There weren’t many things, and the Gu Family quickly packed up. Gu Kaiyuan rekindled the fire, then supported Bai Suihe, "We can’t be of any help here, so we’ll go back and rest first. You should rest early too, as we have to hurry on the road early tomorrow morning."

Nobody from the Gu Family asked them to stay; there wasn’t enough space for them to sleep themselves.

And seeing the two of them safe and sound standing before them didn’t sit well with them.

If you want to criticize, didn’t Gu Kaiyuan fight bravely back then, wielding a stick against those men in black?

Once Bai Suihe was some distance from the Gu Family, he lowered his voice and said, "I heard you were quite brave at the time, rushing in with a stick. Truly, a heart desperate to save one’s parents."

Gu Kaiyuan cast a complex glance toward the Chen Family’s direction, "If I said I was forced into it, would you believe me?"

"Tell me more," Bai Suihe, not expecting there to be more to the story, perked his ears up.

Upon hearing what Chen Dafu had done, Bai Suihe almost slapped his thigh with laughter, "That Mr. Chen you offended in the past?"

"I shouldn’t have," Gu Kaiyuan recalled carefully; before the exile, they indeed had no dealings.

"How come I feel he seems to gloat over others’ misfortunes?"

"If you put it that way, I remember something. The Chen Family will return to the court in the future, but I haven’t looked into the specific details.

Thinking back now, the Chen Family in the previous life seemed to reveal many oddities.

There were several times when the Gu Family’s main branch was in danger, and they helped out."

Gu Kaiyuan was pondering just whose people the Chen Family were. Could it be the Third Prince?

But that doesn’t fit either, as he later helped me in court, making it all quite confusing.

"What’s hard to understand will eventually come to light," Bai Suihe didn’t pay attention to whether there was such a detail.

"It’s not easy to walk this road at night. In the future, just have Chun Mei and them handle things." Gu Kaiyuan supported Bai Suihe, avoiding a piece of rubble. A normal person falling wouldn’t matter, but if Bai Suihe stepped on it, that would be a big problem.

"Such a big thing with the Gu Family, I can’t not show up; it wouldn’t be good at all.

I originally thought to send over a new box of ointment, but feared at the time the wound wouldn’t heal well, and we’d be blamed again, so I could only think of this way. Don’t blame me."

"We as a couple have a telepathic connection," Gu Kaiyuan patted her hand, smiling, "The Gu Family really can do the thing of biting back. You go in and rest quickly."

☆

Gu Baijiang felt that this night was particularly hard to endure. Although he applied all the remaining medicine to his face, his face still burned and stung.

Gu Kaiping and Gu Kaichen took turns fanning him with leaves, but it didn’t alleviate much.

Contrarily, Xu Huizhen seemed completely unaffected, lying on the ox cart, snoring.

Gu Anliang and Gu Anwei were startled. Just when dawn broke, everyone noticed their little faces were red and they had fevers.

Liu Yun and Xu Yulan couldn’t sit still and started pleading for medicine from household to household.

Not knowing what more they would encounter on the road, everyone tightly held onto their medicinal herbs. Eventually, Liu Yun spent five taels of silver to buy a set of fever-reducing medicine.

This medicine, usually a few dozen coins, had suddenly increased so many times, but Liu Yun bore it for the sake of the children.

But Xu Yulan’s actions were unbearable. Just as Liu Yun finished decocting the medicine, Xu Yulan, in the instant she turned to care for the child, was a step quicker and poured the medicine directly to give to Gu Anwei.

"Xu Yulan, what are you doing? That’s the medicine for my family Anliang. How could you just take it?"

"Sister-in-law, I’m just worried! Our Anwei has a fever, and if he doesn’t take the medicine quickly, it could be deadly. Look, he already drank it, so how about you make another batch?"

"I’ll fight you," Liu Yun couldn’t stand it. Making another batch, would it still have a potent effect?

And won’t that take time? We’re about to hit the road; this is not giving our family Anliang a chance to survive.

"Big Brother, aren’t you going to do something?" Xu Yulan, feeling guilty, didn’t dare directly confront her and ran away.

"Sister-in-law, what you’re doing isn’t right. If your Anwei is ill, you should plead for medicine instead of drinking ours."

"What’s yours and what’s mine? Aren’t we all one family?" Xu Yulan played dumb there, thinking what’s done is done. It’s not like they would kill her over a bowl of medicine.

Gu Kaiyun and his wife were utterly infuriated by Xu Yulan’s shamelessness; now they could somewhat understand what the Gu Kaiyuan couple was going through.

And they also had a biased old mother who now jumped out, "Enough, Kaiping. Since the medicine’s already been taken, quickly make another batch.

We’re all family, and they’re all our children. It doesn’t matter who takes it."

"How can it not matter?" Liu Yun felt indignant, "I paid a lot for it and worked hard to make it.

I even wonder why second sister-in-law wasn’t worried, but it turns out she had this planned all along."

"It’s early morning. Stop arguing," Gu Baijiang, already uncomfortable because of his facial injuries, felt even more annoyed by the argument, "The medicine’s already been taken, so make another batch.

At least they have medicine; I’m just toughing it out."

Liu Yun couldn’t believe it. Was this really the grandfather her child adored? How could he say such cold things?

"Mother, let’s quickly make more medicine," Gu Antong also hated it, as this was her only brother, her future support, "but my brother’s well-being is more important. The account can wait."

"Antong, what are you saying? What do you mean by ’the account can wait’?" Xu Yulan remained relentless, "I’m your elder, not your mortal enemy."

"You better hope our Anliang is fine. Otherwise, we’ll have a feud," Liu Yun no longer wanted to pretend, to hell with the elder sister-in-law demeanor; she wanted to tear Xu Yulan apart.

But Tong Er was right; they urgently needed to decoct another batch, regardless of its effectiveness, it was still worth trying.

The mother and daughter busily worked, and just as the medicine started to boil, it was time to set off.

Seeing the medicine, which had little color, they could only grit their teeth and give it to Gu Anliang.

With two kids having fevers and Gu Baijiang injured, other than Xu Huizhen, thick-skinnedly sitting above, the rest followed the cart on foot.

Gu Antong looked toward Bai Suihe several times but found that the curtains weren’t even lifted.

"Why hasn’t the fever gone down yet?" Liu Yun now focused entirely on Gu Anliang in a panic.

Gu Kaiping was also worried, continuously wiping his forehead and palms with a wet towel.

Gu Kaichen, leading the ox cart ahead, stayed honest and didn’t dare to rush Gu Kaiping, fearing his brother would recall Xu Yulan’s actions and get angry again.