Chapter 75: Don’t Let Anyone Except You Know
Lin Xin took a deep breath, pulled a chair to the bedside and sat down, “Let’s talk about you first. How did you end up like this? Didn’t I give you something to save your life?”
Mo Ziyuan was silent for a moment. How was he supposed to tell Lin Xin that when he saw vines rising from the ground and covering the sky, he was completely stunned? So much so that he failed to dodge the cold arrow shot from the opposite side?
“What? Are they that powerful?” Lin Xin frowned. If that was the case, then she would have to reconsider going to the Capital City again. There was no need to sacrifice herself for someone else’s business.
Mo Ziyuan probably saw what she meant, licked his lips, and told the truth.
Lin Xin nearly choked herself with a mouthful of saliva. She looked at Mo Ziyuan speechlessly, completely unsure of how to react.
“That, you just said it was something that could save my life, but you didn’t say the scene would be that shocking! I was completely scared silly!” Stimulated by Lin Xin’s gaze that treated him like an idiot, Mo Ziyuan said somewhat wronged.
“Cut it out! Didn’t I tell you to throw it and run, not to look back? You didn’t listen to me, and now you’re daring to shift the blame onto me?” Lin Xin felt a bit guilty, but quickly retorted, indicating she couldn’t take this blame.
The two discussed the issue of blame ownership for a couple more sentences, then returned to the previous topic.
“Going to the Capital City once isn’t impossible, but I don’t know the Crown Prince. There’s no way he would hand the child over to me, that’s one thing; and what if I get it wrong and the child I bring back isn’t the Imperial Grandson?” Lin Xin laid out the practical issues.
“As long as you agree to go, that’s fine. I’ll go with you then.” Mo Ziyuan said.
“No way!” Lin Xin immediately opposed.
What a joke. Looking at him now, even sitting up was strenuous. She didn’t dare to drive through the night to the Capital City with him. The road was bumpy; his wound would split open bigger than a mouth, and he would bleed to death!
“Then what do you say we do?” Mo Ziyuan finally threw the question back to Lin Xin.
Lin Xin: ……
“Fine then. Since you’re not afraid of dying yourself, I won’t care anymore. I’ll go back and settle Nan Nan, and we’ll set off tomorrow night.” Lin Xin figured that since they had to go anyway, might as well go sooner!
“Okay!” Mo Ziyuan agreed immediately.
“Also, don’t let anyone besides you know, otherwise I’ll kill all of you.” Lin Xin bared her teeth at Mo Ziyuan.
“Good, we won’t tell them.” Mo Ziyuan was almost killed by how cute she looked, and his voice unconsciously became much gentler.
“Hmph, I’ll believe you for now!” After saying that, Lin Xin left without looking back.
After leaving the room, several Soldier Brothers were waiting in the courtyard. When they saw Lin Xin come out, they all gathered around.
Lin Xin noticed that the expressions on their faces were very strange—both happy and worried, and seeming a bit… excited?
“What’s with you all······?”
“Miss Lin, Grand Tutor Feng is dead. Zi Yuan killed him.” Gao Yong said excitedly, though this time his voice was kept quite low.
“Is that so? Then I really have to congratulate you on getting what you wished for.” Lin Xin said.
“Hehe,” Gao Yong scratched his head, “By the way, what did Zi Yuan call you in for?”
“This ah,” Lin Xin pursed her lips and smiled, “You guys go ask him!”
“Hey, still keeping secrets from me. I’ll go ask Zi Yuan right now.” Gao Yong was just about to enter when Chu Yu grabbed him, “Where are you going? Zi Yuan is injured. Let Old Cui check him first.”
“Oh, right, he needs to be checked.”
Several big men followed Cui Shi into the room and watched him carefully cut open Mo Ziyuan’s clothes, revealing the wound on his abdomen.
Because after getting injured he had only simply applied medicine and bandaged it, and then rushed back from the Capital City on a fast horse all the way, the wound had already torn open. It looked extremely ferocious and terrifying, but the faces of everyone present didn’t change at all. They had each suffered injuries of this degree more than once and were long used to it.
Cui Shi cleaned the wound for him, reapplied medicine and bandaged it properly, then looked at his pale face, “The injury isn’t serious, and the location isn’t fatal. It’s just that he lost a bit too much blood, and the tear at the wound is quite severe. I’ve handled it for you. Don’t get out of bed for a while, lie in bed and recuperate properly. It won’t be a big deal.”
“Hey, so it’s nothing serious after all! It’s all that old boy Fu Jing’s fault for making it sound so severe. It made me think you were about to kick the bucket, scaring me!” Gao Yong loudly complained about Fu Jing making a fuss over nothing.
“Listen to what you’re saying. Isn’t it good that it’s nothing?” Chu Yu was the one responsible for manually shutting Gao Yong up.
“By the way, what did you want with Miss Lin? I just asked her and she wouldn’t say, told us to ask you. Hurry up and confess honestly!” Ling Qing poked his head out from behind Gao Yong and Chu Yu to ask.
“Right, what matter needs to be so secretive? A real man should be straightforward!” Chu Yu chimed in.
“Nothing much. I just asked her if she could help me find another Hundred-Year-Old Ginseng. The Master of the Bai family fell ill a few days ago and needs century-old ginseng for medicine.” Mo Ziyuan said without blushing or panting.
“The Master of the Bai family is ill? Is it very serious?” Zhou Qi asked, frowning.
“I didn’t ask for specifics, but it probably isn’t too serious. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be just putting out word asking if anyone has ginseng; they would be holding silver notes and going door-to-door begging.”
Zhou Qi nodded, agreeing with his statement.
“Sigh! The Master of the Bai family can’t have anything happen to him! If he falls too, the Crown Prince’s side will be even more isolated and powerless.” Chu Yu sighed.
“Are we just supposed to hole up in this godforsaken dump and wait?” Gao Yong smashed a fist on the table, making the teapot, cups, and such on it jump up.
“You boy, quiet down! Do you not know how much effort home put into sending us out here, and for what? No matter how aggrieved you feel, you damn well hold it in!” Zhou Qi punched Gao Yong’s shoulder, wanting him to calm down a bit, but in the end, he himself got so angry that his voice trembled.
“What’s wrong with all of you? Why are you so angry? Hmm? Brother Zhou, why do you look like you’re about to cry?” Lin Nan, held by Lin Xin, walked in. He was stunned seeing everyone’s expressions, then innocently asked upon seeing Zhou Qi’s face.
“Who’s crying? You little kid, mind your own business!” Zhou Qi felt embarrassed being called out by Lin Nan, so he simply picked him up, tossed him up forcefully and caught him. At first Lin Nan screamed in fright, but after being tossed twice more, he liked it and kept screaming “Again, again!”
“Alright, enough with the agains. Don’t you see how heavy you are? If we do it a few more times, does Brother Zhou still need his arms?” Lin Xin came over, took Lin Nan back, and poked his little nose while saying.
Lin Nan wasn’t mad at his older sister either, instead obediently lifted his little face higher to make it easier for Lin Xin to poke.
“Right, I forgot to ask earlier. Where is your injury?” Lin Xin walked to Mo Ziyuan’s bedside and asked.
“The injury is on the abdomen. Though not fatal, it’s not easy to heal. He needs to lie down for a few days.” Cui Shi answered.
