allonlinenovel Chapter 227 Fluctuation
Chapter 227 Fluctuation
I raised my hand to cover my mouth and saw the dark blue tablecloth getting darker in the middle and gradually spreading out.
Gui Fangduan turned around and saw that it was me. He rubbed his sword on the tablecloth and put it back into the scabbard.
I looked around and saw that the boatman's wife had disappeared, so I asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?!"
He seemed a little embarrassed and replied: "I'm sorry to scare you. He was a bad guy and wanted to attack me, so I fought back."
I felt a little sorry for him, so I hurriedly walked up to him and asked, "What happened? Are you okay?"
He blinked his eyes, shook his head and said, "I'm fine. I put drugs in the wine and I found it. The woman jumped into the water and swam away while you were in, probably to find help. The old man thought I was drugged and wanted to kill me with a dagger, but I killed him instead. I don't know if he was just trying to kill for money or..."
I looked down and saw that there was indeed a dagger dropped not far from the old man's hand, which was now soaked in a pool of blood.
It was dark in front of me, and Gui Fangduan blocked my view with his hand: "Don't look. I might scare you."
I replied, "It's okay. Since he did something bad, he must expect backlash. I'm not afraid to see bad people get their comeuppance. If he came here specifically to stop us, we can't let him stay."
He turned me around and said, "I'll handle this, you go back to the cabin. We have to leave quickly to avoid that old woman bringing people back. We should avoid fighting if we can, to avoid causing more trouble."
I responded, thinking that he was a professional at this, so I would not distract him and cause him trouble, and walked towards the cabin.
Not long after, the boat was moving faster, and his voice rang out from outside the cabin: "I'll paddle the boat to the shore first. We don't have to worry about docking, let's just go ashore nearby."
I answered "OK" and felt the boat going faster and faster, with the sound of water splashing on both sides.
When the boat reached the shore, I waded through the water, leading the horse, and followed him up the shore, taking one step deep and one step shallow, and then we started running quickly under the moonlight.
The road is not easy to walk on at night, but we don’t have to worry about being discovered by passers-by, so we just gallop along the avenue.
After running for half the night, we finally saw some people on the roadside. Even though we had just escaped from danger, we were still tired and had to stay in a hotel because of the twists and turns of the night.
The next morning, I woke up early as usual and felt a little dizzy.
After breakfast, the sun was hanging in the sky again, very close to the ground, baking people's heads and faces with sweat.
I followed him on horseback along a small path next to the main road. My head felt heavier and heavier as I walked, but I gritted my teeth and held on.
Tu Shanjing is right in front of me, I can't stop.
I vaguely saw his back, and everything in front of me was blurry.
Suddenly, Gui Fangduan seemed to have telepathy and turned around, just in time to catch me when I fell off my horse.
"What's wrong with you?! I'll take you to see a doctor!" he said in surprise.
"Don't delay, I have to get on the road..." I begged, grabbing his sleeve before I passed out.
The darkness was a sea of dark fire, which made people anxious and short of breath. I seemed to have a dream, in which Tu Shanjing was burned by fire, sitting quietly with his back to me.
I was so anxious that I walked into the fire and pulled him out: "Tu Shanjing, hurry up!"
He didn't move or look back.
I burst into tears: "I beg you! Go away!"
He suddenly turned around and saw Ruofeng's face.
Ruofeng opened his mouth and said to me: "You are the one! Go! Don't look back!"
I opened my eyes suddenly.
There are green trees in front of me and hot air behind me.
I was lying in a man's arms, and he was riding a horse with me in his arms.
I looked back and met Gui Fangduan's eyes with complicated emotions.
"you're awake?"
"Um... did I pass out?" I asked him.
"You had internal injuries that haven't healed yet, and there's some fire poison left in your body. You traveled under the sun during the day, and caught a cold from wading in the water at night. The alternating cold and heat made you fall ill. I asked the doctor to prescribe medicine for you, and you pulled my sleeve and muttered that you wanted to leave." Gui Fangduan replied behind me.
"Thank you...you've worked hard. Um, how long have I been unconscious?" I thanked him.
"Three days."
"So where did we go? Did we see any trace of him on the road?" I asked him again.
He suddenly tightened his arms, and veins bulged on his hands holding the reins.
"He's the only one you have eyes for, right? Do you know how many times you grabbed me and called out his name while you were unconscious?"
I struggled for a bit, but found it difficult to break free, so I just whispered, "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."
He relaxed a little, sighed behind me, and said, "Actually... you've sacrificed so much for him, but what will you get in the end? Let's not talk about whether he can be saved or not. Even if he can be saved, he is already engaged to a daughter of a noble family. Do you want to be his concubine? Why don't I take you away to recover, and then I will deploy troops to save him. My Guifang family has few rules, so it won't be difficult for you to become the main wife of the Guifang family if you want."
My blood was boiling and I felt dizzy again. I grabbed his arm tightly, my nails digging into his flesh. I turned back and stared at him, saying word by word, "I'm going to chase you, right now. If you don't want to go, just leave me here and go. When I wake up, I will find someone else to go. If you dare to take me away, I will tell your grandmother and third uncle everything about you, and I will give you Smilax glarei and other poisons every day, so that you--" I said too much in one breath and felt a little short of breath. I grabbed his collar tightly and glared at him with my last bit of strength. Then, my eyes went black and I passed out again.
This time I woke up again, in bed at night. The candlelight in the room was dim, and Gui Fang was sitting not far from me, polishing his scabbard. When he saw me wake up, he stood up and took a step forward, then paused and asked me from a distance: "Are you awake? How do you feel now?"
My memory was still stuck on the time when I threatened him fiercely. When he asked me such a gentle question, I was a little confused. I looked around and replied stiffly, "Not bad."
He looked at my face, chuckled, and sighed, "You are really... fierce! No one has ever dared to grab my collar to threaten me. Even those with higher spiritual power than me are either respectful or wary of me. You are so good, you are both intimidating and threatening me. Don't worry, I didn't take you back. We are still on the way to Xiyan City. The horse is too tired, so I changed two horses." After that, he tossed the money bag and said, "Look, it's deflated. You must pay me back in a big way later."
The atmosphere eased a lot. Thinking about how harsh I was to him before, I couldn't help but apologize, "I'm sorry, I was too impatient. I will definitely give you a large reward and a big red envelope later."
He walked closer to the bed, squatted down and looked me in the eye: "If you ask me, you were the best behaved when you were unconscious and didn't talk. I was a little scared of you when you woke up."
I turned over and lay on my back, and replied, "Don't worry, if you help me, I know what's good for me and I won't be mean to you anymore."