Chapter 56 - Xiao Wei, do you need my help? (1/2)

”Xiao Wei.” Wu Yixing, the sly fox, pats my back. ”Come inside the carriage. I will give you the tonic. Your body will be good as new in the few days.”

”Xiao Wei, don't worry. Sit with them. They are good people.” Aunt Yoori grins. ”I will sit outside with the driver.”

I shake her head frantically. She can't understand what I am trying to say. If I go inside the carriage, I am going to be lying in my coffin soon.

”Mo Qian, sit with us inside.” Wu Yixing gives a kind smile to my aunt. Aunt, please don't believe him. I already told you about him. ”Xiao Wei is shy.”

Argh! She doesn't know their faces.

Li Jun keeps staring at me. I am afraid that he recognizes me. He called me a witch. Is our cover already blown? Should I leave this era? I can't leave aunt like this.

”Ah... that must be it.” I hear her mumble. Does she really think that I am shy around new people? I am pretending to be fifteen. Not an actual fifteen years old kid. ”Let's go in, Xiao Wei. It's rude to keep people waiting.”

Aunt, you don't understand.

I feel like crying, but tears of frustration won't come. She drags me inside the carriage. She takes a seat beside Wu Yixing naturally. I have no choice but to sit beside Li Jun.

”Here, Xiao Wei, drink it.” Wu Yixing gives me the tonic. ”Kneeling didn't do you good. Were you stabbed in the left side of your lower stomach?”

Aunt Yoori blinks at him. ”Lord, how do you know?”

”She is favoring her left side.” Wu Yixing takes her wrist. ”Let me check your martial art.”

This creepy man!

”What are you waiting for?” Li Jun asks me with a low voice. ”Drink it.”

Is this poison? I stare at the tonic. I can't even ask without blowing my cover more. If I speak, I am sure that he will recognize my voice and accent. Wu Yixing and my aunt are talking happily about martial arts. There is no one to help.

”I didn't ask you to kneel.” Li Jun takes the tonic away from my hand. ”Xiao Wei, you should not be rushing to become a man. Drinking a blood tonic doesn't make you look weak.”

He believes Aunt Yoori then? I am relieved. But, not for long. He grasps my jaw and forces down the blood tonic down my throat. I have never drunk anything so bad in my life. He doesn't remove the glass bottle from my lips until I drink it all.