Meng Yuxiu pressed her down and said, "Lie down properly. I've already informed your mother that everything is alright."
Chang Lili's face turned even redder. She didn't know what to do, and her heart was pounding like a drum.
"I...I'd better go back and rest..." She was about to get up from the bed when her outer robe slipped down, revealing her smooth shoulders.
She was stunned, not knowing when she had become so disheveled. Meng Yuxiu remained calm, walked over and draped his outer robe over Chang Lili again, and said softly, "The doctor will be here soon, you should rest."
Chang Lili's face burned, and she nodded.
A pang of heartache welled up in Meng Yuxiu's eyes. He got up, walked to the door, whispered some instructions, and then came back.
Upon entering the room, I saw Chang Lili inside her outer robe, struggling to pull the garment that had fallen below her shoulders back up, her face still flushed.
Meng Yuxiu still looked worried. He sat down next to Chang Lili and affectionately patted her head.
A short while later, someone knocked on the door, and the doctor, panting and wiping away sweat, was brought before Meng Yuxiu.
"General, it's you..."
“This is the young lady, please take a look at her.” Meng Yuxiu said, stepping aside and pulling out one of Chang Lili’s arms.
"I'm fine, I'm just... just a little tired, I'm not injured anywhere," Chang Lili said belatedly.
Meng Yuxiu grabbed her wrist and said, "Let the doctor take a look, otherwise how can Mother-in-law feel at ease?"
Unexpectedly, Meng Yuxiu had learned to use his mother-in-law to pressure her. Although she was dissatisfied, she could only let the doctor take her pulse.
The doctor said she had no illness or injury, just some fatigue and needed to rest.
“I slept all night and only recently woke up from a coma,” she said, rubbing her sore neck. “Do I need to rest? If I rest any longer, I’m going to throw up.”
Meng Yuxiu suddenly sat down on the edge of the bed and gently pulled Chang Lili into his arms, as if he were holding a treasure he cherished dearly.
He whispered in her ear, "Lili, no matter what happens, I will marry you."
Chang Lili's blank expression turned into one of being flattered, and finally transformed into a rosy glow on the horizon, flying onto her cheeks.
His voice was gentle and slightly deep, and his warm breath brushed against her ear. She felt weak all over and just slumped in his arms, letting him hold her like that.
A moment later, Chang Lili suddenly came to her senses and regained some strength. She nudged Meng Yuxiu, who gently released her and looked at her with a tender yet puzzled expression.
"So something really happened, right? What happened?" Chang Lili looked at him with a suspicious expression.
Meng Yuxiu turned his head away somewhat guiltily and said, "It's really nothing." He suddenly remembered the scar on Chang Li's shoulder and couldn't help but ask, "How did you get that scar on the back of your shoulder?"
Chang Lili immediately shut up and said angrily, "So, Meng Yuxiu! So you're guilty! I was perfectly fine before I fainted, and I was perfectly fine before I opened my eyes. How did I end up like this? How could a great general like you do such a thing? Taking advantage of someone in distress!"
Meng Yuxiu instinctively wanted to deny it, but suddenly stopped talking.
"What? It wasn't you?" Chang Lili asked suspiciously.
Meng Yuxiu quickly replied, "That's right, it's me."
“You’re quite responsible and decisive. No wonder you’re suddenly being so attentive. Let me tell you, you have to marry me now, no matter what. My innocence…” She suddenly lowered her voice, glanced nervously at the door, and then said, “How can I ever get married like this?”
Meng Yuxiu chuckled and said, "I won't marry anyone else, so don't worry."
Chang Lili blushed and gave him a reproachful look.
"And that scar on your back..." Meng Yuxiu was still curious.
Earlier in the forest, Meng Yuxiu had assumed that Chu Moyu had ulterior motives towards Chang Lili, but he clearly saw that Chu Moyu seemed stunned when he saw the scar.
His reaction was somewhat strange.
Chang Lili said nonchalantly, "I don't know either. It seems to be from when I fell down as a child. How can I remember things from when I was little so clearly?"
Meng Yuxiu patted her head tenderly, but said helplessly, "So you weren't like a proper girl even when you were little. You were really naughty!"
Chang Lili glanced at him.
In the Scarlet Smoke Palace, Hu Pin, dressed as a guard with a sword, was brought before Xiao Shu'er by Bai Mei.
As soon as Xiao Shu'er saw Hu Pin, she greeted him with a warm smile: "Cousin, how did it go? You've really worked hard. Why don't you go make some tea!"
Hu Pin's expression was not good. He sighed and sat down casually, saying bluntly, "Sigh, the operation failed..."
As soon as he uttered those words, Xiao Shu'er, who had been sitting there demurely, sat up abruptly. Her gentle and dignified smile vanished, and she stared wide-eyed as she asked quickly, "What? Didn't you say that the person had already been captured and was just waiting to be secretly sent to the palace once things had calmed down?"
Hu Pin was startled by Xiao Shu'er's behavior. Xiao Shu'er quickly realized her lapse in composure. In front of Hu Pin, she always played the role of a weak and pitiful princess.
"Oh, cousin, I was just a little anxious and surprised. It all went smoothly, didn't it? With your abilities, how could anything go wrong?" she said with a forced smile.
Hu Ping sighed and slammed his fist on the table, saying, "You don't know, let's not even talk about Meng Yuxiu. It's said that the person was right there in the house and just vanished into thin air. And then there's Meng Yuxiu, who's been searching for Chang Lili like a madman."
Xiao Shu'er frowned, her anger rising, but she forcibly suppressed it and asked with a puzzled look, "Disappeared into thin air? How could a perfectly healthy person just disappear into thin air? No way, could it be that Meng Yuxiu rescued him?"
In the end, she couldn't help but grit her teeth and swallow the word "useless".
“No,” Hu Ping frowned and shook his head, “Meng Yuxiu didn’t find that brat. He came up empty-handed and went to look for her elsewhere.”
Xiao Shu'er sat down, her hands clenched into fists on her knees, her whole body trembling slightly with anger.
"Cousin Shu'er, I'm sorry, I couldn't avenge you," Hu Pin said to Xiao Shu'er with a sigh of guilt.
Xiao Shuer forced a smile: "I don't know how to thank you enough for what you said, cousin."
Hu Pin smiled shyly and scratched his head, then said with a determined expression, "But don't worry, cousin, next time, next time I will definitely catch that little bitch and hand her over to you, so you can get rid of this humiliation."
"No, cousin, you shouldn't act rashly. You'll only alert the enemy and get yourself implicated," Xiao Shu'er said pitifully.
Hu Pin patted his chest and said, "For my cousin, I would go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"Then you should go back and rest first, cousin. You've worked hard this time. Let me think of a detailed plan before we proceed with the next step," Xiao Shu'er said gently.
Hu Pin nodded in satisfaction and left with the maid.
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