C18 Not because I like him, but because I should like him

Luo Yi's body instantly stiffened, the blood that was flowing back had also turned completely cold, and her gaze towards the Incorruptible Doctor had even become almost instinctively hostile.

Xu Heng could still remember to remind her that she still had the scent of blood on her body, so he shouldn't have forgotten to clean him up. But considering the current situation, he did seem to have forgotten, luckily, the dense medicinal smell that he had smelled from her body before could barely cover the smell of the blood, so the doctor could only smell the strange medicinal smell.

Luo Yi's heart had just calmed down a little, then she thought that the smell might still stay in the room, so she pulled again. Thankfully, the Innocent Medical Seat seemed to have just casually mentioned it, after saying that she would forget about it, she did not pursue the source of the fragrance, and after saying "rest well", he led everyone out of the courtyard.

Luo Yi did not dare take the risk, and bid farewell to Xu Heng, and stayed in her room until the sky started to turn white, then ran to the side. Without waiting for a response, she casually knocked on the door twice, signalled to him, and impatiently rushed in.

Xu Heng seemed to have guessed that she would come here, as he leaned on her bed, his long hair flowing down his back. Hearing her voice, he raised his half-closed eyelids and smiled at her from afar.

Luo Yi's heart suddenly stopped for a second.

She had always known that Xu Heng was good-looking, but perhaps it was because of his different mindset, but the Xu Heng in front of her had actually looked many times better than before. Even the look in his eyes that didn't seem to leave her eyes could be seen as a form of teasing in Luo Yi's eyes.

Xu Heng was surprised by the young lady's sudden love, the smile on his face became wider, and he called her by the throat: "Yi Yi?"

The tone of her voice was full of twists and turns, and it was extremely enchanting.

However, Luo Yi was jolted awake by this seemingly gentle voice. She shook her head and forcefully flung away the charm in her mind, then closed the door behind him.

The wound on Xu Heng's right arm could not be considered to be serious, but because there was no medicine available, he merely used a piece of gauze to stop the bleeding. At this moment, when Luo Yi removed the bandage from his arm and bandaged it again, the cloth was stuck to the blood and a layer of flesh was removed, making it hard for Luo Yi to continue with the bandage.

"..." "Don't mind me!"

Luo Yi did not even raise her head as her hands moved gently, afraid that she would accidentally aggravate Xu Heng's injuries again. After she finally removed all of the bandages, she was actually sweating profusely, and then, she took out an exquisite small jade bottle from her clothes, "Fortunately this thing looks nice and it's small and exquisite, so I kept it close to my body …"

She pulled out the stopper, used her finger to pick out a small piece and carefully rubbed it across Xu Heng's wound, "If not, I want to see what you will do today!"

This jade bottle was given to her by Tang Yuan before they left for the Northern Tribes.

Luo Yi didn't say exactly where she was going nor what she wanted to do, but she was a person who had grown up together since childhood, and she also promised Lin Ting that she would take good care of her. Since Tang Yuan clearly knew that he couldn't keep her, he could only take a step back and give her this ointment.

When Tang Yuan gave her the medicine ointment, he did not explicitly state its value, but Luo Yi was not an idiot. Just by looking at the jade bottle outside, he knew that it was definitely not some cheap thing. That was why he was so reluctant to use it. He did not even take out the sword when he was injured to the point where he could not reach his feet.

She continued to mutter as she bandaged Xu Heng's wound. From the point when she was reluctant to use words to describe Xu Heng's injury, to how his Qing Gong was not as good as he said it to be, to scold him a few more times for being strict, she ended up pretending to be concerned about him: "Is it still painful?"

The medicinal paste that was applied to the wound was cool and refreshing, effectively alleviating the scorching pain, thus Xu Heng replied while bending his brows: "It's not painful."

Luo Yi shot a glance at him but did not say a word.

After dressing the wound, Luo Yi patted her hands and stood up from the chair. She then consciously fished out some clothes from the clothes rack on the side and helped Xu Heng put them on.

Xu Heng never thought that he would receive such treatment in a foreign country that was thousands of miles away from home. He was so happy that his mouth couldn't close, and he seemed to want to see a hole in Luo Yi's body when he stared at her. Luo Yi's emotions were already unstable to begin with, and after being stared at like this, she was even more confused. However, she couldn't think of any good words to refute her, so she could only pretend to be fiendish and glare at her: "What are you looking at!"

"You look good."

Xu Heng answered without hesitation and with a smile.

Luo Yi was instantly rendered mute, her mouth agape for a long while, yet she was unable to say a single word, and her face suddenly flushed red.

If what Xu Heng said to her last night was considered secretive, then his words just now were truly revealing to the public. Not to mention that when he said those words, his gaze never moved away from his face.

She was not silly, of course she could discern the meaning behind those two sentences, but maybe the environment was not right, so Luo Yi felt that Xu Heng's motive for saying these words was not as simple as he appeared to be.

had no way of resisting, so after being mute for two seconds, he still decided to continue acting dumb. His eyes drifted back and forth, just not wanting to be on the spot, and after finally calming himself down, just as he was about to turn the topic around, he was interrupted by Xu Heng.

Xu Heng saw through her intention with a glance, but did not let her succeed. "What this means is, I like you."

Luo Yi, "..."

I'm not as dumb as I was born to be... Luo Yi thought self-destructively.

However, she was not someone who would only run away when faced with something. Since Xu Heng wanted to make it clear that she did not have any reason to help him hide his things, she pulled the chair back and sat down. She changed her expression into a serious one: "What do you like about me?"

This question was old-fashioned and boring, but Xu Heng had to ask and talk with him to continue. He was clear on this point, and when he answered, he did not seem to be serious: "Maybe it's because you're good-looking."

Although he was not too distracted, it was obviously an answer that would excite a person's mood. Luo Yi pursed her lips, and though her expression was still as stern as ever, her tone was clearly much gentler than before: "Alright, that's the real reason." Luo Yi paused for a moment, and continued with a smile with a dagger hidden in it: "But even I know that this is not the time to discuss these things, don't you understand? Besides, I don't think you're the only one who has a girl's heart, so why do you have to choose now? "

Xu Heng did not reply.

Luo Yi did not continue speaking. The two of them stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, until one of them looked away.

She actually knew in her heart that Xu Heng's motive was not simple. Even though she was still unable to figure out what he wanted to do with her, she knew herself well and understood Xu Heng well, and knew that he was definitely not someone who would be tied down by a man's love for women in a situation like this. Even though she had already mentally prepared herself beforehand, in the face of Xu Heng's silence, Luo Yi's heart still felt a little unclear.

Luo Yi did not know why, but she could only lower her head and play with the jade bottles to find a way out for the two of them: "You asked me before if I really liked Lin Ting, I thought about it, and it should be true, but the reason is a little hard to explain."

She explained in a light voice, "For the rest of my life, my life wasn't considered exciting. Although I did some disgraceful things and didn't have any friendly interactions with nobles and powerful people, my life was still as ordinary as plain water."

"But I cherish this nonchalance."

At this point, Luo Yi suddenly shifted her gaze back onto Xu Heng: "I grew up together with Lin Ting. If nothing unexpected happens, I should have married him anyway … Of course, it doesn't matter if there's an accident, since I'm going to marry him anyway. "

Not because she liked him, but because she should like him.

It wasn't that he had to be emotional, but that marrying this person was the most appropriate choice.

Luo Yi said that, she was originally a lady who did not have any ambitions, and her biggest wish in life was to live her life according to the rules, but Xu Heng was clearly the person who fit that criteria the most, so she did not even consider other possibilities. However, Xu Heng was cunning like a fox, in essence, she was a hunter. He had prepared a flawless trap and bait to lure her into jumping step by step into the abyss, and she wasn't satisfied just by doing so. Now, she was even trying to find a reason for her to jump into the abyss without any regrets …

"I may not be very smart, but I'm not a fool."

Luo Yi sighed softly. "Today's matter is something that never happened, if you have anything that you need my help with, just say it. In order to return and marry Lin Ting alive, I will spare no effort to help you."

Saying that, she pretended to wink at Xu Heng.

She felt that her words were reasonable, and even if she gave Xu Heng face she still expressed her intentions tactfully, and as long as Xu Heng was not foolish, she would follow her advice and the topic would continue to be the same. After that, the two of them returned to their previous states, and even if their makeup was useless, it would not matter, as long as they left the Northern Tribes, the situation would not change, and who would have expected Xu Heng to be an idiot. She walked to the door and opened it to leave, but suddenly, the person's fearless voice came out from behind her: "Pick this time because I'm injured."

Luo Yi was stunned for a moment, but before she could understand the specific meaning of the sentence, Xu Heng continued to say, "Liu Liangyun said that he found the true address of the person who was imprisoning His Majesty."

Liu Liangyun had come to the General's Estate again, twice a day.

The first person to come wasn't him, but the cold faced expert beside him.

An expert was, after all, an expert. They had clearly come to this courtyard together with the people from the Liefeng Priest and the others, but they had not alarmed anyone. Even Luo Yi, who lived next door to Xu Heng, did not notice that there was an extra person in the room next door.

Xu Heng was too busy looking at his injuries to bother about him, he did not care about it at all, and completely did not understand the ways of the world. He repeated what the lord had said to him emotionlessly, then jumped out of the window again.

Liu Liangyun's second visit to the General's House was much more normal. He handed over a greeting card and was personally led by the steward to the Doctor.

A person was kneeling in the room and replying, saying that the assassin had indeed injured his left shoulder, and that his figure did not resemble the new guest in the manor.

This person was one of the top experts in his residence. For him to be able to escape under his attack, the assassin's skill must be no less than his. However, Xin Li was a person who...

After recalling it for a moment, the doctor really didn't look like someone who knew any martial arts. However, when he went to the courtyard yesterday, he took a peek inside. Although the bed was a mess, when he thought back to it afterwards, he felt that there was something deliberate about it …

When his train of thought was suddenly interrupted, the Liangshu Courtyard doctor was startled. He heard the butler report that it was Lord Liu who had arrived. He then casually waved his hand and withdrew the person who was still kneeling down.

Xu Heng said that he came to the Northern Tribes to do business with the rich guy named Ma. The Liefeng Priest himself did not have any relationship with the rich man, and fortunately, some of the people he knew were Liu Liangyun, so he helped him check if what Xin Li said was true.

"Indeed," Liu Liangyun put away the folding fan in his hand and took the cup of tea from the infirmary. "I asked Brother Ma, he did have some business dealings with a big and cold businessman. That businessman's surname was indeed Xin, and the reason he went back on his word is because that businessman surnamed Xin's goal was impure."

Ma Xiaonian said as a matter of fact, "I also heard from the people I had dealings with before that he had a grudge with one of the lords in the court. I don't know which one, but to be able to make a rich person like him hide himself, I'm afraid he's not some small official. "

He sent someone to pour a fresh pot of tea for Liu Liangyun, "As you know, I am just a small merchant. I would never dare to offend these ministers of the court. Therefore, I would not dare to continue this business no matter what."

"He knows how to protect himself …"

Just as he was about to ask Liu Liangyun if he had a way to find out who Xin Li's enemy was, he involuntarily wrinkled his nose and asked, "What's that smell on Master Liu's body?"

"Me?"

Liu Liangyun lowered his head and smelled his own scent. After a while, he suddenly realized something. "The smell of the insect repellent paste."

"Insecticide ointment?" The infirmary repeated in a low voice: "Does Sir Liu have bugs in his family?"

Liu Liangyun waved his hand. "It's not me, it's Lord Zheng of the Ministry of Justice. I just came over from his house."

"I don't know who Lord Zheng offended. Yesterday night, he was attacked inside his own mansion. This place on his face …"

Liu Liangyun drew the same line on his face, "It's swollen." That smell must have come from him. "

"What kind of garden is he working on in the manor recently? He didn't even get to use the shade of the sun, and instead brought a bunch of mosquitoes. It's quite annoying."

"Why?" He seemed to have just recalled the reason behind the question, "Does Sir Lian like this taste?"

That's not it...

Slowly the doctor's face broke into a smile — I just have a rough idea where he went last night.