Chapter 58: A fall and his choice (2/2)

She was shocked speechless, her hand turning stiff against his face. As for him, he let go as soon as they touched the ground before slapping away her fingers away. Han Yunxi’s legs collapsed beneath her as she tumbled to the ground, finally regaining her wits. Thinking back to her inadvertent actions, Han Yunxi blushed. She felt so awkward that she forgot to climb to her feet. Long Feiye’s face grew dark as he looked disdainfully at her from the corner of his eye, before finally extending a helping hand.

Han Yunxi’s face was completely red, but she still felt a hint of warmth when she saw his large palm. Just when she was about to take it, Long Feiye spoke.

“Troublesome.” His tone was cold.

With these words, Han Yunxi’s hand froze in place before she withdrew it. Disappointment flashed in her eyes, to be quickly replaced with anger! She didn’t even want to come along, but he forced her to so she could treat snake poison. She’d suffered through such a large shock without blaming him once. But he, he started taking offense first.

Look at the warmth she’d felt in her heart. From the start, everything had been a one-sided wish from her side. Just then, he’d chosen someone else when her life hung in the balance. He hadn’t cared whether she lived or died, but probably rushed back to save her because it’d be hard to explain her death to Emperor Tianhui.

Han Yunxi pushed off from the ground with both hands to stand up abruptly, glaring at Long Feiye. “My life is cheap so I’m troublesome. Well, you sought out your own troubles! Bring back this wangfei in the same condition that you brought her out! If I’m missing even a single hair, then this wangfei won’t be able to treat the crown prince!”

Long Feiye’s disgusted expression turned slightly stiff as he spoke, “Don’t be such a coward. You still have your life.”

So speaking, he avoided Han Yunxi’s glare and looked towards the poison python. It was spasming and still spewing poisonous gas, but not as much as before. These were obviously its death throes. Han Yunxi couldn’t utter a word because of her anger, before finally hesitating and saying nothing at all. She couldn’t help but wonder, where’s that white-robed female? Did she leave?

That woman was so intent on the snake head. If she didn’t come for the snake dan, then what was she doing? She probably knows Long Feiye. He saved her just then because he was worried that she’d get poisoned.

Curiouser and curiouser. More than that though, Han Yunxi was still furious. Didn’t Long Feiye knew that she’d be dead if he came a second later? In any case, he was the one that brought her out. Was he going to treat her life as trash?!

Long Feiye waited for the python to die as Han Yunxi crossed her legs and sat down in silence. If it wasn’t for fear of the poison, Long Feiye’s abilities would’ve long obtained the snake dan. Now all they could do was wait for the python to use up the last of its energy, but it wasn’t long before he lost his patience. He jumped onto a nearby tree and took out his bow and arrow, aiming for the source of the poison gases before launching an offensive.

Swish swish swish!

Arrows after arrows flew down with even more strength than before, spraying fresh blood everywhere. Han Yunxi’s heart trembled with fear at the sight. She belatedly realized that this fellow was very unhappy and using the arrows to vent out his anger! If she didn’t have any counters on hand, would she become an outlet for his anger as well? Her hair stood on end at the thought.

Her words just then couldn’t be enough to set this guy off. In his eyes, she was of no consequence, so the white-robed female must have done something. Han Yunxi didn’t want to be curious about so many things, but she ended up wondering anyways. Though she knew he probably wouldn’t answer, she still wanted to ask him about it. She equivocated for a bit before deciding that she was still angry.

They were in a cold war! She wouldn’t ask!

Though Long Feiye’s offensive was fierce, this poison python had lived for many years and wouldn’t die so easily. Its tail was still thrashing around as its head rose multiple times, leaking fresh blood as it sprayed poison mist into the surroundings. Seeing this, Long Feiye grew even more impatient and jumped off the tree, walking forward to look for a better shooting spot. Han Yunxi watched his retreating back with a gloomy face. Silently she thought, Surname Long, just go. Go far away. Leave me here so if anything happens, you’ll take responsibility!

Yet Long Feiye hadn’t walked a few steps before he turned back to gaze down at Han Yunxi with a single command: “Get up.”

“What for?” Han Yunxi asked curiously.

Long Feiye didn’t answer, but dragged her upright and held her tight, flying into the air until they alighted on a tree nearby that was 70 meters tall.

“Ahhh!” Han Yunxi cried out until they reached the top of the tree. She just narrowly escaped death from falling and was still suffering from the aftershocks, all right? She wouldn’t be able to climb trees for a year!

Long Feiye was both stern and impatient. “What are you hollering for?”

Han Yunxi took the chance to turn around and bury her head in his chest, arms wrapped tightly around him. She was both angry and afraid. “Long Feiye, I’m warning you, if you leave me alone on a tree again, I definitely…I definitely…”

Long Feiye waited.

But Han Yunxi’s brains had short-circuited, leaving her stalling on ‘definitely’ before she declared, “I definitely won’t forgive you!”

Long Feiye gave a start, lowering his head to see that the person by his chest was actually trembling. Unexpectedly, his lips curved up minutely. Most likely, no one had told him his smile made the entire world pale in comparison. That was because no one had ever seen him smile simply for the sake of smiling.

He allowed Han Yunxi to hold onto him as he gathered his bow and arrow to aim towards the giant mouth of the python.

Shuaaa…

Straight into the mouth with one shot!

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[1] Duanmu Yao (???) – Duanmu is a two-character surname; Duan can mean ‘end, beginning’, or ‘upright, proper’, Mu is ‘wood,’ and Yao is a term for ‘precious jade, jasper.’

[2] gege (??) – generic term for older/elder/big brother, sometimes used by the speaker to refer to well-acquainted males older than the speaker.

[3] Yao Yao (??) – Duanmu Yao’s nickname.

[4] Ninth Heaven (??) – jiutian, Chinese mythos consider the Heavens to have nine levels, with ninth at the top.