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Entering was Gui Yunxi alongside Shunzi.

Shunzi’s tone revealed joy as he asked, "I heard Big Sister has awakened?"

Searcy turned her head to glance, and Gu Youyou was also gazing at them with open eyes.

She nodded gently, making way for Gui Yunxi and Shunzi to enter.

Shunzi had matured since two years prior. His gentle features now bore a touch more resilience. Seeing Gu Youyou, his face broke into delighted relief, "Big Sister finally woke up, that’s great. Erya can rest assured now. Big Sister, how are you feeling now?"

Searcy blocked him, saying, "Her throat is injured, she can’t talk. Right now, well, there’s no threat to her life, but she needs rest. No long talks, please. Oh, right, didn’t you go into the mountains? Did you find Jin Zijin and the others?"

Gui Yunxi shook his head, "The Dao Family mobilized many people, and the nearby garrison troops as well. They searched the mountains for several days, but aside from the bloodstains at the base of the mountain, they found no clue."

"So, are they still looking?"

"Yes, there’s blood, which means they were injured, so naturally, the search continues. However, some people are guessing... after they fell, their bodies might have been eaten by wild beasts underneath, which is why they can’t be found."

There was a moment of silence in the room, then Searcy spoke again, "There’d be traces if they were eaten by wild beasts.

Nothing at all; I find it unlikely. If those two old guys intentionally hid, I reckon even if we dispatched tens of thousands more searchers, we still might not find them, these fools. "

Gui Yunxi hastily said, "We can’t stop searching, though.

If the two of them are dead, or let’s say both just injured and in hiding, it would be okay.

But if one’s dead and one’s injured... who is dead and who is injured.

.. it would be major events for both the Dao Family and the Imperial Court.

It’s a matter that affects the greater scheme of things, so before the opposition gives up, none of us can give up. "

Searcy raised an eyebrow, a dark smile crossing her lips, "A mere coachman, and yet you’re spouting such principles. You’ve made progress, haven’t you?"

Gui Yunxi laughed awkwardly, "These aren’t my words.

I heard them from the Princely Heir Yue and the others.

Right now, with Xuanzong’s people not pulling out, and Tianzong’s people not leaving either.

The Dao Family won’t leave, and neither will the Imperial Court’s dispatched troops.

The Princely Heir Yue said this mountain search couldn’t be finished in a few months.

Now that Doctor Gu has awakened, it’s good news.

Jin Zhenren has been worried. When I return today, at least I have some news to report. "

Gui Yunxi looked towards Gu Youyou, and Gu Youyou nodded gently to him.

In these times, Gu Youyou greatly hoped Jin Zijin would come to see her, but under the current circumstance, him staying in the mountains to continue the search was the most rational choice.

It couldn’t be hoped that Yue Rujing would handle things if Yu Jizi was found half dead.

After so much effort to bring Yu Jizi to this state, they couldn’t give him any chance of making a comeback.

Faced with Gu Youyou and Jin Zijin, Shunzi had many questions.

But seeing Gu Youyou in her current state, he eventually swallowed those questions back down.

There would be time in the future, once she fully recovered, to ask them.

He’s been out for a while, it’s time to go back. His wife and children are waiting at home. Erya is close to giving birth, and he feared any complications with no one by her side.

Their house was still next to the former thatched cottage of Jin Zijin.

The thatched cottage remained as it had been, regularly tended to by Shunzi, but they did not live inside it, merely storing some farming tools and items.

Their house consisted of a two-section compound, comprising the main house and east and west wings, constructed in the style of the Gu Family estate, yet slightly smaller than the Gu Family’s courtyard.