The Yao Emperor and His Human Doctor.

Chapter 90 - Rescue

Ce Rang's flames spread violently, quickly taking over the clinic and everything around it.
The flower fairies flew away through the burning garden, on the way they saw the little snake struggling to get to one of the small square windows in the wall. An Shu could not stand fire and the heat weakened him greatly.

He was breathing heavily as he dragged himself across the floor, tangled in the ropes. If he couldn't get out, they would be dead! The three fairies landed nearby and helped him get to the other side of the wall, carrying him the rest of the way.
"Thanks!" He spluttered, pulling fresh air out of the fire and coughing profusely.

The smoke had already poisoned his lungs and he had some parts of his body hardened by the burns. He almost died in the fire that had spread throughout the garden. This was not a normal fire, even though the grass was still green, it was quickly consumed. He then scrambled to try and make a connection to the communication array.

Fortunately, Ce Rang only blocked it within the walls of the clinic, which was very lucky for them. But why would he go to the trouble of covering such a large area if he was sure of the infallibility of his revenge? An Shu hoped that someone would answer him soon. Please answer!
Luckily for him, Qiang Yong immediately answered his call.

"An Shu? Why are you calling me? Where is Su Ning?" The dragon had a bad feeling. Secretly he asked them to look for Ce Rang, but the cultivator was nowhere to be found. He didn't feel safe with the way Su Ning let him go.
"Come to the clinic...quickly...Ce Rang...Dr. Su...needs help..."

The snake couldn't speak anymore, letting its head fall unconscious to the ground. The fairies around him fidgeted restlessly, not knowing how to act. So they gave up some of their own energy so the snake could recover. But it was enough for Qiang Yong to understand what was happening. He had already returned to the Fortress and without a word to the Empress or his sister about what was happening, he summoned the matrix to the clinic at the first door he found and went there immediately.

However, the door led to a place close to the clinic, Ce Rang's blockage did not allow him to directly enter it. Without thinking twice he ran to the gate and kicked the wooden doors, breaking them into pieces.
"Su Ning! An Shu!" He looked for them in the garden and, not finding them, he went in search of the burning rooms.

Damn cultivator! I'll kill him! It doesn't matter whether Su Ning approves or not! He thought. He found Dr. Su fell and tied up in one of the rooms, and then he saw the bloody wound on his chest. The red blood stained their simple clothes, coloring them with that strong and terrifying color. Blood had already leaked onto the floor, forming an ominous pool.

"SU NING!!" Qiang Yong knelt down beside him, holding his torso and trying to see the gravity of the situation. Su Ning was drenched in blood and sweat. Qiang Yong called him a few more times, gently. Su Ning opened his eyes slightly, that deep dark blue contrasting with his paper-pale skin.

"Qiang...An Shu managed to...get out?"
"I didn't find him inside the clinic, he must be outside. Don't talk, save your energy now." Qiang Yong concentrated a beam of spiritual energy at the place of the wound. Su Ning moaned softly.
"...this fire is dangerous for yao, get out of here..."

Qiang Yong frowned he had forgotten about the fire. Once again he cursed Ce Rang and holding the doctor carefully, he covered him with his cloak to cross the wall of flames. Fire against yao or not, his element was this and he forced the flames to give way to his passage. He then led Su Ning out of the gates, both of them coughing from the dark smoke.

Unfortunately, Su Ning already had some burns on his arms and legs, which were impossible to avoid.
"Su Ning..." He gently wiped the sweat from the other's forehead and temples. The doctor was in agony, he could barely stay conscious. His chest, lungs and throat burned and throbbed.

Even so, he needed to speak, he wanted to be able to say what he felt. At least that's before leaving.
"I'm sorry... making you wait... so long... I was a fool..." He gasped. The desperate emperor once again infused energy into the man's chest but the situation was critical. The chances of survival were minimal, he had already lost a lot of blood and the wound was in a strategic location so he could not recover easily.

“Sorry…” Su Ning muttered in a low voice. "I just wanted to say... that I love you too..."
Qiang Yong was white, with his hand channeling energy he quickly searched his qiankun pocket, looking for a way to reverse the situation. Su Ning allowed a few tears to roll down his pale face.
He was so stupid, he take so long to understand his own feelings and only now that he knew there was no going back did he finally become enlightened.

Su Ning had been free from mute desires for a long time, but he realized that love didn't fit the bill. He wanted to love, he wanted to be able to share his life with this person, laugh with him, he wanted to see him every day and feel his warmth... everything was lost, because his life was quickly slipping away...

"I would like to...accept your request...and live with you...forever." Su Ning's eyes closed and his head rested gently sideways on the ground, with a thin trickle of blood running down his dry lips.
"Su Ning! Wait! I won't let you go! Not like this! You can only leave when I leave too! We are one now!"
Qiang Yong managed to find a small peach-pink pearl in the bag. He then placed it in his mouth and kissed the doctor, pushing the smooth, round sphere with his tongue to the back of his throat.

By Heaven! IT WORKS! IT WORKS! He screamed in his heart. He lifted the doctor's head a little to make sure he had swallowed the pearl. His heart ached and felt like it was being torn into pieces by claws. The doctor's body began to cool under his hands, his breathing faded and he did not react as he massaged his wrists and chest, trying in vain to revive him.

"Su Ning! Su Ning! Please come back to me!" He began to cry, hugging the inert body. "I want to hear you say again that you love me! I also want to be with you all my life!"
Qiang Yong hugged him tightly, as if he could incorporate him into his own flesh. "I've waited so long to find you, I can't live without you anymore!"

Qiang Yong never thought he would feel like this, dead inside. Losing this person was a thousand times worse than he could have thought, worse than all the years of searching for him without success. He looked for it for so long, he gave up, he got frustrated and when he finally found it, he lost it in such a stupid way! How could he not have predicted that Ce Rang would hide in the clinic to take revenge on Su Ning?

Qiang Yong's heart was filled with hatred! He would find the cultivator even if he was in hell and kill him! Feeling that there was nothing more he could do, Qiang Yong hugged Su Ning closer to him, and shouted at the top of his lungs, making the entire mountain shudder as the smoke from the fire silently rose into the dark sky.

Author's Note

This time the author died too. Why so much evil? Killing a good person like Dr. Su?
I cried with his confession 🥲.