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  Chapter 12: The Cost

  Lan Daguang walked by, Lan Zhi quickly hid in the corner of the wall, watching as her brother and the servant disappeared from view. She then hastily ran out, looked at the snow that was over half a person high, and muttered to herself: "What treasure is buried here?" As she said this, she went forward to dig with her hands, but after digging twice, she felt cold, turned her head and called out to the maid: "Come and dig, see what's buried underneath."

  The little servant girl had to come over and use both hands to dig, the little servant girl was also very interesting, just like digging a hole, rushing to a place to dig, soon, she dug up something, first looking like clothes, so she said: "Miss, the young master buried a piece of clothing here."

  "Clothes?" Blue Orchid came over to take a look, picking up the brown-red garment and examining it. Just as she was about to ask why someone would bury clothes, she felt something was off and tried to pull the garment out with force. To her surprise, it wouldn't budge. She pulled harder, and Little Fatty, seeing Miss Blue Orchid exerting herself, also came over to help without asking what they were pulling at. The two of them strained with all their might, and since the snow on top was freshly fallen and hadn't been trampled down by Blue Master's feet, it wasn't packed tightly enough. As a result, after much effort, they finally managed to pull out... a person!

  The two of them exerted too much force and both fell on their buttocks, squatting down. Xiao Pang and Lan Zixu saw a person rolling out from the snow pile, and they were so frightened that they both shouted in alarm!

  Lan Zhi shouted, then pointed at the person in shock and exclaimed: "Zhu Yuhuan! It's Zhu Yuhuan!" She didn't wait for Xiaopang to react, already jumping up and rushing over, slapping Zhu Yuhuan's body wildly: "Zhu Yuhuan, Zhu Yuhuan! Are you dead? Wake up, wake up!"

  "He's dead!"

  Zhu Yuhuan was a familiar face, and Lan Zixun wasn't afraid of him at all. Instead, she was anxious to the point of madness, rubbing his face with her hand and listening to his chest for any reaction, but there was none. Suddenly remembering how doctors took pulses, she hastily pressed her hand against his wrist to try. Just as she was doing this, she saw someone standing not far away watching the commotion at the front of the alley after the fire, so she called out to that person: "Hey! Come over, come quickly!"

  That person looked this way, inexplicably looking left and right, seeing that there was no one around, only himself, and could only come over to ask: "What's the matter?"

  "Help me see if this person is dead or not?" Lan Zhi hastily asked.

  That man was startled and jumped back a step, shouting: "Ah, my mother! This is a starving corpse! Don't touch it, it's diseased..."

  "What's wrong! The person I know... was fine just now, suddenly fell down...... Hurry up and take a look!" Lan Zhi shouted anxiously.

  That person listened and finally let out a breath of relief, looking at the little girl who was dressed quite well. The man lying on the ground, although covered in snow all over his body, seemed to be wearing good quality clothes as well. Only then did he feel relieved, came over and pressed on Zhu Yuhuan's neck, then tried under his nose for a while before saying: "Hurry up and take him back home to find a doctor! His breath is weak!"

  "What's going on! We... where did we put the movement..."

  "Get a sedan chair! There's one over there, and for just five coins, they'll take you inside the city!" The person was kind-hearted and added, "When you get back, hurry up and warm yourself by the fire, and add more quilts! If you catch a chill, it won't be good."

  Lan Zixu hastily thanked him and ordered the maid to hire a sedan chair at the end of the alley. The sedan bearer carried Zhu Yuhuan onto the sedan, and Lan Zixu instructed them to head towards the mansion where her mother, Chunlan, used to live.

  The little girl's brain isn't stupid, she knows she can't move back home, so she immediately thought of this place. But who would have thought that when they arrived here, they found out that Chunlan had moved everything out of the house before she left! Everything that could be sold was sold, and although there was still a kang bed that couldn't be moved, all the bedding on it was gone!

  Lan Zhi rushed into the house and saw that the kang was empty, she was so angry that her feet were jumping! The two sedan chair bearers were still fine, and they reminded her: "Hurry up and cover it tightly, and burn the kang too. A person who has been frozen must be warmed up as soon as possible, otherwise something big will happen!"

  Lan Zhi hastily thanked her and handed over five coins, she sold embroidery for a living and had some spare change in her handkerchief, so she took out ten more coins and instructed the little maid: "Go to the street where we sell our embroidery and buy some quilts! Ten coins can buy four quilts, don't let anyone cheat you! And don't get kidnapped either! Don't talk to anyone else, just ask the shopkeeper to deliver them back. If they won't deliver, give him two more coins to do it."

  The little servant girl nodded frequently and remembered, then hastily stuffed the money into her pocket and ran out.

  Lan Zixun only then looked at Zhu Yuhuan, saw his face was pale white, lips were all blue, looking scary. She stretched out her hand and pushed him hard, shouting: "Zhu Yuhuan, Zhu Yuhuan!" After calling for a long time, Zhu Yuhuan still didn't move, Lan Zixun could only get off the kang, thinking about how to light the fire on the kang.

  The whole house was searched for some firewood, which was placed under the bed, and then they were at a loss, not knowing what to do next. They could only climb back onto the bed, stretch out their hands and push Zhu Yuhuan hard while calling: "Zhu Yuhuan, wake up quickly, Zhu Yuhuan... Zhu Yuhuan."

  In a daze, Zhu Yuhuan felt as if he was going somewhere, had to walk a very long way, so he hurried along in a flurry. However, someone behind him kept shouting loudly: "Zhu Yuhuan! Zhu Yuhuan!"

  He turned back to look, but all he saw was a vast expanse of white, with no sign of anyone. As he continued walking, he heard the voice shouting again: "Zhu Yuhuan! Zhu Yuhuan!"

  He stopped, somewhat bewildered, and turned back to ask: "Who is it? Who's calling me?"

  That voice didn't respond either. He was very puzzled and suddenly felt a sharp pain on his face, as if he had been beaten. He furrowed his brow and shook his head vigorously...

  Xiao Yāo Róng bought a quilt and came back, Lán Zhī Chóu was with her, they spread a bed on the kang, the two of them moved Zhu Yuè Hán to the quilt, the remaining three quilts were all covered on him, Lán Zhī Chóu also asked Xiao Yāo Róng to heat the kang, Xiao Yāo Róng was born as a maid, although she was a bit young, but she could do these things, so she also heated the kang.

  Lan Zixun continued to call out beside Zhu Yuhuan's ear: Zhu Yuhuan, Zhu Yuhuan!

  Zhu Yuhuan in his dream was annoyed, frowning and shaking his head, wanting to shake off the sound. Lan Zhi saw that he was really alive and would still shake his head! He was overjoyed and shouted non-stop, pushing and shouting again and again.

  Finally woke up Zhu Yuhuan.

  Lan Zhi saw that he woke up and excitedly shouted: "He's awake! Zhu Yuhuan is awake! He didn't die, great!"

  Zhu Yanhuan's whole body ached to death, trying hard to move, but couldn't. He opened his mouth and let out a very hoarse voice: "Zhou'er?"

  Lan Zhi nodded vigorously with a smile: "It's me! Yes, it's me, Zhu Yuhuan! Nothing's wrong, it's great! How is it? Where are my family members? I can't take care of myself, hurry up and call my family over!"

  Zhu Yuhuan nodded slightly and said: "Qingci Hutong... 37th number... Fang's residence."

  "Qingci Hutong, No. 37, Fang's residence." Lan Zhi repeated it quickly, then told the little maid: "Remember? Go and find someone to come and pick him up!"

  The little servant girl hastily responded with a "yes", threw away the firewood in her hand and ran out again.

  Zhu Yanhuan wanted to close his eyes, but Lan Zhi immediately pushed him hard: "Don't sleep! Don't sleep! People say that if you fall asleep in the snowy ground, you will never wake up!"

  Zhu Yuhuan really wanted to say: I'm not in the snow now either...

  He was too weak and could only let her rock him back and forth, drowsy but unable to fall asleep.

  Later, when he came to, he knew of course. Fortunately, Lan Zhi had been shaking and calling him all along, otherwise, he might have really slept without waking up...

  The little maid brought three people with her, two servants and a woman!

  Lan Zhi had never thought that Zhu Yuhuan would have a woman by his side! This woman looked... and couldn't tell how old she was, with a married woman's hair bun, but as soon as she entered the door and saw Zhu Yuhuan lying on the kang, she let out a startled cry and rushed over, her hands frantically searching all over Zhu Yuhuan's body...

  I don't know why, but Lan Zixun felt very uncomfortable and didn't want that woman to touch Zhu Yuhuan! She hurriedly blocked the woman's hand and quickly said: "Don't touch, can't touch! He's injured...can't touch!"

  "He's hurt! He's hurt! Where is he hurt?!"

  That woman wanted to touch again, Lan Zhi Chou was furious! She thought to herself, how shameless is this woman! Why does she keep touching people! She spread out her hands and used her body to block the woman, saying angrily: "I said don't touch... you two come over here, hurry up and take Zhu Yue Huan back home!"

  Those two servants hurried over, although they didn't know what relationship this young lady had with their master, but the little girl called out to him by name! They immediately took her as their master and came over to carry Zhu Yuhuan on their backs.

  Lan Zhi was afraid that he would freeze on his way back, so she covered him with a quilt and told another servant to bring the remaining quilts.

  She followed behind and left the alley, seeing the woman put her hand on Zhu Yuhuan's body, taking advantage of the opportunity to secretly touch him. Lan Zhi's anger that had just dissipated came back again! She got into the carriage in a rage, covering Zhu Yuhuan with the quilt in a mess, and herself also pounced onto the quilt, shouting: "Go quickly, go quickly!"

  Liu Suo and the two servants didn't know who this person was, but it was clear that she had an unusual relationship with Zhu Yuhuan, and Zhu Yuhuan was injured, so she stood guard beside him! She must have known something! Liu Suo thought back to last night's events and wondered if this little girl knew about what happened last night too! So he didn't ask any questions, and the servant pulled the little maid onto the carriage, hurrying it towards Qingci Hutong.

  The little maid quietly called out in a low voice: "Young lady... when are we going home?"

  Lan Zhi was paying attention to Liu Suo, thinking that this woman had taken advantage of Zhu Yuhuan, and said casually: "It's too early!"

  The little maid stopped talking. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe and reward on the starting point mobile network, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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