step by step

Chapter 19
"What are you doing?" The boy looked at the dagger on his lips and asked in puzzlement.

"How about I thank you with your life?" Ye Zhaoyan said bluntly.

The young man looked at Ye Zhaoyan in astonishment, and said, "Aren't you! Why are you so stingy! I saved you, but you actually traded my life for me!"

"So what?" Ye Zhaoyan looked indifferent.

The boy's brows were frowned suddenly, and he looked at Ye Zhaoyan and said, "How can you be so cruel?"

How could this person do this?He saved her, so it's fine if he's not grateful, but he still wants to exchange his life with him, it's too much!
"Forget it!" The young man sighed, and said helplessly: "Anyway, you owe me a favor, and you will have to pay it back in the future!"

Ye Zhaoyan smiled contemptuously: "If it wasn't for your saving me, I would have thrown you among the arrows a long time ago!"

"I knew you would say that! So, I am your savior, and you have to repay this favor!"

The young man looked triumphant and looked at Ye Zhaoyan with a smile on his face.

Ye Zhaoyan sneered and said, "Since you said to save me, then you have to agree to my conditions."

The boy was taken aback, "What condition?"

"If someone catches up to you later, you have to take my back." Ye Zhaoyan said.

Hearing this, the young man's mouth curled up.

"Miss Ye is so cunning." He looked down at Ye Zhaoyan and whistled softly.

From the grass not far behind him, a dozen horses suddenly sprang out, and quickly scattered in all directions.

The horseshoe marks on the ground instantly became messy.

Those chasing soldiers are afraid that they will have a headache.

"There's no need to back it up now!" the boy laughed.

"You are so powerful, why didn't you run away just now?" Ye Zhaoyan frowned and looked at the boy beside him.

Hearing this, the boy suddenly fell silent.

The long eyelash feathers cast a leaden shadow on the face.

There was a stagnant breath in the air for a moment.

"Huh?" Ye Zhaoyan felt a little weird.

But the young man raised his head to look at her with gentle eyes, like a stream of spring water: "Actually, I have seen you a long time ago, but the girl's martial arts are not weak, and I guard important objects. I am afraid that the girl will be too vigilant. So I have been pretending not to notice you, waiting for you to take the initiative."

Ye Zhaoyan was a little dumbfounded.

After finishing speaking, the young man flicked his horsewhip, put his body close to Ye Zhaoyan, and clamped the horse's belly tightly with his legs, making the horse's legs go faster.

Feeling the warm body temperature behind him, Ye Zhaoyan couldn't help frowning.

"Don't squeeze me."

The young man smiled and said, "Impossible. The two of us share the same horse now. How could we be so clear? I don't like others taking advantage of me."

The boy had an innocent expression on his face.

Ye Zhaoyan ignored him.

The two of them had crossed a mountain peak and entered a dense forest.

The area is lushly wooded and bushy, and through the woods is another way down the mountain.

Looking at the endless forest in front of her, Ye Zhaoyan secretly rejoiced that she finally got rid of those people's pursuit and could finally leave.

Looking at the smiling expression on Ye Zhaoyan's face, the young man secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

It took a lot of effort, and finally escaped.

The mountains here are steep and are no longer suitable for horseback riding.

Ye Zhaoyan got off his horse, put the dagger back into the scabbard at his waist, and prepared to continue walking into the woods.

"Miss Ye, don't you want to escape? Then why don't we run together?" The boy also jumped off the horse and stopped in front of her and asked.

Ye Zhaoyan couldn't help but stop when he heard the words, and stared at the boy: "What the hell are you..."

Before she could ask, the boy in front of her suddenly collapsed.

Ye Zhaoyan hurriedly reached out and hugged his waist.

Under the moonlit sky, one could see the scratches on the boy's cheeks turning slightly black.

There was poison on the arrow.

The two have been rushing here in the dark, but they didn't notice this subtle place.

"It's over for now." Ye Zhaoyan smiled bitterly in his heart.

The young man was injured because he was protecting her, she couldn't ignore it, and this man also helped her escape from the encirclement of those pursuing soldiers.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Ye Zhaoyan looked at the boy and asked worriedly.

The boy didn't respond.

Ye Zhaoyan put him down on the ground.

She tentatively pinched the boy's middle, but found no reaction at all.

She eagerly put the pulse on her wrist to the boy's wrist, only to find that he just passed out.

Immediately, he took out the silver needles he carried with him and stuck them into several acupuncture points of his body, trying his best to force out the toxins in his body.

After Ye Zhaoyan finished all this, he helped the boy up, sat him down beside the bushes, then took out a bottle of golden sore medicine from his bosom, and sprinkled it on the boy's shoulders and the wound on his chest.

Ye Zhaoyan looked up at the sky and found that it was already dark.

It seems that tonight, it is impossible to continue on the road.

She found some dry firewood and lit it with a torch.

"Hiss!" The boy cried out in pain and opened his eyes.

He was awakened by the pain, Ye Zhaoyan's needle was too painful, if he hadn't been unconscious, he would have struggled away.

Seeing Ye Zhaoyan light up the bonfire, he grinned: "It turns out that Miss Ye is not so heartless, she didn't leave when she saw me pass out!"

"Don't you want to help me back?" Ye Zhaoyan raised his eyebrows and joked.

"Uh" the boy choked suddenly.

"But." Ye Zhaoyan suddenly became serious.

She looked towards the woods ahead, and looked at the boy with burning eyes: "Do you think those people will come here?"

"They'll come here."

"why?"

"This is a shortcut." The boy explained with a dry smile.

"Shortcut?" Ye Zhaoyan looked suspicious.

"This shortcut can lead to the outside of the city." The boy said seriously.

Ye Zhaoyan was silent when he heard the words.

"Then why didn't you remind me earlier?" Ye Zhaoyan glared at him.

The boy touched his nose, smiled embarrassingly and said, "I thought we would go out before them."

Ye Zhaoyan took a deep breath, not wanting to argue with him.

She is not a fool, many things can be understood after a little thought.

"Miss Ye, I can still go, let's hurry up."

The young man looked a little weak. Although most of the toxins in his body had been removed, his physical strength was a little weak.

They must rush out of the city as soon as possible, otherwise the two of them might not be able to leave here safely.

Ye Zhaoyan didn't speak, stood up and walked deep into the woods.

The two galloped one after the other, and it didn't take long for them to pass through the dense jungle.
After walking out of the jungle, the boy leaned against a big tree by the side of the road and closed his eyes, unable to even utter a word.

The residual poison in his body has slowly spread.

Seeing this, Ye Zhaoyan was ready to help him move forward.

"Wait!" He suddenly grabbed Ye Zhaoyan's sleeve and said anxiously.

(End of this chapter)