Scheidung ist eine Kleinigkeit

Kapitel 9

What?!

Yun Chan was completely confused. She glanced at Lou Lou and then at Tan Shiyao, and asked blankly, "What did you call him? Master Lou?"

Hearing her question, Tan Shiyao finally seemed to remember something and asked in return, "How come you're with the hero Lou Guyan? I heard you were kidnapped, weren't you?"

Yes, the person who kidnapped her is now clinging to her desperately.

Lou Lou finally spoke, his voice very weak: "I encountered this Miss Yun being kidnapped by villains the day before yesterday, and I stepped in to rescue her. However, I didn't expect that my strength was insufficient and I was injured instead. It's truly shameful. Fortunately, we managed to escape in the end."

"Come out...cough cough...I didn't expect that after our parting at Bai Rong Mountain, Miss Tan would still remember me. Cough..."

Tan Shiyao immediately understood everything and hurriedly said, "Master Lou is injured? Come in with me quickly, I'll go and tell my father to treat your injuries." After saying that, she ignored Yun Chan, helped Lou Lou into the Yuanqing Sect.

Yun Chan stood there, stunned, unable to come to her senses.

What on earth happened?!

Lou Lou still had a conscience. He leaned on Tan Meinu's shoulder and took two steps, then turned back hesitantly and said, "Miss Yun, she..."

Tan Shiyao glanced at Yun Chan, then turned to Lou Lou and said sweetly, "Oh dear, Yao'er was so concerned about Brother Lou's injuries that she forgot about Miss Yun. Sister Yun, please come in quickly."

Hmph, you sure know how to get close. You've got "Big Brother" and "Sister Yun" all in no time! Who's your sister?

Yun Chan felt disgusted. She had always disliked Tan Shiyao, but now she had to seek protection from her family. She felt extremely humiliated and couldn't take a step for a long time.

She was still acting cowardly when Lou Lou suddenly collapsed to the ground, black blood oozing from his lips.

Tan Shiyao immediately became anxious: "Brother Lou, what's wrong?"

Yun Chan was also shocked. "No way," she thought, "he seemed to have recovered quite a bit last night, how could he suddenly faint like that?" She immediately rushed to his side, pushing Tan Shiyao and urgently saying, "Quick, get someone to help!"

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Lou Lou was moved into the room, and Tan Ying, the leader of the Yuanqing Sect, quickly arrived. After briefly understanding the situation, he immediately reached out to take Lou Lou's pulse. After pondering for a while, he frowned and said, "Young Master Lou's injury is not light. I will first use my internal energy to protect his heart meridian."

Lou Lou had covered the bruises on his neck with a special ointment before he arrived, and he had been suppressing the dispelling powder in his body with his internal force. Tan Ying noticed that his meridians were blocked and his internal energy was disordered, so she assumed that he had suffered a very serious internal injury.

Yun Chan said anxiously, "Don't transfer your inner energy to him. He's been... poisoned. Please, Uncle Tan, notify my mother immediately. She's skilled at detoxification and has a way to save him."

Upon hearing this, Tan Shiyao immediately objected, interjecting, "What do you mean? Are you saying my father is less capable than your mother? Or do you not trust our Yuanqing Sect?"

Tan Ying interrupted her, "Yao'er, don't be rude. Miss Yun's concern is reasonable. I am not a doctor, and acting haphazardly might worsen the injury. However, Feiyun Fort is at least four or five days' journey from our sect. How about this, I'll go and send someone first."

Please summon a doctor, and also send someone to contact Lord Yun and Madam Yun. What do you think, Miss Yun?

Although Yun Chan disliked Tan Shiyao, she still admired and respected her father, Tan Ying, and immediately nodded, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Tan."

Tan Shiyao, standing to the side, pouted, still dissatisfied, as if she wanted to say something. Tan Ying waved her hand to stop her from speaking, and only instructed, "Yao'er, go and see if Master Xia has returned. Now that Miss Yun is safe and sound, you should also inform him."

After saying that, he turned to Yun Chan and said, "Miss Yun has also been quite frightened these past few days. Let me have someone take you to your room to rest."

Yun Chan shook her head and pointed at Lou Lou: "I want to stay and take care of him."

Upon hearing this, Tan Ying felt somewhat uncomfortable, but since he had no relation to Yun Chan, he couldn't say anything. He simply nodded and said, "Miss Yun, please go ahead," before leaving with the reluctant Tan Shiyao.

Only Yun Chan and Lou Lou remained in the room.

Yun Chan glanced at the man lying on the bed like a corpse and sneered, "Get up, stop pretending to be dead."

Lou Lou opened his eyes and laughed, "I really am about to die."

"It would be best if he were dead." She said irritably, "Tell me, how did you become the Great Hero Lou?" And it seems that he and Tan Shiyao are old acquaintances.

Lou Lou's face showed a weak, almost feeble expression, but he still spoke fluently: "When you're traveling the martial world, it's more convenient to have the identity of a chivalrous hero. See, this is exactly what I need."

He couldn't very well travel the martial world under the guise of being the leader of a remnant of a demonic sect. Besides, no one in the martial world had ever seen the true face of the Master of the Ink Pavilion, and given his high level of martial arts, it would be easy for him to save people from reputable sects a few times and earn the title of a chivalrous hero.

"That woman just called you Lou Guyan? Which one is your real name?"

He lowered his eyes: "The one you mocked."

"The henchman is your real name?" Yun Chan's lips curled into a smile, her mood brightening somewhat. She took the initiative to ask, "How is your wound healing? Shall I help you apply the medicine?"

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The door was kicked open, and a red figure rushed in like a gust of wind: "Xiao Chan?"

Yun Chan was sitting on the edge of the bed tending to Lou Lou's wounds when she heard the voice and turned around: "Damn Xia Yi?"

When Xia Yi first entered the room, her beautiful peach blossom eyes sparkled with joy, but her face darkened instantly upon seeing the scene before her: "You're applying medicine to him? And you're using this on him?"

Yun Chan looked at the medicine in his hand. Wasn't it just the box of wound medicine that Xia Yi had given her? Why was he so excited?

"His wound has reopened, I'm just putting some ointment on it, what's wrong?"

Xia Yi grabbed her angrily: "Can't you find a doctor to do these things? Are you even a woman? Don't you know anything about shame?"

These words went too far, and Yun Chan got angry: "You're the shameless one! Why should people of the martial world be so concerned about such trivial matters! Besides, he... he saved me." Uh, the second half of her sentence sounded so insincere.

Lou Lou, lying on the bed, chuckled softly upon hearing this. Xia Yi glanced at him coldly and thought, "Hmph, he is indeed good-looking."

He didn't recognize Lou Lou as the one who had kidnapped Yun Chan that day. He simply snatched the medicine box from Yun Chan's hand with a cold expression: "This is mine. Give it back to me. If you want to save someone, use your own medicine."

Yun Chan immediately shouted disdainfully, "It's just a little bit of your medicine, why are you being so stingy? Are you even a man?!"

Xia Yi's initial joy at seeing her had now turned into anger. He grabbed Yun Chan and snapped, "I'm just petty. What kind of behavior is it for a man and a woman to be alone in a room together? Come out with me!"

Yun Chan struggled and shouted, "What business is it of yours to interfere in my affairs?! Xia Yi, let go of me!"

Seeing this, Tan Shiyao, who followed in, advised, "Sister Yun, don't be like this. Do you know how worried Brother Xia has been looking for you these past few days?"

Before Yun Chan could answer, Xia Yi suddenly turned to Tan Shiyao and said, "Shut up."

When he said those three words, his expression was filled with a strong sense of menace. Not only was Tan Shiyao shocked and aggrieved, but Yun Chan was also stunned.

Ignoring Tan Shiyao's tearful appearance, Xia Yi dragged Yun Chan out of the house.

Xia Yiqiang dragged her outside, and Yun Chan didn't know where he was taking her. Unable to break free, she could only curse him angrily, "Xia Yi, you big bastard!"

Xia Yi was even angrier and unconsciously tightened his grip. Suddenly, he heard a cracking sound and Yun Chan screamed in agony.

He quickly turned around and saw Yun Chan holding her arm with tears in her eyes: "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts—" Her arm had been dislocated by Lou Lou not long ago, and now it was dislocated again by Xia Yi's forceful pull.

Xia Yi was instantly enraged and hurriedly released Yun Chan. But he felt a tightness in his chest and couldn't bring himself to apologize. He silently reattached her arm, but Yun Chan raised her other hand and slapped him across the face.

Palm.

The crisp sound of a slap sent a flock of sparrows flying from the tree.

Master Xia was dumbfounded.

Yun Chan was completely taken aback by the fact that she had drawn the card, and was momentarily stunned: "Why didn't you dodge?"

Those peach-blossom eyes seemed to freeze, and Yun Chan couldn't help but feel a little scared. She forced herself to remain calm and muttered "Xia Yi, you big jerk" again before fleeing like a rabbit without looking back.

She ran in the direction of Lou Lou's room.

The setting sun made the man's clothes appear even more crimson. Xia Yi didn't chase after him anymore, but stood stiffly in place, her knuckles clenched until they turned white.

Yun Chan had never been able to gain the upper hand over Xia Yi in a fight since she was a child, but unexpectedly, she got incredibly lucky this time and slapped him across the face. She didn't know what to feel, and just kept running with her head down, until she bumped into someone.

She was jolted back two steps by the bump, and the person caught her just in time, but then seemed to realize it wasn't right and quickly let go before Yun Chan could regain her balance. As a result, Miss Yun was knocked down by the bump and the pull.

"If you don't know how to help someone, then don't help them!" Yun Chan slumped to the ground, looking up with a gloomy expression.

The first thing that came into view was a man dressed in a light blue robe. He had sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, a high forehead, a straight nose, and thin lips. He was quite handsome, but the way he hesitated about whether or not to help the young lady up made him seem like a rigid scholar.

The scholar froze, his face contorted with guilt: "Miss Yun from Flying Cloud Fortress? I'm sorry... I..."

Seeing the man's hesitant and troubled expression, Yun Chan waved her hand impatiently, scrambled to her feet, dusted off her skirt, and asked, "Who are you?"

The man's expression was somewhat strange: "You don't recognize me?"

"Who do you think you are? Why should I know you!"

The real culprit. The man choked for a moment, but still clasped his hands in a salute and said, "I misspoke. I am Shen Yao, the eldest disciple of the Yuanqing Sect. I am truly sorry for offending Miss Yun just now."

Yun Chan was taken aback: "Shen Yao? The one who got the Hero's Token?"

Recently, everyone in the martial arts world knows that there is a senior disciple of the Yuanqing Sect named Shen Yao. He is a talented young man with extraordinary skills. Not long ago, he won the championship at the Heroes' Gathering and became famous.

Shen Yao politely bowed again, "That's only thanks to the generosity of all the heroes." Thinking for a moment, he realized this woman seemed to be Master Xia's fiancée, and his humility led him to add, "If Master Xia hadn't been unable to participate that day due to other commitments..."

In this gathering of heroes, Shen may not ultimately emerge victorious.

His intention was to express his humility in admitting he was inferior to Master Xia, but he never expected that mentioning this would inadvertently offend Yun Chan. The entire martial arts world knew that the so-called "something happened midway" was simply the matter of Xia Yi whipping Tan Shiyao for her sake.

Unaware that Yun Chan's expression had turned grim, Shen Yao continued rambling, "My master sent me to help Miss Yun take care of Hero Lou Guyan. Is Miss Yun going to Hero Lou's place now?"

Yun Chan shoved him away, her voice harsh: "Henchman... uh, I mean Lou Guyan is fine with me taking care of her, you don't need to come."

"This...isn't this inappropriate...a lone man and a lone woman?"

"It's none of your business! Get out of my way, I'm going to pass now."

"He's really, really fierce. With a fiancée like that, it seems Master Xia is quite a pitiful person. My junior sister, who's like a fairy, is much better." Shen Yao sighed, but remembering his master's instructions, he gritted his teeth and followed.

As night fell, everyone in the Yuanqing Sect drifted off to sleep, just like always.

Yun Chan and Shen Yao had already gone back to their respective places. Lou Lou lay alone on the bed, trying to turn over, but a churning pain shot through his chest, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This time, I'm really badly injured."

He endured the pain, finally managed to get up, found the knife handle by the bedside, and then steadily raised it above his head.

clang--

It was the sound of a scabbard striking an iron sword.

"Oh? You still have the strength to block my sword?" Xia Yi, having missed her attack, withdrew her sword, her peach blossom eyes filled with a bewitching allure.

Lou Lou felt his blood surging, but he still smiled: "I saved your fiancée. It wouldn't be good if word got out that the dignified Master Xia of the number one manor in the world would repay kindness with enmity by launching a sneak attack in the middle of the night?"

Xia Yi dismissed it: "Xiao Chan wouldn't know."

He will kill him, and Xiao Chan won't know. Just like how much pain he felt from that slap during the day, Xiao Chan won't know either.

Another sword thrust came, aimed at Lou Lou's heart, its blade carrying a vicious killing intent.

Lou Lou held on to his last breath, relying solely on his will to survive to raise his scabbard and barely parry the attack. He knew he was already at his limit; even if he could block the second sword, he would not be able to block the third or fourth.

Facing imminent death, Lou Lou glanced at his opponent and couldn't help but think: This Xia Yi is quite interesting. There are many hypocrites among the reputable sects, but he's different from them all. How to put it... the indifference he displayed in that instant of killing...

It's like something you were born with.

Perhaps Xia Yi is the same kind of person as me.

The third sword strike came quickly, aimed precisely at Lou Lou's brow.

Suddenly, there was a faint tinkling sound from the roof, as if someone was passing by. Although the person's steps were very light, they did not escape the ears of the two men inside the house.