jdhmnovel Chapter 131 Chase
Chapter 131 Chase
Where does Chu Xu have money?
His handsome, pale face turned red before he managed to utter, "I'm injured. Eating meat will help me get better faster."
"No money, no talk. Eat whatever you give me." Shang Wan pushed the bowl of cabbage soup in front of him, "Do I need to feed you?"
Chu Xu's stomach started to growl as he smelled the sweet aroma of the cabbage soup.
He drank some porridge when he woke up and didn't eat anything else. He was already hungry.
Looking at the cabbage leaves floating in the soup, Chu Xu was filled with disgust and wanted to say he didn't want to eat it, but he knew that outside was different from home and the woman in front of him would not spoil him like his family.
Pursing his lips in dissatisfaction, Chu Xu stretched out his little hand to pick up the bowl and muttered, "I'll eat it myself."
Shang Wan watched him eat and found that this child must have been well-educated. Even though his stomach was growling with hunger, he still ate politely and did not wolf down the food.
Chu Xu found that this bowl of cabbage soup was unexpectedly delicious, better than all the delicacies he had ever eaten. After eating it, he felt that the pain in his body was not so severe.
He attributed it all to being so hungry that he was delusional.
After the child had finished eating everything in the bowl, Shang Wan asked, "Is that enough? If not, add more."
It's not that she meant to abuse the child. The child's injuries were too severe. Drinking more cabbage soup will help the wounds heal and also help him recover his physical and mental strength.
Of course, Shang Wan also had the intention of using children as experiments.
Anyway, the wound is here, so it would be a shame not to try. It would save Shi Tou from cutting himself with a knife.
It can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
Chu Xu had no idea what Shang Wan was planning, but he was indeed not full.
Shang Wan served him another bowl of cabbage soup.
After drinking two bowls of cabbage soup, Chu Xu felt full.
He whispered, "Thank you."
Shang Wan took the porcelain bowl and felt that the child's attitude softened a little, so he asked, "What happened to your injuries? Were you being sought for revenge or were you robbed?"
Chu Xu lowered his head and remained silent.
Shang Wan didn't tolerate it and said bluntly: "If you refuse to say anything, I will send you out of the village in a while, and you can leave on your own."
She couldn't afford to sacrifice her family for a strange child.
Chu Xu looked up at Shang Wan in surprise, as if he didn't expect her to say such a thing.
Shang Wan raised an eyebrow, "Do you think I'm cold-blooded and unsympathetic? I saved you and I should take care of you till the end?"
Chu Xu shook his head subconsciously. If he was really cold-blooded, he would not have saved him.
"You are a trouble." Shang Wan reached out and tapped his forehead. "I think you know this yourself. Whether it's revenge or robbery, if you tell me the truth, I can consider saving you. If you don't say anything, it will be too dangerous to keep you here. When trouble comes, it will only implicate me and my family. I can only choose to send you away."
Chu Xu subconsciously said: "Not a robber."
Shang Wan: "So it's revenge?"
Chu Xu pursed his lips and stopped talking.
Shang Wan has never been very patient with outsiders. Her expression turned cold and she stood up with the bowl in her hand. "I'll take you away in a moment."
Give the child two bottles of ointment when you leave, and ask Xiaohuan to get some dry food for the child. That would be the most you can do.
Seeing Shang Wan about to walk out the door, Chu Xu grabbed his trouser legs and shouted, "Wait!"
The knife wound on his back hurt whenever he moved, and his other wounds hurt too. If he left alone now, he would die. If he could stay and get help from this woman, he might have a chance of survival.
My brother said that when it is time to make a decision, make it.
Fight!
Shang Wan looked back at him when he heard the voice. "You only have one chance. Don't squeeze it like toothpaste. Just say it out loud."
"Toothpaste?" Chu Xu tilted his head and asked in confusion, "What is toothpaste?"
"It's just something like tooth powder, it's not important." Shang Wan walked back and sat down again, supporting his chin with one hand, looking straight at him, "Before we talk about things, tell me your real name first."
Chu Xu's pupils suddenly shrank, and he tightened his grip on his trouser legs.
Shang Wan glanced at his hand and sneered, "You don't really think I'll believe you just because you made up a name?"
Chu Xu was silent for a moment, then asked in confusion: "How do you know that I said a fake name?"
"intuition."
In fact, Shang Wan didn’t know it at first, but children are really easy to fool, so he figured it out, didn’t he?
"Your intuition is pretty accurate." Chu Xu muttered softly, "My real name is Chu Xu, the Xu in Yangxu Mountain."
Shang Wan: Uh...what is Yang?
"Wait a minute, I'll shake someone."
Shang Wan called his own fox over.
"He is my husband." Shang Wan briefly introduced him and gestured to Chu Xu, "You can tell me now."
Chu Xu looked at Lu Chengjing twice more and was amazed by his good looks, which were even better than those of the four great young masters in the capital.
"My name is Chu Xu, the Xu in Yangxu Mountain." Chu Xu reintroduced himself, and continued when Shang Wan didn't stop him, "I fell off the cliff because I was being chased by an assassin. The guards my father and brother sent to protect me all died under the assassin's knife. I am the only one left alive."
Shang Wan asked: "Why did the assassin chase you?"
"Someone doesn't want me to go back to the capital." Chu Xu said with a stern face.
"Your home is in the capital?" Shang Wan asked in confusion. "The capital is at least a month's journey from here. How come you are here?"
Chu Xu said depressedly: "I came to play with my brother, and the war started on the border. My father and brother were worried that something might happen to me, so they sent someone to send me back to the capital. I didn't expect to meet an assassin on the way."
Lu Chengjing asked: "Who are your father and brother?"
"My father is the Duke of Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of the army. My brother is Chu Zhao, the major general of the Chu family army. I am the second son of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion."
A dark light flashed across Lu Chengjing's eyes.
No wonder he felt the name Chu Zhao was familiar. When he was in the county school, he had heard the teacher talk about this young general Chu.
It is said that this man is quite like his father in his youth. He is very brave on the battlefield and has made remarkable achievements. He can be said to be better than his father.
I didn't expect that the child my wife picked up on the cliff would turn out to be the second son of Duke Dingguo.
It really is a big trouble.
Chu Xu stared at the two of them and promised, "If you can protect me well, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion will reward you handsomely."
"We'll talk about thanking you later." Shang Wan refused to accept other people's promises. "How do you prove your identity?"
Chu Xu said: "I am Chu Xu. If you don't believe me, you can send me to the Chu Army's barracks. The soldiers can help me prove it."
The beads on this little abacus were about to jump onto Shang Wan and the other person's faces.
Haha, they even sent him to the military camp to prove his identity. Isn’t it just to get a free bodyguard?
Seeing the kid was so confident, Shang Wan temporarily believed his identity and asked, "Do you know who those assassins are?"
Chu Xu shook his head in confusion, "I only know that they came from the capital to take my life."
Running all this way just to kill a child?
Shang Wan looked at Chu Xu carefully and asked curiously, "What will happen if you die?"