Chapter 58: Encountering Danger

“Hurry, it’s dangerous!” Without time to think, Lu Yuner saw that his legs were not convenient, so she stepped forward and carried Su Qingwan on her back. Quickly, countless flying daggers shot towards them, but fortunately, the original owner’s instinctive reaction to danger made her subconsciously avoid the strong killing intent and quickly run into the mountains.

With killing intent all around, Su Qingwan fearfully clung tightly to Lu Yuner’s back. Worried about causing trouble for Elder Sister Yuner, seeing Elder Sister Yuner’s forehead constantly sweating, after all, carrying a person consumed energy quickly, he said concernedly, “Elder Sister Yuner, why don’t you put me down? Otherwise you…”

“I will never leave you alone. You must hold on to me tightly at all times, and remember not to put yourself in danger,” Lu Yuner panted, earnestly instructing.

Su Qingwan felt warmth in his heart and couldn’t help but embrace her tightly, pressing his body close to her back.

At this moment, a black-clothed masked woman suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yuner, only revealing a pair of crazed, bloodthirsty eyes, holding a gleaming blade that swiftly attacked towards Lu Yuner’s neck.

This was a professional assassin, taking money to do jobs for others. Even if questioned, she certainly wouldn’t reveal anything. However, one thing was certain – since she came for her, the account book matter must have been discovered.

Her moves were both fast and accurate, each strike directly threatening one’s life.

Lu Yuner’s pupils suddenly contracted, her eyes reflecting the murderous blade. Carrying someone and empty-handed, Lu Yuner could only retreat to advance, quickly feeling strained.

Lu Yuner put Su Qingwan down to one side and quickly instructed, “This person is coming for me. I’ll hold her off, you go first!”

“No! I won’t go!” Su Qingwan anxiously grabbed Lu Yuner’s hand, afraid of being abandoned. “Elder Sister Yuner said she wouldn’t leave me alone.”

“Listen!” Lu Yuner’s expression was serious. The next second, the masked woman suddenly attacked again, but this time the target was Su Qingwan. Lu Yuner pulled Su Qingwan to the side and moved at high speed, so fast she only left an afterimage.

Lu Yuner’s eyes narrowed dangerously, coldly staring at the masked woman, “Since you’re paid to kill me, don’t harm the innocent!”

“I didn’t expect your kung fu to be so good, Lu Yuner. I’ve learned something today, but…” The masked woman’s lips curled up evilly, her eyes flashing with lust, “But no matter how good your skills are, carrying such a delicate young man, you certainly won’t be able to escape. Looking at this young man beside you, he’s extremely good-looking, with delicate skin. He’s clearly still a virgin. Why don’t you hand him over to me for a taste? Maybe I’ll leave you an intact corpse.”

“Elder Sister Yuner.” Disgust flashed in Su Qingwan’s eyes, and he instinctively hid behind Lu Yuner, tightly gripping her hand.

“Is that so?” Lu Yuner’s face froze like ice. She gently pushed Su Qingwan back and said in a low voice, “Listen, run at the first opportunity.”

Lu Yuner could only fight desperately at this point. She quickly became entangled with the masked woman. Bare-handed blade grabbing was difficult for Lu Yuner. Even with her quick reactions, coupled with her previous whip injuries, her arm was still cut, and bright red blood seeped out from her sleeve.

Su Qingwan’s eyes flashed with horror, his heart clenching constantly on the side.

Seeing Lu Yuner’s strength failing and quickly falling into a disadvantage, the masked woman smiled smugly and cast a flirtatious glance at Su Qingwan, “It’ll be over soon. Just wait for me to come and cherish you properly!”

Then she quickly stabbed towards Lu Yuner’s neck. Lu Yuner’s eyes flickered as she quickly dodged, grabbing a handful of dirt from the ground and throwing it at the masked woman.

Taking advantage of the flying dust, the masked woman’s eyes inevitably filled with dust, unable to see. Lu Yuner quickly carried Su Qingwan on her back and ran towards the mountain.

“How dare you trick me!” The masked woman instantly became frenzied, her fierce gaze fixed on the escaping direction like looking at dead people, venomously staring at the direction they fled.

After a while, Lu Yuner, covered in sweat, struggled to carry Su Qingwan up the mountain. She discovered that the front was flat, especially the distant endless mountains that looked much more open, appearing very strange.

Lu Yuner suddenly realized that there was a cliff ahead!

With killers on the downhill path they just came from, she could only immediately change course, preparing to go down the mountain along the side where wild grass and shrubs grew. After all, even the shrubs were extremely steep due to the cliff terrain.

During their escape, Su Qingwan asked to get down and walk by himself, but Lu Yuner consistently refused, knowing that every second of delay meant more danger.

Now Lu Yuner and Su Qingwan supported each other, carefully descending the steep shrubby slope. Considering the many branches around, Lu Yuner quickly tore off a piece of cloth from her garment and wrapped it around Su Qingwan’s face. After all, he was a man, and his face needed to be well protected from scratches.

Su Qingwan, however, stared intently at Lu Yuner’s injured arm, which was still bleeding, indicating how dangerous the situation had been. His phoenix eyes were filled with unspoken worry.

Lu Yuner followed his gaze and noticed the wound on her arm, softly comforting him, “Don’t worry! I’m fine!”

“I…” Su Qingwan was about to speak when he suddenly noticed the masked woman’s figure up high, sneaking up to attack Elder Sister Yuner. He instinctively pulled her away forcefully, shielding her behind him and exclaiming, “Elder Sister Yuner, be careful.”

“Die!” The masked woman’s sinister gaze exploded with surging killing intent.

The next second, several flying daggers came from the mountain above. Lu Yuner and Su Qingwan lost their footing while trying to dodge the daggers, accidentally rolling down together.

The masked woman looked at the pair that had rolled out of sight, revealing a triumphant smile.

At that moment, the sky was gloomy. In this wild mountain area, even if they weren’t half dead from the fall, they would be eaten alive by wild beasts coming out to forage.

As they fell, Lu Yuner’s arms clamped down like iron tongs, firmly protecting Su Qingwan in her embrace.

Finally, during their fall, they were stopped by a huge vine. Lu Yuner was now covered in wounds, but a smile bloomed on her pale face as she looked tenderly at Su Qingwan in her arms, thinking to herself: Thank goodness the heavens protected Young Master Su, he’s alright.

“Elder Sister Yuner, are you okay?” Su Qingwan, completely pale, struggled to raise his head and ask. Suddenly feeling his eyelids extremely heavy, he said, “Elder Sister Yuner, I’m so tired, I want to sleep.”

With that, he closed his eyes and lay on Lu Yuner’s body.

At this moment, Lu Yuner noticed a flying dagger in Young Master Su’s back. She quickly sat up, letting him lie in her own arms, carefully examining his wound. The blood around it was gradually turning brown.

The dagger was poisoned!

Lu Yuner suddenly remembered how Young Master Su had pulled her away earlier. So he had taken the poisoned dagger for her.

“Why are you so foolish!” Lu Yuner’s expression suddenly changed as she struggled to control the panic in her heart.

The moment Lu Yuner pulled out the poisoned flying dagger, the young man in her arms groaned in pain. A flash of distress passed through Lu Yuner’s eyes as she bent down to quickly suck out the poison from the wound with her lips.

Then, carrying the now unconscious Su Qingwan, she quickly descended the mountain. Fortunately, they had almost rolled to the foot of the mountain. Lu Yuner soon walked out of the wilderness. Seeing the sky getting darker, Lu Yuner, enduring her exhaustion and physical pain, followed the mountain path towards the distant wisps of smoke and quickly arrived at a village.

Just as she entered the village, before she could speak, she was called out to by a woman, “Benefactor! Benefactor! It really is you!”

Lu Yuner looked at the somewhat familiar woman in front of her, suddenly having a flash of memory, recalling meeting a woman during the Qingming Festival. “It’s you!”

“Just call me Ma Yi.” Ma Yi saw the benefactor covered in blood, carrying an unconscious man with a bluish complexion, clearly having met with some misfortune. She quickly said, “Benefactor, come with me quickly. We have an Old Man Li in our village who is skilled in medicine. However, the old man has a bit of a temper, so you’ll have to bear with it.”

Lu Yuner, not having time to explain her relationship with Young Master Su, immediately followed Ma Yi. Soon, Ma Yi led Lu Yuner into a yard surrounded by a fence, with a lit lamp inside the house.

Ma Yi gently knocked on the door, her tone exceptionally polite, “Old Man Li? Old Man Li? Are you home?”

Suddenly, the door creaked open, and an old man with white hair but a youthful face walked out, his tone cold: “What do you…”

As he spoke, Old Man Li noticed Lu Yuner behind Ma Yi. She pushed Ma Yi aside, her expression gloomy and indolent as she looked at Lu Yuner, a flash of amazement in her eyes. Her gaze gradually moved to the person in her arms, and her eyes flickered.

Lu Yuner noticed the change in Old Man Li’s expression and suddenly knelt down, about to open her mouth to beg for help.

Unexpectedly, Ma Yi spoke up for her first, “Old Man Li, please be kind and save my benefactor’s husband! Besides, if it weren’t for my benefactor saving my husband’s life back then, you wouldn’t be seeing such an adorable little granddaughter now.”

Old Man Li, although a bit odd, was most fond of children.

Misunderstood about her relationship with Young Master Su, Lu Yuner suddenly wanted to explain: “Actually, I and…”

“Alright, carry him into my medicine room,” Old Man Li interrupted her, turning to enter another room.

Seeing Old Man Li agree, Lu Yuner, enduring the pain in her body, quickly stood up and placed Su Qingwan on the bed in the medicine room. She looked worriedly at the dying Su Qingwan, feeling as if a thousand-pound stone was pressing on her heart, almost suffocating her, accompanied by a wrenching pain.

Old Man Li gave a meaningful look at the two by the bed and said, “Ma Yi, take your benefactor to another room to treat her wounds and change into clean clothes.”

“Alright.” Ma Yi led Lu Yuner to the adjacent room, which contained various ointments. Seeing the benefactor’s worried face, she comforted, “This Old Man Li has studied medicine since childhood. When people in our village fall ill or are bitten by poisonous insects while in the mountains, they all seek treatment from him. Benefactor, don’t worry, I’ll go prepare clean clothes for you right away.”

“Wait, please prepare an extra set of men’s clothes,” Lu Yuner spoke up.

“It’s no trouble, benefactor, don’t be so polite with me. If it weren’t for you lending me your carriage that time, my husband wouldn’t have been able to reach the medical hall so quickly. Now both husband and daughter are well, really thank you! I’ll take my leave now.” Ma Yi said before turning to leave.

Hearing Ma Yi’s words, Lu Yuner finally let out a shallow sigh of relief. Only now did she, completely exhausted in body and mind, begin to tend to her own wounds.

Soon, after tidying herself up, Lu Yuner came outside to wait. She gazed absently at the bright yellow lamplight inside the room.

After today’s events, people from the capital would surely come looking for them, but for now, danger still lurked everywhere.

There would certainly be dangers on the return journey, but fortunately, she and Elder Sister Ranzhi had anticipated such an occurrence beforehand, and had also instructed Qiu Yi about the account book matter.

Now, the capital was likely in chaos.