Chapter 271: Settle Down

Sylvia's POV:

Amused, I didn't know whether to burst into tears or laughter.

Rin and Rufus had never liked each other, ever since the first time they met.It seemed the two still
hadn't reconciled.

"Rufus looks mean, but you'll know how good a man he is as time goes by," I said gently, rubbing Rin's
head comfortingly.

Rin whined and withdrew its head, as if it begged to differ.

Thinking for a while, I pulled out the whistle Rufus had given to me from under my collar.

"Look.Rufus made this whistle for me so that I could meet you whenever I wanted."

Rin's beady eyes glanced at the carefully carved whistle in my hand.

Without saying anything, it swung its big tail to the ground.

I knew it was its way of telling me that its attitude was softening towards Rufus, so I added, "Rin, Rufus
is my mate.If you can't accept him, I'll be very, very sad."

I pretended to be sad and wiped imaginary tears from my eyes.

"Just look at him! He looks so pitiful.If I just leave him here, he'll be eaten by a wild beast.And If he
dies, I can't keep on living in this world."

Rin lowered its head and whined anxiously, as though to reassure me that it understood where I was
coming from.



"So let's take Rufus with us, okay? Don't make me leave him here."

I buried my face in my hands, pretending to be sad, peeking at Rin from between my fingers.

Rin tilted its head to look at Rufus, as though it was weighing pros and cons.

Finally, it rubbed its nose against the back of my hand, as if to say that it had agreed to my request.

"Thank you so much, Rin.But I still need to ask a little favor of you." I smiled at it sheepishly.

"You see, Yana is exhausted.I can't carry Rufus anymore.Can you do it?"

Rin let out a high-pitched whine and stomped its big paw indignantly.

Then, it took a step forward and approached Rufus pensively.

Seeing this, I thought it had agreed to my request.

Just as I was helping Rufus up, Rin raised its front paw and stepped on Rufus’ limp hand.

Then it raised its head and howled.

A brown wild wolf suddenly ran towards us.

The two wolves lowered their heads and whispered for a long time before finally, the brown wolf walked
to me and knelt.

Rin cast Rufus a sideway glance then raised its head proudly.

Well, it turned out that Rin was still stubborn.I shook my head with a wry smile as I hoisted Rufus onto
the back of the brown wolf.

When he was secure, Rin led us through the forest until we reached the mouth of a hidden cave.



There was a small lake near the cave.

After I pulled Rufus off the brown wolf's back, I hurried to turn off my phone to prevent being
tracked.Then I went to the lake and gathered some water on a lotus leaf to clean Rufus’ dirty and
bloodied body.

When I returned, he was still in a coma.I carefully made him drink some water first.

Then I pulled his shirt off and ripped it into small shreds to use as rags to wipe his face.

His chin had been scratched.

There was blood caked around the wounds.

Additionally, there was a swelling purple bruise on his forehead, as well as other wounds scattered all
over his body.

Rin squatted down next to me and snorted.

I turned to look at it questioningly.

But Rin just covered its eyes with its forepaws, as if it couldn't bear to look at Rufus.

With a gentle smile, I touched its head then continued to deal with Rufus’ wounds.

A little while later, Rin stood up to leave, as though it had grown bored.I carefully cleaned the blood off
Rufus’ body, my expression darkening.

Although most of the wounds had stopped bleeding, it was clear that they were infected.

My heart ached for poor Rufus.



After a while, Rufus felt worryingly warm.

He had a fever.I tried to lower his temperature by pressing wet cloth to his forehead.

Fortunately, it didn't take long before his temperature finally dropped.

But he still refused to wake up.

At a loss, I leaned over and kissed his forehead, tears welling up in my eyes.

Rin suddenly appeared with a pile of berries just then.

"Why, thank you, Rin." I rubbed its head gratefully.

Rin sat next to me obediently and seemed to see how down I felt.

It patted my hand with its paw to comfort me.I looked into its eyes and smiled.

"I need to get him some medicine.Can you take care of him while I'm gone?"

This time, Rin agreed readily.

It nodded its head adamantly and even nudged me out of the cave, telling me to leave as soon as
possible.

"Okay, okay, I'm leaving!"

I cast one last glance at Rufus before standing up to leave.I planned not to just get medicine but also
inquire about what had really happened.

The death of that child was just too odd.I suspected that it was another one of Richard's evil ploys.


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