"It's fine, you sleep first," Lin Fan said gently.
Zheng Yue sat up. "I'll wait for you."
Lin Fan nodded, got out of bed, and went out.
*Knock, knock, knock!*
"Who is it?"
A cautious voice came from Wang Xiaoli's room.
"It's me, can't you even recognize my voice?"
Lin Fan stood outside the door, more certain that Wang Xiaoli was injured.
After waiting for five minutes, the door finally opened.
Wang Xiaoli, wearing a loose nightgown, looked gaunt.
"What are you doing here?"
She asked impatiently.
"You're injured," Lin Fan said, pointing to her left shoulder.
Wang Xiaoli's expression changed. "What's it to you?"
She turned to close the door.
"Wait!"
Lin Fan agilely stuck his arms and feet into the door crack, blocking her action.
"We came together, we're a team, of course it's my business."
"I am me, don't lump me in with you people."
Wang Xiaoli said coldly, "Take your hands and feet away, I want to sleep."
"You're not lightly injured."
"I'll help you heal, you tell me who injured you, fair deal?"
"You need to think clearly. If you don't get treatment, you might end up with nothing. But whether it's me or someone else, we can gather friends and family at any time. We have reinforcements and considerable power in the human world."
Lin Fan looked at Wang Xiaoli with a serious expression.
Wang Xiaoli hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly stepped back.
Lin Fan walked in and gently closed the door.
"Let me see your wound."
When Wang Xiaoli had tried to close the door earlier, Lin Fan had noticed her enduring pain, especially her left shoulder, which seemed stiff.
Wang Xiaoli did not turn around. With her back to Lin Fan, she took off her nightgown.
Her skin was like snow, and her long hair was as black as ink, creating a stark contrast.
When Lin Fan saw the jagged, bitten-off, bloody wound on her shoulder, he gasped.
"Hiss~"
"What did this?"
"It wasn't a normal creature, was it?"
Her true form was easily ten meters long; even an elephant would be crushed to death.
Whatever could injure her was definitely no ordinary being!
Wang Xiaoli did not reply. Her eyes flickered, and her fists were clenched tightly.
"I'll go get the first-aid kit."
"Right, will human medicine work on you?"
"Forget it, asking is useless. We'll try whatever we can."
Lin Fan rushed out.
Wang Xiaoli was the strongest among them in this search for the true dragon's remains.
Not invincible, perhaps, but certainly rarely met her match.
To think she suffered such a setback on the first day!
Lin Fan couldn't imagine what kind of casualties there would be if they encountered a terrifying creature unprepared.
"Xiao Fan, why are you back so soon?"
Zheng Yue was sitting on the bed, lost in thought. Hearing the door open, she looked at Lin Fan in surprise, who had just left and returned.
"Wang Xiaoli is injured."
"Our mission might be very dangerous."
"I'll treat her first. If the risk is too great..."
"Ah Yue, you shouldn't go."
Lin Fan found a small first-aid kit he had brought for emergencies in his luggage and solemnly warned her.
"Xiao Fan, is it really dangerous?"
Zheng Yue couldn't understand why a trip that felt like a spring outing had suddenly become so perilous.
"Extremely dangerous. Ordinary people can't handle it, at least."
Lin Fan walked to the bedside and gently patted Zheng Yue's shoulder. "Wait for my news."
With that, he left the room again.
"Xiao Fan!"
Zheng Yue was filled with panic.
In the empty room, fear washed over her like a silent tide.
"What should I do?"
She was restless, and suddenly remembered that a brother and sister lived next door.
"I'll go find them."
The Li family siblings were renowned young experts in recent years. Knowing they were there gave Zheng Yue some peace of mind.
She changed into a simple sports shirt and checked the time.
"I wonder if they're asleep yet."
At this hour, she didn't care about disturbing them and walked out quickly.
In the adjacent room.
Li Yusheng and Li Yurou sat opposite each other, their faces full of worry.
"Why is it the 'Jing' hexagram, the image of a pearl hidden in the abyss."
Li Yurou frowned. "We've already found the Chizhu. If it senses it, finding the dragon bone in the water shouldn't be difficult. Qinghe Reservoir isn't some vast, deep abyss, what danger could there be?"
"I suspect the danger might not be external. Perhaps..."
Li Yusheng pointed to Lin Fan's room.
"I thought so too. That Wang Xiaoli isn't human. If we find the dragon bone, she'll definitely betray us."
"No, tomorrow I need to find a chance to talk to Lin Fan."
Worry filled the eyes and hearts of the siblings.
"Yurou, are you asleep?"
A gentle voice came from outside the door.
The siblings startled, their eyes meeting.
Zheng Yue suddenly knocked on their door in the middle of the night.
And they had just been badmouthing Wang Xiaoli, discussing how to deal with her.
Legends of demons disguising themselves to harm people suddenly flashed through their minds.
"What do we do?"
"I'll open the door."
Li Yusheng was braver. He secretly held two talismans, which, whether useful or not, gave him a bit of courage.
Li Yurou hid behind him, ready to call for help at any moment.
*Creak~*
The door opened slightly.
Zheng Yue was first surprised by their tense and vigilant expressions.
"Can you let me in?"
Li Yusheng subtly glanced at the shadow on the floor, then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come in."
The door closed, and Zheng Yue immediately said, "Wang Xiaoli is injured, and Xiao Fan went to treat her."
"Xiao Fan said that our mission will be very risky."
"What?"
"Wang Xiaoli is actually injured!"
The siblings' expressions were full of disbelief.
Demons could actually get injured? What had she encountered?
The three looked at each other, and their anxiety quickly spread to everyone.
In the room next door.
Lin Fan shook his wrist, scattering the entire bottle of Jin Chuan medicine.
"Hiss~"
Wang Xiaoli hugged her arm and sucked in a sharp breath.
"You seem to be able to control the flow of qi and blood, so no need for hemostasis."
"My medicine accelerates wound healing. Under limited conditions, this is the best I can do for now."
"If it doesn't work, we'll have to consider debridement, which means using a knife to cut away the dead flesh and then stitching it up."
Wang Xiaoli must have been bitten by a ferocious beast, losing a piece of flesh. The torn flesh edges looked like dog teeth, and just looking at it made Lin Fan's scalp tingle.
In the past, when encountering such severe external injuries at the clinic, Lin Fan would only do a simple dressing and then send the patient to a major hospital for stitches.
Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.
Lin Fan's clumsy needlework made it very difficult, so he wouldn't overreach and delay the patient's recovery.