Chapter 126: Chapter 126: Thank You, But Don’t Do It Again

They had reached the county town hotel by the afternoon.

Monkey and Chu Chunshan had settled all the villagers.

It was only after they had signal that they found out, just an hour after their departure, a flash flood had struck Tianshui Village, and those who had stayed in the village had little chance of surviving.

The news had terrified the villagers, who came one after another to thank Lu Xining and Ji Muye.

But Lu Xining did not stay long in the county town; she had been away from home for almost a week and was really missing her children.

After handing over the follow-up matters to the government officials, she prepared to return to Jingzhou.

Before she left, Chu Chunshan came to thank her, “Miss Lu, thank you and Mr. Ji for this time. If it weren’t for you, our village…”

He choked up as he spoke.

Lu Xining didn’t comfort him much, just patted him on the shoulder and advised him to rest well for the next few days.

Chu Chunshan handed her a black bag, “Take a look at this, is this what you were looking for?”

Lu Xining: “What is this?”

On opening it, she was surprised to find it contained Seven-star Reviving Herb.

“I’m not sure if this is what you were looking for, please take a look,” Chu Chunshan said, somewhat embarrassed as he rubbed his head.

Originally, he had planned to extort a sum of money with these herbs, but after the flood, his village had received so much help from Lu Xining and her team that he didn’t know how else to express his gratitude, so he thought of these herbs.

Lu Xining nodded and said, “Thank you, these are the herbs I was looking for.”

As she was about to pay him, Chu Chunshan waved his hands repeatedly, refusing, “No need, no need, you’ve helped us so much, consider it a gift from me.”

After handing the items over, he prepared to leave quickly, fearing that Lu Xining might try to give him money.

“Uncle Shan, these herbs are medicinal, but they’re also poisonous. They need to be neutralized with other drugs to remove their toxicity.”

Lu Xining warned him, in case he found more of these herbs in the mountains and tried to sell them directly in the county.

Chu Chunshan immediately nodded in understanding; he went to those mountains several times a month, but only once had he seen these herbs.

“Miss Lu, please leave me a contact number. If I find more, I’ll have someone send them to you.”

Lu Xining left Monkey’s phone number, “Call him, he will arrange for someone to collect it directly from the village entrance, so that you don’t have to make another trip to the county.”

Having entrusted everything well, she and Ji Muye immediately headed to the nearest airport capable of flights.

It was several hours’ drive.

By the time she reached the airport, it was already evening.

Before boarding, she checked her messages and found out that those in Tianshui Village who had refused to leave had all been swept away by the flash flood.

By the time she arrived in Jingzhou, it was already the early hours of the morning.

She declined Ji Muye’s offer to take her home and asked him not to endanger himself for her anymore.

“Ji Muye, I’m an adult and take all aspects into account before making a decision.”

“You came to Tianshui Village to save me, and I appreciate it, but don’t do it again. I wouldn’t have been in danger with so many bodyguards around.”

Perhaps he had anticipated her response because Ji Muye’s expression didn’t change much; he just looked at her deeply.

Ji Muye: “Go home and rest soon.”

Lu Xining got into the car; by the time she reached home, it was between two and three in the morning. She first visited the children’s room to check on Ji Chao and Ji Ze, then returned to the master bedroom.

After a shower and changing her dirty clothes, she finally lay back in bed and kissed her daughter’s soft face; she had never felt more content than at this moment.

The next morning.

Lu Nuonuo was half asleep when she felt herself nestled in a warm embrace, her nose catching a familiar scent.

Opening her eyes, she saw Lu Xining’s sleeping face, blinked her eyes in disbelief, and whispered, “Mommy…”

Lu Xining had returned too late the previous night and hadn’t slept well during the preceding days, so she didn’t notice that Little Dumpling had already woken up in her arms.

Lu Nuonuo, sure it was her mother who had returned, kissed her face gently and carefully climbed out of the blanket, adeptly getting off the bed from the other side.

With her hair in disarray, she first went next door to find Ji Chao and happily threw herself into the arms of her already awake brother.

Lu Nuonuo, “Brother, brush teeth.”

These past few days, Little Dumpling had liked coming to Ji Chao’s room to brush their teeth together; she even moved her little deer chair to the bathroom in Ji Chao’s room.

Ji Chao had just dressed and immediately smiled when he saw her, “Okay.”

He touched her uncombed hair and took two small hair clips from the bedside table, securing the hair on her forehead before leading her by the hand to the bathroom to brush their teeth and wash their faces.

He voluntarily squeezed toothpaste for Little Dumpling, who stood on her little deer chair and brushed her teeth earnestly. When they went next door to find Ji Ze, he was still clinging to his bed, unwilling to get up.

“Big brother, brush teeth, go to school.”

Ji Ze, hearing Little Dumpling’s words, burrowed deeper into his blanket and muttered sleepily, “I’ll sleep for five more minutes.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Nuonuo looked at Ji Chao, who nodded, and she immediately climbed onto the bed and pulled off Ji Ze’s blanket.

She said loudly in his ear, “Mr. Sun is shining on your butt.”

Ji Ze opened his eyes to see his sister’s adorable face, then turned to see his brother before resignedly getting up to brush his teeth and wash his face.

After they were neatly dressed, Little Dumpling told them mom was back, and they immediately ran to the master bedroom, indeed seeing the person on the bed.

Lu Xining felt her cheek being kissed several times and woke up to see three adorable little faces, “Good morning, my darlings.”

Ji Ze’s eyes sparkled, “Mom, I missed you so much.”

Lu Nuonuo also came closer and said, “Nuonuo missed you too!”

Ji Chao, though slightly shy, nodded along.

He held Ji Ze and Lu Nuonuo’s hands and addressed her, “Mom, you continue to sleep, I’ll take my brother and sister to have breakfast.”

She rubbed his head, “Good, Xiao Chao is wonderful.”

However, Lu Xining didn’t sleep much longer; after the three children finished breakfast, she came downstairs just in time to see a car at the door.

It was Ji Muye’s car.

Parked at the door, he leaned against the car door with his legs crossed, sensing her gaze and looking over through the hollow iron gate.

“Mom, my brother and I are going to school now.”

Lu Xining nodded, “Dad’s at the door, take your time walking.”

Ji Ze followed his brother, waving, “Goodbye, mom.”

Remaining in the dining room, Lu Nuonuo asked the butler to make coffee. Lu Xining turned to see her carrying the coffee, having spilled half on the way.

Lu Nuonuo smiled up at her, “Mom, drink.”

“Thank you, Nuobao darling.” She quickly took the cup from her hands and wiped Nuonuo’s hands clean with a wet wipe.

The air was filled with the rich aroma of coffee.

Lu Nuonuo efficiently climbed onto her chair and sat at the table, watching Lu Xining eat breakfast quietly.

She spent the day at home with her daughter and only went to the laboratory the next day to process the herbs she had brought back.

Other herbs shipped from Country C had also arrived, and Lu Xining spent a day in the laboratory producing a small batch of pills and a medicinal ointment specifically formulated for Song Henian.

She had the ointment shipped back to Country C, where Song Henian was recuperating. Besides his most severe leg injury, his other wounds had healed.

A few days later, Lu Xining received a reply from Song Henian; the ointment was effective, and his leg hurt much less than before.

He had also returned to the country and personally came to pick her up for the banquet hosted by Old Sir Song.

Upon arriving at the venue, Lu Xining realized this was no ordinary banquet.

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