Everyone had left, leaving nearly a hundred red-bud trees pitifully deserted on the wasteland, waiting to wither under the harsh sun and wind.
"At last, they're all gone," a figure emerged, pushing aside the tall wild grass to avoid encountering Qian Yongcai and revealing that Xiao Xian was still the eight-year-old girl, dressed in the clothes she brought from Ge Village.
"Listening to their conversation, it seems like Qian Yongcai got his just deserts ahead of time. Hehe, serves him right. But the old grandpa leading them looks pretty formidable, though he's still only half as good as he thinks. You're lucky to have met me; now I'll 'wash away your bad luck.'" Xiao Xian grinned and took out a bottle of orange soda, which she bought from a nearby store for 50 cents. The golden soda went down her throat, and the bottle was filled with a reddish copper-colored liquid, unmistakably the "Universal Healing Medicine" harvested from young copper leaves.
