Chapter 373: 373.Chapter 373 Why did you suddenly distance yourself from me?

373. Chapter 373 Why did you suddenly distance yourself from me?

After listening to Qiao Sheng finish speaking.

Xiao Jin glanced at a not‑far place and said: "In that case, I can only take you to a farther village to see a doctor for your foot, because the nearby village has no doctor."

Thank you for the trouble.

Qiao Sheng said with a grateful look.

Xiao Jin said nothing, had the coachman turn around, and walk back the way they came.

Their conversation just now.

The coachman had heard it; he was a kind‑hearted person, naturally siding with Qiao Sheng, so he said nothing and did whatever Xiao Jin told him to do.

They went to three villages to inquire.

Only then did Xiao Jin find a doctor for Qiao Sheng's foot.

All that trouble.

By the time they got home, it was almost dark.

Xiao Jin's cooking was average; tonight he made congee and steamed cured meat for Qiao Sheng to eat, the cured meat made from wild boar.

It wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly delicious either.

Mainly.

Xiao Jin's cured meat was just average.

After dinner.

Xiao Jin tidied up, then boiled water to decoct medicine.

He had a large pot and a small pot; the large pot boiled water, the small pot decocted medicine, both at the same time.

The water boiled.

Xiao Jin brought it over for Qiao Sheng.

He set it down and left.

Qiao Sheng felt that although he didn't speak much, he was a very good person.

He gave the medicine to Qiao Sheng.

Only then did Xiao Jin tidy his miscellaneous room, most of which were hunting tools, with only a few miscellaneous items.

If Qiao Sheng were to stay here only a day or two.

Xiao Jin would definitely not tidy up, just sleep in the woodshed, but the doctor who saw her foot said her injury was somewhat serious and wouldn't heal in less than a month.

Hearing a sound from next door.

Qiao Sheng originally wanted to help Xiao Jin, but thinking that she could barely walk now, she ultimately gave up.

Xiao Jin tidied up, took a bath, then went to sleep.

He fell asleep.

Qiao Sheng, however, remained awake for a long time.

Because she had drunk so much water, in the middle of the night she wanted to go to the outhouse before she could even hold it, so she went out leaning on a stick.

Although her movements weren't very loud.

Xiao Jin still heard it.

He got up, put on his outer clothes, came out, saw Qiao Sheng walking with difficulty, and asked: "Do you need to go to the outhouse? If not, I—I'll help you over."

He's being too kind!

Qiao Sheng instinctively refused him: "No, I don't need it."

Xiao Jin thought Qiao Sheng was overthinking.

"I don't mean anything else, I just..."

Qiao Sheng interrupted him, saying: "I know what you mean, you don't need to explain, but I can't keep bothering you like this every day, right? All right, I can manage; if I really can't, I'll call you."

She said that.

Xiao Jin didn't say anything else either.

However.

He only went back to sleep after making sure Qiao Sheng had returned safely to her room.

They had only been together a few days.

Qiao Sheng took over the cooking, thinking his cured meat was already bad enough, but she found the other dishes were even worse.

Since she couldn't stand, she had Xiao Jin make her a tall stool.

This way she could sit while chopping vegetables and also stir‑fry.

As the days passed one by one.

Qiao Sheng noticed Xiao Jin treating her better and better, which left her unsure how to respond, so she tried to minimize contact and speak less with him.

Xiao Jin naturally noticed.

That day.

During dinner.

Xiao Jin couldn't help asking: "Why did you suddenly distance yourself from me? Is there something I did wrong?"

"No."

Qiao Sheng frankly said: "The reason I've distanced myself from you is because I…"

"What?"

Xiao Jin insisted on getting to the bottom of it.

Qiao Sheng had no choice but to tell him the truth.

After knowing, Xiao Jin fell silent for a moment and said: "Although you have amnesia, you do not have a married woman's hairstyle, which shows you are not married."

Qiao Sheng said bluntly: "Even if I am not married, it does not mean I have no one I like, so Xiao Jin, do not like me."