DPSDH 34

Chapter 34

The Young Master Who Saved Her Life

There was no path forward, backward, left, or right!

At this moment, Fu Zhaoning was standing on a tree stretching out over empty air. The rock being hurled down at her was as large as a watermelon.

It was clearly meant to kill her.

Fu Zhaoning immediately moved several steps farther toward the tip of the tree.

Crack.

The tree beneath her feet clearly could not support too much weight.

Boom!

The huge rock slammed heavily onto the tree—right where she had been standing moments earlier—before falling downward.

Crack!

The tree shook violently again.

Fu Zhaoning could feel the part near the tree hollow starting to break.

A fierce gust of wind suddenly spiraled upward and nearly blew her straight off the cliff.

At that exact moment, a figure leapt down from the cliff above and reached toward her.

“Miss, I’ll bring you back up.”

Just then, the tree beneath her feet finally snapped apart under the weight.

Fu Zhaoning felt a little regretful.

Inside her pharmaceutical room, she actually had climbing cables that could be fired directly into cliff walls.

But she had not taken them out beforehand, and with outsiders present, it was inconvenient to suddenly produce them now.

Originally, she had a chance to save herself.

But now she could only immediately grab onto the man’s arm.

The man had expected to catch her hand. Instead, she grabbed his arm directly.

Still, he immediately kicked off the falling tree trunk for leverage and flew upward with her.

“Young Master!”

“Miss Fu!”

Two voices shouted at the same time from above.

When Zhong Jian saw Fu Zhaoning being brought back up safely, he finally let out a huge breath of relief.

Meanwhile, another person nearly burst into tears.

“Young Master! How could you risk your life like this for a complete stranger?”

Only after her feet touched solid ground did Fu Zhaoning finally release the man’s arm and step back two paces.

Only then did she clearly see the appearance of the person who had saved her.

White jade ornaments hung from his hair ribbon against his dark black hair.

His brows and eyes looked like they had been painted.

His thin lips were gentle and refined.

Tall and elegant, he looked graceful as jade and handsome beyond compare.

As for the young boy who had nearly cried earlier, he looked around fourteen or fifteen years old. He carried a beautifully woven bamboo basket on his back and held a pair of short swords in his hands.

With round eyes and soft lips, he looked almost like a little immortal child.

Unfortunately, the words coming from the “immortal child” were not gentle at all.

“Such a dangerous thing—how could you do that? The person you saved might not even repay you.”

“Apian, saving someone is not done for repayment.”

The young master looked toward Fu Zhaoning.

“Miss, were you frightened?”

Zhong Jian had already moved to Fu Zhaoning’s side.

Only after seeing that she truly was unharmed did he finally calm down, though the fear from earlier still lingered.

Fu Zhaoning noticed several corpses of black-clothed men lying on the ground and immediately understood that attackers had come earlier.

Zhong Jian had been dealing with too many enemies at once and had been unable to split his attention to save her.

“Thank you, Young Master. I’m fine.”

Fu Zhaoning sighed inwardly.

Luoyue Mountain was truly lively today. She seemed to run into all kinds of people here.

“I say, what’s wrong with you, Miss?”

Apian immediately became unhappy.

“My young master risked himself to save you, and you only say a bland little ‘thank you’ like that?”

Fu Zhaoning paused slightly.

“Then how should I thank him?”

“At the very least, shouldn’t you ask for my young master’s honorable name and find a chance to properly repay him later?” Apian said.

“Then may I ask Young Master’s honorable name?”

“Apian, do not be rude.”

The young master softly reprimanded him before turning back toward Fu Zhaoning.

“Miss, please don’t mind him. My name is Situ Bai.”

“Thank you, Young Master Situ. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay Young Master Situ,” Fu Zhaoning said.

“There is truly no need to mind it. Miss’s surname is Fu?”

“Yes.”

Fu Zhaoning glanced around.

“Young Master Situ, then I’ll take my leave first.”

Now that she had obtained the Emerald-Heart Dendrobium, she needed to quickly leave and continue searching for other medicinal herbs.

After walking some distance away, she could still hear Apian’s angry voice behind her.

“Young Master, look at her! She’s such a cold-hearted woman. You saved her life, and she just left like that! She didn’t even ask where Young Master lives. How is she supposed to repay you in the future? I think she’s completely ungrateful…”

Zhong Jian followed behind Fu Zhaoning and quietly apologized.

“Miss Fu, it was my failure that allowed you to fall into danger.”

“Do you know that Situ Bai?” Fu Zhaoning asked.

“I don’t know him personally, but in Jiangbei there is a Situ family that started from medicine shops. Their pharmacies are spread throughout the land, and their wealth rivals nations. I wonder whether Situ Bai belongs to that Situ family.”

“Mm.”

Fu Zhaoning only answered briefly and said nothing more.

Should she mention that she had smelled an extremely unique medicinal fragrance on Situ Bai earlier?

“If he truly is from the Jiangbei Situ family, then he must also be here for the Gambling Medicine Festival,” Zhong Jian added.

This was already the second time Fu Zhaoning had heard about the Gambling Medicine Festival.

Searching through the original Miss Fu’s memories, she found some information about it and became very interested.

“If the ten medicinal herbs I gather in Luoyue Mountain pass the inspection, will they be returned to me afterward?” she asked.

Zhong Jian froze.

“No one has ever asked that before.”

He did not know either.

Fu Zhaoning thought for a moment.

No matter what, she needed to prepare two plans.

Three days passed quickly.

On the morning of the fourth day, thin mist rose through Luoyue Mountain.

At the same entrance where Fu Zhaoning had entered the mountain a few days earlier, many people had already gathered.

Deputy General Liu had not slept well for three nights.

Now he looked even more restless and anxious.

He had already sent three separate groups of people into the mountain, yet not a single one had returned with news.

None of them had come back alive.

As far as he knew, during these three days, not only had he sent people into the mountain—several other groups had gone in as well.

Yet he had remained guarding this place and frequently sent men to patrol the surroundings, but he still had not seen anyone come out.

Aside from the injured husband and wife who had been carried down the mountain three days ago.

He had no idea whether Fu Zhaoning was alive or dead.

“Deputy General Liu, is the time almost up yet?”

The one asking was Divine Doctor Li.

In only three days, Divine Doctor Li already looked exhausted and haggard. His dark eye circles were huge, and his expression was gloomy.

It was obvious his mood was terrible.

His precious daughter had already been locked in prison for three full days.

Because the order came from Prince Jun, nobody dared disobey it. He could not even visit his daughter once!

If Fu Zhaoning truly managed to come out later, he would absolutely insist that her medicinal herbs were insufficient.

The humiliation he had suffered from Prince Jun would all be repaid through Fu Zhaoning!

Besides him, several imperial physicians and three famous doctors from the city were also present.

All of them listened to him.

Fu Zhaoning could forget about passing.

Of course, if Fu Zhaoning came out injured, he could also use the excuse of treating her to secretly torment her and make sure her wounds would never heal properly.

He had already prepared every poison and medicine he could possibly use.

Divine Doctor Li exchanged looks with the imperial physicians and the other doctors.

They all nodded slightly, showing that they would follow his arrangements today.

“There is still half a stick of incense left. If Fu Zhaoning does not appear before the incense burns out, then she loses.”

At this moment, even Deputy General Liu felt somewhat nervous.

The sound of carriage wheels approached.

A carriage from Prince Jun’s Residence slowly stopped before them.

“Prince Jun values Fu Zhaoning this much? He actually came personally?”

The moment Divine Doctor Li saw Prince Jun’s carriage, his gaze became poisonous.

Deputy General Liu held a fan and fanned the burning incense.

This would make it burn faster.

Fu Zhaoning still had not appeared.