Chapter 97 [VIP] Shadow Guard (11)
Afterwards, the three of them left the ruined temple together and continued to move forward in the direction of Qixia Villa. On the way, they were worried that the long journey would cause Ye Qiuchen's injuries to worsen, so they rented a horse carriage at a nearby inn. The carriage swayed for half a day and finally arrived at the influence area of Qixia Villa. Perhaps because of this, the group of pursuers behind them never appeared again.
After returning to Qixia Villa, Nan Yan was naturally taken back by the servants in the courtyard. Although her status and position were not as valued by the owner of the villa as the legitimate heir, she was still the master of Qixia Villa after all. Therefore, these servants were still very respectful to this young lady who had escaped death.
Nan Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She could finally relax for a while without having to fight anymore.
As for Ye Qiuchen and Shiqi on the other side, they were obviously going back to the Shadow Tower to report. Although they were injured on the way, they were still reprimanded this time! The owner of the Shadow Guard Tower thought that their mission was not good enough and that they delayed for too long. They didn't even figure out who they were chasing. This made the owner very angry. He didn't even say a word of comfort and condolence, and directly sent the two back to the Punishment Tower to receive their punishment.
Afterwards, both of them went to receive their punishments, and after receiving the whipping, Seventeen returned to Nan Yan's yard.
He is different from Ye Qiuchen. He is the young lady's shadow guard. If he does not receive any other orders, the only thing he has to do at this moment is to protect his master. However, when the master is not in danger and has no orders, he is not allowed to appear at will to disturb the master, otherwise he will be punished.
On the other side, Nan Yan heard that the two had been punished again, and there was obvious worry in her eyes. So she found an excuse for the maid who was serving beside her and took the opportunity to send the maid away. Then she took some golden sore medicine for treating external injuries from the pharmacy and planned to go and see how badly the two were injured.
The first place she went to was where Ye Qiuchen lived. Qixia Villa was very large, with a well-organized front and back layout. The places where the master and servants lived were naturally clearly divided. Ye Qiuchen was a criminal and had been injured. After being whipped this time, his injuries became more serious. Fortunately, his foundation was not bad, and apart from suffering some physical pain, his life was not in great danger.
When Nan Yan arrived, she saw the man sitting on the bed, his outer shirt soaked with blood. He was leaning on the edge of the bed with his clothes half undressed, and one hand was carefully applying medicine to the wound on his back. Because the wound was on his back, his movements were very clumsy, and the medicine powder spilled out several times.
Nan Yan only took a glance and her face turned pale. She bit her lip and rushed in almost subconsciously, "Ye Qiuchen, what happened to you? How did you get hurt so badly? Did the people from the Shadow Guard Building beat you again?"
Ye Qiuchen was startled by the sudden voice and his hand trembled. He accidentally spilled the half bottle of golden sore medicine. Before he had time to feel regretful, he looked up and saw who was coming. Two red clouds immediately appeared on his face and he began to tidy up his messy clothes in a hurry.
"Fourth Miss, why are you here?"
Ye Qiuchen was really embarrassed, as he was seen in such a disheveled state, and there were scars on his back accumulated over the years. He didn't know if she had seen them clearly, but they must have been very ugly. He didn't know if the master would dislike them. Thinking of this, Ye Qiuchen actually felt a rare sense of embarrassment in his heart, which was obviously something he had never felt before.
Nan Yan obviously didn't know what he was thinking. After seeing the scars on his back, she quickly walked over to him and stopped him from putting on his clothes.
She was extremely angry, especially looking at the wounds. She really didn't know what to say to him, "If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known that you would be injured so badly!"
She thought about it and still felt very sad. She bit her lip and her eyes were red. "You guys told me that everything was fine when we were on the road. But what about now? The wound on my shoulder is already red, swollen and cracked, and you still dare to be stubborn with me."
"Why are you hiding now? I saw it all, and you spilled all the medicine outside, and the wound hasn't even healed yet."
As she spoke, she pressed down his heaving shoulders, then pulled out a brand new bottle of golden ulcer medicine from her sleeve, opened his clothes, and carefully cleaned him upstairs.
Seeing this, Ye Qiuchen's body suddenly stiffened, especially when he saw the pair of white and soft fingers accidentally stained with blood from the wound, he inevitably felt a little strange in his heart, and his face became a little uncomfortable.
He lowered his head, blushed slightly, and explained with a little embarrassment, "Miss Fourth, don't blame yourself so much. In fact, it was getting better, but it became like this because of the whipping when you came back. It looks serious, but it doesn't hurt that much."
Nan Yan just snorted lightly, obviously not believing what he said. Ye Qiuchen didn't know why, but when he heard her angry snort, he felt a sense of joy in his heart for no reason.
He turned his head to look at her face, but she slapped him on the back of his head, "Don't move, can't you see I'm applying medicine to you?"
Ye Qiuchen heard this and said "oh" again, and couldn't help but twitch his lips. His fingers were tightly clasped on the clothes on his knees because of nervousness. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked tentatively, "Is the fourth lady here to visit me directly? Has she not been to Seventeen yet?"
Nan Yan seemed to be completely unaware of his little thoughts. She carefully wiped the blood off his wound and sprinkled some medicine powder on it. When she saw the bleeding stop, she said "hmm" and answered directly, "Of course I came directly to you. You were so badly injured. It would be very troublesome if no one took care of you. As for Seventeen, you don't have to worry about him. I will go check on him later."
Hearing this, Ye Qiuchen's heart inevitably rippled. His eyelashes trembled slightly, and he couldn't help thinking in his heart...
The reason why the master came to visit him first was probably because the person she cared about more in her heart was him rather than Ying Shiqi, so that's why she did this. Thinking of this, Ye Qiuchen subconsciously curled up the corners of his mouth into a smile.
Before he could confirm, Nan Yan, who was behind him, seemed to be relieved after applying the medicine, and began to remind him,
"Okay, don't get hurt again these few days, and don't touch water, otherwise even gods can't help you."
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something, blinked at him twice, and smiled gently, "By the way, do you remember the surprise I told you about before? I've already told my father that I want to find you a new master. Xiao Qi is gentle and reserved, and you will definitely not have any trouble with her. When you recover from your injury, you can go directly to her."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the man in front of her, "Is this the surprise that the young lady was talking about? Not only do you not want me anymore, but you also want to throw me to someone else at will?"
He then grabbed Nan Yan's wrist forcefully, somewhat incredulously, staring at her face without blinking, even his aura grew a little colder.
What is this? Just throw it away after use?
I clearly promised that I would never abandon him, but why... why did you throw him to someone else as soon as you came back?
Nan Yan's expression seemed to be completely stunned, and her watery eyes stared back at him blankly, "What's wrong? Isn't this what we agreed on before?"
She seemed to be a little confused as to why he was so reluctant. There was a hint of doubt in her eyes. She looked at him in confusion, "Didn't you say that? All you have to do is play a scene with me, and then I will help you get out of the studio. Isn't that what you want most?"
"Of course not!"
Ye Qiuchen gripped her wrist tighter and tighter, so tight that his body even trembled. Perhaps this was indeed the result he wanted most before, but it was different now.
They had been together for so long, they had fled together, lived and died together, and she had taken care of him for a night in the ruined temple. Wasn't all this enough to make him change?
How could she not care at all?
He thought... He thought...
Deep down she liked him at least a little.
But he didn't dare to say these words, because this word would only make him look cheap. He was just a shadow guard, a lowly servant, and she was the high and mighty master. His love would be ridiculed. But... but she was so good to him, even better than to Seventeen, so good that he thought she actually liked him.
Could it be that... all of that was just his illusion?
He didn't understand why she could say such a thing?
But looking at Nan Yan's confused expression, Ye Qiuchen knew the result. It was not as bad as he thought.
From the beginning to the end, she never liked him.
Nan Yan saw how tense and depressed he was, so she subconsciously reached out and patted his shoulder, trying to calm him down. "Don't be anxious, don't be angry."
"If you are not satisfied with anything, you can tell me. If you don't want to go to Xiaoqi's place, I can also help you change places. In short, I will make sure you are satisfied, okay?"
She smiled at him, her tone gentle and soft, with a hint of coaxing, but it only sounded more irritating to Ye Qiuchen's ears. Even though he had already done this, she still had that unhurried attitude, as if she didn't care at all.
"Miss Fourth, do you really not understand at all?" Ye Qiuchen couldn't help it anymore, and he tightened his grip on her wrist, asking this question with a burning gaze.
“什麽？”
南嫣微愣了下，似乎不太明白他說的是什麽意思，手腕被捏得有些不适，她蹙眉輕輕掙紮了下手上的桎梏，但是沒掙開，只能擡頭繼續望着他，“你今天到底怎麽了，是我哪裏惹你生氣了？你想讓我明白什麽？”
葉秋沉眼珠子都有些泛紅了，眼神也明顯強硬了許多，咄咄逼人的同時甚至還有一些壓抑，面無表情盯着人的時候顯得格外幽深，“主子難道不明白，演戲也是需要真情實感的嗎？四小姐利用屬下讓十七吃醋，那屬下就再幫小姐最後一次好不好？”
“讓十七好好看清楚，小姐跟屬下在一起的時候到底都在做些什麽？”
他話剛說完，整個身體陡然壓了過來，南嫣一時不察被壓了個正着，還好身後是軟鋪，倒下去的時候并不疼。
但南嫣顯然也被他此刻的舉動驚到了，面上露出一絲驚慌之色，她剛想掙紮起來卻被身上的人用力按住，然後俯下身去，進攻侵犯，深深吻住了對方的嘴唇。
這下南嫣是真的被吓到了，完全沒有想到他會這麽亂來，那雙水汪汪的眼眸用力睜圓，一時間都忘了掙紮。
而身上的葉秋沉卻愈發過分，他身體壓得越來越近，唇齒間的氣息也愈發急促，舌尖在她唇上纏綿，試圖往更深的地方滑入。
“唔……你做什麽？”
而南嫣也是這時清醒過來，她用力掙紮起來，卻被這人反手就按住了手腕，然後趁機拘押在頭頂無法動彈，她剛要說話，卻又被他趁機探入口中，急得她眼淚都快冒出來了，只能委屈地喊着，“十……唔，七……”
也是這時，“砰”地一聲！
房門被大力踹開，葉秋沉意亂情迷之際，完全沒有防備到身後的動靜，整個人只被一股重力狠狠一扯，直接撞翻了身後的案桌，桌上的水杯瓷器更是被摔得四分五裂。
這一摔，也讓葉秋沉的後背因為劇烈的撞擊而溢出血來，一股尖銳的刺痛頓時蔓延開來，令他冷眼嘲諷地盯着面前的人。
而此刻的十七是真想殺了眼前這人。
他從沒想過自己某一天會看到這種場景，更沒想到看到這種場景之後，情緒會失控成這樣。
他只覺得腦袋被什麽重重敲了一擊似的，胸膛起伏着，原有的平靜徹底消失不見，尤其是看到床上躺着的南嫣嘴唇被人啃咬得嫣紅水潤的模樣，猶不解恨的拽起對方的衣襟，眼神充滿殺意地盯着他，
“你再欺負她，我真的會殺了你！”
這是十七第一次壓抑不住內心對同伴生出的殺意，也是真的想殺了眼前的人。
葉秋沉倒是輕嘲了一聲，挑釁地擡起頭來，毫不示弱地直視過去，“怎麽，只許你暗中觊觎，難道我就不能喜歡嗎？”
“還是說，你已經忘了影衛的成長過程？想要的東西和人都是需要自己去搶回來的。”
“可你搶不過我！”
那雙黑眸沉浸浸的，裏頭什麽情緒都沒有，“從小到大你都搶不過我，你什麽都不如我，主子也是我的，是我一個人的，我不會給你機會。”
他說完便揪着他的領子用力往後一甩，甚至沒給他開口反駁的機會，轉身直接抱起榻上的南嫣，迅速離開了這裏。
而留在原地的葉秋沉輕嗤了聲，擡手拭去了嘴角的血跡，他不會就這麽放手的。
好不容易才遇到自己真正意義上喜歡的人，怎麽可能那麽輕易就罷休呢？
而在另一邊，南嫣被人一路抱着回到了房裏，丫鬟被支走了此刻還沒回來，屋裏空蕩蕩的什麽人都沒有。
而南嫣一被放下來，十七便順手将房門關上了，這讓南嫣瞬間感覺眼前這人有些不對勁了，大概是刺激過頭了，渾身上下都散發着一股冷氣。
雖然這根木頭是不太聰明，但是真生氣的時候，那眼神也是挺能唬人的，尤其是那雙眼睛，黑浸浸又霧沉沉的，裏頭絲毫情緒都沒有，像是放棄了作為影衛時的壓抑克制，把骨子裏的那點欲望都釋放了出來。
就這麽直勾勾地盯着她。
無端地叫人有種毛骨悚然的感覺。
南嫣嘴唇動了動，眼中也不自覺地流露出了一絲害怕的情緒，大概是被他這副要吃人的神情吓住了，幾乎是下意識地往後退了步，“你這麽盯着我做什麽？我跟葉秋沉，我們不是你看到的那樣……”
她話剛說完，便下意識地想去打開房門，好讓自己安全一點，卻被對方猛地擒住，然後用力一拽，整個人直接被反壓在了案桌上，後背抵在桌面，雙手被禁锢在頭頂，怎麽都掙紮不開了。
“你把我當傻子。”
十七這次是真的生氣了。
“我不是傻子，我什麽都明白，你說你喜歡我的，為什麽要給他親？”
尤其是看到她唇上的痕跡，十七下意識地用手蹭了蹭，然後直接低頭咬住。
他是真的咬，還好咬的不疼，将人重重壓在身下，又親又摸，親完之後還不罷休，最後更是直接捉着她的手掌捂在了全身上下最致命的地方，他眼睛眨了兩下，然後擡眸，那雙漆黑的眼珠毫無羞恥心地盯着她，
“這就是我想對主子做的事情，做夢都想。”
而南嫣則是鬼使神差地捏了兩下。
這回輪到他僵住了。
大概是真沒想到她會這麽直接。
原本好不容易醞釀的冷酷無情的嘴角瞬間繃不住了，面皮微微漲紅，又強撐着氣場，試圖擺出一副冷冰冰的模樣，“你不許轉移注意力，我還沒……還沒生完氣！”
南嫣一看他這副手足無措的樣子，頓時就忍不住笑了，哎呀，這就哄好了，她家木頭果然是外強中幹啊，她也不拖延時間了，直接就告訴他說，“你還生我的氣嗎？”
“可是我跟葉秋沉都是假的，我們只是在演戲而已，我喜歡的人從頭到尾一直都是你，十七，這樣你也要生我的氣嗎？”
演戲？
十七頓時愣住了，他沒想到兩人從頭到尾都是演戲，可是葉秋沉看主子的眼神明顯不是假的啊，想到這兒，他又下意識地去看南嫣的臉。
她目光水潤潤的，還略帶些委屈。
這自然不是騙他的。
十七雖然笨了點，但他真的不傻，尤其是在面對南嫣的事情上，所以打從一開始她喜歡的就只有他一個人而已，她沒有喜歡葉秋沉，她跟葉秋沉只是在演戲騙他而已。
想到這點，十七心中的那點怒氣幾乎瞬間就消散了，但是一想到自己剛才對主子做的那些失禮的舉動，心中頓時又緊張起來。
他慌亂地将手掌從人衣襟裏抽出來，幾乎不敢擡頭看人一眼，別看他剛才很兇，但那是在盛怒的情況下，這會兒氣消了，他也瞬間就歇菜了。
“我……我剛剛，冒犯了主子，對不起……” 他磕磕絆絆說了半天，也沒說出個所以然來。
而南嫣看他那不知所措的樣子，禁不住又想捉弄人了，這家夥剛才兇起來的時候可是很能吓唬人的，不找回場子不行啊。
“你剛剛确實冒犯我了。”
她眼裏閃過一絲笑意，“你摸我了，你說該怎麽辦？”
十七幾乎是下意識地從懷裏摸出一把匕首，想都沒想便遞過去了，“主子想怎麽罰都可以。”
南嫣沒理他，反倒問了一句，“罰你做什麽，我只是想問你，你剛才感覺怎麽樣？”
“啊？”
這一問倒是讓十七有些懵住了，他擡眸，看到主子那含着笑意的眼神，又回想起剛才的柔軟觸感，臉頰立馬不受控制地就紅了。
他低頭想了半天，一句話也沒說出來。
而南嫣還在問他，“你覺得夠大了嗎？”
十七只覺得腦袋暈乎乎的，下意識地點着頭，那雙漆黑的眼裏不受控制地漾起了一層水霧，最後老老實實地回了句，“大的。”
“那你覺得軟不軟？”
十七：“……”
南嫣成功将人調戲到臉紅耳赤、無話可說，又忍不住湊近了，“十七，這不公平呀，你剛剛摸了我，可是我還沒有摸你呢？”
這話讓十七下意識的低頭看向自己的胸口，然後對比了一下兩人的部位，最後十分為難地回了句，“我沒有。”
“誰說我要摸那兒了。”
這話實在讓人想入非非。
十七真的覺得今天受到的沖擊有些大，完全都不知道該怎麽回複好了，他緊張得額頭都冒汗了，雙腿無意識地夾緊了。
她不摸胸口的話，還想摸哪兒啊？
而南嫣則忍不住笑出了聲，尤其是看着這人愣頭愣腦的樣子，實在忍不下去了，雙手繞到背後，用力掐了一把對方的臀部。
十七：“……”
主子的愛好果然跟常人不一樣，可也不知為什麽，心底居然還有點失落落的。