Chapter 13 I will do my best to protect you

Lin Yunchu had no experience with Chinese medicine prescriptions.

I don't recognize any of the medicinal ingredients prescribed in the medicine.

She had met many people, but she couldn't understand any of the old doctor's emotions.

I don't even know what his position is.

He wasn't very enthusiastic towards them either. He pointed them to a room and then disappeared.

"Old man, why is there smoke coming out of the chimney when you're here? Did you forget to take out the firewood again? Have you forgotten that you almost burned down the kitchen last time? How many times have I told you to put out the sparks when you leave?"

In the dark night outside, an old woman in her fifties or sixties walked in carrying a backpack.

When Lin Yunchu heard the voice, she hurried out of the kitchen and explained to the old woman that she was a relative of a patient who brought her husband to see a doctor.

When the old woman saw Lin Yunchu's charming appearance, she was stunned for a moment, then she said "Oh", a smile that had not appeared on her face for a long time, and said, "You have come from such a far place, you must stay at our house."

"You haven't eaten yet. I'll cook for you. I don't have anything delicious, so don't be picky."

"Auntie, how could that be? We are really sorry to bother you. Please don't look down on us, we are really grateful."

"Why call me Auntie? Call me grandma! I'm over sixty years old, and you look no more than twenty, right?"

The old woman asked with a smile.

"Yes. I just turned eighteen."

"Only eighteen! That's great! If..." The old woman's expression suddenly drifted far away, and drops of water appeared in her cloudy eyes.

Lin Yunchu felt that he had glimpsed something desolate, and the old woman's words sounded like they contained a story.

But she didn't ask. After the medicine was boiled and heated, she brought it into the house and handed it to Pei Huaiyuan.

After Pei Huaiyuan finished drinking the medicine, he closed his eyes and lay on the bed to rest.

Lin Yunchu walked into the kitchen again and poured hot water into the bucket.

"Grandma, I'm going to wash my husband's feet. He was beaten by my brother and still has this problem. He feels embarrassed to see people. He refuses to come out." Lin Yunchu said to the old lady.

The old lady nodded and said, "It's normal for young people to be thin-skinned. But it's not a big deal. When you are like us, you will find that being healthy and safe is good. Sometimes, birth is not a good thing for children..."

“…”

"Also, you guys are staying at our house tonight. Don't go out, okay? If possible, you can stay a few more days."

"Go, get some water and go find your man."

The old lady looked anxious and kept waving her hands, urging her to go into the house quickly.

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Lin Yunchu returned to the house again.

Pei Huaiyuan suddenly opened his eyes, and after a quick glance, he found that the person who came in was Lin Yunchu. His tense expression relaxed again.

"Man, wash your feet."

Lin Yunchu placed the wooden barrel in front of Pei Huaiyuan.

Pei Huaiyuan looked at the hot water and said, "No, I don't want to wash."

He hadn't had a good night's sleep or a good wash in a long time.

He knew he was very dirty, but he didn't dare wash it, for fear that he would feel too comfortable and fall asleep without any alertness.

Lin Yunchu frowned and said loudly in displeasure, "I've already poured the water, why don't you wash it? That's my brother, and your brother as well. As a little kid, isn't it normal for you to be beaten? Why are you still angry?"

"Although it's your fault, I really don't dislike you! You don't take a shower or wash your feet. Are you going to suffocate me to death later?"

“……” Pei Huaiyuan remained unmoved.

Lin Yunchu came over and said in a low voice, "Do the whole act. Don't let it get away from you! I just talked to the old woman, but I felt that her tone and expression were very strange. I can't be sure whether she and the old doctor are good or bad. We can't be sure whether we are safe at the moment, but you have to hold on. If people know that you are injured, we will all be in trouble."

If those two men hadn't shown up when she met him, she would have definitely found a way to bring him back. But those two men showed up, and if she didn't pretend to be a couple with them, there was no way she would have left that place at all.

She finally stayed at the old doctor's house and thought she could spend the night safely, but she found that the old doctor and the old woman were very strange.

She felt like she had fallen into a fire pit before escaping from the wolf's den.

Pei Huaiyuan's eyes fell deeply on Lin Yunchu. After several seconds, he put his feet into the wooden barrel.

The water in the wooden barrel was neither hot nor cold, very comfortable.

This was a comfort he hadn't felt in a long time.

"That's right! Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to live with grandma and dirty her bed sheets."

Lin Yunchu said loudly.

Seeing that Pei Huaiyuan was bending over with great effort and washing his feet very slowly, Lin Yunchu frowned and thought, forget it, I'll help him to the end and see him off to the west.

She still helps.

I squatted in front of him and massaged and rubbed his feet.

Then she wrung out the half-dried towel and wiped his face.

"Well, take off your clothes and I'll wipe your body."

"..." Pei Huaiyuan subconsciously tightened his clothes.

Lin Yunchu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Who is going to suffer if we take off our clothes?"

"You have a bruised face and nose. What's so good about you? You can't see your abdominal muscles or your pectoral muscles."

She didn't know why, but the more serious he was, the more she wanted to tease him.

Pei Huaiyuan relaxed his frown, picked up his clothes and took them off.

"..." Lin Yunchu was stunned.

For the first time, I realized that my cognition was wrong.

The man had many bruises and scratches on his neck and cheeks. He looked thin, with sunken eyes. She thought he must have been starving from surviving in the wild, but she didn't expect that this man had abdominal muscles, pectoral muscles, and even very strong arm muscles.

In addition to discovering that her perception was wrong, what shocked her even more was the injuries on his body.

He was wrapped in a thick bandage from his navel down, and the bandage was covered in blood.

His ribs were all bruised and purple. I don't know how serious his injuries were, but they were definitely not light.

No wonder he refused to take off his clothes just now.

Seeing this wound, Lin Yunchu felt distressed.

Thinking of the time when he fainted when they met again, Lin Yunchu had a bad feeling.

If it was as she expected, he would have been on the verge of collapse.

She didn't know what mission he was on, but the person that Mr. Si was looking for must be a hero.

"Perhaps, you can try to trust me a little more." Lin Yunchu looked at him with clear eyes and said, "Mr. Yueshi Si came to me yesterday and said that you are very important. He mobilized everyone in the city to find you and save you."

"I won't ask you anything, but I will do my best to protect you. Protect you from here and return safely to where you want to go back."

The girl's voice was gentle but powerful, sincere and firm; her eyes were clear and bright, as if they were imprinted with thousands of stars. The moment Pei Huaiyuan met her eyes, he was instantly distracted, and his heart seemed to be injected with a powerful force, which made his heart, which was about to collapse, become resolute.

He is not alone.

His comrades had been looking for him.

Even the girl in front of him said that she would protect him.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't moved.

Pei Huaiyuan's eyes moved slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged.

Lin Yunchu wiped his wound slowly and slowly. Fearing that he would feel pain, she tried to be as gentle as possible.

After cleaning him, she carried the water out and poured it into the small ditch in front of the old doctor's house.

The water in the bucket was very bloody, and only by pouring it into the small canal could his injuries be hidden from others.

After finishing the job, Lin Yunchu returned to the room and Pei Huaiyuan was in the same position as before.

Although she made her attitude clear, he still remained alert and ready to fight at any time.

"How about you sleep inside?"

Lin Yunchu spoke to him.

"..." There was a hint of surprise in Pei Huaiyuan's eyes. He had already done enough acting just now, and now she wanted to sleep with him too?