The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 107. Accidents, All Are Accidents

Ning Xueyan didn't expect that Ao Chenyi would come back earlier than Wen Xueran who went to deliver the message.

At that time, she was leaning against the couch by the window in a daze. She felt as if she had fallen apart and felt pain all over. She knew that some parts of her body had been scraped, but it was inappropriate to treat such minor injuries here.

This place belonged to Wen Xueran. Although he had gone out to deliver the message at this moment, she could be considered staying in a man's place. If she was not cautious enough, there would be some rumors which would ruin her reputation.

Therefore, she could not treat those injuries and had to keep them the way they were, otherwise, she would be unable to explain it.

Suddenly, the half-closed door was pushed open, and Ao Chenyi appeared at the door. He saw Ning Xueyan lying sideways on the couch and curling up like a wounded animal, with a hint of tenderness across his deep eyes. When he saw the bloodstains on Ning Xueyan's body, his handsome face suddenly became cold.

He waved, and the imperial guards coming down with him quickly dispersed and looked around vigilantly.

When Ning Xueyan was half conscious, she felt that someone was looking at her. With her long eyelashes fluttering, she subconsciously opened her dim eyes and looked into the pair of long and cold eyes. She blinked, and then woke up from her daze and tried to sit up with her arms.

As she exerted herself with her arms, a trace of bloodstain became faintly visible on her wrist.

"You've been seriously injured and still try to move," Ao Chenyi said impatiently. He came over, picked her up, took off the cloak on his back and covered her with it. After that, he turned and walked out of the room with her in his arms. Seeing him come out, the imperial guards outside hurriedly approached him.

Ning Xueyan had been struggling for staying awake before. Even if Wen Xueran left, she didn't allow herself to lose consciousness due to her inexplicable vigilance against Wen Xueran. Now seeing Ao Chenyi's cold and deep eyes, she inexplicably relaxed. She could smell his unique scent which was clean and cold.

Standing by this guy, she felt the colder atmosphere than others did, and he had chilling aura. Others were frightened even in the range of his aura, not to mention to look at him. However, Ning Xueyan didn't feel the same way. Unable to refuse him, she let out a long sigh of relief and then fell into darkness again.

Ao Chenyi wasn't Wen Xueran. Although Ao Chenyi held her in his arms, no one could say anything about it since they were about to get married.

It was evening when she woke up again. She felt stiff all over as if she was tied up by something, extremely uncomfortable. She moved her limbs slightly and frowned with no idea where she was at the moment.

"Young Lady... Young Lady, you wake up finally!" Hearing the sound from the bed, Lanning put down the medicine bowl in her hands, walked to the bed, and lifted the gauze curtain. She looked at Ning Xueyan inside with her eyes turning red. Although she was steady, she was still a teenage girl. Seeing her master seriously injured, she had secretly shed tears.

Ning Xueyan thought the same as Qingyu did. If she had known it earlier, she would have let Xinmei attend upon their master. Qingyu had told her everything. If Xinmei went with their master, their master wouldn't fall into such a situation.

"I'm fine!" Ning Xueyan said in a hoarse voice and forced a smile, "How's Qingyu?"

"Young Lady, Qingyu is fine. She said that she will come to see you later." Lanning hurriedly wiped her tears and answered, for fear of making their master sad.