Chapter 20: Seeing the Light of Day Again (2)

  When Xia Yunfei fell, Fang Ying's first reaction was to catch her, but Li Yu on his back restricted his speed. He could only watch as Xia Yunfei fell into the arms of a man who seemed to appear out of nowhere.

  The man was actually wearing a loose robe with wide sleeves, long hair and even a delicate golden crown. The pale blue robe seemed to move like clouds as his body moved.

  But this outfit doesn't look out of place on him, and the man's long hair doesn't make him seem effeminate either; it seems as if he belongs to some era that time has forgotten.

  Fang Yong looked at the man's face and suddenly felt like he was too young.

  It's not that the man's face is particularly old, on the contrary, he seems to be about the same age as Fang Ying. The pale and thin face has no color to speak of, only black and white, with lips as thin as a line, seemingly without a hint of blood color, the outline of his eyebrows and eyes is extremely deep, yet it's clear at a glance that this is a man's face, unlike He or Xia Zhezhao who still have a bit of childishness.

  His face was expressionless, but this face inexplicably reminded Fang Ying of Xia Yu Fei. Both of them had the same maturity that only life and death could temper.

  Those heavily inked and brightly colored peach blossom eyes - the only word that can be used to describe them is "deadly" similar to Xiaoyan Fei's, with an unresolvable darkness settling in those eyes, but when they flutter, one can see the hidden inner light of a thousand glories.

  "You..." was all he could say, and when the man's eyes turned to him, he felt the pressure of a superior bearing down on him, forcing him to swallow the rest of his words.

  "I am the Azure Dragon God, Ao Yuan." He finished speaking and scooped up Xia Yun, who was still unconscious, and rushed down the mountain. Fang Ying hastily followed close behind, as if to take Xia Yun from him. After all, Li Yu had already been splashed awake by him with cold water. His heart was only thinking of Xia Yun alone.

  Contrary to his expectations, the man who claimed to be Ao Yuan took a step back and dodged him, then looked at him deeply before walking forward alone.

  The protective posture displayed in that action made Fang Yong furrow his brow, but now he had no time to think about it and could only support Li Yu and head down the mountain.

  If Xiaoyan Fei is fine...

  He thought that if Xia Yu Fei was fine, even if he had to endure more hardships, he would gladly accept it.

  Back in the mountain village, it was another busy day. Fortunately, the old man didn't ask many questions, and they had already agreed to say that Professor Li got lost during the investigation at the tomb, so Li Yu couldn't expose them since he was still unconscious, and they easily got away with it.

  What Fang responded with surprise was that the old man did not express any opinion on Ao Yuan's strange attire, nor did he ask why there was an extra person, but those eyes that seemed to see through the hazy smoke made him feel that the old man should know everything.

  Lan Ruoxue woke up from her daze after being given two bottles of glucose, but Xia Yu Fei's situation was not optimistic.

  When the bandage on her leg was removed, not only did the barefoot doctor from the mountain village freeze in place, but even Lan Ruoxue, who had seen her fair share of life and death, was stunned. Fang Ying directly reddened his eyes, turned around and left that dilapidated room, fiercely punching the wall with his fist.

  His hand was scratched and bleeding, but he didn't feel it.

  Xia Yanfei, how can you be so cruel to yourself? How could you?!

  He was furious in his heart, but after venting, there was only a desolate feeling left.

  In the years he didn't participate in, Xia Yifei had already transformed into such a strong person and was no longer the slightly shy little girl he first met.

  Due to the severity of his injuries and the high fever caused by infection, Xia Yuanfei was sent to the town hospital that night. Fang Ying thought he would follow the car himself and let the remaining people clean up, but Ao Yuan naturally also got on the car, which made him feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart.

  Especially after knowing that this man is that snake egg.

  When Xiaoyan finished hanging the anti-inflammatory medicine, he sat on the chair beside the bed with his hands clasped together and a cold tone: "Now that Mr. Ao has recovered from that state, please leave at your convenience."

  But Ao Yuan, who was sitting in another chair, raised an eyebrow. Fang Ying had no choice but to continue speaking, his tone getting increasingly unpleasant: "You're a smart person, Xia Yunfei is someone who doesn't care about her life, there's no need for you to follow her and lower your own status. You won't get any benefits from Xia Yunfei, she's not worth you wasting your thoughts on."

  "How much more do you know about her?"

  Ao Yuan finally spoke up, his tone was calm and flat but Fang Ying could sense a hint of mockery in it.

  While being ridiculed by Xiaoyanfei to death, Wu and Yu suddenly changed their attitude without any hindrance.

  "Fang Ying hadn't even realized this detail, and at this moment he was almost laughing with anger: 'How well do I know her? I've known her since I was ten years old, to now over a decade of friendship, you tell me how well I know her?'"

  "You don't understand her."

  The tone is firm, simply stating a fact.

  Fang Xiaohouye, who had always been well-protected by his family, was finally enraged by the other's tone: "Don't I understand her?! She's a heartless and stingy person, only saying half of what she thinks! The only thing she loves is probably money. After all these years of friendship, how can I watch her being taken advantage of by you?"

  Ao Yuan finally looked him straight in the eye, his tone tinged with a hint of pity: "How well do you really know yourself?"

  Fang Yong felt that if he continued to talk to this person, he would definitely be infuriated, so he stood up in a huff and stormed off. Fortunately, he still had some sanity left.

  When I was about to slam the door, I realized that Xiaoyanfei was still asleep, so I quietly closed the door.

  The quiet ward was left with only Ao Yuan and Xia Yifei, Ao Yuan glanced at the person lying on the hospital bed, picked up an apple that Fang Yong had bought from beside him, and started to peel it awkwardly (he still remembered how Fang Yong peeled one and slightly patted his belly before he knew he needed to peel it). As he peeled, he spoke in a calm tone: "He's gone, you should wake up too."

  Xia Yu Fei could only open his eyes, and didn't ask Ao Yuan when he discovered that he had woken up: "Sigh, I say, Apple, you can just wash it for me directly, the apple skin is much better than the apple."

  Ao Yuan didn't even look at her and continued drinking the apple juice in his hand. Judging from his appearance, it seemed that he was used to being served by others: "Don't you ask him?"

  "What's the matter with him?" Xiaoyan heard this sentence and immediately retracted the smile on her face, lying expressionless on the bed, her skin tone made even paler by the sheets and quilt. "Speaking out won't do either of us any good, I'd rather pretend to be ignorant about this."

  For her words, Ao Yuan didn't say anything, but revealed the first smile after transforming, and then helped Xiaoyan up with one hand, handing over the apple that had been peeled to her.