However, just as they were turning to leave, they were stopped by the attendant at the medical clinic, "You two cannot leave..."

An Ning turned her head, glanced in the direction of An Bingfeng, and said, "We’ve already paid the Silver, even if he stays here for half a month, it should be enough, right?"

The attendant said, "The Silver is indeed sufficient, but our clinic is a place for treatment and healing, not a shelter. You can’t just pay for the medicine and leave the person here uncared for..."

Luckily, he overheard these two discussing matters. Otherwise, once they left, if anything happened to the man lying in bed, the clinic would be in serious trouble.

An Ning: "He’s just been poisoned, and didn’t the doctor just say that the poison can be neutralized in three days? Once the poison is cleared, you can let him leave on his own..."

The attendant said, "Miss, our clinic is only responsible for saving lives, and we really can’t take on anything more. Besides, the antidote the doctor gave is very effective. You can take him back with you and, as long as he takes the medicine on time, the poison will dissipate, no need to leave him at our clinic..."

What the attendant said made sense, so An Ning and An Dafu truly couldn’t just leave him there and ignore him.

But neither of them had two or three days to stay and take care of An Bingfeng.

With the help of the attendant, An Dafu assisted An Bingfeng onto the carriage again. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

An Ning sat inside the carriage, looking at the sleeping An Bingfeng, and silently mourned for herself.

Today is truly an unlucky day.

"What should we do now?" An Dafu pondered for a moment and finally said, "It’s not suitable to take him to your house now, so why not let him stay at mine for the time being? With someone of his status, it’s unlikely he’d travel without attendants. He’s probably just temporarily in trouble; we can only hope his men find him quickly."

"Taking him home is not appropriate, but sending him to your place is even less so," An Ning said. "Send him to the County Office instead."

An Dafu thought for a moment and did not object this time.

An Ning was right; his place wasn’t suitable either.

Putting aside the matter of having a wife and kids at home, he was neighbors with Gaomutou, making it awkward to shelter An Bingfeng.

Otherwise, with people coming and going every day, it would be hard for Gaomutou to endure.

Upon reaching the County Office, An Ning learned that Sikong Wuyou was not there.

She was not surprised at all, as Wuyou had already told her this period would be quite busy, so she was mentally prepared not to see him.

Bai Su and Wen Jing had also left with Sikong Wuyou, so, with no other choice, An Ning explained the situation and entrusted An Bingfeng to an elder officer she had met before for temporary care.

After leaving the County Office, An Ning finally went home with An Dafu.

This delay had taken up most of the day.

An Ning got off the carriage behind the village and walked back on her own.

As she approached the entrance, she saw An Yu standing there from afar.

An Ning tried to enter the house nonchalantly, but An Yu suddenly spoke, "You didn’t go to Uncle’s house."

This sentence was a statement, not a question, indicating he had already confirmed it.

An Ning looked up, and what she saw in An Yu’s eyes was not blame for her deceit, but a deep sense of hurt.

People are made of flesh and blood, and faced with someone who constantly cares for her, even though An Ning did not want him around, she couldn’t bring herself to dislike him either.