虽然这人脸上布满伤痕，苍白的脸色看着也没了往日的傲气和冷漠，可周沉鱼还是一眼认出了他。
只是他怎么会伤的这么重？
Without time to investigate further, Zhou Chenyu knelt on the cobblestones and patted his face hard. "Yang Xi, hey, Yang Xi, wake up! What's wrong with you? Wake up!"
Yang Xi kept his eyes tightly closed and showed no reaction. If it weren't for the faint breath he still had, he would have looked dead.
Seeing him soaking in the water, Zhou Chenyu asked, "Did you drown?"
She immediately sat on his waist, clasped her hands together, and pressed hard on his chest. "Yang Xi, wake up! Don't fall asleep! Wake up, Yang Xi!"
Seeing that she was being resuscitated, Huangdou, who was standing nearby, could not help but lie there helplessly, calling out to her.
Zhou Chenyu pressed for a while, but her arms were too weak to exert any more strength. No matter how she pressed, the man on the ground remained unconscious.
She got off Yang Xi, glanced at his tightly closed thin lips, and without hesitation, immediately leaned down to approach him. But in an instant, the world spun around her, and before she could react, she was pinned down by the awakened man.
Water droplets from Yang Xi's hair fell onto her face. Zhou Chenyu met his sharp eyes and froze for a moment before his large hand gripped her neck tightly, as if he were about to twist it off, making it hard for her to breathe.
Zhou Chenyu grabbed his arm tightly, kicked her legs painfully, and managed to say with difficulty, "Yang...Yang Xi, I'm saving you! I am...Zhou Chenyu!"
Zhou Chenyu?
In the midst of the chaos, Yang Xi shook his dizzy head vigorously, and his vision, which had been obscured by the mist, became clearer, revealing Zhou Chenyu's unforgettable face.
He quickly released his hand from her neck, propping himself up on his arms above her. "Zhou Chenyu, how... is it you?"
The man's breath brushed against her face, and Zhou Chenyu's eyes widened as she glared at him angrily, "Then who did you think it was?!"
"I..." Yang Xi lowered his eyes, wanting to explain, but his lips were already bloodless. He held on for a while, but before he could speak, he could no longer lower his head and bury it in her neck, and completely fainted.
His head rested against Zhou Chenyu's neck, and the water droplets that slid down her nose flowed down her neck. Zhou Chenyu couldn't help but recall certain scenes from the past, and blushed as she pushed him away: "Hey, wake up!"
Yang Xi pressed his entire body against her, making it difficult for her to breathe, like a thousand-pound weight. Zhou Chenyu hadn't recovered from the first aid she had just given him and couldn't move him at all, so she just let him press down on her.
"Yang Xi, you pinched me so hard, how come you've passed out again? Do you know how heavy you are?"
She cursed a couple of times in frustration, then, having rested enough, puffed out her cheeks and pushed him away forcefully. She then got up in a disheveled state, clutching her neck, as if she had just been to the gates of hell.
"If I'd known you'd try to strangle me the moment you woke up, I would have preferred to let you die here! Good deeds never get rewarded!"
Zhou Chenyu calmed down, got up with her clothes still wet, and saw him lying unconscious in the water. She spoke harshly, but when she saw how badly he was injured, she couldn't bear to leave him there.
"Did I owe you something in my past life?!" Zhou Chenyu used all her strength to drag him back to the shore.
It was only then that I noticed he not only had scratches on his face, but also injuries on his shoulder. The depth of those wounds would require at least a dozen stitches in a top-tier hospital.
"You're still alive despite being injured like this; it's truly a miracle you weren't meant to die."
Zhou Chenyu looked at him and felt a headache coming on. This man was nearly 1.9 meters tall. Even if Baoyu came, it would be difficult for him, let alone her, a woman.
"Since you've saved me several times, I'll repay you this time." Zhou Chenyu scratched his hair, noticing that it was getting dark and Baoyu should be back by now.
She looked at Huangdou and ordered, "Huangdou, go and call Baoyu here quickly!"
After being slapped by Zhou Chenyu and hearing Baoyu's name, Huangdou immediately turned around and ran into the woods, following Baoyu's scent.
Baoyu caught two live pheasants and a fawn in the back mountain and was rushing back to the wooden house to share his joy with his sister when he saw Huangdou running towards him. He couldn't see his sister anywhere, and his smile vanished instantly. "Where's my sister? Has something happened to her?"
After delivering the message, Huangdou barked twice, urging Baoyu to run back.
Baoyu, unable to be happy, anxiously chased after them, carrying his things. He thought of all sorts of terrible things that might happen along the way, and his legs went weak until he saw Zhou Chenyu, who was unharmed, and the man lying on his side.
He was shocked. "Sister, what is Chief Yang doing here?"
Zhou Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief. "Huangdou kept calling here, and I was worried, so I came over to check. When I arrived, I saw Yang Xi lying here covered in injuries."
Baoyu immediately dropped his things and jumped down the slope. "Sister, let's carry Yang Bantou back to the house first."
“Yes, that’s what I was planning to do too.” Zhou Chenyu helped Yang Xi onto Baoyu’s back and escorted him back to the wooden house.
The two of them helped Yang Xi to bed. Bao Yu carefully examined Yang Xi's wounds; there were injuries everywhere. He frowned anxiously. "Sister, you said that Commander Yang's martial arts skills are so high that even Qian Rushan has to give him some respect. Why is Commander Yang injured like this?"
"He's human, not invincible. He'll get hurt eventually. Besides, I wasn't with him every second, how would I know?"
Zhou Chenyu listened to Baoyu's incessant questions and didn't have time to pay attention to him. She said, "In short, none of these things are important. Saving people is the priority."
Touching Yang Xi's clothes, which were soaked through, Zhou Chenyu murmured, "His clothes are all wet. Quickly find him a clean set of clothes to change into. Go now."
"Hey." Baoyu turned around and went out of the main room to rummage through his clothes. Zhou Chenyu unbuttoned Yang Xi's collar one by one and took off his outer garment first.
The blue official robe was removed, revealing the white undergarment underneath, which was stained red with blood near the left shoulder.
"The injury is more serious than I imagined." She frowned as she helped him unbutton his coat. Sure enough, there was a knife wound about one centimeter long on his left shoulder, which must have been cut with the tip of the knife pointing downwards.
The water-soaked wound was stuck to the white undergarment. Zhou Chenyu carefully tore it apart with minimal force, but the man on the bed still frowned and groaned in pain.
Hearing his voice, Zhou Chenyu felt her heart clench for some reason. "He must be in so much pain to be injured like this."
Zhou Chenyu felt uncomfortable for a while, then continued to take off the rest of her clothes. Baoyu found the clothes and returned to his room. When he saw the scene in front of him, he blushed with embarrassment.
"Sister, shall I change the rest of Yang Ban Tou's clothes? After all, you're a girl, how can you do these things?"
Um?
Zhou Chenyu, mindful of Yang Xi's wounds, didn't dwell on the details. When she saw her hand on the man's body, she quickly withdrew it.
What... what's there to be shy about?
Zhou Chenyu belatedly realized what was happening and angrily retorted, "The person is injured like this, almost dead, and you still have so many stupid rules. I'll wait outside, hurry up."
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