"Young master, you’re finally awake! You’ve been unconscious for several days; you scared me to death!" Xiaotian exclaimed with overwhelming joy upon seeing Li Fugui awake.
After opening his eyes, Li Fugui saw Xiaotian, who was anxious about him. He hadn’t died; he had survived. He weakly asked, "Where are we?"
"This is a small courtyard I rented; it’s a bit cramped, but it should do for now, young master!" Xiaotian said with an embarrassed but sweet smile, fearing that the young master wouldn’t be comfortable living here compared to where he used to stay.
Seeing Xiaotian’s smile, he felt she was like the first light piercing through the darkness. She was the savior sent from heaven for him.
She was such a good woman; he really didn’t want to burden her or make her suffer with him.
Thinking this, he tried to get up and walk toward the door, but his body was too weak, causing him to stagger.
Seeing the young master , Xiaotian quickly supported him, "Young master, do you need to relieve yourself? I have prepared a chamber pot for you!"
Li Fugui’s face turned red with embarrassment. Relieve himself? He wanted to leave!
He shook off Xiaotian forcefully and said sternly, "Leave me alone, I need to leave this place."
"Young master, where would you go, you are still ill, covered in injuries!" Xiaotian didn’t heed Li Fugui’s resistance; she immediately supported him. Li Fugui was seriously ill; how could he just leave!
"Don’t touch me, who do you think you are to me? You’re just a servant I bought. You have no business in my affairs." Li Fugui spoke these heart-wrenching words through clenched teeth. He couldn’t afford to be soft-hearted.
Hearing Li Fugui’s words, Xiaotian was stunned. Tears fell from her eyes like pearls with their strings cut. Yes, who was she to him? She was just a servant he had bought.
Seeing her tears fall one by one from her face, his heart ached tremendously. His Xiaotian, silently crying like an abandoned kitten, pitiful to the extreme. But he had no choice; he had to leave, he couldn’t drag her down.
He turned his head, forcing himself not to look at her again, and moved step by step towards the main gate. He felt his legs were heavy as if they weighed a thousand pounds, and the road ahead seemed unendingly long.
Thinking of never seeing Xiaotian again, his heart twisted in pain, his blood turning to tears overflowing from his eyes.
’Goodbye, my Xiaotian, my most beloved woman.’ His hand touched the gate’s handle, ready to push it open and leave.
Before he could exit, a pair of warm arms tightly embraced him from behind.
"Let go!" He really couldn’t bear to refuse harshly and squeezed those two words out from between his teeth, using his hands to pry Xiaotian’s fingers one by one; he had to leave, but the hands he had just pried off embraced him once more from behind.
A gentle voice came from behind him, "Young master, please stay, okay?"
Li Fugui didn’t respond, didn’t turn around, fearing that the wall he had just built around his heart would collapse, fearing he would agree.
"Once you recover, let’s run away far from here!"
Li Fugui remained silent; the voice behind him stopped. He really wanted to turn around and see how she was, probably heartbroken.
He felt the hands gradually releasing their grip from behind. She finally gave up. That was good; this was the outcome he wanted.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard a fierce shout, "Li Fugui! If you dare to leave, I’ll die and let you see if I dare!"