Chapter 96 [VIP] Shadow Guard (10)

After Seventeen came, Nan Yan's mood improved visibly, and she smiled more often.

She looked really beautiful when she smiled. All the sorrow and worry between her brows disappeared. She held Seventeen's finger and kept talking to him. Her eyebrows were curved like two crescent moons. Her eyes were clear and bright, reflecting the other person's figure, making people want to get closer. But that beautiful smile was directed to Seventeen alone.

Ye Qiuchen's eyelashes drooped slightly, making it impossible to see the expression in his eyes. He suddenly remembered that when the shadow guards were first assigned, he was actually the one who should have been protecting the fourth young lady.

Originally, he was the shadow guard assigned to the Fourth Young Miss, but the OP said that he was cunning and treacherous, and was afraid that the Fourth Young Miss's gentle personality would not be able to control him, so he gave his favorite disciple Ying Shiqi, who he had personally trained, to the Fourth Young Miss, and he became the shadow guard of the Third Young Master. If it weren't for the OP's words, he should have been the one who stayed by the Fourth Young Miss' side.

When he thought of this, Ye Qiuchen clenched his fingers unconsciously. He kept thinking in his heart, if this was the arrangement, then the person standing next to the Fourth Young Lady should be him! And the person that the Fourth Young Lady would like and depend on now would not be Ying Shiqi, but him, Ye Qiuchen! It was Shiqi who accidentally took the position that originally belonged to him, and that should have been his.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiuchen's gaze fell on the two people at the door again. Nan Yan was checking the wounds on his body over and over again. Her soft white fingers were touching and pinching his waist and abdomen, and she almost took off his clothes to take a closer look.

This unrestrained movement,

It also successfully made Seventeen's cheeks turn red instantly.

He lowered his head and subconsciously backed away. He wanted to avoid her but she held him tightly. In the end, he didn't dare to look up at her and could only whisper,

"Don't touch me, don't touch me. I'm not seriously injured. Just some superficial wounds. They don't hurt anymore..."

Seventeen's face turned red and his breathing became a little rapid as she touched him.

What he was most worried about was when his master examined his body. He didn't know why, because he clearly didn't feel anything when he touched himself. But every time his master touched him, he was always worried that his lower body would swell up again. He was nervous but at the same time, he had a secret expectation that no one else knew about. He was afraid that his master would notice this abnormality, and he became more and more ashamed, and his face became redder and redder.

After checking the person from head to toe and making sure there was nothing serious.

Nan Yan then loosened her grip on his shirt, as if she breathed a sigh of relief. Her eyes lingered on the wound on his chest for a while before she asked in a worried tone, "Are you really okay? Are you sure you haven't been injured anywhere else? And is the wound on your shoulder better? Has it not split open again?"

Seventeen pursed his lips and said "hmm", then shook his head obediently. He looked very obedient.

There was a slight gleam in his eyes, his pupils were black, shiny and misty. His gaze fell on the person in front of him. The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, then quickly smoothed away. He knew that this meant that his master cared about him, so he was very happy in his heart.

"I'm really fine..."

Nan Yan smiled gently at him again and rubbed her head, "Well, I'm glad you're okay. By the way, what about Qiu Chen? Go check on him right away. He was seriously injured yesterday, lost a lot of blood, and had a fever in the middle of the night..."

Sure enough, Seventeen's good mood suddenly became a little bad when he heard his master muttering the names of other shadow guards, and Ye Qiuchen in the temple was obviously in the same mood.

He stared at the two of them calmly. The more he looked, the more annoyed he became. His facial expression did not change, but he suddenly remembered the first thing he learned in the Shadow Guard Building: to grab, to seize, to fight. Only things that are in your hands are yours. Just like every time they grab food, the weak and incompetent Shadow Guards always fail to grab food, and in the end they are always abandoned by everyone. The owner of the building taught each of them the most important truth: the things and people you want can only be obtained by fighting for them yourself. If you don't fight for them, you will get nothing!

And now he has something he wants very much, a desire he has never had before. He wants his master to care about him, he wants her to only look at him forever, and he doesn't want her to be taken away by someone else.

Nan Yan hurriedly dragged Seventeen to Ye Qiuchen again, and then pushed him forward, "Anyway, you martial artists must know the extent of this injury better than I do. Seventeen, check him out and see if it's serious."

Seventeen could only lower his head and check. Although his facial expression did not change, he was very unhappy in his heart, especially when he saw the look in Ye Qiuchen's eyes when he looked at his master. It was the kind of look that someone else was coveting for something he cared about. He had seen it too many times when he was in the Shadow Guard Building. Every time someone set their eyes on his food, they would show such a look. This made Seventeen suddenly alert and his eyes turned cold in an instant.

He was just about to say something to warn the other party.

When he turned around and saw his master's serious and worried expression, Seventeen paused, pursed his lips, and took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket. It was found on the bodies of the assassins he had killed. He threw it over with a swift movement and said, "It's not a big deal. This wound won't kill anyone."

In the past, when he was training in the Shadow Guard Building, the injuries he sustained were much more serious than this, but I never saw him show such a vulnerable side?

Ye Qiuchen raised his hand and caught the porcelain bottle. After hearing what he said, he couldn't help coughing twice, then opened the medicine bottle, poured out a pill and swallowed it directly. With a relaxed look, he said to Nan Yan, "Thank you for your concern, Fourth Miss. I'm really fine. Don't worry about these minor injuries."

Hearing that both of them said that everything was fine, Nan Yan's smile deepened even more. She was finally relieved.

However, seeing that Ye Qiuchen's face was still a little pale, Nan Yan still looked worried. She stepped forward and helped Ye Qiuchen sit down and lie down, and whispered some things to him.

Turning around, she saw that the firewood on the ground was almost burned out, so she quickly told Seventeen to go to the woods to pick up some more firewood, while she went to the river to fetch some clean water. The three of them made do with getting something to eat first and then left.

Seventeen glanced at the two of them intentionally or unintentionally. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied that Ye Qiuchen did not have to do anything, since this was an order from his master, he naturally would not say anything more.

So he turned and went into the woods, and came back with a small bundle of firewood and a very fat pheasant.

Nan Yan immediately smiled at him, and Shiqi also smiled. Without waiting for anyone's instructions, he squatted aside, prepared the pheasant, and roasted it next to the fire.

On the other side, Ye Qiuchen also wanted to help but was stopped by Nan Yan on the grounds that he was seriously injured. This made Ye Qiuchen feel embarrassed but also happy in his heart. Doesn't the master still care about him?

When the pheasant was roasted and the aroma filled the air, Seventeen no longer had his previous instinct to protect his food. He carefully cut the chicken meat with a dagger and placed it on dry leaves. He then passed it to Nan Yan, his eyes shining as if he was asking for her compliment.

Nan Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing, raised her eyes again, and praised him generously. Then she took the leaves from his hand, walked to Ye Qiuchen who was standing aside, and handed all the food in her hand to Ye Qiuchen, whose face was still pale, and said in a gentle voice,

"You should eat first. You haven't eaten much since yesterday afternoon, and you lost so much blood. You must be very weak. I need to nourish you first..."

This time, both of them seemed to be stunned.

Seventeen stared at his master, his lips pursed, the dagger in his hand unconsciously clenched, his expression was obviously unhappy, he didn't understand, those were obviously specially prepared for her, how could she hand them to someone else?

Ye Qiuchen was obviously a little surprised by Nan Yan's care. He opened his mouth, looked at the food in her hand, and couldn't help but look at Nan Yan's face.

Just as she was about to refuse, Ying Shiqi at the side couldn't help himself. He walked over and grabbed Nan Yan's hand and took it back. His lips moved with a stubborn and dull expression, "This is for you. If he wants to eat it, he can find it himself."

Nan Yan turned her head and glanced at him. She seemed not to realize that he was angry yet. She handed the leaf in her hand to him without any hesitation. "It's okay for me. Just eat some later. Qiu Chen was the most seriously injured, so of course he has to eat more. I know you are doing this for my own good, but if Qiu Chen hadn't tried his best to protect me, you might not have been able to see me."

She gave Seventeen a soothing smile, patted the back of his hand, and said soothingly, "Okay, don't worry about these little things, okay? Qiu Chen was injured because of me, I can't be so ungrateful."

Seventeen stared at her closely, still refusing to let go, "But protecting the master is what a shadow guard should do, and his injuries are not serious, so he doesn't need the master's considerate care."

As he spoke, he felt even more uncomfortable. His injuries were clearly not healed yet, so why did she only care about Ye Qiuchen and not him at all?

After saying this, Ye Qiuchen's eyes flickered slightly, and then he nodded and added in a low voice, "Miss Fourth, don't worry about me. Seventeen is right. Protecting the master is the responsibility of the shadow guard. Miss Fourth, don't worry about it. I am the same as Seventeen. He shouldn't be asked to take care of me."

After hearing this, Seventeen nodded, indicating that what he said was right and he did not hear the hidden meaning in the man's words at all.

But Nan Yan on the side was obviously unhappy.

Her eyes fell on Ying Shiqi, who still didn't understand anything, and her tone was obviously somewhat unhappy, "So you protected me, took care of me, and almost gave up your life for me, just because of your responsibility as a shadow guard?"

The stubborn Ying Shiqi actually didn't quite understand the difference between what she said and what Ye Qiuchen had just said, so he nodded subconsciously and stared at her blankly, not realizing that there was anything wrong with his answer.

However, as he watched Nan Yan's expression change rapidly, his natural animal intuition made him vaguely aware that something was wrong, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Nan Yan in front of him was obviously even angrier. She raised her eyes and stared at him, "Then let me ask you, if one day you are no longer my shadow guard and no longer need to obey my orders, will you no longer take care of me and protect me like this?"

Hearing this, Ying Shiqi almost subconsciously frowned, then shook his head and said, "No, I will always be your shadow guard. I will never leave you, and I will never disobey your orders. This kind of thing will never happen."

Nan Yan was really pissed off by this stubborn guy. He couldn't say anything nice. He couldn't even coax people?

She was angry and upset, and even her mood began to get upset. She glared at him angrily, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"I've already said it's a if. If there really comes a day when you are no longer the Shadow Guard of the Shadow Building, and I make a big mistake and anger my father, and I am no longer the owner of Qixia Villa, then if the people in the Shadow Guard Building ask you to kill me, will you obey their orders and kill me without mercy?"

As soon as the words fell, Seventeen's expression froze.

To be honest, he really never expected this to happen. His mind could never handle such complicated and troublesome things, so he always kept things simple.

As long as it was his master's order, he would just obey it, and he would also obey the orders of the building owner. But he really never thought about it. If one day the building owner asked him to carry out the task of harming Nan Yan, what would he do then?

How is this possible?

This was the first thought that came to Seventeen’s mind.

Just thinking about this order filled him with resistance and rejection. How could he possibly hurt her? Impossible!

But if he didn't obey the order, wouldn't that be betrayal? If he betrayed, wouldn't he no longer be the shadow guard of the shadow house? If he wasn't a shadow guard, wouldn't he be able to stay by her side anymore?

He finally sorted out the problem after so many twists and turns.

Seventeen turned his head and stared at Nan Yan in a daze. He obviously wanted to say something, but when he opened his lips, no words came out.

He was still unable to react for a moment, and he just felt that his brain had suffered a new shock. Which one was more important, the responsibility of the master or the shadow guard?

But his silence was seen as hesitation in the eyes of others. He was still hesitant in the face of such a thing. It seemed that he really didn't care about her.

Nan Yan became angrier and angrier, and finally she pushed the man hard. She simply turned around, her eyes reddening, "If you can't figure it out, go somewhere far away and think about it. Don't stand in front of me like a wooden stake, it's annoying just to look at me."

"I……"

Seventeen stretched out his hand, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Especially when he saw Nan Yan's eyes reddened, he instinctively wanted to go over and comfort her, but in the end, because she refused to pay attention to him, he could only squat at the door silently, thinking hard about what he had done wrong? It was obviously just because of a roast chicken at the beginning, why did she get angry again later?

On the other side, Ye Qiuchen's eyes flickered. Seeing Nan Yan's unhappy look, he subconsciously reached out and tugged at her sleeve, soothing her intentionally or unintentionally, "Don't be angry, Fourth Miss. Seventeen doesn't know anything. It's not worth it for the master to be angry with him..."

Nan Yan had a stern face at first.

Hearing this, she looked up at his cautious expression, then couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She tore the chicken in her hand into small pieces and passed them to him, staring at him with watery eyes. She looked so bright and relaxed, without any sign of anger.

Ye Qiuchen just felt it was a little strange.

"Who said I was angry? He's such a fool. If I keep getting angry with him, I'll kill myself."

Nan Yan blinked at him again, a hint of obvious smile flashing in her eyes, then she moved closer and whispered in his ear in a low voice, "Isn't this what you call acting? I just played along and deliberately provoked him."

She sighed after she finished speaking, her tone was really somewhat helpless, "Who said he is a fool? He knows nothing. If only he could wake up earlier, I wouldn't have to stare at him like this every day. This idiot doesn't know what I want at all, and he can't even do the simplest tricks to comfort me..."

But when he heard what she said, Ye Qiuchen's expression suddenly changed, and his face turned pale in an instant.

He subconsciously grabbed Nan Yan's wrist and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this all acting? Was the Master's kindness to me all fake?"

Nan Yan seemed startled by his sudden serious tone. After she came to her senses, she patted her chest again and turned her gaze to Ye Qiuchen's face. Then she reached out and poked the other person's head with her white fingers. She couldn't help laughing and said,

"What kind of nonsense are you thinking about?"

She looked at him strangely, as if she was amused. "Why have you become as stupid as Seventeen? Of course I am not being fake when I am nice to you. I am just taking advantage of your situation and killing two birds with one stone. How could I possibly lie to you?"

After she finished speaking, she stared at Ye Qiuchen again, her eyes smiling and slightly teasing. When she made him feel uncomfortable, she continued, "You helped me so much and saved me yesterday. With so many favors added up, how could I possibly lie to you?"

As she spoke, she passed the shredded chicken to his mouth. Ye Qiuchen smelled the fragrance and saw that it was handed to him by his master himself. His expression suddenly became uncomfortable and his voice stuttered, "I...I can do it myself. There is no need for the master to do it personally..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted. Nan Yan glanced behind her and said deliberately and nonchalantly, "Why are you fussing over this? Your master finally snatched this from that stingy guy. Do you want to eat it or not?"

The stingy guy on the other side got even angrier after hearing this, and he almost broke the branch with such force.

Ye Qiu hesitated for a moment, then caught a glimpse of Shiqi's eyes that were about to burst into flames. He immediately lowered his head, opened his mouth, and ate the meat obediently.

Seeing this, Nan Yan finally revealed a satisfied smile and continued to feed him, "Don't worry, I won't forget your kindness to me. When we return to Qixia Villa, I will definitely give you a satisfying surprise. This way, you can't accuse me of being ungrateful anymore."

……surprise?

Ye Qiuchen took a bite of the chicken, his head still a little dizzy. When he suddenly heard her say surprise, his expression was a little stunned. He had never thought that one day, the master would carefully prepare a surprise for the servant. This made him feel a little novel and moved, and at the same time, there was a hint of expectation in his heart.

What was the surprise she was talking about? Would she give up Seventeen and choose him instead? If that was the case, then it would be a real surprise.