Chapter 30 The bracelet is full of treasures

Fu Yu had given up hope of this place.

He did try to fight back, he did try to run away, but those people always delivered a fatal blow just when he thought he had hope.

In particular, when he ran away, he encountered an old man.

The old man looked kind and benevolent. He pleaded and begged the other man, thinking he would help him, but instead the man turned around and called the villagers, who arrested him and took him back.

That small mountain village wasn't big, but he just couldn't escape it, no matter what he did, even with a broken leg.

Fu Yu was in despair.

He was in despair, at least until he met this father and daughter.

He dared not trust anyone anymore.

Even that tiny figure, when it came into his eyes, seemed like a natural radiant being, making it impossible for him to look away.

But he was scared and couldn't believe it.

Throughout this journey, he has been striving to uphold his principles and avoid falling into the trap again.

I'm afraid it's just another 'kind-faced' trap.

But now...

He looked at Qiao Changdong and the small figure in his arms.

After a very long time, long enough that everyone thought he wouldn't react at all, he finally opened his bloodless lips.

"Thanks."

His voice was hoarse and dry, with a slight tremor.

"Well, in that case, let's prepare for the surgery. I'll go pay the fees first." Qiao Changdong said, then carried Qiao Qiao to find the doctor.

I didn't interact with the couple at all.

The couple exchanged glances, then looked at the young boy on the bench in the corridor, their eyes becoming somewhat wary.

Wang Junshan lowered his voice and asked his wife beside him, "Did you let them speak alone?"

Wu Chunhua quickly shook her head: "No, no, I've been watching over Xiaojun the whole time. I haven't seen them talk to each other, and they haven't been alone together either."

In fact, this was the first time the couple had ever heard the little boy speak.

He has been at their house for a week now. He is like a mute, he doesn't speak, he doesn't communicate with them, he doesn't even eat the food they give him, and he hasn't drunk a drop of water.

If the middleman hadn't repeatedly assured them that he could speak, they would have suspected he was mute.

Qiao Changdong paid the fees, and the surgery was arranged overnight.

The young boy was wheeled into the operating room, while the couple waited outside the door.

Qiao Changdong went to find a nurse to get another bed, and went to sleep with his daughter in his arms.

It was more than three hours later, close to four in the morning, when Fu Yu was wheeled out of the operating room.

His hospital bed was next to Qiao Qiao's. When he was wheeled over, Qiao Qiao was already asleep, nestled in her father's arms, sleeping soundly and sweetly.

Fu Yu was under local anesthesia. He was fully conscious when he was wheeled out, but he didn't open his eyes. Instead, he pretended to be asleep in front of the couple.

He only opened his eyes after the couple, one sleeping by his bedside and the other on a bench in the hallway, had fallen asleep.

Qiao Changdong also woke up to the sound.

Once the ward was completely quiet, he took out a pen and paper from his pocket, wrote something, and handed it to the boy across the bed, which was more than a meter wide.

The boy took it and saw a few words written on it: "Trafficking here?"

Fu Yu's dark pupils suddenly contracted as he looked at those words.

He pursed his lips tightly, and nodded to Qiao Changdong a few seconds later.

Qiao Changdong reached out and took the paper back. Perhaps his movement was a bit too forceful, because the little girl in his arms, who was wrapped around his neck, twitched her little hand that was pinching his earlobe.

Qiao Changdong did not move again.

He waited until the little girl unconsciously rubbed his earlobe and fell into a deep sleep before he lowered his head and kissed her rosy cheeks. Then he wrote two words and handed them to her: "Don't worry."

Are you at ease?

Fu Yu lowered her eyelids.

The wariness and coldness in his eyes gradually dissipated.

He looked at the small bundle that the man was holding in his arms carefully, as if it were a precious treasure.

He thought, perhaps he really had met an angel.

He slowly closed his eyes.

He was too tired.

He hasn't had a proper night's sleep for more than ten days.

Only the quiet, soft breathing sounds remained in the ward.

No one noticed that the little girl being held in the man's arms was surrounded by a purple-gold halo, completely enveloping her.

In her sleep, Qiao Qiao entered that boundless space again.

However, this time is different from usual.

As soon as she entered the space, she could clearly feel that the fog had dissipated and the visibility was much better than before.

She could still clearly see wisps of purplish-gold energy seeping into her body and entering her internal organs.

Her body seemed to have become a bottomless pit, absorbing the unseen but real life force within this space.

She felt as if she had truly turned into a tree.

She could even see her internal organs projected as holographic images.

She could clearly see the purplish-gold aura seeping into her blood vessels, nerves, and meridians little by little.

They are growing vigorously, radiating unprecedented vitality.

It made her feel an unprecedented sense of ease and energy.

Just like taking your first breath of fresh air on a clear spring morning, it makes you feel refreshed and invigorated.

【Master, master.】

Just as Qiao Qiao was comfortably closing her eyes and taking deep breaths of the air that made her feel so good, a familiar voice came from not far away.

However, this child's voice sounded much more lively than before, unlike the previous one which was always weak and listless, as if it were about to kick the bucket at any moment.

Qiao Qiao followed the sound and saw the sapling swaying its branches as if greeting her.

The little sapling swayed its lush green branches joyfully, excitedly telling her, "Master, Master, I've grown taller!"

Qiao Qiao squatted down and gestured with her hand.

Isn't it still just a tiny bit big?

Where did you grow taller?

"I've grown taller! I've grown one centimeter taller!" The sapling proudly straightened its little trunk.

【This is all thanks to the master.】 The sapling extended its branches and wrapped them around Qiao Qiao's wrist, like a playful little pet, frolicking with her.

Because of their shared understanding, Qiao Qiao felt cheerful as she saw how happy it was.

She reached out and stroked the branches that were twining around her, and said, "Let me give you a name."

"Okay." The little branch swayed again, like a mischievous kitten shaking its head.

"What name will my master give me?" it asked expectantly.

Qiao Qiao thought for a while and said, "Let's call you Xiao Yuan. My surname is Qiao, just like my dad's. You can take my dad's surname too. How about Qiao Yuan?"

The sapling was silent for a second.

Then, it happily... jumped around.

Jump! Thud! Get up!