Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 32: Acting

At this moment, sitting on the dense branches of a big tree, Leng Qi frowned. The girl glanced over twice; could she have discovered him?

It shouldn’t be possible. His Qinggong is so good, how could he be discovered by a little girl? She must have mistaken it.

He’s just unlucky, with his martial skills a bit lacking, losing to others and being sent to this backwater place to watch over a village girl, it’s simply a waste of his talent.

Did he offend Boss Han... Leng Qi couldn’t help his thoughts from spreading, becoming more and more uneasy the more he thought about it.

Meanwhile, Cheng Xiaoxiao was upset. If someone is constantly watching her, how can she stockpile food? Any move she makes would be exposed.

This person’s martial arts are so great, she can’t fight back, and if she drives him away, they might send someone else.

Truly, misfortune never comes alone.

No matter, time waits for no one. "The plan remains unchanged for tomorrow, the man in black will be left alone for now, and we’ll observe for a few days."

For now, she could only act cautiously.

The system stopped speaking clearly.

The next day, dawn had just broken.

A scream shattered the tranquility of the Cheng Family household.

Then came disjointed, fear-stricken voices.

"Nooo!"

"Run!"

"Hurry, save her!"

"Sister, sister, what’s happening, wake up." Erya knelt on the bed, trying to grasp Cheng Xiaoxiao’s wildly flailing hands, calling out repeatedly, extremely anxious.

At this moment, Mr. Cheng was knocking on the door outside, "What’s going on, Xiaoxiao, Erya, open the door."

Erya hurriedly climbed off the bed, didn’t have time to put on her shoes, and ran barefoot to the door to let Mr. Cheng in. A large family group had gathered outside.

Cheng Jia ducked quickly under Erya’s arm and dashed inside the room, seeing his sister, her forehead covered in sweat, her brow furrowed, murmuring, "Run..."

"Sister, wake up, did you have a nightmare?" Cheng Jia was almost in tears, seeing his sister so tormented made him suffer too.

As everyone gathered by the bed, Cheng Xiaoxiao suddenly sat up, her face covered in tears and sweat mixed together, wetting her hair and collar.

Her eyes wide open, suddenly remembering something, she hastily got off the bed, mumbling, "Run, everyone run..."

Cheng Yong held the struggling Cheng Xiaoxiao tightly, comforting her, "It’s okay now, it’s okay, Daddy is here, it was just a dream, don’t be afraid."

Cheng Chudong also stepped forward to comfort her, "Xiaoxiao, wake up, you were dreaming, look, everyone is here."

"Sister, sister, look at me, I’m Jiajia."

With the family’s overlapping comforting words, Cheng Xiaoxiao finally calmed down, somewhat dazed as she looked at everyone, "What happened to me?"

"It’s nothing, dear, you just had a nightmare," Cheng Yong wiped away his daughter’s tears, "See, we’re all here, there’s nothing happening."

Cheng Xiaoxiao was half-believing, "I remember I saw something terrifying just now, but now I can’t recall."

"It’s okay, don’t dwell on it, rest for a while, we’ll all stay with you."

Dalan also spoke up, "Yeah, it’s almost dawn, Xiaolan, Erya, and I are all here with you."

The now awakened Cheng Xiaoxiao let everyone breathe a sigh of relief, all thinking she just had a nightmare, but over the following days...

Every late night, Cheng Xiaoxiao was haunted by continuous nightmares, repeatedly frightened, and she was becoming increasingly weaker.

The whole incident caused the family to live in constant anxiety.

Even in the village, rumors started to spread, saying that the Cheng Family’s eldest daughter was cursed, possessed by a demon, and that she was suffering nightmares as retribution for past misdeeds.

In short, the rumors were becoming more and more outrageous.

Doctor Huang had already visited twice, finding nothing amiss, and prescribed calming medicine which had been taken without any effect.

At this moment, Cheng Xiaoxiao was looking at the medicinal decoction in front of her with a troubled face, the mere smell making her want to retch.

"Sister, good medicine is bitter, drink it while it’s hot so you can recover faster," Erya earnestly advised. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

For two days now, Erya had stayed and watched her drink it completely before leaving.

"77, don’t you think my act has gone overboard?"

"Host, it was your own idea, might as well finish crying," the system said with schadenfreude.

"I don’t want to endure it anymore; this medicine is too bitter to drink. I thought it was just acting; I didn’t expect to have to drink such bitter medicine," Cheng Xiaoxiao whimpered.

"No, today let’s take action! I see things outside have fermented enough."

She turned to Erya, "My good sister, you’ve seen me drinking this medicine for two days already without any improvement; maybe the medicine isn’t for the right symptoms, right?"

Actually, Erya also had doubts; this medicine that Grandpa Huang prescribed wasn’t helping her sister at all.

"Then... should we ask Grandpa Huang to change the prescription," Erya suggested.

"Little sister, haven’t my nightmares persisted since returning from the temple fair? If I go to the temple again, maybe having a senior monk recite prayers might help?" Cheng Xiaoxiao suggested to Erya, hoping she could confirm it today so she wouldn’t have to drink the bitter medicine anymore.

Erya thought about it, "Then I’ll go and talk to daddy."

Cheng Xiaoxiao nodded, "Go ahead."

"77, has the person outside made any moves these past days?" Cheng Xiaoxiao had asked the system to observe for days. That person would catch wild game nearby to eat after Cheng Xiaoxiao fell asleep, and eat raw vegetables during the day.

Cheng Xiaoxiao roughly guessed that this person was sent by Yanlan to watch her.

What is he trying to find out from her?

Or has he discovered something?

It should just be a guess! Otherwise, she would have been captured by now.

However, being a Hidden Guard is too bitter. Warm meals aren’t available every day, and staying in one place without anyone to talk to, won’t it drive them crazy?

"Host, he is probably monitoring your every move. This morning, I saw him write a letter and tied it to the leg of an eagle, sending it off, possibly sending back information," reported the system truthfully regarding the man in black.

"Besides having nightmares these days, I’ve been normal. What could he report on?" Cheng Xiaoxiao was puzzled.

"Ignore him, just observe him, as long as he doesn’t interfere with my plans, treat him as if he doesn’t exist."

Before long, the clan leader and Huang Zhongyi arrived, of course only a discussion was held in the courtyard, only Mr. Cheng came inside, Cheng Xiaoxiao told him what she had said before.

Mr. Cheng was now also a bit shaken, if it really involved spirits, medicine would be useless.

"Let me discuss with your uncle, and the clan leader is also here, we should all have a discussion," Mr. Cheng, who had been worn out from worry about his daughter, said.

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt a little guilty, she had caused her family to have sleepless nights and poor meals over the past few days.

What could be done?

These hardships are nothing; there’s less than a month left. By then, everyone will thank her.

At this time, the Clan Leader, Huang Zhongyi, and Cheng Beishan all arrived, they came today for accounting, the first batch of processed herbs had been delivered to Baishan Pharmacy yesterday, they came to see the results.

If it weren’t for the incident with Cheng Xiaoxiao, we should be celebrating.

Cheng Qiang saw everyone was present and suggested, "Since we are all here, let’s first discuss the herb business!"

They had processed 7 types of herbs into medicine, totaling over 300 pounds, and with two scarce herbs included, they were sold for 22,100 wen, equivalent to 22 taels and 100 wen.

After calculating the accounts, everyone was overjoyed, and based on the previous profit-sharing agreement, they stood to make quite a bit of money.