Chapter 297 They Discovered

On this day, An Yan returned to West City alone. She sent the old man away and told everyone not to enter the courtyard. She said she was in seclusion, but in fact she had important things to do.

An Yan thought that the peach blossom mark under her collarbone should be removed, but no matter how hard she tried, it only faded and there was no way to remove it completely. She thought of many ways and recalled what she saw in the academy, but it was still not as she expected.

She took a small stone box down from the shelf, opened it, and to her great joy found a flame inside.

This is the firework she has cultivated for a long time, and perhaps it can remove the mark on her body.

She took out a golden needle and roasted it over the fire. When she found something like wax appeared on the needle, she prepared to prick the skin, thinking of burning the skin directly.

But at this moment, suddenly, someone rushed in. It was Li Rongsen. This made An Yan's hand tremble, and she scratched her skin directly. Blood was already flowing out, but she didn't care too much. She quickly covered herself with clothes and said angrily: "What are you doing?"

Li Rongsen had already turned his back because he had noticed An Yan's clothes were not properly put on when he came in. He said, "The old man said you were here, so I came to check. I didn't expect you to be changing clothes."

"Yes, I'm changing." An Yan quickly closed the small stone box and put the golden needle back. Her tone was much softer than before. She said, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"The old man said that you were in seclusion. Did you come here to hide from Wen Jiayu?" Li Rongsen said as he walked towards An Yan.

An Yan nodded and said, "Well, she has been looking for me recently, but I am busy and it is not easy to keep rejecting her, so I came here to rest for a day or two and prepare the medicine so that Wen Jiaer can start taking it."

Li Rongsen's eyes were fixed on An Yan's clothes, which made her a little shy. She asked, "Where are you looking at?" and turned sideways.

"What are you doing? Why are you injured?" Li Rongsen asked her, and made her look at him directly.

"I didn't do anything. I was just making medicine." An Yan frowned and was about to stand up and go somewhere else.

But Li Rongsen also stood up with her and said to her, "Look at the front of your clothes, they are bleeding, and you still say you are not injured. I am a man, it is difficult for me to bandage you, I will find a woman."

"Wait a minute, no need, I can do it myself." An Yan quickly signaled Li Rongsen not to go.

At this time, Yan Qingqiu also walked in and said, "Li Rongsen walked as fast as flying. I can't catch up with him."

"An Yan is injured." Li Rongsen said to Yan Qingqiu.

"What kind of cosmic joke is this? It's not funny at all. How could An Yan get hurt? The person who hurt him hasn't even been born yet." Yan Qingqiu didn't take this to heart at all, but when he looked at An Yan, he was surprised. He asked, "What's going on? Why is he bleeding?"

"It was an accident." An Yan had already noticed that the wound was leaking non-stop. She quickly found some herbs to apply on it and said, "You guys should get out. How can I treat the wound like this?"

"You have to explain to us why you were injured later." Li Rongsen said and left with Yan Qingqiu.

The first thing Yan Qingqiu said after she walked out was, "I think the most likely scenario is that she didn't fight back and just let them hurt her."

"How is this possible? An Yan is not a fool."

"Otherwise, she would not have been able to escape." Yan Qingqiu thought that this was the only possibility, otherwise it would not make sense. In his heart, An Yan was ranked number one in the world.

Li Rongsen said, "There must be something wrong, otherwise it would never be like this."

Yan Qingqiu thought about it carefully and felt that this matter was really strange.

An Yan in the room had already treated the wound. She found that although the skin there was damaged, the mark was still there. It was obvious that this method was useless. Instead, it made her suffer more. Now she had to find an excuse to hide it from them.

An Yan walked into the yard and said to them, "Don't worry, I'm just testing the medicine."

"What medicine requires bleeding?" Yan Qingqiu asked her.

"Of course it's a hemostatic drug." An Yan followed his words.

Li Rongsen immediately became angry and said, "If that's the case, why not cut my blood instead of your own?"

"That won't work. I'm the one making the medicine." An Yan said with her eyes lowered.

"An Yan, you are not good at lying." Li Rongsen exposed her rudely.

An Yan was speechless after being confronted by him. She went back to her room and sat at the table thinking for a long time. What should she do? She might as well just tell the truth. It was troublesome to lie to him all the time, but how should she say it?

Yan Qingqiu and Li Rongsen walked in together and sat down at the table. The three of them stared at each other, and no one spoke first.

The old man came in from outside and said, "City Lord, how about I ask them to make some snacks?"

"You go out first." An Yan, Li Rongsen and Yan Qingqiu said in unison.

This surprised the old man, but there was nothing he could do. He could only leave the room obediently, thinking that these three people were going to have a quarrel.

"I just want to hear the truth." Li Rongsen reminded An Yan.

Yan Qingqiu also said: "That's what I mean. Lying is not allowed, otherwise we will both leave and walk to the horizon."

"Stop making blind threats." Li Rongsen glanced at Yan Qingqiu.

Yan Qingqiu just shut up.

"This is what happened." An Yan finally spoke. She said, "Do you still remember the last time I competed with the old man from the North Courtyard?"

"Why, is this the injury from last time?" Li Rongsen asked.

"I didn't tell you because I was afraid you'd worry. Who would have known he had such a skill?" An Yan told them seriously, and then added, "But it wasn't his skill, it was the fire whip. I collected the fire from it, and when I wasn't paying attention, he attacked me."

Li Rongsen looked towards Yan Qingqiu.

Yan Qingqiu blinked and said, "Well, it's possible." Then he said to An Yan, "Then why didn't you tell us?"

"If it's a fire attack, it should burn the skin, so why would it bleed?" Li Rongsen still didn't understand.

For the first time, An Yan felt that Li Rongsen was being too serious, but she couldn't help but answer this question. Fortunately, Yan Qingqiu spoke up for her. He said, "You don't understand this. That's divine fire, different from ordinary fire. It will counterattack. If An Yan hurts him with a sharp weapon, he will bounce it back."

Li Rongsen nodded slightly, as if he believed it, and An Yan breathed a sigh of relief. She glanced at Yan Qingqiu and found that his expression was gloomy.

"It's not a big deal. I'll just be more careful next time." An Yan replied.

Li Rongsen stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go over and tell the old man to prepare dinner." Then he left.

Yan Qingqiu then said to An Yan, "I don't know why you were injured, but this is all I can do to help you. That kid is smart, maybe he'll come to his senses soon."

"Why are you helping me?" An Yan asked him.

"You clearly don't want him to know. You're testing medicine for Wen Jiaer. His illness is very strange. His throat is always bleeding, but it's not from the outside, it's from the inside. I don't know if it's blood or something else. Anyway, just treat it as blood. Stopping the bleeding is the first priority."

"You really helped me a lot." An Yan had been unable to find the primary treatment for her illness, but today Yan Qingqiu had helped her sort it out. Although his speculation about his own affairs was not on the point, what he said later was very useful.

(End of this chapter)