Coming here for archaeological research, it was inevitable to get bumped and scratched sometimes. Moreover, this village was so backward that there were no medical facilities at all for dressing wounds.

Therefore, no matter how serious the injury was, Mu Ye had endured it like this these days.

Of course, there was a village doctor in the village, but the village doctor could only treat common colds, coughs, and minor skin injuries. For more serious injuries, the doctor couldn't provide treatment.

Hearing him say this, Lan Xiaoling felt even more guilty.

She stopped talking and quietly and carefully bandaged Mu Ye's wound.

Mu Ye was touched when he saw her with her eyelids lowered and looking so serious.

This was the first girl he had ever fallen for and the one he truly wanted to pursue. So, as long as there was the slightest chance, he wouldn't give up.

Perhaps because he was so entranced, Mu Ye no longer felt the pain. After Lan Xiaoling finished treating his wound, he was still grinning at her.

Lan Xiaoling felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Is there something on my face?"

Mu Ye smiled and shook his head. "No, it's just that you're so beautiful!"

Hearing this, Lan Xiaoling blushed shyly and quickly kept a distance from him.

"It's already bandaged. Let me take you home to rest!"

It was still early, and the children hadn't finished class yet. After sending Mu Ye back, Lan Xiaoling had to rush back to the classroom to teach.

Mu Ye had forgotten the pain just now, but when he heard her words, he suddenly started moaning and groaning.

Seeing this, Lan Xiaoling asked nervously, "What's wrong? Is there still something uncomfortable?"

Seeing that his trick had worked, Mu Ye pressed his chest and said, "I'm just feeling a bit stuffy in my chest. I'll be fine after a rest."

Seeing him in so much pain, Lan Xiaoling couldn't bear to drive him away. Helplessly, she could only say, "Then you can stay at my place and rest first. I'll go back to the classroom to check on the children."

Mu Ye knew when to stop and nodded. "Okay, you go back first. I can manage on my own."

Lan Xiaoling nodded, then tidied up things, poured a glass of water for him, and told him to lie down and rest before leaving.

However, as soon as she stepped out of the door, she was blocked by Gabriel!

Lan Xiaoling still treated him like an invisible person and planned to bypass him and walk past. But the next second, Gabriel grabbed her hand.

"Let go!"

Lan Xiaoling said coldly.

Gabriel met her indifferent eyes, and sadness filled his chest. "I won't let go unless you're willing to come with me."

"It's impossible between us, and I won't go with you!" Her tone was extremely firm.

Perhaps she had hesitated before, but after witnessing his brutal behavior of beating someone with her own eyes, Lan Xiaoling felt that she had been too naive.

They were simply people from different worlds!

She couldn't accept the past, let alone his dark side, and his grudges with those terrifying organizations.

"Then I'll wait here until the day you're willing to come with me!"

Gabriel slowly released her hand, and the hostility in his eyes was replaced by sadness.

Lan Xiaoling's heart ached at this look.

She loved Gabriel, and she had even imagined being with him before.

But now she was afraid, afraid of getting involved in those disputes, and even more afraid that the children would be hurt because of it.

Of course, in her heart, she didn't dare to have the slightest bit of luck just because her elder sister had regained her happiness. After all, her elder sister had just forgotten the past.

Who knew if her elder sister would remember the past again and go crazy once more?

If she really got together with Gabriel at that time, what would happen to her elder sister?

It was her elder sister who had taken care of her since they were little. Her conscience kept telling her that she couldn't bite the hand that fed her.

She couldn't let her elder sister down in the slightest and make her elder sister disappointed in her!

Therefore, she simply couldn't let go of everything and accept Gabriel now.

Moreover, she was an ordinary woman who just wanted to live an ordinary and simple life, and Gabriel simply couldn't provide that.

Because he was from the Dark Web, and his hands were stained with blood.

"Do as you like!"

Enduring the pain in her heart, she said this indifferently.

Gabriel smiled sadly.

Perhaps this was the punishment from heaven for his excessive killing, making him doomed to not get the woman he wanted in this life!

"Also, Mu Ye is innocent. Don't hurt him again, and don't make me hate you!"

Before leaving, Lan Xiaoling left these words.

She knew Gabriel well. As soon as she left, he would surely break into her house.

And Mu Ye was inside. If Gabriel deliberately made things difficult for him, Mu Ye simply wouldn't be a match for him.

"Are you going to hurt me like this for his sake?" Gabriel looked extremely haggard.

The long journey had covered him in dust. Coupled with the bleeding from his injured hand bone, his face looked very pale.

Even his chin was covered with stubble. He was completely different from his clean and imposing appearance in the past, exuding a sense of dejection and despair.

Lan Xiaoling saw the patches of blood on the ground that looked like red plums, and her heart ached terribly.

But thinking of the way this man had beaten Mu Ye without discrimination, she quickly made herself indifferent again.

"I'm not doing this for anyone. I just know that ordinary villagers live here, and the place just now was a classroom, not a slaughterhouse where you can kill people!"

Gabriel smiled bitterly. "He made the first move!"

Lan Xiaoling naturally knew that Mu Ye had started the fight, but Mu Ye had only done it to protect her. After all, something like that had happened that night, and Mu Ye had been very worried about her safety, even patrolling here without sleep at night.

Mu Ye had only attacked because of a misunderstanding, but Gabriel shouldn't have been so ruthless!

The most important thing was that the two children had also seen that bloody scene, and she didn't know if it would have an impact on their minds.

"I don't want to argue about this with you. The children need me to take care of them. Please stop following me!"

Lan Xiaoling was focused on the children and didn't want to entangle with Gabriel any more. She raised her foot and walked towards the classroom.

After she walked away, Gabriel looked at the door gloomily, and then strode forward and pushed the door open and went in.

………

The Yuan Kingdom.

The helicopter landed on a special helipad.

As Yuan Xiao stepped out of the cabin, a group of people bowed their heads to him respectfully. "Congratulations on the prince's safe return!"

Yuan Xiao enjoyed everyone's worship and a superior smile curved his lips.

Freya was escorted off the plane by two men in black. She turned her head and looked at this strange country, frowning slightly.

Compared with the glory of Solterra, this country seemed poor and desolate.

It seemed that what Bradley had said before was true. After the Yuan Kingdom declined, many people from the Yuan Kingdom had emigrated.

The Yuan Kingdom was gradually fading from the international stage and had become an insignificant existence.

Just because the country was poor and the economy was backward, many powerful countries were eyeing it covetously, attempting to take over this country.

With the economy unable to develop and the obvious polarization between internal troubles and external threats, the elders of the Yuan Kingdom were anxious and wanted to find a backer as soon as possible.

And Bradley, as a legendary figure, not only had extremely powerful influence in the international arena but also forcefully took over Solterra with a thunderous gesture.

Without gunpowder smoke or death, he successfully established his own territory with a wise mind.

Such an outstanding talent naturally became the object that the elders of the Yuan Kingdom wanted to rely on!