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"Ai Xiang, do you have any stories?" Yun Xiao asked.

She too was eager to hear about his childhood stories.

Turning her head, she saw his long eyelashes fluttering like fans, glimmering with a dazzling light as they moved with his blinking eyes.

The smooth lines of his face, even his profile, were so beautiful they could intoxicate.

Yun Xiao watched, forgetting for a moment to look away.

When Ai Xiang turned to look at him, their eyes met.

Ai Xiang was momentarily startled, staring rigidly at Yun Xiao.

Her eyes were so bright, as if stars lived within them, and at that moment, he could have sworn she looked just like that girl!

How could that be?

Ai Xiang had seen Yun Xiao’s birthmark; her red birthmark on her back was clearly a circle.

But he was looking for a girl with a moon-shaped birthmark.

Yun Xiao felt somewhat panicked at the moment, especially because as they lay face to face, the instant their gazes collided, it seemed as if sparks flew once more near her heart.

She was as if electrocuted, unable to move.

Her gaze remained fixed on his face, while he was clearly sizing her up as well.

For no reason, her heart became unbearably tense, and suddenly it seemed that her ears went deaf, even the chirping of insects around them sounded clearer.

It was as if, at this moment, he was the only one in her eyes.

In her memory, his handsome and beautiful profile, the lightness of his figure, his every frown and smile.

She was stunned for a good while, until she felt a coolness on her cheek and finally snapped back to reality.

She didn’t know when Ai Xiang had stretched out his hand, caressing the beautiful angles of her eyebrows.

He seemed to have entered a realm of nothingness, where he only saw her.

Yun Xiao held his breath.

She didn’t know whether she should move or just let his slightly cool hand rest on her face.

"Doctor Ai Xiang, my daughter says she’s feeling a bit unwell, could you take a look at her?"

The sudden voice interrupted the strange atmosphere between them.

Both Ai Xiang and Yun Xiao were taken aback.

Ai Xiang reflexively withdrew his hand and turned to look at the villager approaching from not far away.

He quickly got up from the straw bed and walked briskly toward the villager, saying gently, "Lead the way, I’ll come have a look."

"Please follow me this way..."

Yun Xiao covered his blushing cheeks with both hands, watching Ai Xiang leave.

What was he just doing?

And what was she thinking?

Yun Xiao covered his face fiercely, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.

Just then, Jing Haoran, with his eyes wide open in confusion, looked between Yun Xiao and Ai Xiang and suddenly felt as if he had stumbled upon an unspeakable little secret.

Ai Xiang likes Yun Xiao!

And Yun Xiao likes Ai Xiang!

"Why are you gawking at people falling in love?" Che Junqing knocked Jing Haoran on the head.

Jing Haoran immediately turned and glared at him, "Don’t touch the young master!"

"Fine, young master," Che Junqing said speechlessly, yet still reminded, "Spying on others falling in love isn’t very decent."

"Which eye saw me spying? I am looking openly. It’s their own fault for cuddling in such a conspicuous place!" Jing Haoran huffed.

He thought his voice was very soft, but Yun Xiao heard every word he said.

Involuntarily, her cheeks grew even redder.

Furthermore, she couldn’t rest here anymore.

So, she covered her face, stood up, and ran into the forest.

The forest was pitch-black, and she followed a narrow path for a long distance.

Suddenly, a wild beast’s roar was heard.

Yun Xiao was startled. At the same time, she also heard a man’s cry for help, "Save me!"

Without a thought, she looked around, then determined the direction of the sound and ran towards it.

As she drew closer to the sound of the beast’s roar, she saw three wolves had surrounded a man soaked in blood.

Without a thought, she stepped forward, facing the pack of wolves and trying to make them back down.

Clearly, these wolves bore a grudge against the villagers. They refused to leave and even showed hostility towards her.

The reason Yun Xiao did not immediately attack was that she had once lived in Liangshan and owed a life-saving debt to the wolves there.

If they remained obstinate and ignored her commands, she would have no choice but to show no mercy.

"You go first, run quickly to the village, the doctor is there, he will treat you," Yun Xiao said to the man.

The man swallowed hard, nodding his head while clutching his arm, wounded by the wolves.

Without hesitation, Yun Xiao punched one of the wolves in the head to clear a path for the man to escape.

Seeing her extraordinary move, the man did not hesitate to run while clutching his wound.

Afterward, Yun Xiao turned back to the wolves surrounding her and coldly snorted, "I gave you the chance to leave, and you did not treasure it. Don’t blame me for being merciless."

The wolf she had punched down got up again and, following that, raised its head to howl.

Yun Xiao’s face changed at once, sensing trouble!

This wolf was actually calling for its companions.

If it managed to summon the entire pack, she would be in trouble.

A pack of wolves could be at least twenty strong, and sometimes as many as fifty.

Without a thought, Yun Xiao immediately used Ice Vine to freeze the three wolves in place, then turned and ran toward the village.

However, after running a few steps, she hesitated.

There were many sick people in the village, and the villagers were as weak as chickens.

If she ran back to the village and the wolves followed,

bringing hungry wolves to a village in such a predicament would only add to their troubles.

Thinking this, she immediately turned around, changing direction, and ran deeper into the forest.

Before long, not only did the three wolves break free from the ice’s restraints, but they also called over more than twenty strong, robust wolves.

Yun Xiao ran ahead, chased persistently by the pack.

Instantly, she cursed under her breath, swallowed hard, and sprinted with all her might.

Although she was not as fast as Gu Xiaoxi, years of special training ensured her physical endurance was certainly no less than that of the wolves behind her.

Not knowing how long she had been running, she felt she was far enough away from the village.

With a vigorous step, she climbed a twenty-meter-tall tree and sat on a branch.

Instantly, twenty-seven or twenty-eight wolves surrounded the tree she was on.

"Oooooo... Aooooo..."

The pack had chased Yun Xiao all this way without catching up to her.

Now, they gathered around the tree, frantically scratching at it, trying to climb, but the tree was too tall for them to reach.

So, the wolves began to hit the tree with their bodies.

Yun Xiao, sitting on a branch, felt somewhat troubled, contemplating whether to start killing.

Although she did not recognize any of these wolves, they were surely the descendants of the one who had saved her life.

She did not want to harm them.

But now, it seemed they did not care about that at all, harboring a vendetta against her, not willing to give up until she was killed.

Yun Xiao was torn.

Meanwhile, the man injured by the wolves had run back to the village to find Ai Xiang.

Upon seeing his bloodied wounds, Ai Xiang hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"I was bitten by wolves! A girl saved my life!" the man said excitedly. As he spoke, he tightly grasped Ai Xiang’s hand and said, "There are many wolves in the back hills. If she doesn’t return within ten minutes, I hope you can go save her."

As he spoke, the man fainted.