The Female Lead is Looking at Me Differently (GL) - Chapter 26

To avoid any unforeseen complications, You Zixia decided to set off as soon as possible and join up with Fu Yu and the others. Therefore, faced with Zhan Fu’s attitude of “you have to take me with you, or else I’ll call for someone over,” “if you don’t take me with you, I’ll cause a commotion,” You Zixia sighed in exasperation and rubbed his temples.

To be honest, the reason why he could so easily compromise and come down from the roof was that he was not very good at dealing with people with this kind of personality. Therefore, You Zixia decided to adopt a strategy of appeasement and delay. In short, let’s appease this young lady first.

As for being entangled by her after coming down, that was beyond You Zixia’s expectations.

However, You Zixia still had a sense of priorities, so he agreed to Zhan Fu’s request and went to Fu Yu’s place with her.

Before setting off, he couldn’t help but curiously ask, “I wonder how Your Highness discovered my whereabouts? Clearly…” You Zixia paused, glanced at Zhan Fu, and closed his lips, swallowing the rest of what might sound hurtful.

Although, in a way, being unable to draw qi into one’s body seemed a bit useless in the current environment, especially since Zhan Fu was also the young lady of Luoyue City, but… You Zixia still couldn’t bear to say such words.

Just treat it as him being a little tender and considerate.

He lowered his gaze and did not reveal that look of pity mixed with pity; after all, in another way, this was also a kind of arrogance from a high position, and a person with a personality like Zhan Fu would definitely not like, or even hate, this kind of look.

However, compared to You Zixia’s careful inquiry, Zhan Fu didn’t care at all. She simply smiled lightly, “Ah, you want to say that I’m just an ordinary mortal, so how could I have detected your well-hidden trace?”

She blinked her right eye, “That’s a secret.”

Then, she flipped her skirt and was about to jump out of the room. You Zixia hadn’t recovered yet and was startled.

“Hey?! You… wait a minute.”

He was a little dumbfounded, “Are you really going to jump out like that?”

Zhan Fu looked at him with a matter-of-fact expression, “Of course, why else?”

You Zixia smiled helplessly, “After all, you are a young lady.”

Zhan Fu said, “So what if I’m a young lady? It’s just a difference in status and title. Apart from these external things, I’m still me, just an ordinary person.” She became a little impatient, “Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense, you—come here, come and carry me.”

You Zixia: “……”

He couldn’t help but say, “Men and women…”

Zhan Fu: “It’s very intimate to be close.”

You Zixia helplessly froze in place.

After a moment, he walked over, squatted slightly with his back facing the window, so that Zhan Fu could easily get on his back.

Feeling the added weight and warmth on his back, You Zixia couldn’t help but turn his head to avoid the scent of another person. He coughed and then said, “I’m leaving now, hold on tight.”

Zhan Fu chuckled, “I’m holding on very tight, let’s go.”

They soon arrived at the inn, but to You Zixia’s surprise, there was no one there.

He couldn’t help but frown in surprise, “No one? Could it be that Fu Yu and the others chased after Lu Bicai?”

Zhan Fu followed behind him, looked around, and then sniffed her nose, overturning You Zixia’s guess.

“In my opinion, they were forced to chase him, right? Here… there is a faint scent of a certain kind of drug.”

You Zixia instantly understood what she meant, his expression changed, and his eyes filled with tension and hatred, “Could it be that that flower thief, he actually used drugs?!”

Zhan Fu curiously looked at his expression, “Isn’t that very normal for a flower thief?”

“But I thought…” You Zixia paused, his brow furrowed tightly.

He thought that someone with Lu Bicai’s reputation wouldn’t use such a despicable drug, after all, he wasn’t an ordinary lecher or pervert. But unexpectedly, he had completely misjudged. Thinking of this, You Zixia couldn’t sit still, and he raised his sword and was about to walk out.

Zhan Fu stopped him, “Where are you going now?”

You Zixia: “To find my junior sister and the others, I can’t just watch them fall into the tiger’s mouth.”

Zhan Fu: “But aren’t you just wandering around aimlessly now, do you know where they went?”

You Zixia pursed his lips, and then suddenly raised his eyes to look at Zhan Fu, “Your Highness, you can help me.”

Since Zhan Fu can smell the lingering scent of the drug in the room after so long, then if it were her, she must have a way to find out where Lu Bicai went.

Thinking of this, You Zixia’s gaze became even more determined, and he stared fixedly at Zhan Fu with burning emotions.

Zhan Fu met his gaze, then raised an eyebrow, with a proud expression in the corners of her eyes and lips, she curled the corner of her mouth, “Why should this young lady help you? Because you have a bit of good looks?”

You Zixia: “I…”

Before either of them could finish speaking, the door suddenly opened.

You Zixia was startled and turned his head quickly, only to see Fu Yu and Wen Zhao returning.

Seeing that the two of them had returned safely, You Zixia couldn’t help but relax, and a hint of joy appeared between his brows. He quickly walked over, “Fu Yu, are you alright…”

At this moment, You Zixia noticed something amiss. For example, Wen Zhao was being held in Fu Yu’s arms, and she was now unconscious for some reason. And then there was… the blanket that wrapped Wen Zhao tightly, leaving nothing exposed.

You Zixia’s footsteps stopped, and the brain that had been slow to work after the initial joy began to work slowly. He slowly sorted out these details with a look of disbelief, and then widened his eyes, anger and astonishment almost rushing to his face, “He, he -!”

You Zixia desperately suppressed his voice, but his hands clenched tightly together.

Obviously, after Zhan Fu’s hint just now, You Zixia had already imagined the whole plot in his mind.

Fu Yu gently covered Wen Zhao’s earlobe with one hand to prevent her from being awakened by You Zixia, but even if she didn’t do so, it was obvious that Wen Zhao wouldn’t wake up for a while tonight.

The torment of the drug, coupled with the subsequent intimacy with Fu Yu, and the repeated deep entanglement when the drug’s effects were about to wear off, all caused Wen Zhao to experience excessive exhaustion. As a result, Wen Zhao couldn’t tell if the drug’s effects had actually subsided. She simply held the person in front of her and cried over and over again.

Therefore, Wen Zhao was sleeping very soundly now, and even if You Zixia shouted himself hoarse, she wouldn’t wake up.

You Zixia was overly concerned and confused, so he only saw the superficial details and made a judgment. He didn’t see more details.

Zhan Fu stood behind You Zixia, with a thoughtful look in her eyes, watching the two people with amusement, and slightly covered her nose. She could smell very clearly, behind the sweet and flowery fragrance, was the mixed breath of these two people…

It seemed that Wen Zhao had indeed been drugged, but who had given the antidote was hard to say.

Fu Yu raised her eyes to look at You Zixia, then gestured for him to calm down.

“Don’t worry, it wasn’t Lu Bicai, he didn’t succeed.”

You Zixia paused, as if grabbing at a straw, and quickly asked, “Is that so? Are you sure?”

Fu Yu nodded slightly, lowered her eyes, and glanced at Wen Zhao’s sleeping face, then reached out and stroked the other person’s still red eye corners. Her fingertips curled slightly, with an indescribable sense of… satisfaction.

You Zixia only felt one thing now, and that was that he had come back to life.

Although after combining the previous causes and reasoning, this result did seem more like self-comfort, but if Fu Yu said so, then You Zixia was willing to believe it.

After all, firstly, Fu Yu had the ability to save Wen Zhao, and secondly, Fu Yu would not lie about such a matter, even if it would damage Wen Zhao’s reputation. Although she wouldn’t talk nonsense, but faced with You Zixia’s questioning, although she wouldn’t respond, she wouldn’t make up other lies.

Therefore, You Zixia immediately believed Fu Yu’s words.

But he was still a little worried, “Then, that drug…?”

Fu Yu’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and she pursed her lips. Just as she was about to speak, Zhan Fu interrupted her, she said, “Oh, there’s more than one way to solve this kind of drug, I think you just have too little experience and shallow knowledge.”

You Zixia’s face turned red, and he couldn’t help but take a step back, avoiding Zhan Fu, “What are you talking about! And you’re a girl, can you pay attention to what you’re saying.”

Zhan Fu smiled slightly, her eyes swept over, meeting Fu Yu’s, and she looked meaningful.

“I’m talking about taking a cold bath, what did you think?”

“Cough cough…” You Zixia coughed, “T-that’s it, no wonder my junior sister is wearing a blanket. Oh right, since that’s the case, you should take my junior sister in and change her clothes. After she wakes up, let her take a hot bath or something. As for Lu Bicai, if she doesn’t remember, don’t tell her. Of course, if she asks, be sure to tell her clearly.”

You Zixia was rambling like an old father.

Fu Yu nodded slightly, then took Wen Zhao into the next room and locked the door.

Zhan Fu watched their backs and smiled even more.

Later, after You Zixia calmed down, he couldn’t help but say earnestly, “Your Highness, you should pay attention to your words a little…”

Zhan Fu replied casually, “Yes, yes.”

••••

Fu Yu placed Wen Zhao on the bed and slowly pulled away the blanket.

Wen Zhao’s original white dress was torn and disheveled. It was obvious to anyone that it had been deliberately damaged.

On her exposed skin, there were scattered red marks, which stood out against her snow-white skin, as striking as red plum blossoms on snow.

Wen Zhao’s wrists were already swollen, and one could imagine how forcefully someone had grabbed her wrists, holding them tightly with a deep and intense desire, not allowing her to escape.

Her long hair was scattered messily on the bed, and the corners of her closed eyes were still flushed with moisture.

There was a gradually fading teeth mark on Wen Zhao’s ear, which trailed down her earlobe to her snow-white neck, which was covered in red marks.

The red marks trailed down from beneath her ear, descending along her collarbone before disappearing beneath her clothing.

Fu Yu pulled the covers over Wen Zhao, shielding her from view.

Wen Zhao tossed and turned in her sleep, her brow furrowed in discomfort. Her fingers twitched, and she let out small whimpers as if pleading. Fu Yu sat by the bed, gently brushing stray hairs from Wen Zhao’s forehead, her expression unreadable.

T/N: Bombaya…