"It's getting late. It's time to go back," Mo Qinghuan said as she walked forward side by side with Mu Yanming.
Suddenly, a glint of sword light flashed towards Mu Yanming's eyes. His nerves tightened, and he quickly pulled Mo Qinghuan behind him.
Mo Qinghuan also sensed something was wrong. Standing behind Mu Yanming, she scanned the surroundings.
It was deathly quiet all around. Occasionally, there were the cooing sounds of birds and the howling of the wind passing by their ears.
Mo Qinghuan reached out to hold Mu Yanming's arm and whispered, "It seems..."
Before she could finish her sentence, there came a sudden "whoosh." In panic, Mo Qinghuan turned around and saw an arrow flying towards her from the right - rear side.
The arrow cut through the air straight towards her. Mo Qinghuan stood still, forgetting to dodge.
Fortunately, Mu Yanming pulled her over in time, dodging the arrow.
The arrow skimmed past her hair and hit the pillar beside them. After it hit the pillar, the tail of the arrow vibrated, making a humming sound.
Immediately afterwards, arrows flew towards them one after another, all of which were blocked by Mu Yanming's fluttering sleeves.
However, suddenly an arrow came from Mu Yanming's blind spot and headed straight for Mo Qinghuan.
By the time Mu Yanming noticed it, the arrow was already very close. Just as it was about to hit Mo Qinghuan, he instinctively reached out his arm to pull her, but he was still a step too late. The arrow pierced into his right arm, near the shoulder.
Hearing Mu Yanming's muffled groan and the sound of the arrow piercing into the flesh, Mo Qinghuan panicked. She supported Mu Yanming and rushed towards the door of a nearby shop to take shelter. But it seemed that there were people on the rooftops on both sides of the street.
No matter how they dodged, arrows kept coming.
"Don't worry. Don't be afraid," Mu Yanming comforted the nervous Mo Qinghuan with a faint smile on his face.
Mo Qinghuan's eyes scanned back and forth. A wooden board caught her eye. She walked around the pillar and ran towards it.
Mu Yanming followed her gaze and almost simultaneously walked with her to the wooden board.
Then, with a hard slap of his left hand, the wooden board stood up and blocked in front of them.
Arrows were still shooting towards them, but they were all nailed into the wooden board.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Mo Qinghuan pushed her hair behind her ear and looked at Mu Yanming. The two suddenly smiled at each other, feeling like they had survived a disaster.
Just as they were relaxing, suddenly there came a disorderly sound of footsteps running towards them. Mo Qinghuan immediately tensed up again.
"Search! Call out all the people in the shops on both sides," came Bai Ke's voice.
Hearing this, Mo Qinghuan poked her head out from behind the wooden board.
"Bai Ke, hurry! Mu Yanming is injured," she shouted.
Hearing this, Bai Ke walked towards them. Mo Qinghuan supported Mu Yanming and walked out from behind the wooden board.
After they returned to the prince's mansion.
Mo Qinghuan helped Mu Yanming to the Qingting Courtyard.
Mu Yanming sat on the chair. After Mo Qinghuan prepared the things for removing the arrow, she stood in front of Mu Yanming.
She was about to untie his clothes, but just as her hand got close to Mu Yanming, Bai Ke suddenly let out a grunt.
Mo Qinghuan turned to look at Bai Ke. Bai Ke averted his eyes. She felt speechless and rolled her eyes at him, then continued what she was doing. Bai Ke coughed twice again.
Mo Qinghuan stood up, walked up to Bai Ke, holding a pill in her hand with a fake smile on her face. "General Bai, if your throat is uncomfortable, you can take the medicine."
Bai Ke looked at Mo Qinghuan's eyes. He felt so miserable. He couldn't just watch the princess being so intimate with another man, nor could he just watch Mr. Lu die without treatment.
But for the sake of the prince, he couldn't turn a blind eye!
Oh my god! He was so helpless. He wished the sky would strike him with thunder.
Seeing that Bai Ke stopped talking, Mo Qinghuan raised her eyebrows and smiled. "Bai Ke, go guard outside."
Hearing this, Bai Ke frowned, and his eyes narrowed into slits.
"You don't have to go out, but please shut up," Mo Qinghuan said.
After saying that, Mo Qinghuan bent down again. This time, she directly tore the clothes on Mu Yanming's arm.
After getting everything ready, she disinfected the wound and injected local anesthesia.
After a while, she poked the wound with a needle threaded with molecular thread. "Does it hurt?"
Mu Yanming shook his head. "I can't feel anything."
Hearing this, Mo Qinghuan nodded. She pressed the area around the wound, then firmly grasped the arrow shaft and pulled out the arrow all at once.
The moment the arrow was pulled out, blood spurted out. She quickly picked up the prepared disinfectant gauze and pressed it on the wound.
After stopping the bleeding, she began to stitch up the wound.
Watching Mo Qinghuan's series of actions, Bai Ke's admiration for her deepened a bit more.
Moreover, since the princess came, it seemed that Mr. Lu Shenghua, the infatuated man, had been forgotten by the prince.
"The wound has been treated. You won't feel pain now, but after the anesthesia wears off, you may feel a bit of pain. If you can't bear it, you can tell me. I'll prescribe painkillers for you," Mo Qinghuan said.
Mu Yanming hooked his lips into a smile. He propped his chin with his left hand and looked at Mo Qinghuan. "Don't worry. I can bear this pain."
Mo Qinghuan was bending down to tidy up the things. When he propped his chin like this, the distance between them suddenly shortened. Mo Qinghuan looked up and almost brushed against Mu Yanming's face.
But the awkward moment only lasted for a second, because outside the door came Dan'er's voice.
"Your Highness, Princess. A Mr. Lu is here outside," Dan'er reported.
Mo Qinghuan looked at Bai Ke. Bai Ke's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that the prince was back...
It was such a coincidence. Thinking this, he stepped out. "Princess, I'll go and check. Please take care of the prince first."
Bai Ke emphasized the word "prince" very heavily.
After exchanging a look with "Mu Yanming", Mo Qinghuan got up and walked out.
Bai Ke walked towards the main gate. From afar, he saw two figures, a man and a woman.
The man was dressed in black, and his face was blocked by a cloak. The woman was dressed in red, looking extremely beautiful.
"Mr. Lu," Bai Ke greeted.
The man called Mr. Lu just grunted and stepped over the threshold and walked inside.
The woman followed closely behind.
Looking at the two of them, a sense of foreboding flashed through Bai Ke's mind.
He quickened his pace and caught up with them. "Sir, have you finished dealing with the matter?"
"Yes. Where's the princess?"
Bai Ke glanced at the red - dressed woman. Ata smiled and winked at Bai Ke.
This action scared Bai Ke so much that he immediately averted his eyes.
"The princess was attacked, and the prince was injured," Bai Ke replied.
The woman was completely confused. Just as she was about to ask what had happened to Mu Yanming, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in front of her eyes.
When she saw clearly, Mu Yanming had already walked a long way.
Just as she was about to follow him, Bai Ke grabbed her wrist. "Miss, please stay. Let me take you to the guest room to rest."
The woman looked at the hand that was holding her wrist and snorted. "I'm the prince's person. It's not appropriate for you to hold me like this, isn't it?"