After Marrying The Paranoid God of War (Rebirth) - Chapter 3.2
At noon, the Wang family’s thatched hut echoed the cries of a newborn, as Wang’s second daughter-in-law safely gave birth to a son.
Including this birth, Ruan An has delivered thirty-two infants, with both mother and child safe each time, and not a single one succumbed to illness or premature death.
Watching the joyous faces of Wang’s second family, Ruan An felt relieved, but still worried about the health of Wang’s second daughter-in-law.
The child’s birth placenta did not fall out with him but remained inside the mother, indicating adhesions of stagnant blood in Wang’s second daughter-in-law’s abdomen.
The woman was weak after childbirth and couldn’t forcefully expel the birth placenta.
Therefore, Ruan An asked Aunt Wang to bring paper and pen, and she quickly wrote down the names of medicinal herbs such as ginseng, dried yellow flowers, Bupleurum, and processed grass.
She handed the prescription to the nearby medicine boy and instructed Wang Er, “This is Buzhong Yiqi Decoction. Later, follow us to the hut to prepare the medicine. After boiling, let your daughter-in-law drink it. With just one dose, the birth placenta should be successfully expelled.”
After receiving it, Wang Er repeatedly thanked her, “Our family of five thanks Miss Ruan.”
Aunt Wang knew that Ruan An didn’t charge a consultation fee, so she had already prepared cured meat and eggs, and couldn’t help but ask, “I heard Ah Shun say that you saved a man in the mountains, and he has been recuperating at your place. Miss Ruan, please be careful; he might have enemies.”
Hearing Aunt Wang mention Huo Pingxiao, Ruan An realized that she couldn’t delay any longer and hurriedly bid farewell to the Wang family with the medicine boy.
Aunt Wang stood outside the courtyard, watching Ruan An leave.
In the past, she had traveled to many places and had never seen a girl as beautiful as Ruan An.
Wearing a plain skirt, her extraordinary beauty was not concealed, and her face showed no signs of makeup, yet her skin was extremely fair and clear, like freshly carved jade.
She was so beautiful, yet never made people feel unapproachable. When talking to others, she was gentle and friendly.
But this kind and innocent girl was an orphan without parents.
When Divine Doctor Sun and his first wife were still alive, they also thought about marrying Ruan An into a good family, allowing her to lead a stable life as a wife and mother.
However, Ruan An had aspired to study medicine since the age of three. The hardships she endured on the medical path from a young age were all seen by Aunt Wang.
Watching Ruan An’s petite figure recede into the distance, Aunt Wang couldn’t help but feel a bit distressed.
One’s background cannot be changed. Aunt Wang only hoped that Ruan An would marry a reliable husband in the future and live a stable and happy life.
***
As the night deepened, Ruan An had Sun Ye and the medicine apprentices pack up their belongings. Now, she couldn’t afford to dwell on the incident with Huo Pingxiao that had occurred that day.
She only knew that Huo Pingxiao was highly skilled in martial arts, and she didn’t want to become the young master’s concubine. Therefore, while helping Huo Pingxiao change the medicine, Ruan An planned to persuade him to escape with them.
The candlelight in the room was dim, and Ruan An patiently removed the bandages for him.
Huo Pingxiao’s injuries had healed well, showing no signs of inflammation or infection, and the wound had mostly scabbed over.
To make it easier to change the medicine, Ruan An pulled his shirt to the left a few times.
The man’s body was evenly proportioned and muscular, not excessively rugged. The exposed part of his body is covered with several old scars, the skin and flesh firm and compact without any excess.
Ruan An remembered the scene when she first saw him in Lingnan. No wonder he looked as handsome as a god even when wearing heavy armor.
Realizing her thoughts were drifting again, Ruan An pursed her lips and forced herself to focus.
With her head lowered, she felt as if Huo Pingxiao was looking down at her.
Ruan An lifted her head and met the man’s deep eyes. Throughout the process of changing the medicine, he didn’t even furrow his brow.
The young girl couldn’t help but ask in a shy voice, “Doesn’t it hurt?”
After saying that, Ruan An immediately buried her small face again.
Her gaze fell naturally on his neck, where he wore a uniquely shaped wolf talisman. The talisman was embedded with a superior-quality deep-sea amber, its aura resembling the fragrance of pine wood cracking under the scorching sun, emitting a faint warmth.
“Ouch, that hurts.”
He elongated the trailing tone, slowly uttering three words. He intentionally deepened his breath, seemingly in deliberate coordination with her.
However, his tone clearly lacked any sense of pain.
This person was teasing her.
Three brief words, like gentle feathers, disturbed the young girl’s emotions.
Ruan An did not forget her intention. Just as she was about to bring up the topic of their escape, she suddenly noticed a black figure flashing outside the window.
Immediately after, several agile black figures landed in the courtyard from the roof with a “swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.”
Ruan An’s pupils contracted, her heartbeat paused, then raced wildly due to fear.
Could it be that Steward Liu had sent experts to deal with them again?
“Stay here, I’ll go check.”
After Huo Pingxiao finished speaking, he neatly arranged his clothes with one hand and rose from the low couch.
The man’s side profile was cold and resolute, his expression unchanged. However, the tense jawline and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows harboring a lurking murderous intent made Ruan An sense a chilling threat.
After Huo Pingxiao strode out of the room, Ruan An followed closely with small steps.
She hid in a corner of the mud wall, her heart beating like a drum.
Only to see more than ten young warriors dressed in deep chestnut and black robes entering the room one after another, the expected scene of fighting did not unfold. Huo Pingxiao, standing in front of her, also made no move.
Furthermore, he even loosened the grip on the long staff in his hand. Ruan An was stunned, observing their appearances; they didn’t seem like ordinary soldiers.
While pondering the identity of the visitors, she saw the leading youth showing great respect, bowing along with the other ten or so people behind him.
What they said next caused Ruan An’s eyes to widen considerably—”We arrived late, greetings to Marquis Dingbei.”
***
On the other side.
Tang Yi, the legitimate eldest son of the county magistrate, stared ahead with a gloomy face not far from the thatched cottage. Behind him followed more than twenty official soldiers.
Steward Liu was still recovering from his injuries and couldn’t take a step, but the people Tang Yi brought this time were specially selected, all being the best-skilled soldiers.
Tang Yi, accustomed to a life of luxury, had wasted quite a bit of energy climbing the mountain without the assistance of porters carrying sledges in the middle of the night.
His henchmen were quite insightful. Immediately, they handed him a water pouch. Tang Yi impatiently took it, drank some water, and then angrily threw the pouch on the ground.
Thinking about the girl he had coveted for so long, who might have been defiled by that uncouth fellow, he couldn’t contain his anger. Moreover, the first time he arranged to meet her had to be in these desolate mountains. When had Young Master Tang ever experienced such a miserable situation?
Considering this, Tang Yi coldly ordered the soldiers behind him, “After going in later, remember to break that woman’s other arm as well!”
Translated by: All Things Fluff