C219 If there was no Liu Qianlou

Yan Yuan did not dare to be negligent at all. Even though Liu Ruo Qing was wearing his clothes, the rain was still enough to drenched the two of them. If she did not change his clothes now, he would definitely catch a cold.

By the time the two of them had reached the city gates, the gates had already closed.

Liu Ruo Qing frowned, she then asked, "The city gates are closed, there are no inns nearby, what do we do?"

"Let's find out if there are any people nearby and head out for a night's sleep first."

Yan Yuan said, but Liu Ruo Qing did not object, since it was the only way.

The two of them avoided the rain as they searched for lodgings nearby.

The sky was getting darker, and the temperature was getting colder and colder.

They walked along the road for a while. Not far away, they saw a faint candle light. It was twinkling, but it made their tired faces show a trace of joy.

"Quickly go."

Yan Yuan instinctively grabbed Liu Ruo Qing's hand and walked towards the small thatched cottage that carried a dim light.

"Is there anyone here?"

Yan Yuan stood outside the simple and crude courtyard, and called out in a low voice.

Very quickly, the door of the small thatched cottage began to stir. An elder walked out from the hut and hobbled across the courtyard to open the door.

"The two of you are …"

The old man said with his coarse voice, his old eyes had a bit of vigilance, moving about Liu Ruo Qing and Yue Shan's face.

"Old man, when we went back to the city to gather herbs, the city gates were already closed. We wanted to spend the night with you, can we do a favor?"

Yan Yuan looked at the old man, his usually cold eyes becoming a bit gentler.

"This …"

The old man was still hesitating, his gaze was still wandering on Yan Yuan and Yan Yuan.

"Old man, don't worry. We are not bad people. We have been drenched by the rain. We will only leave after a night's rest."

Yan Yuan looked at Liu Ruo Qing's cold appearance and frowned. Looking at the old man, he patiently explained.

Fortunately, the old man didn't hesitate for long before he opened the door and let them in.

"Thank you."

The old man led the two into the house. "Both of you should rest first. I'll get the old woman to boil some hot water for you."

"Thank you, uncle."

The old man entered the kitchen which was next door. Yan Yuan turned his head to look at Liu Ruo Qing and said: "Hurry up and change out of your clothes. Don't catch a cold."

To a person like Yan Yuan who was used to staying at the palace, this thatched cottage was evidently not something he was used to.

He was not used to the dim light, the small room, and the musty smell coming from the tip of his nose.

Liu Ruo Qing, on the other hand, was alright. Previously, when they went to the cemetery, the environment was much worse than this, but she could still use the sky as her "hut".

The two of them took off the bags on their back and took out the spare clothes on the inside. Soon after, their expressions changed.

The clothes inside the bundle were also completely drenched, not a single piece was intact.

At this time, the old couple brought hot water from the kitchen and came over. "Young Master, Young Miss, please change out of your clothes and use hot water to wipe your bodies."

"Thank you, uncle. Auntie."

Yan Yuan received the hot water and said to Liu Ruo Qing: "I'm going out for a while, you wash up first."

As he spoke, he followed the old man and wife out of the room.

Liu Ruo Qing took off her clothes that were drenched, and the bandages on her arms were also a little wet.

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Liu Ruo Qing subconsciously reached out to her chest and grabbed her clothes.

"Tian Xin."

Outside, it was Yan Yuan's voice. Liu Ruo Qing tightly grabbed onto the clothes she was wearing, hesitated a bit, and said: "Come in."

When Yan Yuan came in, he held two sets of patched up clothes in his hands, "These were borrowed from the old uncle and are the clothes of their son and daughter-in-law.

"Mm. Alright."

Liu Ruo Qing answered absentmindedly. Yan Yuan also noticed it.

"What's wrong?"

As he spoke, he saw the rain-soaked gauze on her bare arm.

"The wound's split open again?"

Panic showed in his eyes. He walked quickly to her and grabbed her bare arm. His eyes were filled with panic.

"No, the gauze is wet and the wound is itchy."

Liu Ruo Qing lowered his eyes and did not look at the nervousness in his eyes.

"Let me see."

Yan Yuan was slightly relieved.

He reached out to remove the gauze covering her arm. The wound caused by the sword had not completely healed yet. It was still wet from the rain, making it look frightening.

"When I went out, I asked the butler to prepare the Golden Sore Medicine. I'll go out and ask uncle if he had any gauze."

As he said that, he picked up the old clothes beside the bed and put them on for Liu Ruo Qing, saying, "Be careful not to run out of clothes."

Liu Ruo Qing looked up in shock, to see that he had already turned around and left.

"Rogue!"

She swore under her breath, her ears burning.

He twisted a handful of hot water and casually wiped it, then donned the village woman's clothes, after that, Yan Yuan returned with a bundle of gauze in his hands.

"Come and sit down."

Liu Ruo Qing followed Yan Yuan obediently and sat on the narrow bed.

Her eyes quietly looked at Yan Yuan. Like the previous times, when he bandaged her wound, he looked especially careful and gentle, but his gaze was still sharp enough to hurt her heart.

"Alright, stop moving. Tomorrow, we'll go back to the city and find a drugstore to bandage her again."

Yan Yuan's voice brought Liu Ruo Qing back to reality. Only now did he realise that Yan Yuan was still completely drenched in front of her, his hair was still wet.

Liu Ruo Qing's heart tensed up, she quickly got up from the bed, "Hurry and change out of your clothes."

Although he tried his best to restrain the nervousness in her eyes, Yan Yuan still caught it.

Even if he didn't dare to believe it, when she turned around and was about to leave, he couldn't help but pull her back, "Tian Xin."

That hoarse voice, accompanied by that pair of deep eyes, made love to the feelings that continued to make Liu Ruo Qing feel flustered.

"Huh?"

Suppressing the chaos in her heart, she looked at Yan Yuan with her eyes rippling with waves of shyness.

Yan Yuan frowned, he pursed his lips, he stayed silent for a few seconds, then raised her eyebrows and looked at her: "If you did not have Liu Qian Xun, would you have still insisted on leaving King Jing Palace?"

He did not forget her words of "it's because I hate you that I hate the identity of the Crown Princess Jing". Therefore, no matter whether Liu Qian Xun was there or not, she still felt extremely disgusted with the position of the Crown Princess Jing.

However, he didn't believe that this woman had no feelings for him at all.