So this was the man who had pounced on her in the street two nights ago, bitten her, and was also the man that Old Master Si had been searching for.
At this moment, he looked extremely disheveled—his body covered in wounds, bruises everywhere. Apart from those sharp, eagle-like eyes that still remained cold and alert, there was hardly a single intact part of him.
Lin Yunchu was inwardly astonished. She had spent most of the day traveling before finally arriving here.
He had no transportation at all—how had he even made it this far on his own?
No wonder Old Master Si had been searching the entire city for him without success.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed he could travel this far.
“Hey, are you alright?” she asked.
Although Pei Huaiyuan had already recognized her as the woman he had used as cover that night, his eyes were still full of caution.
After escaping the pursuers that night, he had left the alley once they passed.
But not long after, those people returned unexpectedly.
A fierce fight broke out. They had many men, and he was almost overwhelmed.
Yet with sheer willpower, he refused to fall.
However they attacked, he countered.
He managed to take down several of them and escaped again.
But the pursuit continued. He ran everywhere until finally scaling a wall into a large compound.
Only then did he realize it was a bus station.
At night, the station was empty. To avoid being found, he hid under a bus, gripping onto something underneath it.
He heard people rushing around outside, voices faintly saying they must capture him.
He confirmed it was dangerous outside and stayed completely still under the vehicle.
Then he heard the sound of the bus starting.
He was carried along with it.
When the bus finally stopped, he took the chance to roll out when no one was looking.
He had thought it was a nearby township bus, but it turned out to be far more remote than expected.
Making it even harder to seek help.
For safety, he followed a road and kept walking.
How long he walked, he didn’t know.
How far he had gone, he also didn’t know.
Only when he felt there were very few people in the mountains did he slightly relax.
But not long after, he was discovered.
The person who found him was the same girl who had been drugged that night. Her expression and condition were similar to before—so he had initially assumed she was one of his comrades.
But now, she stood before him with a backpack, hair tied up, wearing a long-sleeved shirt tucked into belted trousers, black boots—clearly a prepared, task-oriented outfit.
Such attire was not typical of any rural or urban girl.
Unless she was one of their people—or the enemy.
“Can you still talk?” Lin Yunchu frowned slightly, immediately sensing the vigilance in his eyes.
Pei Huaiyuan was highly alert, but the moment he looked at her again, the tension in him suddenly snapped.
All his defenses inexplicably loosened, and he collapsed.
“Hey, don’t pass out!” Lin Yunchu panicked.
She hadn’t expected that a moment ago, he had still looked like a fierce beast guarding its territory—and the next second, he would just faint.
“Wake up! Don’t faint!”
He was badly injured and severely exhausted—fainting was not a good sign.
She kept tapping his face, but there was no response.
Anxious, she suddenly noticed her own injured finger and came up with an idea.
She grabbed his finger and bit down hard.
His fingertip was covered in calluses, making it difficult to bite through, but she refused to stop and bit harder.
“Mm…”
The man frowned deeply, his cold eyes narrowing as he stared at Lin Yunchu.
Her mouth was full of the taste of blood.
Seeing that he had regained consciousness, she wiped the blood from her lips and said matter-of-factly, “My finger hasn’t healed yet. You bit me before, so I’m biting you back. We’re even now.”
“…”
Pei Huaiyuan instantly concluded she was probably not an enemy—because no enemy would be this childish.
“Don’t move. Let me check your wounds. I have medical supplies in my bag. I’ll do some basic treatment for you.”
She crouched down and opened her backpack.
Inside were disinfectant, gauze, and ointment.
Before transmigrating, Lin Yunchu had been an avid trekking enthusiast who often went into undeveloped areas. She had rich outdoor survival experience.
Knowing this place was extremely remote, she had prepared thoroughly in advance.
She had bought a lot of wilderness supplies, especially medical ones.
Even so, compared to Pei Huaiyuan’s injuries, it still felt insufficient—his wounds were too severe.
“How do you carry so many things?” he asked.
The cooling antiseptic made him even more certain she was not a bad person.
“I have something important to do here and planned to stay for a day or two, so I prepared a lot,” she replied.
“You seem very experienced.”
“Just a bit more prepared than usual.”
Looking at his wounds again, she frowned. “You’re too badly injured. Can I take you back to town?”
Besides external injuries, she suspected internal injuries as well.
She wasn’t a doctor and couldn’t be sure of his condition.
“I—”
“Who’s there?!”
Before he could finish, a rough, unfriendly shout came from not far away.
Pei Huaiyuan instantly tensed again.
Lin Yunchu also became alert.
She quickly packed her things and turned around slowly.
Two men in their forties stood there, staring at them with dark, sinister expressions.
These two were not easy people.
Based on her experience, Lin Yunchu immediately made a judgment.
Although people in this era were generally kind due to poverty, these men were different—there was something deeply gloomy and malicious in their eyes.
They weren’t just cautious of outsiders; they clearly had evil intent.
If she wasn’t mistaken, they were likely from this place—Qiu Jiawan.
Only people from here would be so wary of outsiders, and only they would look at women with such predatory intent.
They wanted children—but more than that, they wanted women.
Pei Huaiyuan also sensed the danger.
“Hello, neighbors,” Lin Yunchu said calmly, quickly composing herself. “We’re from Jinsha Town. We heard there’s a famous doctor here in Qiu Jiawan. My husband… he has a condition, so we came to seek medical treatment.”
The two men stared at her suspiciously.
Pei Huaiyuan was even more shocked.
Husband?