After rescuing Liu Meng, Bai Yunfei went straight back into his tavern.
In a guest room, he gently put she down on a bed then asked in a deeply concerned manner: “Meng’er, how are you feeling? Are you hurt anywhere?”
Liu Meng smiled at him, saying softly: “I’m fine. You don’t have to worry, Yunfei. They forced me to take a drug then my whole body became powerless. But there shouldn’t be any big problems. I can feel that I’m recovering. I think I should be okay by tomorrow morning at the latest…”
“Really? Are you sure about this?” Bai Yunfei looked at the color of her face carefully. After thinking for a while, he still said worriedly: “I think I should go ask the seniors from the Green Willow School to come and have a look at you. This’ll bother them a bit, but I can only stop worrying after making sure that you’re okay.”
Just when he wanted to stand up, he felt Liu Meng hold his left hand. She raised her voice a little, saying: “There’s really no need for that, Yunfei. I heard from them that this drug merely paralyzes my body for a while, weakening my mind, making it impossible for me to channel my soulforce, and rendering my entire body powerless and immobile…”
His hand pulled by her, Bai Yunfei seemed to feel somewhat uneasy. He sat down on the bed again and said in a low voice: “Then… Alright, if you’re still not okay by tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to the Green Willow School to ask for help.”
Liu Meng showed a smiling expression. Her face slightly reddened. She stared at Bai Yunfei long a long time then said tenderly: “Thank you for saving me, Yunfei. I knew… you’d definitely come.”
Bai Yunfei shifted his eyes away somewhat awkwardly and gave a slight cough, saying: “Don’t say that, Meng’er. After all, their target was me. It was all because of me provoking them earlier that you were kidnapped.”
“But didn’t you provoke them because of me?”
After saying so, Liu Meng seemed to realize that her words had another meaning and her face reddened even more. She inclined her head, not daring to look at Bai Yunfei again.
The little servant girl Xiao Ning had been keeping watch on one side with wide opened eyes all along. Now, seeing such an atmosphere between the two of them, her eyes rolled and she could not help letting out a laugh then said with pretended arrogance as if she was their senior: “Let me tell you two something. Obviously both of you want the same thing, so why are you still pretending not to understand each other?”
“Cough cough cough!!” Bai Yunfei gave a few dry coughs then stood up, saying: “Meng’er, your body is very weak at the moment so you should go to sleep early. I’ll go and have a rest too. After the fight just now, I’m pretty tired. If you want to talk about something, let’s wait until tomorrow.”