Chapter 33: Setting Out on a Journey

  She woke up after that time going to the hospital to see you. A person named Li Xiaoshu gave her a bottle of pills, saying that as long as she persisted in taking the medicine, she could keep her mind clear. After that, the person did not appear again.

  "Your sister was unaware of herself and Li Xiaoshu going to the hospital to see you. However, through her colleagues, she learned that she had no memory of some unusual actions during this period, and inferred that she might have been poisoned by Niao's Gu. In order to clarify the truth and help herself detoxify, she decided to go find that Niao girl again."

  I let out a long sigh of relief. My older sister has been very smart since she was young, and when we were in school, she was always the top student in our class. Compared to her, what I lacked was that kind of perseverance to get to the bottom of things. Wang Jue had this perseverance too, which is why he kept pursuing it all the way to Wu Village and understood so many things.

  I locked eyes with Wang Jue, unsure whether I should tell him about Li Xiao Hao's situation, but I knew I only had two options to choose from. If I didn't act quickly, my sister's life would be in imminent danger.

  "Dr. Wang, can you help me one more time?"

  Wang Jue was taken aback for a moment, and after a few seconds, a smile appeared on his face. "Is it that you want me to go with you to find Niao Girl and dispel the Gu poison in your sister's body?"

  I nodded at Wang Jue. I picked up the phone and dialed Old He's cell phone, "Hello, Old He, I need a favor from you. I have an urgent matter to attend to and need to leave Xiangcheng for a few days, please make sure to contact Li Xiao Shu within three days."

  We quickly packed our things, brought dry food, and drove towards the direction of Wangcheng. Along the way, I told him about what happened to me and Li Xiaoshu and Li Xiao's brothers before and after. He didn't comment, only saying that the Miao girl's poisonous curse had existed since ancient times.

  After arriving at Wu Zhuang, Wang Jue easily found Miao Nu's home, which was indeed the fourth small building after entering the village as written on the note. Miao Nu was still not at home, and we learned from the neighbors that her hometown was in a mountain valley in the south. The neighbor was very enthusiastic and gave us her phone number, but it was always unreachable. After further inquiry, it is estimated that there is no mobile communication signal in Miao Nu's hometown.

  Wang Jue had experience finding people, so he ran to the village branch secretary's home, spoke kindly, and gave him several boxes of high-grade pastries that we had brought with us on the road as gifts. The branch secretary quickly agreed to help us contact Miao Nu's hometown.

  After another twist and turn, Miao's hometown finally had news that she was indeed there, but due to the busy funeral, she could not communicate with us for the time being.

  Now, Wang Jue and I finally had a bit of confidence. Wang Jue took out another good cigarette and asked the village branch secretary in detail about the location of Miao's old home, and we drove to Miao's old home without stopping.

  This road is all winding and mountainous, with steep cliffs on one side and precipitous cliffs on the other. The winding road can barely accommodate two cars passing by at the same time. And it's not a one-way road, so we often encounter cars coming from the opposite direction. Every time I see a car speeding towards us from the opposite direction, I involuntarily break out in a cold sweat, worried that we'll be squeezed off the cliff or the other car will be squeezed into the mountain wall.

  Wang Jue was very calm and composed, driving slowly and steadily, I couldn't feel any tension from him at all.