章 11: Shall I Bury You Right Here?
編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation
An emotionless Wen Ran got up quietly from the ground and patted the dust off her clothes. She felt that her foolishness was directly proportionate to how big of a grin Shen Wu had.
She felt like the biggest idiot ever.
Wen Ran forced herself not to look at the pile of flesh on the ground and turned to leave.
However, Shen Wu followed behind her like a shadow and continued to jabber on and on. "Are you angry?"
Wen Ran walked forward as if she had tunnel vision and did not once turn back to look at him or say anything.
"Are you unhappy because I dirtied my clothes?" Shen Wu rattled off questions like a curious three-year-old child. "What were you trying to do when you told me to hide? You're not thinking of sacrificing yourself to save me, are you?"
Wen Ran wondered why he insisted on asking about that!
She felt like dying of embarrassment. As upset as she was, she could not show it on her face. She turned around coldly and denied it decisively. "You're overthinking. I just thought you were injured and was afraid that you would drag me down."
He nodded. "I see."
He seemed to believe her words completely.
"You look really tired. Would you like to rest?" he asked considerately after seeing Wen Ran's ugly expression.
Wen Ran stopped in her tracks, pointed at the pile of flesh that looked like mud and asked, "Can you tell me what that is?"
"A demonic beast."
"Correct. It's a demonic beast that you killed. A bloody demonic beast." Wen Ran put down her hand and glared at him. "The demons in this forbidden area are extra sensitive to the smell of blood. If I stay here and rest instead of leaving right now, won't I be a prime target for the demons to gather and eat me?"
That was why she could not rest! She could not afford to even if she was absolutely exhausted!
Shen Wu's eyes lit up slightly when he heard that."You're quite smart."
Wen Ran felt that he was mocking her in his own strange way, so she snorted at him and turned around to continue walking.
Shen Wu did not ask any more questions at that time. He quietly followed behind Wen Ran like an elementary school student who was being led on an outing by his teacher.
After walking for some time, Wen Ran returned to her original spot and stopped. She took a few deep breaths and smiled as she turned back to look at him. "Do you remember the way out, Eldest Senior Brother?"
She was more than capable of changing her demeanor whenever she saw fit, for she was speaking to him with a smile even though she was previously cold to him.
To her disappointment, however, Shen Wu shook his head and said, "I don't remember."
The bright smile on Wen Ran's face vanished instantly. She crouched on the ground dejectedly and frowned so severely that it made one wonder if she had already lost her desire to live.
The next moment, she heard the sound wind whistling past her ears.
Not long later, the sound of a heavy falling object resonated throughout the surroundings. Waves of dust filled the air, and a group of low-level demonic beasts that were lying dormant in the dark nearby were so frightened that they ran around.
Wen Ran stared blankly at the empty space around him and was blank for some time.
Shen Wu put down his hand and the spiritual energy gathered on it slowly dispersed. He lowered his eyes to look at Wen Ran and smiled warmly at her. "It won't be a problem if we don't remember the way. There's a way now, right?"
Wen Ran was speechless.
She wondered whether she had offended him in any other way over the past ten years, other than in that incident with Qin Susu. One of the questions that lingered in her mind was whether he would have the impulse to treat her like these trees and slash her a couple of times.
Wen Ran remained silent for a long time. Shen Wu took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood stains on his sword while faintly asking, "DId I scare you again?"
"Eldest Senior Brother..."
"What?"
"Can't you use your brain to think before you attack?" Wen Ran stood up in anger. "Or do you think that the commotion you caused earlier wasn't big enough?"
At that moment, the roars of wild beasts could be heard repeatedly. Shen Wu's exaggerated movements were as good as telling them, "Hey! There's people there! Hurry up and come over!"
Wen Ran was shocked, angry, and vomited blood!
She spat out a mouthful of blood, and it was the same mouthful she held in since she used the teleportation formation. It was difficult for her to hold it all in front of that weirdo!
Shen Wu looked at Wen Ran spitting out blood and used a handkerchief to wipe her face. "Don't be angry, Ranran! You're not pretty when you're angry."
Wen Ran covered her chest when she looked at the handkerchief that he had used to wipe his sword. 'Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry!' If she got angry again, she would probably die of anger!
Shen Wu could act recklessly by virtue of his strength, but she could not!
Wen Ran turned around and left.
Shen Wu followed behind and called out, "Ranran..."
"Don't call me that!"
"I wanted to tell you—"
"I don't want to hear a word from you!"
"Hold on..."
"You shut up!" All of a sudden, Wen Ran lost her footing and screamed. In just a moment, she had fallen into a deep, dark pit.
Shen Wu sighed as he stood by the pit. He wanted to tell her that there was a pit in front of her but she was just too stubborn to listen to him.
Wen Ran fell into the pit of water. Her body began to sink deeper because she did not know how to swim, and it was so sudden that she had no time to prepare. Her mind was in a daze, and she was just about to choke on a mouthful of water when she was immediately lifted out of the water.
She really had been 'lifted' out because she was dragged out by the back of her collar. As soon as she was out of the water and came into contact with the air, she regained her feeling of her entire body. The bone-piercing cold then caused her body to tremble uncontrollably.
Wen Ran coughed incessantly, and for a moment, she felt like she was going to die from coughing.
"Are you alright, Ranran?"
Wen Ran swayed as she was lifted by someone. Due to her height advantage, her feet did not touch the ground when she was lifted by Shen Wu and she looked just like a drenched chicken.
Her feet were dangling and swaying too, and the dripping water inside that cave was particularly deafening.
Wen Ran strained to open her eyes. When she saw Shen Wu's concerned face, she almost spat out another mouthful of blood, but she was fortunately to have held it all in. "Shen… Shen Wu..."
"I'm here."
"I... I'm going to..."
Shen Wu's eyes brightened. "You're going to cry tears of joy because you're touched by what I did?"
"I'm going to be choked to death by you!"
Shen Wu looked at her flushed face and only realized later that her collar was strangling her neck uncomfortably. He offered her a genuine apology and then released his hand.
Wen Ran fell to the ground with a plop and remained motionless for some time.
Worried, Shen Wu immediately squatted down and reached out for a branch to poke Wen Ran's body. "Ranran! Are you still alive, Ranran? If you're dead, would you like me to bury you right here?"
Wen Ran sat up in shock despite being in a near-death state. "I'm not dead yet!"
Shen Wu heaved a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness you're still alive."
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