Chapter 57 Suturing the Wound
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Gu Yunxi panted in the dark house and came up with a plan.
"I hope that you can leave as soon as possible! The Master of the Eastern Depot just lives in the front residence. If he knows that you have hijacked me, you will get punished."
He stared at Gu Yunxi coldly and smiled secretly.
He thought, "This little girl is clever and good at lying."
"Is Leng Qingtang in the Mansion now? It is impossible! If it is true, who is the one who just fought with and hurt me in the Eastern Depot?"
Gu Yunxi panted more and more anxiously. If she hadn't been relieved from the lock of acupoints, she would have died.
The young man whispered,
"Listen, I will unlock your acupoints. But you must be quiet and follow my advice. If you are disobedient, I will kill you by this steel knife in my hand."
"OK!"
Gu Yunxi replied and knew that the reason why she couldn't move was that her acupoints were locked by him.
The top priority was to survive.
Gu Yunxi found that this man was really good at fighting through the fight just now. Not to mention herself, even if Qinger had been here, she would definitely have been defeated. It was better to obey him first and then thought of a way out.
The young man pointed at Gu Yunxi's shoulder heavily with his finger. She felt relieved as if the stone that had pressed upon her for a long time was suddenly removed. She felt inexplicably cheerful and relaxed.
Gu Yunxi stood up and took a deep breath for a while before approaching the table.
"What are you doing?"
The young man got vigilant because of the rustle, and he asked her aloud.
"I'm looking for something to light up the candle."
"Stop!"
The young man stopped her severely.
"If you light up the candle, there will be a shadow on the window. Do you want someone to catch me?"
"..."
Gu Yunxi stood silently in the dark and thought that this man was not stupid!
She must think of other ways.
The young man said,
"I will heal my wounds in this place. During this time, you should be responsible for my food. As long as you take care of me well, I will never hurt you."
"What? Here?"
Gu Yunxi was surprised.
"Yes! Why not?"
The young man affirmed once again with playfulness in his voice.
He thought, "Leng Qingtang hurt me. It is a compensation for me to heal the wounds in his house."
Since Gu Yunxi was silent, the young man complained with dissatisfaction,
"Hurry up! Find me something to heal the wounds!"
"OK, fine..."
Gu Yunxi replied and searched in the dark in a hurry.
The young man was right. He was indeed injured. As soon as they met each other, Gu Yunxi, who was particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, smelled it immediately.
After finding the healing powder and the linen bandage, Gu Yunxi fumbled under the dim moonlight and gave them to the young man. Then she hurriedly stayed away from him.
The young man instructed her again, "Find an embroidery needle and a pair of scissors for me!"
"Why do you want those things?" Gu Yunxi was surprised.
"I need to suture my wound."
"It hurts..."
Gu Yunxi was so shocked that she almost stopped breathing.
He would suture the wound by hand with an embroidery needle. It was so b****y just to imagine the scene, not to mention how it hurt when the needle pierced into the flesh.
At this time, the young man was urging again,
"Hurry up!"
"I'll be right back."
Gu Yunxi got the needle, thought for a while, and tentatively asked him,
"If you don't mind, follow me to the inner room. You need to suture your wounds later, which requires a lot of light. The inner room is where I bathe and change clothes. Even if you turn on the light, others can't see it outside the yard."
The young man agreed, "OK, bring me there!"
Gu Yunxi took the candlestick and the flints. She led him in front of a bead curtain and took him to the inner room.
Soon the light was on.
On the candlestick, three drop-shaped lights illuminated the dark room. The bead curtain was shining brightly and swaying gently.
The young man's eyes softened when he saw such an attractive scene. However, he was still vigilant. He looked confused with a broken knife in his hand.
The house was not big. There was a round bathtub made of jujube wood, a carved rosewood washbasin shelf, a square table, chairs, and a four-fold translucent green screen with embroidered magnolias.
It seemed that the flowers were blooming in the shadowy candlelight.
Gu Yunxi stood nervously next to the table with her hands crossed. She glanced at the wound on the young man's right arm, and then shifted her gaze away in panic.
He tied the wound with the clothes, and there was blood oozing out from the rag. It seemed that he was badly injured by a sharp weapon.
The young man saw she was dodging and sneered at her coldly,
"Are the people in the Eastern Depot also afraid of blood?"
"I suffer blood phobia."
Gu Yunxi whispered, and her face turned pale.
She admired Imperial Doctor Jiang's medical skills a lot. After taking some medicine and having acupuncture for some time, the blood phobia eased greatly. She would have fainted if she hadn't received the treatment.
"Oh?"
The young man doubted it and hid the mocking expression. Looking around, he pointed forward with the broken knife in his left hand, and asked alertly,
"Where it is outside the window?"
There was a cold light when he lifted the broken knife, which shocked Gu Yunxi.
She calmed down and explained with fear,
"Don't worry. Over there, it is the only ventilated place in the inner house. Behind the window, it is the bamboo woods with no one living there. Nobody will find it if we turn on the light."
"OK."
The young man nodded indifferently, and slowly placed the broken knife on the soft wool blanket with embroidered lotus pattern.
"How did it get broken?"
Gu Yunxi was curious and asked him.
"No questions!"
The young man got irritated and yelled at her in anger.
It would have been fine if she had not mentioned it. Now he thought of the feud.
Gu Yunxi was so terrified that she trembled violently and turned silent.
Gu Yunxi bent to raise the table, moved it in front of the young man and said,
"I will put things here for your healing. While you heal yourself, I will wait outside. If you need anything, just call me."
"Wait a moment!"
The young man stopped her and said calmly, "Give me some of your hair."
"Why?"
Gu Yunxi was stunned for a while without moving.
"The hair is more conducive to wound healing than cotton thread."
"Use your own hair!"
Gu Yunxi frowned and got a little irritated.
Why she had to give her hair?
"Don't you obey me?"
The young man tilted his head slightly and stared at Gu Yunxi tightly with his purple eyes.
Gu Yunxi was angry but found no way to deal with him. She was not capable of defeating him nor driving him away.
Gu Yunxi put a finger into her bun, pulled out a strand of hair, and cut off the hair with a pair of scissors. She strode out after throwing the hair to him.
She lifted the bead curtain angrily, making a crisp sound.
The young man stared at the soft and shiny hair in his hand. He was slightly stunned but immediately smiled. His delicate and elegant face softened.
The amount of hair in his palm was enough to suture hundreds of wounds! It seemed that Gu Yunxi had kept it for several years. It was a pity!
However, when she got angry, she was so cute!
He couldn't help but think about her. What was the relationship between this mild girl and the Commander-in-chief in the Eastern Depot? Why would she live in his house?
It seemed that she was kind judging from her appearance and behavior. Why did she disguise as a man in the Eastern Depot and stay with a eunuch?
...
When Gu Yunxi stayed outside, she heard a faint groan from the inner room, as if the person inside was clenching his teeth and swallowing the painful roar into his throat to stop the outbreak.
Gu Yunxi was in turmoil.
The young man was obviously struggling against the pain. How could ordinary people bear the pain that the wound was sutured by an embroidery needle and the needle pierced the skin?
The young man looked young and impetuous, but he demonstrated the perseverance which could rarely be found in ordinary people. Gu Yunxi admired him a lot when thinking of this.
There was a pot of hot water in the copper stove in the outer room. With the faint candlelight and moonlight, Gu Yunxi wrapped the pot with a handkerchief and brought back the hot water in small steps.
Although the young man was busy in the inner room, he was still alert. Hearing the movements outside, he immediately got alert, gasped and shouted in a low voice,
"What are you doing?"
"I have brought you a pot of hot water. When you finish, soak the hot water with the handkerchief and wipe out the blood on your arm."
"Hurry up! Help me!"
The young man got angry again when he noticed that she pushed the pot into the room and then stayed outside.
Gu Yunxi panicked and explained,
"I am afraid of blood."
"Blood phobia is nothing, just from your imagination! Come in and help me. Otherwise, I will twist your neck!"
The young man threatened her with a fierce voice in the room.
With the collision sound of the jade, he came out of the room and stood up in front of Gu Yunxi.
Maybe it was because he was under extreme pain, now his eyes were dull, and he turned gaunt and looked awful. He was shivering and sweating.
Gu Yunxi was terrified by the sudden change, and her small face turned white.
The young man got undressed and showed her his solid chest. His white left arm was long and strong.
"Ah!"
Gu Yunxi screamed and turned her eyes away. She didn't even notice the blush rising on her cheeks.
The young man exhaled heavily and pleaded her in a fatigued and solemn voice,
"Can you come here and help me? There are only a few stitches to be finished but now I am worn out. Come here and finish it for me."
"No!"
Gu Yunxi closed her eyes with fear and resisted him stubbornly.
The huge pain in bone extended to his whole body, and he twitched greatly. He stared at her with a pair of purple eyes, and she dared not look directly at his daunting face.
"If you don't want your neck to be twisted, then hurry up!"
He snorted, panted, and forced her severely.
Gu Yunxi was completely overwhelmed by fear and helplessness. She was anxious with her voice trembling,
"You are so rude even when begging others. There is no wonder that your knife is broken and your arm gets injured."
The young man bristled with rage when he heard her words. It seemed that his handsome face was suddenly frozen by the snow, losing all dynamics.
He approached her step by step, while she retreated step by step. She stared at his b****y right arm that the three-inch-long wound was mostly unsewed, and a long thin hair still hanged on it.
Gu Yunxi was about to vomit since she felt that a heatwave was rolling in her stomach. She gritted her teeth fiercely and suppressed her strong desire to vomit.
She leaned against the wall, and her body was as soft as a piece of paper.
The young man didn't intend to let her go. He reached out his left hand and lifted her jaw with his b****y fingers. He stared at her weak but delicate face with cool and sarcastic eyes, and said in a cold voice,
"Or... t*****e you in another way?"
"Shame on you!"
Gu Yunxi scolded him. Shame and shock were all over her pale face.
Gritting her teeth and holding her breath, she raised her palm and smashed it hard on the man's injured arm.
"Ah..."
The young man let out a weak cry, and the wound that had been sewn suddenly burst. The unspeakable pain was devouring him.
"Eh!"
The young man let out a heavy groan before falling on the ground and becoming faint.
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