Urbaner Blumentraum - Kapitel 214
Fearing something might happen while she was away, she didn't dare go in directly. Instead, she squatted down a short distance away, intently watching the entrance. When she found that the grass at the entrance was still the same as when she had covered it, she immediately felt relieved and led her horse over.
The Sky Over the Martial World is Clear - Part Three: Chapter Eighteen
She pushed aside the covering and was about to crawl inside when a flash of lightning suddenly appeared before her eyes, aimed straight at her throat.
The bright flash of lightning looked so familiar that Zhu Huihui cried out in fright and sat down on the ground, saying, "Great hero, it's me... I'm back!"
The snow-like light suddenly faded, and the sword paused on her forehead before slowly being withdrawn.
Feng Xuese remained silent for a moment, then, under the faint starlight, a warm smile appeared on his face: "You're back!"
As Zhu Huihui led the horse into the cave, he wiped the cold sweat from his brow: "Great hero, my head almost really ended up in your hands!"
"I thought..." I thought you left on your own and wouldn't come back.
Feng Xuese heard a few familiar snorting sounds, then felt a large head rubbing against him. He felt a slight excitement, reached out and stroked the horse's head, paused for a moment, and then said, "So you came back with your horse. I didn't recognize it." The cloth wrapped around the horse's hooves could certainly prevent leaving hoofprints and confuse the enemy, but it also affected his judgment.
Zhu Huihui covered the cave entrance again: "Great hero, guess who I saw?"
"who?"
"There are three of the twelve zodiac envoys: the snake envoy, the ox envoy, and another one called Brother Horse, whose identity is unknown."
“That’s the envoy,” Feng Xuese explained to her. “The envoys are based on the Chinese zodiac, and roughly the surname corresponds to the envoy.”
"Oh, I see!"
Feng Xuese asked curiously, "They didn't make things difficult for you?" Before, on the Lone Eagle Gorge boardwalk, the Serpent Envoy wanted to eat this guy alive, so how could they let her go for nothing!
Zhu Huihui chuckled, "They didn't recognize me." She proudly recounted to Feng Xuese how she had tricked the snake envoy with Ah Shan and how she had stolen the horse back.
Feng Xuese couldn't help but smile slightly and praised, "What a clever child!" This child is not only clever when it comes to doing bad things, but also thoughtful and brave when it matters.
Zhu Huihui said modestly, "Not at all, it's all thanks to your excellent guidance, sir!" She habitually flattered Feng Xuese.
Feng Xuese chuckled: "Zhu Huihui!"
"Yes, sir!"
"sorry!"
"Yes, hero—ah?" Zhu Huihui's eyes widened, not understanding why he said that.
Feng Xuese said slowly, "I thought you had left, so—I'm sorry!"
He was an upright man. Although he didn't say it out loud at the time, he did have doubts in his heart and felt quite sorry for Zhu Huihui, so he apologized to her.
"Ah, no...it's nothing!"
Even though Zhu Huihui had an incredibly thick skin, she felt extremely ashamed. The skin on her cheeks started to burn. Fortunately, Feng Xuese's eyes were blind; otherwise, even in the dark, he would probably have seen through her guilty conscience.
However, as ashamed as she was, she wasn't foolish enough to admit that she had actually intended to abandon him and run away. She cleared her throat and changed the subject: "Ahem, by the way, sir, are you hungry? I brought back some food!"
She retrieved the things she had taken from the village from the horse, wiped her hands on her clothes, picked up a steamed bun, and handed it to him: "Hero, please!" She added, "I've already washed my hands."
She was simply taking advantage of Feng Xuese's blindness, so she blatantly lied as well. Wash her hands? She did wash them, but it was at noon!
Feng Xue knew she was lying, but she didn't seem disgusted. She took the steamed bun and asked, "Where did this come from?"
"It was taken from a family in the village below."
Feng Xue's face darkened: "Stolen?"
As Zhu Huihui peeled a salted egg for him, she casually replied, "Anyway, it can't be considered a gift."
Feng Xuese slowly put the steamed bun down.
Zhu Huihui looked up and thought he was complaining about the food, so she advised, "Hero, I know this steamed bun is made with coarse flour and high in alkali, so it doesn't taste very good. But we're lucky to have anything to eat right now. Please don't be picky and just make do with it!"
Feng Xuese said calmly, "I don't eat stolen food."
"Huh?" Zhu Huihui almost choked on her own words. What? She didn't even mind that he dragged her into this mess, and he dared to accuse her of stealing!
"Fine, don't eat then! I'll eat it myself!" Damn it, you pretentious old man, starve to death!
In a fit of pique, Zhu Huihui grabbed a steamed bun and took a bite: "Mmm, this steamed bun may not look very appealing, but it tastes really good. It's made with the freshest flour this year, so fragrant and sweet! Oops, the egg yolk oil has dripped onto my hand. And this dried fish, although it's small, is smoked so well..." She ate while praising it endlessly, deliberately trying to provoke Feng Xuese!
Feng Xuese calmed down, closed her eyes to rest, and remained silent.
Zhu Huihui, having sung his monologue for half a day, gradually grew bored and stopped talking. After a while, he spoke again, "Great hero, if you don't want to eat, can you at least drink water?" He handed the water bottle to him.
Feng Xuese did feel thirsty, and after a slight hesitation, she drank a few mouthfuls of water from the spout of the pot.
Zhu Huihui waited for him to finish drinking, then took the water bottle and sat far away from him to avoid being beaten later. Then she said with a grin, "Great hero, I forgot to mention, this water bottle was also stolen!"
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He ignored her and began meditating.
His internal energy circulated in his dantian, and his true qi rose along his meridians, reaching his eyes, trying to force the poison out. However, the poison was so fierce that the stronger his internal energy became, the more intense the poison's backlash became. His eyes felt as if they were being gouged out by a knife, throbbing as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
He had tried several times, but every time he channeled his internal energy to the poisoned area, his eyes would ache terribly. Helpless, he had no choice but to withdraw his internal energy and sigh inwardly.
Meanwhile, Zhu Huihui, exhausted from a long day, finally couldn't hold on any longer and closed her eyes to fall into a deep sleep, where she then had a long nightmare.
In her dream, she was blind and being chased everywhere. The old man, a loyal friend, held her hand and, with a single swing of his longsword, killed her pursuers. But there were too many hunters, and they angrily lined up, offering their heads for the old man to chop off. He beheaded one after another, thoroughly enjoying his decapitation spree, until finally, his arms ached with exhaustion. Finally, he angrily abandoned her, leaving her, a blind woman, standing there blankly in complete darkness. She reached out and groped her way forward, and as she walked, she accidentally fell into a well…
She tossed and turned on the floor, her sleep extremely restless. A hand gently covered her forehead, sending a cool breath into her body, and her chaotic mind finally calmed down...