Before Target Number Three came over, Chiang Xiao had already excitedly taken out the items she had brought one by one as if they were treasures to present.
"Brother Xinian, look, eggs, flour, green onions, garlic, chili peppers, and a piece of cured meat." Chiang Xiao continued to show off, "I’ve also bought gauze, but the clinic I found, that old doctor practices Chinese medicine; he gave me herbal medicine."
There were indeed several large packages of Chinese medicine on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Target Number Three felt reassured.
Western medicine might be manipulated to secretly harm them without detection; as for these large bags of Chinese medicine, not to mention anything else, once boiled, the scent would be strong enough.
It seemed that there were truly no doubts about these three people. Still, she pretended to be affectionate, coming over to embrace Chiang Xiao and voiced her appreciation for the hard work, when in fact, Chiang Xiao could feel her hand quickly patting down her body. Perhaps she was allowed to go out because it was convenient to search her.
Target Number Three was completely at ease.
She had been watching them without letting her guard down and eventually got a bit tired; now she finally stretched, saying, "You all go change Chu Liang’s dressings, I need to go take a shower."
Someone was guarding near the gatehouse, so as long as she wasn’t there, they could just take out anyone who came by. At this time, no one else should be coming, and if someone did, it would certainly mean they had the wrong identity.
"Xinzi, help Big Sister carry water to the bathhouse, then boil some water, light a small stove, I’ll change the gauze for Brother Xinian and then come and prepare the medicine," Chiang Xiao said.
Chiang Xiao took the gauze and pointed to the food on the ground, "Take these to the kitchen as well."
A girl of thirteen or fourteen was giving him orders!
Right now, Zhao Xin, who was extremely shocked that she had returned, could only listen to her.
"Hey, Sister-in-law, you go with my brother to look after Cousin, leave these chores to me."
Chiang Xiao pulled Meng Xinian into Chu Liang’s room.
As soon as they entered the room, Meng Xinian reached out to grab the collar of her dress from behind, picking her up as if she were a little chicken.
"Do you even realize that you came here to die?" His voice rang in her ear, cold and deep like it carried frost.
Chiang Xiao was immediately annoyed.
She was here to rescue them! Speak if you want to speak, don’t you know it’s insulting to lift people up !
She was a grown woman, being picked up by one hand by a man, how embarrassing it was!
"I’ve already come! Hurry up and change Chu Liang’s dressings before anything else!"
She raised the two small bags of medicine in her hand.
One bag contained white pills, the other brownish-yellow medicine powder.
Meng Xinian’s eyes flickered.
He had not seen these two bags of medicine in her hands before, where had she hidden them when she came in?
"The Chinese medicine must also be taken, but time is urgent, and Western medicine works quickly; we should use both internal and external treatments for safety," she said.
Meng Xinian suppressed the anger and restlessness in his heart and put her down.
Now was obviously not the right time to settle scores with her.
He immediately went over, undressed Chu Liang, and proficiently began changing his dressings.
Chiang Xiao stood by his side, quietly discussing the rescue plan with him.
"Before twelve o’clock, we need to try to get the two hostages together and hidden, I’ll look after them, and you and Zhao Xin will only be responsible for protecting our safety; they will mount a strong attack to get in," she said.
It was already a difficult task: she hadn’t brought the sleep-inducing drug, there were too many people, and if someone got put to sleep, it might alert the enemy instead.
But with so many people watching in the shadows, how could they possibly bring the Supervisor’s Wife and Chu Liang together?
"The assault can’t last longer than a minute," Meng Xinian said with a stern expression. As soon as the assault began, these people would immediately take the hostages as amulets, making the attack futile. Therefore, he and Zhao Xin could only hold out for a minute; within that minute, they must seize the initiative to protect the hostages.
With the doors tightly shut, breaking in, and being the first to shield the hostages within a minute, was going to be hard.