Chapter 70 - 70 How to Save a Life
70 How to Save a Life
Su Binglan had a strange feeling at that moment. It was as though Luo Jin’an was worried about her. She blinked her almond-shaped eyes and looked at Luo Jin’an smilingly. “A-Are you worried about me?”
Luo Jin’an looked just as worried as Su Fengmao was when Su Binglan said she wanted to go to the back of the mountain. Was it because of what happened three years ago?
“Ahem…” Luo Jin’an started coughing again.
Su Binglan smirked and said, “All right, I was only joking. Look at how anxious you are. I know we’ve only known each other for a few days, but I think we should make a three-year pact or something if we continue to pretend to be husband and wife. I’m confident I can cure you within that time, and then you can leave Su Teng Village.”
Luo Jin’an coughed and said, “But you’re doing me a favor in saving my life. How can I leave after that?”
Su Binglan didn’t understand what Luo Jin’an was trying to say because she knew something was restraining him, and he was hiding something in his heart. Various things could happen in the meantime. She couldn’t guess what Luo Jin’an was thinking.
Su Binglan asked, “So what? I’m repaying you for saving my life.”
Luo Jin’an sighed and said, “Of course, I saved your life, but…”
Su Binglan felt that Luo Jin’an was trying to say something but stopped because he thought she wouldn’t accept it.
Su Binglan’s face changed. “So what if I saved your life? You don’t have to repay me if that’s what you’re thinking.”
Luo Jin’an swallowed his words because he noticed he might frighten Su Binglan. ‘She should know, but unfortunately, she might not remember.’
“Well, if you cure me, it’s only natural that I repay you,” Luo Jin’an said.
Su Binglan heaved a sigh of relief, waved, and said, “Of course, why not? You will be in a higher position and have influence when the time comes. It’s always good to stay under a shaded tree, right? So when the time comes, you will just have to protect us.”
However, Su Binglan didn’t care if they repaid each other’s kindness. She only said that casually. If she wanted to, she could control the entire continent. Nonetheless, she didn’t want to be a goddess any longer. She only wanted to experience everyday life on Earth.
Still, Luo Jin’an said with a severe expression, “Okay, I will be your shaded tree.”
“That’s more like it,” Su Binglan said smugly.
…
Under Luo Jin’an’s insistence, Su Binglan did not go to the back of the mountain. Instead, she returned to her room to sleep when she saw that Luo Jin’an was fine for the time being.
However, Su Binglan didn’t sleep very well that night. A person appeared in her mind when she slept. The person was blurry and in a fog. It was a figure of a familiar man.
“Jin’an! Jin’an!” It was a crisp voice of a young girl, “I’m sorry, Jin’an, but you must return safely.”
‘Who was that? J-Jin’an? Was that Luo Jin’an? Why did it sound like I was the one calling out to him?’
Then the fog swallowed the figure, and an arrow pierced his back.
“Ah!” The dream startled Su Binglan awake. She couldn’t understand why she had that bizarre dream.
She noticed it was getting brighter, so she hurriedly got off the brick bed and washed up to go to her parent’s house to make tofu. Then she saw that Luo Jin’an’s room door was closed and thought he was still asleep.
However, she saw Luo Jin’an at her parent’s house, chopping wood in the yard. She hurried over and grabbed his hand. “You’re not well, so you shouldn’t be doing such tasks. Go home and rest.”
Luo Jin’an said lightly, “It’s okay. I’m fine.”
“How can you say that?” Su Binglan retorted.
Shen Qiuhua looked at the couple and smiled brightly. She heaved a sigh of relief and said, “You love your husband, don’t you, Binglan?”