◎ "Of course I like her."◎
An Jiu was woken up by being shaken.
When she opened her eyes, she saw the endless yellow desert. The sand raised by the galloping horses blew on her face, filling her mouth with dirt.
"Pah, pah, pah."
It was then that she realized she was lying on the back of a horse, her body swaying as the horse galloped, her head filled with blood and she felt dizzy.
There was a man sitting on a horse, with a big hand pressing on her back to stabilize her body.
An Jiu was so dizzy that he couldn't help but shout, "Can you be nicer to the hostages? Believe it or not, I will report you later!"
At this moment, An Jiu still subconsciously believed that the person who kidnapped her was a killer sent by Pei Ji.
She saw with her own eyes Pei Ji and Ah Qi talking, in which they said to have someone pretend to be a thief and find an opportunity to capture her and take her to Qiansha Pavilion.
So where did this person come from and not do what he wanted.
An Jiu thought that with Pei Ji's current favorable impression of her, she should still have some say, so she wouldn't really die immediately after leaving.
So this person should listen to what she says.
Sure enough, as soon as An Jiu finished speaking, the horse slowed down, and the hand that was pressing on her was retracted. After a while, her arm tightened and her eyes blurred, and she had gone from lying down to sitting sideways on the horse.
As if afraid that she would lose her balance, the person behind her raised his hand slightly and supported her arm.
"Excuse me, Miss An." A low voice rang in my ears.
An Jiu turned around and saw that the person who was speaking was the man who had talked to her on the street before she lost consciousness.
This man still had a face that would be unrecognizable if dropped into a crowd, as if he were an ordinary passerby. The only thing was his tall and strong physique that most people couldn't afford, which indicated that he was a little unusual.
An Jiu glared and said, "You knew it was offensive, but you still treated me like that just now?"
What she meant was that she should be made to lie on the horse's back and be carried around like a sandbag. An Jiu had never suffered such an injustice!
Even when she was traveling with Pei Ji, he would prepare a spacious carriage for her. How dare this man treat her like this!
An Jiu was furious. She even dared to lose her temper with Pei Ji, so it was impossible for her to be in a good mood now.
After all, this man wanted to kill her if he captured her.
"Does your master know that you are doing this? Do you believe that if I say a word to him, you will die?" An Jiu threatened angrily.
The horses were still galloping forward, but much slower and less jolting.
The man held the reins with a stiff face. Even after hearing the threatening words, his expression did not change at all.
The tone of his voice was as calm as ever: "I'm sorry, Miss An, the master ordered you to be taken back as soon as possible. I have not overstepped my authority, I am just doing my job."
An Jiu: "???"
"You're not afraid?" Wasn't Pei Ji very cruel to the men of Qiansha Pavilion?
How could this person not show any expression? How could he be so courageous?
The man said seriously: "The protagonist is clear about the distinction between public and private, and will not punish his subordinates at will. Miss An is worrying too much."
An Jiu: "..."
She stared at the man for a while, then looked at the endless Gobi Desert ahead, swallowed her throat and asked, "Where are we now?"
The man said, "We are about to reach Yanmen Pass."
An Jiu asked again: "What's your name?"
"My humble name is Qingque."
It was almost dusk and the two men were riding on the same horse. Behind them was the blood-red setting sun, casting a flying shadow across the desert Gobi.
An Jiu was silent for a long time, and poked the system in his mind: "System, show me Pei Ji's side."
【OK. 】
A projection hit her eyes. To be more precise, this projection hit Anjiu's retina directly, so only she could see it.
What was particularly coincidental was that as soon as the projection was turned on, An Jiu saw the usually calm and composed man spitting blood.
"Oh no."
The system also followed: [Oh wow. ]
An Jiu was surprised: "System, you can actually say something other than the mission?"
This system is usually as quiet as a chicken, like a mascot, and even when it speaks it always looks low in intelligence.
An Jiu had never seen such a human side of it.
System: […The system is not a dead thing.]
An Jiu was too lazy to delve into it. This system couldn't explain anything. She had asked about the things behind the system before, but when it came to such secrets, its mouth was more reliable than a clam shell.
[Host, Pei Ji cares about you quite a bit. ]
An Jiu's gaze was still on the projection. Seeing Pei Ji, who was pale and staggering, being helped back to the room by Ah Qi, her eyes were a little complicated.
"Of course he cares. I am his life."
Literally life.
But...it really surprised her that he would vomit blood.
An Jiu lowered her eyelashes and looked at the back of her hand. The red mole on her ring finger was still as bright as yesterday.
Did he forget that she still had this thing he left on her?
At this point, if An Jiu couldn't figure out who had kidnapped her, then she would be stupid.
After turning off the projection, An Jiu looked at the man behind him: "Qingque, are you a Xuanyi Guard?"
Qingque glanced at her and replied, "Yes."
"My father asked you to take me back?"
"I obey the orders of the Emperor. Lord An has asked the Emperor to send me to look for Miss An."
An Jiu looked at his ordinary face and finally understood why he looked familiar when he first saw him.
The last time I saw the Jinyiwei belonging to Mingyi, he also had an ordinary face that attracted no attention.
Although An Jiu felt that this extraordinary appearance was also special.
The anger in An Jiu's heart had almost disappeared after this conversation.
Since he is a Xuanyi Guard, she can tolerate it.
After all, the Xuanyi Guards would not give her face. No wonder he was so calm when she said she was complaining.
Soon after the sun had completely set, the two arrived at Yanmen Pass.
After entering the pass, there was a city. Qingque took Anjiu to find an inn and booked a room.
An Jiu asked curiously, "Just one room?"
Qingque said, "I will just rest at the young lady's door."
An Jiu: "..."
How afraid they are that she will run away!
An Jiu kindly said, "I won't run away. Please book an extra room. I swear I won't run away."
An Jiu's words were sincere, but Qing Que pretended not to hear them. He took the sign and went upstairs.
The two of them had a simple dinner provided by the inn, and An Jiu went to bed. Qingque also sat down directly at the door of her room as he said, intending to spend the night in the corridor.
An Jiu asked him to come into the room and sleep on the floor, but he didn't move, like a piece of wood.
This is a rigid and rule-abiding man.
An Jiu tried to persuade him, but seeing that he was indifferent, he stopped trying.
In fact, she really didn't want to run away. Qingque's arrival made Anjiu quite happy. Between being caught and taking her home to marry the old man and being caught and dying to detoxify, everyone knew what to choose.
Even though it was just a delay for a while, after all, she couldn't avoid seeing Pei Ji. She still had to go home, so maybe living a little longer was better.
Besides, being caught and brought home is not useless.
Lying on the bed, An Jiu poked the system: [System, projection. ]
The projection appeared before my eyes again.
In the inn in Mingguang Town, a young man with a jade-like face and white clothes was half leaning against the head of the bed, his face pale and colorless.
Ah Qi came to the bedside with a bowl of medicine and said, "Don't worry, sir. I have already sent people to chase her. We will definitely bring Miss An back as soon as possible. Can you drink the medicine first? Your body can't stand it anymore."
Pei Ji lowered his head slightly, his deep black eyes staring quietly at his arms, silent.
An Jiu looked closely and saw a bright red spot on his fair arm.
This should be the mother Gu among the mother and child Gu.
An Jiu was not surprised. She could react. With Pei Ji's intelligence, it was impossible for him to think of this.
"Southeast, two hundred miles...she should have reached Yanmen Pass." He suddenly spoke, softly.
When he said this, his tone was very light, revealing a sense of weakness.
An Jiu keenly noticed that there was a hint of listlessness lingering around the corners of the man's eyes and eyebrows, and his pupils were slightly dim, as if what he spat out was not only blood, but also his spirit.
Ah Qi said, "We have already sent someone there. They will reach Yanmen Pass by midnight. The person will definitely stop in the city with Miss An and will definitely be able to find Miss An."
After saying this, the loyal servant hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but worry and reminded: "My lord, you have been running all the way to absorb the Bodhi seeds, and you forced yourself to fight. Now your meridians are in chaos. If you don't rest well, you may go crazy..."
Pei Ji finally raised his eyes, his dark pupils filled with icy indifference.
"I'm a doctor, I know my own body well."
Pei Ji was of course aware of his current physical condition.
The blood that rushed out of his mouth in anger at that time not only disrupted his already unstable internal strength and made his tendons and veins a mess, but also caused the poison in his body that had just subsided to show signs of revival.
The tendons and veins are easy to deal with. Just as he said, he is a doctor and there is no way he can really let himself go to the point of going insane.
The really tricky thing is the poison. Every time the poison attacks, it will be more serious the next time, and it will accumulate over and over again until it drives him completely crazy.
Thinking of this, the man's eyes became colder.
"Sir, do you... like Miss An?"
Ah Qi had never seen the young master so weak, even when the poison took effect before.
In his mind, the young master has always been the supreme being who controls everything with ease. He is strong, wise, capable and scheming. Even though he is in a wheelchair and is a pitiful man in the eyes of the public, he can still build up a huge power with ease.
However, such an extremely powerful person seemed like a different person since he met An Jiu.
Ah Qi was a bystander, and he had already noticed that the young master treated Miss An differently.
Although she can detoxify the young master, his attention to her now obviously goes beyond the limits of detoxification!
"Like..." Pei Ji suddenly curled the corners of his lips, and a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.
"Of course I like her." He did not deny it.
Ah Qi was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and immediately said, "Then I will order someone to find another woman tomorrow. The world is so big, there must be other women who can help you detoxify! When you recover, you can be with Miss An for a long time."
Pei Ji suddenly spoke, his voice slightly hoarse: "No, just use her."
The man was dressed in white and had black hair, with a smile on his lips. But the smile was no longer as gentle as before, but only cold.
As Ah Qi watched, he couldn't help but shudder.
"It is precisely because I like her that I cannot keep her." Pei Ji spoke word by word in a low voice as if talking to himself.
The night flooded the earth, and the thin moonlight passed through the window lattice, casting a silver frost on the wooden floor.
A man in black tights was half-sitting in the corridor with his eyes closed. The door against which he was leaning suddenly opened.
He quietly opened his eyes and saw the girl in a red skirt running out of the room with a bag on her back, looking panicked, as if she was running for her life. She said to him hastily, "Qingque, I miss home so much. Why don't we hurry back overnight!"
Qingque: “…”
Why did he remember that before leaving, Minister An seemed to have specifically reminded him to keep a close eye on Miss An and not let her run away?
Does she look like she's going to run away?
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