“She can not only approach the Young General, she can actually calm him down! Look how obedient and well-behaved the Young General is now, not at all like a madman!”
“Do you think she might be the Young General’s long-hidden sweetheart? The Young General has always been aloof by nature, most reserved and knowing his boundaries. He never jokes with women—when has he ever embraced anyone so passionately like this?”
“Exactly! This must be the girl the Young General has cherished deeply in his heart. Isn’t there a saying? Love is restraint, love is endurance. The Young General loves this girl to the bone, which is why he can restrain and endure for her sake!”
“Ahem, so are you suggesting the Young General doesn’t love the Old General anymore? The bruise on the Old General’s face is still there, and we didn’t see much restraint from the Young General—he struck without mercy…”
“…”
As soon as the servant’s voice fell, everyone turned their eyes simultaneously toward the Old General.
The Old General was not deaf; he could hear the servants’ discussions behind him.
With a bruised face, he cast a gloomy glance at these troublesome individuals, then turned to look at his son.
Although his son had hit him, he believed his son loved him deeply.
Watching his son obediently holding the girl without letting go, even nestling clingily against her neck, the Old General felt no jealousy. Instead, he was somewhat pleased.
He, too, thought his son must have some connection with this girl!
This beautiful and kind-hearted girl must be his daughter-in-law!
He and his wife had been married for over forty years, and she had never publicly hugged him or touched his cheek. This girl had already touched his son’s face and embraced him—how could they not be a young couple?
The Old Madam was equally overjoyed.
What medicine couldn’t accomplish, this girl had achieved. With just one finger, she had tamed their frenzied and ferocious son!
This wasn’t just a daughter-in-law; this was clearly a fairy. Even if she had to kneel and beg, she would keep this girl in their home, treating her like a revered ancestor!
Tears glistened in the Old Madam’s eyes as she gripped the Old General’s hand, repeatedly saying, “Wonderful! Wonderful! Our son is saved! Heaven has eyes—we don’t need to beg the Successor of the Ghost Doctor anymore, nor suffer her threat to atone with our lives!”
She turned to the Old General, tears in her eyes, and said, “Don’t go looking for her, understand? We owe Song Suihuan nothing. Her father killed so many innocent civilians—he got what he deserved. We won’t pay with our lives for that scoundrel!”
The Old General nodded.
Who would have thought? After a year of running around begging for help with no one able to save his son, just as he was about to step out of the mansion to end his life in exchange for his son’s survival, a life-saving girl had descended from the heavens.
It was unbelievable—what his son needed wasn’t medicine, but love!
This intangible, elusive love had proven more miraculous than the renowned Successor of the Ghost Doctor!
The Successor of the Ghost Doctor wanted to use acupuncture to nullify the Strange Power within his son to restore his clarity, but this girl only needed to hug his son to let him retain his immense strength and continue upholding the glory of the God of War!
So, why would he go through with ending his life? Heaven had given him and his son a way out. His son was already better, and naturally, he wouldn’t proceed with suicide.
In the courtyard, the two embraced quietly.
Outside the courtyard, everyone stood happily, no one leaving.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Thirty minutes passed.
Finally, the person who had been lying obediently asleep on Shen Yuanwei’s shoulder woke up.Xiao Lingzhao slowly raised his head and opened his eyes.
The crimson in his eyes had completely receded, leaving them clear and lucid.
He had returned to normal.
His deep, dark eyes gazed toward the courtyard gate, where he saw his tall and imposing father standing unharmed. Suddenly, his eyes glistened with tears.
It was a relief.
Thankfully, his father had not gone to the Successor of the Ghost Doctor to end his own life.
When he had lost his sanity and descended into madness earlier, he had heard his father say he would seek out the Successor of the Ghost Doctor. His father was willing to sacrifice himself for him, but did his father know? He would rather die himself than let his father make such a sacrifice.
At the thought of the Successor of the Ghost Doctor, Xiao Lingzhao’s eyes darkened.
Song Suihuan!
That woman, arrogant because of her self-proclaimed medical prowess, had both demanded his father’s suicide and lusted after his body, wanting to become his wife…
How could someone who wanted his father dead ever think he would marry her?
Lost in his thoughts, Xiao Lingzhao was suddenly pulled back to reality by a soft voice in his ear.
“Young General, you’re awake? Then, can you let go of me now?”
He snapped back to attention.
Looking down, he realized he was tightly holding a strange young woman in his arms.
Their eyes met, and his mind and heart trembled.
He didn’t know why he, who had always kept his distance from women, would commit such an offensive and improper act toward a stranger!
Instinctively, he loosened his grip, intending to release her.
But just as the young woman began to rise from his embrace, he felt the storm in his mind, which had just subsided, beginning to gather once more!
If he endured this pain for another half-hour, he would descend into madness and lose his senses again!
So his hands moved faster than his mind. Before he could process the thought, his arms had already reached out, wrapped around the young woman’s waist, and pulled her back down into his embrace!
Thus, Shen Yuanwei, who had just stood up, was dragged back into the sandalwood-scented embrace.
Her hands pressed against Xiao Lingzhao’s chest, she looked up at him with a teasing smile.
“Earlier, you were mad, so I didn’t hold it against you. But now that you’ve regained your senses, are you still going to cling to me and take advantage?”
Xiao Lingzhao also became aware of his impropriety and looked down silently at Shen Yuanwei.
His reason told him he should let her go.
But his body refused.
Holding this young woman felt too good.
It was as if some magical force continuously flowed from her into his body, soothing his restless energy and easing the pain in his head.
If he let her go, he would suffer terribly—he might even die.
Shen Yuanwei lightly tapped Xiao Lingzhao’s chest with her finger. “Young General, are you so reluctant to release me? With so many people watching at the gate, you bully me like this. If no one were around, would you devour me?”
Xiao Lingzhao stiffened, his ears turning red from her prodding.
He opened his mouth, struggling to speak as he was unaccustomed to conversing with women. “I apologize, I am despicable, I deserve to die… but I would not devour you. Though I may be mad, I do not eat people.”
Shen Yuanwei raised an eyebrow.
Really? Was this guy pretending to be innocent and clueless with her?
Was that the kind of “devouring” she meant?
Unaware of Shen Yuanwei’s inner thoughts, Xiao Lingzhao was sadly forcing himself to pry his fingers open one by one.
Though his body was reluctant to let go, though his heart and soul screamed not to release her, he could not continue to offend this young woman. He simply could not.The moment his fingers released her, he trembled with the urge to embrace her again.
But he didn’t dare.
He could only dig his nails fiercely into his palms, gritting his teeth as he desperately suppressed the longing within.
Before Shen Yuanwei stood up, she first glanced at him.
The tall man sat there obediently, his jaw tense, his back rigid, his fingers digging harshly into his palms—as if using every ounce of his strength to resist the impulse to hold her—
Pitiful beyond words.
Like a little wolf cub cruelly abandoned by its owner in a storm.