Volume 1: Swan Goose Chapter 171: Floating Life is But a Grass (1)
Lingzhou, caravan branch - Zhenxue Tower.
Hu Qi spent the whole night taking care of Lu Ning's bedside. She was so tired that she fell asleep without knowing it.
His unsupported body was swaying back and forth on the chair, teetering on the edge. After shaking for a few times, he almost fell to the ground in a daze, and then he suddenly woke up.
In order to prevent himself from falling asleep again, he quickly took a sip of cold tea. His dry throat was choked by the bitter and cold tea, and there were bursts of acid reflux in his stomach. He suddenly felt much more awake.
When he raised his eyes, he found that Lu Ning's pale cheeks had an unnatural flush.
Hu Qixin was startled, and quickly reached out and touched Lu Ning's forehead, and then his own forehead, but he couldn't feel the difference. He suddenly remembered that when he was a child, his mother used to put her forehead on his own to test the temperature.
Although it felt a bit abrupt, he was more worried that fever was a sign of worsening of his condition. After hesitating, he slowly leaned towards the girl's face.
The girl has a hibiscus-like face, a pointed chin, a cherry mouth that is rosy and plump, and under the willow-leaf eyebrows, butterfly-wing eyelashes beat restlessly.
The two people's faces were getting closer and closer, and Hu Qi could even feel Lu Ning's hot breath and hear his own pounding heartbeat.
Just when the two foreheads were about to touch together, the girl who closed her eyes suddenly opened her eyes.
In a daze, she saw the face close to hers. She subconsciously screamed, pushed Hu Qi away, and shouted in panic: "You, what are you doing?"
Seeing Lu Ning wake up, Hu Qi exclaimed in surprise: "Great, you finally woke up!"
Lu Ning struggled to sit up and looked around blankly. The navy blue curtain made her realize that she was not sleeping in her own bed.
Looking at the unfamiliar room, Lu Ning hurriedly asked: "Where is this?"
"This is a new guest room. Your room has leaks, so you can only stay here temporarily." Hu Qi explained.
"Wait? Why don't I remember anything?" Lu Ning knocked on his head, only to feel that his head was heavy and there was chaos inside.
Not only her head, her whole body was weak, and her throat was extremely dry.
Hu Qi felt a little strange and asked again: "Then what is the last thing you can remember?"
Lu Ning closed his eyes and tried to piece together some broken pictures in his mind.
After a long time, she slowly opened her eyes and spoke slowly: "I remember that day you suggested that I check on Mrs. Ye, so I took the darts and arrows and prepared to test it. As a result, I was at the door of Mrs. Ye's room.
see……"
At this point, she suddenly paused, and then said awkwardly: "I saw... someone entering the house. Then I felt a sharp pain in the back of my neck, and I got up and ended up here."
Hu Qi frowned and his face changed slightly: "So you were knocked unconscious! This yard is full of caravans, who would do something to you?"
Lu Ning sorted out his thoughts and said slowly: "It seems that someone doesn't want me to go to Ma Huilan, or... I am getting close to the truth, so the other party has no choice but to take action."
Hu Qi asked eagerly: "What exactly did you find?"
Lu Ning pondered for a long time before finally speaking: "My head is still in a mess even now. I seem to have discovered something, but I can't remember anything."
"That's bad." Hu Qi murmured: "We don't even know the identity of the enemy yet, and the enemy has started to attack. It will be very difficult for us in the future."
"By the way." Lu Ning asked quickly: "Was the fire big last night? Were any other brothers injured?"
Hu Qi sighed: "Everyone slept until midnight last night, and Mrs. Ye's house started to catch fire. Uncle Ye was trapped in the fire, and Toto broke into the house to rescue him regardless of life and death. Later, everyone found that you were not there and ran to look for him.
When you arrived, I saw that your house was also on fire, so I rescued you. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and you are all fine, but the house you live in... was burned down..."
Afraid of worrying Lu Ning, Hu Qi talked about the fire in an understatement, and even concealed the process of risking his own life to save it.
Although Hu Qi said it lightly, Lu Ning was a little scared: "Last night was really thrilling.
ah!"
"But it's not right." She seemed to remember something and added: "If this fire is aimed at me, why did Uncle Ye's house also catch on fire? Someone is obviously trying to kill him!"
Hu Qi was also startled, and then realized: "What you said makes sense! The murderer knew that Uncle Ye had an injured leg and was unable to walk, so he would not be able to escape when he was trapped in the fire. He wanted Uncle Ye to die! But!
Apart from being obsessed with martial arts, Uncle Ye never pays attention to the affairs of the gang. Who will he provoke?"
This question also stopped Lu Ning. She hugged her knees and lowered her eyes and thought for a long time, but she couldn't think of a reason.
Suddenly, a "gurgling" sound came from my stomach, breaking the dullness at this moment.
Hu Qi was slightly startled and saw Lu Ning smiling awkwardly at him with a blushing face: "Oh no, I thought about it so seriously that I'm even hungry."
Hu Qi smiled knowingly and quickly went to the small kitchen to bring a bowl of porridge.
"I knew you would be hungry, so I specially ordered Xiaohuan to cook a bowl of porridge. Drink it while it's hot!" Hu Qi scooped up a spoonful of porridge and brought it to her lips.
Lu Ning bit her lip, took the bowl from his hand, and said politely: "Master Hu, you have been tired for a day, go and rest! I can still do this little thing by myself."
Hu Qi had no choice but to retract his hand and smiled to himself.
"Little deer! Little deer!" A rough voice came from outside the door, breaking the awkwardness at this moment.
Then a black cloud rushed into the door and ran to Lu Ning. The person who came was none other than Totuo.
"Xiaolu, you finally woke up! How are you? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?" Toto looked around Lu Ning and kept asking.
Lu Ning smiled and said, "Look, I'm not alive and kicking!"
"That's good!" Toto grinned and magically took out a chicken drumstick for her: "You're hungry! Eat it quickly! I bought this specially for you!"
After saying that, he took away the porridge bowl in her hand and complained: "This is too vegetarian! You are sick, you need to eat more meat to replenish your body!"
Lu Ning looked at Hu Qi quietly, and seeing that he looked a little embarrassed, he immediately tried to smooth things over: "Brother, I'm very hungry now. I can eat it whether it's chicken legs or porridge!"
With that said, he took back the porridge bowl, quickly took two bites into his mouth, took another bite of the chicken leg, and showed a satisfied smile to the two of them.
Hu Qi gave her a grateful smile, cupped his hands and said, "Since Brother Toto is with you, Hu won't bother you."
Lu Ning smiled: "Thank you Mr. Hu, you've been tired for a long night and take a good rest."
After Hu Qi left, Lu Ning immediately put down the porridge bowl and chicken legs, pulled Toto and asked: "Brother, have you found the cause of the fire?"
Toto snorted angrily: "I didn't wait for your orders this time, so I went to investigate! Someone piled straw outside your and Uncle Ye's house and deliberately set it on fire!"
"It seems that the murderer is really targeting me and Uncle Ye." Lu Ning leaned on the bed tiredly, looking worried.
"Is it possible that Uncle Ye also knows some secrets?" Toto tried to ask.
Lu Ning frowned: "When Uncle Ye gets better, I will ask. But I'm afraid he won't tell me the truth!"
"Don't worry! He trusts me very much. If you can't do it, I will do it!" Toto patted his chest and said frankly.
"Thank you, brother." Lu Ning patted him on the shoulder and smiled knowingly: "If you hadn't risked your life to save me this time, I would have been buried in the fire!"
Toto was startled, then said: "This time you thanked the wrong person! When I rescued Uncle Ye, I didn't know that you were also trapped in the sea of fire! It was Hu Qi who discovered that you were not there and rescued you from the sea of fire!"
"Hu Qi?" Lu Ning was shocked and said in disbelief: "He rescued me from the sea of fire alone?"
"No!" Toto nodded like a fool: "You didn't even see that when he took you out, your whole body was smoked like a piece of black coal. When he saw you unconscious, he almost cried! Later, he almost cried when he took you out.
I told him that you were fine, and he breathed a sigh of relief. And you have been sleeping for so long, and Hu Qi has been here to take care of you!"
"It's him..." This really made Lu Ning
Quite unexpectedly, she did not expect that Hu Qi, who was powerless, would risk his life to save her and take care of her without taking off her clothes.
Could it be that he treats himself...
Lu Ning quickly shook his head and joked that he was being sentimental! Hu Qi must have done this to repay his life-saving grace.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt relieved, then picked up the porridge bowl and took a sip.
"Xiaolu, I think Hu Qi likes you!" Toto said without any clue.
"Pfft..." Lu Ning spit out a mouthful of porridge. She quickly wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said angrily: "Nonsense, we have only known each other for a long time, how is this possible!"
Toto, however, looked serious: "What's the matter with the short time? You and King Yi haven't known each other for long, but you still love each other to the death! Seeing that Hu Qi is so nervous about you, he must have fallen in love with you!"
Lu Ning looked at Toto in surprise. She had never thought that Toto, an untouched person, could understand everything.
"I think... maybe Hu Qi is just repaying the favor I gave him for saving his life..." Lu Ning looked down at the porridge bowl and defended in a low voice.
Toto chuckled and said to himself: "But this is good. In fact, I really like Hu Qi. If he can be my brother-in-law in the future, I will definitely have no objection!"
"What nonsense!" Lu Ning blushed slightly and said angrily, "If someone heard this, wouldn't it be a joke!"
"Then what are you going to do next?" Toto asked, staring at her.
Lu Ning pondered for a moment and whispered: "I think since this person has already started taking action, it means that we have some evidence. Let's start investigating from this fire, maybe we can find something!"
"Okay! Then leave this matter to me!" Toto patted his chest and stood up: "You should rest quickly, I'm leaving!"
With that said, he left Lu Ning's room. Lu Ning leaned on the bed and looked at the curtain above his head in a daze:
The journey to Lingzhou was dangerous, but far less difficult than now!
I was unknowingly involved in an unpredictable storm. Moreover, I faced two enemies in a row without even knowing the purpose of the other party or who they were.
An attack!
It seems that if I want to speed up, I must find some useful clues before the other party strikes next time in order to save my life!
Turning his eyes slightly, Lu Ning sighed slightly when he saw the porridge bowl on the bedside: No matter what Hu Qi's feelings were towards him, he still had to thank him properly after he got up because he risked his life to save her!