Chapter 311 Are you not angry anymore?

Seven days later than originally scheduled, the Lion Army's food and supplies still had not arrived.

Huo Gannian sent spies to inquire along the way, but the news stopped abruptly at a killing valley.

The Killing Valley is a large rift valley formed by a landslide, like a mountain range split open by a giant axe, leaving behind a long and deep crack and a sky full of desolate dust.

The widest part of the Sha Valley can accommodate four carriages running side by side, and the narrowest part can only accommodate one person.

This dangerous place, where one man can hold off ten thousand, is guarded by the army all year round. It is the fastest route to transport food and supplies to the Lion Army, and there has never been any mistake.

This abnormality made everyone feel uneasy.

Because food and fodder are a matter of life and death for the entire army, Huo Gannian decided to lead the team himself to investigate the situation, and personally appointed Ye Yan, Buyan, Rong Jiang and two thousand cavalrymen to go with him.

This back and forth will take a long time, and the army cannot be without a general.

Yun Chen then led Hua Jue and Rong Yi to stay in the military camp.

Unexpectedly, just three days after Huo Gannian left, Yun Chen received a piece of news that was neither big nor small.

It was said that the imperial court's convoy, which was originally scheduled to come to Guying City to pick up the seriously injured and send them back home, was stranded halfway due to ice and snow blocking the road and was unable to move forward. The Lion Power Army was asked to send someone to welcome them.

Yun Chen and Hua Jue discussed it and decided that instead of going with ice picks to clear the way, it would be better to take all the seriously injured soldiers with them. This would save the imperial convoy from running back and forth, and the seriously injured soldiers could return home earlier.

Calculating the time, it is impossible to transport seriously injured people by fast horses, and it will take at least ten days to go back and forth.

Yun Chen asked Rong Yi to stay behind while he and Hua Jue went on the trip.

Hua Jue didn't understand. It was just a job of transporting seriously injured people, a job that was not dangerous but troublesome. Why did Yun Chen have to go alone?

But Yun Chen put the last two boxes of snacks, a few handkerchiefs, two pieces of sheep oil soap and a roll of fine soft cloth sent from Kyoto into a package, threw it over his shoulder, and ran towards the female doctors who were accompanying the team.

Hua Jue grabbed Yun Chen's collar and asked in horror:

"What are you doing? Looking for Luyu? Are you planning to take on both men and women? Are you planning to take down both the brother and sister?"

Yun Chen shook off Hua Jue's hand, jumped up and punched him:

"I told you to stop reading those crap novels! Stories like 'The Domineering Princess Falls in Love with Me' and 'The Innocent Guard and the Pretty Princess'! You've made me go crazy!"

After saying that, Yun Chen ran away without looking back, no matter how Hua Jue yelled with a red face behind him:

"Those were all given to me by Bu Yan!! They are not mine!!"

In order to ensure the safety of the seriously injured, the female doctors had to accompany the team until the wounded were safely handed over to the imperial convoy.

Huo Luyu is now a female doctor, so she is naturally in the queue.

Yun Chen felt that this was a good opportunity to break the ice.

It has been two months since he came to Kyoto. Huo Luyu has been very warm to everyone else, but he is very cold to Yun Chen.

For two months, I only said the word "get out".

This made Yun Chen very uncomfortable.

She shamelessly squeezed into the carriage of the female doctors, and Huo Luyu immediately got off with a cold face, saying that he was going to take care of the seriously injured.

She chased Huo Luyu into the carriage carrying the seriously injured, but Huo Luyu immediately turned around and got off.

So Yun Chen chased and Huo Luyu ran.

The two of them were getting on and off among more than a dozen carriages, dazzling the eyes and attracting the attention of everyone around them.

Hua Jue even kept pretending to pace around, but was actually following him, wishing he could put his eavesdropping ears into Yun Chen's arms.

Finally, Huo Luyu ran too fast and was tripped by the wheel.

Yun Chen was quick to hold on, but Huo Luyu pushed him away.

As if he really felt Huo Luyu's disgust, Yun Chen had a somewhat hurt expression.

She slowly withdrew her hand and said apologetically, "If you hate me so much, then... I won't bother you anymore..."

After that, she placed the small package next to Huo Luyu and said, "This is for you. Since you like to be clean, there are two pieces of sheep oil soap in it for bathing."

After a pause, she scratched her face, lowered her voice, and continued awkwardly, "There's also a roll of silk cotton cloth for you to use during menstruation, so it won't rub your thighs."

In the city of Guying, which had been ravaged by wars for many years, there were not even two pieces of brocade to be found in the entire city, let alone expensive silk and cotton cloth for Kuishui.

During the past year, when Huo Lu Yu Kui Shui was in power, it was difficult to find silk or cotton cloth, even the roughest and most common coarse cloth. Most of the time, people used straw paper.

When a war breaks out and even food and drink become a problem and nothing can enter the war zone, people sometimes use wood ash or leaves.

Huo Luyu knew very well that this small roll of silk cotton cloth was not easy to come by. Only Yun Chen could think of and do such carefulness and consideration.

Thinking of this, Huo Luyu couldn't help but feel soft in the heart, and the coldness on his face melted a lot.

She opened the package, took out the roll of white and soft silk cotton cloth, and walked towards the carriage where He Xiaowu was. Yun Chen followed closely behind.

The two men got into the carriage. Because He Xiaowu was seriously injured, he was assigned to a carriage alone and was still sleeping.

Huo Luyu gently removed the linen strips from He Xiaowu's eyes and replaced them with soft silk cotton cloth.

"This way it won't hurt." Huo Luyu said suddenly.

Yun Chen almost didn't realize that he was talking to her, and nodded hurriedly, saying yes.

After bandaging He Xiaowu's eyes, which were left with only two blood-red holes, Huo Luyu replaced the herbal cloth covering his right arm, and then carefully put away the small roll of silk cotton cloth, saying:

"Keep these for other injured soldiers."

Just a few words, spoken in a calm tone, but Yun Chen was deeply moved.

Looking at Huo Luyu's unmade-up and even slightly dirty face, Yun Chen suddenly realized that she seemed to have changed.

She was no longer the arrogant and willful second daughter of the Huo Gang, who jumped and chased after Yun Chen.

She is like a kind and compassionate female Bodhisattva.

How much suffering must she have endured to become like this? She could have continued to live a comfortable life like other wealthy young ladies, with everyone taking care of her...

Yun Chen looked straight at Huo Luyu, with all kinds of emotions surging in his heart.

Huo Luyu looked out the car window. The white snow reflected the sunlight, casting a holy soft light on her face.

"In the past, I just wanted to follow in your footsteps, to be as capable as you, and I especially missed you before you left Yancheng... Later, I realized that I didn't miss the old you, but I just stayed in the long and deep inner house for too long and was particularly afraid to go out...

After you left Yancheng to fight the Black Scale Cavalry, I was lost for a moment. Ruins lay everywhere, civilians were displaced, and wounded civilians and soldiers lay on the ground... I felt like I should do something, but I didn't know what to do. I began to try to learn to be a doctor, and unexpectedly, I gradually forged my own path..."

As a wealthy and noble lady who grew up in seclusion and had never been exposed to the world of water, it took Huo Luyu a long time to forget her identity as the second daughter of the Huo family and adapt to the hardships of the war zone.

It took me a long time to forget the modesty of a "woman".

During the year he was separated from Yun Chen, from Yancheng to Guying City, Huo Luyu appeared wherever the chaos was the most difficult, and wherever there were the most injuries.

From not knowing how to light a kerosene lamp or draw water from a well, he has now become skilled in bandaging and stopping bleeding for wounded soldiers with broken limbs.

The one who is well-known in the war zone now is not the general's younger sister or the second daughter of the Huo Gang, but the beautiful, kind-hearted and attentive female doctor Huo Luyu.

Turning his gaze away from the window, Huo Luyu finally looked directly at Yun Chen, but only briefly before quickly looking away.

With just one glance, all the sadness and pain that she had deliberately put aside came back to her, like sharp blades tightly binding her heart, hurting her so much that she could hardly breathe.

"Yun Chen, I didn't mean to be cold to you, it's just..." Huo Luyu stopped talking halfway.

But I already understand that you will never love me in this life, and I want to learn to give up on you.

I'm afraid that if I look at you for just one more moment... my heart will ache so much that I can hardly breathe...

After steadying his voice, Huo Luyu said, "You never owe me anything. It was all my wishful thinking. Why do you have to be so humble and beg for peace... You fool, you are just too soft-hearted."

Not knowing how much Yun Chen understood, she asked blankly:

"That means you're not angry anymore, right?"

Huo Luyu was speechless.

She said a lot of sweet things, but Yun Chen, this idiot, only cared whether she was still angry or not?

Why did she suddenly not feel so sad?

At this moment, there was a sudden "puff" sound in the carriage.

He Xiaowu, who had been asleep for a long time, finally couldn't hold back his laughter and said with a suppressed laugh:

"I'm sorry, I just can't stand it any longer. I always thought General Yun was a master at hitting wherever he directed, but I didn't expect him to be such a mess..."

With a "puff" sound, Huo Luyu couldn't help laughing.

Seeing this, Yun Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the side, He Xiaowu moved his body a little, and moved closer to the two of them, and said with a smile:

"General Yun, Doctor Huo, why don't you just come back to my hometown with me? I'll take you on some fun. Although we're just a village, we have mountains, water, and forests for hunting. It's an auspicious place with flowers all year round! My wife can also make pot stickers and stewed goose. They're so delicious! General Yun will definitely love them!"

Yun Chen drooled as he listened, "Wait a minute, after the big victory, I will definitely go to your house to try it! It will be soon!"

"Okay! When the time comes, General Yun just don't look down on me for being a 'three-legged' plowing ox! Hahaha!" He Xiaowu grinned happily. Although his eyes were covered with a white cloth, one could still tell from his face that he was a tough guy with a heart of steel.

He Xiaowu talked about some simple and interesting stories about his hometown, which made Yun Chen and Huo Luyu laugh, and the atmosphere in the carriage was peaceful.

"Hey, General Yun, don't underestimate me. I'm blind now, but my hearing has become very good. Come back to my house and I'll catch rabbits for you. I guarantee I can tell the location by ear, without any deviation—"

Before He Xiaowu finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed at the same time as Yun Chen's.