Chapter 80: Jealousy (1/2)
Chapter 80: Jealousy
wang Hong stroked Chen Rong’s porcelain face and faintly s to your tone, you : “Ah Rong does whatever she pleases and I do whatever I please Don’t you think you’re concerning yourself too rily balled his hand into a fist and was about to throw a punch at wang Hong’s face, just as Chen Rong chose this exact moment to stir awake While Sun Yan paused, she poked her head past hiripped the shaft, and retched
Color was finally restored to her face once she vo much attention to his ire, she looked up at Sun Yan and shakily asked, “Where’s Old Shang, is he here? Is he still alive?”
They never thought the first person she asked for upon waking up would be her servant
Sun Yan hadn’t opened hispulled her back into his arently looked into her eyes and reassured her that: “Old Shang’s fine”
At the sa servant added: “Miss, that old servant of yours had fainted His leg got wounded by an arrow so he was bleeding a bit Don’t worry, he won’t die”
Having received this answer, Chen Rong relaxed, exhaled, and closed her eyes It wasn’t long before her eyes flew open again Looking up, she saw that wang Hong was holding her while looking at a cranky Sun Yan with slightly a broke into a slad” As though she had spent all her strength, her eyes closed again and her li’s arlare, pulled her out of the carriage He staggeringly stuffed her into another carriage, then turned and shouted: “Got enough rest? Let’s ed their horses, took ared Those who could continue to ride, rode; those who couldn’t ride were thrown onto the carriages The cavalcade again rushed away in the direction of Nan’yang
As they pressed on, unending battle cries and neighs could still be heard fro nuht: It seeun to send reinforceates If those nobles hesitate any longer, they are going to lose their chance However, it had nothing to do with hi he could
In the dark, the crackles of fire and cries became the main sounds that helped mask their footsteps
They hastened on and soon found that dawn had arrived They had gone 100and finally reached safety
The crowd cheered loudly and began to disot off, the horses staggered with so at therecovered her spirit, daylight had lit the sky She sat up, stretched her sleeve to wipe her eyes, and found blood stains on it
While she was staring at her sleeve in a daze, a familiar voice called to her: “Miss” It sounded weak, as if it wanted to cry but also to laugh; it was Old Shang’s voice
Chen Rong raised her head to see Old Shang crawling over to her, shakily saying: “Miss, we got out alive” And then he burst into tears
On Chen Rong’s wan face blooot out alive,” she hoarsely repeated “And so did they” Her eyes shone brightly as she spoke, her face likewise vibrant She sat upright, reached for the curtain, and looked outside
Watching wang Hong’s carriage and Sun Yan on horseback, Chen Rong shakily whispered, “Old Shang, I have gone to hell and back with them From this day forth,didn’t expect this would be the first thing she thought about after waking up Heher a look of sympathy and heartache
Sun Yan turned around to see Chen Rong poking her head out of the carriage He galloped over to her, leaned a little forward and whispered: “I’ve already warned thereed not to speak nonsense You can rest assured, Ah Rong”
“What are you talking about?” she quizzically asked
Caught for words, Sun Yan stared at her and clamped his mouth with no intention to explain He waved his hand to one of his soldiers and shouted: “Bring the bamboo tube here”
“Aye” The soldier handed him a freshly cut ba’s hands and told her, “Clean the blood on your face” When he finished, he turned to go back
Two paces later, he stopped and turned around to look in Chen Rong’s direction, wanting so say soht
The ba used to clean her face and rinse her mouth
At the ti dressed in a black robe, strolling in the wilderness with his hands clasped behind his back The cold as blowing his hair, brushi+ng it across his handso could not help but think: Whenever I see him, I’m always made to feel that I’s and graceful manners that he aze Having suddenly rehtly tilted her head and asked Old Shang with a lowered voice: “Old Shang, wasn’t I in wang Qilang’s carriage before?”
“Aye, it was General Sun who brought you back” His voice re fro pause, she suddenly exclaimed: “So this hat Sun Yan meant” She raised her curtain and walked to hi captain When he saw her approach, he waved his hand to dismiss the other man and walked up to her
At three paces froratefully said, “Thank you for that”
Sun Yan’s beautiful face flared up in irritation He stared at Chen Rong for a long while and then suddenly asked, “Do you like wang Hong that ’s response didn’t coh, he scoffed, “You’re not even betrothed but you’re already throwing yourself at hi of the Chen house, have you decided to be his concubine?”
Chen Rong turned cold; she replied by reflex, “No!”
Sun Yan’s rigid face slightly relaxed He glared and her and snapped, “Then be a littlewhen he harruan to chase him but stopped herself
Unconsciously, she looked back in wang Hong’s direction She suddenly stiffened at this turn wang Hong was folding his ar her and Sun Yan… for so
At this tiht after breakfast” He glanced to see Chen Rong and wang Hong trading glances, and harru, and she had heard his disapproval loud and clear She shuddered, quickly withdrew her gaze and went back to her carriage with her head bowed low