Chapter 486: Lass, just repay me with your body (2/2)
Hidden beneath their bed was a pile of blood-soaked clothes and a medical pouch. The most striking piece in the pile was a large black cloak soaked in blood and a few scattered porcelain medicine bottles by the pouch. Now the man raised his other hand to trap the woman between his arms. His seductive eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the female beneath him and licked his lips. That expression of his was nothing short of a wolf preparing to feast on a lamb and swallow her down whole.
It had to be said that this particular wolf looked rather lean, but still possessed an excellent figure. His bare chest and its exposed pecs were enough to send anyone into wild fantasies. Despite this, the woman beneath him wasn’t interested in it at all. She furrowed her brows as she stared at him with red eyes. It looked like she was about to cry.
“Poison lass, there’s no need to thank me. If you’re so touched, why not repay me with your body?” the man grinned cheekily.
The woman nearly went to punch him. Fortunately, she held back at the last second and cried angrily, “Gu Qishao, get off of me this instant!”
“Aiya, this big brother really doesn’t want to!” Gu Qishao said airily.
“Do you have a death wish?! Hurry and get off me, I have to treat your wounds!” Han Yunxi snapped.
She never would have expected Gu Qi Sha (古七刹) to be Gu Qishao (顾七少). When she had heard Gu Qishao’s voice in the alley, she still harbored some doubts andhad assumed she’d heard wrong! But after fleeing to the brothel, they’d hidden in this room and taken their bloody clothes off as fast as possible to fool the assassin. Gu Qi Sha had even removed his face mask and a set of fake, long and bony fingers, finally exposing himself as Gu Qishao in front of Han Yunxi. Because it was an emergency, Han Yunxi didn’t even have time to react. All she did was quickly scatter powder over his wounds to stop the bleeding before the two of them stripped and put on their little play.
Now she was ready to hang him up and interrogate him. Why was he going around tricking her with two identities? She treated him as a friend, but he’d hoodwinked her to the very end! What were his motives?! Of course, there was no time to get mad now. She had to take care of his injuries, fast. The amount of arrow wounds on his back was horrific. Her blood-staunching medicine would only hold back the bleeding for so long.
“Get off of me!” Han Yunxi ordered.
But Gu Qishao only smiled at her without moving a muscle. If Han Yunxi had been paying attention, she would’ve notice just how happy he looked right now, but she was more preoccupied with his injuries.
“Are you getting off of me or not?!” Han Yunxi threatened. She didn’t even care that he was taking liberties with her right now, or that she was only half-dressed.
“Poison lass, let me hold you a bit longer, alright?” Gu Qishao asked earnestly.
Han Yunxi was about to blow up. She prepared to shove him aside, but Gu Qishao actually hugged her to his chest in a tight embrace, resting his head against the warm hollow of her shoulder. He whispered softly into her ear, “Poison lass, Qi gege really does like you…”
Han Yunxi stiffened at his words. She was about to speak when Gu Qishao sighed with great emotion. “I really want to die in your arms!”
Han Yunxi might have been flummoxed by his words before, but now she couldn’t resist rolling her eyes. “Gu Qishao, will you die if you don’t make jokes all the time? Don’t think I’ll spare you just because you’re seriously injured!”
As promised, she shoved him aside with all her strength. But by now Gu Qishao had exhausted most of his stamina too, so he simply rolled over and flopped on the bed. His upper body was completely exposed, but he was still wearing his pants pulled very high up. Han Yunxi was in a similar situation as well, binding her chest with a strip of silk ripped from her outer robes so it was firmly hidden from sight. To put it plainly, neither of them could be considered naked at the moment.
Gu Qishao listlessly turned over so that he was lying on his stomach. Han Yunxi looked at his back and suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her chest. Her heart ached so much that it made it hard to breathe. When she was stopping the bleeding before, she hadn’t had a chance to examine his wounds closely. Now she saw that his back was littered with various puncture marks from the arrows. Each of the wounds were about as wide as her thumb, some deep, some shallow. A few of them were already beginning to bleed again. He really was ‘covered in injuries all over!’
Under these circumstances, the basic tenets of any doctor would be to hurry and treat the injuries so they would stop bleeding. But right now, Han Yunxi could only bite her lip and force herself not to cry. When Gu Qishao realized that she’d yet to make a move, he turned to face her. The sight of her red-rimmed eyes as she fought against her tears turned his laughing expression gentle.
“Poison lass, don’t worry. I can’t die.”
Han Yunxi recovered her wits and shot him a glare. “Lie still and don’t talk!”
She urgently took out five large lifesaving pills and handed them to Gu Qishao. Usually, she only used one for emergency situations, but taking out so many at once belied the current panic hidden beneath her calm expression!
Gu Qishao smiled. “Poison lass, isn’t this a little too much?”
“Stop showing off!” Han Yunxi personally watched Gu Qishao until he swallowed all the pills, then ordered him to stay still and shut up. As she saw it, this fellow was only laughing and joking around as a front! He’s bled so much and hurt so seriously, how could he have the energy to joke right now?
Gu Qishao obediently did as he was told, but still stole peeks at her from the side. Even if he couldn’t talk, he kept a slight smile, feeling very happy. Han Yunxi prepared a whole batch of medicine and gauze, her movements fast and professional. But when it came time to sit cross-legged by his side and start the treatment, she found herself hesitating.
Covering her mouth, she turned her face aside. Right now…her heart hurt so very, very much…