Chapter 13: Enlightenment
“Ouch!”
"ah!"
Chu Lu Ren cried out in pain, and Mu Wanqing also screamed because she fell completely on Chu Lu Ren. Then she immediately stood up and checked on Chu Lu Ren's condition...
Fortunately, the final distance was not very high, and Chu Lu Ren at least had the skill of lightness and leaping, so although he was unable to completely relieve the force, he did not hit him hard.
Mu Wanqing, who was lifted up at the end, suffered almost no injuries. Chu Lu Ren just twisted his foot when he landed on the ground, and it felt... painful, but it didn't feel like any bones were broken.
"Hiss, hiss... don't move!" Chu Lu Ren gasped in pain and stopped Mu Wanqing who was about to take off his shoes.
"Since you are afraid of pain, why did you jump down to save me?" Mu Wanqing asked stiffly.
"It was just a mistake. I wouldn't have been hurt." Chu Lu Ren also felt regretful. He should have invested more fusion fragments earlier.
Mu Wanqing's expression froze when she heard this. She originally thought that Chu Lu Ren could say something nice.
However, after noticing her own emotions, Mu Wanqing snorted in embarrassment and turned around to leave.
Later he found that one of Chu Lu Ren's feet seemed unable to touch the ground, so he said some sarcastic words like "Why are you saving me?" and "He deserves to be injured", but his body was very honest and he used the Shura Dart to directly cut open the boot sock of Chu Lu Ren's right foot.
I saw that Chu Luren's ankle was swollen as big as his knee.
Mu Wanqing used her common experience as a wandering man to give it a simple massage, then said with a sigh of relief: "The bone isn't broken, but it's badly twisted...Aren't you screaming too loudly? You're a real man, your bones aren't broken, why are you screaming?"
"You have too high standards for what it means to be a 'man'!" Chu Lu Ren couldn't help but complain. After all, three months ago, he was just an ordinary dropout from the Singularity Orphanage.
The two looked at each other, seemingly without saying anything...
Chu Lu Ren originally wanted to say - if it were Duan Yu, he would probably be crying and looking for his mother right now.
Mu Wanqing instinctively wanted to ask: If you are so afraid of pain, why did you jump down?
After a brief silence, Mu Wanqing, with a stern face, took the initiative to step forward and lifted up Chu Lu Ren. After all, looking at his appearance, he didn't look like the kind of person who could grit his teeth and insist on walking on his own.
It's faster to jump down directly, but it will take some effort to go back...
It was already dark, and the two of them walked along the mountain road until midnight, which made Mu Wanqing very tired.
At first, the two of them were silent along the way, but after finding the mountain path and walking most of the way, Mu Wanqing suddenly said, "You are the second man who has seen my appearance besides Duan... Duan Yu."
"Huh? Shouldn't the second one be Yue Lao San?" Chu Lu Ren cleverly discovered the blind spot.
Mu Wanqing: ...
On the top of Mu Wanqing's head, blue veins in the shape of a "well" popped out!
"Yue Lao San is a villain! Villains are not human beings, so how can they be considered men!" Mu Wanqing said in a nonsensical way.
But then there was another long silence, with only the rustling of footsteps and the chirping of cicadas around.
It was Chu Lu Ren who broke the awkward situation again: "Hey, Miss Mu should be happy. Although it's a pity about what happened with Brother Duan, but... at least you know who your parents are now, right? Madam Qin's knot is still unresolved, but she still raised you to adulthood. When Uncle Duan knew your identity, he was also very happy..."
Mu Wanqing didn't say anything when she heard this, but she remembered the longing in her heart when she saw other people had parents as a child. Thinking that this "longing" has come true now, not only is her master her mother, but she also has a father who cares about her, Mu Wanqing's mood has improved a lot.
But this situation... is much more complicated than she had ever desired!
"What do you know!" Mu Wanqing retorted instinctively.
"Actually, I haven't seen my parents either, and... I probably won't see them in the future." After all, Chu Lu was a foreigner, so no matter how hard he thought, his parents wouldn't be here.
Mu Wanqing hesitated for a long time. After walking more than 20 steps, she finally managed to utter, "Sorry."
This was probably the first time that Mu Wanqing had apologized since she was a child, except for the time when she apologized to "Gu Ke" for not practicing hard enough.
…
In the middle of the night, the Zhennan Palace was attacked again and a curfew was imposed in Dali City.
However, when Mu Wanqing and Chu Lu Ren returned, they were quickly reported and invited into the city.
This time, the two were led to the palace by Zhu Danchen. It was probably because Duan Zhengming felt that the security of the palace could be stronger.
When they met Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun again, the two brothers saw that Chu Luren was hanging on Mu Wanqing. They were nervous at first. In their opinion, a man would not hang on a woman unless his leg was broken. But then they saw Chu Luren's complexion, they felt relieved. At the same time... they looked at Mu Wanqing and Chu Luren in a "weird" way.
When Mu Wanqing left before, Duan Zhengchun was also worried that something might go wrong. Fortunately, he saw Chu Luren bringing her back, although... the way he brought her back was a bit strange.
Moreover, although Mu Wanqing still had a cold face when facing Duan Zhengchun, she was no longer too repulsive.
After seeing the two people's gazes, Mu Wanqing's face became hot. She pushed Chu Luren to a chair beside her and said, "He accidentally fell off the cliff, and I picked him up!"
However, after Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun thought about it for a moment and saw that both of them were covered in dust, they could vaguely guess something.
"Thank you, Young Master Chu, for rescuing my daughter. From now on..." Duan Zhengchun was very moved and wanted to express his gratitude solemnly.
But Chu Lu Ren couldn't help but interrupt: "Uncle Duan, you don't have to be polite... Where is Brother Duan?"
When Zhu Danchen brought the two of them into the palace, Chu Luren noticed that he looked worried, but when asked about it he just said, "Let's see His Majesty and the prince first and then discuss it."
It stands to reason that based on the situation when the Chu Lu people left, Duan Yanqing and his men should not be able to gain any advantage. However, when they just met Duan Zhengchun and Duan Zhengming, they both looked a little anxious, and even... Duan Zhengming's complexion was not very good!
"Oh, it was my fault for being careless. I fell into Mu Gaofeng's trap, and...oh, it caused Yuer to be captured!" Duan Zhengming said helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Duan Zhengchun immediately advised: "Brother, don't blame yourself! It's because I made too many enemies in the past, and this... implicated Yu'er and Dali!"
After listening to Duan Zhengming's explanation, Chu Luren finally understood...
It turned out that when Duan Zhengming was fighting with Duan Yanqing and Mu Gaofeng , he had already gained the upper hand. When he was about to defeat the weaker Mu Gaofeng, the latter lowered his body, pointed his hunchback at Duan Zhengming's One Finger Zen, and then turned around and slapped his hunchback from behind.
The clothes on his back immediately fluttered even more, and after being pierced by Duan Zhengming's finger, poisonous smoke burst out...
Although Duan Zhengming suppressed the poison with his Xiantian Gong, Duan Yu was distracted and his Lingbo Weibu was messed up. Duan Yanqing, who had been keeping an eye on him and escaped from the battle because Duan Zhengming was poisoned, took the opportunity to catch him!
Then Ba Tianshi, Hua Hegen and other Dali masters arrived, but Duan Yu was still captured by them.
Duan Zhengming suppressed the poison force, and when he wanted to chase, he was blocked by an "old friend", so he missed the opportunity...
Before Duan Yanqing left, he said, "If you want to kill Duan, come to Wanchou Valley in seven days to get him back!"
