Vol 10 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5

VOLUME 10 CHAPTER 5: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE CALM AFTER THE BATTLE OF FAN CITY (5)

Liu Bei POV

“Ah… Lie down, Yuan Zhi.” I said when I saw that she was still sitting there with her back exposed to the wind.

“Un.” She nodded and lay back down on the bed with my help. Because she still had a hangover, I gingerly lowered her onto the bed. Even so, she frowned as I did so.

After I laid her down, Yuan Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, as did I. I then capped the gourd and replaced it before s.h.i.+fting my gaze to Yuan Zhi and saw that there was a patch of dried blood near her waist on her white gown.

This injury was the one we found on her after we broke the 8 Doors Golden Lock formation. The entire lower right half of her gown had already been covered in blood by then. Even so, she did not say anything nor did she panic the entire time when we brought her back to the mansion.

We were really lucky to have Hua Tuo who took about 4-6 hours to save Yuan Zhi. When she came out of the operating room, the first thing she did was berate all of us for not bringing her back earlier. But how could we have known this?

Of course, I do feel guilty about it and I blame myself as well for not picking up on it despite being so close to her for so long. And this is also why I rushed here so quickly when I heard the commotion earlier.

“Is your injury alright now?”

“Un, much better.” She said and nodded slightly as she faced the ceiling with her eyes closed, “Lord Hua Tuo’s medication has been very effective and my abdomen is fine now.”

“I see, that’s good then.” I said and heaved a sigh of relief as I rested my hands on my hips, “But Yuan Zhi, you really should have said something about your injury.”

By the way, Yuan Zhi is not wearing her bandana at this time. She is actually really beautiful even when her big, round and bright eyes are closed.

“Hmhm,” Yuan Zhi snorted as her lips curled up, “It was just a flesh wound.”

“What do you mean flesh wound, you very nearly died back there.” I said calmly, suppressing the rage inside as I looked at her.

“Perhaps.” Yuan Zhi said patronisingly as she nodded, “I may have years of training in martial arts and a decent mastery of it but I am not a warrior at heart and do not really understand its tenets. But since I took the field, I will fight till the very end and never back down.”

“But that’s…”

I understand what she means of course but she’s clearly pus.h.i.+ng herself and too hard too I might add. If not, why would she have drunk so much liquor? She clearly drank to boost her guts and also to numb the feeling of pain she felt from her wound. As I thought about this, I sighed in amazement.

“But this is my fault as well for not detecting your injury earlier.” I said as I sat beside her and smiled bitterly, “But really, when did you get injured? And to think I never detected it…”

“That huh~” Yuan Zhi frowned and hesitated for a while before answering me, “If I remember correctly, it should be just as the battle in the city was ending.”

“Eh?” I got a shock and felt terrible at how I failed to detect this, “That early?”

Yuan Zhi nodded.

“So you sustained an injury while fighting in the alleys before you rescued me?”

“Un,” Yuan Zhi nodded again, “I was careless when fighting in the alleys for a moment. There were too many people inside and I made a mistake.”

She opened her eyes by just a little and reached down to feel her wound, “It still hurts huh…

”

“Of course it does.” I said as I smiled helplessly, “Your wound was deep and you lost a lot of blood so there was no way that you would heal so quickly.”

“Haha, I guess you’re right.” Yuan Zhi said and smiled.

“… Yuan Zhi.”