Xiao Man ran to the door to wait, and on the way, she snorted arrogantly at Leng Zhan. She remembered her mistress saying that Leng Zhan was just being a sour grapes. She had the medicinal food made by her mistress herself, so let the cold-blooded guy be envious.
As was his habit, Chu Mubai first read the letter. Unexpectedly, the letter was not the long essay he had read before, but only a few lines. However, as he finished reading it, his eyes grew darker.
"Master?" This was the first time Leng Zhan had ever seen his master lost in thought.
Chu Mubai seemed to wake from a dream, and spread the letter out for Leng Zhan to see. "She wants to borrow it from you."
The mask of cold war shattered instantly. He picked up the letter in shock and read it. Sure enough, Xia Yixin wanted Chu Mubai to borrow Leng Zhan as her sparring partner. Moreover, she was asking him for the Shangxie Blade, which was sealed in the treasury as part of her dowry.
"Master, this subordinate..." Leng Zhan wanted to refuse immediately, but was interrupted by Chu Mubai's stern gesture.
"Tomorrow, from Chenshi (7-9 AM) to Youshi (5-7 PM), go to the West Garden. Also, go to the storeroom later and deliver the things she asked for." After saying this, Chu Mubai calmly ate his meal, but his heart was far from at peace.
He had long known that she belonged to the desert and would naturally leave once she had mastered the skill of flying; this place was a prison for her.
What can a cripple like him, who gets out of breath after walking three steps, possibly hope for?
For the first time, Chu Mubai found her cooking bland and tasteless.
Leng Zhan looked at his master, swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, but he was still angry, so he didn't deliver the things after taking them from the storeroom.
Unexpectedly, Chu Mubai, who had been perfectly fine, suddenly started coughing violently that night, even spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.
Seeing the shocking bloodstains beside the bed, Leng Zhan's eyes instantly flashed with murderous intent, and he stormed out of the room with a gloomy face.
"Cold War!" Chu Mubai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and tried to call out to Leng Zhan, but he had already rushed out. Not only him, but the other guards in the room were also looking furious.
"Young master, we've long suspected she has ill intentions. We beg your permission to go with Guard Leng to capture her!" the tall, burly guard shouted angrily, and the others echoed his sentiments.
"Yes, young master!"
Chu Mubai wanted to say something, but his throat suddenly tightened and blood spilled from the corner of his lips again. The jade-like man's face was deathly pale, and he looked as if he had been pulled out of the water. It seemed that he would pass away in a moment. This was even worse than when he hadn't taken the medicine!
His actions enraged the other guards in the room, who drew their swords and prepared to charge towards the West Garden. However, they had only taken a few steps when Chu Mubai's cold voice suddenly rang out behind them.
"All of you, come back here!"
They wondered if it was just their imagination, but why did their young master's voice sound stronger?
The guards turned around and were shocked to see that Chu Mubai, who had been barely breathing just moments before, had somehow stood up. Moreover, his pale face had regained its color, and apart from the undergarments that were stuck to his body with cold sweat and the blackened bloodstains on the ground, there was no indication that he had just vomited blood.
Chu Mubai was also shocked. When he first vomited blood, he did feel a sharp pain in his heart and lungs, but this was different from the previous times when he was poisoned. When he vomited blood, he clearly felt a warm current rushing through his meridians. He immediately understood that the blood he vomited was stagnant poison! When he vomited blood for the second time, he was even more certain.
He stretched out his hands and clenched them into fists. The unfamiliar sense of power and the feeling of comfort throughout his body filled him with joy. Although the original heaviness in his chest was still there, it had lightened considerably. This feeling of transformation made a flame seem to ignite in his deep eyes.
"Young Master?" the guards asked nervously.
Chu Mubai seemed to wake from a dream, a hint of worry appearing in his eyes. Without even instructing his guards to put on their undergarments, he rushed out of the room and headed straight for the West Garden.
Looking at Chu Mubai, who was walking briskly.
Even the most clueless guards realized they had misunderstood. They rushed towards the West Garden, praying that Guard Leng would remain calm and not be too ruthless. After all, Leng Zhan was once one of the top three assassins in the martial arts world, and Miss Xia would be doomed if she faced him.
The person most worried was Chu Mubai. He didn't even have time to savor the feeling of his strong limbs and swift movements. He had only one thought in his mind: she couldn't be hurt!
The East Garden and the West Garden may sound close, but they are not actually that close.
Although Chu Mubai had recovered some of his energy, he was still slightly out of breath and had cold sweat on his forehead as he approached the entrance of the West Garden.
He could hear from afar that two guards had fallen to the ground, but strangely, there was no sound coming from inside.
Chu Mubai's heart sank. He rushed from the front yard to the back yard, his breathing becoming unsteady and his heartbeat quickening. But when he first saw that slender figure, all his voices vanished, and all his anxious emotions disappeared.
A voice inside him told him that it was her, that he had finally found her, and that she was his.
The woman wore a neat black and red belted long robe, her hair tied up with a hairband, revealing her fair and flawless face. Her delicate features and exquisite figure, which originally gave her a beautiful temperament, now had a touch of heroism and straightforwardness. In particular, her eyes were clear and pure, and the calm temperament surrounding her made people unable to help but linger on her.
She was clearly different from her fiery temperament that night.
As he looked at her, Xia Yixin also noticed him.
Without needing any system prompts, she had already guessed the identity of the person in front of her. Having seen so many modern-day male celebrities with enhanced features, she immediately felt that all of them were trash when she saw Chu Mubai.
What an exceptionally handsome and refined gentleman!
The man was exceptionally handsome, with snow-white skin and lips that were even redder than a woman's. Although he was beautiful, he was by no means effeminate; on the contrary, he possessed an undeniable jade-like elegance.
But this was only on the surface. Xia Yixin could see a bloodthirsty wolf hidden in his deep eyes. No wonder the Mary Sue heroine Zi Linglong in the original work both loved and hated him. Even when this man was only wearing his undergarments, he had an extraordinary demeanor, like a fairy or a demon.
But why did she feel that he was somewhat familiar? However, when she saw that his thin clothes were being blown through by the wind, she frowned and ran quickly towards him.
She muttered to herself.
"Why are you dressed so lightly? You'll get sick if you catch a cold. Get inside right now." She didn't think there was anything wrong with what she was doing and even called to the stunned Xiaoman, "What are you standing there for? Go find a cloak."
Xiao Man suddenly realized that in an era of self-discipline and propriety, it was something that only extremely close people would do for a woman to take a man's arm.
The other guards were also momentarily stunned, watching helplessly as Xia Yixin pulled him into the house. Why did they have the feeling that their master had been kidnapped by a spider demon? It must be their imagination…
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