Chapter 324: Don’t Cry
Wen Wan's hands were covered in blood, and a short arrow was pinched between her fingertips.
"Take it out!"
She breathed a long sigh of relief, but her hands did not stop moving. She quickly poured all the remaining medicine on his wound, and then tore off her robe to bandage his wound.
Only after doing all this did she dare to look up at Winn.
Upon seeing this, she was shocked to find that he, who had not uttered a single sound when she had just peeled off her flesh, actually had bloodshot eyes with two crystal tears hanging at the corners of his eyes.
Wen Wan: “…”
What to do, she suspected, was he pretending to cry?
Wen En curled his lips and leaned towards her aggrievedly, "Sister, it hurts so much, I can't help crying."
Wen Wan: “…”
Do you want to listen to what you are saying?
Your acting is terrible, don't you know that?
Apart from those two tears, your expression doesn't look like you're crying in pain!
Seeing that she didn't respond, Wen En's eyes darkened and he said coquettishly: "Sister...Sister, it hurts."
"Uh..." Wen Wan's mouth twitched.
Wen En secretly leaned his head on her shoulder again and said softly, "Sister, hug me and I won't feel any pain."
Who can resist this handsome and well-behaved brother when he starts to act like a spoiled child?
Wen Wan had a bitter face. Reason told her that it was not appropriate for men and women to be intimate with each other, and she should push him away immediately.
But the image that appeared in her mind was when she tried to remove the arrow just now, his skin and flesh were flying around, but he endured it silently without saying a word.
Poor child, he had suffered so much in the past that even when he was in such pain, he didn't dare to show weakness to the people around him.
She suddenly remembered a saying: no one is born strong, but because they have no one to rely on when they are weak, they have to pretend to be strong.
“Yeah…”
Wen Wan suddenly couldn't bear to push him away.
She hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised her hands and hugged him.
"En En, be good. It's all over. Sister will hug you. En En, don't cry."
She soothed him gently, patting his back softly.
Although he had been looking forward to the sudden hug for a long time, the moment she really hugged him, Winn's whole body stiffened.
At first, he didn't react and there was a look of confusion in his eyes.
Then, his nose felt sore and tears began to fall one after another. In the end, he buried his head in her neck and sobbed softly.
"Hey kid, didn't you say you'd stop crying if I hugged you? Why are you crying even harder?"
Wenwan scolded him in a gentle tone, and for some reason, she started to cry.
Wen En's throat rolled and his voice was hoarse. He was sobbing and could only murmur the word "sister" with sobs.
His sister, what should he do with her?
Wen Wan will never know that this brief embrace in the carriage was just a fleeting glimpse in her life, but for him, it was a panacea that could heal a lifetime of pain.
*
Perhaps she was really exhausted both physically and mentally. When Wen Wan came to her senses again, she found that Wen En had fallen asleep on her shoulder.
She gently laid him down, covered him with a thin blanket, and then lifted the curtain of the carriage.
The carriage galloped along, and now the town ahead could be vaguely seen.
Two guards were sitting in front of the car. When they saw Wen Wan, they asked with concern, "How is His Highness?"
"The arrow was taken out and he just fell asleep."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Wen Wan was about to get back into the carriage when one of the guards couldn't help but call out softly, "Miss Wen."
Wen Wan paused and looked over.
The guard said in a deep voice, "Miss Wen, His Highness..."
He seemed to be struggling with what to say but hesitated.
Another guard held his hand and shook his head slightly.
The guard lowered his head and said in a gruff voice, "It's nothing. You should rest for a while. We'll call you when we get to town."
Wen Wan didn't know what the guard wanted to say but didn't say it out loud. She had a vague premonition, so she didn't dare to ask.
Not everything in this world needs to be explored thoroughly.
For some things, if you know the outcome, it is better to keep it deep in your heart forever than to speak it out.
*
The carriage arrived at the town as quickly as possible.
The two guards were concerned about Wen En's injuries, so they left one to stay in the inn to look after him while the other went to find a doctor.
Wen Wan settled the people down and was about to go out again without even having time to wash the blood off her hands, leading the horse.
Shen Yu was still in the village, and she didn't know if she had escaped safely. If Wen En's injuries hadn't continued to be treated, she would never have left him alone.
She returned along the same route, ran for an hour in one breath, and finally saw the huge team ahead at the foot of the mountain.
She stared vigilantly until she saw that it was the Fengcheng defenders, then she went forward to meet them.
The leader was still the young general, but this time he looked disheveled, his armor was blackened by smoke, and half of his hair was burnt.
Looking at the other soldiers, they were not much better than him. They all looked like they had just crawled out of a fire.
With the help of the torch light, Wen Wan anxiously searched among the crowd. After looking around, she didn't see Shen Yu, and her heart suddenly sank.
Wen Wan rushed to the young general and asked sternly, "Where is General Shen?"
The young general shook his head and said, "I didn't see General Shen in the mountain stronghold."
When Wen Wan heard this, her body swayed and she almost fell off the horse.
The young general's face was gloomy. "After we entered the stronghold, the fire inside grew stronger with the wind. Before we could get deeper, the stronghold turned into a sea of fire. The huge rocks on the mountain top behind us also landslided, killing many people."
He sighed, "Out of seven or eight hundred of us, less than half escaped. We did capture a few worthless bandits, but we didn't even see the monk the girl mentioned..."
Wen Wan held the reins tightly, but her thoughts were in a mess.
Why did the fire spread so quickly? Could it be that there was kerosene in the village, and the quantity of kerosene was huge?
She gritted her teeth, kicked the horse's belly hard, and rushed up the mountain against the flow of people.
The young general was shocked for a moment when he saw this. When he came to his senses, Wen Wan had already passed through the crowd and gradually disappeared at the end of the road.
Beside the young general, a subordinate whispered, "The stronghold is already burned down like that, and this woman is still running up the mountain. Is she trying to save herself?"
The young general shook his head, "Who knows what's wrong with her?"
The subordinate asked again: "But General He's token is still in her hands. Should we send someone to check it out?"
The young general looked embarrassed and seemed to be unable to make up his mind.
After pondering for a moment, he turned his horse around and called a few soldiers to follow him.
"What the hell! The mountain is almost burned down, and this woman is still running up there. There must be something very important in the mountain stronghold!"
"Fortune and honor are sought in danger. Let's go! Let's follow and see. Maybe we can find a chance to make a contribution."
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