PRECIOUS PRINCESS

ELEVEN

"Bas with the boy" said physician Bao shaking his head.

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"Is my body buried well? Or was it already thrown into the sea by big brother Xi?" right now Xiao Lan was staring at the night sky from the window in the hut she was in, her two hands were used to support her chin,

"What are you thinking?"

"Aa" that person immediately smothered Xiao Lan's mouth with his hand,

"Sst don't yell when everyone wakes up" Xiao Lan nodded her head and then let go of the clot,

"Who are you?" xiao Lan asked after a bit of calmness,

"I'm the one who's always watching you" said the man,

"Why are you watching me? You're the consort's man, aren't you?" Xiao Lan started to be wary and put up her horses, though,

"Pfft hahaha, empress? Which empress do you mean. I'm watching you because that's my wish. Don't you feel awkward why in the demon forest you and your servants are always safe?" ask the man, then,

Xiao Lan's hand plaque landed on one of the arms of the mysterious person earlier,

"Hey you're such a random person, they're not my servants they're my family knows!" said Xiao Lan while pursing her lips,

The man just chuckled and then left.

"Based on a crazy man" Xiao Lan muttered.

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Two weeks already Xiao Lan and her uncle and aunt were undergoing treatment from physician Bao. Their bodies started to come back fresh but there was still a little bit of poison in their bodies because as per the promise of healer Bao would cure him for one month. As for Xiao Lan's face the pus that was in her acne started to disappear and not be inflamed anymore, if we want something satisfying then it takes time right?

This morning Xiao Lan took aunt Fu and healer Bao to practice martial arts with uncle Tao and uncle Tae,

"Why did we learn something like that Lan'er?" ask aunt Fu, please,

"Failure, as long as we are here we are always safe and we are always protected by uncle Tao and pama Tae" said healer Bao chimed in,

Xiao Lan took a deep breath, "Dear aunt and gegeku, this is only for anticipation if suddenly there is someone attacking us in large numbers. If we only rely on uncle Tao and uncle Tae chances are we'll all die, I don't mean demeaning uncle Tao and uncle Tae. Just imagine if the three of us are hiding while uncle Tao and uncle Tae are facing the enemy, suddenly the enemy is behind us. What can we do? Waiting for Uncle Tae and Uncle Tao to save us? There was no way their aunt and gege would definitely be confronted by the enemy and could be injured if their concentration was split"

"Did aunt ever try it? Haven't you? Aunty has never tried it how can you say we can't? Never mind if you don't want me to learn on my own" Xiao Lan left the place and walked into the deeper forest again,

"Where are you going?" aunt Fu shouted after Xiao Lan but was held back by the physician Bao,

"Let her alone first aunt, maybe it's time we think about her words" the physician Bao then walked into their hut followed by Aunt Fu.

Xiao Lan's footsteps stopped in a cave, like a magnet was pulling her body into it. The further his feet reached the cave the more he wondered what was inside. His footsteps halted as he saw a fox slumping weakly on the rock. He saw blood splattered around the fox's body, the color of its white fur turning red. Xiao Lan scanned the surroundings of the cave, he found herbs that were once taught by healer Bao to treat wounds. He mashed it and rubbed it on the weak fox. After a few hours the fox woke up, Xiao Lan had prepared the water and fruit that she got in front of the cave.

"W-who are you?" ask the fox, though,

"Gosh you can talk" Xiao Lan was surprised, she thought that the beast that could talk was only in fairy tales but now she was listening to it directly,

"Be quiet you must treat your wounds first, drink some water and eat this fruit. I didn't know a fox like you ate fruit or ate other animals" he then thrust water at the fox and helped her drink,

The fox then woke up, he sat in the lotus position with miraculously the entire wound on his body covered and the fur back in white. Xiao La only realized that the fox had nine tails.

"Hmm what do you want to human why do you treat me you want to use me but can't" asked the fox after a full recovery with arrogance,

"I? I was just walking around then I saw this cave and I went inside and then I saw you almost dead" Xiao Lan said casually,

"What's? You're in this forbidden demon forest and you said you were just walking?" the fox asked in disbelief to Xiao Lan while the one asked only nodded his head, saying,

"As for sure I don't want to return the favor to you you yourself who want to help me" said the fox, who remained arrogant and ate the fruit,

Jeez, Xiao Lan did not stop thinking what this fox meant because annoyed he pinched the fox cheek earlier, the startled fox was reflexively biting Xiao Lan's finger. Without realizing it he had drunk Xiao Lan's blood because of his own actions. His body flew up the color turned bluish then came down again and the color came back white,

"Nok" the fox shouted echoing throughout the cave,

"You why?" xiao La asked, opening her eyes,

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