Chapter 491: Her medical pouch (1/2)
Chapter 491: Her medical pouch
To the Han Estate?
Chu Xifeng almost cried at her words! He wanted to coax her otherwise, but he didn’t have a clue how. He debated going back to tell His Highness Duke of Qin, but hesitated.
Currently, there was a crowd of people outside the brothel, from civilians to soldiers. Countless pairs of eyes were watching them. If he agitated esteemed wangfei and failed to persuade her home, then she just might lose her temper right here and become a laughingstock for the crowd. But if he went back to report the news, His Highness Duke of Qin’s current mental state might just snap. If he lost control and ran out to force esteemed wangfei home and then Gu Qishao decided to meddle, then it wouldn’t just be a laughing matter, but a full blown rumor of a love triangle instead!
Although Gu Qishao had been severely injured and covered in bandages, he still hadn’t been wearing a shirt. Of course, esteemed wangfei had done it because of an emergency. That didn’t matter in the large scheme of things, especially since the patient only exposed his upper body. But this was none other than a brothel! It was a very sensitive location!
Gu Qishao had followed Han Yunxi out of the brothel, making many people curious as to how he’d saved esteemed wangfei, how long they’d been together, when the assassins had fled, and why esteemed wangfei hadn’t called for any sort of help. Once they started probing into those questions, they’d probably make all sorts of guesses, which would then grow into slanders of their own. Chu Xifeng knew that the best decision now was to make esteemed wangfei and Gu Qishao disappear from the crowd as quickly as possible. It would be better to divert their attention to the assassins instead, since the main culprits were still missing in action!
He was about to act when a movement came from within the crowd.
“Qi gege! Qi gege, what happened to you?”
“Qi gege, who hurt you? Qi gege!”
Mu Linger squeezed her way to the front until the guards blocked her way. She had heard about Han Yunxi’s troubles that morning over at the inn, so she ran over here to help search. After all, Han Yunxi had saved her life once, so she should pay her back. But instead, she met her beloved Qi gege instead, and he was heavily injured at that!
Other people might not be able to tell, but as a genius of the medical community, she realized at a glance that Qi gege’s wounds were frighteningly severe. Both his back and front had to have been hurt; otherwise, he wouldn’t be bandaged up all over. Gu Qishao and Han Yunxi were both surprised to see Mu Linger suddenly appear. Chu Xifeng was even more stunned, even as he cursed in his heart, Shoot, we’re screwed!
With Mu Linger around, there’s sure to be a commotion!
When Mu Linger noticed Gu Qishao looking at her, she grew even more anxious. Tears fell from her face as she thrust aside the guards holding her back to leap towards him. One of the officials lost his temper and wanted to capture her again, but was silenced with a single glare from Han Yunxi. Mu Linger saw the wounds on Gu Qishao’s back as soon as she drew near. Because the wounds had been aggravated, they now seemed to be bleeding nonstop. She circled around him in panic, at a loss for what to do. She had waited so long and so bitterly for him, searching for him all over the place, only to finally find him and see him seriously hurt.
Gu Qishao more or less ignored her. He was going to remind Han Yunxi to leave quickly when Mu Linger suddenly exclaimed angrily, “Han Yunxi, it’s your fault again!”
The crowd grew silent at her words.
Han Yunxi was already feeling dejected, so she had no energy to deal with Mu Linger’s accusation. She lowered her voice and told Gu Qishao, “Hurry and go find Imperial Physician Gu to take care of the wounds. I owe you this time.”
“Your shoulder wound?” Gu Qishao asked with concern.
Han Yunxi grinned and copied his attitude. “This old girl won’t die!”
She was about to leave when Mu Linger actually barred her way, furious. “Han Yunxi, just what happened here, give me an explanation! How could my Qi gege get so seriously hurt?!”
Mu Linger’s first words had sent the crowd into silence, but a hubbub of whispers broke out at her second exclamation. Chu Xifeng was so angry he wished he could gag the stinkin’ girl’s mouth shut. But the impulsive, impetuous Mu Linger had never considered so much before she spoke. She was simply too angry now. Last time at the Skypit, she assumed that Qi gege only went to get the poison beast out of amusement, but it was all for the sake of Han Yunxi’s bet with the third elder from the medical academy. He was searching for Han Yunxi’s sake. Qi gege had incurred quite a bit of injuries from the poison snake den back then!
And this time, he’d gotten hurt again because of Han Yunxi. When she recalled how Han Yunxi had claimed she wasn’t close to Qi gege at all so didn’t know where he was, Mu Linger had lost all her sense of reason!
Whenever a person’s heart grew weary, it was likely they believed whatever they felt was true.
Han Yunxi remained silent and circled around Mu Linger to leave. When Mu Linger moved to stop her again, Gu Qishao suddenly pulled her into his arms and laughed out loud. “Lass, esteemed wangfei’s rewarded me with 30,000 taels. How about I split half with you?”
Urk…where did he make up a tune like this?
Aside from the crowd, Mu Linger was stunned as well. Qi gege, did the pain turn your brains funny? What are you talking about?
“Your Qi gege went to fool around at the brothel and ran into a black-robed assassin after esteemed wangfei’s life. Esteemed wangfei said she’d pay me 30,000 taels as long as I saved her.” As Gu Qishao grinned, he looked towards Han Yunxi. “Esteemed wangfei, you might have helped me by applying medicine, but you can’t skimp on those 30,000 taels.”
Han Yunxi stared at Gu Qishao’s simple, rascally smile and suddenly felt like crying. She knew that the man was defending her reputation in front of these people. Although he often teased and provoked her by saying all sorts of nonsense, he also belittled himself.