Chapter 158: Are You Injured?
Ji Yunshu’s mind went blank the mont she felt her body tumbling down the steep slope. Despite her predicant, she maintained her grip on the white cloth as if her life depended on it. Nothing would make her let go even when her back heavily slamd onto the hard stones, and her body was pierced and scratched by branches during her fall.
As her body tumbled, a wave of dizziness violently hit her, giving birth to a strong feeling of nausea. In the midst of her fall, a shadow jumped down from above, caught her and firmly held her sore and painful body in his embrace, protecting her as their entangled bodies continued to roll down the steep slope without decelerating. As they continued their course to the bottom, Ji Yunshu could feel that the person holding her was doing everything possible to protect her from harm.
Then, she heard a faint whisper. “I won’t let you leave again!” A warm breath lingered on her ears as she was lulled into unconsciousness, overco by a feeling of weakness.
…… ……….
Who knew how long she lost consciousness. But her painful wakeup made her less concern about it. She raised her hand and massaged her temples while groaning in pain. She blinked and assessed the situation she was in.
A fire fiercely burnt in front of her with embers flying out with a crackling sound like a popcorn. The fire illuminated the small and dark cave. She surrounded by walls of stone ford a towering semi-circular arc from which ivy climbed on. On the ivy’s leaves, humidity gathered into the tiny pool of dew from where water slowly dripped down.
Pit-pat! Pit-pat!
The rhythmical cadence of the dripping water broke the quietude of the cave like a musical note bouncing beautifully in the ears.
Ji Yunshu stretched her neck. The cloth covering her slid down from her movent.
“Are you awake?” Jing Rong asked in worry.
She glanced at him and saw that he was leaning his back on a rock and dressed in white inner cloth. His eyes were closed and his head lowered. One of his long legs was bent and a hand was weakly resting on his knee. The other leg was stretched out.
Despite the distance separating them, and due to his lowered his head, Ji Yunshu was able to see the nurous wounds covering his face. Wounds made by the scratching branches and blood left by them were glaringly obvious to her sight as it was left untreated.
“Are you injured?” She reached out for his face at the sa ti the question left her lips. Her fingertips almost brushed Jing Rong’s face, but at the last mont, he raised his hand and stopped her.
“I’m fine.” A feeble voice ca out.
“But your face…”
“It’s just small injuries.”
Jing Rong took advantage of that mont to use his hand to wrap Ji Yunshu’s cold, small hand. Then, he wearily opened his eyes and looked at her. After a long mont, he finally broke the silence. “In the future, please don’t do that again.” His voice echoed inside the cave, pounding straight into Ji Yunshu’s heart.
She remained silent while her heart was fiercely throbbing as if it wanted to jump out of her chest and her throat felt squeeze.
“Urgh!” Without warning, Jing Rong clutched his chest. His eyebrows heavily frowned in pain as he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Ji Yunshu’s expression tensed. She imdiately glanced at Jing Rong’s chest, and saw the white cloth gradually dyed into crimson blood and oozing out from between his fingers. “Let see!” Ji Yunshu bounced up and crouched in front of him. She was readied to examine the wound on his chest.
“I’m fine.”
“How can you be fine with this much bleeding.” She pushed away his hands overbearingly, yet she was careful when pulling off his cloth, revealing wheat color skin and a muscular and powerful chest, completed with a six pack.
‘This man’s build is truly attractive!’ Ji Yunshu stripped him of all his layers of clothes without noticing the faint smile blooming on Jing Rong’s pale face. It was a smile that couldn’t be described in words.
Her attention was solely concentrated on his wounds and nothing else. From her examination, she saw fragnts of wood still attached on the wound while blood continuously flowed out from the hole. “You were stabbed by the branches and the wound is quite deep. What’s more, there are fragnts of wood left inside. I’ll help you clean your wound before it gets infected.”
“It’s not painful.” He spoke in a hoarse voice.
“Don’t try to act brave in front of .” She bluntly exposed his lies.
Jing Rong’s smile beca more brilliant. His wound was painful, but Ji Yunshu’s concern was like a panacea for him, reducing his pain with re words.
Ji Yunshu looked up and coincidentally t Jing Rong’s weary eyes. The smile on his face reflected into her eyes. “At a ti like this, you still have the energy to smile?!”
“Yunshu.” He called her na.
“Hmm?”
“If getting injuries can make you worry about , then, every day, I wouldn’t mind getting…” Ji Yunshu didn’t let him finish his phrase as she covered his mouth and reprimanded him. “You’re not allowed to say such things.”
Jing Rong was looking at her, but when he heard her words, his eyes instantly curved from happiness like two flowers blooming. This cause Ji Yunshu to feel hot at the sight of it. She had to admit that his tired expression, yet filled to the brim with love, made him oozed out pheromone.
Ji Yunshu moved away her sight in haste and said, “I’ll go find so dicinal herbs.” When she got up, her hand which covered Jing Rong’s lips moved away, but the next instant, he grabbed it.
“Don’t go.” Anxiety could be heard in his tone.
“I’m only going to search for dicinal herbs and I’ll be back soon.”
“It’s dark outside, don’t…”
“We need to treat your wounds or there will be complications. You got injured to save , so I can’t watch you like this without doing anything.” She freed her hand and concealed it under her sleeve before resolutely leaving the cave.
Jing Rong wanted to follow her, but his body refused to obey him. In fact, his body was riddled with wounds by protecting Ji Yunshu as they tumbled down the steep slope. Afterwards, he held on by sheer willpower until he brought Ji Yunshu into this cave. He was planning to stubbornly push his body until Lang Po found them. If only the wound on his chest wasn’t this painful.
He tightly clenched his fists and slumped on the stone ground. He laboriously tried to prop up his heavy body. And, once again, he forcefully tried to move. The effort caused his veins to bulge, seemingly on the verge of bursting. But he was still unable to move a single step. He weakly slid back on the ground, remaining in a sitting position while staring at the cave entrance. His mind was restless while worries gnawed away at his heart. His mind beca more frenzy as ti ticked slowly.
Finally, he saw a slender silhouette gradually approaching. It was hobbling while clutching a pile of firewood under one arm, and carefully holding a bamboo tube and herbs with the other.
After throwing the pile of firewood in the fire, She quickly approached Jing Rong. Her brows were still covered in sweat.
“I found eight devil’s son herbs and collected so dew. It will hurt a bit when I apply the dicine, so please bear with it.”
When he confird that she ca back safe and sound, Jing Rong finally relaxed. “I… thought…” He couldn’t finish his words as his eyelids heavily drooped and he fell on Ji Yunshu.
“Jing Rong?” It was the first ti Ji Yunshu called him by his na.
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