The woman, after being hit, couldn't help but speak up in rebuttal.
"There are so many of us, we won't miss a few more! If she's really in the temple, someone is bound to find her, and if they can't, they'll die. So it's better to have a good time before you die."
But her words were not appreciated, and after being slapped again, she was forcibly dragged out.
The soldiers withdrew, but Wu Wang was still trembling. Su Qinghe threw off the covers and got out of bed.
"It's alright, I'm in your room, you'll be fine."
She spoke softly, carefully closing the door. When she sat back down in her original chair, Wu Wang had already buried his head under the covers.
"...Thank you, Benefactor Su." After a while, such a sentence came from under the covers.
Su Qinghe didn't answer, but leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to rest.
There won't be any problems here for now. If nothing unexpected happens, she will stay in Wuwang's room until that person comes to Lingyan Temple.
Wu Wang secretly wiped away her tears under the covers, and only emerged again after a while.
Seeing Su Qinghe sleeping on the chair like that, he couldn't bear it.
“Benefactor Su, there are still some cotton wadding in the cabinet. Why don’t you lay out a mattress on the floor? There’s enough space here.”
Seeing that Su Qinghe remained unmoved, Wu Wang hesitated for a moment before finally lifting the covers and getting out of bed.
He glanced at Su Qinghe and saw that she still had her eyes closed. He quickly ran to the cabinet in the shadows, rummaged through a bed sheet, and came back.
Wu Wang carefully laid out the bedding under his bed, put on a sheet, and then took down the thin quilt from his own bed.
“Benefactor Su, although this place is a bit simple, it is still more comfortable than the chair. Please come over here.”
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