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It wasn’t until the people Fu Yichen brought managed to capture all the bandits that the people from the other counties who came with Fu Yichen rushed towards the scene.When they saw Su Zhan who was leaning on Fu Yichen’s body, their eyes immediately widened. Then several of them crawled and fell at Su Zhan’s feet. After all, with the National Teacher’s status there, the man who could actually lean on the National Teacher would be none other than the Emperor.
“Your majesty, forgive Chen1This minister for coming too late. Chen deserves death for his crime. Chen deserves death…” One cried and kowtowed.
It was at this time that the group of bandits finally knew about Su Zhan’s identity. The Emperor’s status in the hearts of the ancients was basically an existence that was more immovable than god. What had they actually done to the Emperor in the past few days? The group of bandits, who were originally very arrogant, were immediately frightened to the point that their legs weakened and they fell to the ground.
At this time, Chen Qi, who was covered in injuries but was still struggling, had been drained of all his strength in an instant. It was obvious that the situation was over and he wouldn’t be able to save himself no matter what. But in the blink of an eye, Chen Qi turned around and ran away.
Fu Yichen was holding Su Zhan with a cold look on his face. He kicked up a sword that was next to his feet with a hook of his foot and kicked it towards Chen Qi’s back.
There was a sound of an ‘ah’ as Chen Qi was knocked down by the sword. He was then immediately taken into custody. Not long after, someone came to report that the county magistrate of Liuli City had also been captured.
With this, the bandit problem in Jiangnan finally came to an end.
On the way back to Liuli City, they sat in a soft sedan chair prepared by the other several county magistrates. The two were the Emperor and the National Teacher, their statuses were naturally earth-shaking. Naturally, the status of the little girl beside them was also considered to be extremely noble. So the three of them were treated as if they were great ancestors.
Truthfully, Su Zhan didn’t completely lose his consciousness. But the dual impact from the muscle relaxant and the punishment from the system made him feel so weak that it was difficult for him to breathe. In order to take care of him, Fu Yichen didn’t let go of him the whole time even though his other arm was still completely numb.
Seeing Su Zhan in such a state, Fu Yichen felt extremely distressed. He was softly comforting Su Zhan along the way so that he could sleep peacefully. But he didn’t know why Su Zhan kept trying to stay awake. When they were about to arrive at Liuli City, Su Zhan’s consciousness came back a little bit. But the first words out of his mouth made Fu Yichen tremble a bit.
“Are you injured?” Su Zhan leaned into Fu Yichen’s arms and looked up at him with some difficulty. The scene in the sedan was dark as it was nighttime, but the two pairs of eyes looking at each other were unexpectedly bright.
Was this the reason why he wasn’t going to sleep? Fu Yichen’s heart moved slightly and his anxious heart suddenly felt relieved at this moment. Fu Yichen shook his head, trying to soothe Su Zhan. He raised the hand holding onto Su Zhan and gently stroked his face, smiling as he did so. “I’m fine.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, the sedan passed a bumpy road and suddenly shook. Fu Yichen quickly hugged the person in his arms tightly. The other arm that had been numbed because of the system punishment also swayed with the shaking of the sedan and the smell of blood spread in the air.
It was the wound he had treated while he was in a rush. His bright red blood stained a large area of the bandage. But let alone being unable to control it, even if the pain was unbearable at that time, Fu Yichen still didn’t have the time to care about it.
Immediately, Su Zhan, who had been feeling weak, widened his eyes. In the next second, he struggled to get up but Fu Yichen quickly held him down. “I’m fine. It’s just a minor injury.”
“I want to see.” Su Zhan stubbornly raised his head as undisguised worry filled his eyes.
Fu Yichen immediately raised the corners of his lips uncontrollably. This feeling of having someone worry about him felt great.
“You can take a look at it when we go back.” Fu Yichen pressed Su Zhan’s head back into his arms. “You can’t see it now.” Fu Yichen’s tone unconsciously turned softer. This kind of mutual concern would always seem to unconsciously satisfy people.
Su Zhan seemed to want to struggle, but found that the iron grip on his head wouldn’t budge. He could only lean on the man’s strong chest and listen to his strong heartbeat. He finally gave up but then soon thought of another problem and struggled once more.
“Nangong Ximo… her2raws says 她ta which can mean she or her. Considering the next sentence I decided to use the word her instead,” Su Zhan’s muddled up brain was trying to think of a way to say it without sounding strange. But after much deliberation, he still said the same thing, “Her… I don’t want to see her.”
Fu Yichen stroked his hair, trying to soothe him, but still didn’t let him sit up. “I’ve asked someone to send her back to the palace.”
After everything was over, the first thing Fu Yichen did was to send someone to escort the Female Lead back to the capital. Why should he leave her alone and let her cause them more harm? Fu Yichen just wanted to send her to the ends of the earth. It was best if they never ran into her again.
Su Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and then leaned against the National Teacher’s arms and listened to his heartbeat without any worries. The current volume’s plot had finally passed and it was indeed best to just follow the National Teacher.
After returning to Liuli City that night, they moved into the courtyard of the County magistrate’s house. The doctor had already been waiting there for them for a long time. Fu Yichen had asked him to prescribe some medicine for treating internal injuries to Su Zhan and then laid down with Su Zhan in his arms.
Truthfully, after running around non-stop for the past two days all the while being injured, Fu Yichen felt extremely tired. So he fell into a deep sleep not long after he laid down. He even stayed asleep until three o’clock in the morning the next day. By that time, even Su Zhan, who had been feeling weak, had woken up yet he still slept soundly.
Probably because the Female Lead wasn’t there, except for the internal injuries caused by forcibly expelling the muscle relaxant, the punishment of the system seemed to have dissipated more than half. So Su Zhan woke up and was basically conscious except for feeling physically weak.
When he first woke up, before he opened his eyes, the scent of the National Teacher entered his nostrils. Su Zhan was in a trance for a moment. The two of them had been separated for around four to five days, but for him, every day felt like a year. Not only having to worry about himself, he also had to worry about this person. Su Zhan never thought that one day he would actually meet a man that he liked. Nor did he ever think that he would fall so deeply. Of course, he never would have imagined that this man would still be a fictional character in a novel3ah yes… I wouldn’t understand… *stares at my fictional husbando list.
The strong arms and familiar breath brought back long-lost feelings. But what surprised Su Zhan was that this man hadn’t woken up yet. Especially when he straightened up yet the man holding him still hadn’t woken up. Now Su Zhan was a little surprised, but soon he discovered the bandaged left arm of the National Teacher. The bandage was soaked in blood, but fortunately the bandage had turned dark.
Immediately, Su Zhan’s heart sank. Although he had already known that this man had been injured from Chen Qi’s mouth, he had always half-believed and half-doubted his words. It was only now that he was able to see it with his own eyes that all his worries and distress came out.
Looking at the dark stain on the bandage, Su Zhan fell into deep thought. At the same time, he became more firm in the decision that he made in his heart.
Fu Yichen woke up feeling a burst of pain. The sudden pain coming from his arm pulled him out of his sleep. It was then that he realized that the pain came from his arm that couldn’t be controlled. He assumed that he regained control now that the Female Lead left.
But before he could open his eyes, the sound of a notification from laji came into his mind.
[The Jiangnan bandit volume is completed. The Female Lead is successfully prevented from approaching the Male Lead. The next volume can be unlocked. Asking the host to unlock the next volume.]
‘Unlock.’
Fu Yichen simply wanted to understand the plot of the next volume first. He really hoped that this was the final volume. After all, he really couldn’t afford for it to go on for too long. Furthermore, Fu Yichen really wanted to know who those people who called him Jiaozhu were and what their goal was. The identity of the Second Male was so complex and a bit baffling.
After going through the plot, Fu Yichen felt a little stunned. He found that the identity of the Second Male was probably the unexpected result of the author overeating4Just wanting to include everything they could. Like JK rowling for Harry Potter books. These days, to keep Harry Potter still relevant, she keeps trying to blend in by saying she had diversity in her books such as gay characters. Xinghe: Who??? YQ: I can’t believe you don’t know harry potter..
The leader of a demonic cult, the Dongfang Jiaozhu… undefeatable? So this was why the National Teacher looked both good and evil? Of course, the other thing more bloody and illogical than this was the Mary Sue’s invisible plot.
Fu Yichen would never have expected that the last volume would actually involve war. After they solved the bandit problem in Jiangnan, the Male Lead’s throne had finally been stabilized. Not only did he capture the hearts of the citizens, he also won the support of several high-status ministers in the court. Most importantly, his relationship with the Female Lead underwent a qualitative leap. His feelings became even more clear after he learnt the truth about her time travel.
But the good times didn’t last long as the borders were suddenly invaded by an enemy country. They suffered successive defeats, causing unrest among the government and public. Therefore, the Male Lead decided to do it himself. A prince, who had grown up in the deep imperial palace, who was ‘proficient in all kinds of arts, music, chess, calligraphy and painting’ and ‘familiar with the art of war’? A prince, who had been pampered since childhood and had never experienced hardship? Such a prince’s personal conquest… was this a joke?
However, the Male Lead’s ‘invisibility and invulnerability’, and the ‘combat and strategies’ used by their troops were so admirable that the whole army was so impressed and became motivated. While the enemies were ‘frightened by their tactics and retreated in succession’.
In addition, the Female Lead who followed him, in the original author’s words, provided him with strategies. The Female Lead had been familiar with military books since she was a child before she time travelled. Not to mention the ‘Thirty-Six Stratagems5eh strategies-stratagems. Same thing. You can google it from Sun Tzu’s ‘Art of War’, even the ‘Diagram of Eight Formations6a very particular battle formation in ancient China. This was not invented by Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang organized and innovated during the Three Kingdoms period, and successfully applied it to war practice. Frankly idk much about this‘ was made up by the author themselves. Such a strange and mystical formation caused the enemies to retreat steadily and even their own generals were stunned. They only felt that the Female Lead must be the reincarnation of a goddess sent by the heavens to save their country.
The only thing Fu Yichen7Xinghe: My twitching prince charming. YQ: He might have a hidden illness we don’t know about bro could do was twitch at the corner of his mouth. Did the author think that they could solve war with just two glances at a military book? Did they understand the art of war? So could anyone enter the battlefield? Did the author feel any sympathy for those soldiers whose bones were buried in the battlefield? Were they taking those millions of corpses lying on the ground as a joke?
In short, with the help of the Female Lead’s extraordinary strategies, in just two days, the enemy country surrendered. It was indeed just child’s play. Two days… What the hell was with two days?
But it wasn’t over yet. Before they could celebrate, the Female Lead was abducted by the opposing country’s general. The Female Lead was really ill-fated. The plot went through ups and downs.
So the Male Lead went to the enemy country to rescue her alone. This time, the Second Male, who was the leader of the demonic cult, also went to rescue her on his own as he felt that it was lonely to be standing alone in a high place. It must be mentioned that at the beginning of the second volume, the reason why the National Teacher could suddenly change from the identity of the National Teacher to the leader of the demonic cult was because he was originally the great demon lord of the demonic sect that everyone in the world had heard about. Being the National Teacher was just for him to ‘stave off boredom and have fun’.
Fu Yichen was made speechless for at least five seconds by this. At the end of the second volume, it was revealed that the Second Male realized his own feelings for the little girl, the Female Lead. The most important thing was that his love seemed to be a little twisted, to the point that he had feelings for a nine-year-old girl that he shouldn’t have. So in order to not hurt the Female Lead, he chose to return to his demonic sect to become the leader. It wasn’t until he heard that the Female Lead had been kidnapped by the enemy general that he went out to save her alone. Compared to the Male Lead who already knew about the identity of the Female Lead, this Second Male really did seem a bit miserable.
After spending quite a lot of effort, something even more bloody happened. The enemy general also fell in love with the Female Lead during his brief contact with the Female Lead for around ten days… Fu Yichen was already speechless, but this was indeed the standard setting of a Mary Sue.
Then with the help of the enemy general, they escaped from the enemy country. The Second Male also learnt about her identity, but he respected her choice and recognized the Female Lead as a meimei8younger sister, pampering her to heaven and back.
In the end came the happy ending of the Male and Female Leads. The Male Lead suddenly announced the death of the Empress Dowager, the same Empress Dowager who was said to be the reincarnation of a goddess. Not only was their country shocked, but so was the whole world. People panicked, thinking a natural disaster would come and the heavens would punish them. But the Male Lead naturally didn’t care. He didn’t hesitate to offend the whole world for the Female Lead. He raised a mysterious girl in the palace, overcame all difficulties, waited for her for six years and got married to her. The Female Lead, from the Empress Dowager, naturally became the one and only Empress.
This bloody story wasn’t over yet. A few years later, the Female Lead gave birth to a genius prodigy who was discovered to be a genius at the age of three. In fact, this was another genius time traveller. When the genius prince turned six, the Male Lead passed down the throne to his six-year-old son and took the Female Lead to travel the mountains and rivers9the world basically, living ‘the life of a couple for a lifetime’.
Fu Yichen took a deep breath and made a decision as he finished reading the ending. He really didn’t want to go through such a mess any longer. Since the plot had its own ways to automatically maintain itself, he was going to let it go10Xinghe: Just like Elsa!. He suddenly had the urge to just kidnap the Emperor and bring him back to the demon sect to live a happy life with him, leaving the Female Lead to do her own thing.
The eyes that were staring straight at his left arm that was across his chest were hard to ignore. Fu Yichen seemed to realize that the other person might have been looking at his arm for a long time.
When he opened his eyes, he was met with Su Zhan’s slightly darkened face. The latter’s eyes were completely fixed on the blood stains on his left arm. Only then did he remember that he had gone to bed without even doing any first aid last night. He had been too tired. But at the very least, it had been numb when he went to sleep last night. But it was different when he woke up. If it really had something to do with the Female Lead’s departure from the scene, then this could be considered as a sign that he was recovering.
“Have you looked at it enough?” Fu Yichen suddenly said, his hoarse voice revealing a doting tone.
As soon as Su Zhan turned his head, he was met with Fu Yichen’s smile. His frown relaxed unconsciously. “Are you awake? Your injury…”
“I told you it’s fine.” Fu Yichen didn’t wait for him to finish speaking. He pulled Su Zhan back into his arms and the latter’s head hit his chest. Su Zhan, being held down by a big hand, struggled for a long time until his body became sore. But he was still unable to get up at all.
“Lie down for a bit.” Fu Yichen grinned, feeling extremely satisfied at this time. After a long while, he stared at Su Zhan’s head and asked, “Why are you so stupid? Why didn’t you wait for me to come?” He was naturally referring to Su Zhan, who forced the drug out of his system.
Su Zhan, who had been lying on Fu Yichen’s chest, didn’t look up at him but just said in a muffled tone, “I didn’t want you to be in danger.”
Hearing this, Fu Yichen smiled with satisfaction. The two of them laid in bed quietly until a careful voice came from outside the door. “Leader11I know I know, why is it Leader instead of Jiaozhu this time? Well Leader seemed to be more suitable at this time, are you awake?” It was already in the afternoon. Their wounds needed to be checked and they needed to eat.
“Leader?” Su Zhan suddenly raised his head as confusion filled his face.
Fu Yichen coughed dryly. This was indeed a bit… “It’s a long story.”
Moreover, the title Dongfang Jiaozhu always reminded Fu Yichen of something12about that famous martial arts novel. Fortunately he was very clear about his own identity now and there was nothing else missing.
Su Zhan was completely confused about Fu Yichen’s new identity. After all, he didn’t have the 100 points needed to unlock the plot of the last volume yet. It wasn’t until Fu Yichen’s men removed his bandage that Su Zhan finally came back to his senses after seeing the horrible wound.
“Why are you so badly injured?” Su Zhan gritted his teeth and stared at the giant wound that occupied most of Fu Yichen’s arm. It was simply shocking. If he hadn’t been able to move the arm, Su Zhan would have thought that Fu Yichen’s arm was cut off.
“Does it hurt?” Su Zhan couldn’t imagine how this man could endure such an injury in ancient times when medical practices were extremely poor. Moreover, at that time, the other person was still bumping around in the mountains on horseback day and night without anaesthesia or anything to stop the bleeding. What kind of perseverance would it take for someone to endure such a thing? Su Zhan felt that he himself wouldn’t be able to endure even one-tenth of this.
Unconsciously, Su Zhan’s eyes turned sore. He felt that everything he endured at that time was worth it for this man.
Fu Yichen looked at his expression and smiled, “It doesn’t hurt.” It was because his arm was really unconscious like a piece of firewood. But when he thought about it, it seemed to be a different case now and it really was starting to hurt. So he added, “But it hurts a little now.”
Su Zhan’s nose felt sore when he heard his words, but he held back his tears. It wasn’t until the man who had changed the bandages walked out that he sat down next to Fu Yichen, looked directly into his eyes and pursed his lips.
“Guoshi.” Su Zhan seemed to have made up his mind. “Dongfang Jiaozhu, what are your plans after this?”
Fu Yichen raised his eyebrows, not quite understanding what he was trying to say. Su Zhan added, “Are you going to follow me back to the capital and continue to be the National Teacher? Or are you planning on going back to the demon sect to be their leader?”
Fu Yicehn’s heart skipped a beat. Originally, he had planned to kidnap this guy and bring him back to his sect to be the sect leader’s wife, regardless of the other party’s identity as the Emperor or the upcoming war. He really didn’t care about such things. But looking at Su Zhan’s current attitude, Fu Yichen was inexplicably looking forward to what choice Su Zhan would make.
So Fu Yichen just stared into his eyes and smiled evilly, “Of course I’m going back to the demon sect. I was originally the leader of the demon sect. I just went to the capital to have some fun because of boredom.”
Unexpectedly, Su Zhan wasn’t angered by his words but was even a bit hesitant, more precisely, embarrassed to speak. Fu Yichen finally heard Su Zhan’s next words that made him almost bite his tongue out of excitement.
“Then Leader, can you take me with you?”
As a top-tier actor with a strong self-esteem, Su Zhan admitted that it really wasn’t easy for him to say something like ‘asking for support’. It was really shameful yet exciting at the same time. This was the decision that he had made after narrowly escaping death in the dungeons. This idea became unprecedentedly firm especially after learning that the National Teacher had been running around for him while being heavily injured.
Additionally, since his mission was to get rid of the Female Lead and overthrow the Second Male, then the fight in the imperial palace had nothing to do with him. Now that the Female Lead was kicked out of this place, he just needed to stay with the National Teacher. Of course, the premise was that the National Teacher treated him well and he was still trapped in this world.
So before he could reach 1000 points, he wanted to stay beside this person. Even if he wasn’t able to ever reach 1000 points and he would never be able to return, Su Zhan felt that it was still good to be with this person. At least, this was what he was thinking of at the moment.
Fu Yichen was completely stunned. He had never expected that Su Zhan would actually take the initiative to follow him. But after being stunned, what followed was an indescribable joy that made him beam in happiness.
Fu Yichen’s lips curled up. “This was what I intended to do all along.”
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