Chapter 23 High Fever

Erdong actually burst into laughter and even put down the water jar in his hand.

Hu Xin'er was puzzled, but Erdong said, "Besides self-defense, the dagger could also be used to injure others. His noble behavior could just be a disguise. Maybe he's bullying you, a little girl, because he doesn't know the behavior of a true noble, so he's deliberately lying to you."

Impossible. Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run. Mu Qing's manners are even more refined than those of the princes in TV dramas.

Seeing her disbelief, Erdong looked as if he had seen an ignorant girl who had lost her way. "As for that expensive dress, it could have been stolen! Perhaps Mu Qing is a vicious bandit who stole the royal treasures, and that gorgeous dress is just one of them."

If we follow this line of thought, then the reason why Mu Qing refused to leave the village and lived in hiding might be to avoid being hunted down by government soldiers!

Her advertisement looked like a wanted poster, so Mu Qing got so angry for no reason!

It's terrifying to think about it. She might be living with a thief with terrifying lethality day and night.

Deep down, Hu Xiner didn't want to believe that Mu Qing was a bad person, but at this moment, many details of daily life also surfaced.

Let alone the royal family, even if Mu Qing was the son of a wealthy family, he wouldn't be able to endure such great hardship, right? But he endured it.

He didn't lose his memory at all, but he never tried to find a way out.

If he was persecuted by his enemies, why didn't he want revenge at all? If he was a noble, why didn't he seek help from the officials and soldiers?

The nobles of this era are high and mighty. Who would take care of others as attentively as Mu Qing?

Unless his job requires extreme meticulousness, such as erasing traces of murder.

I walked on the road in a daze. There were a few muffled thunders in the sky, followed by heavy rain. My eyes were sore and I couldn't tell whether the coldness on my face was rain or tears.

Hu Xin'er laughed at herself. What was wrong with her? Why did she feel so sad when she thought about how Mu Qing had been deceiving her from the beginning to the end?

Perhaps, it was because she was rescued from the pond, and it was his appearance and gentleness that made her sink deeper and deeper into the pond unconsciously.

Could it be that all the tenderness in the past was a lie, and I was the only one foolishly moved...

At home, Mu Qing saw that Hu Xin'er had been out for a long time and had not returned, so he prepared to go out to look for her. However, the family was so poor that even the only umbrella they had was broken. The handle of the umbrella broke when it was halfway open.

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and anxiety flashed in Mu Qing's eyes. He found a piece of wood and used his dagger to trim the wood to make an umbrella handle.

This dagger can cut iron like mud and is priceless. At this moment, it easily cuts off the wood chips. The umbrella handle gradually takes shape. There is movement at the door. Mu Qing puts the dagger on the table and looks at the door.

Hu Xin'er was soaked all over, her lips were pale, and her whole body was shaking. Mu Qing hated himself for not picking her up earlier. He hurried a few steps to hold her hand, but found nothing.

She asked tremblingly, "What are you doing?"

"It's my fault. The umbrella at home was broken, and I didn't pick you up in time." Mu Qing blamed herself worriedly, "Come inside first."

Hu Xin'er had been imagining a lot on the way, and she was frightened when she saw him. At this moment, she stumbled back: "Don't come over!"

"What happened?"

Mu Qing didn't know what was going on. Seeing that she refused to go back to the house, he ignored everything else and carried her back to the house in a domineering manner.

"Let me go!" Her strength was so weak in front of the man that she couldn't break free. She was horrified to find that the house was in a mess and wood chips were scattered all over the floor.

Is this... practicing sword skills?

A cold dagger flashed in my peripheral vision.

Could it be that Mu Qing discovered the gorgeous clothes she had hidden and decided to silence her?

This was Hu Xiner's last thought before she fell into a coma.

Seeing her unconscious, Mu Qing was shocked. He touched her forehead and found it was burning hot, so he quickly called a doctor.

Even with the doctor's support, he walked very fast. The doctor kept asking him to slow down, saying that he had never made such a fast diagnosis in his life.

"Doctor, what happened to Xin'er?" Mu Qing asked anxiously, his thoughts in a mess.

When Hu Xiner came back, she was obviously in an abnormal condition. Could she have encountered some danger on the way?

Thinking of this, a bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes.

The doctor took a deep breath before he began to feel the girl's pulse. "This girl fainted because she got caught in the rain and hasn't had enough rest recently. Drink some cold soup and stay in bed for a few days and she'll be fine."

Mu Qing asked, "Doctor, where are the medicines?"

The doctor said coldly, "It's at my servant's place. It will probably take another half a quarter of an hour for him to arrive."

Mu Qing knew that he was reckless, but when he saw Hu Xiner fainted, he couldn't care less about anything else and apologized to the doctor.

The doctor said, "I understand human nature, but you are strong and healthy, why don't you protect your wife from the rain?"

He scolded Mu Qing for a while, and only started writing the prescription after the servant came over.

When it came time to pay the bill, Mu Qing felt around and found nothing. He had given all the money to Hu Xiner.

So he went to look under the bed, where Hu Xin'er always kept her money. But after searching around, he found the small box where she kept her money was empty.

Apart from the money box, there was only a black bundle. Mu Qing opened it and saw the gorgeous dress. He immediately covered it and threw it back under the bed.

He suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and searched but could not find a penny. Seeing this, the doctor sighed and said, "You should keep it for now. I will give it to you when you have money."

"Thank you!" After sending the doctor away, Mu Qing sat in front of the bed and stared at Hu Xiner meaningfully for a while, then turned around and went out to boil medicine.

Hu Xiner seemed to have had a very long dream. In the dream, she did not touch Mu Qing's bottom line, and the two of them worked together to expand their business. But on the day when Mu Qing confessed his love to her, a dagger cut her throat. It hurt a lot, but her heart hurt even more.

"Water..." After an unknown amount of time, Hu Xiner slowly woke up. She felt extremely hot all over, her throat was so dry that it seemed to be splitting, and she couldn't make a sound.

A bowl of water was brought to her mouth, and what came into her sight was Mu Qing's face. Under Mu Qing's careful care, she drank the water greedily, and only then did she feel a little better.

"How did that dress end up in your hands?" Mu Qing asked suddenly.

"Cough cough!" Hu Xin'er was choked and kept coughing. Her little face turned red and her throat seemed to be leaking air.

Mu Qing originally wanted to catch her off guard and trick her into telling the truth, but when he saw she was coughing so hard, he couldn't bear it, so he silently lifted her upper body and patted her back to help her breathe.

After coughing, Hu Xiner fell softly into his arms, tears rolling down her eyes.

If it were in the past, she would be very touched to be taken care of so attentively by such a handsome man.

But now she was forced to lie in the arms of the God of Death, and had accidentally revealed his shocking secret. She just wanted to get out of this world peacefully.

Perhaps, if I kill myself now, I can still catch the next transcontinental flight?

Mu Qing asked in a low voice: "Do you care so much about my background?"