Blade of Wind

I don't know whether I was frightened by the scene of fighting or smelled by the bloody smell. After we cleaned it up, Ah Ao's condition still looked very bad.His face was pale, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and he was so weak that he didn't even have the strength to stand up straight.

I threw away the blood-stained coat, supported him, frowned, and said, "Are there any towns and villages near here? I think we still need to find a place to take a good rest."

Xiu Huang also nodded, took out the map from the bag to look at it, and then went to lead the beast over, "The nearest town is Libao, we go there as fast as possible, it will take about half an hour."

I helped Ao to the side of the beast rider, and asked, "Can you ride by yourself? Would you like to sit with me?"

Although my Meng Ji is clingy like a cat, it is quite good as a riding animal after all. Ao is thin, so there is no problem carrying two people.

A Ao glared at me, pulled the rein of his beast riding by himself, and said nonchalantly: "I haven't reached the point where I'm considered trash."

...that's right.

It's not that I caused him to be like this... Well, even if I shouldn't kill him in front of him, it's not my own thought.Didn't it just happen to hit me?What's more, I don't want him to be like this. I wanted to take care of him.

I frowned in displeasure, he had turned himself onto the beast mount.

Forget it, he wants to be brave, and I don't want to put a hot face on a cold ass, just pay more attention to him later.But before getting on the horse, he was still worried, so he quietly told Qinglong that if he fell off the beast, he must catch him and not let him fall.

Fortunately, although Ah Ao seemed to be trying to be tough, nothing happened along the way.

We soon reached Chestnut Castle, and knocked on the door of an inn.

Although the store owner still had the displeasure of being woken up in the middle of the night, it is always a good thing to have business.He arranged our room very quickly.

Ah Ao fell on the bed almost as soon as he entered the door.

I sighed, helped him lie down, and reached out to touch his forehead. "It's a bit hot. It seems to have a fever." I retracted my hand and compared it to my forehead, then called Xiuhuang over and asked him to show Aao.

Xiu Huang inspected it carefully, and said that it was probably just smoked by the bloody smell, and there was no cure for this kind of thing, so he could only let Ao wash it off and rest well.Then he went to ask the store to bring in hot water.

I sat on the head of the bed, stretched out my hand to hold Ao's hand, and sighed. "What's the matter with you? I didn't see you like this before biting my lip myself."

Hearing what I said, Ah Ao blushed slightly and turned her head away.

I pulled the quilt to help him cover it. For some reason, I remembered the things in Yinying's time.

At that time, Ah Ao was also always sick, with fever, weakness, and bedridden.I take care of him the same way.

Thinking about it carefully, maybe he would be sick at that time, probably because of Qilin's physique.He was all right at Fraser, but when the war started he became ill.It was the same when he was in Heinesen. As soon as Luo Yantar decided to rebel, Ao started to have a fever.

Maybe... the so-called unicorn halo blood doesn't simply refer to seeing blood or smelling blood, right?

War, killing, pain... These are the fundamental reasons that make Qilin, the kindest benevolent beast in the world, weak.How stupid was I to bring him to follow Roenthal before?

I was thinking about the past, and lost my mind for a while, until Ah Ao grabbed my hand and yelled "Jie" heavily, then raised my eyes and looked at him.

A Ao blushed: "...didn't you hear me?"

"Ah, what?"

Ah Ao snorted, but after a while he said softly: "I told you to go back to the room first, I... have to take a bath."

I just found out that the hot water is ready.It was poured into a large wooden barrel, and Xiu Huang was standing by the side of the barrel, reaching out to test the temperature of the water.

A Ao said again: "Xiu Huang, go back and rest too, I'll do it myself."

Xiu Huang frowned, looked at A Ao, nodded, and walked towards the door.Before going out, he looked back at me and winked.

I didn't quite understand what his wink meant. When I wanted to ask, he had already walked out and closed the door behind him.

... What are you doing.

I stood up and prepared to go back.

Ah Ao got up after him, and he didn't know whether he wanted to see me off or take a bath, but he just got off the ground, and before he could take a step, his body tilted to the side.

If it wasn't for the lack of strength, it must be dizzy.

It turned out that Xiu Huang knew that he couldn't take a bath by himself, so he signaled me to stay and help him.

I quickly stretched out my hand to support Ah Ao, sighed, and said, "What a show of strength, I can't even stand upright. Let me wash it for you."

"No, I can do it myself." Ao argued with a blushing face.

I didn't believe it at all, and hesitantly let go. As expected, his body was still shaking and he couldn't stand still at all.

I quickly steadied him again.

Ah Ao stopped arguing, and his voice lowered, and he said softly: "How about... you can help me to the bucket..."

I sneered.

Ao shut his mouth.

So I helped him over, undressed him, and helped him into the tub.

Ao kept blushing, lowered his eyes, and said nothing.

I untied his turban, let down his light golden long hair, scooped up water, and washed it carefully.

When the washing was almost done, I leaned close to Ao and sniffed it, to make sure that there was no bloody smell left, and joked, "You've become a lot more delicate since you became a unicorn."

Ah Ao, who had been blushing and staring at the water without saying a word, raised her head at this moment, looked at me with violet eyes, and asked softly, "Did you...were you thinking about him before?"

"what?"

I asked casually, and still twisted the veil to help him wipe his back.

Ah Ao pressed my hand, and continued to speak softly: "When you didn't hear what I was talking to you, were you thinking about Luo Yantar?"

I smiled, "Why do you ask so suddenly?"

"You only have that expression when you think of him." Ao's voice dropped again, "Happy...and sad..."

"Well, I remembered something." I simply replied calmly, "Actually, when you were there, Ao, you already had the symptoms of unicorn physique, and I didn't realize it at all, how stupid."

"At that time... who knew it would be like this..." Ah Ao said so, pulled my hand to his chest, and put it on his heart, without making another sound.

The room suddenly fell silent.

Only hear each other's breathing and heartbeat.

My palms were pressed against his skin, and the feeling was particularly obvious.

I was thinking, maybe Ah Ao himself just remembered that period of time.

For me, when I was with Rosenthal, I was really happy and sad.The sweetness of finally falling in love with someone, and the sadness of having to watch him go to destruction, are intertwined... Maybe in this life, I will never have that feeling again.

But what about Ao?

How was he feeling during that time?

I was sick because of the war, and I was his only relative, but he could only avoid us from a distance... It's not a good memory no matter how you think about it, right?

My heart throbbed faintly, I bent down and hugged Ah Ao.

Ah Ao seemed startled by my sudden movement, raised his eyes to look at me, but didn't move or speak.

Some words have already been said, and there is no need to repeat them.

And sometimes, no language at all is superfluous.

Helped Ah Ao to take a bath, dried himself, put on his coat, helped him to bed, leaned on the pillow, and covered him with a quilt.He turned around and went out to ask the shopkeeper to carry the bathtub out, then he turned back to the bed, sat down, and wiped his hair with a dry handkerchief.

Ao watched me busy and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked.

"It's just that... like in the novel, the young masters of the ancient official families there are probably served like this?"

... This kid, he is so proud to see him take care of him when he is sick.

I gave him a blank look, and simply got up and saluted him with a blessing, lowered my eyebrows and said pleasantly: "What do you want me to tell you, my lord?"

Ah Ao also pretended to point to a plate of fruit on the table and said, "Well, peel a pear for me to eat."

I laughed out loud, and threw the handkerchief in my hand on him, "Tsk, that's all you pursue?"

Ah Ao smiled, and continued to wipe the damp hair, saying softly: "I want something else, I'm afraid you won't."

I pretended I didn't hear it, and went over and took a pear and peeled it for him.

While eating, Ah Ao looked at me sideways, his eyes were soft, as if dripping water, against the brocade quilt, with long disheveled hair, a charming style.

I smiled again, helped him throw away the pear core, fetched water for him to wash his hands, helped him to lie down again, and made fun of me: "Obviously I can't even stand upright, so don't bother trying to seduce me." gone."

A Ao blushed, but she really stretched out her hand to hook my finger, and said softly: "A normal man will try to be brave when he hears this kind of words, right?"

I laughed out loud again, and blessed my body again, "I beg you, my lord, to be generous, don't talk to me like this, and take care of your health, I want to live with my lord for hundreds of years."

Ah Ao also laughed, dragged my hand and said softly: "Tonight...you can stay with me?"

"Oh, I call you son-in-law a few times and you really treat me like a maid."

I snorted, but wasn't angry.In fact, over the years, Ao has really taken care of me more, and I have less time to take care of him like this.So he didn't feel much, and reached out to touch his forehead again. Although it wasn't as hot as before, the temperature was still higher than usual.So I sat down in front of the bed and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll watch over you here, it's okay."

Ah Ao frowned, "That's not what I meant... It's not that children have to be watched at night when they sleep..." He paused, turned his back to me, and muttered sullenly, "Anyway, I I don't have the strength to do anything now..."

...It's pitiful and funny.

I just smiled lightly, took off my coat, went to bed and lay beside him, and stretched out my arms to hug him from behind.

Ah Ao's back stiffened, as if his whole body was tense.

"Relax," I patted him lightly, "I'm here with you, sleep well."

Ah Ao didn't turn around, but gently held my hand, breathing gradually evenly.

I stayed next to him and closed my eyes.