Chapter 47 047 Always Willing

The person on the bed slowly opened their eyes, their gaze shifting to Jiang Yan outside the crowd.

Jiang Yan had no idea that he was looking at her; to her, all she could see was a mosaic.

Meeting her emotionless eyes, Li Shu closed his eyes slightly: "Everyone out, Uncle Wang stays."

Uncle Wang nodded, signaling the servants in the room to leave quickly, then asked the two doctors to leave, and finally saw Jiang Yan and the others out.

When I returned, I saw Li Shu holding the medicine bottle on the bedside table.

"Young Master, that is..."

"Bang!"

Li Shu smashed the bottle of medicine in anger, demanding, "Didn't I say I wouldn't take her medicine? Why did you go to see her again?!"

At that moment, Jiang Yan was still standing at the door. Hearing the noise coming from inside, she couldn't help but turn around and take a look.

Butler Wang was squatting on the ground, picking up the pills one by one.

Then another series of crashing sounds came from inside the room, as the man overturned the things on the headboard.

He scrambled off the bed in a disheveled state, snatched the medicine from Butler Wang's hand again, and threw it all out the door: "Don't pick it up! I said don't pick it up! I'd rather die than take her medicine!"

"Young Master!"

Butler Wang glanced at the people standing at the door who hadn't yet left, grabbed Li Shu, and said with heartache, "Why do you have to do this? It's your own body that's at stake."

"I'd rather die than take her medicine! I don't want to see her!"

Separated by just one door, Jiang Yan could clearly hear every word he said.

Images flashed through Jiang Yan's mind: Li Shu, who had collapsed in Phoenix Village with severe injuries, had crawled before the original owner's father and begged desperately. His intense will to survive was completely different from the person in front of her.

She really didn't know what a scumbag had to be proud of in front of her.

He's the ungrateful one, and he's the one who wants to break off the contract. What grievance does he have? Are all heartless men in the world like this, wanting to have their cake and eat it too?

Jiang Yan sneered, suddenly turned around and strode into his room, standing in front of him and looking down at the person on the ground.

"If you don't want to take my medicine or see me, why did you leave this arrow behind last night?!"

After Jiang Yan finished speaking, she conjured the arrow and threw it straight in front of him.

The unique runes of the Li family were clearly visible on it.

Li Shu frowned, reached for the arrow, gripped it tightly, gritted his teeth, and said with a forced breath, "I shot the arrow only because of... my old grudge with Yuheng! It has nothing to do with you!"

"This old grudge must have been brewing for a long time. Why didn't we resolve it before? And why didn't we wait until we finished dealing with him before taking action? Why did we have to fire this arrow with all our might last night!"

"Naturally, the timing was just right last night!"

"Nonsense! You knew that shooting that arrow would exhaust your last bit of strength, yet you still did it. You deliberately left clues, clearly hoping I would come looking for you and be grateful for your rescue! You know that once I saw the markings on the arrow, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing!"

Jiang Yan sneered, "But after seeing me, you put on this act. Is that interesting?"

Li Shu gripped the arrow tightly in his hand, frowning as he said, "I didn't! I..."

"Since you don't want to die, then don't put on this half-dead act! Li Shu, I don't owe you anything! Back in Phoenix Village, you begged my father to save you, and we didn't try to repay that debt afterward!"

Jiang Yan bent down and grabbed his collar, staring at his blurry face: "The relationship between us was completely severed when we signed the dissolution agreement. For the sake of this arrow, if you want to live, we might still talk about cooperation. If you are determined to die, then don't come looking for me again."

After saying that, she took out a bottle of pills from her magic bag. "This medicine should help stabilize you for a while. If you really want to die, you don't have to take it."

Jiang Yan released the person and got up to walk out.

"Miss Jiang!"

Butler Wang hurriedly chased after him: "Can I speak with you alone for a few minutes?"

Jiang Yan glanced at the few mosaics behind her and said, "You guys go wait for me outside the gate."

A moment later, Jiang Yan came out from inside.

A few more mosaics appeared outside. Lin Yun quickly climbed onto Jiang Yan's shoes and looked up at her.

He, Dongfang Chen, and Feng Qingyu had just returned to the inn and were told that she had come to the Li residence.

So the group rushed over without stopping.

Lin Yun really didn't like Li Shu.

Jiang Yan bid farewell to Steward Wang and then led the animals to the inn.

Butler Wang hurriedly returned to Li Shu's bedroom. Seeing that he was still staring blankly at the bottle of medicine, he frowned and said, "Young Master, there may have been a misunderstanding about what happened back then."

Li Shu sneered, "What misunderstanding? She never liked me before. Taking me as her Daoist partner was just so I could legitimately stay in Phoenix Village to recover from my injuries. I can understand everything she did to me, but why..."

“Young Master, I just probed Miss Jiang’s intentions. Although I didn’t say it explicitly, she seemed to have guessed something. She said she doesn’t have the truth you’re looking for.”

Li Shu snorted coldly, "The matter is over, and she will not admit it."

“But young master, haven’t you never believed it yourself all these years? If you had believed it, you wouldn’t have risked your life to save me last night.”

Li Shu frowned and asked, "Is that all she said?"

Butler Wang pondered for a moment and said, "She also said that you deliberately took your anger out on her to see her get caught up in a self-justification controversy. She won't fall into your trap, nor will she waste a single ounce of energy proving anything. You'll never fully believe the truth she tells you anyway. In that case, you might as well try to find the truth yourself."

She also said that if you want to get stuck in the mud, that's your own business, and no one else has an obligation to save you, let alone her.

Li Shu clenched her fists slightly, even though she always knew how to provoke him.

"Young Master, with the family in such dire straits, you must take care of yourself! If anything happens to you, it will truly bring pain to your loved ones and joy to your enemies!"

Li Shu glanced at the pills on the table, a bitter smile appearing on his lips.

At that time, Jiang Yan and the others were on their way to the inn.

Lin Yun squatted on Jiang Yan's left foot, while Mei Qiu squatted on her right foot.

"Hiss~" Lin Yun hissed at the dark thing and whispered, "Hey, little ball~ are you hungry? Do you want some braised fish or stir-fried chicken?"

After saying that, he pointed at Jiang Yan with his tail, signaling Coal Ball to order the food.

Coal Ball's eyes lit up, and he quickly sucked back the drool from the corner of his mouth.

Then it rubbed against Jiang Yan's ankles incessantly, "Master, Coal Ball is hungry~ I want to eat braised fish~ sweet and sour pork ribs~ I want to eat..."

Jiang Yan frowned. "You really know how to order."

The black mosaic dumpling continued to plead and whine, "Waaah~ Master~ Please~"

"Okay, okay!"

Lin Yun pursed her lips. She really doted on this little black ball, granting its every wish.

The snake's eyes flashed, and it whispered to the coal ball, "Little ball~ I'll sleep with you tonight, and I can play with you!"

Its coal-shaped, bell-like eyes narrowed happily; it loved having someone play with it!

However, it doesn't like anyone sleeping with it... Last night, that rabbit kept taking its spot, and it was very unhappy! The owner is its owner!

The coal ball shook its head.

It still prefers its owner!