Chapter 490: Try and yell at her again (2/2)

Long Feiye stiffened completely at her words. A rush of blood rose up in his throat, but he still managed to force it back down. He creased his brows and stared fixedly at Han Yunxi, whose gaze turned evasive. She didn’t mean what she just said, she just wanted these two men to calm down.

“Long Feiye, the two of us were only—”

“Han Yunxi, your lordship overestimated you,” Long Feiye cut her off with a mocking tilt to his lips.

Han Yunxi’s heart clenched. She wanted to explain, but his scornful smile only made her feel like tearing up. Her sinuses began to ache as she suddenly quieted down.

Long Feiye, what do you mean by those words?

Long Feiye, why are you smiling so disdainfully?

Long Feiye, do you know how uncomfortable I felt when you left with Duanmu Yao after she whispered into your ear? You know very well how much she likes you!

Long Feiye, why are you never around when I need you?

Long Feiye, do you know Gu Qishao risked his entire life just to protect me?

Why aren’t you asking me how I escaped those archers?

Long Feiye, why do you close yourself off in your world and its secrets, but still come forcing your way into mine?!

Seeing Han Yunxi’s hopeless gaze, Gu Qishao only felt his heart ache. He went ahead regardless of everything and grabbed her by the waist. “Poison lass, I’ll take you away!”

“You’re delusional!” Long Feiye gave a cold snort, stabbing his sword past Han Yunxi to aim for Gu Qishao’s heart. But instead, Han Yunxi suddenly intercepted the weapon. She moved too quickly for Long Feiye to react, and the blade scraped against her palm, leaving a trail of torn skin, gaping flesh, and fresh blood!

Greatly alarmed, Long Feiye immediately withdrew his weapon. Gu Qishao was shocked as well and quickly shielded Han Yunxi behind him with a snarl. “Long Feiye, don’t you know she’s still got an untreated arrow wound on her shoulder?!”

Long Feiye had completely lost his mind, so he hadn’t realized the injury came from an arrow. He glanced at Han Yunxi’s shoulder again, this time catching the blood soaking through the fabric. That provoking shade of scarlet finally calmed him down. He stepped forward to take Han Yunxi’s hand, but she only hid behind Gu Qishao and refused to meet his eyes.

Here was the woman who always chased after him like a fool. Even if she avoided from him, she’d never stop looking at him, much less hide from him like this. Blood rushed to Long Feiye’s head as his heart ached with inexplicable grief. After a long period of silence, he murmured, “Come here.”

But Han Yunxi had been truly hurt this time. She couldn’t the sight of his previous mocking smile and only stood there looking away from him. Gu Qishao gave a soft harumph. He was about to take Han Yunxi away when Chu Xifeng came in with a team of guards. When he saw the sight before him, he gave a start. There were clothes strewn all over the floor, which could easily lead to a misunderstanding. But upon closer inspection, he found that none of them belonged to esteemed wangfei, but more likely girls of the brothel. Meanwhile, that bright red robe in the corner should be Gu Qishao’s own clothes.

He and Long Feiye had long found out that Gu Qi Sha was Gu Qishao. They had been waiting for a chance to expose him all this time, but never thought Gu Qishao to do it himself. Fine, he had no idea what had happened, but it was best that esteemed wangfei was unharmed!

Chu Xifeng’s commotion attracted Long Tianmo and Mu Qingwu too, who quickly backtracked with their men. When they saw Han Yunxi safe and sound aside from minor injuries, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

“Esteemed wangfei, we’ve finally found you. Are you alright?” Mu Qingwu asked with concern.

“Your hand and shoulder are both injured. Imperial Qin Uncle, you should call for an imperial physician soon,” Long Tianmo was anxious as well.

Both of them were supposed to be tracking down the crossbow archers and that black-robed assassin, but all of their attention was focused on Han Yunxi at the moment. Instead, it was a young official from the justice courts who cried out hastily, “Esteemed wangfei, how did you hide from the assassins?!”

“When did those archers escape? Which way did they go?”

“Esteemed wangfei, did you recognize that black-robed assassin?”

Han Yunxi ignored them all to stare outside the window in silence. Gu Qishao had nothing but an expression of disdain and treated the entire crowd as good-for-nothing rice buckets! As for Long Feiye, he simply stared coldly at Han Yunxi, his complexion ghastly. Chu Xifeng finally sensed that something must have happened between the trio. His Highness had been so frantic to rescue Han Yunxi that he would have taken her home long before now.

The crowd watched and waited before finally falling into silence. The spread of clothes on the crowd, a disordered bed and Gu Qishao’s bare upper body really made for an unpleasant sight. Chu Xifeng wanted to break the silence, but Long Feiye only said icily, “Chu Xifeng, take wangfei back to the estate first.”

Chu Xifeng hadn’t started moving before Han Yunxi walked out by herself. Gu Qishao grew anxious. This foolish lass, is she really going back? He hastened to catch up.

With so many people present, it wasn’t convenient to have another shouting match. Once a row kicked up, all sorts of rumors and slanders would probably fly up for a woman like Han Yunxi. Chu Xifeng knew that His Highness Duke of Qin would never let off anyone involved in today’s assassination attempt, but he was still worried about the man’s internal injury.

“Your Highness, treatment is essential,” he reminded in a low voice, before chasing after esteemed wangfei. But once they reached the doors, Han Yunxi refused to return to the Duke of Qin’s estate.

Instead, she said, “I’m going back to the Han Estate!”