Seeing that Xie Lin Lang had stopped moving, Shen Shao Feng also finally made his way to Xie Lin Lang, speaking with a meaningful tone, “It’s alright, don’t be too disappointed. Let’s head back while the Imperial Preceptor still has his patience.”
Then reached his arm out to grab Xie Lin Lang only for it to fall empty.
Xie Lin Lang backed up continuously. At the same time, the sounds of horse galloping came from below the hill. A barely noticeable light flashed through her eyes, and she spoke to Shen Shao Feng.
“…Actually, you have been wrong about one thing. The reason for the Imperial Preceptor’s and my conflict was never because of the Empress.
His and my ideology are completely different. Even if I had tried my best to work it out, I still ended up at a dead end. That’s why the only thing left for me to do is to change my path.
But don’t worry, even if I had fought with the Imperial Preceptor, I will still treat him with respect and esteem just as before. The only difference is I won’t be going back!”
As she finished, she suddenly jumped backward, her body rapidly descending down the hillside!
Shen Shao Feng flinched, immediately jumping after her only to see a rapidly galloping black colored horse, charging directly towards Xie Lin Lang’s direction.
After sliding to the bottom of the hill, she did a barrel roll on the floor and grabbed onto the outreached hand belonging to the person above the horseback.
That person’s horse riding techniques were clearly very well-learned, not even slowing down during the entire process of pulling Xie Lin Lang onto the horse. After he picked her up, he immediately spurred the horse all the more so, and headed off, leaving Shen Shao Feng utterly discomfited and yelling angrily from behind.
“Qin Jue! You don’t want to live anymore?!”
He really hadn’t expected that Qin Jue would still dare to push his body further at a time like this! Even more so, he would’ve never expected that he would reject all the benefits offered to him by the Imperial Preceptor and choose to turn back.
Qin Jue ignored him. On the contrary, Xie Lin Lang turned her head back towards him and made a hand gesture apologetically.
“Brother Shen, I’ll leave the bothersome assassins for you to take care of this time! The next time I return to Capital City, I’ll definitely treat you to a drink!”
Then the two people and a horse disappeared completely in the darkness, never to be caught up with again.
……
In order to ditch those people, Qin Jue spent more than an hour speeding through the road until he finally began to slow down.
At this moment, Xie Lin Lang still hadn’t recovered from her thoughts…In all honesty, after hearing the deals the Imperial Preceptor had offered to Qin Jue, she really hadn’t thought that he would come back.
This type of emotion she was feeling was perhaps happiness with a little guilt, because as of this moment, it was clear that the Imperial Preceptor had more capability compared to her. What if after thinking about it clearly, Qin Jue starts to regret his decision?
She looked at his backside, asking in a very sullen tone.
“The Imperial Preceptor offered you an exchange?”
He didn’t answer so she continued.
“Your body is already at its limit isn’t it? The Imperial Preceptor already promised he would give you treatment, provide you with countless valuables and medical materials, and agreed to care for your well being diligently. So why…didn’t you accept it?”
“Picking me like this, you…won’t regret it?”
After hearing her questions, he suddenly stopped the horse. The black horse snorted loudly and tapped its hooves in place a few times. Amidst this swaying motion, Qin Jue spoke in an unusually low and hoarse voice.
“What about you? Do you regret it?”
“Hm?”
He suddenly laughed lightly, “Someone coming out saying they are willing to repay the favor for you and with just one yes from you, this whole issue will be off your chest and you wouldn’t need to continue to suffer with me. Leaving with me like this, will you regret it?”
“If you regret it now, it’s still not too late, and I…”
He paused, the last sentence so soft it was almost unintelligible.
“…Once I make a decision, I will never regret it.”
His words stunned Xie Lin Lang. Once he’s made the decision, he will never regret it?
Both of her eyes began to sparkle, the light in her eyes growing brighter and brighter! She then abruptly hugged Qin Jue from behind!
Qin Jue’s body first froze, then heard Xie Lin Lang happily saying, “Thank you! Thank you for choosing me!”
“The road to the future, as long as you don’t come to regret the decision you made today, I think, we will always be together from now on! Let’s work hard together! I won’t let you down!”
Listening to her speak, Qin Jue’s originally tense body slowly began to relax. After the coldness had faded, he smiled lightly.
Actually, no matter how appealing the Imperial Preceptor’s terms become, he wouldn’t have considered it either way.
Because Xie Lin Lang promised that she would always stay by his side, that she belonged to him. Therefore, he would never trade her with anyone, nor would he ever abandon her.
But first, he had to confirm that Xie Lin Lang had the same intentions.
If she had left after hearing the Imperial Preceptor’s offer, he wouldn’t have stopped her and he wouldn’t have blamed her either.
Even if he would remain by himself for the rest of his life, he would never forcefully keep anyone by his side.
But it’s a good thing that…he’s not actually fighting by himself…
As he thought up to this extent, he suddenly fell from the horse!
Xie Lin Lang was startled, helping him dismount the horse at once.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing that he could still ride on a horse earlier, she thought Shen Shao Feng had already managed to suppress his inner injuries. Could it be that even with Shen Shao Feng’s medical skills, he’s still only able to suppress it temporarily? And now after Qin Jue overly moving about, it’s reactivated again?
He closed his eyes and stabilized his breath and spoke after a moment.
“I’m fine.”
“You’re already like this, how can you be fine?”
Xie Lin Lang patted her head in anger! If she knew it would reach this point, she wouldn’t have slacked off when Xiao Xi first began learning medicine!
But there was no use complaining about it now. She had to bring Qin Jue somewhere safe first.
Plus, seeing the current situation, it was obvious that taking care of Qin Jue’s body’s problem cannot be delayed any longer.
So what if it’s the best doctors, expensive and rare medicine, and a safe environment? The Imperial Preceptor can do it but so can she!
She soon thought of a destination and her eyes filled with resolve.
She asked Qin Jue, “Can you still continue?”
Qin Jue nodded, and Xie Lin Lang helped him climb back up his horse then sat behind him, to avoid having him fall off the horse.
“Then hold on just a little more. Lean against me and rest for a bit. I will take you to find a doctor right now!”
She then took her coat off and covered his body, then she hastily continued down the road with him once more.
In that period of horse riding, chilly icy wind blew from all sides. The frost was rough, like piercing knives, yet while Qin Jue leaned against her, he surprisingly didn’t feel cold at all…
Absent-mindedly, he thought of his conversation with Shen Shao Feng during the exchange again and the words that were said then.
Perhaps the Imperial Preceptor was able to give him many things, but the thing that he really wanted was only to not be alone again…
*
The next time that Qin Jue opened his eyes, a few days had already passed. He looked at the ceiling above him in a daze, for a short while forgetting the reason why he was here.
At this time, Xiao Xi had walked over with his medicine. Seeing that he was awake, he instantly became cheerful.
“Your Highness, you’re finally awake! Wait wait wait, don’t move yet, I will help you up. Here, please drink this medicine first…”
Xiao Xi spoke as he skillfully helped Qin Jue sit up, handing him the medicine bowl.
Qin Jue stared at the medicine bowl absent-mindedly, only after a while did he raise his head and drank it all in one gulp.
After he finished drinking, Xiao Xi quickly handed him a handkerchief to wipe his mouth with and took the bowl away…He had to admit, in the field of taking care of someone, Xiao Xi was more gentle, more careful.
Qin Jue covered his mouth with the handkerchief and coughed for a few times, then asked quietly.
“Where is he?”
Why was Xiao Xi the one to greet him when he woke up and not Xie Lin Lang?
Xiao Xi naturally knew who he was talking about, his expression instantly turning a little helpless, “Your Highness is talking about GongZi right…Um, when I arrived, he immediately went to buy medicine. After all, we didn’t have much medicine left, and your condition wasn’t getting better…”
Qin Jue furrowed his eyebrows. He understood the situation with his body and in this situation, only the best medicine will have an effect. But from seeing the location they are in, will she really be able to find the medicine he needed?
But he soon fell asleep again because of his injuries. Xiao Xi looked at him and sighed melancholically.
He hoped that GongZi could be successful in her mission, because His Highness’ wounds cannot be suppressed any longer.