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At that moment, Gu Huachang tightened his embrace around Luo Hongyi, as if trying to provide her with enough security through his hold. His gaze carefully scrutinized her, filled with concern and guilt. His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something comforting, but found that a thousand words were stuck in his throat.
Luo Hongyi leaned against Gu Huachang, her body still trembling slightly, not only from the recent perilous encounter but also from the complex emotions swirling within her. Her hands clutched tightly at his robe, as if it were her only anchor in that moment. She lifted her head to meet Gu Huachang's eyes; the anger in hers gradually faded away, replaced by an indescribable sense of comfort and gratitude.
The air around them seemed to freeze, with only their slightly hurried breaths intertwining. After a moment, Gu Huachang let out a gentle sigh, as if he had made a certain resolution, and said, "Hongyi, I will never let you suffer any harm again."
Listening to his words, Luo Hongyi felt a lump in her throat and nearly burst into tears. She nodded vigorously and whispered, "You fool, you better keep your promise."
"Master, how could you sell me out like this!"
Luo Hongyi lay there in a daze, vaguely aware that she was in the inn's room. Struggling to open her eyes, she found the bedside empty; Gu Huachang was nowhere in sight, sending a chill through her heart.
"Gu Huachang!" she called out loudly.
Just as doubts filled her mind, the innkeeper's assistant outside hurriedly replied, "Luo Hongyi, Young Master Gu is in his own room."
"What happened to him?" Luo Hongyi's heart tightened as she couldn't help but ask.
"He single-handedly stormed the Tang Clan to get you the antidote. He fought fiercely with the Tang Clan members and after retrieving the antidote, he personally helped you take it before locking himself in his room."
A cloud of worry enveloped Luo Hongyi; that fool was not someone who would shut himself away without a care unless...
Anxious and restless, she sprang up and rushed straight to the adjacent room to find out what was going on.
Pushing the door open, Gu Huachang was indeed sitting at the table, his face ashen, his clothes half-open, with a severed sleeve arrow protruding from his shoulder.
Upon seeing Luo Hongyi, Gu Huachang forced a weak smile. "You’re awake?"
"You fool, can’t you think for yourself? It’s not just the Tang Clan who can cure poison. Why did you have to go looking for them? If you had brought me back to Meng Po Hall, the hall master would have had a way to save me. Did you really need to play the hero here? If you had listened to me and killed all those involved, we wouldn’t be in this mess!" Luo Hongyi scolded him while rushing forward in three quick steps, helping him onto the bed.
"Miss, I got caught up in this disaster because of you. Out of both emotion and reason, I must save you," Gu Huachang turned his head away, unable to look at her. Just thinking about how she convulsed in his arms after being poisoned made his heart tighten.
When he saw her disheveled and being held by boss Tang, an unprecedented anger surged within him, almost driving him to madness. He had trained in both literature and martial arts since childhood and believed in the inherent goodness of humanity, never taking a life lightly. But witnessing someone treat her so outrageously made him wish he could gouge out boss Tang's eyes on the spot.
He realized that this woman seemed to stir his emotions more than anyone else.
"This is what you heroes call chivalry?" Luo Hongyi muttered angrily, reaching out to check his wound. Gu Huachang quickly raised his hand to stop her from pressing down on her head. "Luo Hongyi, men and women should keep their distance! Besides, that sleeve arrow is poisoned..."
Luo Hongyi was at her wit's end. Seizing the moment while he was dazed and struggling, she suddenly leaned in and kissed his babbling lips. Seeing Gu Huachang freeze beneath her, she felt satisfied and quickly pushed his hands away to examine his injuries.
Gu Huachang was already poisoned and had lost too much blood; his pale face turned bright red from the unexpected kiss. He stammered, "You... you..."
"Now that I've kissed you, you can't say anything, right?" Luo Hongyi suppressed the fluttering in her heart and feigned calmness as she looked at the sleeve arrow still embedded in his shoulder. With a nonchalant tone, she said, "That Tang fellow took advantage of me when only you two saw my body. He’s already dead at your hands; your life now belongs to me. You’ll live if I want you to live; if I want you dead, you must take your own life. Understand?"
"I..." As Gu Huachang opened his mouth to respond, he felt a cold little hand on his shoulder. At the same time, a burning pain spread from the wound as warm liquid gushed out.
Luo Hongyi was quick-witted; she swiftly pressed on an acupoint to stop the bleeding before getting up to wring out a clean wet cloth and clumsily began wiping the blood off him.
She had probably never done this kind of service before; her movements were neither gentle nor skilled. However, Gu Huachang could clearly hear her let out a long sigh the moment the hidden arrow was drawn.
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