jdhmnovel Chapter 56 Heartbeat
Chapter 56 Heartbeat
"Lin Ji?"
Chu Wenqing rushed forward, grabbed the boy, and asked anxiously, "Where have you been? We've searched everywhere but can't find you!"
He then noticed the boy's numerous injuries. "Holy crap! How did you get hurt?! What happened to you?!"
Lin Ji was pulled back and had to stop. He turned to look at Su Luo, who had run over, tilted his head, and made a puzzled expression. "You...are looking for me?"
He had only left temporarily and, upon hearing the spirit-winged bird's voice, assumed something had happened to Su Luo. Turns out, these people actually went to find him?
Su Luo nodded without saying much, but her gaze lingered on the multiple wounds on the boy's body, a sharp glint appearing in her eyes.
Lin Ji was seriously injured; it seems something must have happened. She had thought the other party had regained their memories and left without saying goodbye!
"Take this pill first to heal your wound."
Feng Xiyue took out a bottle of healing pills from her storage bag and handed it to him, saying, "Your sudden disappearance scared us to death. We were worried you'd been kidnapped, after all, you're so handsome, someone would definitely have designs on you..."
As she spoke, she twitched her nose again.
Hmm? Why do I smell something unpleasant?
Before she could think further, Chu Wenqing snatched the pill from her hand and fed it to Lin Ji without regard for her safety. Then he shouted, "You're so badly injured! Tell me, how did you get hurt?! Who hurt you?! I'll avenge you!"
Lin Ji remembered that he was playing a fragile boy who needed protection, so even though he was unwilling, he had no choice but to be forced by Chu Wenqing to take the pill.
Upon hearing Chu Wenqing's words, he couldn't admit that he had sensed the aura of the demons and chased after them, so he made up a lie on the spot.
"I was suddenly kidnapped while I was shopping, and I barely managed to get back..."
Upon hearing Lin Ji's explanation, the three of them gasped in shock.
Chu Wenqing: "What?! Someone actually arrested you?!"
Feng Xiyue was also extremely surprised.
Su Luo frowned. "Do you know who the other person is? What does they look like?"
Could it be someone Lin Ji knew before he lost his memory?!
Lin Ji glanced at Su Luo meaningfully. "The other party was wearing a mask, so I couldn't see his face. But after he captured me, he said he would use me to threaten someone named 'Su Luo,' and he vaguely mentioned the words 'Tianyi Sect.' I felt that this person was not right, so I fought with him, and in the end, the person was injured and ran away."
Lin Ji said that on purpose.
He wanted Su Luo to know that someone from the Tianyi Sect had come looking for her. This way, Su Luo would not only leave immediately, but she would also hate the Tianyi Sect even more and never return! Nowhere but his side was Su Luo's true home…
As expected, the next moment Su Luo and the other two's expressions changed, "It's the Tianyi Sect again?!"
Chu Wenqing and Feng Xiyue looked at Su Luo without thinking, and the girl's face was also extremely ugly.
It turned out that Ye Danqing and another person came looking for her, along with other members of the Tianyi Sect. And that person was even more despicable! They actually tried to use Lin Ji to threaten her!
As Lin Ji had expected, Su Luo indeed loathed the Tianyi Sect even more. She said coldly, "The situation is urgent. Let's hurry back, pack our things, and leave this place."
Who knows if another person from the Tianyi Sect will suddenly appear? This is really troublesome!
Chu Wenqing nodded repeatedly, "You're right, we need to leave quickly. Those people from Tianyi Sect are so persistent and annoying!"
Feng Xiyue suggested going to the human realm with them. Su Luo looked at her in surprise, but finally agreed.
Because they were pressed for time, and Lin Ji was seriously injured and not fit to travel back and forth, Chu Wenqing thought for a moment and then handed over the task of taking care of the wounded to Su Luo, telling them to wait at the entrance of Fuguang Town first.
He and Feng Xiyue rushed back to the restaurant to retrieve their luggage and handle matters such as getting their rent refunded.
Su Luo turned to look at the pale-faced boy and agreed. Before leaving, she took out the protective ring and handed it to Chu Wenqing.
"Ye Danqing and the others came here because of this. On your way back, just go to any spirit weapon shop and sell it. It's best to exchange the spirit stones for silver. It won't be convenient for us to go to the human realm without silver there."
Chu Wenqing accepted the protective ring and nodded repeatedly.
Feng Xiyue looked at Su Luo and said, "Luo, Su Luo, you two go first and find a secluded place to wait. We'll finish this quickly and come back to find you soon."
Su Luo thanked him, "Okay. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Feng."
When Feng Xiyue returns later, Su Luo will have to explain to her why she is hiding her identity.
And so, the four of them split into two groups.
Su Luo turned around and helped Lin Ji walk towards the entrance of the town. As they walked slowly, the boy leaned most of his body on Su Luo's shoulder, smelling the faint floral scent on her body, and was slightly lost in thought.
Why did Su Luo come looking for him? She could have just left.
Didn't she always feel like a burden? He knew perfectly well that once he said he'd regained his memories, Su Luo would abandon him! But her worry just now seemed genuine, so why? Could it be that she really…
Thinking of this, he couldn't suppress a sliver of anticipation and asked, "Luo Su, I heard you've been looking for me. So, why are you looking for me? Were you worried about me disappearing?"
Su Luo was taken aback.
Yes, why did she immediately look for Lin Ji?
She had been very resistant to this sudden trouble, even wishing that this burden would just leave on its own, so she would be free of worries. But without realizing it, she had somehow grown accustomed to having such a clingy and obedient person by her side…
Su Luo subconsciously looked down at Lin Ji, and the boy also looked up at her. His eyes were as black as ink, thick and viscous, as if he wanted to imprison her in an abyss forever.
Su Luo turned her head awkwardly and replied.
“You have amnesia and don’t know anyone but us. How could I not go looking for you?”
Because he has amnesia...
Lin Ji thought to himself, "Just as I thought," but he also felt a faint sense of loss.
He was the one who deceived and entangled Su Luo, merely to observe her, intending to turn her into a puppet once he was tired of her and felt it was time. That was all. So what is he secretly hoping for now?
Su Luo paused for a moment, then continued.
"Besides, you are now our comrade. Comrades should stand together through thick and thin; we can't afford to lose anyone. On the contrary, it was because of me that you were implicated and arrested. I will make it up to you properly in the future."
To Lin Ji's slightly surprised look, Su Luo turned to him and gave him a faint smile, her eyes filled with tenderness.
"Lin Ji, no matter what, you helped me seriously injure the people who came to capture me, and I'm very happy about that. Thank you."
So what if the Tianyi Sect comes looking for her? She's not fighting alone now; Chu Wenqing and the others are protecting her, and even Lin Ji has unintentionally helped her. Perhaps this is fate; in this life, she will never return to that detestable place, the Tianyi Sect.
"..."
Lin Ji's pupils contracted, his gaze lingering on her smiling lips, and for some reason, his heart began to beat faster.
"Thump thump... thump thump thump..."
His heart was beating faster and faster, so fast it was almost unbearable, and he even had trouble breathing.
How could someone be so perfect for him? It's as if she was tailor-made for him. He finds everything about Su Luo pleasing to the eye and adorable. He can't help but look at her and pay attention to her!
At this moment, Su Luo had already turned her head and, unaware of what was happening, helped Lin Ji walk forward.
The boy leaned quietly on her shoulder, his eyes slightly narrowed to conceal the morbid fervor in them, but a pleasant smile curved his lips.
He didn't want to turn Su Luo into a puppet anymore. Although a puppet could stay by his side forever, only looking at him and only listening to him, the puppet would never show him that gentle smile, nor would it say the words that moved him so deeply.
He still prefers the vibrant Su Luo...