CH 86

Back to the Countryside

Chapter 86:生病

[Get sick]

At the time He Ling opened his eyes, it was already dawn outside. He moved his body and tried to get up yet he found that his head felt so heavy and his body was hot.

He raised his hand to his forehead to check the temperature and sighed lightly. He really got what he was afraid of. After last night’s torment, he had developed a fever in a place like this where there was no village in front of him and no shop behind him.

Mu Yan came up to him, lowered his head and rubbed it against his face. He was tickled by the spray of its breath so He Ling reached out and pushed Mu Yan away a little. As he started to speak, his voice was hoarse, “Don’t play around, Mu Yan!”        

Seeing that Mu Yan step aside, He Ling propped himself up and sat down, rubbing his dizzy forehead. Looking up at the window, he was glad that it had cleared.

The small log cabin was considered warm, but without food and water, he definitely could not stay here longer. Taking advantage of the fact that it hadn’t snowed again, he had to get to the town as soon as possible. He could stand it but the baby in his belly could not.

Taking out the medicine bottle out of his pocket, He Ling took another pill. By enduring the pain, He Ling got up and pulled Mu Yan out of the hut. The cold air outside made him shiver abruptly. At this moment, his feverish body felt a little better.

He pulled his clothes tighter and his hood over his head. He Ling climbed onto Mu Yan’s back as he had done yesterday. Without waiting for him to make a sound, the horse began to walk slowly and move forward, carrying him on its back through a blanket of snow.

Going out for the first time, He Ling didn’t know any of the roads. He did not even know which direction to go to the town. Now he could only depend on and hope that Mu Yan would lead him to a safe place.

As far as his eye could see, there was no one in sight,the living creatures were even less. It was so obvious how cold it was all this time. He touched the horse beneath him. In his heart, he was worried, wondering what had happened to his Xiang Gong and the others right now? 

Everything that had happened since last night and now had been so sudden. They weren’t prepared for it at all. To be honest, this was the first time he had been separated from his Xiang Gong for so long since they had been married. He missed him very much.

In the midst of his troubled thoughts, Mu Yan took him on a long journey, long enough for the sky to begin to darken again. His stomach, which had only eaten a chicken leg last night, was already rumbling with hunger, grumbling non stop. 

He shook off his drowsy head, narrowing his eyes as he looked forward, he could see the outline of a town vaguely. Finally, he revealed a smiling expression as if he was relieved from a heavy burden, at least he was able to catch his breath.

The town was even bigger than the one they stayed in before. There were all sorts of people coming and going, in all kinds of outfits. Some of them were obviously from foreign countries, so He Ling pulled the hood on his head a little lower to hide the mark of ger on his forehead.

Even though it was his first time to travel this far, he knew that people were dangerous. He was all by himself now, moreover he also did not know any kung fu. It would be better to be as careful as possible. He turned around and got down from the horse and he pulled its sideburns along with the crowd to move forward. 

He had only a dozen bits of silver in his pocket, so he had to spend it carefully as he did not know when he would be reunited with Qi Yue and the others. He ate a bowl of noodles at a small stall and found a clean inn to stay over. 

He was pregnant, eating too much of anything else was bad for the baby except the nourishment and medicine to calm the fetus so he did not go to a doctor. He asked the inn’s waiter for a bowl of ginger water and drank it, then climbed into bed and wrapped himself up tightly.

Even though his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, his body was still cold for a while. In the dimly lit room, he tightened his eyebrows as the tears leaked from the corners of his eyes. If only his husband were by his side at this moment, how wonderful it would be.

Shen Juming sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at the unconscious person, still unable to forget what his Shi Xiong had said to him in the morning. This person in order to save him and now still lying here, had actually always put him at the bottom of his heart.

He stretched out his hand, rubbed his hand gently against the other party’s pale cheek. No wonder the other party was always so annoyed and angry with him every time he mentioned that he wanted to find an ideal husband for him. 

Because the person Yun Su wanted to marry had always been himself after all. How could he be so stupid as not to see what he was thinking? He thought the other party was going to say that he wanted him to be his older brother for life.

“You must have been so furious when I said something like that right?” Shen Juming stroked his face, feeling the warmth under his fingers, he smiled and laughed at himself, “I’m such a big fool!”

He didn’t know whether he was disturbed by his touch, Yun Su’s eyelashes fluttered lightly. He then slowly opened his eyes. He looked blankly at the top of the bed, unable to return to his senses for a moment.

“Xiao Su, how is it? Is there anything uncomfortable?” Seeing that he had woken up, Shen Juming excitedly moved closer to him, “Does your wound still hurt?”

Yun Su frowned and gave him a sideways glare but he was still weak, not very imposing, “It’s so damn noisy!”

Still able to dislike himself in such good spirits, supposedly he must be fine. Shen Juming breathed a long sigh of relief, as he smiled and said, “Okay, it’s my fault, I’ll speak more quietly.”

Yun Su looked around, he saw that he was in the room at the inn, recalling the attack, then he asked, “How long have I been unconscious? What happened afterwards? What happened to those people?”

He asked several questions in a row, Shen Juming paused slightly before he said, “Shi Xiong rushed over later, those people were all dead, it’s just that …”

“Just what? Don’t mutter and mumble in your speech!” Yun Su hated it the most when people say half and leave it half unsaid, it was uncomfortable to be kept in suspense. It was not pleasant at all!

Shen Juming sighed lightly. Having a guilty conscience, he said, “Xiong Fu Lang was taken away by them.”

Yun Su’s head was instantly confused. He was speechless for a long time. At that time, he was the one who was protecting him by his side. Once he left, wasn’t it only natural that Xiong Fu Lang was captured?! “It was me…”        

“It’s not!” Seeing that his face was even more ghastly than before, Shen Juming hurriedly caressed his face and said,”It’s not your fault. None of us thought of it, even if you want to blame someone, you should blame me then!”

“I shouldn’t have let go of his hand …” Yun Su closed his eyes in remorse, seeing this person injured he couldn’t care less about anything. It was he, the one who sent He Ling to that group of people, “Where is Shi xiong? He must be very angry, right?”

He was in such a state that made Shen Juming’s heart ache. If he had been stronger, they wouldn’t be in this kind of situation, “Shi Xiong has left first, hoping that he will find traces of those people on his way back to the valley.”

“Back to the valley?” Yun Su widened his eyes to look at him, questioning his words, “How did you guys know that they would go in that direction? Why would they head towards Qi Du Valley?”

Shen Juming was a little annoyed at having accidentally let his mouth slip. His gaze dodged in all directions as he tried to find an excuse to pass it off.

“Do you guys know who sent those people?” This kind of look on his face made Yun Su even more suspicious, obviously hiding something from him, “What exactly is it that you can’t tell me?”

Now, if he kept hiding the truth from him, it obviously won’t work anymore. He knew the other party’s temper so well, if he didn’t tell him, he would be even more annoyed. Shen Juming hesitated for a while, but finally said, “This time Shi Xiong is willing to come back together with us, actually there is something bad that had happened in the valley.”

“What is it?” A bad feeling began to rise in Yun Su’s heart ; ‘What kind of problem is that his grandfather couldn’t handle it and needed to bring Shi Xiong back?’

Shen Juming held his hand, clutching it tightly, “The Master of the Valley was schemed by someone, up to now he is still unconscious.”

“What did you say … Ugh…” Yun Su tried to sit up but he touched the wound in his chest which caused him to fall back down again.

“Don’t move, you’re still hurt!” Shen Juming hurriedly held him down and was about to lift the quilt to check his wound.

Yun Su grabbed his hand, gritting his teeth and his eyes were red as he glaring at him annoyingly, “Why didn’t you tell me about such a big thing earlier? You have discussed it with Shi Xiong, right?!”

“I was just afraid that you would be as sad as you are now, that’s why I didn’t say it!” He was so emotional, Shen Juming was afraid that he would make his wound open again, “You need to recuperate well now. Leave the matter of the Master of the Valley to us!”

He Ling had been kidnapped, grandfather remained unconscious and Shi Xiong had returned to the valley all by himself, how could he still have the heart to lie in here quietly and recuperate from his injuries? He propped his arm on the bed and was about to sit up, “No, we have to go back as soon as possible too!”

“Xiao Su, don’t move around (randomly)!” Shen Juming immediately changed his expression into worry, the other party’s sword had injured him deeply so if he moved so much, the wound would split open!

When will Yun Su ever listen to his advice? He got up and lifted the quilt, the moment he got out of bed, his chest was already stained with blood.

“Xiao Su!!!” Shen Juming took him into his embrace and held him tightly to prevent him from moving, “Do not make me worry anymore, okay?!”

Yun Su’s body stopped moving, as it took a long time before his voice rang out with a sobbing tone, “But grandpa … Grandpa, he …”

He lost his father and mother when he was four years old, so it could be said that he was raised by his grandfather single handedly. The other party always took good care of him and thought of him in his heart, protecting him in every possible way. That person was his only family, the person who loved and pampered him the most in the world.

“I know, I know it all!” Shen Juming pressed Yun Su head on his chest, stroking his hair tenderly, “We all are equally worried, but the person who harmed him has not yet achieved his goal. He will not lay his final poison on the Master of the Valley. You have to trust Shi Xiong, he is so smart and capable so he will not let anything bad happen to the Master of the Valley. He will definitely save Xiong Fu Lang too!”

Under his reassurance, Yun Su was a little calmer. The situation was not at its worst yet so they could not mess with their own mind first. What he said was right, he had to get well as soon as possible before he could rush back.

He raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face before he realized that he was still being held tightly by the other party. He blushed as he pushed him away gently.

Shen Juming looked at his face which looked even better because it was tinged with a blush red colour. He also followed suit, a little embarrassed. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something but the door of the room was suddenly pushed open vigorously by someone. 

“Where did Qi Gongzi go?” Lin Yuxue stepped in, not caring if she had disturbed anyone else. She had just gone to look for him, only to learn that he had checked out of his room. He hadn’t even said goodbye to her!

Because the door was wide open, a cold breeze came in. Yun Su, who was sitting on the bed wearing only his inner clothes, shivered coldly. Shen Juming hurriedly wrapped him up with the quilt and said with a frown: “Lin Gu niang, is the etiquette of the Hidden Detached Palace is only like this?”

Lin Yuxue was dumbfounded since the other party spoke to her in this way for the first time. She then looked at Yun Su who was not looking well. She felt that she had indeed been a bit rude, so she said,”Sorry, I was a bit impatient!”

Shen Juming helped the person to lie down on the bed again and covered him with the quilt carefully before getting up and turned toward her, “Shi Xiong had already left early in the morning and went back to the valley first. I will stay here for some time, after this Lin Gu niang, you are free to do as you wish!”

After she heard that the man had really left, Lin Yuxue’s face twisted. He would be in such a hurry then he must have gone to look for that He Ling. She gritted her teeth, swung her hands and left the room.

“There are so many good men in the world, why do you keep chasing after Shi Xiong and do not let go, make yourself look so bad!” Yun Su snorted coldly. He really disliked her, chasing after a married man all day long. She was really shameless!