Chapter Thirty-Eight: New Grudges and Old Resentments

  Yuexiang saw that Young Master couldn't explain himself, and in her heart she was even more convinced that the woman Young Master mentioned must have an unusual relationship with him.

  Yuexiang suddenly thought of Miss's big wedding day, Young Master ran away from marriage, wouldn't it be because of this woman?

  Yuexiang thought about it more and felt that it was very likely, out of her protective feelings for the young lady, she had some resentment towards the young master in her heart, and unconsciously showed it on her face.

  Lin Feng saw Yue Xiang's expression getting more and more unsuitable, knowing that this matter had been messed up by himself. Thinking that not only was there no hope for Feng Jie's affair this time, but also the backyard might be set on fire, he regretted it endlessly, his heart became even more anxious, his chest felt stuffy, and his breathing suddenly felt uncomfortable.

  On the other side, Yuexiang was secretly sympathizing with Miss and didn't notice Young Master's abnormal behavior.

  With a "pu" sound, Lin Feng spat out a mouthful of black blood, and his chest finally felt much more comfortable.

  Yuexiang was dazed and resentful for the young lady, when suddenly she saw the young master spit out a mouthful of black blood, scaring her into an "ah" cry, and the rice bowl in her hand fell to the ground with a "crack" sound, shattering into two halves.

  "Master, Master, how are you?" Yueliang was really frightened this time. If the master had an accident because of her negligence, not to mention that the old master would not let her off, even the young lady might not be able to forgive her easily. "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, Master. I shouldn't have been resentful towards you. Please don't have any accidents!"

  Yuexiang was so anxious that she spoke incoherently, with tears welling up in her eyes.

  Lin Feng saw Yue Xiang's anxious appearance, as if he was already gone from the world, but it was quite lovely, so he raised his hand and patted Yue Xiang's arm, saying: "I'm fine, isn't this great?"

  "Are you really okay?" Yuexiang asked uncertainly, "But you vomited blood."

  Lin Feng was half-reclining on the bed, so some of the black blood he spat out stained the bedding. He looked down and said, "It's nothing, just stagnant blood."

  Not bad, Lin Feng spat out was indeed blood clots, so-called lung injury, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Now that the blood clots have been spat out, he actually feels much lighter in body.

  Yuexiang carefully observed Young Master's complexion and saw that although he was still a bit pale, he didn't look like he was in much pain, which finally put her at ease.

  "You rest for a while, I'll go get some water and wipe away the blood."

  Yuexiang supported the young master and had him lie down first.

  "Go!"

  After Yuexiang left, Lin Feng lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling with his eyes wide open, thinking to himself: "Unlucky, really unlucky, what's wrong with me lately? Why can't I have a single pleasant thing happen, and every single thing is annoying?"

  Recently, Lin Feng's luck has been quite bad. First, he was caught and enlisted as a soldier to fight in the war. He barely escaped with his life and on his way back home, he encountered bandits. After subduing the bandits, he finally returned home, so everything should be fine now!

  Damn it, the little devil has entered the county town again.

  Lin Feng rushed over from his hometown, originally it was a very simple matter, to take a look at the situation of his father after the Japanese army entered the city, and then go to Chunfeng Building to redeem Feng Jie.

  These two things should not be difficult, but who knows that there will be unexpected twists and turns. Before entering the city, they encountered the incident of Yue Xiang being molested by Japanese soldiers. Then Xiao Ye came to pick a fight, Lin Feng and Xiao Ye had a fierce battle, not only did old wounds recur, but also got caught by Xiao Ye and thrown into the Kempeitai's prison cell.

  It was easy for Lin Feng to be released under his father's efforts, but it forced his father to compromise with Yuto.

  Lin Feng thought carefully about the recent misfortunes, each of which was related to the Japanese army, especially that Xiao Ye, who was directly responsible for his bedridden state and delay in handling matters.

  "Hey Ono, you son of a bitch, wait for me, I'm not done with you yet!"

  Lin Feng felt more and more stifled, having never suffered such humiliation since birth.

  Before long, Yuexiang brought in a basin of water and helped Linfeng change the sheets, using the water to wipe away the bloodstains on the floor.

  After changing the sheets, Lin Feng felt a bit tired and fell asleep again.

  Lin Feng slept very soundly and didn't wake up again until the next afternoon.

  It was Yue Xiang who brought the meal into the room and fed Lin Feng.

  Lin Feng finished his meal and saw Yue Xiang standing in front of the bed with her head down, not hurrying to clean up the dishes. He asked puzzled: "What's wrong, Yue Xiang?"

  "Me... " Yue Xiang spoke hesitantly, "Sorry, young master!"

  Lin Feng was stunned and didn't know what kind of nerve this girl had, saying sorry out of the blue.

  "Why say sorry?"

  "Mr. Li told me about what happened with Feng Jie, and I was wrong to blame you yesterday," said Yueshang, her body making some slight, awkward movements, possibly because she felt very embarrassed inside. "I went to see Feng Jie, and she's doing well now."

  Yesterday, after serving Lin Feng to sleep, Yue Xiang had been resentful of that woman in her heart. She didn't know what kind of woman she was, actually letting Young Master leave Miss on their wedding day and run to the county town. So she went to ask around.

  As it happened, Yueshang was inquiring about Fengjie's situation when she coincidentally ran into Li Zhuangui, so she recounted the story of Linfeng chivalrously rescuing Fengjie in great detail.

  Yuexiang regretted what she had done after listening to Li Zhu's account, regretting that she should not have resented the young master, and it turned out that the young master was still a man with a chivalrous heart.

  So Yueshang decided to go and see Feng Jie, which also counts as helping Young Master with something, in order to ease her mind.

  "Have you been to Chunfeng Building?" Lin Feng's mouth was wide open in surprise.

  "Uh-huh, I went yesterday afternoon," Yueshang said. "I also told Feng Jie that the young master hasn't forgotten his promise to her, he's just recovering from injuries at home and can't fulfill it immediately."

  "That place..."

  Yuexiang unexpectedly went to Chunfeng Building, which surprised Lin Feng. That place wasn't a venue where a maid should enter and exit, but she still went.

  He knew that was Yuexiang going there after knowing she had wrongly accused him, and it was her way of making amends to him at the time. Otherwise, with Yuexiang's shy personality, she would never have stepped into such a place.

  It's too difficult for her.

  "How did you get in there?"

  Lin Feng didn't know how to express his current feelings towards Yuexiang, whether it was gratitude or heartache.

  "Li Zhuangui knew I was going to see Feng Jie, so he helped me find a set of men's clothes. After changing into them, I went."

  Rumors had it that Yuexiang was dressed as a man when she went to Chunfeng Building, and Lin Feng suddenly had a strange idea in his mind - he really wanted Yuexiang to dress up again in this room - she must look very handsome in men's clothes.

  Pfft, what nonsense is this?

  Lin Feng felt embarrassed for the first time about the despicable idea in his heart, and hurriedly spoke out to shift the attention: "How is Feng Jie's current situation?"

  "She's fine, it's just that something happened at Chunfeng Building and Phoenix Sister has to stay there for a while. She asked me to tell Young Master to take good care of his injury and not to worry about her for now." Yueshang said.

  "Something has happened at Chunfeng Building, what's going on? Why does Feng Jie want to stay there?"

  Lin Feng was puzzled, what did the incident at Chunfeng Building have to do with Guan Gong's sister?

  "This..."

  Yuexiang looked up at Young Master and then quickly lowered her head again.

  Lin Feng saw Mu Xiang's face turn unusually red.

  "This, young master, it's better not to ask, wait until your injury heals, and you'll understand when you see it yourself."

  Mentioning this matter, Yuexiang seemed even more shy and embarrassed to say anything.

  Lin Feng saw that Yue Xiang was unwilling to speak and had no way of getting her to talk, so he could only hope that his injuries would heal quickly, then he would personally go to Chunfeng Building to investigate.

  Although Lin Feng was anxious about Feng Jie's situation, he couldn't take action before his injury healed, so he had to calm down and focus on recovering in the warehouse.

  Lin Qingyuan somehow got some gunshot wound medicine and applied it to Lin Feng's wounds, which quickly improved.

  Seven days later, Lin Feng felt a lot more spirited, and that restless heart began to stir again. He couldn't sleep well, ignoring Yueliang's obstruction, he secretly ran out without telling his father.

  Having stayed in his room for several days nursing his wounds, the same old decor of just over ten square meters was all that met his eyes. Now he had finally come out onto the streets again, Lin Feng suddenly felt refreshed and revitalized. Everything he looked at was so pleasing to the eye, especially the people rushing to and fro on the street, among whom were many young women with different looks.

  Watching women is Lin Feng's greatest pleasure in his leisure time, regardless of beauty or ugliness, as long as they are women, he can comment on them.

  Looking at women was just Lin Feng's way of passing the time, idle amusement, not that he really wanted to take one home. So what did beauty or ugliness have to do with him? Without ugliness, there would be no beauty; without comparison, even the most beautiful woman would seem ordinary.

  Looking up, the blue sky stretches for thousands of miles, with white clouds scattered about. Lin Feng let out a deep sigh: "What a wonderful time!"

  Withdraw your gaze, step into the most prosperous Fuxian Street in the county town, Lin Feng strolled while appreciating the scenery on the street, to dissipate the melancholy that had been pent up in his chest for days.

  The buildings on Fuqian Street are mostly from the Qing dynasty, with a few from the Ming dynasty, and some newly built government offices during the National Government period. Walking among them makes people feel as if they have traveled through several centuries.

  A few days ago, under the strong promotion of Lin Qingyuan, all the shops that were closed when the Japanese army entered the city have started business. Residents who had not bought daily necessities for many days gathered to grab purchases, and the most customers were grain stores and salt stores.

  There were Japanese patrols on the streets from time to time, marching in formation, carrying guns and walking by.

  On the surface, it appears to be a prosperous and orderly scene.

  But on the walls of both sides of the street, someone had written in white lime the big-character poster "Japan-China friendship, jointly building a prosperous East Asia" at some unknown time, which made Lin Feng feel very annoyed.

  Moreover, whether it was a residential house or a business establishment, as long as there were doors and windows facing the main street, they would hang a white flag with a red center on the doors and windows. This flag always made Lin Feng feel that something precious had been forcibly taken away from him, and he felt humiliated.

  "Neighbors, old and young masters, everyone listen up! This morning, the Imperial Army will hold a ceremony at Walnut Garden to officially take over Xiping County and establish the Xiping County Security Maintenance Association. At that time, Mr. Ito will deliver an important speech. By order of the Imperial Army, all residents of the county seat are required to attend. Those who do not attend will be treated as resistance elements!" A voice that was all too familiar suddenly came from behind, and it was so piercing to Lin Feng's ears.