Delicate Beauty Steals the Spring [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 19

Yu Luo took a handkerchief and slowly wiped the bl00d from her fingers.

Her fingers were long and slender, the tips delicate. As the handkerchief lightly passed over them, they quickly returned to their pale, pristine color.

“With so much bl00d, how could it be just a small wound?” Yu Luo said. “You need to bandage it properly.”

Li Xiao took Yu Luo back to his residence.

The room was pitch-black. He lit a lamp the one Yu Luo had gifted him some time ago.

Under the soft, amber light, Yu Luo saw the furnishings in the room.

This was a servant’s quarters, naturally far less luxurious than her own room.

There was only a bed, a chair, and a table nothing more.

At this moment, Yu Luo could also clearly see the severity of the wound on Li Xiao’s shoulder.

He had sprinkled some medicinal powder on the gash. Just looking at it made her wince, but his expression didn’t change in the slightest.

Of course, Li Xiao had fallen from the heavens into the mud in recent years. Once of high status, he now bore the charge of treason.

Li Xiao tore a piece of cloth and tried to bandage the wound himself with one hand.

Yu Luo stepped forward. “Let me help you.”

Li Xiao looked up. “Isn’t the young lady afraid of bl00d?”

Yu Luo replied, “Who’s afraid of bl00d? I’m not.”

She pressed down gently on his shoulder and helped tie the cloth around the wound.

Yu Luo carried a light scent, her slim waist looked barely graspable, and when she leaned down, her dark hair fell softly against Li Xiao’s chest.

Li Xiao felt a flicker of irritation.

Had he known it would be like this, he wouldn’t have let her help.

After finishing the bandaging, Yu Luo wiped the bl00d from her hands. “I’m heading back now. You focus on recovering for the next few days you don’t need to be on duty.”

Li Xiao said casually, “You’re going back alone?”

Yu Luo: “Of course.”

“Aren’t you afraid?”

Yu Luo: “…Hmm.”

She had indeed been quite frightened earlier, especially when they encountered a flower-patterned snake on the way.

The thought of walking that same path alone again did make her uneasy.

Li Xiao stood up. “I’ll walk you back.”

This time, Yu Luo didn’t refuse.

With the male lead acting as her personal bodyguard, she definitely felt safer.

Plus, Yu Luo suddenly remembered something.

“After we get back, don’t leave yet,” Yu Luo said. “Go to my window I have something for you.”

Li Xiao escorted Yu Luo to the gates of Jishui Courtyard. Two young maids hurried over to greet her as she returned.

Normally, after nightfall, male guards were not allowed inside the young lady’s residence and could only wait outside.

But this was the male lead.

He could go wherever he wanted.

Yu Luo returned to her room and sifted through a pile of items gifted by the Marquis of Shunning. She found a small red bottle.

She poured out a single red pill.

This was a bl00d-stopping pill, said to heal even the gravest internal injuries and restore bl00d loss.

A soft tapping came from the window.

Yu Luo opened it.

Li Xiao stood outside with his arms crossed. “Young lady.”

Yu Luo held out her hand. “This is for you.”

Li Xiao looked at the red pill in her palm, unmoving.

Yu Luo sighed inwardly.

She knew her image in the male lead’s eyes wasn’t good.

He probably thought the bl00d stopping pill was poison.

The pill’s vivid red color did look a lot like poison.

Yu Luo didn’t wait. She pushed the pill directly into his mouth. “It’s not poison. Just take it.”

To stay in character, she added what she thought was a truly villainous line: “If I wanted to kill you, I’d only need to say the word. Why bother with poison?”

Li Xiao was well-versed in medicine and of course knew what the pill was.

But before he could take it, the anxious “young lady” had already shoved it into his mouth.

He slowly bit her fingertip.

Yu Luo was stunned.

She quickly pulled her hand back and slammed the window shut.

In the original novel The Road of a Tyrant, the male lead never confessed to any woman.

He had a vast harem, but seemingly no true female lead.

Readers often debated who he actually loved.

Most popular among the guesses was the eldest daughter of the Su family.

From their first meeting, the male lead had shown interest in her.

When she offered him wine, he didn’t drink it but gently bit her hand instead.

That subtly flirtatious move made many believe he had feelings for her.

However, later on, when the Su family got involved in political scandal, the male lead killed her father without mercy. As the daughter of a criminal, she was cast into the cold palace.

The male lead’s ruthlessness was well-known. Everyone around him was just a tool.

Some readers believed he was interested in Su Zhaorong because he immediately slept with her after their first meeting everything was so intimate.

Others thought he only brought her into the palace to manipulate her father.

Either way, to Yu Luo, being bitten by the male lead was not a good sign.

All she could do now was pretend nothing had happened.

She couldn’t punish him either that would only deepen his hatred for her.

Yu Luo hadn’t lived long enough to seek death just yet.

Just then, Ziming brought over a robe made of patterned satin and asked if Yu Luo liked the style.

Yu Luo picked it up and examined it. The seamstress hired by Lady Yu was one of the best, and the robe was exquisite both in design and craftsmanship.

She nodded. “It looks nice.”

Ziming smiled. “Perfect timing Miss Su invited you to a chrysanthemum viewing gathering. You can wear it then.”

Yu Luo: “…Which Miss Su?”

“The daughter of the Governor of Su Prefecture her childhood name is Peran.”

Yu Luo: “!!!”

Speak of the devil!

She had just been thinking about Su Zhaorong, and now the plot was leading her straight to her.

In the original Road of a Tyrant, the focus was on the male lead’s career. Characters unrelated to that rarely got much screen time.

The author had never mentioned that someone like Su Zhaorong could be one of Yu Luo’s close friends.

Yu Luo considered: Could it be the male lead had already met Miss Su?

Is that why he was so smooth with her later on?

“Alright,” Yu Luo said without showing much emotion. “Tell them to prepare hot water. I want to bathe and change.”

“Yes, miss.”

After bathing, Yu Luo began to feel feverish.

She had always been frail perhaps that snake encounter earlier had scared her soul out of her, or maybe she caught a chill from the night breeze. Her body simply couldn’t handle it.

Ziming found it odd, too.

The young lady had always been healthy. Why did she seem so delicate lately?

Still, it wasn’t too unusual.

Ziming quickly had the kitchen prepare a bowl of ginger soup and brought it to her.

Yu Luo slowly drank it. After breaking into a light sweat, she finally lay down to sleep.