Dongfang Yi was a bit glum. This trip was quite different from what she had imagined. She hadn't even gone boating in the South of the Yangtze River as planned, and she had been kidnapped. Well, to be exact, she had actually gone with those people voluntarily.
Xiaoxin also seemed a bit down. She had thought she would pass by her hometown on this trip and could visit her old mother.
"Xiaoxin?" Dongfang Yi called out.
"Miss..." Xiaoxin still looked timid and submissive.
Seeing this, Dongfang Yi didn't ask any further.
Their carriage started moving again. Different from the journey here, only Dongfang Yi and Helian Qi were sitting inside the carriage this time. Xiaoxin was on the outside with Ruyi, hurrying along.
Although the carriage was still quite spacious, somehow, Dongfang Yi felt that whenever she was with Helian Qi, the air seemed to thin out, making it hard to breathe.
She was already very clear about her own feelings. She, Dongfang Yi, was in love with Helian Qi. But he was the emperor, the most amorous man in the world. And she could never seem to figure out what was on this man's mind.
Thinking of this, Dongfang Yi sighed like a deflated balloon.
Helian Qi saw her sighing and didn't know what this little woman was thinking about again. He couldn't help finding it funny. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes narrowed into crescent moons.
When Dongfang Yi looked up, she saw his curved eyes and was instantly captivated.
When Helian Qi wasn't smiling, he was a standard ice-cold beauty. But once he smiled, it was as if the ice that had been around for ten thousand years had suddenly melted. For a moment, it felt like spring.
Oh no, this uncontrollable flutter in her heart.
Dongfang Yi only felt her heart burning uncontrollably. Her body leaned forward involuntarily. Just as their lips were about to touch, the carriage suddenly jolted. Immediately afterwards, Xiaoxin's loud shout came: "Who are you!"
Dongfang Yi came back to her senses. Before she could even feel embarrassed about the situation, she was completely distracted by the commotion outside.
At this time, Ruyi also said in a solemn voice: "My lord, someone's coming."
A group of people appeared in front of the carriage. The one leading them was a young man. He was dressed in a long white robe embroidered with silver flowers, and his hair was neatly tied up with a silver hairpin.
Dongfang Yi's first thought was that he was Bai Huan's older brother!
Sure enough, the young man asked, "Where's my sister?"
Ruyi immediately jumped out of the carriage and confronted the man. The man was holding a dagger in his hand. After just two clashes with Ruyi, he told the people beside him to restrain Ruyi.
Then he walked towards the carriage step by step. Just as he was about to reach the outside of the carriage, Helian Qi also jumped out of the carriage and got entangled with Bai Yi.
In terms of martial arts, Bai Yi was no match for Helian Qi at all. In a short while, Helian Qi had stabbed his left shoulder. But Bai Yi took a few steps back and signaled the people around him to surround Helian Qi. All these people were top assassins from the Black Hawk Society. Although Ruyi and Helian Qi were extremely skilled in martial arts, they couldn't break free from this group of people.
"Where's my sister Bai Huan?!" Bai Yi shouted, covering his injured left shoulder.
"She's dead! She took poison and died!" Ruyi roared in Bai Yi's direction while dealing with the people in front of him.
"Impossible!!!" Bai Yi roared in disbelief. The bloodshot eyes made him completely lose his elegant appearance.
The next moment, he rushed into the crowd with his dagger. Every stab was wild, but every stab was extremely fierce.
This violent attack even made Helian Qi a bit at a loss for a moment. He had to deal with the top Black Hawk Society experts around him while also dealing with the crazy Bai Yi.
So, when he turned around, he unexpectedly ignored Bai Yi behind him. Helian Qi could only catch a glimpse of the crazy man's dagger swinging towards him out of the corner of his eye. He knew he couldn't dodge this stab.
But two seconds passed, and the expected pain didn't come. It was Dongfang Yi who had rushed out at the critical moment to block the fatal blow for Helian Qi.
"Dongfang Yi——!!!"
"Miss——!!!"
Helian Qi's eyes were instantly filled with bloodshot eyes. He let out a furious roar, raised his sword, and cut off Bai Yi's right arm. Bai Yi rolled on the ground, howling in pain.
The dagger had stabbed into Dongfang Yi's back. The wound wasn't very deep, but it started to turn purple.
The dagger was actually poisoned!
Helian Qi became even more furious. He waved his sword again and pierced Bai Yi's chest as he was rolling on the ground, killing the man on the ground completely.
After doing this, he quickly picked up Dongfang Yi and carried her into the carriage. He cut open the clothes around her wound with his sword and carefully pulled out the dagger from her back.
Dongfang Yi let out a sharp cry of pain, and her breathing became rapid.
Helian Qi lowered his head and sucked out the poison from the wound bit by bit with his mouth. Then he carefully wiped the wound with water, wrapped it in cloth, and finally fed her a pill. It was the Nine Revolving Golden Elixir, a divine pill that could restore a dying person's vitality for a while. Now he gave it to Dongfang Yi to help her regain her strength.
"Am I going to die..." Dongfang Yi gasped, her lips pale.
Seeing her weak appearance, Helian Qi felt a pang of heartache, and his eyes became even redder.
"Look, your lips have turned purple..." Dongfang Yi said weakly again.
Helian Qi pursed his lips tightly and lowered his head to wipe the cold sweat that had oozed out due to the pain. His eyes showed deep emotion.
"Helian Qi, I haven't even had the chance to make you fall in love with me..." Dongfang Yi forced a smile.
That smile looked so weak. Helian Qi's eyes were dull for two seconds and then softened.
"Silly girl, you've already done it—"
"I'll be happy just looking at you. When I don't see you, I'll think about you all the time. When I heard you were kidnapped, I even thought about massacring the whole city. Even though I own the entire kingdom, I still feel that all of it is not as good as half of your smile..." Helian Qi lowered his head and said word by word.
Dongfang Yi didn't even have the strength to show a surprised expression. She could only express her inner satisfaction with a faint smile and then said, "It's so good, Helian Qi..."
Then she fainted.
"Dongfang Yi——!" Helian Qi called out, and then shouted outside, "How long until we reach the capital!"
"About a stick of incense." Ruyi outside the carriage was also sweating profusely. He kept whipping the horses with the whip in his hand. The nervousness in his heart couldn't be expressed in words. This was the first time he had seen Helian Qi like this. The man who had never been flustered was now like a trapped animal, completely losing his composure.
"Dongfang Yi, you must be okay. You must wake up! I said I would protect you forever..."
Helian Qi muttered woodenly over and over again.