She Came to Heal, Stayed to Conquer

Su Qi only felt the temperature on the back of his hand suddenly rise, and the flushed cheeks of the person in front of him were close at hand. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he instinctively grasped the soft hand in reverse.

”Alright, alright...”

Before Su Qi finished speaking, he felt an emptiness in his palm. Han Lei had already withdrawn her hand and covered her lips with a light laugh, the playful glint in her eye adding a touch of allure to her smile. ”Then it’s settled, these two bottles are for the General.”

Footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the tent, and Captain Da Yi’s rough voice penetrated the humid air after the rain: ”Miss, the clouds have parted and the rain has stopped. Shall we set off?”

Han Lei turned her head to look outside the door. The sky had already broken through the clouds, and when she looked back again, three parts of the intoxication had faded from her eyes.

”We will set off immediately.”

These words felt like a bucket of cold water on Su Qi’s heart. He couldn’t help but clench his fists, his nails digging deeply into his palm. His original plan was to take advantage of her drunkenness...

”General.”

Han Lei suddenly stood up, her light veil dress brushing past the stool and bringing a whiff of fragrance. ”I’ll definitely return to thank you after visiting my cousin in Jingzhou.”

As she leaned forward, her dangling earrings swayed lightly, leaving a breathy promise in Su Qi’s ear: ”By then, I’ll bring enough Drunken Immortal Brew from Jingzhou and have a long talk with the General throughout the night.”

The last four words were like feathers brushing against the eardrum, making Su Qi’s blood surge.

When he came back to his senses, Han Lei had already walked out of the council hall doors. Captain Da Si quickly stepped forward to help Han Lei onto the carriage.

The pale yellow figure staggered a bit as she boarded the carriage, and the mutton fat Jade Pendant of the Wei Family at her waist bumped against the carriage shaft, making a soft ding-dong sound.

As the carriage curtain fell, the smile on Han Lei’s flushed face vanished, and she sternly said, ”Let’s go quickly.”

Just after this whisper, Da Yi and others mounted their horses. Da Si quickly turned the carriage forward.

The wheels slowly rolled, and Han Lei lifted the curtain again, waving sweetly at Su Qi to bid farewell.

Su Qi looked at that charming, intoxicated face. Although he felt a little regret in his heart, thinking that she would return, he still raised his hand and called a personal soldier to escort them out of the military camp.

”Ah! What a pity this rain... couldn’t it hold on a bit longer?”

Su Qi stared at the disappearing carriage at the end of the official road, slapped his forehead, and complained about the capricious weather.

He turned and walked sulkily back into the council hall, sitting back at the table.

The image of Han Lei in a red strap dress in the stream continuously floated in Su Qi’s mind, lingering, leaving him unsettled.

On the table, many side dishes were left untouched, and Su Qi absently ate a few mouthfuls, his gaze falling once more on the unopened brocade box.

The taste of that fragrant liquor was indeed extraordinary; just that one small jug earlier had left him unsatisfied.

Su Qi opened the brocade box, took out two small ”grenades,” and studied them intently, playing with them for a moment.

As his fingers slid across the two exquisite grenades, the coldness of the metal reminded him of the brief touch of skin earlier.

”These liquor jars are really rare...”

He chuckled and pulled the ring, and with a soft ”pop,” the safety lever’s arc looked just like someone’s smiling eyes.

Su Qi held the grenade to pour wine into his cup, but no liquid flowed out.

As he frowned and leaned closer to inspect it, a blinding flash suddenly engulfed his vision.

”Boom!”

The violent explosion shattered the wooden table into flying splinters, and the safety pin of the second grenade was also lifted by the blast wave.

The consecutive explosions tore Su Qi’s body apart, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The entire newly built council hall, though tall and spacious, still suffered damage to varying degrees.

Throughout the military camp, soldiers who were hiding in tents, bragging and resting, heard the explosion like a thunderbolt from the sky, and they rushed out of their tents to see what had happened.

The soldiers grabbed their weapons and quickly converged on the site of the explosion.

The personal soldier who had sent Han Lei and the others away was on his way back to report. Just as he walked into the military camp, he heard the earth-shaking sound.

He shivered, determined the direction, and rushed forward.

When he discovered the explosion site was the council hall, he was completely stunned by the scene before him.

A large crowd of soldiers, who had rushed out to see what had happened, had already gathered outside the new council hall, each one standing frozen before the wreckage.

And the dome of the council hall suddenly bulged, with carved wooden windows flying in fragments like paper.

What happened?

Mr. Su is still in the council hall!

”Make way, quickly make way. Quick, save the General!”

The personal soldier was extremely anxious, shouting and pushing his way through the crowd.

When he rushed into the council hall, he found it in shambles, with not a single intact item to be found.

The personal soldier turned back to the soldiers standing outside, urgently shouting: ”What are you all standing there for? Quickly find the General!”