The two stood facing each other in silence; it wasn’t until a while later that Wang Youbao cautiously ventured to speak, "Miss Li?"
Though Li Wuyu stood opposite Wang Youbao, she did not look at him but kept her gaze down at the ground, her mood clearly very depressed.
Upon hearing Wang Youbao call her, she raised her head, glanced at Wang Youbao, then lowered it again without saying a word, continuing to stare at the ground.
Wang Youbao: "..." Is Miss Li a bit too out of sorts today...
"Ahem." Wang Youbao began with a cough, cleared his throat, and then continued cautiously, "Miss Li, if I have somehow offended you again, please feel free to tell me. I will certainly change whatever I can."
Li Wuyu immediately looked up at him and said, "Call me Wuyu!"
"This..." Wang Youbao hesitated. He hesitated a lot.
Li Wuyu felt heartbroken, her lips pressed tightly together, her head gradually lowering until she was looking at the ground again, then she said softly, "I’m going home."
Wang Youbao suddenly felt a little choked up but still smiled, "You’ve been out for quite a while; it’s indeed time to go back."
Li Wuyu became even more despondent, "I will never come here again."
Wang Youbao’s heart felt even more congested, and after a long silence, he smiled again, "Miss Li, it’s a long and dangerous journey for a lady from the Imperial Capital to here; it’s better that you don’t come."
"Then we will never see each other again!" Although Li Wuyu did not lift her head, she squeezed out each word through her clenched teeth.
Upon hearing this, Wang Youbao finally fell silent and lowered his head, looking at the ground.
After waiting in silence for a long time and seeing that Wang Youbao didn’t say anything, Li Wuyu looked up only to see Wang Youbao with his head down. Just as she was about to inquire what he meant by this, she saw Wang Youtao rushing at Wang Youbao with a knife in hand.
"Wang Youbao, I’m going to kill you!" Wang Youtao raised the kitchen knife and chopped down at Wang Youbao.
The situation was urgent, and Li Wuyu, without time to speak, instinctively pushed Wang Youbao away, but her right arm was cut by Wang Youtao in the process.
"Uh..." Li Wuyu groaned in pain, and blood quickly soaked her white sleeve red.
Wang Youbao stumbled from Li Wuyu’s shove, and once he steadied himself, he saw Li Wuyu’s arm was wounded. Fired up and out of control, he charged back, wrested the kitchen knife from Wang Youtao’s grip, and began to beat him mercilessly.
Wang Youbao had never personally hit anyone before; Wang Youtao was the first person he physically struck.
Fortunately, Wang Youtao had no fighting skills, while Wang Youbao had learned some self-defense techniques from An Jing and Xiao Changyi, which he now employed on Wang Youtao.
Seeing that Wang Youbao was beating Wang Youtao as if to kill him, and fearing Youbao might actually do so, Yu Daming quickly intervened to stop Wang Youbao from hitting Wang Youtao any further.
"Young master, Miss Li is hurt; we need to find a doctor to tend to her wounds urgently. Leave Wang Youtao to me; I’m going to take him to the government for justice right now."
Wang Youbao then came back to his senses and urgently instructed the Young Servant guarding the door to summon a doctor. Then he hurried to Li Wuyu’s side, seeing her lose a lot of blood and her face turned pale; he nearly turned to beat Wang Youtao to death.
"Baobao, it hurts..." Li Wuyu was really in pain; the kitchen knife had left a large gash in her arm, and the blood was continuously gushing out.