Plotting with You: The Forensic Scientist in Ancient Times!-Chapter 443 - 442: Setting Out

Zhu Yu felt Lu Qing’s hand on her back, gently caressing, as if soothing and also teasing, like a feather brushing past her heart, causing it to tremble.

She raised her head to look at Lu Qing in front of her.

Lu Qing felt her gaze and opened his half-closed eyes, revealing the mist that hadn’t yet hidden.

"You’re lying," Zhu Yu suddenly said.

Lu Qing was slightly surprised, confused, and looked at her, using his eyes to ask what she meant by this.

"You say you don’t care..." Zhu Yu slowly slid her fingers along the pattern on Lu Qing’s inner garment, "A certain someone used to clean the wound daily and apply medicine until it fully healed, looking at all those scars, wasn’t his heart calm then too?"

Lu Qing grabbed the "provoking" hand, pressed it against his chest, his gaze locked on Zhu Yu’s face, his dark eyes deep like turbulent waves or burning fiercely like a flame.

"If I still had any stray thoughts seeing such wounds, wouldn’t that make me a beast?" he said, his voice a few octaves lower than usual. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"That’s true," Zhu Yu nodded, "What about now?"

Lu Qing’s cheeks puffed up, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and hugged Zhu Yu tightly to his chest: "I suggest you go to sleep quickly, or don’t blame me for knocking you out..."

Zhu Yu felt Lu Qing’s temperature higher than usual and the strangeness in him, suddenly laughed and looked up at Lu Qing: "Actually, your original thought hasn’t been abandoned, right?"

Lu Qing was slightly stunned.

"You say you must win, keep me by your side, face everything together, but in reality, you’re still thinking about how not to delay my remarriage if something unexpected happens?" Zhu Yu directly voiced her judgment.

Lu Qing smiled bitterly, realizing Zhu Yu was clearly deliberately testing his thoughts with her teasing.

He let out a long breath, shook his head: "This time you didn’t understand my thoughts.

At first, I could restrain myself, force myself to find a way for you, thinking it’s the best choice, but now, I can’t let go of you from any perspective.

I don’t have the magnanimity to completely give you to another man.

It’s just that, regardless of how sure we feel, victory and defeat are commonplace in warfare, and no one can fully predict the final outcome.

If I were to voice my deepest desire, this pot of raw rice between us has long been cooked.

But I don’t dare, I’m afraid.

I’m not afraid for myself, but afraid of events going against our hopes and heading towards something tragic, leaving neither of us with a good end.

I don’t want anything to happen to you, nor do I want even the slightest possibility that our child ends up like me, alone in this world.

Or perhaps not even having such a chance."

Zhu Yu was speechless, knowing that Lu Qing must have his concerns but didn’t speak to her about them directly, suppressing his inner desire day and night.

She didn’t expect Lu Qing to contemplate so far.

These times, unlike the Emperor in the palace, they don’t even have abortion soup, and if truly breaking the vow, many things indeed become unpredictable.

Thinking about the crisis-filled path Lu Qing walked from childhood, he seemed in splendor, yet truly alone.

No wonder he thinks so much, restraining himself this way.

Suddenly, Zhu Yu felt a wave of sadness and a bit of guilt.

She had just teased him deliberately, which was really inappropriate.

She wrapped her arms around Lu Qing’s waist, burying her face into his chest: "From now on, everything will be stable, and our future children will certainly grow up with a father and mother’s accompaniment."

Lu Qing closed his eyes, stirred again by Zhu Yu’s words, but only managed to reply with one word: "Hmm."

A few days later, Zhu Yu’s body had recovered satisfactorily, and those two girls who escaped death were also mostly fine. Yan Daoxin gave them some money to make their way home.

Fortunately, these two girls had families. Originally entering the Little Mountain Building not out of desperation, but due to poverty, their parents thought becoming someone’s concubine would ensure a lifetime of comfort and security, so they sent them away.

Now that it’s known the Little Mountain Building was a den of evil, going home posed no difficulty.

The two girls gave endless thanks, kneeling and kowtowing, before finally leaving tearfully.

After they left, Yan Daoxin sighed in relief, as despite having saved many lives, he found being an "angel" an uncomfortable burden.

After sending off the two girls, Yan Daoxin looked for Lu Qing, asking: "Are you planning to go to Fan Country next?

If so, I won’t accompany you, I’ll continue to survey around.

The Immortal Castle we encountered surely isn’t the only one, nor is the Little Mountain Building the only existence of its kind.

Who knows how many medicine men are being processed day and night where we’re not looking."

"Why worry? Can you split yourself, or have mastered the art of scattering beans into soldiers?" Lu Qing responded calmly, "It’s not just Immortal Castle and Little Mountain Building, countless people are plotted against or trapped desperately, suffering profoundly.

How many can one person intervene?

Besides, whether it’s medicine men or spices, they’re likely part of the opponent’s scheme, and us fortuitously dismantling the Immortal Castle and Little Mountain Building might serve as a bit of a deterrent, a warning.

Even if we had more manpower, we couldn’t annihilate these people entirely.

Doing so is akin to showing our cards to the opponent, prompting them to change strategy and worsening our situation.

Once they adjust, regaining insight into their plans could become impossible.

Moreover, during our trip to Fan Country, your aid is indispensable, so under no circumstance can I let you pursue unrealistic attempts to save all lives."

Yan Daoxin paused, thought about it, and conceded that Lu Qing’s words made sense, so he didn’t bring up leaving.

The next day, Lu Qing summoned Lu Chao’s confidant to the room, meticulously instructing him on managing the inn too. He also told the talisman to go gather items for the journey, preparing to depart.