C100 (1/2)
”Ah, old man, the two people in the room have been lying in bed for five days. They don't eat or drink, and there's no way to separate them. What should we do?”
Outside the door, an old woman with white hair stood up with difficulty while leaning on a walking stick. She looked at the two of them tightly hugging each other and her voice was suppressed. She was afraid that she would wake them up.
”Old granny, you can tell from a glance that these two are nobles. It's just that our family's condition is not good, so we can't ask a doctor to treat them. We can only leave it to fate.”
Similarly, a white-haired old man in rags chopped off the last piece of dried wood. He wiped off the sweat on his forehead and sighed before slowly replying to the old woman.
”Ai …” If only my son had come back. ”
The old lady peeked at Dongfang Chen again, her eyes filled with envy. However, in the blink of an eye, it dimmed down, and a hint of pain hung on its face.
”Don't tell me about his unfilial son. I, Old Liu, have never had a son like this in my life … ”
The old man might have been talking about his excitement, but he still let out a fierce cough. After coughing for a long time and spitting out a mouthful of blood, he finally stopped.
The old woman limped over to the water jar, filled it with water, then hobbled over to the old man and kept patting his back.
Dongfang Chen who was lying on the bed seemed to have heard such an intense cough in his dreams.
He opened his eyes, blinded by blood. Pain. Extreme pain. It was as if all the bones in his body had been broken …
”Cough, cough …”
He wanted to, but something was pressing against his arm, and now it was numb and he couldn't move.
He tried to roll over, but he didn't want the burning pain in his back.
Immediately, his complexion began to turn deathly pale. His good-looking brows wrinkled into a ”Chuan” shape, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down from his bloodstained ears, wetting his tattered luxurious clothing. From time to time, he would let out soft moans, showing that the pain was as if his fingers were being twisted, directly piercing to the bottom of his heart.
”Little bro, you're awake?”
While he was feeling dizzy from the pain, an old and hoarse voice sounded from the top of his head.
He slowly looked towards the source of the sound and saw two white-haired old men standing in front of his bed, looking at him with an anxious expression.
”Where is this place?”
His mind suddenly recalled the scene when he chased Bai Zhixi down the cliff. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Jingyan was pushed down as well.
In a moment of desperation, he saved the Shangguan Jingyan closest to him, but now, Bai Zhixi was afraid that the odds were against him.
By the way, how is Jing Yan?
He struggled to get up, not wanting the old man and his wife to discover his intentions, and helped him to bring Shangguan Jingyan out of his embrace.
”Jing Yan, wake up, wake up …”
After they helped him pull Shangguan Jingyan away, they realized that they were still hugging her.
Her delicate face was covered with bloodstains, her hair was disheveled, and her clothes were tattered. She had long since lost her absolutely beautiful appearance.
He forced himself to resist the headache coming on in his arms as he hugged Shangguan Jingyan and cried bitterly.
”Little brother, don't cry. Your wife bled so much that she passed out. If you keep shaking, even a good person won't be able to stand it. ”
The old granny forcefully pulled Dongfang Chen, who was in pain from Shangguan Jingyan's embrace, and grumbled unhappily.
”Is that so? That... ”Please make sure to save her, and find the best doctor here to treat her. No matter how much money you want, I can give it to you.”
Hearing her words, Dongfang Chen's face had a trace of awkwardness, he did not know that he would actually hug Shangguan Jingyan and cry, so could it be that he really responded to her words: When in trouble, the truth will be revealed?
Now, he had to heal her as soon as possible.
”Little bro, you saw it too. It's not that we don't want to help you, but my family's situation …” With just the two of us, eating and warming up is a problem. We don't have any extra money to give your wife to save her life anymore. ”Moreover, our five families live in the backwater of our village, so we can't afford to hire a doctor far away from the mountain …”
The old man sighed. He scanned the room with his dull eyes and was immediately discouraged.
Hearing this, Dongfang Chen frowned, and laid on the bed without speaking for a while.
When he woke up, he had observed that the wooden house might collapse at any moment. He didn't expect that such a wealthy East County would have someone living in such a place. It was even worse than sealing the stables on the hometown of An Zi who served him.
There was an indescribable feeling of heartache.
”Elder, may I ask where is this place?”
After being silent for a long time, he slowly asked.
”Little brother, you don't look like a local either! This is the home of the Luo God, Luo Yang. However, we are a month away from Luoyang. Many people didn't know that such a wealthy Luo Yang would have such a poor place. However, this old man has not stepped out of this place for decades.
After the old man finished speaking, he looked outside the door. The layers upon layers of mountains had obstructed his contact with the outside world. He was afraid that he would never be able to leave this place.
Dongfang Chen witnessed all of this. He never thought that he would actually be stranded in Luoyang, which was a thousand miles away.