No Longer Escaping (ABO) - Chapter 4

Discovering the enormous change in her body, the thing between her legs that shouldn’t belong to her had become intensely noticeable. This made Yang Lulong feel like she was sitting on pins and needles, fidgeting awkwardly during mealtime.

“Is something wrong?” Wan Niang asked with concern, “Or… is the food not to your liking?”

“No…” Not daring to tell Wan Niang about the changes in her body, she lowered her head and continued eating.

Sensing that this person didn’t like to talk, Wan Niang also tacitly remained silent, only occasionally placing food in her bowl.

Yang Lulong silently put the food into her mouth. Besides a few words of thanks, she had nothing to repay Wan Niang with, and she was even eating and living here for free, feeling very embarrassed.

After the two finished eating, Wan Niang habitually got up to clear the table, but Yang Lulong stopped her.

“Let me do it…”

Under Wan Niang’s gaze, she cleaned the table and, holding the dishes, walked to the door but froze. She didn’t know where to wash them.

“Just fetch water from the well and wash them there,” Wan Niang said, as if she could read her mind, immediately knowing what she was hesitating about.

“Thank you,” she replied politely, then carried the dishes towards the well in the small courtyard.

While drawing water, Yang Lulong made another new discovery: her strength seemed to have increased. Lifting a full bucket of water from the well, she didn’t feel the slightest bit of heaviness. Before, she even found it difficult to lift a water bucket onto the water dispenser.

Marveling at her new body, she began to wash the dishes.

The group of chirping chicks seemed to be still hungry, swarming over and greedily pecking at the rice grains on the ground.

Suddenly feeling playful, wanting to tease the chicks, Yang Lulong dipped her hand in the water and flicked droplets with her fingers to amuse them.

Just as Yang Lulong was enjoying herself, Xiao Wen came running into the courtyard from the main gate, panting and asking where Wan Niang was. She looked very urgent.

Yang Lulong raised her hand and pointed to the room with the light on.

“Thanks,” Xiao Wen said, leaving those words behind as she hurried towards the room.

“Wan Niang!”

Xiao Wen’s sudden visit almost made Wan Niang, who was sewing, prick her finger with the needle.

“What’s wrong?” Wan Niang asked, still recovering from the shock.

“It’s Sister Fang, she suddenly has a fever. Come with me to take a look,” Xiao Wen explained her purpose.

“Wait for me,” Wan Niang said, hearing that someone was sick. She quickly put down the sewing and got up to fetch her medicine box. Slinging the box over her shoulder, she followed Xiao Wen out.

Yang Lulong, who was still washing dishes in the courtyard, watched them leave in a hurry, feeling somewhat curious.

“I’m going to see a patient, might be a while before I get back. Keep an eye on the house,” Wan Niang told her before leaving.

“Oh…” Before Yang Lulong could reply, she was already gone.

Arriving at Sister Fang’s house, Wan Niang smelled a strong scent of sandalwood as soon as she reached the door.

Entering the room, a woman with a flushed face lay on the bed, large beads of sweat constantly dripping from her forehead. She was very thin, her cheekbones prominent. Beside the bed, a little girl with tearful eyes held her emaciated hand. The little girl looked up at the newcomers as if seeing saviors and rushed over to hug Wan Niang.

“Aunt Wan, please save Mama,” she cried, her small face wrinkled with grievance.

Wan Niang squatted down, comforting her by gently stroking her head. “Aunt Wan will help Mama. Xiao Hua, be a good girl and wait outside with Aunt Xiao Wen, okay?” She tenderly wiped the tears from Xiao Hua’s face.

“Mmm…” Xiao Hua choked back her sobs, sniffled loudly, and went to Xiao Wen’s side, going outside with her to wait.

Wan Niang, holding her medicine box, sat down by Sister Fang’s bed, rummaging through it for medicine to alleviate the rutting period. She didn’t have much left. It seemed she needed to make a trip to town soon; this kind of medicine was only available there. She had a contract with the shop owner in town, who gave her a discount so she could sell it cheaper.

Just a few pills, given to Sister Fang, and the fever gradually subsided.

“I’m sorry for troubling you, you’ve run over here so many times this month because of this,” Sister Fang said with a sob in her voice, feeling embarrassed.

“It’s no trouble…” Wan Niang looked at Sister Fang’s condition, feeling a pang of sympathy. She gently brushed the disheveled hair behind her ears. “Then I’ll head back first. If anything happens, just ask Xiao Wen to come get me.” Wan Niang didn’t say much more.

“Mmm… thank you…”

Walking out of the house, Wan Niang handed all the remaining rutting period medicine in her basket to Xiao Wen. “If Sister Fang has these symptoms again, give her three pills.”

“This…” Xiao Wen took the medicine and quickly pulled out her purse from her clothes, wanting to give Wan Niang money. But Wan Niang refused.

“No need, keep it for now.”

“This… doesn’t feel right.”

“Nonsense. You help me so many times usually, and you never ask for money. Also, don’t let Sister Fang know this is from me.”

She squatted down and took out a small sugar pill from her medicine box, giving it to Xiao Hua. “Xiao Hua, you have to be a good girl and listen to Aunt Xiao Wen and Mama, understand?”

“Understood, thank you Aunt Wan.” Seeing the sugar pill, Xiao Hua transformed back into a carefree child, the earlier sadness instantly forgotten.

Saying goodbye to them and refusing Xiao Wen’s offer to accompany her, Wan Niang carried her medicine box and went home.

The night was already deep. Yang Lulong leaned against the door, waiting for Wan Niang to return.

She had been frowning, staring at the empty road, but seeing the white figure under the moonlight, she couldn’t help but smile. Realizing what she was doing, she quickly retreated back inside, afraid of being seen waiting for Wan Niang at the door. In a flash, she ran back to her room and lay down on the bed.

Wan Niang entered the courtyard, closed the gate, and seeing that the room Yang Lulong was in was dark, thought she was probably asleep. For some reason, she felt a slight disappointment. Carrying her medicine box, she returned to her own room.

Unexpectedly, a surprise awaited her. Beside her bed, a wooden bucket filled with hot water was placed, and a thoughtful strip of cloth for wiping was also prepared. Wisps of warm steam rose from the water. Wan Niang put down her medicine box and tested the water temperature with her hand. It was warm, just like the feeling in her heart right now…