Chapter 354 Made an agreement with a kiss

Du Yao woke up slowly. Before he could say anything, a fair hand covered his mouth. Tears kept running down He Danggui’s face as if she had immersed herself in endless sorrow. Seeing this, Du Yao became soberer and widened his eyes in astonishment. What’s wrong? What happened? She didn’t cry like this even though he abducted her, frightened her, molested her, and hit her on her shoulder before. Did she…?

His hollow eyes regained some brightness. Was she feeling sorry for his passing out? Did she fall in love with him?

“Tok, tok, tok.” Someone was knocking at the door lightly.

He Danggui stopped crying immediately and straightened her back tight. Without moving a bit, she listened carefully to what was going on outside. Based on what she had noticed before, she knew among the three men outside, Song Fei that was “crazy about sex” had gone with bare feet for a while, and that Nihon man with a blue robe and purple face also flew away from the window just now. It meant the person that was knocking at the door could only be… Duan Xiaolou?

As expected, Duan Xiaolou’s melodious voice sounded outside the room, “Du Yao? Are you inside? Is that lady still here? Let her go. I’ll take her home.” He began to knock on the door heavily. He Danggui smiled. Duan Xiaolou was such a good man, a born knight that wouldn’t let any innocent girl suffer.

However, it’s not the time to be emotional or in a daze now. Duan Xiaolou might break in any minute and see this misleading scene on the bed. To give Du Yao first aid quickly, she had exerted more strength than usual and torn his shirt into pieces. She looked not decent, either. Her cloak had been torn in two by Du Yao and her hairpin was gone. With hair disheveled, she looked flustered and messy.

Du Yao also noticed it. After thinking for a while, to protect the reputation of this witch that could absorb his internal force, he exerted all his strength and lied loudly in a calm tone, “Duan, stop knocking. She’s sleeping now. Don’t disturb her. You’re not familiar with her but I am. She’ll be scared if she sees you. After she rests enough, I will take her home safe and sound. I promise.”

“Du Yao, it shouldn’t happen again. If I know you do such a thing again, I won’t let you get away.”

After saying this, Duan Xiaolou walked away from the door. He Danggui felt relieved and she also found that Du Xiaolou had changed a lot. In the past, he would definitely save the lady who was “suffering” in the room before he left. No, he wouldn’t even let such a thing happen at the very beginning. He would never let any woman get into trouble in front of him. He used to be a man that couldn’t bear having grit in his eyes, but now he was able to turn a blind eye. It seemed he had become more mature and could handle things tactfully.

He Danggui drew such a conclusion in her heart. Meanwhile, Du Yao’s eyes turned hollow again and lost their focus. He said slowly, “It is also romantic to die and be a ghost under peony flowers. Ms. He, you’re the most beautiful peony flower I’ve ever seen.” His voice wasn’t as loud as it was when he talked to Duan Xiaolou just now. It became hoarse and flat as if not only his internal force but also his soul had been taken away. He continued, “Though you’ve absorbed my internal force, what surprises me is that I don’t blame you at all. We’ve even written our engagement contract, so you’re my wife now, right?”

He Danggui was at a loss for word. She thought, “Is he really stupid or just playing dumb? That ridiculous engagement contract is just a trick. Hasn’t he realized it now?”

“Husband and wife are a unit. Giving my internal force to you or leaving it to myself is the same…” After saying this, Du Yao slowly closed his eyes. He felt his last breath vanishing like fog in the clouds. He seemed to have lost all his feelings. Only a kind of inexplicable joy surrounded him like a warm cotton quilt… Was this how humans felt before death? It turned out that death felt so comfortable. People always feared death. That was absurd…

He Danggui sensed something was wrong with him right away. Only people that were dying would have such an expression and breath! It’s abnormal! Although he was weak, he’s not that close to death. He had a strong body after practicing kung fu for dozens of years. No matter how powerful her “internal force absorbing skill” was, she wouldn’t take away all of it in only two hours! How could Du Yao die like this? Didn’t it mean she became a killer? She had given him first aid in time, so it should work. Why would he become like this?

However, a smart person like her figured it out immediately. As a kung fu master and a proud man, Du Yao had lost the thing he was most proud of. Even though the candle of his life didn’t go out, that of his spirit did. Without the will to stay alive, he might really die since he was already very weak!

He Danggui was panicked. How could she let this happen? Thus, she blurted out, “Du Yao, stay with me. What am I going to do if you die? We’re a unit. I will give the internal force back to you tomorrow. We’ll get married. Don’t leave me, okay?”

The exhaustion on Du Yao’s haggard face was gone suddenly because of her words. He opened his eyes and asked, “Will you marry me? Are you serious?” His tone became less flat as well.

He Danggui nodded and replied, “We’ll get married as soon as you recover. I’ll also give your internal force back to you. Please hang on.”

Her head was very close to him and her sweet breath fell on his face. Therefore, he asked, “Kiss me. If you kiss me, I’ll do as you say. I’ll believe you as long as you kiss me.”

She froze and hesitated for a moment. Before she decided whether she should “save” him with such a method, it became noisy outside because many people were heading towards the room. Feeling flustered, she immediately stuffed the pieces of Du Yao’s robe into the crevice of the bed. She also noticed many books were scattered on the ground, all of them are banned book. None of the secrets hidden inside should be known by her. Those books were knocked down from the shelf when Du Yao lost control and molested her. If other imperial guards saw this, would they know she had read those books? Would she get killed?

She acted faster than she thought. She ran to those books swiftly, but before she could put them back to the shelf, the wooden door was broken abruptly. In an instance, it turned into pits of wood all over the floor. When she looked up, she saw a cold face of a human-shaped ice sculpture. She guessed he was Duan Xiaolou.

The second man appearing at the door was Lu Jiangbei. He looked around the room in shock and guessed what had happened here. Next, it was another man with a cold face, Gao Jue. Then, the Nihon man also came. Huh, they were either absent or appeared en masse. And they came so quickly.

The atmosphere was very depressing as if they were heading to hell. Everyone was silent, deathly silent.

Feeling guilty, He Danggui brushed her loose hair with her hand and broke the silence, “Sorry. I accidentally hit the bookshelf so that they fell. I’ll put them back to their original positions right away.”

No one answered her. Duan Xiaolou, Lu Jiangbei and Gao Jue just stared at her as if she was a ghost. Thus, she became more guilty. Didn’t they believe her? What should she do? Then, she spread her hands and tried to say with more sincerity, “I just hit it accidentally. I didn’t read them at all. Seriously. You can ask him if you don’t believe me!” She pointed at Du Yao who was lying on the bed. She hoped he could be moral and cover it for her. She thought, “Please! Just be a moral man before you die! Amitabha! You’ll be blessed!”

However, Du Yao was too weak to say anything. The only result she got was that Duan Xiaolou widened his eyes in astonishment and ran to Du Yao right away. He raised his palm as a weapon with coldness. He Danggui realized immediately that Duan Xiaolou was going to kill Du Yao!

Anyone stopped him! Why did no one stop him? Lu Jiangbei? Gao Jue? Why were they still standing at the door? Du Yao was about to be killed!

He Danggui was frightened and rushed towards him. Bang!

The strong qi came from Duan Xiaolou’s palm. He Danggui pressed the back of her right hand with her left palm and stopped him with them. She finally blocked this killing attack for Du Yao. The part of her right hand between the thumb and the index finger was ruptured and it hurt so much, but what’s strange was she didn’t get injured internally. The force of Duan Xiaolou’s palm just went across her hand and it retreated instantly. She guessed Duan Xiaolou must have pulled his punches at the last moment… Did he get hurt internally by the coldness? She was worried but she didn’t dare to look into his eyes.

Then, she thought quickly and forced herself to spit blood, which flew out of her mouth slowly. She pretended to be severely hurt because she felt there was icy Zhenqi coming out of Duan Xiaolou’s palm just now. Maybe she could get the antidote if she pretended to be hurt by him? Sure enough, she got a box of antidote. She finally felt relieved after being worried for these two days. She found a solution for Meng Xuan’s sword cut now.

Later, Lu Jiangbei started to heal Du Yao. His hand was under the sheet, so He Danggui guessed he was feeding Zhenqi to Du Yao. Seeing Du Yao getting a better complexion and steady breath and coming back to life, He Danggui felt relieved and spotted her lie in person. She said, “I never thought about marrying you. I just did this to stall and relieve my acupoints that had been blocked. As for this engagement contract, people that have been married or have read the new law enacted last year would know such a personal agreement has no legal effect. Thus, I should just burn it.”

She burned the engagement contract written by Du Yao sincerely and mocked at him, “Master Du, you’re a magistrate of a county and ten years older than me, but you didn’t even read laws. You do prefer arts of war to arts of peace and overlook study.”

Actually, she was just forcing a smile. She didn’t think Du Yao was ignorant or ridiculous. On the contrary, she could see he had a precious quality that should be cherished. Although he looked like a rude man, he respected females much more than not only Meng Xuan and Gao Jue but also Duan Xiaolou in a sense. He was indeed a good man.

However, she would need more lies to maintain her first lie and it never ended. Thus, she must destroy the flower of lies right away. Seeing Du Yao’s disappointment, she apologized to him in her heart. After she cured Meng Xuan’s injury, she would find the solution to give the internal force back to him, but now she could only give him an “IOU”.

After explaining what had happened generally to Gao Jue, He Danggui soothed the frost on his feet with silver needles and stood up. She smiled and said, “So please take care of Master Gao, Master Du, Master Liao and Ms. Guan in the next room. Just go hide in the dungeon with them quickly, or something bad may happen. Remember to help me find the antidote to “He He Qi Ri Qing”. I’ll be back within one or two days.”

Then, she went downstairs and waited for all people in the restaurant to get in the dungeon until she was the only one left in the hall. Gao Jue went down quickly with others. He looked into her eyes for a moment and went into the dungeon. Lu Jiangbei also looked at her from a distance and nodded to her. He was “telling” her everything was ready and maybe he also wanted to thank her. He gave her a deep look as well in the end and turned around to get into the dungeon.

At this time, the sun set and night began to fall. Dark clouds spread the sky and the air became dull and depressing as if a storm was about to come. The quietness brought some scary feelings.

He Danggui paced the hall twice with her hands behind her back. It’s a good time to perform the tactical matrix on such a cloudy day. The atmosphere was also cooperating with her. In fact, “Stone Camouflage” was not a camouflage but a killing matrix, but today she was the only one to decide whether someone would die here or not.