Seeing that Nie Qianyu was also blushing shyly, Zhang Xiaohua did not dare say anything more. He quickly raised Xiao Juzi in his arms and said anxiously, "I brought Xiao Juzi back."
"How is Xiao Juzi? Why are you still carrying her? Could she be injured?"
Hearing Zhang Xiaohua say this, Nie Qianyu cast her shyness to the back of her mind and looked anxiously at Xiao Juzi.
Zhang Xiaohua said with a bitter smile, "Could you let me put Xiao Juzi inside first?"
"Yeah, I've been carrying her for a long time. I'm really a little tired."
Seeing this, Nie Qianyu quickly stepped aside from the doorway. Zhang Xiaohua carried Xiao Juzi into the small room, where a faint lingering fragrance remained. Seeing him place Xiao Juzi in the bedding she had just slept in, Nie Qianyu felt a strange stirring in her heart. When Zhang Xiaohua's hand touched the quilt still warm from her body, he felt much the same.
After Zhang Xiaohua settled Xiao Juzi, he turned around and told Nie Qianyu everything that had happened. Nie Qianyu listened with tightly furrowed brows, then hurried to the kang bed. She first carefully examined Xiao Juzi's condition, then placed her left hand on Xiao Juzi's wrist to take her pulse.
Nie Qianyu's brows went from furrowed to relaxed, then from relaxed to furrowed again. Zhang Xiaohua, watching at the side, grew terribly tense. When Nie Qianyu finally withdrew her hand with a worried expression, Zhang Xiaohua could not help asking, "Little Fish, is it...?"
"Yes," Nie Qianyu said. "Xiao Juzi was drugged with a strange sleeping powder, and all the vital acupoints across her body were sealed."
"It's that serious?" Zhang Xiaohua frowned as well. "Then what should we do? She hasn't eaten or drunk a drop for