In a moment of urgency, Yan Xiaohan rushed over and tightly embraced the struggling man, creating muffled sounds, yet not making a single groan from beginning to end.
He would not let go, not even in death.
The two remained locked in this position for an unknown duration.
Fu Shen’s struggles gradually weakened, and Yan Xiaohan suddenly felt a bit panicked. Just as he was about to ask Du Leng what was happening, he heard a weak sound from the person in his arms, followed by a spray of blood.
Yan Xiaohan’s heart instantly went cold.
Du Leng breathed a sigh of relief: “It’s done. It’s good that the blood is cleared out.”
Yan Xiaohan said nothing, not daring to relax. He would never forget this night for the rest of his life – Fu Shen vomiting blood in his arms, watching the blood change from purple-black to deep red, until the entire room was filled with a heavy bloody smell. Their clothes were covered in blood.
At that moment, he suddenly felt no pain or anxiety, but an unusually calm state. Holding the dying man, he had only one thought: if Fu Shen died, he would go to the capital, behead the emperor, and then stab himself to accompany him.
Duan Guihong entered the inner room at some unknown time. Fu Shen had stopped vomiting blood and fallen into a coma. He stood a short distance away. Seeing that Yan Xiaohan showed no reaction, he awkwardly coughed: “Well… cough, why don’t you go change your clothes, bandage your wounds, and then come back to watch over him?”
Yan Xiaohan slightly turned his head, apparently having heard him. He supported Fu Shen’s head and carefully laid him back on the pillow, then stood up.
With a straight back and a cold yet polite demeanor, he nodded to Duan Guihong: “Trouble the Prince to send someone with a basin of hot water. I’ll clean him before bathing.”
“Ah,” Duan Guihong was surprised by his politeness: “Okay.”
The person who had just spoken like a knife and was red-eyed with urgency now seemed to have changed souls, surrounded by a cold aura that kept others at a distance, becoming calm and restrained.
