Chapter 492: The gentleman finds out (2/2)

The more Han Yunxi thought, the worse her headache grew. Gradually, she shut her eyes and slumped over to one side to sleep. She was so preoccupied with Gu Qishao’s wound and Long Feiye’s anger that she forgot about her shoulder injury again. Even now, the arrowhead was still stuck within her flesh. Though the wound wasn’t bleeding, it was already inflamed. Her head hurt not because of a heartache, but because of a high fever.

Creak.

The window was carefully opened by a small furry head before Lil Thing peeked in. It saw Mama Yunxi fast asleep before it scampered in, but soon felt that something wasn’t right. It was about to go and call for help when the white-robed gentleman showed up.

“Cheep cheep!” Lil Thing cried desperately.

“Shh….” the white-robed man motioned to it for silence, and Lil Thing really did quiet down. It obediently jumped back to the window ledge to stand guard. Actually, he and the gentleman had long found Mama Yunxi, but the man hadn’t revealed his presence.Now the white-robed man carefully straightened out the curled up form on the bed before gently feeling her forehead and taking her pulse. Then he fed her a small pill to make sure she wouldn’t wake and went to examine her shoulder wound.

In total, Han Yunxi was wearing three layers of clothing over the injury. The arrow hadn’t sunk in too deeply either, but its entire head was buried in her skin, only leaving a tiny shaft covered by her garments. It was difficult to treat the injury without taking off her clothes, but the man was a true gentleman. He didn’t touch her, he tucked her in instead. The medicine he had fed her would not only relieve her fever, but ease her sleep. It would take her another day before she woke up, so even the worst of pains couldn’t affect her. Still, he was exceedingly careful with his movements so as to not jolt her accidentally.

He carefully brushed aside the edges of the clothing where the original arrow had torn through, inspecting the site of the bolt’s penetration. It was hard to see clearly, so he ended up kneeling on one knee by the bed in order to find a better angle. After adjusting the angle of her clothing and repeatedly inspecting the wound, his concentration didn’t falter a bit. Meanwhile, Lil Thing was starting to yawn from the window. Finally, the man found the perfect place to treat the injury. First he used magnetite to pull out the broadhead slightly, then quickly pinched the tip of the shaft between his thumb and index finger to pull it out in one swoop.

Strangely enough, Han Yunxi’s wound didn’t bleed at all beyond a few traces. In any other case, such a deep wound left untreated for so long would definitely be pouring with blood by now. Next, the man cleaned up the wound and sprinkled some blood-staunching powder over the injury opening. His movements now were much faster, and he quickly bandaged the injury before it started to bleed again. Once everything was finished, he exhaled lightly and felt her forehead one more time. Though a bit reluctant, he quickly withdrew his hand. Most of her fever had receded by now, which was a good thing.

By the time he finally straightened up, his legs were feeling numb from the prolonged kneeling. He gave a helpless smile, the warm expression completely obscured by the white face-veil covering his face. His eyes shone like twin pools of clear water, deep and clean. He poured her a cup of water and left it by her bed, then after some hesitation, took off the face veil to wrap up the crossbow bolt head and place that at the head of the bed.

If Han Yunxi was awake right now, she’d definitely see his helpless, pampering smile. This was the gentlest face in the world, but she lie unconscious to it all.

“Silly girl…your wound was so deep. You mustn’t move about rashly now.”

He stared at her for a long time, enough for Lil Thing to assume that he’d stay here for good. But in the end, he finally turned to leave. Lil Thing finally noticed that he wasn’t wearing his face veil anymore, but it wasn’t surprised at all. It’d long discovered his true identity from his clean, unmistakable scent—the purest in the world. Those faint traces of medicinal plants held a faintly sweet fragrance that was better than anything else.

The white-robed man vanished into thin air as soon as he left Han Yunxi’s room, causing Lil Thing to panic. It scrambled up to the roof and fortunately caught him standing right there. Naturally, Lil Thing was going to stay back and watch over Mama Yunxi, but it had something to tell the gentleman! It dashed onto his shoulder and fished out a sphere of solidified blood. “Cheep cheep…cheep cheep!”

These were traces of Gu Qishao’s blood. It had long realized that Gu Qishao was abnormal, but never expected his blood to…taste so good! It wasn’t sure what the blood was made of because it couldn’t recognize any poisons, but the mere scent of the blood made it drool. It really is so, so tasty!

The white-robed man chuckled lightly at that before taking out some clotted blood of his own. “You noticed it too?”

Lil Thing was amazed. “Cheep cheep, cheep cheep!”

“Poison Gu Human, the one with an undying body. So the child at the medical academy from back then…was him!”

The white-robed man’s expression turned serious. Because he’d noticed Gu Qishao’s undying body, he hadn’t exposed himself during the rain of arrows. If an undying Poison Gu Human couldn’t protect Han Yunxi, who could? But Gu Qishao’s heart was filled with evil, vicious thoughts. Was making friends with a Poison Gu Human lucky, or unlucky?

Sensing the surrounding guards coming closer, the white-robed man set Lil Thing down and vanished from sight. Lil Thing held the clot of blood in its hands. Originally, it wanted to show this to Mama Yunxi, but knowing that her abilities were still too limited to discern its mysteries, it simply swallowed it whole. Mm, so delicious!

In the meantime, Chu Xifeng and the other guards did their patrols around the building before going into hiding again. That very same night, Gu Qishao walked in openly with Lady Helian, dressed in his usual flamboyant red robes. It covered the arrow wounds on his back, so he looked perfectly uninjured besides his somewhat ashen complexion. Lady Helian had no idea what had happened beyond the rumors that Gu Qishao had saved esteemed wangfei. Thus, she treated the man with politeness and courtesy due to that.

“Sir Gu, esteemed wangfei’s been doing nothing but staying in her room ever since she arrived. She has refused to see anyone,” Lady Helian was anxious.

Gu Qishao grew alarmed. “No one helped to treat her injury?”

Now Lady Helian grew frightened at his words. “Injury?”

Han Yunxi’s arrow wound was deep, but hidden beneath her clothes, so it was hard to find without a careful look. Gu Qishao immediately realized what was up and prepared to knock on the door, but Chu Xifeng suddenly appeared to block him.

“Gu Qishao, you mustn’t act wanton!”