"Before, it was because we had fewer people, and it was easier to protect my cousin and you guys by living inside. Now that we have more people, it's safer outside, and we have a large camp, so I live outside so that it's easier to keep an eye on the surroundings and manage people."
Li Ruo asked, "Did someone say something to you? Something about men and women not being allowed to touch each other?"
"No." Liao Fusheng's eyes were clear and open.
Seeing that he was determined to do so, Li Ruo did not force him, as living outside would indeed make it more convenient for him to handle affairs.
"All right."
Just then, two loud whistles sounded from outside.
Li Ruo and Liao Fusheng went out and saw that it was Sun Ergou.
Sun Ergou looked anxious. "Sis, have you eaten?"
"I've already eaten. What about you?"
Sun Ergou shook his head, "How could I possibly eat that?"
"The fourth leader's condition has worsened?" Li Ruo frowned. Was another one going to die?
"No, it's the boss."
Li Ruo's heart skipped a beat. "What's wrong with him?"
"The chief refuses to get properly bandaged and won't even eat meat porridge. Could you go and check on him?"
She breathed a slight sigh of relief, then said angrily, "He's not a child, does he need to be coaxed to eat?"
Sun Ergou said, "Sister, you don't know, this time it was really dangerous. Boss has several scars on his body, some deep and some shallow, it's really scary."
How did you get hurt?
"We went after Prince Jiangning. The eldest brother and Prince Jiangning got into a fight. Their martial arts skills were evenly matched. The eldest brother was stabbed a few times, but Prince Jiangning was also seriously injured."
Li Ruoxin thought to herself, "No wonder the Prince of Jiangning didn't come after Yang Huan met them; he was injured."
"After the leader got injured, in order to speed things up and get back as soon as possible, he even went into the water with the brothers to move supplies. He hadn't been sleeping well these past few days, and even someone made of iron couldn't keep going like that."
"He was eager to get home, and on the way back he kept talking about how to coax you."
Li Ruo's eyelashes trembled a few times, and Liao Fusheng, who was standing next to her, said, "Go and see him."
Li Ruo recalled Liao Fusheng's earlier words, "If you don't rest properly, you'll die," and felt extremely agitated. Just as she was about to head towards Black Wind Stronghold, she suddenly heard Chen He, who was guarding outside, shout, "Chief!"
Li Ruo looked up and saw Xie Xiao walking over, followed by Xiao Li Zi and several brothers. He was still wearing the same robes, and he was walking unsteadily. His face was as white as a ghost, but his eyes were dark and blended into the night.
"Instead of resting properly, do you want to die?" Li Ruo glared at him.
Xie Xiao stared at her with deep, dark eyes, his tongue pressed against his cheek, "Do you care?"
Li Ruo's eyes widened even more, and she turned to leave. Her footsteps were hurried behind her, and soon her arm was grabbed.
Just as she was about to curse, Chen He said, "Boss, Miss Li was so worried about you after hearing that you went to Xuzhou, otherwise she wouldn't have risked going to Qinghua Mountain and waiting for you on the water."
Xie Xiao paused for a moment, a glint of light flashing in his dark eyes.
Li Ruo said with a straight face, "I'm nervous about the fourth leader, not him."
She was lifted up as soon as she finished speaking.
"Hey, what are you doing!" Li Ruo wanted to give him an over-the-shoulder throw, but then hesitated because of his injuries. "You're crazy."
And so he "forcibly" took it back to Black Wind Village.
Once inside the house, he put her down; his body was still burning hot.
"You're really courting death." Li Ruo asked Sun Ergou to bring a bowl of hot water and pressed him down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Xie Xiao said, "All of you, get out."
If he hadn't said anything, who would dare stay here?
There were only the two of them in the room.
Xie Xiao's hand was still tightly holding hers. Li Ru was getting impatient. "I won't leave, okay? Let go so I can help you clean your wound."
After a while, Xie Xiao slowly let go, his eyelashes fluttering a few times, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up.
When he saw her, his gaze was fixed on her.
Li Ruo took off his robe and looked at the wounds on his upper body. Her eyelids twitched. "How have you survived until now?"
"I was afraid you'd become a widow, so I'm just stubbornly holding on." The man's skin was as thick as a city wall.
"Ha, you're not the only man in the world."
Xie Xiao gripped her hand tightly, and Li Ruo fell onto him, landing right on one of his wounds. He groaned, but still managed to laugh, "Only I dare to marry you; they can't handle it."
Li Ruozhen really wanted to punch his dog's head to smash it, but she propped herself up and said angrily, "You're indirectly calling me a shrew?"
When I applied the iodine solution to his wound, I used a bit of force, which made him hiss. "Do you really want to kill me with pain and make me a widow?"
Li Ruo sneered, "Save your energy for shouting. The Taoist priest said you're very weak and deficient in qi and blood."
Xie Xiao almost did a somersault, but his body felt like it was falling apart, and he could only move slightly before Li Ruo pressed him down.
"This Liao Youcai has always been jealous that I'm stronger than him."
Li Ruo was about to scold him fiercely, but when she heard this name, she suddenly wanted to laugh. She twitched her lips and said, "How do you know Master Liao's original name?"
“If someone can come up the mountain and become my neighbor, how could I not investigate thoroughly? I know a lot more than that.” He made a pointed remark.
Seeing that he was about to get up, Li Ruo pressed him down again, "Lie down properly, or I'll leave right now."
Xie Xiao grabbed her hand and smiled, "You still care about me a little."
Li Ru shook off his hand that was trying to clench his fingers, "A patient should act like a patient."
She noticed that he was still using the same wolf fur blanket, and speechless for a moment, she took out a new cotton quilt from her spatial storage and gave it to him.
A thick quilt was also laid on the kang (a heated brick bed).
She was no longer surprised to see Xie Xiao.
This thing is really heavy. Li Ruo has been exhausted these past few days, and it took a lot of effort to move it.
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