Villain Lady

In the end, it was settled that Yang Xian would take care of all the troubles in the Capital City before he returned back to the north. The execution wouldn't be pretty, but it was the best that they could possibly do in their current situation.

That night, they stayed quietly in their place.

"En…"

Wei Liuying felt as if she had descended into a total darkness. There was nothing around her but darkness. She couldn't see, couldn't move, couldn't hear. She was drifting around with no control of her body.

'Where am I?'

It was a comfortable sleep, but Wei Liuying didn't know how much time had passed in reality. All she did was continuously sleeping for as long as she could possibly do. It was more comforting and felt relaxing compared to anything that she had ever done in her entire life.

However, she knew that it was only temporary. No matter how comfortable she was, she knew that she would have to end it one way or another when it was the time in the future.

As for when it was….

"Hmm?" Wei Liuying's eyelids slowly fluttered open. She could see the faint light on top of her. At the same time, she could feel warmth on her right side as if there was something there that she had to pay attention to.

'Lady Gao?'

Wei Liu Ying eyes sharpened as she focused her senses. Hearing faint laugh and jokes from outside, her tense muscle softened.

She's in a tent.

And the atmosphere is light.

Everyone should be fine. She didn't need to worry about anything and should just focus on her condition.

Slowly, Wei Liuying turned her head and noticed the wolf. "Oh, you're that wolf from before? Why are you here?"

The wolf whimpered lightly and nudged Wei Liuying with its nose. It tickled her, but Wei Liuying was simply smiling. The previous two times when she met with the wolf, he still kept his distance with her. But this time, the wolf was approaching her.

Even though his look was scary, Wei Liuying's keen sense didn't detect any kind of malicious intent from the wolf. 

It was simply accompanying her.

"How did you come to the north so quickly? Or is it possible that your real home is at the north?" Wei Liuying asked slowly.

The wolf just whimpered and didn't reply to her question. However, Wei Liuying was stunned when she saw the wolves who were peeking from the tent's door from the side. It looked as if they were trying to catch a glimpse of her now that she had woken up.

There were various sizes of the wolves and mostly were grey in color. From their attitude of wariness towards the wolf beside her, Wei Liuying could partially deduced some things. But the things that she noticed only caused her to feel amazed.

"Did you become a pack's leader now? That's amazing."

The wolf perked his ear and snuggled to Wei Liuying's hand. Seeing how close the wolf to her today, Wei Liuying felt that she finally understood the wolf's intention. He didn't want to harm her.

Instead, the wolf wanted to be her friend and helped her. Wei Liuying slowly raised her hand and patted the wolf's head tenderly. The furry paws felt so comfortable to touch and the wolf also nestled near Wei Liuying, enjoying her light touch.

"Liu Ying?"

When the familiar voice entered her ear, Wei Liuying raised her head instinctively. She could see the face of an annoying strategist, Yang Xian. He was passing by the wolves carefully and entered the tent while bringing a bowl of porridge.

"Strategist Yang."

For the first time in his life, Yang Xian felt glad to hear her calling his name out. He had been worried sick that she might not be able to regain consciousness ever again. If it truly happened, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself to give her such a dangerous mission to do.

"You should eat first."

"Ah, ok."

Wei Liuying struggled to sit down and felt a strong hand helped her up. She smiled to Yang Xian. "Thanks."

"Can you hold it? Your shoulders are wounded quite badly."

"It's fine. I'm a fast healer," Wei Liuying replied.

Yang Xian looked at her with arched eyebrows and settled to sit near her. At the same time, he scooped the porridge and beckoned for her to open her mouth. His action only made Wei Liuying stunned.

"I can do it by myself."

"You're wounded, so let me be the one to take care of you."

Wei Liuying furrowed her brows and looked at the porridge for a moment. This was the first time in her entire life she had someone else who took care of her. In the past, Xiao Qing couldn't go to this extent because it would be breaking the rules as a servant. Wei Liuying also couldn't push Xiao Qing to do that because it wouldn't do her anything good.

As for her mother and other family members…

There was no way they would want to take care of her. At most, they would only send doctors to make sure that she would not die. She had to take care of herself with the help of Xiao Qing. 

Slowly, she opened her mouth and let Yang Xian fed her. The porridge was still warm, so it must have been made not long ago.

"What time is it, Xian?"

"The sun had just set," Yang Xian replied. "You slept for two days."

"Two days?" Wei Liuying was stunned. She didn't expect that she would be sleeping for that long. But looking at her wounded arms and body, she felt that she truly needed a good sleep.

'At the very least, I'm still alive.'

Death was so near when she was fighting back then. Wei Liuying even thought that it was possible for her to leave this world earlier due to the heavy wounds she sustained. But it was good that the worst didn't happen.

As if sensing the shift within Wei Liuying's mood, the wolf's leader nudged his head to her arm.

"Ah, wolf?"

Awoo!

Hearing the faint whimper, Wei Liuying had the feeling that this large wolf was actually worrying about her. It was strange to have an animal worrying about her when in the past, there were barely anyone who would even pay attention to her.

"Thank you wolf."

She raised her hand and stroked the wolf's fur. The wolf wagged his tail as he snuggled closer to Wei Liuying.

Watching the scene, Yang Xian's lips twitched a bit. Why did he start to feel that the wolves were a bit of an eyesore because he was too close with Wei Liuying? However, he knew that the wolves had saved Wei Liuying's life, so he would not try to slight them at all.

"How did you get close with the wolves?"

"Ah?" Wei Liuying tilted her head. "I don't know either, but I once fed him with meat when he's starving."

Yang Xian: "…" just that?

For some reasons, he felt that Wei Liuying was truly lucky to be able to meet with the wolves. No, not only that, her decision to feed him instead of killing the wolf turned out to be the one that would save her own life in the future.

Wei Liuying patted the wolf's head lightly. She knew that it would be impossible for the wolves to stay with her forever. While she didn't know their reason for staying in the area around this place, Wei Liuying knew that it was a good coincidence.

She had helped the wolf once and they helped her once too.

They might even meet with each other in the future anymore. Wei Liuying felt a bit sad at that thought, but she knew that it would be inevitable.

"Have you figure out who the perpetrator for the attack?" Wei Liuying asked.

Yang Xian nodded. He repeated the same report he gave to Prince Ji Sheng to Wei Liuying to tell her the overall situation. Based on the map that they had, they knew that these tribes were located at the North east.

It meant that one way or another, the tribes managed to pass by that area.

"There's still possibility of getting pulled in for responsibility." Wei Liuying creased her eyebrows. The thought of getting blamed for something that had nothing to do with them made her mouth sour.

"There's no need to think so much." Yang Xian smiled. "They won't be able to do something like that."

"You have a plan?"

"Yes."

Seeing how confident Yang Xian was, Wei Liuying smiled. While their plan might not always succeed, she knew that she could trust Yang Xian. Her fingers lightly tapped the bed. 

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

"You should just focus on recuperating so that you will be able to work again."

Wei Liuying pursed her lips. Yang Xian's words sounded as if he wished for her to get well soon just to be able to work again.