I stopped in front of the dark alley that the wounded guy is hiding in for a few seconds before I slowly walk in.
My first regret in this world, here I come.
Once I step in, I was not able to see the guy that was laying on the floor before, so I walked a little further, but still was not able to see his figure anywhere in this alley.
I thought that he might have left the alley and found a safer place to hide at, or at worst, he got caught and killed already. For some reason the thought of that doesn't make me feel good, but at least I tried, right?
As I was about to leave, I felt something across my neck. I look down and I realize that it was a knife.
The knife took me by surprise and made me stumble. However, when I stepped back, I felt like I hit something, or should I say someone.
Before I was able to even gasp, a very calm but cold hoarse voice whispered to my ear
"State your goal"
His warm breath tickles my ear.
I swallowed my nervousness so that I can keep my calm, and said calmly "How are you so sure that the person I'm trying to find is you and not someone else?"
There was a few seconds of silence between us. Although it may sounds like he is calm and all that, for some reason I feel like I can hear the pain that he is letting out every time he breaths.
I cut the silence and sighed "I'm not with them. I'm just trying to get you to a safer place and maybe treat your wound."
"Then how do you know?" he asked in his same cold but calm voice.
"You mean the your current situation?" I asked.
"Well... if I say that it is just my luck to accidently passed by two guys that whispered about trying to find you and kill you, then for some reason, because of my luck, I coincidently found you in this alley as I walked by and since I'm not dumb, I assume that it was you who they're talking about...would you believe me?" I said while to trying to look back to see how this person that is threating me looks like.
But I failed since he puts his knife even closer to my throat when he felt a slight movement from me.
"Those are some luck and coincidences that you have right there" he said as he let out a tiny smirk. And for some reason, it sounds erotic...
I sighed while thinking how I should make him believe in me, then I calmly said "I know it sounded like a lie, but do you really think that I would make up something so obvious like this? "
Then I start to raise my voice in a slight hurtful tone to try to prove my innocence "I understand that you may think that since I would've been thinking the same thing if I was in your shoes, but in the end, it is the truth! Matter of fact, if I'm really trying to harm you, I would've went for your neck right now as we speak, given that you are wounded currently"
Afraid that I might have accidently angered him, I quickly changed my tone to a much lighter tone and said "But I did not, did I? Instead, you're the one that is on my throat right now, no?"
A few moment of silence cut through after I stopped talking, hoping that I might have be able to convince him a little, I gave a little push and reminds him
"I may not that is going to hurt you, but as you are doubting me right now, there are currently two guys out out there trying to find you and kill you. It is just your luck that I found you first and not them, however, it should be anytime soon before they find you in this alley."
Seeing that the guy is not saying anything I quickly added
"And... Don't you think that it is better to believe in a stranger like me who has a 50/50 chance of actually trying to help you, then sitting out here and hoping that someone with a 100% guarantee of killing you will not be able to find you?" Then I slowly push away his hand that is holding a knife across my neck.
Seeing that he is not contradicting my action I said "Since you're not saying then I'll assume that you believe in me..."
Why is he not saying anything
I clear my throat and said "Then... I'll turn around?"
He did not reply back to me, so I assume that it is a yes, but once I turn around, he fell on top of me.
I let out a quiet scream "Whoa!"
The sudden weight took me by surprise and made me stumble a bit, but before I fall down together with him, I quickly held onto him tightly and lay him down onto the floor and put his head against the wall comfortably.
I tried to look carefully on his face but because of the dark alley, I can't see how he looks like at all.
As I Was about to move my hand away from him, I felt something wet. The I slowly slid my hands down to see what is happening, he suddenly let out a painful sound
"Ugh!" Although it was suppose to be a scream, but it is very weak. That is when I remember that he has a severe womb on his stomach. Seeing how weak he sounds, he must have bled a lot and if I don't treat him right away, he might really die.
I wrinkled my brows together trying to think what I should do. I have nothing with me right now to treat him, and we can not stay here for long since those two guys can find us at any moment right now. I need to get him out of here first and go somewhere safer.
I whispered to him "Stay here, I'll come back so don't move"
Seeing that he doesn't even have the strength to talk back to me, I took the hay stacks that are next to us, and put it on top of him, so that I can hide him and make him less visible to the other eyes if they look through this alley.
I went out of the alley to see if there are any clothing stores near me, but since I saw none, I stopped on of the man that is passing by wearing a dark blue hanfu robe and handed him a gold nugget.
"Hi, I like your shirt, let me buy it" I smiled weirdly at him.
I quickly went back to the dark alley and remove the hay stacks to see if that person is still there. Seeing that there is a figure still laying on the floor, I bend down to feel his pulse. Luckily, it's still beating.
I put the dark blue hanfu robe on top him and took out the fazan that is tying his hair up a and switched it up with reddish brown fazan that was originally tying my hair up. I bet I tied his hair back up pretty messily, but who cares, since it's only used for camouflaging in the street when we walk back out, since I'm afraid that I'll pass by those two guys again when I bring this person out with me into the street.
"Try to stand up" I told him as I tried to lift him up, using all the strength that got from the meals that I ate today.
"Stand...up" I kept telling him while holding on to my breath as I left him. I can tell that this guy is somewhere near 190cm tall when he stand behind me. How can a person like me who is only around 165cm tall and weigh somewhere in 105 lbs carry a big ass guy like him.
When I finally able to make him stand up somehow as he lay his whole body weight on me, I gave out a big sighed and whispered to him "I know that you're in pain and weak, but I need you to at least able to walk a bit before we're able to reach a room rental place or else you're really going to die and I just wasted my time for no reason, okay?"
He did not say anything nor nod, but I also did not expect a reply either. So I put one of his hands over my shoulder as I hold him by his waist to support him as he walk.
As we walk down the street, luckily no one really looks towards our way, and most importantly those two guys sis not pass by us. Not long after, I found a restaurant that has a room rental, similar to a hotel in the modern day I guess.
I put two silver nugget down on the table and told the guy in front of me, whom looks like a boss, with a sweet smile "Get us a room please"
The boss looked at us weirdly but before I let him say anything I put another gold nugget down and said in a flirting voice "Also ask someone to bring a lot of alcohol and water into our room, with a sewing kit. Afterall, we will be 'having 'fun' all night long and a little bit of cloth tearing might happen so.... we might need a little bit of touch up afterward" then gave out a tiny giggle.
The boss looked at me, then looked at that person that is laying his head on top of me while I'm holding him. He suddenly realized something and gave out a sly smile and said happily "Of Course Of course!"
Then he pulled out a key and hand it to us while he scream loud out to the server that is at the second floor "Hey, bring a lot of water and alcohol to these two guests' room!!"
"Okay!!" the server answer back and quickly went his way
I smile back at the boss sweetly thanking him, then went up to the second floor while holding onto this guy that is quietly screeching in pain as we walk up.
I quietly told him through his ear "We're almost here, hold it in"
Once we reach the room, I quickly put him down onto the bed and went back to the door and close it tightly, so that no one will know what's going on in this room.
I quickly walk back to his side and start tearing his cloths on. Once I took his cloths off completely off, I can see the really big stab wound on the left corner of his abdomen. Luckily, the wound is all the way to the side, so there is a high chance in which it may have missed the internal organs. Seeing a big wound like this made me feel the pain too, thinking that having it might be even worse, I look up at the man to see how the person who has been holding onto an extreme pain like this, looks like.
Straight and thick brows. His nose bridge is high, matching the pointy tip of his nose. His lips is shaped with a cupid bows. Unlike the male leads whose eyes are almond shape, bringing out that chiasmatic masculinity that I try to write him as. This person's eyes are more fox like, shaped in an upward shape eyes, while both of his top and bottom eyelashes are thick and long, maybe even thicker and longer than the female leads. Right below his left eye, are two moles, one mole is right in the center of of his lower eyelash where it is far down enough for his lower eyelashes to not cover it. His second mole is at the downward corner of his eyes, and for some reason, these two moles location makes it look like tears.
And... these two moles also look familiar... at least, I am sure that he is one of the characters in this story since I also don't think that good looking people in this world will be in a minor world.... but who.... is the question...
As I kept staring down as his enchanting face that is... demonly beautiful, if there is a general way to describe his appearance, his brows suddenly wrinkled together. This woke me up to the reality, since I forgot that I need to treat his wounds first before he die from overbreeding.
I quickly grab couple of ceramic jars that are holding the water and slowly pour some into his mouth, seeing that he can't really drink, I ripped out a piece of clothing from my cloths and soaked it with water and tap it across his lip, so that he can swallow it more easily. The, I pour some into his wounds to clean it. Then I took out some of the jars that are holding alcohol and pour it into his wound slowly. As I pour it down into his wound, I can see the painful expression that this person is making. So I raise his head up by letting his head rest on my chest and pull his mouth open and said
"Take big gulps of this, it's alcohol. Once you take couple of gulps, you feel less pain as I treat your wound, since I also do need to stitch it."
I pour the whole jar of alcohol into his mouth so that he could start feeling the effect, then I start to pour it over his wound again, seeing that the reaction is not as extreme as before, I start to pour more into his wound to sanitize it before stitching it.
After pouring a little bit over a half a jar of alcohol into his wound, I grab the sewing kit and start to sew up his wound. I have sewed clothes before, but I have never sew human skin together, so I started the sewing quite messily, but not long after, I start to get the hang of it. I feed him some water and alcohol from time to time, so that he can stay hydrated and tipsy. I also soaked some of the sweet snacks that were left on the table for us to eat, and put it in his mouth so that he may be able to get back some of the sugar that he lost when he bled.
Not sure how long afterward, when I'm done with the stitching I look out through the window and the sky was still dark while still being cover with the gray clouds but the voices has quiet down form the street. I look at the guy that is laying at the bed breathing heavily, but still alive, I let out a sigh...
"At least you're still alive" I said to myself
I washed my hand with some of the water and alcohol, then I start to wipe his body down with water and alcohol too. Lastly, I tore more of clothing that is clean and wrap the wound that I just stitched up. Once I'm done with the cleaning I lift him up again so that his head can rest against my chest and start to feed him more water and soaked food so that I wouldn't have wasted my effort and time on saving him.
As I kept tapping the cloth that is soaked with water across his lip, I kept looking at his two moles that are below is left eyes.
Just who is he.... these moles are way too familiar.. which character is he...
I thought for few more seconds that I opened my eyes wide from realization
This person that is laying below me is the second male lead, and also the main villain of the plot, Zhao Yuan Cheng.
He was originally born in a high ranking family, the Zhao family, but then his family got massacred by the royal family because his father got framed for being the leader of a rebellious group that go against the current emperor. Zhao yuan cheng was luckily to be the only survival of the family because he sneaked out in the middle of the night, thinking that he should enjoy the night life. But once he open his house gate, all he see is corpses piled among corpses. His servants, father, mother, grandma and grandpa, all slit on their throats or stabbed to death. Afterward, he had to witness his massacred family burned into ashes during that night while he was hiding, since he saw people walking back into his house. And all that happen was when he was only 8 years old.
Judging how we're still in the beginning of the story, he should only be 19 years old, same age as the male and female lead. Which means that 11 years has passed by since his whole family was killed, and he has been planning for revenge throughout his whole life.
If I remember, Zhao Yuan Cheng would try to get closer to the male lead, Si Yue, by attending the same academy as him and the female lead, Jing Xing. Them three meeting in the academy is the real start point of the story, which I think it should be anytime soon.
Now... how do I join the academy so that I can use my VIP seat to the max.
I look at the guy that is laying on me. I gently put him back to the bed and put a cover on him, then I bent down next to him and stare at him a bit more.
I stretch my hand and cupped it around his left side of the face while using my thumb to lightly go across the mole that is at the center, to the mole that is at the corner of his eye. As I thought, I like his face more than the male lead.
Si Yue is suppose to be more handsome than Zhao Yuan Cheng, since one is the main male lead while the other one is the second, I still like him more. Although Zhao Yuan Cheng does look a little bit more feminine than the Si Yue. Imagining one is more demonically sexy while the other is heavenly handsome, and I guess I like demonically sexy more.
Welp... I lightly smiled and whispered to the guy that is sleeping in front of me "I guess I'll be seeing you at the academy. Hope that you and your colleagues can create a great Oscar winning show for me to enjoy"
I stand up and left the room.
Holding onto the happiness that I felt as I walk down the street that barely has any people other than vendors who is starting to get ready for the day. The sun starts to shine brightly with red and orange tone unto the corners of the street and the smells of freshly steamed bun surrounded the street. I saw the vendor that is selling the steamed bun and went up to him
"I want two please" and I handed him two bronze coins.
"Coming right up" the vendor said cheerfully
"Sh*t, we found the traces of the blood that was left behind but not him!" a man voice quietly cursed out to his pal
"How should we explain this to the master?" his pal asked
I grab the buns and walked right pass them as I take off my ripped outer robe and threw it at the same alley that Zhao Yuan Cheng was hiding at last night.
"Which family could they be?" I thought to myself
O well, I'll know later on either way
Then I happily stuff the steam bun into my mouth as I walk back home.