diff --git a/__tests__/symlink-security.spec.ts b/__tests__/symlink-security.spec.ts
index 955372e..612b4b5 100644
--- a/__tests__/symlink-security.spec.ts
+++ b/__tests__/symlink-security.spec.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ describe('symlink security', () => {
     expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')).toBe('# new');
   });
 
+  test('loadMdFiles includes normal .md files', async () => {
+    const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'normal.md');
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '# normal');
+
+    const result = await loadMdFiles([path.join(tmpDir, '*.md')], []);
+
+    expect(result).toContain(filePath);
+  });
+
   test('loadMdFiles filters .md symlinks', async () => {
     const realFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'real.md');
     const symlinkFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'link.md');
@@ -36,6 +45,70 @@ describe('symlink security', () => {
     expect(result).not.toContain(symlinkFile);
   });
 
+  test('loadMdFiles does not filter files inside symlinked directories', async () => {
+    const realDir = path.join(tmpDir, 'real');
+    const linkDir = path.join(tmpDir, 'link');
+    fs.mkdirSync(realDir);
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(realDir, 'a.md'), '# a');
+    fs.symlinkSync(realDir, linkDir, 'dir');
+
+    const result = await loadMdFiles([path.join(tmpDir, '**', '*.md')], []);
+
+    const realResult = path.join(realDir, 'a.md');
+    const linkResult = path.join(linkDir, 'a.md');
+    expect(result).toContain(realResult);
+    expect(result).toContain(linkResult);
+    // Note: safeWriteFile rejects a symlink as the final path component,
+    // but it does not prevent traversal through symlinked parent directories.
+    // This test documents the current loadMdFiles behavior.
+  });
+
+  test('loadMdFiles deduplicates overlapping patterns', async () => {
+    const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'dup.md');
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '# dup');
+
+    const result = await loadMdFiles(
+      [path.join(tmpDir, '*.md'), path.join(tmpDir, '*.md')],
+      []
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result).toContain(filePath);
+  });
+
+  test('loadMdFiles returns absolute paths for relative patterns', async () => {
+    const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, 'rel.md');
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, '# rel');
+
+    const cwd = process.cwd();
+    const relativePattern = path.relative(cwd, path.join(tmpDir, '*.md'));
+
+    const result = await loadMdFiles([relativePattern], []);
+
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(path.isAbsolute(result[0])).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('loadMdFiles handles nonexistent paths gracefully', async () => {
+    const result = await loadMdFiles([path.join(tmpDir, 'no-such-*.md')], []);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('loadMdFiles respects extensions filter', async () => {
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'a.md'), '# a');
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(tmpDir, 'b.txt'), 'text');
+
+    const result = await loadMdFiles(
+      [path.join(tmpDir, '*')],
+      [],
+      ['.md']
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toContain(path.join(tmpDir, 'a.md'));
+    expect(result).not.toContain(path.join(tmpDir, 'b.txt'));
+  });
+
   test('safeWriteFile rejects symlink', async () => {
     const target = path.join(tmpDir, 'target.md');
     const symlink = path.join(tmpDir, 'link.md');
diff --git a/src/utils/load-md-files.ts b/src/utils/load-md-files.ts
index 0476799..7d1db97 100644
--- a/src/utils/load-md-files.ts
+++ b/src/utils/load-md-files.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { lstat } from 'fs/promises';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 
 /**
  * 读取所有文件
  *
- * @param globList {string} 用户传入的文件数组
+ * @param globList {string[]} 用户传入的文件数组
  * @param excludeFiles {string[]} 忽略的文件
+ * @param extensions {string[]} 文件扩展名
  * @returns {Promise<string[]>} 读取到的文件数组
  */
 export const loadMdFiles = async (
@@ -13,35 +13,22 @@ export const loadMdFiles = async (
   excludeFiles: string[],
   extensions: string[] = ['.md', '.markdown', '.mdx']
 ) => {
-  const filePaths = await Promise.all(
-    // 先把 globList 去重，防止执行多余的 glob 查询
-    [...new Set(globList)].map((fileList) => {
-      return glob(`${fileList}`, {
-        ignore: excludeFiles,
-        absolute: true,
-        nodir: true,
-        follow: false,
-      });
-    })
-  );
-
-  const filtered = ([...new Set(filePaths.flat())] as string[]).filter((item) => {
-    return extensions.some(ext => item.endsWith(ext));
+  const entries = await glob([...new Set(globList)], {
+    ignore: excludeFiles,
+    withFileTypes: true,
+    nodir: true,
+    follow: false,
   });
 
-  // lstat 过滤：跳过符号链接，只忽略 ENOENT，其他错误继续抛出
-  const stats = await Promise.all(
-    filtered.map(async (f) => {
-      try {
-        return await lstat(f);
-      }
-      catch (e: any) {
-        if (e.code === 'ENOENT')
-          return null;
-        throw e;
-      }
-    })
-  );
+  const files = new Set<string>();
+
+  for (const entry of entries) {
+    if (entry.isSymbolicLink())
+      continue;
+    const fullPath = entry.fullpath();
+    if (extensions.some(ext => fullPath.endsWith(ext)))
+      files.add(fullPath);
+  }
 
-  return filtered.filter((_, i) => stats[i] !== null && !stats[i]!.isSymbolicLink());
+  return [...files];
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/sanitize-terminal.ts b/src/utils/sanitize-terminal.ts
index 5df0c78..7af3f77 100644
--- a/src/utils/sanitize-terminal.ts
+++ b/src/utils/sanitize-terminal.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export function sanitizeTerminalText(text: string): string {
   // 替换所有 C0 控制字符和 DEL 为可见转义
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
   result = result.replace(/[\x00-\x1F\x7F]/g, (ch) => {
-    if (ch === '\x7F') return '^?';
+    if (ch === '\x7F')
+      return '^?';
     return `^${String.fromCharCode(ch.charCodeAt(0) + 0x40)}`;
   });
   return result;