had already reddened her eyes.

"Gao Yang, you bastard!"

Su Wanqing's voice suddenly trembled, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, completely collapsed, and tears fell without warning.

She grabbed Gao Yang's arm tightly, her nails almost digging into his flesh.

But she was afraid of hurting Gao Yang, so she loosened and tightened her grip repeatedly, and finally simply threw him aside and sat down to sulk alone.

"You planned to send me away long ago, planned to shield yourself from those assassins, planned to jump off the cliff, and even arranged your escape route with Elder Lin, but you kept it all from me, didn't you!"

"You just want to play the hero and don't care about my feelings, right?"

Do you know how panicked I was when I came down from the Cangmang Mountains?

"Do you know how heartbroken I was when ginseng couldn't save the old man?"

The more she spoke, the more her body trembled, her voice trembling with suppressed sobs. She felt a mix of anger, fear, pain, and resentment.

"Um, Wanqing, I didn't mean to lie to you."

Gao Yang walked slowly to Su Wanqing's side and awkwardly spoke, but after seeing that Su Wanqing's eyes were red, he squatted down and gently comforted her.

"I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd worry. You're my boss, and protecting you is something I have to do. Otherwise, if you get hurt, no one will pay my salary."

Su Wanqing glanced at him resentfully, but still couldn't hold back her anger, and punched Gao Yang.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Gao Yang couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Su Wanqing realized she had gone too far and quickly knelt down to check Gao Yang's wound.

"Does it hurt?"

Gao Yang shook his head, a smile playing on his lips, and silently watched her.

Su Wanqing blushed under his gaze and scolded, "What are you looking at? Let me tell you, you can't let this go, you'll be fined two months' salary."

Upon hearing that he would be fined two months' salary, Gao Yang's smile vanished instantly. He approached Su Wanqing with a bitter expression and spoke in a somewhat ingratiating tone.

"Wanqing, two months is too much, isn't it? I just crawled back from the brink of death, I'm covered in injuries, please have pity on me and reduce the punishment a bit? How about one month?"

As he spoke, he deliberately frowned slightly and subconsciously touched the wound on his chest.

Seeing his pitiful appearance softened Su Wanqing's heart, but she still couldn't let go of her anger.

"No way! It's your fault for lying to me! Two months is too lenient. If you dare to risk your life alone without my knowledge again, I'll fine you six months' salary, and I'll make sure you never see me again!"

"No, no, no, there will absolutely not be a next time!"

Gao Yang quickly raised his hands in surrender, his eyes sincere.

"From now on, I'll discuss everything with you first and never make decisions on my own, okay?"

Seeing his submissive demeanor, Su Wanqing's grievances finally dissipated, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, though she still forced a serious expression on her face.

She turned her face away, not wanting Gao Yang to see her expression.

"That's more like it. I'll let you off this time. But if you dare to go back on your word, see how I deal with you."

Seeing this, Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief and sat down next to her, carefully touching her arm.

"Actually, I'm scared too. I'm scared that if something really happens, I'll never see you again. I'm scared that I won't be able to protect you or save Grandpa. That's why I didn't dare tell you. I was afraid you would stop me, and then we'd both be stuck in the mountains, and Grandpa would lose his last hope."

Su Wanqing stiffened and turned to look at him, only to see that his eyes were full of seriousness, without a trace of joking.

Recalling his figure standing in front of her on the vast mountain, the resentment in her heart completely vanished, leaving only a heart full of heartache.

She gently took Gao Yang's hand, her fingertips touching the still-healing wound on his palm, and her voice softened.

"I know you're doing this for me, for Grandpa, but you also need to know that I'm afraid of losing you too. Next time there's danger, let's face it together, okay?"

"Um."

Gao Yang nodded emphatically, a smile returning to his face.

The two were enjoying a tender moment when a plaintive "woof" suddenly broke the warm atmosphere.

The two turned to look and saw the tiger squatting not far away, its injured paw dangling, its head slightly lowered, looking at them with resentful eyes.

The tiger at this moment was nothing like the king of beasts it once was. Its tail occasionally brushed the ground lightly, and its eyes were crystal clear. If it weren't for its enormous size, it would probably be mistaken for a large orange cat.

Of course, this grievance was directed at Gao Yang and Su Wanqing.

The Su family members huddled in a corner, about to speak, when the tiger glanced at them and let out a low warning growl, scaring them into not daring to make a move.

At that moment, the ward door opened.