Meanwhile, Qi Huan curled up in a chair in the space, clutching her stomach with a furrowed brow.
Sensing her pain, the system automatically selected mineral water, pain medication, and blood circulation pills for her, saying, "Host, see how much I care about you?!"
"It hurts."
Qi Huan forced herself to sit up straight, tore open the medicine packet, poured the pills into her mouth, and swallowed them with the mineral water.
"Host, I suggest you be more cautious in the future. Just now, if Ximen Ye hadn't been severely injured and distracted, he could have kicked you straight to heaven..."
"At that moment, his heartbeat was erratic, and the arrow he was hit with earlier was poisoned. I wanted to take advantage of his weakness and end him, eliminating future trouble...
...But he was too fast. I didn't have time to enter the space before he kicked me, so I simply shot him with a poison needle and then entered the space.
It's worth getting a little hurt if I can solve this problem."
As the medicine began to take effect, Qi Huan's brow slightly relaxed.
She didn't have time to rest and immediately left the space to go to Li Shuchen's side.
At this time, Li Shuchen was leaning against a rock wall, his head resting on Yan Qinghe's shoulder, his black hair disheveled, eyes tightly closed, and face as pale as paper.
Yan Qinghe, with bloodshot eyes and a tense jawline, was silently trying to move him onto his back to carry him out and find a doctor.
As he was moved, fresh blood seeped from the wound at Li Shuchen's waist, piercing Qi Huan's eyes.
With red-rimmed eyes, she held back tears and stopped Yan Qinghe: "Put him down!"
Outside in the forest, there were still assassins lying in wait. Rushing out recklessly could lead to an even greater crisis.
Moreover, Li Shuchen was bleeding profusely and couldn't wait.
Qi Huan took out a medical kit and quickly rummaged through it.
After finding the medicine, she skillfully undid Li Shuchen's belt and pushed his clothes aside, exposing his muscular chest.
Her vigorous actions startled Yan Qinghe.
"Ah Huan, what... what are you going to do to Ah Shu?"
Qi Huan had no time to answer, busy unscrewing the saline solution to clean Li Shuchen's wound.
Then, she applied iodine for disinfection. Finally, she sprinkled on Yunnan Baiyao powder to stop the bleeding.
After applying the medicine, she wrapped the bandage and tied a pretty butterfly knot.
In the late October cave, the cold wind was chilling to the bone.
She tucked Li Shuchen's clothes around him, then produced three cotton quilts, left some medicines and food, and said to Yan Qinghe:
"Take care of Yan Wu and the big guy next to him... and take care of yourself. I'm taking Ah Shu back to the Heavenly Court."
With that, she took Li Shuchen into the space.
Qi Huan lowered the chair's backrest to its lowest position and turned on the car's air conditioning.
Warm air flowed continuously from the vents, making the space increasingly comfortable.
She took out some cephalosporin from the medical kit, trying to feed it to Li Shuchen.
It was the most common antibiotic.
However, Li Shuchen's lips were tightly pressed together, his jaw clenched, making it impossible to administer the medicine.
"Search for medicine feeding device."
"Host, why bother with all that trouble? Grinding tablets and dissolving powders all take time. Why don't you just... go for it directly?"
"......"
Qi Huan finally adopted its suggestion.
She put two pills on her tongue and kissed Li Shuchen, clumsily trying to push them into his mouth.
When Li Shuchen was awakened by her actions, realizing she was kissing him, he obediently opened his mouth.
...And then tasted two pills.
"Ah Shu, you're awake?"
"Mm."
Hearing his hoarse voice, Qi Huan quickly took out a bottle of mineral water, opened it, and handed it to him.
"Do you want some water?"
"Yes."
Li Shuchen gazed intently at her rosy lips, swallowing hard.
As he reached out to take the water bottle, he pretended to aggravate his wound, letting out a muffled groan and furrowing his brow.
Seeing this, Qi Huan immediately became anxious.
"Don't move, I'll help you drink."
As soon as she finished speaking, the corners of Li Shuchen's lips unconsciously curled up.
She was puzzled: "Why are you smiling?"
"Because I'm happy."
Qi Huan brought the bottle to his lips: "Drink."
"......"
After a moment of silence, Li Shuchen concealed the disappointment in his eyes and slightly raised his chin, swallowing the tasteless mineral water.
Actually, he wanted Ah Huan to feed him mouth-to-mouth.
The poison was still coursing through his body, stinging every nerve. Amidst the unbearable pain, he especially craved a pleasant experience.
After he finished drinking, Qi Huan began to ponder what to cook for him.
Spicy food was off-limits, as were certain other foods.
A bland diet would be best.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up: "I've got it!"
"System, replicate postpartum congee!"
Whoosh—
A delivery appeared out of thin air.
On the packaging of the delivery box, besides the pattern, there was text.
When Li Shuchen saw the words "postpartum," his gaze paused, and he asked her: "Why eat postpartum congee?"
"It's nourishing!" Qi Huan replied casually.
Nourishing...
"Did you ask a doctor about this?"
"No. I didn't feel comfortable asking a doctor about such a small matter. But most of us in the Heavenly Court have heard our elders talk about it. So, trust me."
"...Alright."
Overwhelming joy, like a tidal wave, engulfed Li Shuchen.
He began to think about names for the child.
Suddenly, he remembered that Ah Huan had once said that having children too early was not good for a woman's body.
Li Shuchen's eyes filled with guilt and self-reproach: "I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well enough."
Qi Huan thought he was referring to the fight with the assassins.
She lowered her gaze to look at her abdomen, rubbing it gently, indeed it was very painful where Ximen Ye had kicked her.
"It's not your fault, it was the assassin who did it."
Her words struck Li Shuchen like a bolt of lightning.
In that instant, his thought was:
"I'm going to kill him."
"Okay. But first, you need to recover."
Her eyes were filled with tender concern, and Li Shuchen gradually regained his composure.
Ah Huan would never do anything to betray him.
It must have been that assassin who forced himself on Ah Huan.
Li Shuchen's gaze turned cold, like a thousand-year-old icy pond.
He wanted to tear that assassin to pieces and scatter his ashes to the wind.
Noticing his odd expression, Qi Huan tugged at his sleeve: "Ah Shu, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Li Shuchen swallowed the sweet taste of blood in his throat, all the pain in his body not amounting to even a fraction of the pain in his heart.
"When did you encounter him?"
"Today."
"It happened so quickly?"
"Yes, it was quite fast. I didn't even have time to hide in the space."
Seeing her displeased expression, Li Shuchen couldn't bring himself to ask further. Changing the subject, he said with difficulty:
"Qi Huan, do you want to stay?"
"Of course,"
Qi Huan gripped his sleeve tightly. "I'm definitely staying, with you."
When she said "of course," Li Shuchen couldn't deny the jealousy that nearly drove him mad.
But then Qi Huan added that she wanted to be with him...
The tension in his muscles suddenly released.
Li Shuchen sighed in resignation: "Then let's have the baby."
"The child is Qi Huan's, Qi Huan is mine, so the child is mine too,"
he muttered, successfully convincing himself.
After much internal deliberation, he added: "We'll return to the capital later. Give me some time to make arrangements. I'll give you... both mother and child a proper status..."
At that moment, he noticed the red marks on Qi Huan's neck. It felt as if his throat was stuffed with cotton, rendering him speechless.
What he didn't know was that these marks were actually caused by the artificial grass on the ghillie suit.
His mind began to wander.
His remaining rationality crumbled completely, his gaze turning cold and profound.
Ignoring his bleeding wound, Li Shuchen leaned in, nibbling along the curve of Qi Huan's ear, leaving his own mark.
A tingling sensation arose, and Qi Huan snapped out of her shock, pushing him away forcefully:
"Did that assassin's stab make you stupid? What nonsense are you spouting?"
