Scarlett went out to chop firewood. On one hand, she was really lacking firewood. On the other hand, she wanted to go into the mountains to find something to fill her stomach.
Although her family wasn't so poor that they couldn't eat, it wasn't far off. If Ethan ate alone, he might be able to last a few days, but if she added in, it would be a bit difficult.
It was now late autumn and the sky was clear and there were no clouds for thousands of miles.
It wasn't just because there was no pollution. Scarlett felt that the sky above her was especially blue. It was a blue that she had never seen before. The air was also very fresh and it made her feel relaxed.
She inexplicably came here. She didn't know if those lunatics at the research institute would miss her. They would probably be gritting their teeth and blaming her for suddenly disappearing without giving them the latest research results.
But on the surface, she was a medical doctor from Medical University, but she was actually a special agent. She entered the organization when she was eight years old and everything after that was just a cover for her true identity.
Of course, she didn't plan on licking blood from the blade for the rest of her life. She had an agreement with the organization that this would be her last order and she would leave after finishing it. Unexpectedly, the plane had an accident …
Now that she thought about it, the plane crash was too much of a coincidence.
But there was no point in talking about it now. She was already dead and there was no way she could go back and take revenge.
There should be no one who would feel sad about her death.
Her parents divorced when she was eight years old. Then they formed their own families and had new children. She had always been extra.
In a sense, her fate was quite similar to that of the original owner. The previous host's parents passed away early, so the previous host was extra in the Bell family.
Now that the previous host was dead, no one would feel sad for her.
Scarlett gave a self-deprecating smile as her eyebrows turned cold.
Because she was worried that it would rain, Scarlett didn't go too deep into the forest. But even so, she still found a lot of good things. There were fungi, mushrooms, and wild wood ears growing on tree stumps.
The wood ears were fat and thick, almost covering half of the tree stump. Scarlett picked the big ones.
This area had obviously been cut down by the villagers. There were many tree stumps like this, and there were also many wood ears growing here.
Scarlett picked them one by one, and soon the basket was filled heavy.
Seeing that she was almost done, Scarlett stopped in time. She chopped some firewood and tied the firewood to the basket with a rope. She carried the basket on her back and prepared to go down the mountain.
However, just as Scarlett turned around, she suddenly felt a squelch under her feet, as if she had stepped on something.
Then, she heard a muffled groan. It was very soft and weak.
She blinked her eyes and slowly moved her legs away.
"I can't be that how unlucky he...…"
She took a deep breath and looked down. She saw an old man with a white beard who had fainted from being stepped on by her …
Scarlett: "…"
No, how could someone be lying in the gutter?
Was it a coincidence that she stepped on it?
Scarlett's conscience was very good, so she stepped over him.
However, in less than two seconds, Scarlett came back expressionlessly.
"Let me say this first. I didn't save you out of conscience."
"Cluck cluck cluck —"
In a tightly tied cloth bag beside the old man, a pheasant flapped its wings and cried out.
Scarlett raised her eyebrows and glanced at the cloth bag casually. The cloth bag stopped moving instantly.
Then, she looked at the old man with a white beard in front of her. There was a big footprint left by Scarlett on his face, and it was very horrible to look at.
Looking at his clothes, he looked like an ordinary villager.
However, there was an indescribable aura of dignity between his eyebrows.
Scarlett put down the firewood on her back and started to take his pulse.
She studied western medicine in school, but later on, in order to carry out a very special mission,
Judging from his pulse, there was no illness in his body. Scarlett speculated that he had caught a cold and suddenly had a high fever. He accidentally fell into the gutter and dislocated his left arm.
Scarlett took out her small medicine box from the basket on her back and put an ice pack on his forehead.
Then, Scarlett reattached his arm, chopped a piece of firewood, tore off his clothes, and fixed his arm.
After doing all this, Scarlett check his temperature again and found that it was still high, so she injected him with a fever reducing injection.
Not far away, there was a small grass shed for the villagers to rest in.
Scarlett moved him there.
The fever was gone and he was about to wake up, so Scarlett got up and went down the mountain. Before leaving, Scarlett left her umbrella with him.
"I won't treat people for free."
After saying this, she took the bag of pheasants with her.
Scarlett had just reached home when the rain started to fall, and it soon became a torrential downpour. The mountains were far away, and the village's grass shed was all shrouded in the rain.
Scarlett went directly to the kitchen.
Ethan had already cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, wiped the stove, and put away his clothes.
Scarlett put down the firewood and the cloth bag, opened the cupboard and looked, and wondered, "You've finished eating?"
She had left quite a lot.
She didn't expect that the boy, who looked so thin, to have such a big appetite.
Was he really at the age of puberty?
Scarlett raised her eyebrows and found a cage to put the pheasants in.
Scarlett separated the small firewood and the big firewood, and picked out the ones that needed to be chopped.
When she finished chopping the firewood, it was already evening. The rain hadn't stopped, and the house was wet and cold. She found a Brazier and planned to light a fire for herself. Suddenly thinking of something, she walked in front of Ethan's room and gently knocked on his door.[AN:"Brazier" means a portable heater consisting of a pan or stand for holding lighted coals]
"Do you want to warm up?"
She asked softly.
There was no response from the room.
She called out again, but there was still no response.
Ethan saw that the door was ajar, so she gently pushed it open and looked inside. She saw that under the dim light of the oil lamp, the thin figure had already fallen asleep on the old table.
He was also holding an unfinished book in his hand.
The book was clearly yellow, and the cover was cracked. It was covered with oil paper.
It was very hard for a educated person in the countryside, especially for someone like Ethan. He had been oppressed by the Bell family and the original host for a long time, so he couldn't even go to a private school. He had to rely on himself to learn.
Scarlett hesitated, and then quietly walked over. She took a cotton coat from the cupboard and put it on him.
Ethan woke up in the middle of the night.
He hadn't slept well for the past few days, so he didn't think that he would fall asleep on the table. When he opened his eyes, he found that there was an extra cotton coat on him. His brows furrowed as a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes.
He frowned as he looked at the book in his hand. Suddenly, he heard a crackling sound. He turned his head and saw that there was a brazier on the ground.
The cold room was suddenly warmed by the light of the fire.
Ethan's eyes fell on the brazier as he revealed a thoughtful expression.
There was only one brazier in the house. After giving it to Ethan, Scarlett didn't have one.
Scarlett hid the medicine box and quickly crawled under the blankets, wrapping herself up like a small cocoon.
Perhaps it was because she had made several trips during the day, but her small body was very tired. Even though it was a bit cold, she quickly fell asleep....