Chapter 219 – War King-gege
Helping Tian Dazhuang was partly out of friendship and partly indeed for her big sister Yan Shuqin. Yan Xiaosi was not lying.
Hearing such a response, Long Yu’s mood improved greatly in an instant. The corners of his mouth involuntarily curved upwards, and he no longer minded that Yan Xiaosi had overpowered him, not holding the punches against her.
“When will you stop pressing down on me like this?”
“War King, please calm your anger. This commoner will get up right away.”
Seeing Long Yu’s face and tone change from cloudy to sunny, Yan Xiaosi’s tense nerves relaxed, and she scrambled off Long Yu’s body in a fluster. She had wanted to get up earlier, but it was the War King who had been holding her hands all this time.
After standing up, she shook the dust off her clothes, looking apologetically at Long Yu as he got up from the ground.
“Did this commoner’s recklessness harm the War King?”
Long Yu stood up, brushed the dust off his robe, glanced at her, and slowly said, “If I said you did hurt me, how would you compensate me?”
“Ah!” Yan Xiaosi was startled. She had just asked casually, out of politeness, not expecting the War King to take it seriously. Regretfully biting her lip. Why did she have to say that polite phrase?
“Hehe, may I ask where the commoner has injured the War King? Could you show me, so that I can compensate you for the medical expenses?”
Long Yu had been knocked down by her earlier, his back directly hitting the uneven mountain path, and his elbows had also hit the stones on the ground, resulting in several abrasions on his body.
He frowned, then gracefully and leisurely rolled up his sleeve, revealing half of his honey-colored arm. “The injury is here. Look for yourself.”
Yan Xiaosi’s gaze fell on his half-exposed honey-colored arm. Right in the middle of the elbow, it was obviously swollen and scraped, with a bit of blood staining it.
“It was because of me knocking you down just now?”
“Mm.” Long Yu nodded seriously. “Such injuries, and there are several more on my back, are all thanks to you.”
Yan Xiaosi shifted her gaze towards the spot where Long Yu had been lying, noticing the sharp stones there, she realized it was true that his back must have several scrapes. She looked back at Long Yu, her face full of apologies. “Sorry, I will send the medicine for treating your wounds to the Tongluo Plain military camp first thing tomorrow morning.”
Long Yu nodded. “I kindly help you, and this is how you repay me. Besides sending medicine, don’t you plan to compensate me with something else?”
“Master Yan, my master suddenly appeared not to scare you but because he saw you going up the mountain alone. My master was worried about your safety and followed you all the way here.”
Long Yi came back and suddenly spoke out of nowhere.
Long Yu gave him a look and coldly scolded, “Loose lips.”
Having caused Long Yu to be covered in injuries, Yan Xiaosi already felt somewhat guilty. Hearing Long Yi’s words made her feel even more so. “Then, what compensation does the War King want? Silver? I don’t have much silver on me at the moment, but I can write a debt note for the War King.”
Long Yu’s eyebrows raised slightly, looking at her with some displeasure. “Do you think I am someone who lacks silver?”
Yan Xiaosi quickly shook her head. “How could the War King lack silver? What I offer as compensation to the War King is called compensation for emotional distress.”
“Compensation for emotional distress.” This was the first time Long Yu had heard such a term. “It sounds quite fitting and pleasant, but I do not need any compensation for emotional distress.”
Since the medicine for treating scrapes was to be sent tomorrow morning, and he didn’t want compensation for emotional distress, Yan Xiaosi really didn’t know what the War King wanted. “War King, please just tell me directly what you want me to do. If it’s within my capabilities, I will certainly serve the War King.”
Hearing this, Long Yu found it very pleasing and agreeable. “In a while, you are supposed to work as a military doctor in my camp, right? Then, you will take on a dual role and also serve in my tent as a servant taking care of my daily needs.”
“Servant?” Hearing these two words, Yan Xiaosi’s expression cracked somewhat. She was a woman, how could she serve in Long Yu’s tent as a servant, especially as a personal servant to Long Yu. “Is there any other option, War King?”
Seeing her obviously unwilling face, Long Yu’s brows furrowed again. “Yes, you could clean the latrines for me.”
Yan Xiaosi’s face darkened instantly. After weighing her options, she chose to enter Long Yu’s tent to serve as his servant. After all, she wouldn’t be a servant for long, and it was unlikely that Long Yu would discover her actual gender. “I’m clumsy in my work, so I hope the War King will be understanding.”
Seeing her reluctantly accepting the role, Long Yu was still not pleased. In Xijing City, who knows how many people would jump at the chance to serve him in his estate, yet he offered this opportunity to this little wretch who was ungrateful.
“Hmm.” Hearing his cold response, Yan Xiaosi felt that since the War King seemed to dislike her, if she deliberately acted clumsy while serving as a servant, she might not have to do it for long before the War King would dismiss her.
With this thought in mind, she cheerfully planned her next steps, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly. “Does the War King have any more orders?”
Long Yu said, “No more.”
“Since the War King has no further orders, then this commoner will take her leave.” Having said that, she bowed to Long Yu and continued her way up the mountain.
Long Yu’s gaze followed the winding and rugged mountain path, the farther he looked, the darker it became, with the mountain wind blowing, it felt quite eerie and terrifying. “Yan Xiaosi, aren’t you afraid something might jump out and scare you again?”
Originally, Yan Xiaosi was fearless, but having been scared by Long Yu once before, and now with his reminder, she couldn’t help but conjure up some dark and horrifying images in her mind. Moreover, having been a military doctor in her previous life and seen no fewer than a hundred or two hundred corpses, the faces of the dead in various states replayed in her mind, and she suddenly found herself unable to move forward.
Seeing her standing still ahead, not moving, the corners of Long Yu’s mouth lifted in unrestrained amusement. So, this little rascal also has moments of fear.
Long Yi, standing not far away, saw his master walking towards Yan Xiaosi with a smile and felt worried for him. The master clearly intended to escort Young Master Yan back to the cave at Big Sister Peak, only to end up scaring Master Yan like this. Tormenting your wife is fun for a moment, but the master might have to chase her to the grave later; the key point is, Young Master Yan isn’t even a woman, and the master’s situation might end up worse than a grave.
Before Long Yu even got close to Yan Xiaosi, he already felt the tense atmosphere surrounding her. “Look at how nervous you are.”
Yan Xiaosi glanced at him.
“If you’re scared, then beg me, and I will escort you back to the cave at Big Sister Peak.”
Yan Xiaosi thought he would come over and offer to escort her back to the cave at Big Sister Peak without needing to be asked. This person is really despicable! Intentionally reminding and scaring her, making her imagine those things she shouldn’t, and then forcing her to humbly beg him.
“War King-gege, it’s dark. Please, please escort me back to the cave on Big Sister Peak.” (TL: she’s trying to act like a scared/spoiled little girl asking an older brother for help.)
Long Yu: “.”
Long Yi: “.”
The phrase “War King-gege” shocked the two men beside her. Long Yi thought, Yan Xiaosi was really courting death, daring to address the master like that. No one has ever dared to call the master that, even the current Emperor addresses him respectfully as “Imperial Uncle.” He quietly waited for the master to slap Yan Xiaosi into the mud in anger.
After a moment of silence, he saw Long Yu’s mouth twitch violently, then his expression returned to calm. “War King-gege” – if it were any other man or woman who called him that, he would find it disgusting, pretentious, and sycophantic. But coming from Yan Xiaosi, he found it very pleasant, agreeable, and likable.
Humbly begging Long Yu, Yan Xiaosi felt it was very spineless, but being so scared at the moment, what’s the use of pride? She grabbed Long Yu’s sleeve and called him “War King-gege.”
Long Yi lit a fire and the faint light illuminated Yan Xiaosi’s face. At that moment, her eyes, full of spirit and shining black, looked helplessly at Long Yu.
Long Yu locked eyes with her, his heart pounding as if beating a drum. Clearly, the little rascal was nervous and scared, yet why was his own heartbeat so fast?
A flicker of confusion passed through his eyes as he looked at Yan Xiaosi, his heart softened. Without waiting for Yan Xiaosi to say anything more, a slender arm had already reached around Yan Xiaosi’s waist.
