Chapter 382: Anxiety (1/2)
“I tried to show off” Now that Bai Luochu’s eyes were injured, none of them were able to read her expression by looking into her eyes. However, they felt that she was speaking very calmly and it seemed as though she wasn’t injured in the slightest.
“I volunteered to take the lead as I was confident in my ability to break the restriction on the strange door.” Bai Luochu cleared Pei Rumo’s name.
Ying Lan coldly harrumphed and he muttered to himself, “It’s only been a few days, yet Mistress is starting to speak up for Pei Rumo…”
“Cough cough…” Bai Luochu coughed lightly. The corners of her mouth curled upwards slightly and she chided, “My vision might be temporarily affected, but my ears are working perfectly fine. You can’t vent your anger on him just because of a single incident…”
Bai Luochu might be injured, but she was in a much better mood than Pei Rumo. In fact, Pei Rumo was feeling extremely miserable right now as the person he was supposed to protect was now blind because of him. Even though it was merely temporary blindness, Pei Rumo felt knives stabbing into his heart. Why did she injure herself because of me? Why didn’t I take the initiative to trigger the trap?!
Pei Rumo changed out of his clothes and he quickly made his way to Bai Luochu’s room. When he arrived at the door, he realized that a mysterious person had pushed open the door and was leaving the room. He was stunned. Just as he was about to forcefully stop the person in front of him for interrogation, the mysterious man rolled his eyes at Pei Rumo. With a soft ‘humph’, he disappeared from Pei Rumo’s sight.
In the next moment, Qin Feng stepped out of the room. Seeing that Ying Lan and Pei Rumo had bumped into each other, he knew that he had to find an excuse to explain Ying Lan’s appearance. “Young Master, that was my older brother. He was out settling some problems and had only returned recently. I went out to buy a servant girl after learning of Divine Physician Bai’s injury and incurred his wrath. I apologize for his rude behavior.”
Pei Rumo raised his eyebrows in response. When Pei Rumo first met him, the innkeeper had a harsh and unkind personality. Seeing his ‘brother’ now, he felt that it was nothing strange for the two of them to have such similar personalities.
“If there is nothing else, I shall take my leave.” Qin Feng flung his sleeves and ran away. After all, Bai Luochu had instructed him to keep a close eye on Ying Lan. What if Commander Ying fails to control himself and flies into a fit of rage? What if he takes his anger out on the First Prince? Things will get messy then.
Even though he was hesitating as to whether he should enter the room, Bai Luochu noticed his presence and gave him a reason to enter.
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Bai Luochu felt that it wasn’t too bad that she had lost her vision for the time being. Even though she wasn’t used to the feeling of not being able to see, she realized that the way she looked at the world changed. Without her sense of sight, her other senses were heightened. When she released her spiritual energy, she was able to hear insects flapping their wings and the sound the wind made when it blew through the land.
Not being able to see for some time might not be a bad thing.