*Thud.*
Yan Qianyi fell heavily to the ground.
Unfortunately, there was a cursed stone right under her.
Pain!
Excruciating pain!
She gasped sharply, tears immediately springing to her eyes. "Ugh... it hurts so much..."
How could this be so different from the novels and TV dramas?
Not only had Mu Yunlie failed to catch her in time, but now he was merely watching her with cold indifference.
This version of Ah Lie was not adorable at all!
Yan Qianyi tried to get up, only to find she couldn't move.
She tried again, but still couldn't.
Panic started to rise within her. "I... I can't move."
Mu Yunlie gazed down at her with a cold, superior look, frowning slightly.
Feigning injury?
Such a clumsy tactic.
"I didn't even touch you."
His men hadn't even made a move on her yet.
"..." Yan Qianyi forced a wry smile.
Was he already distancing himself from any responsibility in case she accused him?
"I really can't move. Help me," Yan Qianyi's voice was tinged with a sob.
What was happening?
Her body had completely lost sensation, no longer under her control.
Was she going to turn back into a vegetable?
She hadn't avenged her mother yet, and there were still so many things left undone.
She didn't want to become a vegetable again!
Suddenly, Mu Yunlie noticed something glimmering in the corner of his eye.
Upon closer inspection, he realized it was the reflection of the moonlight on her tear-streaked face.
She was crying?
Was that the best she could do?
For a moment, he doubted whether this little thing had truly been sent to approach him with ulterior motives.
Surely, his enemies wouldn't send such a weakling to infiltrate his side.
Perhaps... their meeting had truly been nothing more than a coincidence?
Finally, Mu Yunlie moved, walking over to Yan Qianyi's side. He crouched down, resting an arm on his knee, and leaned forward to examine her. "Where does it hurt?"
"I don't know. I just can't move."
At this point, only Yan Qianyi's eyes and mouth were functioning.
Mu Yunlie was about to instruct Ah Chang to contact his military doctor.
But on second thought...
He wasn't entirely sure if this little creature knew his true identity.
If his military doctor rushed here, in the middle of this desolate wilderness, it would surely expose who he really was.
So, Mu Yunlie instead ordered, "Ah Chang, contact the emergency services."
"No!" Yan Qianyi quickly interjected. "Don't send me to a hospital!"
The emergency center would transfer her to the nearest hospital.
And the closest hospital was the Yan family's hospital.
She had been left in a vegetative state for two years, and by now, most of the hospital staff had probably been bribed by Han Yarong.
In her current physical condition, she had no ability to protect herself.
If she were to be admitted to the Yan family's hospital, she could truly end up back in a vegetative state.
Mu Yunlie frowned. "Why?"
"I know medicine," Yan Qianyi said. "If you just follow my instructions and help me, I should be fine."
She suspected that since she had only just woken up, her body's functions hadn't fully adjusted to being conscious again, which might have caused her to lapse back into a temporary paralysis.
Or, perhaps, it was a lingering effect of the drug Han Yarong had injected into her.
In any case, calling emergency services was not an option!
Mu Yunlie asked, "How do I help you?"
Yan Qianyi replied, "You'll need to give me a full-body massage."
Mu Yunlie: "???"
Ah Chang: "!!!"
Even Ah Chang, who had just been awakened, heard her. His entire system was in shock.
The Madam actually dared to ask the most distinguished commander of the Star Federation Empire to give her a massage?!
A full-body massage, no less?!