After being harassed by Xu Fan for so long, she finally managed to start the car.

The engine buzzed as the car moved forward, but before they had driven a hundred meters, Xu Fan in the passenger seat suddenly leaned towards her.

"Ah!"

Xia Yanyu screamed in fright, thankful that they were in the wilderness. Had they been on the highway, an accident might have occurred.

"Stop, stop it, you, you're doing this, I can't drive…"

"I, I feel so terrible…"

Xia Yanyu really wanted to push Xu Fan away. She had never been involved in such preposterous acts with a man in a car before!

But hearing the agony in the man's voice, her heart softened.

If not for her, why would he suffer so much pain?

If she had been poisoned by the Jade Toad, knowing his character, he would never abandon her.

"Enough!"

Thinking of the words Xu Fan had said to her that night, Xia Yanyu bit her tongue, using the intense pain to suppress the chaotic thoughts in her mind, and focused all her attention on the steering wheel without further ado.

The SUV jolted awkwardly through the barren wilderness, startling a flock of birds into the air! Although it was moving erratically, fortunately, the general direction was correct.

Seeing the Miaojiang village faintly appearing ahead, Xia Yanyu clenched her teeth, drove the SUV directly into the village.

The roaring engine of the SUV caused the lights of the houses to gradually turn on. Unintelligible shouts and curses reached her ears, but Xia Yanyu was unresponsive.

She could no longer care about anything else, her priority now was to get Xu Fan to those two experts quickly!

Since the two experts knew of the existence of the Jade Toad, she believed they would also know how to counteract its poison!

Not knowing how many chickens she had run over, Xia Yanyu finally stopped the car in front of the small wooden house where Old Man Liu and his wife lived. Biting her teeth, she carried Xu Fan on her back and jumped out of the car just to see a crowd of villagers following her with torches and clubs.

However, they chased her to this point and, fearing Old Man Liu and his wife, soon dispersed.

Carrying Xu Fan, she shouted at the door, "Elder! Elder! We have returned!"

Without caring if she would annoy the two revered figures, worried about Xu Fan's condition, she kept knocking vigorously on the cabin door. After what seemed like a lifetime, the door finally opened.

Old Man Liu stood at the doorway, frowning as he glanced at Xu Fan on Xia Yanyu's back.

"What's wrong with this lad? Is he dying?"

Xia Yanyu didn't have time to mind Old Man Liu's sarcasm and hurriedly explained, "Elder, he was struck in the chest by the Jade Toad while catching it, and he's poisoned. Please, save him!"

"Yo ho?"

Old Man Liu let out a strange call, looked at Xia Yanyu curiously, and scoffed, "The relationship between you two, hehe, is quite interesting, isn't it?"

"Come in with me!"

Without further ado, Old Man Liu turned and walked into the house, Xia Yanyu nodded, then followed him inside with Xu Fan on her back.

By then, Old Man Liu's wife had also arrived. Xia Yanyu carefully placed Xu Fan on the bed, then approached Old Man Liu's wife.

"Elder, please, save him!"

Xia Yanyu knew it was definitely more reliable to ask her than Old Man Liu.

Old Man Liu's wife rolled her eyes at her husband, who was blustering and glaring, smiled, and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Xu Fan encountered the Jade Toad, didn't he?"

Xia Yanyu nodded, feeling somewhat guilty—as if it were her fault.

"Hehehe…"

Old Man Liu's wife chuckled, then with a peculiar look at Xia Yanyu, said, "Young girl, the fact that you managed to bring him back, having been poisoned by the Jade Toad, is quite surprising indeed."

"I…"

Old Man Liu's wife clearly guessed what had happened before, causing Xia Yanyu's face to flush with embarrassment as she lowered her head.

"Haha, you want me to save Xu Fan? Actually, it's easy to cure this poison, just find a woman, and then…the poison will naturally dissipate."

"This…"

Xia Yanyu had never imagined such a method of detoxification.

She blushed deeply, burying her head...

"Haha, young lady, I'm usually very accurate in judging people. There's no need to hide anything from me," she said.

"Between you and Xu Fan, you must be hiding something from us, aren't you?"

"I…"

Hearing Elder Qu's inquiry, Xia Yanyu glanced guiltily at the unconscious Xia Xiaodie.

"Look, young girl, you're the only one who can save Xu Fan right now. You wouldn't expect an old woman like me to do it, would you?"

"Elder, I…"

Xia Yanyu looked embarrassed, glanced at Xu Fan, then after a long pause, nodded.

"Elder, I understand."

"Xu Fan, just… just wait a moment…"

"Hahaha, old man, see, I was right, wasn't I?"

Just then, Elder Qu turned to Old Man Liu and laughed.

Seeing Old Man Liu's frustrated expression, Xia Yanyu was confused.

"Elder, you…"

She didn't understand what they were talking about...

Elder Qu chuckled and said, "Young lady, I won't joke with you anymore."

"What I just said was simply testing you."

"What?"

Xia Yanyu's face turned red, just a joke? Elder, aren't you too frivolous?

How…how could you joke about such a thing.

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