In Su Xiaoqi’s memory, Shen Yun should have been a meticulous egoist.
Not now, of course.
But at least in the past, when she read about him, Shen Yun had seemed like that kind of person.
But now…
Su Xiaoqi reached out and gently caressed Shen Yun’s brows and eyes.
His brows were thick and tightly knit, his eyelashes long, his eyes tightly closed, his nose bridge high and straight.
His lips were thin, much like the mark of a faithless man, inherently cold and indifferent.
“Shen Yun, Shen Yun, this isn’t like you. This must be an accident, right?”
“Niangzi, niangzi…” Shen Yun let out a weak sound.
Su Xiaoqi was startled and quickly withdrew her hand, covering her mouth.
Shen Yun wouldn’t wake up like this, would he?
If he woke up like this, was her medicine too effective, or was Shen Yun’s body too resilient?
“Niangzi, niangzi…” Shen Yun continued to call softly.
Su Xiaoqi leaned closer to look. It turned out he was just calling out unconsciously.
Perhaps he didn’t even know what he was saying.
Maybe he was dreaming.
Su Xiaoqi indulged in a fit of wild thoughts.
Outside, Guo’er knocked on the door, saying she had prepared hot water for her to bathe and change.
Su Xiaoqi then remembered how much blood had stained her clothes earlier. Although she had changed her clothes,
She hadn’t bathed and cleaned herself. Taking advantage of this time would be a good opportunity to wash.
She responded, and just as she was about to get up, she found that Shen Yun had taken her hand into his palm at some unknown time.
Her heart was filled with a moment of panic, followed by a surge of joy.
Had he woken up?
“Shen Yun…”
“Calling, calling me what?”
“Husband, husband, you’re awake. You’re really awake…” Su Xiaoqi leaned forward in surprise, carefully gazing into Shen Yun’s eyes.
Indeed, she saw that he had opened his eyes, which sparkled.
“Yes, you kept calling me. If I didn’t wake up, my ears would have, cough cough… would have gotten calluses.”
“You, what nonsense are you talking about? I, I didn’t,” Su Xiaoqi felt embarrassed.
Because she was worried about Shen Yun and couldn’t understand his actions, after treating his wounds, she had been murmuring about these things by his ear.
Realizing that Shen Yun might have heard all her words.
Oh dear, she really wished she could die.
“Niangzi…” Shen Yun tried to explain. He had indeed heard everything.
She had said he was that meticulous egoist, and why he had foolishly run up to take a knife for her.
He was a man destined to be an all-powerful minister.
She had even said he might have a problem with his brain…
In short, Su Xiaoqi had said a lot.
He actually didn’t want to hear it, but for some reason, even though he was injured and lacked the strength to open his eyes, his consciousness was clear.
So he really didn’t do it on purpose.
“You, you heard it all? What did you hear?” Su Xiaoqi looked very nervous, and before Shen Yun could answer, she busied herself saying:
“I, I didn’t say anything. You misheard. You were dizzy.”
Su Xiaoqi quickly uttered a triple denial.
Heavens, how could Shen Yun possibly hear the things she had said when he was conscious?
In those words, she had not only revealed Shen Yun’s future path but also revealed that she wasn’t the real Su Xiaoqi.
And she had said she had a space!
“Ah…” Who could save her!
Su Xiaoqi covered her face and lowered her head, already on the verge of giving up.
Seeing her strong reaction, and thinking about the implications of her words, Shen Yun realized that if they were leaked, it would indeed be a serious matter.
At that moment, a stroke of genius struck him, and he said, “Niangzi, what are you doing? I… cough cough, I didn’t hear anything.”
“Ah, oh, okay.” Su Xiaoqi was overjoyed.
Shen Yun sighed; she still didn’t trust him enough.
It didn’t matter; there would be plenty of time in the future.
“Oh, your wound has just been stitched up. It’s not suitable for strenuous activity. You should rest, rest!”
Su Xiaoqi said, backing away.
She retreated to the door, closed it, and fled like a bolt of lightning.
Shen Yun inside wanted to tell her a word of caution, not to run, in case she tripped over the threshold.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, his chest ached, and he had to give up.
He lowered his head and looked at the neatly bandaged wound. Although it was very painful, his heart felt inexplicably full.
For so long, he had unknowingly fallen in love with Su Xiaoqi.
But she had never settled her heart.
Although it was not visible on the surface, her thoughts always either suspected him or wanted to escape from his side.
This point made Shen Yun very helpless.
He didn’t know what he had to do to make her trust him.
Perhaps no matter what he did, she would still not open her heart to him.
But this time, Shen Yun felt that Xiaoqi’s emotions were a little different.
If that was the case, then his scheme hadn’t been in vain, and his injury hadn’t been suffered for nothing.
Just as Shen Yun was deeply engrossed in his thoughts, the door was suddenly knocked upon.
“Brother Shen, may Qi Mou enter?” Qi Yunwei had arrived.
Shen Yun closed his eyes, pretending to have just woken up, and weakly said, “Come in.”
“Brother Shen, are you feeling better?” Qi Yunwei poked his head in to look at Shen Yun.
He lay on the bed, the green gauze curtain draped down, covering half his face. Only his half-closed eyes and tightly pursed lips were visible.
Thinking of his scheme, Qi Yunwei’s eyes flickered slightly. “Brother Shen, why must you do this? The imperial examinations are in three months. With such a severe injury, can you still make it in time?”
Shen Yun suddenly opened his eyes. “It’s all in the past. There’s no need to mention it again.”
“Brother Shen, your niangzi is so clever. She’ll definitely discover that my men and I had been ambushing in the forest long ago. She’s already asked your attendant to inquire with my subordinates about what we were doing before.”
Qi Yunwei was extremely conflicted at the moment.
One was that he completely couldn’t understand Shen Yun’s purpose for doing this.
Second, Shen Yun’s scheme was too elaborate.
He had not only schemed against the assassins who had tried to kill him but also against him, and even his woman had been implicated in his scheme.
Just suffering such a severe injury, and using such a great price to calculate, what exactly did he want to do?
“You won’t understand.” Shen Yun sighed softly.
In fact, he had thought a lot while lying here earlier.
But he had never doubted the true purpose of his actions.
He had known from the beginning that someone was trying to ambush him in secret.
Up to now, due to the limited information, he couldn’t fully confirm the identities of those people.
Nor the reason, but it didn’t hinder him from getting rid of them.
So, from the beginning, he had always managed to escape their pursuit perfectly.
He thought that with his own abilities, he could lead everyone to escape until they reached the capital.
But Xiaoqi suddenly fell ill.
Those people, like mosquitoes smelling fresh blood, came swarming.
He had exchanged thoughts with Qi Yunwei at the time.
He had said it was fine.
At most, there would be twenty people following behind.
He wasn’t afraid of a direct confrontation, after all, he had been given a team of formidable hidden guards this time, so he wasn’t afraid at all.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yun’s next words told him to let them split up and leave with him.
And when the opponent made a move, they were not to act too quickly in the initial stage.
“Then when should I act?” Qi Yunwei had seen people who feared death, but he had never seen someone who actively sought injury.
Suppressing his suspicion, Qi Yunwei hid in the forest, dealt with the third group of people, and then quietly waited.
When he saw someone brandishing a long saber and about to hack at Su Xiaoqi, he thought he understood.
It turned out that Shen Yun thought his future was bright and wanted to get rid of his straw-sack wife…