"Su Sanna..."
"Chen Fang! I'll say it again, if it wasn't for us, you'd be a prisoner of the Da Lai by now. I've already given you face by letting you co and see this. Please don't question our plan, you don't have the right!"
There was no denying, Su Sanna was quite resolute.
She left Chen Fang speechless with just one sentence.
After returning to the tent.
Chen Fang was still anxious.
Lin Youyu ca up and said, "Brother Fang, I found a path on the map. Although it's not easy to traverse, we should be able to get through the blockade and leave this area. Shouldn't we just go first?"
Chen Fang shook his head.
He said, "There are only four of us, leaving is easy, but what about those people? With that crazy girl leading them, sooner or later sothing will happen."
"It's beyond our control, it's their fate."
Nanda said beside him.
Chen Fang knew.
Their words made sense, considering the heavy responsibilities on his shoulders.
He really ought to follow Lin Youyu's suggestion and leave.
Yet, his conscience wouldn't allow him to do so.
After a pause, he said, "I've decided to stay and move with their team. No matter what, they are our saviors. Along the way, we might be able to help."
Lin Youyu naturally had no objections.
He was a soldier, loyal to orders.
Nunu didn't even need to be ntioned. Whatever Chen Fang said, she would do.
Even if Nanda was the only one against it, he was helpless. He just sulked and went to sleep.
Night fell.
Fires were lit between the tents.
It was quite atmospheric.
After resting for a while, Chen Fang decided to take a walk.
Everywhere he looked, he could see the scars left by war.
So had their legs blown off, others were disfigured, and there were children who had lost both parents, staring blankly in corners.
All of this was unheard of in Huaxia.
Suddenly.
His eyes brightened.
He saw Su Sanna squatting in a tent, holding a bowl of porridge, feeding it spoon by spoon to a two or three-year-old child.
The child's forehead had a towel on it, his face was flushed red, likely because of a fever.
"What's going on?"
Chen Fang approached and asked.
Su Sanna turned around, her anger had subsided quite a bit, and she said, "The mountain's temperature difference is quite large, and he has a fever. We don't have any dicine and don't know what to do."
"Can I help?"
Chen Fang asked.
Upon hearing that, Su Sanna's eyes lit up.
She turned her head and asked, "Do you have dicine on you?"
Chen Fang shook his head just then.
The light in Su Sanna's eyes dimd.
Muttering, "Isn't it a bit ridiculous to offer help without dicine?"
Chen Fang took down a pouch he carried from his waist, opened it, revealing a row of silver needles, and said, "Our Huaxia's traditional Chinese dicine can also treat fevers. Would you like to give it a try?"
"You know traditional Chinese dicine?"
Seeing this, Su Sanna was a bit surprised.
Chen Fang nodded and said, "I know a little."
She quickly moved aside and said, "Please, you must help. The child's father went to the front lines, and the mother was killed a few days ago while covering everyone's retreat... I... I must take good care of him."
Chen Fang nodded.
He asked Su Sanna to bring a burning piece of wood.
Then he sterilized the silver needles with it.
After that, he inserted the needles into acupuncture points such as Dazhui, Quchi, Hegu...
These are all standard heat-clearing thods of traditional Chinese dicine.
Then.
He took the child's thin arm, gently pressed from the forearm to the elbow along the wrist, this thod is called "Clearing the Heavenly River Water", and supplented by the six intestine thod. He worked busily for a full half-hour, then touched the child's forehead again, and it seed that the fever had gone down.
The child seed less uncomfortable.
The cries gradually weakened.
And the child fell into a deep sleep.
Chen Fang tucked the child in, letting his feet stick out. He sighed with relief and said, "It's okay now. After a night's rest, he should recover by daylight. Let him rest well now."
Upon seeing this.
Su Sanna was also delighted.
Perhaps fearing he would wake the child.
After both ca out of the tent, Su Sanna excitedly said, "Chen Fang, thank you so much. Without you tonight, I really wouldn't have known what to do."
"Miss Su Sanna, you said during the day that you are our savior. This is really nothing,"
Chen Fang said.
Seemingly reminded of the harsh words spoken during the day,
Su Sanna felt a little embarrassed.
However, she didn't explain, still believing her decision was correct at heart.
Changing the subject, she asked, "Why haven't you rested yet?"
Chen Fang smiled and said, "I rested for a while and woke up. There are only two beds in the tent, so I left them for the two girls."
Su Sanna nodded appreciatively.
She looked up at the sky and said, "The moonlight is nice tonight. Shall we take a walk and patrol a bit?"
"Sure, I'll accompany you,"
After Chen Fang agreed.
The two walked shoulder to shoulder into the dense forest.
A few hidden sentinels were stationed there.
After checking each one and confirming there were no issues, they arrived at a large tree and sat down.
With their backs against the tree, they blankly stared at the sky.
Neither spoke, seemingly enjoying the hard-won peace.
"Chen Fang, did you know? I actually envy you Huaxia people,"
Suddenly.
Su Sanna said.
Without waiting for Chen Fang to ask why, Su Sanna continued, "I was born in Huaxia and grew up there. People there never have to worry about waking up to a broken family. They sleep peacefully, eat peacefully, work peacefully, and on the streets, they do whatever they like. If they don't want to do sothing, no one forces them. It's very comfortable. You're really lucky."
Chen Fang smiled.
He said, "But you don't know, in such a comfortable environnt, many different voices arise. Even in Huaxia, many people are dissatisfied. They complain about this and that, always feeling like they're living in an unsatisfactory country."
"Such people should live in our Wanggan for a while, so they can realize how fortunate it is to be born in Huaxia,"
Su Sanna said.
Chen Fang laughed.
Indeed, that made sense.
Those who are complacent should witness their plight.
A turbulent country can bring imnse disaster to a person, a family, and a nation.
"When I returned, my father had already died in battle, his head cut off by the Da Lai Clan and hung on a tree. My mother was assaulted by several Da Lai soldiers and, unable to bear the humiliation, chose to end her life..."
Su Sanna told Chen Fang.
Her father was a chief of the Fudou Clan.
And, when the conflict began, the first tribe to encounter the Da Lai Clan.
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