Chapter 94 Gaining a Master for Free
Duan Gan seemed to have been greatly shocked. He gasped for breath, his heart clenched, and the large hand that was gripping her wrist tightened involuntarily.
Unfortunately, he grabbed her injured left hand, causing her to gasp in pain.
She endured the pain and turned back to explain, "I'm using the medicine you gave me. There was some left over from last time. Do you really think I would harm you?"
He raised his eyes, his dark eyes like unfathomable pools, cold and stern, mixed with suspicion and a hint of barely perceptible panic.
A jumble of complex emotions fell into her eyes, making it impossible for her to guess what he was thinking at that moment.
"Duan Gan, shall we treat your wound first?"
Her tone was very gentle, yet coaxing.
It was a tone of voice he had never heard from her before.
Tao Tao blinked her eyes, staring intently at him, and smiled slightly, her expression soft and obedient.
She was afraid that she might provoke him again with some inappropriate behavior, so she tried her best to appear harmless in order to prove to him that she had no intention of harming him.
It's often said that a woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea, but a man's heart is just as hard to fathom.
Suddenly, he felt something wet on his fingertips. Looking down, he saw that the gauze on the slender wrist he was holding was already stained with blood.
Looking up at her again, my gaze traveled from her furrowed brows and wet eyes to the tip of her nose, finally settling on her pale lips. I still remembered the soft, warm touch she had just felt.
It was even softer than the cloud-shaped rice cakes I had eaten before.
Duan Gan abruptly released her hand, lowered his eyes, and refused to look at her: "I'm sorry."
She quickly withdrew her hand and started blowing air through the gauze. After a couple of seconds, she realized she was being silly and stopped.
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She seemed to realize something, wondering if he had just apologized to her?
It's really strange that Duan Gan would apologize to her.
She didn't say anything, silently took out the bandage medicine from her handbag, and prepared to reapply the medicine to him.
She reached out and slightly pulled open his shirt, revealing his right shoulder blade.
He calmed down and let her do as she pleased.
After bandaging his wound, she began to treat the injury on her own wrist.
Applying the medicine was no problem, but it was difficult to tie up one hand. Just as she was about to bite the other end with her teeth, the person in front of her took it and tied it up for her.
Tao Tao didn't return home all night, and Xi Xin was extremely worried.
The next day, Yu Shan returned to the shop and learned that Tao Tao had not gone back the previous night, and he was extremely anxious.
Thinking that with so many people on such a large mountain, it would be easier to find someone, he went to the Privy Council to ask Chen Jing to arrange for some manpower to help him search.
Chen Jinghe, however, did not take it seriously, because he knew that the Fourth Prince had not returned to the Privy Council last night either, so the two of them must have been together.
Although he didn't know what they had gone to do, his intuition told him that it was best not to look for them.
If they displease the Fourth Master, it will be him and Zhang Cheng who suffer.
Therefore, he refused Yu Shan's request.
Upon hearing that Tao Tao had disappeared in the mass grave, Xi Xin couldn't help but think of the three darkest days of her life, and she immediately trembled with fear.
No matter how scared she was, she still didn't forget to find Tao Tao.
Tao Tao was her savior; she was the one who pulled her out of the hellish prison. Even though she was afraid, she would not give up looking for her.
Yu Shan and Yu He had the same idea, and the three of them hit it off immediately and went to the outskirts of the city to find someone.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng pondered for a moment, but after a long time, he still couldn't find any trace of the Fourth Master, and he also learned that the Fourth Master had no bodyguards with him.
With such a heavy rain last night, he was worried that the two of them might have encountered something in the mountains. Out of concern, he led the elite cavalrymen towards the mass grave.
Tao Tao and Duan Gan had fallen in a different direction last night, and due to the complicated mountain roads, they had to wander around before finally returning to the correct direction.
She looked at the longevity money on the ground, then found a stone by the roadside to lean against.
"I'm so tired, let's take a break."
"Anyway, we're not in a hurry."
The sun was blazing, and she was drenched in sweat, her mouth was dry, and her whole body ached from walking.
On the contrary, he was perfectly fine, not even his breathing was out of whack. Apart from being pale from blood loss, he was completely unharmed.
Are all martial artists this physically strong?
She touched her chin curiously, sizing him up.
He walked over, stood in front of her, and gazed at her slightly disheveled appearance: "Your constitution is too weak."
"I saved you when you were being chased the last few times; you were just lucky."
"If it weren't for me, you would have been doomed."
She looked up at him, her expression somewhat helpless: "I'm just an ordinary person. Do you expect me to become a martial arts master? I need to have that ability first."
"I'll teach you martial arts. I don't expect you to be a great martial artist, but at least your physical strength needs to improve."
"You'll teach me martial arts??"
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Mm." He nodded.
If you practice martial arts, wouldn't you be able to leap across rooftops like a chivalrous knight-errant? Wouldn't that be incredibly cool?
Thinking of this, Tao Tao readily agreed.
"OK!"
His decisiveness surprised him somewhat.
He had assumed she wouldn't be interested and would be unwilling to practice martial arts, since what young lady would want to learn martial arts? He was pondering how to make her willing.
To my surprise, she actually agreed.
"If that's the case, why sit still? Get up and keep going."
His expressionless face made him appear somewhat indifferent.
"Huh? I just sat down a short while ago. Besides, now is not the time to practice martial arts. Can we talk about it another day?"
Her little face scrunched up, and her tone was pleading and begging.
She was really too weak to walk, and this wasn't the time for her to practice martial arts.
He curled his lips slightly, reached out and pinched her cheek, his dark eyes flashing with a wicked light: "There's no better time than now. Besides, I'll be your master. Instead of kneeling down and kowtowing in gratitude, you dare to bargain?"
"Then... then I won't practice martial arts anymore, okay?"
Why bother practicing martial arts? Let whoever wants to practice can practice; she's too tired to walk anyway.
He said, slowly and deliberately, "No, it won't work."
Duan Gan reached out and lifted her by the back of her neck, taking her off the rock and placing her on the ground. He said coldly, "Stand still."
Tao Tao was forced to stand up.
"Keep moving forward. You are not allowed to stop unless I tell you to."
Hearing this, she turned her head, gave him a resentful look, and resignedly walked forward.
She's only being obedient now because he's injured; there will definitely be no next time.
They walked for about half an hour.
She suddenly saw someone coming towards them.
The figures looked somewhat familiar; it seemed to be Yu Shan and Yu He? And there were people coming from behind them.
"Duan Gan, they've found us. We don't need to go any further; we can rest now."
She turned around happily and waved her hand high in the air as she spoke to him.
Duan Gan behind him suddenly frowned.
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