My Gentle and Pure Sect Leader Husband - Chapter 2

When Yu Luocha woke up again, before he could open his eyes, he already felt a sticky dampness all over his body.

His earlier fainting from coughing blood was three parts acting and seven parts real.

He already had internal injuries, and this woman was surrounded by medicinal scents, with clothes and accessories that seemed extraordinary.

Whether she was a doctor herself or just a wealthy young lady who took interest in saving people, for Yu Luocha, there couldn’t be a better target to exploit for healing his injuries.

While unconscious, his mind was hazy, seeming to dream of events from many years ago, though everything was blurred together and unclear.

Yu Luocha opened his eyes to find himself still in that crude, dilapidated thatched hut. The woman in white had her back to him, standing before a rack selecting something.

Yu Luocha’s throat was hoarse as he managed a difficult cough. With the movement, the sticky sensation around his body shifted as well.

This tub was similar to a bathing tub but had a lid. Currently, only his head was outside while everything else was enclosed within.

He touched his unclothed self in the tub, silently feeling the continuous heat from the bottom with his palm, and his mouth twitched.

“Awake?”

Yan Hongyin heard the water sound but didn’t turn around, continuing with her task.

Below the medicinal tub was burning firewood – essentially a giant soup pot.

Yu Luocha blinked and said in a weak voice, “Do all doctors in Central Plains cook people while brewing medicine like this?”

Yan Hongyin found the last herbs she needed, turned to stand by the medicinal tub, opened the small lid on top, and placed the herbs from her basket into it one by one. Unmoved by his words, she said, “Sir’s internal injuries are quite severe, and I’ve used quite a lot of my herbs. The fee is one thousand taels, remember to pay when you leave.”

Then she saw the sickly beautiful man in the tub smile helplessly, his wet hair curling along his cheeks. “I escaped here, I have no money.”

“You don’t look like you’re from the Central Plains,” Yan Hongyin raised her eyes to look at him. She had never met someone so easy to judge. “These injuries are internal wounds from being beaten, not easy to treat.”

Thinking this, her expression softened somewhat.

Indeed, besides those thieves in the government and those annoying rabble in the Jianghu, where would there be so many troublesome people?

In the territory of Great Ming, most people were still honest and law-abiding citizens.

Yu Luocha lowered his eyes and said, “When I woke up, I was in an auction house. They kept me in a cage, but later a group of martial artists raided the place, and I escaped in the chaos. But I couldn’t run fast enough and was caught up to. In my panic, I rolled down a slope and passed out.”

“Don’t remember your past?” Yan Hongyin’s gaze flickered slightly.

“…Mm.”

Yu Luocha’s voice trembled at the end, his eyelashes quivering uneasily, his beautiful face turning slightly toward Yan Hongyin’s direction – the very picture of pitiful charm.

Seeing his manner, Yan Hongyin thought to herself that this person probably wasn’t a scholar, but rather someone dressed as a scholar…

Thinking of the brothels she sometimes visited during investigations, Yan Hongyin looked again at his instinctively pleasing mannerisms and speech, and combined with his face and the experience he described, it perfectly matched the profile of a drugged Western Region beauty kidnapped to be a male prostitute.

However…

Recalling the perfect muscle definition she saw when removing his clothes, Yan Hongyin curved her lips into a smile that made her eyes sparkle brilliantly.

The man very obviously froze for a moment. In that instant, Yan Hongyin’s delicate white hand had already reached out to his face.

The hand hidden in the tub clenched into a fist then relaxed.

Cool fingertips touched Yu Luocha’s cheek. Yu Luocha forced himself to relax his body and looked at Yan Hongyin with feigned confusion.

Yan Hongyin’s fingers traced from between the man’s eyebrows across his brow to his temple.

The man’s sideburns were trimmed very precisely and neatly, his skin smooth and delicate. Now under Yan Hongyin’s fingertips, his skin was slightly damp – it was hard to tell if it was beads of sweat or condensation from the rising medicinal vapors.

From the temple, her hand moved slowly to press several major acupoints at the back of his head, while her gaze remained fixed on Yu Luocha’s face.

The man’s expression showed some discomfort, but he very obediently allowed her to do as she pleased.

Withdrawing her hand, Yan Hongyin rubbed her fingers together as she said, “There are no external injuries. If you can’t remember your past, perhaps it’s because the drug effects haven’t worn off. You’re currently using medicine for injuries – we’ll check your pulse again after you stop taking the medicine.”

Yu Luocha released his tightly clenched back teeth, paused, then smiled gently, “Thank you for your kindness female hero doctor, but about the treatment fee…”

Yan Hongyin frowned when she heard the term “female hero,” saying with displeasure, “Don’t call me that. I’m not like those martial arts ‘heroes’ who fight recklessly in the city, collapse other people’s stalls and houses, then leave without a care.”

Her words were full of mockery, particularly emphasizing the word “heroes.”

“You can pay the treatment fee after you find work, there’s no rush.”

Yu Luocha thought to himself that while this doctor wore understated but luxurious clothes, she lived in such a crude place – this must only be her temporary residence for gathering and growing herbs.

She didn’t know martial arts but had excellent medical skills, despised the Jianghu folk, and in her speech sided with common people rather than the Jianghu enmities… Staying with such a person was absolutely perfect for him to heal and hide.

Moreover, this doctor had a kind nature and was very easy to manipulate.

–He needed to find a way to stay by her side.

Yu Luocha lowered his eyes and curved his lips, responding, “Those orthodox sects say nice things, but I saw several ‘great heroes’ sitting in the audience that day.”

Not only did the orthodox sects visit brothels, but they also used violence to avoid paying.

Smearing the reputation of the orthodox sects – this was something he excelled at.

Though those old fools were all worthless anyway.

Yan Hongyin frowned in disgust. “Orthodox sects? Who gave them that title? Murder, arson, and robbery – those ‘great heroes’ do plenty of that too. They’re used to looking down their noses at common people, it’s nauseating just to hear about it. Even if these people died at my doorstep, I wouldn’t save them.”

These words made the Luocha Sect Leader Yu Luocha feel extremely pleased. For the first time, he smiled sincerely and nodded in agreement. “Indeed, those orthodox sects are all hypocrites, absolutely filthy.”

Yan Hongyin had always hated the Jianghu people, so she casually added, “Those demonic cult members who don’t even try to hide their unrestrained behavior are even worse.”

Yu Luocha: “…”

The Luocha Sect Leader’s lips turned down in displeasure for a moment, but then he thought – she was cursing the Central Plains demonic sects, what did that have to do with his Western Region demonic sect?

Thinking of the Central Plains demonic sect leader Ren Woxing, whose brainless yet self-proclaimed brilliant manner did indeed look extremely stupid, Yu Luocha deeply agreed. “A brain is a good thing, it’s a pity most people don’t have one.”

Yan Hongyin was amused by these words, and for the first time her almond eyes curved upward at the corners in a smile, causing even Yu Luocha, who had seen many beauties, to be dazed for a moment.

“You’re quite clever.” Yan Hongyin noticed her own loss of composure and immediately withdrew her smile, returning to her previous cold manner. She introduced herself. “My name is Yan Hongyin, call me whatever you like.”

This time Yu Luocha paused for quite a while before speaking. “I’m called… Ah Yu.”

Yan Hongyin wasn’t surprised by this brothel-style name, after all most people from those places didn’t have proper names.

“Ah Yu? It suits you well.” Yan Hongyin brought over an incense clock and placed it in front of Yu Luocha. “Come out when the time is up, and remember to clean up the medicinal tub.”

……

After leaving the steam-filled room, Yan Hongyin let out a long breath.

This Ah Yu’s looks and figure completely struck her fancy – if not for this, she wouldn’t have brought him back.

But…

Yan Hongyin raised her hand to her chest.

Her martial arts cultivation emphasized minimizing desires, thoughts, joy, laughter, sorrow, and anger. Since the gold needle sealed her acupoints, the emotions that had been suppressed by her cultivation method had clearly become much stronger.

However, this perfectly matched her master’s note about breaking through limitations.

Ah Yu had a simple background, didn’t know martial arts, had an obedient nature, and moreover had a face that could stir her emotions… There couldn’t be a more suitable candidate for experiencing mundane love and romance.

Yan Hongyin lowered her eyes in thought.

–She needed to find a way to keep this person here.