readsfreenovel Chapter 355
Chapter 355
Pei Yunche was wheeled out by the doctor to have his wound treated, mainly because he was getting in the way.
Pei Yunche casually bandaged his wound outside, clearly distracted, peeking inside every now and then. He had been waiting for far too long, and just as he was about to get up and go in, he saw the doctor lift the curtain and come out.
"How is she, doctor? Is she alright?"
The doctor gave him a complicated look, his eyes filled with pity, and shook his head with a sigh.
"She was too badly injured. My medical skills are not good enough, and I am powerless to save her. I can only keep her alive with medicine. I have given her some basic treatment. You should make plans as soon as possible."
Pei Yunche's expression froze, and he took two steps back helplessly, everything in front of him swaying violently.
The doctor felt a pang of pity, but still said, "Given her current condition, it's best to help her recover as soon as possible..."
The words "may you rest in peace" lingered on her lips, but looking at Pei Yunche's expression, she couldn't bring herself to say them.
Nalan Jingwen knew that with her injuries, there was little chance of her surviving. Rather than keeping her alive with medicine and making her suffer this unnecessary pain, it would be better to let her be free as soon as possible.
Pei Yunche understood the meaning behind her words, but he couldn't do it; he couldn't bear to watch Nalan Jingwen die.
They clearly agreed that if she could escape alive, she would marry him. They clearly agreed...
She made a promise to herself, how could she go back on her word?
The doctor sighed again, "Think it over carefully."
Pei Yunche walked to Nalan Jingwen's side in a daze. Looking at the person on the bed whose face was withered and who had almost lost all his vitality, tears fell silently. He squatted down stiffly, and every movement became heavy and slow, his breathing trembling.
"Nalan Jingwen, you can't die, you can't be so selfish and leave me all alone..."
"How could you bear to leave me all alone..."
He was also selfish, selfishly wanting Nalan Jingwen to stay with him a little longer, much longer.
"Can you hang in there a little longer?"
"please……"
"..."
Seeing Pei Yunche walk out looking lost and dejected, the doctor assumed he had come to his senses and said, "Actually, that's how people are. They keep gaining and losing. You have to be more open-minded."
Pei Yunche looked up, his eyes bloodshot and vacant. He opened his mouth, his voice dry.
"She can't die."
"She can't die..."
He couldn't bear it; he couldn't just watch Nalan Jingwen die in front of him. What difference would that make from cutting him into a thousand pieces?
The doctor's lips moved, and he sighed.
She had seen too many stubborn people like Pei Yunche. Separation and death were commonplace for them, but some people just couldn't accept it. But she couldn't blame them; it was just that fate loved to play tricks on people.
Pei Yunche didn't have much money on him at all; all his belongings were in the carriage. The pampered young master never had the habit of carrying money, so when he took out all his valuables and handed them to the doctor, the doctor sighed silently.
It's not that they're worthless. For example, that jade pendant is obviously priceless. But this place is just a remote town. Moreover, there are words engraved on the jade pendant, so it's obviously not something that ordinary people like them would own. Even if she took these things to a pawnshop to exchange for silver, she would be arrested by the government as a thief immediately.
Moreover, judging from Pei Yunche's appearance, he must have come from a noble family. She wondered why he had ended up in such a sorry state. She guessed he was some young master from a wealthy family, so it was normal that he didn't know these things.
She asked tentatively, "Have you done something wrong?"
Pei Yunche was startled, clutching the jade pendant in his hand, unsure how to answer.
Seeing his expression, she guessed he had probably figured it out, and she fell silent again.
Pei Yunche quickly said, "I'm sorry, we'll leave as soon as possible and we definitely won't cause you any trouble. Please save her."
As he spoke, he stuffed all the silver and valuables in his hand into the doctor's hands, saying, "Please, isn't this enough? Just tell me how much more you need, and I'll definitely find a way to give it to you."
The doctor shook his head. "Just give me the money."
This is a losing proposition. Which of the medicinal herbs that could keep Nalan Jingwen alive isn't priceless? Which isn't extremely precious? This money won't even cover the difference. Luckily, they came to her. If it were any other clinic, they probably wouldn't have these herbs.
She took the silver from Pei Yunche's hand and sighed.
She was the only one who believed in the saying, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."
……
Nalan Jingwen's life was fortunately saved for the time being, but if they wanted to keep her alive, they would have to use precious medicinal herbs continuously. When the doctor said with some difficulty that he did not have that many medicinal herbs, Pei Yunche was in a daze for a moment and bowed deeply to her.
"Thank you."
He never intended to stay here indefinitely. Nalan Fengxing was now surely hunting them down across the country, and staying here would only cause trouble for them.
So he took Nalan Jingwen away again. As soon as they left, a group of government officials came to the clinic, carrying Nalan Jingwen's portrait and asking around.
The doctor's eyes twitched as he looked at the familiar portrait, indicating that he did not see it.
The leader gave her a suspicious look and warned, "This man is a serious criminal who intended to rebel. He has now escaped. If you know anything about him and fail to report it, or if you harbor a criminal, you will also be sentenced to death."
"I'm innocent! Even if you gave me a hundred lives, I wouldn't dare harbor a criminal! This is just a small clinic with so many people every day. Even if someone were to escape, they would escape to a less crowded place. If they were to escape here, wouldn't that be courting death?"
She spoke with sincerity and reason, and her words did not seem fake.
"That's for the best, let's go!"
After everyone left, she clutched her heart and sat heavily in a chair. She was just an ordinary citizen; she had never seen anything like this before.
However, she was still surprised when she heard that Nalan Jingwen had committed treason. She had guessed the identities of the two people before, but she was still surprised to hear it with her own ears. Their background was even greater than she had guessed.
Although she didn't know why she refused to reveal their whereabouts, she always felt she was right; intuition doesn't lie.
Pei Yunche managed to leave the city before the government sealed off the city gates. He didn't even dare to stay in an inn, and instead found an abandoned thatched hut to stay temporarily. He didn't dare to go too far from the town so that he could easily go into the city to find medicine.
After a night of tossing and turning, he was exhausted, but seeing Nalan Jingwen's appearance, he couldn't help but shed tears.
Just from all this torment, he was almost at his breaking point. How did Nalan Jingwen manage to endure so many days in that dark and dreary prison?
He casually wiped away his tears, carefully wrapped Nalan Jingwen in his robe, and, afraid of being discovered, piled some dry grass on her body to make sure she was undetectable before leaving the house.