Snow Phoenix

3. Naughty thoughts

In Spring Cottage:

(it's a cottage where Xiao Zhan is. After that incident)

Zhan was still unconscious, and Yubin had done all he could to treat Zhan. But he is not an experienced healer. Yubin had just learned some basic things from his mother. He couldn't find what was wrong with Zhan, but he tried to keep his body warm. Zhan's heart stopped beating way before. But Yubin could still feel life in him. But as a new ray of sunshine after the darkest night, Yubin can now feel his pulse and heartbeat again after four days. Yubin was making all the medicines he could think of; he was relieved that at least the emperor kept them in this small cottage near the forest so that he could find medicines for his master. But he knows once his master gets back his consciousness, the emperor will send him to the dungeon. For hurting his favorite first consort. Yubin has no idea what happened that day. As his master was not feeling well, the healer sent him to get some medicines for his master. When he came back, his master was not in his chamber. When he heard some chaos outside, he ran there as he had a bad feeling about it. When he reached there, it was too late; his master was already unconscious. Yubin knew that; his master was bleeding as he saw a fresh blood patch on his veil. The King, standing there tightly holding his first consort in his arms, glaring at Xiao Zhan. Before Yubin could ask anything, King ordered guards to throw them in this small cottage with no food and medicine and no money. Yubin was lucky enough that Mr. Xiao and master Cheng (elder brother of Zhan) sent them enough money every month without anyone's knowledge. He had money, cause his master never really spent that money given by his father and brother. Yubin used his powers to sneak out to buy food and medicines for them. Yubin was waiting for his master to wake up. So that; he can convince his master to run away from this hell to stay with his father.

Smit's POV:

(I'm mentioning it as a Smit because our lead still thinks of himself as a Smit. He has no idea about anything else happening. So If you have any doubts please let me know.)

'Ahh!!! It hurts so much. But why my tummy is hurting? As far as I remember, I got shot in the head, shoulder, and legs. I might get shot in the back as well; maybe that's why my tummy hurting so bad. But I can't feel pain anywhere other than my tummy. Am I alive? what about those kids? What about manager uncle? Who were whose people?' I tried to open my eyes to see; where am I right now. But I Couldn't; I felt weak. My throat felt dry like I have been thirsty for days. I was trying my best to make little movements so that anyone around me will know, that I'm waking up.

"Master... Master, can you hear me? Master, please get up; it has been five days." ( he said that in Chinese . Please remember Smit is from India, so he knows languages that are used in India. Like Hindi, English, and Marathi.) 'Wait... what is happening? What is that person saying just now? Am I dreaming? Wait, did he say something in Chinese?' Well, I am a hotel management student and a chef-to-be. From the beginning, I had a huge interest in ancient Chinese cuisine. So, my projects and research were about ancient Chinese cuisine. And to learn better about it, I decided to learn the Mandarin Language. That's the reason, I was working in Hotel, as the fee for my language class was so high. 'But wait, what I'm thinking at this point.... ahh!!! Idiot me, I need to focus so that; I'll understand what that person is blabbering.'

"Master, please wake up. I don't know what else to do. I'm not a good healer. I feel helpless seeing you in this condition. Please, master, at least tell me what medicines I should give you. to make you feel better?" 'Ohh god, why does this Doctor have to be Chinese? It's so difficult to understand him. I understand that he is a healer and asked me to wake up. But why healer man; you can just say Doctor; it's easy. And did he just call me master, or did I hear it wrong? OMGG... Exactly where I'm?' I have had enough, so I tried to open my eyes. After a lot of effort, I can finally see something now. But everything is blurred. It's understandable, so try to focus more. 'Wait... Which hospital looks like this? It doesn't even look like Heaven or hell. And why someone from Heaven or hell will talk to me in Chinese? Does Heaven have different countries like earth? Ohh no... then I'm definitely in the wrong country... Ayyooo, what to do now?' I was getting crazy. After some time, my eyesight is now clear. The place looks like some small cottage; I'm lying on a small wooden bed, with weird clothes, with some weird-looking guy looking at me with tears. I don't know why? But at some corner of my heart, I felt sad for him. He was saying something, but I couldn't understand. I sign him that I'm thirsty, and he immediately pours something from a weird-looking bottle into a small cup. I hope that it's water. Cause I don't drink alcohol. He fed me that liquid which was luckily water. 'woohh... It feels so much better now. But what is this place? Who is that guy? Why I'm here? Am I dreaming? Wait... is this a shooting set? No, it can't be. Doctors are not idiots like me to allow patients on shooting sets. And it looks too real to be a shooting set.' I finally decided to focus on that young man. (Hereafter, all the conversations will be Chinese)