Chapter 211

Huo Wujiu waited for a long time but didn’t hear a word of praise from him. When he looked down, he found that Jiang Suizhou was staring at his wound in a trance.

Huo Wujiu looked down at his wound and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Suizhou stiffened and said nothing.

But Huo Wujiu smiled and said, “Do you feel bad? It’s nothing. Look, it has long healed.”

After saying that, he held Jiang Suizhou’s hand and pulled it to his collarbone, leading him to touch the bulging scar.

“When did you suffer this?” Jiang Suizhou couldn’t help but ask.

Huo Wujiu downplayed it: “The battle in Xunyang. This cut was hard, but fortunately I was hit at a time when we were about to win. Otherwise, I’m afraid it would have been quite an obstacle.”

Jiang Suizhou’s fingertips traced the bulging trail of the scar. At this time, the warm and flexible touch of the skin was what remained. Doubtlessly, when this injury happened, the blood flowing out could have soaked people’s clothes.

“You were on the verge of victory. How did you still get injured?” Jiang Suizhou asked in wonder.

Huo Wujiu paused for a moment and did not speak for a while.

Jiang Suizhou raised his eyes to look at him and saw him looking down. He said lightly, “It’s nothing. We just found Huo Yuyan back then. He was seriously wounded and unconscious when an enemy soldier in the pile of corpses jumped up and sneaked up on him. I was too late at that moment, so I blocked it for him.”

When Jiang Suizhou heard this, he froze.

He looked at Huo Wujiu, and saw him laughing as if nothing had happened: “If I had known there would be such a day, I wouldn’t have blocked it, saving myself a lot of trouble.”

His tone sounded lighthearted, but Jiang Suizhou knew that he was covering up his emotions.

He could not say any comforting words, so he remained silent for a moment. He then rubbed his hand gently over Huo Wujiu’s scar a few times.

“It’s all right.” Jiang Suizhou said warmly, “At that time, he was your close relative, so it was understandable for you to save him, not to mention… he’s also quite attractive.”

Huo Wujiu’s eyes darkened.

Jiang Suizhou was unaware that the new flesh that grew on the scar was more tender than the original flesh, so it was also much more sensitive.

The next moment, Huo Wujiu grabbed his hand.

“This time, you provoked me,” Huo Wujiu lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

Jiang Suizhou was stunned: “What?”

However, Huo Wujiu did not answer him.

What answered him was the sudden spinning of the sky and the warm body that pressed on him.

All that Jiang Suizhou felt was the blazing hardness of a certain organ that everyone understood but didn’t speak about, pressing against him.

The next moment, a kiss swooped down overwhelmingly.

Just then, the doorway was slammed and opened violently from the outside.

The drapery on the bed was layered, so they couldn’t see who was outside, but along with a rush of footsteps, Wei Kai’s voice rang out.

“General, it’s not good. Something big has happened!”

The kissing came to an abrupt halt.

Jiang Suizhou felt that Huo Wujiu stopped, but he didn’t utter a word. Instead, he took a few deep breaths.

The next moment, a voice laced with anger reached Wei Kai’s ears through the bed curtains.

“What is it? Did anyone die?”

It was an explosive tone through gritted teeth.

Wei Kai shivered all over, and his spine tensed up.

His mind went blank, and only one thought remained.

I’m done for.

——

The sun was hanging high above. It was cloudless, a rare fine day in Lin’an City.

The time after noon was the hottest time of the day. The chirp of cicadas echoed in succession, and even in the cooler shade of the tree, it was a bit hot due to the cicadas’ chirping.

In a residential alley next to Lin’an City, the West Market, came a faint sound of beating.

The door of a simple house in the alley was wide open, and the sound of smashes and shatters came from there. After a while, someone took the old sheets and wrapped some messy things, and then threw those things on the dirt road outside the door.

At once, the sheet scattered, and some simple things scattered inside. Among them were two old clay pots, which immediately shattered on the ground, scattering the pieces.

Immediately after, two people were rudely pushed out.

The one in front was tall and upright, dressed in a rough old cloth shirt. At a glance, it was the scholar whose stall was smashed in the West Market today, the one named Nie Cong.

He quickly stabilized himself, and then supported the old woman behind him who almost plunged into the ground.

He looked back and saw around eight local ruffians who had just smashed their way into his home, followed by their leader.

“Distinguished officials, I don’t know what sin this humble one has committed, but please forgive me…”

The granny’s eyes were cloudy; her gaze was hollow; and she only bowed in the direction of the smashes.

The ruffian in the lead snorted.

“What officials? Granny, this little pretty boy in your family has provoked more than an official.”

As he spoke, he stepped forward, lifted his hand and gave Nie Cong a shove.

Nie Cong took a step back and saw the blind granny next to him fumbling to come up and help him. Only then did Nie Cong, who had not said a word, speak in a whisper, “I’m fine, grandma.”

Hearing that, the leader of the local thugs spoke again.

“Kid, remember. You definitely don’t want to go back to that shitty stall in the West Market. You can’t live in this house here anymore either. My master above has sent word. If we see you in Lin’an again, boy, you and your granny’s cheap lives won’t be guaranteed.”

The granny felt anxious when she heard his warning. She hurriedly stepped forward and said: “My Lord, this is the ancestral property where these humble ones have lived for generations. This…”

The leader, however, ignored her. Instead, he stepped forward, sneering and sizing up Nie Cong.

“Kid, you can’t afford to hook up with just any girl.”

The man laughed grimly, raised his hand, and led the group of thugs out, marching away mightily.

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