Chapter 4

The man was trembling all over, and Yu Huai was trembling with him. This was a sign of an extremely high fever. The body had launched defensive measures and the cells were working desperately.

This situation is not very good, it would be better if there were antibiotics.

Yu Huai sighed slightly, opened his arms and hugged the man tightly in his arms, covering the man with his tattered quilt.

Fragments flashed through Chi Xu’s mind. He and his parents were sent to the countryside for reform. Countless people spat at them and threw mud at them. His father, a man like him, had a back that was bent day by day. His mother’s hair was getting whiter and whiter. In the end, they were paraded through the streets with a sign hanging on their neck.

He hated this unfair world and that woman. If she hadn’t reported them, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Wen Yetong!!

Chi Xu suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were red, and his focus was on the face of the person in front of him.

Yu Huai was wiping the corners of his mouth with a warm cloth. Seeing him wake up, he said happily, “You’re awake.”

It’s good that you’re awake. Once you wake up, you’ve gotten through this stage.

Chi Xu frowned, with disgust flashing in his eyes. He raised his hand and grabbed her neck fiercely, threw her to the ground, turned over and pressed down on her. His hands were so strong that it seemed as if he wanted to strangle her to death.

Yu Huai’s face turned red from being pinched, her brain was deprived of oxygen, and her whole body became weak. She touched the front of the man’s elbow and pressed hard on the Shaohai acupoint there.

The man’s hands suddenly lost their strength, and Yu Huai took the opportunity to break free, tilting his head back and breathing deeply.

“Are you crazy?!!”

Chi Xu finally came to his senses and looked down at the little beggar’s slender neck, which was covered with five finger marks left by him.

He got off Yu Huai, his expression still a little grim. “Sorry, I wasn’t sober just now.”

Yu Huai covered his neck and rolled to the side, several meters away from him. He coughed twice, his voice hoarse, “You are too cruel. I saved you after all, and this is how you repay your savior.”

Chi Xu silently took out his wallet, left a hundred yuan for himself, and threw the rest to her along with the wallet.

“compensate.”

Yu Huai picked it up honestly, opened it, took a look at it and put it in his pocket. He liked this style of domineering.

She rubbed her neck and leaned closer again. The man looked at the fire, wondering what he was thinking.

“Are you confused by the fever?”

The man didn’t answer, but asked hoarsely, “Why did the fire start?”

Yu Huai grabbed two handfuls of dirt and threw them on the fire, trying to put it out. “You’re already burned like that. If you don’t keep warm, you’ll burn to death.”

Yu Huai threw the fire in front of him and stepped on it twice. After making sure that there was no flame at all, he turned around and asked him, “How do you feel now?”

Chi Xuwei nodded, “That’s great, let’s pack up and go down the mountain before dawn.”

Yu Huai raised his hand to touch his forehead. It was not as hot anymore, but he was probably still having a low fever.

The man raised his hand and slapped her palm away, giving her a cold look.

Yu Huai rolled her eyes. Who was the person who was hugging her just now?

She crushed the remaining herbs and changed his medicine, then tidied up her small quilt in a mess and carried it on her back, as if she was carrying a heavy turtle shell.

Chi Xu pursed his lips. This woman… was too sloppy and had no image at all. Thinking about how he hugged her last night, he felt uncomfortable all over, afraid that he might have lice or something.

Seeing that he didn’t move, Yu Huai tilted his head and asked, “Aren’t you leaving?”

Chi Xu hummed softly. Yu Huai wanted to come up to help him, but he dodged by slightly turning sideways. “I can walk by myself.”

Yu Huai rolled his eyes again. How could he still have the strength to walk after having such a high fever?

The two of them went down the mountain together. Yujia Village was not far from Qingping County. It was only just dawn when they arrived at the county.

Chi Xu’s face turned pale. He leaned against the wall without saying a word, but he was able to endure it.

Yu Huai sat under a tree in a secluded corner, wiping the sweat from his forehead. “Who are you going to call at the post office? What are you going to say?”

Chi Xu said a string of numbers and asked Yu Huai to repeat it.

Yu Huai repeated it, and seeing that she had memorized it, Chi Xu said, “Qingping County, Jiangning City, bring people here.”

“That’s it?”

Chi Xu lowered his gaze indifferently, “That’s all, that’s all.”

That’s too easy.

The two of them waited here until the post office opened. Yu Huai placed his large package at Chi Xu’s feet and said, “Please keep an eye on it for me. It will only take a few minutes.”

The man responded softly, his eyes scanning everywhere vigilantly, no one knew what he was looking at.

Yu Huai went into the post office, paid the money, and told the person on the other end as Chi Xu said. No one knew whether the person on the other end heard her or not. He hung up the phone as soon as she finished speaking, without making a sound from beginning to end.

Yu Huai smacked his lips, a very good person.

After thanking the people at the post office, the staff member sitting at the window waved without even looking up. Yu Huai smacked her lips again. Was he looking down on her?

She looked down at her clothes, which were covered in mud and patches. They were indeed quite dirty…

As the chief disciple of the nationally renowned Chinese medicine doctor Xu, she had never experienced such a gap.

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west.

Yu Huai walked out of the post office with her hands behind her back. When she returned to the alley, there was no trace of the man. A gust of wind blew by, and only she and the equally dirty package were left standing alone in the alley.

Yu Huai sighed and shook his head. He left without even saying goodbye. It was too cruel. After all, they could be considered to be “living and dying together”.

But this did not affect her good mood. Not only did she escape from Yujia Village, she also unexpectedly obtained a huge sum of money!

This good mood lasted until she arrived at the train station.

“ID card?”

Seeing that she was dirty and ignorant, the staff member thought she must be pitiful and explained to her, “Yes, our country’s Xiyue has just implemented a policy that every citizen must go to the Public Security Bureau to apply for an ID card. From now on, you can use your ID card to buy tickets.”

Seeing that Yu Huai was still confused, the staff member continued, “This has just been implemented, so many people must not have applied for it. You can also use your household registration book or a certificate from the production team or the street office.”

But Yu Huai has none of these.

She licked her lips and asked cautiously, “So… none of these can be bought as tickets?”

The staff looked at her suspiciously. How could someone come out to buy a ticket without any ID these days? Could she have come here illegally, or was some other fugitive?

Yu Huai laughed dryly under the man’s gaze and waved his hand, “I was in a hurry to leave and forgot to bring it. I’ll come back tomorrow…”

After leaving the train station, Yu Huai pursed his lips and looked at the sky speechlessly, having forgotten about this matter. At this time, he could not move forward without an ID.

Yu Huai went to the guesthouse again to ask, hoping for a chance. After receiving a negative answer, Yu Huai winked at the front desk staff and whispered, “I can pay a little more.”

He had the same expression as the staff at the train station, and looked Yu Huai up and down, with suspicion in his eyes.