CH 110

Chapter 110: Kill Two Birds With One Stone Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.

Not to mention Shen Zhonghua and Qiqi, even assassins didn’t expect there would be a cave under the slope. Because no one set foot on it, the entrance of the cave was covered by weeds and it wasn’t easy to find.

Shen Zhonghua was protecting Qiqi and fell into this cave. The sky was spinning and when Qiqi came to, it was already pitch black around the surrounding area. She was held tightly in Shen Zhonghua’s arms so she had light scratches on her body, and it wasn’t serious.

“Shen Zhonghua! Shen Zhonghua!” Shen Zhonghua was pressed by Qiqi to protect her with his body and his eyes were closed tightly. Qiqi fumbled to touch his face, trying to wake him up: “Shen Zhonghua, are you okay?”

There was a slight anxiousness in her tone. As she waited for a while, she finally heard Shen Zhonghua cough. The first sentence when he woke up was to ask Qiqi with concern: “Did you hurt anywhere?”

Qiqi was stunned for a moment: “I-I’m fine.”

“Fortunately... fortunately...” Shen Zhonghua sat up and lifted his hand to cover his chest. Fortunately, the arrow didn’t hurt Qiqi. It just rubbed his shoulder as it shot over. Although the pain of skin and flesh was unavoidable he bled a lot of blood, but in any case, his body had no arrow stuck to it. Otherwise, he rolled down like that just now, he was afraid......

Qiqi was once an assassin, familiar with and sensitive to the smell of blood. She fumbled and searched for Shen Zhonghua’s figure with a face full of worries: “You, you really not hurt? I...... let me take a closer look. Is it painful?”

Shen Zhonghua grabbed her flustered hands and smiled softly: “Silly girl, do you think I am you......”

Speaking of which, Shen Zhonghua only had some regrets. To be precise, he had some heartache.

Because he had seen the look of Qiqi when she was hurt. She completely ignored her own injuries and feeling of pain. She was also looking at him anxiously like she was now, reaching out to fumble on his body for fear of him injuring anywhere.

“It’s only a scratch.” Although he was very happy about her concern, he didn’t want Qiqi to worry about him at this time. Shen Zhonghua stood up and fumbled around to understand the surroundings. He looked up and there was a faint light shining down, but it was really poor.

He tried to climb several times but because there was a pond in the cave, it was relatively wet. In addition to not seeing outside, the walls were covered with moss, which was really difficult to climb. After trying for a while, both of them gave up. Shen Zhonghua sighed lightly, but he wasn’t anxious. He comforted Qiqi instead: “Let’s wait for Leng Xing and Liu Yue, and see who will find us first.”

Leng Xing and Liu Yue, Shen Zhonghua believed them and Qiqi also believed them. If she was also outside because of today’s situation and as Shen Zhonghua’s dark guard you must have confidence in yourself to find him because she always found him first before.

The cave was wet and cold compared to the outside world. The two of them sat on the ground, waiting for rescue. Shen Zhonghua didn’t say anything and directly took off his robe. Qiqi was a little nervous when she heard the rustle of clothes. She shrank in the corner and asked him vigilantly: “Don’t, don’t you undress!” when he draped his robe over her shoulders and said gently and softly: “Be careful to catch a cold.”

“Thank you......” Just afraid she was cold? Qiqi’s face was red. It seemed like she was treating a gentleman’s kindness with a villain’s heart, thinking too much......

There was no light in the cave and the passage of time made people feel like a lot of time passed. In fact, it wasn’t that long because the cave was too quiet, and the quietness made Qiqi feel a little flustered. She talked to Shen Zhonghua unconsciously.

“Prince Xuan...... who do you think bought the assassins?” Qiqi admitted she hadn’t committed any evil deed to anyone and it was unlikely that she offended someone when she was a dark guard. When she was on a mission, she mostly covered her face with a mask, and the people who had seen her real face were no longer in this world. Intuition told Qiqi that most of the assassins were sent by those who secretly harmed her at the mid-autumn festival banquet.

“Cen family.” Shen Zhonghua’s voice was low and cold: “It’s mutual to blame you for what happened to the Cen family. I’m afraid not only you. Me, Su family, and even His Majesty are perhaps hated by them. It’s just to vent their anger by using you first.”

The Cen family was once also regarded as having the power to overturn the imperial court and the people. They had been prosperous for generations. Now the crown prince was under house arrest, the empress was seized of power, the imperial uncle was removed, and still had a hand chopped off becoming a real waste person. How could the Cen family not be angry? Just blaming it all on her head would be too unreasonable.

“Heh!” Qiqi sneered: “Everything is their own fault, but to get back at me, to vent, they also want to find a soft persimmon to pinch?”

(T/N: soft persimmon: things that aren’t difficult and easier to achieve. Simply means they think she’s weak.)

Shen Zhonghua realized he liked Qiqi’s angry look, not some kind of a special obsession, but because this Qiqi was real and unrestrained. He liked her like this and hoped she would be more like this.

“That’s not quite right. Regardless, because of the Su family or I care very much about you.” Shen Zhonghua said: “They can kill two birds with one stone.”