“Then you’re wrong. I’m just jealous of him, to the point of wishing him dead,” Lü Bo quickly retorted.

He glared fiercely at Shen Yunting, then continued, "To nip the problem in the bud, you must eliminate the root cause. If you don't kill me today, I will definitely take action against you again in the future."

But then Shen Yunting said, "I owe you two lives, and since no damage was caused this time, I will spare your life."

He gave Lü Bo a deep look, then said, "Take good care of your injuries, and leave once you're healed."

After saying this, Shen Yunting turned to leave.

He was feeling heavy-hearted and needed to find a place to kill some time.

But Qu Jingyun stopped him: "Wait a minute."

Shen Yunting looked over in confusion, only to meet Qu Jingyun's helpless expression: "I've already said things aren't that simple, listen to me first."

Shen Yunting frowned and asked again, "Didn't he already make it clear?"

"I told you he only harbors some jealousy towards you, but he doesn't want you to die." Qu Jingyun shook her head helplessly.

He then looked at Lü Bo again and asked tentatively, "Is it because of a woman?"

A simple sentence made Lü Bo freeze, unable to hide his reaction.

Seeing this, Qu Jingyun breathed a sigh of relief and said with sudden realization, "Now it seems that it is indeed a woman."

"Who is that woman? What role did she play in all of this? Did Zhang Hu kidnap her?"

Qu Jingyun asked several questions in succession, but Lü Bo remained silent.

Qu Jingyun, seeing this, was not in a hurry. She simply asked, "Now that Shen Yunting is alright, if Zhang Hu really kidnapped your sweetheart, he certainly won't let her go."

"Zhang Hu is seriously injured and unconscious now. Even if he wanted to do something to your sweetheart, he wouldn't have the time. Perhaps I can quickly find a way to save her. Think about it carefully."

Lu Bo's face was no longer as relaxed as before, and he hurriedly looked up at Qu Jingyun.

His eyes held a faint hope, as if he were expecting something.

Qu Jingyun knew from his expression that her words had struck a chord with Lü Bo.

He pressed on, saying, "You should know Zhang Hu's personality well. He won't let you off the hook, nor will he let your sweetheart off the hook. You'd better think carefully about whether you're going to tell him or not."

Lu Bo kept his eyes tightly closed, his face full of struggle, as if he were having a battle in his heart.

He finally opened his eyes, gave a bitter smile, and said, "You've won, I'm telling you, but I hope you can do what you just said and find a way to save Yunniang."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunting finally looked at Lü Bo again and asked, "So what Jingyun said is true, that you helped him harm me because your sweetheart is in Zhang Hu's hands."

Instead of answering the question directly, Lü Bo said to Qu Jingyun, "I don't know where Zhang Hu took Yunniang, but she should be in the military camp. I want you to help me save her."

"As long as you can save her, I'm willing to do anything for you. Yunniang has suffered so much. She finally came to me, and I can't let her suffer any more."

"I'll think of something," Qu Jingyun readily agreed.

She looked at Lü Bo with a puzzled expression and said, "There's something I find quite strange. I've asked around in the military camp and people say you don't have a sweetheart. I wonder who this Yunniang is?"

Lu Bo remained silent when asked the question, only saying in a muffled voice, "She's just a tofu vendor, a widow. I've known her for a long time and I've always wanted to marry her, but I haven't saved enough money yet."

Qu Jingyun could tell from his expression that he hadn't told the whole story.

But he didn't press further, only saying, "Then you should take good care of your injuries. We will find Yunniang's whereabouts as soon as possible and rescue her."

Lu Bo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly apologized.

He glanced cautiously at Shen Yunting out of the corner of his eye, only to find that the other was looking out the window and didn't give him a single look.

He gave a wry smile and didn't reply.

As long as Yunniang is alright in the end, I'll let him do whatever he wants.

Qu Jingyun and Shen Yunting did not stay long; after receiving a positive reply, they left.

Once they reached the courtyard, Qu Jingyun took Shen Yunting's hand again.

He said in a low voice, "Don't worry too much. Once we rescue Yunniang, the truth will come out."

"I hope so." Shen Yunting gave a bitter smile, his eyes growing increasingly complicated.

Then, changing the subject, she asked, "How did you know that Lü Bo has someone he likes? I've known him for so many years and I've never asked him about it."

Qu Jingyun chuckled lightly and said with a slightly mischievous tone, "That's because you're too careless."

"Did you notice that although Brother Lü's clothes are very ordinary and even have patches, the patches are very tightly stitched, which is not something an ordinary man could do?"

"And the sachet on Brother Lü's waist, that's something only a sweetheart would give. I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw those things."

“However…” Qu Jingyun paused, then continued, “I suspect that this woman’s identity is not right, otherwise Brother Lü would not have hesitated to speak.”

Shen Yunting nodded in agreement: "That's what I think too."

He looked up at Qu Jingyun and said thoughtfully, "Do you think that ten thousand taels of silver might also be related to this sweetheart?"

Qu Jingyun agreed, and then said, "Investigating in this direction is definitely the right thing to do, but the most urgent task is to save this Yunniang first."

She rested her chin on her hand and muttered softly, "Where do you think Zhang Hu is most likely to hide the person?"

Zhang Hu had only been at the border for a short time and didn't know much about the area.

Finding Lü Bo's sweetheart in just a few days and hiding her from him is no small matter.

Not to mention, they also had to be busy with the war while guarding against Lü Bo searching for people.

Qu Jingyun pondered to herself, then suddenly looked up at Shen Yunting, a look of realization flashing in her eyes.

The two men said in unison, "It's a military camp. Zhang Hu hid people in the military camp."

If Zhang Hu had hidden the man in his trusted men's tent, now that the soldiers were in high spirits, ordinary people certainly wouldn't easily search the tent.

Even if Lü Bo wanted to find someone, he couldn't find the soldiers' rooms.

Hiding people in military camps is the best outcome.

Having figured this out, the two did not delay any longer and rushed back to the military camp as quickly as possible, ordering people to thoroughly investigate the camps of soldiers who had close ties with Lü Bo.

The soldiers were naturally unwilling and spontaneously stopped Shen Yunting, questioning him indignantly.

"General Shen, what are you doing? Deputy General Zhang was wounded and unconscious in this battle, and you're already attacking us? Isn't that a huge disregard for Deputy General Zhang?"

"Even if you're going to search the camp, you need to have a legitimate reason for it; you can't just do whatever you want."