After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Shows
Chapter 321 Rainy Night Memories

Chapter 321: Chapter 321 Rainy Night Memories

In a daze, Jiang Lingxi felt as if she had left her body, watching the figure trudging through the mountain in front of her from an observer’s perspective.

There was only one raincoat, draped over her back.

The person carrying her was struggling to maintain balance on the muddy mountain path, his hair and clothes completely drenched by the rain.

Without a free hand to wipe the rain from his face, the rainwater even dripped directly into his mouth.

Jiang Lingxi never imagined she would ever see this person in such a disheveled state.

Finally, they reached the cave.

The sky was getting dark, and the continuous rain made daytime seem like night. The cave in front of them was not even as tall as an adult, requiring stooping to enter.

Inside, the cave was even more appalling. As they walked further in, the ceiling became lower, and the space was pitifully small.

Jiang Lingxi could tell at a glance that this place must have been hard-carved into the mountain wall by someone trying to shelter from the rain or hide from something. There was nothing to do inside but crouch.

The only consolation was the thin layer of dry straw on the ground that was fairly clean and dry.

She was placed on the straw pile, and the raincoat was removed, revealing the relatively clean clothes underneath, and an arrow wound on the left shoulder that had not yet been treated.

The arrowhead was still there, and the blood oozing from the wound was a dark color, indicating the arrow was poisoned.

If not treated promptly, the spreading toxin could be deadly, without a doubt.

"Your Majesty, forgive me!"

The outer garment was removed, and in the cramped cave, only by embracing could he remove the arrow from her shoulder.

Jiang Lingxi’s consciousness floated, watching as Shen Moqing gently held her, first breaking off the arrow tail with a dagger, then biting his teeth to pull out the arrowhead and the part embedded in her shoulder.

The whole process was swift and steady, but Jiang Lingxi could also see another type of liquid on his face besides the rainwater.

From his forehead to the tip of his nose, he was covered in dense sweat.

When he used relatively clean cloth to wipe her shoulder wound and without hesitation leaned down to suck out the poisoned blood, Jiang Lingxi instinctively moved to stop him, but her hand passed through empty air before she realized she couldn’t change anything happening before her.

When the blood from the wound finally appeared less frightening, Jiang Lingxi saw the black blood at Shen Moqing’s mouth wasn’t even wiped before he turned his head to cough slightly, and her heart jumped.

"Cold!"

Upon hearing her recently treated self murmur softly between consciousness, she instinctively reached out with her uninjured hand to grab the nearby heat source, causing Jiang Lingxi to cover her eyes in response.

She had mistaken him for a hot water bottle!

Fortunately, the person used as a hot water bottle didn’t push her away, quietly accepting the role.

The long night would eventually pass.

At some unknown time, the rain finally stopped. From the cave looking out, stars twinkled in the sky, clear and bright.

The one who had served as a hot water bottle most of the night quietly emerged from the cave, took out a fire signal wrapped in oiled paper from his chest, and shot it into the sky.

Near dawn, the chaotic sound of hooves pierced through the last shade of darkness. A rider in black armor knelt on one knee on the muddy ground. "Your humble servant greets the Prime Minister, we came to the rescue late, Your Majesty she..."

A clap of thunder suddenly boomed outside the window, and Jiang Lingxi snapped her eyes open.

In an instant, the scenes from her dream surged like a tide.

She remembered now, the sense of familiarity when Shen Yunqing was carrying her!

It happened during her second incognito tour. At that time, she had just punished a relative for failing his duties, only to be suddenly ambushed by those dissatisfied with her accession, the conservative forces of her clansmen retaliated fiercely. Although she and Shen Qing joined forces to kill all the assassins, she was still accidentally hit by an arrow coated with snake venom.

But by the time she awoke from the poison-induced coma, she was already in a palace near the incident, her wound carefully treated by the palace’s Imperial Physician.

Inquiring about Shen Moqing, who had been with her, Qing Yuan, who had come to take care of her, only told her the Prime Minister had gone to deal with the aftermath.

She assumed that her Black Armor Guard had arrived in time. As for everything that happened in the rainy mountain cave while she was in a haze, it was either deliberately or unintentionally forgotten over time.

For decades after, no one brought it up!

Jiang Lingxi looked at the faint light emerging from outside the window, unable to go back to sleep.

*

Lu Zhengzheng yawned as she walked out of the bedroom, seeing Jiang Lingxi, dressed in a robe and sitting cross-legged on the couch playing with her phone, she instinctively rubbed her eyes.

Usually, Xu Ling’an would get up first, change clothes, and finish washing up before waking her.

This morning, when she woke up, she thought Xu Ling’an was in the bathroom, only to see the person next to her sleeping soundly.

She hadn’t had a chance to feel proud about being the first to wake up, only to find someone already in the living room.

"Xixi, why are you up so early today?"

"I went to bed early, so I woke up early," Jiang Lingxi answered casually, her fingers still typing on her screen. "Is An’an still asleep?"

"Yeah, she seemed to have slept pretty late last night; I heard her turn over several times."

Jiang Lingxi sent the message she had typed, "She has something on her mind, it’s normal for her to have trouble sleeping."

"I guess so," Lu Zhengzheng said as she filled a cup of water at the dispenser, turning to ask, "Xixi, do you want some water?"

"No, thank you."

Lu Zhengzheng drank her water and sat down next to Jiang Lingxi, "If it had been me experiencing what happened yesterday, I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to sleep out of excitement. Oh, Xixi, if you’re chatting with someone, I won’t disturb you."

After tossing the disposable cup into the garbage, Lu Zhengzheng got up and consideredately made her exit.

She had forgotten to bring her phone out and hadn’t checked the morning headlines yet.

Jiang Lingxi opened the recent message.

Shen Yunqing: [Why are you up so early?]

Jiang Lingxi: [I had a dream last night, and once it was over, I woke up.]

Shen Yunqing: [What kind of dream?]

Jiang Lingxi: [It was a...]

Realizing that phones these days aren’t perfectly secure, she typed ellipses to leave the rest unsaid.

[I’ll tell you when we meet.]

Shen Yunqing: [Alright.]

She originally wanted to ask what the person on the other end of the phone planned to wear today when the bedroom door suddenly opened. Turning around, she saw Lu Zhengzheng rushing towards her, holding her phone.

"What is it, did you see some explosive news again?"

Once closer, she noticed the girl’s pale lips.

"Xixi," Lu Zhengzheng, who was now panicking like a rabbit with all its burrows blocked, couldn’t sit still and paced around Jiang Lingxi. "There’s suddenly news online about Jing Huai having an insider girlfriend, and the leading lady has changed!"

Jiang Lingxi’s eyes darkened, "To whom?"

Lu Zhengzheng bit her lip and struggled to say a word, "You."

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