The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Rescue

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Gu Jiao went out to chop firewood, they really were lacking firewood. On the other hand, she also wanted to enter the mountains to find something to fill her belly.

Although their family was not so destitute that they could not even eat, they were close. If Xiao Liulang ate alone, their stores might have been able to last a few more days. With her included, though, the situation became a little problematic.

It was late autumn, and the sky was clear. There were no clouds in sight for thousands of miles.

Not only was it unpolluted, but Gu Jiao also felt that the sky above her was especially blue; it was a hue of blue she had never seen before. The air was also very fresh and refreshing.

She had come here for no apparent reason. She wondered if the lunatics at the research institute would even miss her; they would probably grit their teeth and blame her for suddenly disappearing without sending them the latest research results.

On the surface, while she was an MD at M University’s research institute, she was actually a secret agent. She entered the organization at the age of eight, and all her accolades after that were just a cover for her true identity.

Of course, she did not plan to live a life of bloodshed. She had made an agreement with the organization that this would be her last mission; after she was done, she would leave. Unexpectedly, something happened to the plane…

Now that she thought about it, the plane crash was too coincidental.

However, there was no point in thinking about this now. She was already dead, so it was impossible for her to go back and take revenge on anyone.

Probably no one would feel sorry over her death.

Her parents divorced when she was two years old. After that, they formed their own families and had new children. She had always been superfluous.

In a sense, her fate was really similar to the original owner’s. The Host’s parents had passed away early, and she was also redundant in the Gu family.

Even if the original owner of the body died, no one would truly feel sorry for her.

Gu Jiao laughed self-deprecatingly, feeling a little chilly in her heart.

Because she was worried that it would rain, Gu Jiao did not go too deep into the forest. Even so, she still discovered many good things, and there were a variety of edible fungi growing everywhere.

There were some wood ear fungus growing on a tree stump that was fat and thick, almost covering most of the stump. Gu Jiao had found a big one.

This area had clearly been cut down by the villagers. There were many tree stumps like this, and there were also many wood ear fungi growing out.

Gu Jiao picked them piece by piece. Soon, her basket was loaded.

Seeing that the basket was almost filled, Gu Jiao stopped picking fungi. She cut some dry firewood and secured the firewood and basket together with rope. Carrying them on her back, she prepared to go down the mountain.

However, just as Gu Jiao turned around, she suddenly felt something under her feet, as if she had stepped on something.

Immediately after, she heard a muffled groan. It was very low and weak.

She blinked and slowly moved her leg away.

“I can’t be that unlucky, right…?

She took a deep breath and looked down. In the weeds, she spotted a white-bearded old man, who fainted from her stomp…

Gu Jiao: “…”

No, wait, why would there be someone just lying in a gutter somewhere?

And, why would I just happen to step on him?

With her conscience good, Gu Jiao stepped over him.

However, a couple moments later, Gu Jiao returned expressionlessly.

“Just so we’re clear, I didn’t save you out of goodwill.”

“Cluck, cluck—”

In a tightly tied cloth bag beside the old man, some pheasants flapped their wings and cried out.

Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows and casually glanced at the cloth bag. The bag instantly stopped moving.

Then, she looked at the white-bearded old man in front of her—a huge footprint was left on his face where Gu Jiao stepped on him. It looked truly tragic.

Judging from his clothes, he seemed like an ordinary villager.

However, there was an indescribable dignity between his brows.

Gu Jiao put down the dry firewood on her back and began to check the other party’s pulse.

When she was in school, she studied western medicine. However, in order to carry out a very special mission, she infiltrated the National Healer Sage’s family for five years under the pretext of becoming a disciple.

That lad looks lean, but his appetite sure isn’t small.

Is he at the age where he’s still growing?