nashuaworldcup Chapter 133 Grandfather, Don't Kill Me
Chapter 133 Grandfather, Don't Kill Me
Chu Qingyin had been concentrating on stitching and had already exhausted herself, so she didn't notice the change in the man's address. She simply breathed a sigh of relief and shook her head slightly, "Sir, there's no need for thanks. If it weren't for you today, I'm afraid..."
She paused, then stopped talking and looked out into the night outside the cave entrance.
"In any case, I should be the one thanking Lord Lu."
Chu Qingyin lowered her voice and wiped the blood off her hands in the weeds, "Including this time, you've saved me twice now."
After a long silence, there was still no response from Lu Zhiheng.
Looking back, I realized that he had already fallen into a deep sleep.
The man lay on his side by the campfire, the dim candlelight illuminating his handsome face. His beautiful brows were furrowed, and his dark hair was casually draped over his shoulders. Even in such a disheveled state, his handsome features could not be concealed.
No wonder so many noble ladies in the capital were deeply in love with him. After all, he was young, held an important position, was exceptionally handsome, and was of impeccable character. He was truly a rare and excellent husband.
Chu Qingyin gazed at the familiar profile so close to her, her eyes flickering involuntarily.
The man before her was the culprit who caused her family's ruin and death.
Now, her most hated enemy lies before her, too weak to fight back. She could kill him with a single arrow with a mere gesture, thus avenging her past life's grudge.
But it was this man who saved her twice in the most critical moments, even disregarding his own safety.
Chu Qingyin's gaze fell on the wounds on Lu Zhiheng's body, her heart filled with a complex mix of hatred and reluctance. She clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her palms, then slowly relaxed them.
After a long while, she sighed softly.
Enough. Taking advantage of someone in distress is not the act of a gentleman. Let's let him go this time.
Once she returns to the capital, she will confront him openly and squarely, bring him down, and make him pay for what he has done!
That night, Chu Qingyin took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of keeping watch.
However, Lu Zhiheng seemed to be sleeping very uncomfortablely, his brows were always furrowed, and he occasionally let out a painful groan from his throat.
In the dim firelight, the man's clothes had been almost torn to shreds by the black bear, revealing his upper body covered in wounds, and one could vaguely see that the flush on his face was extremely unnatural.
"Lord Lu?"
Chu Qingyin frowned slightly, clearly noticing something was amiss. She got up and walked over to the other person.
"Lu Zhiheng! Wake up!"
She gently shook his body, but he seemed to be trapped in a nightmare and did not respond. She then raised her hand to feel the temperature of his forehead.
Ouch, it's so hot!
Is this a fever? What should I do? If this continues, the fever will cause serious injury.
Chu Qingyin called out several more times, but there was no response. She had clearly lost too much blood and fallen into a coma.
Damn it, she thought that Lu Zhiheng's physique would be able to pull through, but he was just a mortal after all. With such serious injuries and no medicine, how could he possibly survive?
"Lu Zhiheng, wait for me here, I'll be right back!"
Regardless of whether the other party could hear her, Chu Qingyin gritted her teeth after speaking, took out a torch from the fire, and walked deeper into the cave to try to find some water seeping from the cracks in the rocks.
The cave was not shallow, and Chu Qingyin went in for a while before discovering that it was a hidden world inside.
After passing through a winding and rugged stone passage, the interior suddenly opened up, revealing an extremely spacious stone chamber!
Judging from the inside, there were obvious signs that someone had lived there. On a polished stone bed, there was a reed mat, and in the corner were several pottery jars, which seemed to be used to store water. Some of them also contained stored dry food.
Chu Qingyin was overjoyed; this should be a temporary stop for the hunters who had come up the mountain.
She quickly walked back to the cave entrance.
"Lord Lu! We're saved!" Chu Qingyin ran to his side, only to find that his body was burning hot and his cheeks were flushed.
At this moment, Chu Qingyin couldn't care less about anything else. She gritted her teeth and used all her strength to lift the tall man.
It took a lot of effort to finally carry the other person into the cave.
After placing the person face down on the stone bed, she began searching the cave. To her surprise, the ceramic jars contained wine, not water.
Chu Qingyin was overjoyed. "This wine is wonderful! It can disinfect and even cool you down!"
Thinking of this, she didn't waste any more time. She quickly relit a campfire, then tore off strips of cloth from her body and used alcohol to wipe Lu Zhiheng's body repeatedly to cool him down.
Finally, after she had been wiping him back and forth for almost an hour, the man's body temperature cooled down slightly, and his face was no longer so frighteningly red.
Chu Qingyin collapsed onto the edge of the stone bed, drenched in sweat. Her entire body was soaked in sweat, and the fine wounds ached from the perspiration.
She gritted her teeth and simply washed her wounds with alcohol. She had previously learned from her brother that washing wounds with alcohol could help them heal faster.
She stayed by the man on the stone bed, constantly adding firewood to the fire to keep warm.
Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, a man's murmur suddenly came from beside her, "Cold..."
Chu Qingyin jolted awake and quickly got up again.
"Lu Zhiheng, are you awake?" She gently shook the man's shoulder, but received no response.
"Cold...so cold..."
The man huddled up, his body, which had been burning hot, now felt terrifyingly cold.
Although it is summer, the nights are already quite cold, and now that they are in this stone cave, the chill is even more intense.
Lu Zhiheng's clothes had already been stripped off earlier, and now he was naked from the waist up, with nothing to keep warm except for the bandages on his wounds.
Chu Qingyin hurriedly made the campfire burn even brighter, but it was still to no avail.
Seeing that Lu Zhiheng's condition was getting worse and his face was turning pale, Chu Qingyin gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll consider it a debt I owe you!"
She took a deep breath, and the next moment, she finally made a decision. She took off her coat and draped it over the other man, then turned him over so that he could press his body against hers to keep warm.
The two hugged each other tightly, leaning against one another.
Lu Zhiheng was like a drowning person who had sat on a piece of driftwood, clinging tightly to this only source of warmth. He stopped trembling, and his breathing gradually became steady.
Chu Qingyin felt Lu Zhiheng's body temperature, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
She never imagined that one day she would be so close to the person who had caused her family's ruin.
The affairs of this world are truly unpredictable.
Just as her thoughts were in turmoil, the man in her arms suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably, as if he were trapped in a nightmare.
"Grandfather..."
"Huh? What did you say?" Chu Qingyin frowned slightly, thinking she was hallucinating, but then she saw the man's thin lips moving.
"Grandfather, Father... is... innocent..."
"No, don't kill me..."
Chu Qingyin heard it clearly this time, but she was even more horrified.
Lu Zhiheng was calling for his grandfather.
Who is he calling his imperial grandfather?
The eldest son of the Lu family of Pingyuan, a top scholar in the imperial examination...
Chu Qingyin dared not think about it any further, taking the murmurs in her dream as the delirious ramblings of Lu Zhiheng, and not to be believed.
But the person in his arms was trapped in a nightmare and couldn't escape. His strong and upright body was shivering incessantly, and there was no rest.
Seeing this, Chu Qingyin sighed softly, but couldn't help herself. She raised her hand and gently patted his shoulder, then whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, no one can kill you now."
Whether it was her comforting words that truly worked, or the man was simply exhausted, the person in his arms actually stopped shivering, rested their head on her shoulder, and fell peacefully asleep.
Chu Qingyin wanted to push him away, but she was too exhausted to move a finger. She closed her eyes and gradually fell asleep.