Lu Lili looked for Pei Yijian for a very long time.
After coming out of the inn, she asked people along the way if they had seen a tall and thin young man wearing black clothes, who always liked to carry a folding fan. However, everyone said they hadn’t seen him.
It wasn’t until she was about to reach the city gate that she finally found Pei Yijian.
Seeing that his clothes were a bit torn, but he was fine, Lu Lili knew that he must have just been in a fight.
As for who he fought with, um, she initially suspected it was Xu Rui.
Before Lu Lili could ask anything, Pei Yijian had already stood in front of her. He weakly leaned his head on her shoulder and wrapped his hands around her back.
“Little Brother Lu, I’m injured.”
He spoke while pretending to be weak, not hiding his desire to gain her care and sympathy.
Listening to his pitiful voice, Lu Lili couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. She comfortingly hugged him.
“Where are you injured? Is it serious? Should I take you to find Guo Lin…”
“No, I can bandage myself. I just want you to stay with me.”
Pei Yijian enjoyed the feeling of being comforted by her, so he continued to act spoiled.
“Alright, alright. I’ll stay with you.” Lu Lili said, then glanced at the city gate and asked, “Where is Xu Rui? Didn’t he say he wanted to talk to you? Why did you go outside the city?”
Pei Yijian smiled and said, “Hehe, I guess he has already gone back to his stronghold.”
“Hmm? What’s going on with you guys?” Lu Lili was curious and eager to know!
They returned to a room in the mansion.
Lu Lili pressed the person onto a chair and said, “Sit tight. Where’s the first aid kit? I’ll help you bandage your wound.”
Pei Yijian, in a rather good mood, pointed to a place, and Lu Lili immediately took out the medicine.
Pei Yijian had injured one of his arms, and he was about to cut his sleeve when he heard Lu Lili’s serious voice, “Take off half of your sleeve, the side with the wound.”
“Take off…? Uh…” Pei Yijian blushed and felt his heart racing, not knowing where to start at all.
—Do I really have to take off my clothes? But how do I take off half of the sleeve…
Seeing him bewildered, Lu Lili prepared the tools and walked over to him considerately. “Never mind, if it’s inconvenient for you because of the injury, then let me help you!”
“Oh…” Pei Yijian became even more nervous, so nervous that he completely ignored the pain from his wound.
Lu Lili reached out her hand, but then realized that there were multiple layers of clothing in traditional attire, and if one had to be removed, they would have to remove them all. In an instant, she felt a bit embarrassed.
But compared to embarrassment, treating the wound is more important.
She paused for a moment, “Brother Pei, do you want to take it off by yourself or should I help you?”
“*Cough*, please help me.”
After taking off and exposing his arm, Lu Lili saw that the wound was not deep, so she felt relieved.
As she carefully cleaned and dressed Pei Yi Jian’s arm wound, she listened to him recounting what happened after he left the city with Xu Rui.
Lu Lili understood everything as soon as she heard it.
“So, Xu Rui intended to bring me back to the mountain stronghold with Xu Xiang and Xu Wu! No wonder he came early to deceive me by saying that my brother was looking for me, when in fact my brother wasn’t even in Huan’yang.
“What? He challenged you to a decisive battle, one vs three? Impressive. You were able to win, and getting only this little injury is not bad. But next time, don’t agree to such obviously disadvantageous rules.
“Ah, Xu Rui actually took advantage of pretending to see me and ambushed you in the end. Your clothes were torn by him? I couldn’t tell at all. He clearly looks like a weak scholar on the surface, but I didn’t expect him to be skilled in martial arts.”
As Lu Lili sighed, Pei Yi Jian suddenly grabbed her hand and accused her with dissatisfied eyes, “I am more skilled than him, and I didn’t let him successfully ambush me. Little Brother Lu, if you want to praise someone, you should praise me, right?!”
Seeing his jealous expression, a sly smile flashed in Lu Lili’s eyes, and she spoke in a coaxing tone, “I will praise you, just wait a moment, okay? Once I finish dressing your wound, I’ll praise you, alright?”
Pei Yijian skeptically released her hand and let her finish wrapping his arm with gauze.
As he was thinking about how she would praise him while her hands were still busy, a pair of fair and slender hands gently cupped his face.
The girl standing in front of him leaned down and decisively placed a soft kiss on his lips…
In that instant, Pei Yi Jian felt as if he had been electrified…