Of course, Ji Yunshu sat on the ground the entire time.

Hugging her cold body until the next day.

The man on the bed coughed a few times and woke up.

Ji Yunshu’s first reaction was to ask him: “Who exactly are you?”

The man looked at the woman before him with cloth covering her face, opened his mouth, but didn’t say a single word.

“Among the people searching for you last night, there was one wearing a mask. Who is he?”

“…” The man’s parched lips moved. “I’m not dead yet?” He clearly remembered being ambushed in the desert last night. All dozen or so people around him were killed. Though gravely injured himself, he managed to narrowly escape, finally stumbling into this room in a daze. He had thought one foot had already stepped into the gates of hell, that his life was nearly over. Yet unexpectedly, he was still alive. Perhaps heaven spared his life so he could take revenge!

Ji Yunshu ignored his question and asked urgently: “Answer my question first.”

The man looked at the anxious woman before him, remembering that it seemed to be her who saved him last night. However—

He couldn’t expose his identity, lest he invite disaster. He slowly sat up on the bed and coughed a few more times, saying: “I… my name is Wen Yu. I’m a merchant. As for what you mentioned… that person wearing a mask, I don’t know him. I was just out conducting business when I suddenly encountered a group of black-clothed men. My people were all killed, and I myself was gravely injured.”

Ji Yunshu was skeptical of his words!

She said seriously: “If you do know that masked person, I hope you’ll tell me honestly.”

“Miss, I truly don’t know. That group appeared suddenly. I don’t even understand what happened exactly. Fortunately, you helped me. I, Wen Yu, will keep this great kindness firmly in my heart and will surely repay it in the future.”

Unable to obtain the information she wanted, Ji Yunshu was very disappointed.

“Knock, knock, knock.” Someone knocked on the door.

“Who is it?”

“Miss, it’s me, Yao Niang. Are you awake yet?”

Last night, that group of black-clothed men had burst in precisely to find Wen Yu, which was why they smashed up Tiansha Inn into complete chaos. If Yao Niang knew the culprit was here, she might skin him alive.

She quickly helped Wen Yu out of bed: “Hide in the cabinet first.”

Wen Yu was stuffed into the small cabinet that could barely fit one person.

Yao Niang knocked again: “Miss? If you’re awake, I’m going to push the door open!”

Before she even finished speaking, she had already pushed the door open.

Fortunately, Wen Yu had already been hidden.

Yao Niang held food and dishes in her hands.

She said: “You haven’t eaten yet, have you? I personally cooked a bit for you. Hurry and eat it while it’s hot.”

Ji Yunshu had no appetite: “Thank you. I’ll eat it later.”

“Oh right, I came to tell you that the sandstorm outside hasn’t stopped yet. Tiger Master plans to stay another night, so you’ll have to stay another night too, miss.”

“Alright.”

Yao Niang suddenly raised her eyebrows slightly and asked: “Who is he?”

With a gossipy heart.

Ji Yunshu’s eyes flickered. She turned sideways and said: “Who are you talking about?”

“The person you chased after last night.”

“…”

“Seeing you chase out there without caring about your life, that person must be very important to you, right?”

Ji Yunshu didn’t want to discuss it.

Yao Niang smiled radiantly, twisting her body: “If you don’t want to say, fine. I won’t ask anymore. But… the person who was in your room last night—who is he?”

Uh!

Ji Yunshu was slightly startled but remained calm: “There’s no one.”

Yao Niang’s hand slowly climbed onto her thin shoulder, circling around to her back as she said: “This is my, Yao Niang’s, territory. I know if there’s one more ant or one less ant, let alone a whole person!”

“You must have seen wrong.”

“Seen wrong?” Yao Niang covered the corner of her mouth and laughed. Then she walked to the bedside, reached under the bed, and pulled out the ball of blood-soaked cloth strips that Ji Yunshu had hidden there last night. Shaking it in her hand, she said, “How about that? Now you have nothing to say, right?”

Since she’d been exposed, Ji Yunshu had nothing to say.

Yao Niang’s eyes turned fierce: “So those black-clothed men who broke in last night… came precisely to find him. And it’s precisely because you saved that person that my Tiansha Inn was smashed into a mess. Tell me, where is that person now?”

As she spoke, she fiercely threw the blood-stained cloth strips on the ground.

Clearly, her killing intent had been aroused.

Ji Yunshu thought for a moment: “He’s already gone.”

“Gone? Do I look like I believe that?” The killing intent in Yao Niang’s eyes gradually dissipated. She suddenly smiled again and walked before Ji Yunshu, saying gently, “Don’t worry. I, Yao Niang, am not some iron lady. My heart isn’t made of stone either. Although you hid that person and brought trouble to my Tiansha Inn, I don’t blame you. After all, saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I won’t blame that person either, because he wasn’t the one who smashed my inn.”

Quite principled!

From her tone, one could tell she truly held no resentment.

Ji Yunshu was about to speak—

Yao Niang interrupted: “However, you at least need to let me know—is the person you saved last night a good person or a bad person? I also need to calculate whether my inn being smashed was worth it or not, right? Otherwise, if you saved some utterly wicked villain, wouldn’t that cause trouble for me, Yao Niang? Right?”

She spoke with perfect logic.

And it was indeed reasonable.

After all, Ji Yunshu also wasn’t certain whether the person she saved was good or bad.

If he truly was utterly wicked, it would indeed bring trouble to everyone.

After deliberating, she looked toward the cabinet where the person was hidden. Just as she was about to relent and speak, the cabinet door opened.

Wen Yu walked out from inside.

He said: “I’m here. You don’t need to make things difficult for this young lady anymore. If I’ve brought you any trouble, I’ll compensate for all the losses.”

Yao Niang had always loved handsome men. Seeing the pale-faced man before her, she had long since cast everything else aside. Displaying a flirtatious manner, she walked over. Her slender jade hand stroked Wen Yu’s chest as her voice became coquettish: “So it’s such a handsome young master.”

This woman truly couldn’t walk straight when she saw a handsome man.

Wen Yu couldn’t handle her enthusiasm at all.

He immediately stepped back two paces.

Ji Yunshu was also sweating on her forehead!

This woman’s face changed faster than flipping through a book.

Yao Niang looked at Wen Yu, smiling: “Young master, just rest assured and recuperate here. Don’t worry about anything else. Just relax. Even if anything happens outside, it has nothing to do with you. I’ll help you resolve it.”

“This…”

“Don’t ‘this, this, this.’ That’s settled then! It won’t be too late to leave after your injuries have healed. Besides, the dust storm outside hasn’t subsided yet. If you go out now, wouldn’t that be the same as seeking death? Right now, this is the only refuge.”

She was doing everything possible to make Wen Yu stay.