C25 (2/2)

Luo Yi interrupted Tang Yuan once again.

She lowered her head and stood in the yard. She was clearly wearing a very thick garment and wrapped herself in it like a ball, but her voice was still light as she said, ”He saved me because he believed that I would fulfill his last wish, but I hid here and did nothing.”

She pinched her fingers and thought of how Xu Heng looked when he said ”But the one who can save Li Kingdom is you”.

”I want to go to Li City.”

She looked up and repeated it again, probably to show her determination, but this time there was no hesitation in her voice.

Actually, she did not need Tang Yuan's consent. But since Tang Yuan had taken care of her for so long, no matter how ignorant Luo Yi was, he would not be able to leave without saying a word.

Tang Yuan knew that it didn't matter to her whether he agreed or not.

In the blink of an eye, the sunny sky turned dark again. Tang Yuan then said in a low voice before heading to the kitchen, ”Who cares where you go? The medicine can't stop.”

After a pause, he said, ”Two bowls tonight.”

”People say that it's three parts poison,” Hearing that his tone was slightly loose, Luo Yi's mood immediately became good, his eyes turning into a joke: ”You really don't want to kill me with poison?”

”It's good that you died from poison …”

Tang Yuanyu was furious. She turned her back to where Luo Yi could not see and her expression became inexplicably anxious, ”How much effort did I have to use …”

He walked further and further away. The latter half of his words died away in the winter snow, leaving no traces behind.

The next day, Luo Yi woke up very early.

It was rare for her to have a good night's sleep, and her dreams were devoid of those overwhelming bloodstains. Replacing them was her first encounter with Xu Heng after being chased for several streets.

In her dream, she could no longer run. As she sat on the ground, acting shamelessly, Xu Heng bent down and helped her block the sunlight that was shining behind her, then used his shadow to hit the wall she was leaning on. Then, with a smile, he kissed her on the forehead.

The two of them then happily began a new round of chasing each other.

It had been a long time since she had been this happy, to the point that even Tang Yuan, who was waiting at the door, could tell that she was in a good mood today. He couldn't help but let out a smile.

Luo Yi, however, was frozen in place. She looked at the carriage behind Tang Yuan and asked in a daze where he was going after packing her luggage.

”I'll go with you to the Li City.”

Tang Yuan answered without hesitation and even cast a glance at her as he spoke, ”If Lin Ting finds out that I had let you go to Li City alone, he would definitely skin me alive.”

He was full of smiles. After saying that, his expression changed. ”Besides …”

He shook the medicine in his hand, ”I already told you yesterday, don't even think about missing a meal.”

Luo Yi: ”...”

She had a hunch that she shouldn't let Tang Yuan take the risk with her, but Tang Yuan was very stubborn. After hearing her talk about the dangers involved, he lazily leaned on the door, and without wasting any more words with her, he waved his hand and told the coachman that he could leave. Then, without waiting for Luo Yi to relax, he turned his head and spoke in a nonchalant tone, ”It's already approaching New Year, if you can find a second carriage that is willing to take you to Li City, I'll give you my surname.”

He stood there with his arms folded across his chest, neither leaving nor rushing Luo Yi to make a decision, as if he knew that she would give in. As expected, the coachman's gaze wandered back and forth between the two of them, but no one spoke. He didn't know what was going on, but after a moment of silence, he turned to Tang Yuan and asked, ”So I really left?”

Tang Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly. Seeing that Luo Yi still had not said anything, she waved her hand decisively and said: ”Please wait …”

The moment the word ”go” was about to come out from his mouth, Luo Yi suddenly pounced on him and grabbed his arm. At the same time, she stuffed the last half of his words back into his stomach, ”Don't listen to him!”

Travelling in the deep winter was no ordinary matter, especially since the weather had just recently snowed. Luo Yi and Tang Yuan stayed inside the carriage and listened to the coachman complain about the road conditions and the weather for over half a month.

Because they were in a hurry, most of them had not even alighted from the carriage along the way. Luo Yi had nothing to do other than not wanting to read the medical books that Tang Yuan had brought along, so she could only sleep. After waking up, she glanced at the weather outside through the window and asked them how far they had travelled and then snuggled back in to sleep.

Tang Yuan looked at Luo Yi's round face and exclaimed in shock, ”So it turns out that you're used to this kind of miserable life?”

Luo Yi curled her lips and ignored him.

The two had only just arrived at Li City and were unfamiliar with each other. Lin Ting's letter had never mentioned where he lived either, so they could only find a random inn to stay for the night and go find someone when they get back.

Luo Yi was starving all the way as she sat in the great hall. She anxiously watched the waiter serve the dishes to the customers at the various tables, but even when she was not at her table, she was so angry that she was about to be served a bowl of medicine by Tang Yuan.

Luo Yi looked at him strangely.

At the beginning, when Tang Yuan gave her the pill to drink, he said it was to treat her insomnia, but now that she had recovered from her insomnia, not only did her mental state return to normal, but she would occasionally think back to the time when she was so weak that she couldn't stand the wind and wanted to pinch herself to death.

”...” There's an illness to cure, and there's no illness to protect the body. ”

Tang Yuan seemed to not know how to explain as he remained silent for a long while before he could only spit out these words.

Luo Yi looked at him strangely a few times, but her hands still moved non-stop to receive the medicine bowl. Then, she raised her head and drank all the medicine in the bowl: ”In the end, you won't harm me.”

Tang Yuan shifted his gaze and cursed in his heart: ”Why do you feel guilty!”

Luo Yi did not take this anomaly of his to heart. Seeing that the dishes that were coming at him did not even belong to him, she could not help but grind her teeth and mutter a curse. Just as she was about to slam the table to find someone to argue, she heard a familiar voice, filled with surprise.

”Luo Yi?!”