Once on the third floor, Xiao Yunying helped Luo Sheng sit on the bed and gently unwrapped the gauze: "Let me see your injury."

Luo Sheng looked at his abdomen: "Did you sew this up?"

Xiao Yunying examined the wound and found that it was neither torn nor inflamed. She changed the gauze and re-bandaged it, saying, "The wounds here and on your left shoulder are too deep to heal easily. It's not easy for them to tear open after being stitched up. Just remove the fishing line when it's almost healed."

Luo Sheng curiously tried to pick at the fishing line on the wound, but Xiao Yunying slapped him away: "Don't touch it. It's already a bit inflamed. Be careful of infection. I'm not a professional doctor, and I won't be able to save you if it gets infected."

Luo Sheng wanted to take this opportunity to improve his image, so he said casually, "I came in such a hurry that my wound kept reopening, which made it worse."

Xiao Yunying glanced at him and tied a knot in the bandage she had wrapped: "Didn't you say you were very good at martial arts? How did you get injured?"

Luo Sheng did not hide anything: "The other party set a trap to kill me and take back those things. I played along and entered into the trap myself, which lowered their guard. I secretly sent Wan Jun back to the capital with the things ahead of time."

Xiao Yunying asked in surprise, "You entrusted such an important matter to Wan Jun?"

"Although Wan Jun doesn't seem very smart, he will do everything he can to complete any task I give him. Besides, he's not as stupid as you think; he's just too honest and straightforward."

Xiao Yunying packed her things: "I misunderstood. If he can be of use to you, he must have some ability."

Luo Sheng remembered something: "What did you pour on that leader in black when he jumped off the cliff? Why did he scream so pitifully?"

"It's a big pot of hot chili oil."

Xiao Yunying said without any hesitation, "I've always treated others the way they treat me. If he wants to kill us, I naturally won't hold back. If I pour a big pot of boiling chili oil down on him, he'll be lucky to escape with his life."

Luo Sheng recalled the man's miserable state: "No wonder I smelled a pungent odor. Good thing it was poured out."

Xiao Yunying deliberately asked, "Don't you think I'm vicious?"

Luo Sheng said in a serious tone, "Why should I think you are vicious? He came to kill us, he is not a good person. He almost prevented me from saving you, he deserved to die."

Xiao Yunying suddenly felt a moment of confusion.

Luo Sheng's acceptance was too high, and his expression was too calm and composed. This unconditional trust and tolerance made Luo Sheng suspicious.

Judging from Luo Sheng's status, they are currently in a predicament, temporarily trapped in this place that is too magical for him, and seriously injured. Could he be pretending to be calm?

Once they're out of trouble, will Luo Sheng still treat them like this?

Luo Sheng noticed Xiao Yunying staring at him in a daze: "Yunying, Yunying?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yunying snapped out of her daze. "What?"

"what's on your mind?"

"I..." Xiao Yunying thought for a moment, then asked directly, "Luo Sheng, why do you like me? Isn't this feeling coming too suddenly..."

"It's not surprising at all."

Luo Sheng seemed to see through her unease and tension: "Do you remember the time when my eyes were poisoned and I was hiding from assassins at your house?"

Xiao Yunying nodded: "I remember, that was the second time we met."

"That night, I felt that you were a kind-hearted girl."

Xiao Yunying was speechless for a moment: "But... you hadn't seen what I looked like back then..."

Seeing her so reserved, shy, and somewhat at a loss for words for the first time, Luo Yong smiled leisurely: "I didn't say that I fell in love with you that day."

Xiao Yunying's face flushed, and she simply said "oh" without speaking.

Luo Sheng continued, "On the day you were injured by the sheep, I learned that the children had suffered a lot here. I was upset and lost control while riding my horse, which is why I accidentally injured you."

However, I later learned that Liu Ge was not a good person, and nothing he said could be trusted.

Xiao Yunying said awkwardly, "About hitting the child..."

Luo Sheng continued, "I know you didn't do it. Of course, we can't entirely blame that Miss Xiao from before, since it was my Luo family who wronged her first."

Luo Sheng paused here, took a few breaths, and continued: "When I first came back, I was thinking of explaining things to you and giving you some compensation for taking the children away. However, I found that you were very different from the description others gave me, so I couldn't help but doubt your identity. Therefore, I stayed for the time being and didn't mention that matter."

But after only two days, I realized that you might have helped my girl. I became even more suspicious and wondered if you were sent by the Empress Dowager. I thought I should observe you for a while longer, in case you were useful in the future.

Later, when Wan Jun arrived, I realized that you were the girl who helped me. I asked Wei Xun to find out all the information about you, but after listening, I felt that you didn't seem to be sent by the Empress Dowager. Instead, you seemed like an ordinary person who really wanted to earn money and live a good life.

Later, I followed you up West Mountain and saw you erect a cenotaph for the former Miss Xiao using your wedding dress. You also produced some fruits I'd never seen before out of thin air and I heard you talking to yourself.

Xiao Yunying asked that question again: "Aren't you afraid?"

Luo Sheng felt that she really cared about this issue, which was why she kept asking it.

He answered seriously, "Yun Ying, I have been on the battlefield with my father since I was a child. Over the years, I don't know how many enemy soldiers I have killed and I have seen life and death. I admit that I was indeed shocked when I first saw your strangeness, and at the same time I was wary, but I really didn't feel afraid."

Luo Sheng's tone was too serious, so Xiao Yunying awkwardly turned her head away, avoiding his gaze, and asked, "You still haven't told me when you fell in love with me."

After careful consideration, Luo Sheng continued, "Ever since I learned that you were carrying something unusual, I have been on guard. It was also that night that I went to talk to the two children about you."

The children really like you. At first, I worried they were bewitched by you, warily observing your every move. But as time went on, I understood why they liked you.

Xiao Yunying didn't know what to say, and stammered, "How could that be..."

"Why not?" Luo Yong said firmly, "This feeling didn't come suddenly, Yun Ying. You don't know how good you are. You are kind, intelligent, brave, have your own principles, and treat everyone equally. These are all your strengths."

I used to unconsciously follow you around, unable to bear seeing you suffer even the slightest grievance, and unable to bear seeing you and Chen Yuancheng getting too close.

At first, I didn't think about romantic feelings between men and women. It wasn't until the day Zuo Lanzhi drugged you that I realized I might have fallen for you. I thought she had given you a deadly poison. I panicked for a moment and realized that I might have fallen for you.

Later, we consummated our marriage...

Xiao Yunying quickly interrupted him, saying, "Alright, alright, there's no need to say the rest."

She was just feeling uneasy, so she asked the question without thinking. She didn't expect Luo Sheng to write such a long essay about it.

I never realized he was so talkative before.