You don't know until you see it, and it scared both of them.
Xu Jiang's ankle was swollen badly, with countless blood spots on the skin, which looked very scary. Not only the ankle, but also the calf was blue and red. Lou Yunchun wanted to pull up his trouser legs, but Xu Jiang quickly covered them.
“What are you doing!”
This was definitely not the right place, nor the right time. Lou Yunchun helped her pull up her socks, pulled down her trouser legs, and asked, "How did you get hurt? Are you injured anywhere else?"
"The bridge collapsed, and I was knocked down by the crowd and stepped on several times." After saying this, Xu Jiang felt pain not only in her feet, but also in other parts of her body that were stepped on. However, she didn't dare to tell Lou Yunchun. What if he wanted to check one by one?
"How many steps would it take to make it like this?"
"It's okay. I'll go back to the inn and find a doctor to check it out."
Lou Yunchun held her hand tightly and said, "Don't come to occasions like this alone in the future."
"I'm not alone..." There are Shan Bo and Liu Mei. Xu Jiang didn't finish her words. Seeing his serious and nervous expression, she quickly changed the subject and said, "From now on, I'll be with you."
Lou Yunchun's grip loosened, his face softened, and he asked, "Does it still hurt?"
"It hurts." Even if I say it doesn't hurt, he won't believe me. It's better to gain his sympathy and put the matter behind me.
Hearing her cry of pain, Lou Yunchun became anxious. After helping her sit down, he stood up and walked out. "You sit down, I'll go find out."
When he walked outside, he bumped into the man he had rescued. The man asked, "Where are you going, benefactor?"
Lou Yunchun said, "Go and ask when the bridge will be built and if there's a boat to cross the river. My... my wife is injured."
Injured? The man glanced behind the stove and saw Xu Jiang clutching her foot in pain. He then realized he had misjudged her. He coughed and said, "It will take a while for the bridge to be built, but we can cross the river now."
There were already covered boats and bamboo rafts carrying people back and forth on the river, and ferries had also started running.
Lou Yunchun glanced at the wooden bridge under construction, searching the riverbank. When he saw Du Hui in the crowd, he immediately ran towards him.
Du Hui was supervising and directing the construction of the bridge and dispatching officials when he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind him, "Mr. Du."
He looked back and immediately thought his eyes were blurry. "Lou Yunchun?"
Lou Yunchun stepped forward and bowed, "Long time no see, how are you, sir?"
Du Hui was surprised but quickly recovered. He frowned and looked him up and down. "I'm fine. How did you get into this state?"
Lou Yunchun was about to answer when someone on the river called out, "Brother, are you okay?"
It was the raftsman.
Lou Yunchun said: "It's nothing serious, thank you for your concern."
The raftsman breathed a sigh of relief. "Next time, don't risk your life to jump into the water to save people. The river is so fast, it's not worth it to throw yourself in it."
Rescue? Du Hui looked at Lou Yunchun again, and seeing his miserable appearance and pale face, he couldn't help but frown.
He was so reckless. Fortunately nothing happened. Otherwise how would he explain to his enemy Lou Jing?
The raftsman had been worried for a while when he saw him bobbing in the water. Now that he was fine, he was relieved and asked, "Did you find your wife?"
"My wife?" Du Hui was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on. "Xu Jiang?"
Lou Yunchun turned away and nodded to the raftsman, "We found her, but she's injured." Seeing that his raft was empty, he asked again, "Could you help get us to shore? She needs medical attention immediately."
"Of course." He wanted to help the Buddha as much as possible, and he thought the young man was a good person, brave and righteous, and worthy of help.
When Du Hui heard him say Xu Jiang was injured, he didn't bother to ask where he came from. He asked hurriedly, "Xu Jiang is injured? Where is she injured? How serious is the injury?"
Thinking of Xu Jiang's foot, which was swollen like a steamed bun, Lou Yunchun's expression was not good either. "It's the foot that's injured, and it's seriously injured."
Du Hui occasionally complained about Xu Jiang's 'understanding'. "I felt that her expression was not right before. This girl must have been afraid of causing trouble for me, so she kept it to herself."
Look at Lou Yunchun again, one or two of them, none of them is worry-free!
Seeing that he was in contact with the prefect, and that they seemed to be close, the raftsman was even more attentive: "Brother, aren't we supposed to take your wife across the river to see a doctor? Don't delay."
"Please wait at the altar. I'll bring her over." Lou Yunchun then said to Du Hui, "Sir, I'll take A Jiang back to the inn first and come back to see you later."
"The injury is serious, go ahead." He couldn't leave at the moment, so he had to let the two go first.
"You should be careful too." After saying this, Lou Yunchun turned back to the altar.
Du Hui bowed to the raftsman and said, "Please take good care of it for me, brother. I will reward you later."
"Your Excellency is very polite," the raftsman said respectfully. "Your Excellency has opened an academy here, accepting students regardless of their family background, benefiting the people of Fuzhou and allowing our children to go to school. This is a great act of kindness. Compared to your Excellency's kindness, this little favor is nothing."
Du Hui heard someone say, "Is your child also studying at the academy?"
The raftsman quickly replied, "Exactly. His name is Yang Shu."
Du Hui nodded, indicating that he had taken note of it.
The essence of words is more important than the quantity. The raftsman stopped talking and bowed to Du Hui to say goodbye. He turned the raft around and went to the other side to pick up Lou Yunchun.
Xu Jiang saw Lou Yunchun coming back and asked, "How is it? Can we cross the river?"
"Yes." Lou Yunchun came over to help her.
Xu Jiang supported him up, and the moment her feet touched the ground, she felt a piercing pain. She endured it and walked a few steps, her face changing.
Seeing this, Lou Yunchun didn't care that her clothes were still wet. He lifted her up by the waist and walked towards the altar.
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