Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Chapter 140 Cherish Your Life

The next day, the prisoner car carrying Li Ziyan slowly drove into the city. The streets were crowded with curious people. They heard that Li Ziyan was arrested and imprisoned for defecting to the enemy and betraying the country, and they all came to join in the fun. However, surprisingly, no one threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at the prisoners as usual.

As night fell, Zhao Junning arrived at the prison in a carriage. After entering the prison, she was led by the jailer to the door of Li Ziyan's cell. When the door opened, a soldier urged: "There is only one stick of incense left, both of you hurry up."

Hearing the sound, Li Ziyan supported himself with difficulty, and slowly stood up with his hands on his chest. He walked towards Zhao Junning with trembling steps, his eyes full of joy and excitement: "Junning!" Zhao Junning noticed that Li Ziyan was holding his chest tightly, and asked with concern: "Are you hurt?"

Li Ziyan forced a smile, trying to hide his pain, and answered softly: "It's not serious." Zhao Junning stretched out his hands and gently pushed away Li Ziyan's hands covering his chest, wanting to check the injury. Li Ziyan was a little resistant, but he said in a gentler voice: "It's really okay, don't worry."

Zhao Junning's eyes were instantly moistened, tears welling up in them. She bit her lip tightly and asked with a trembling voice, "Li Ziyan, I am your wife, who was married to you in a formal ceremony and brought home in a grand sedan chair!"

Li Ziyan nodded silently, indicating his agreement. Zhao Junning took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued to ask: "Then, as your wife, should I be honest with you?"

Li Ziyan's voice was a little hesitant and trembling: "Yes..." His eyes flickered, as if he didn't dare to look directly into Zhao Junning's eyes.

Seeing this, Zhao Junning's expression became more solemn. She struggled to break free from Li Ziyan's hand and ripped open his clothes. The gauze wrapped around the wound on his chest was stained red with blood. It was obvious that the wound had split again during the bumpy journey to Pingliang.

Zhao Junning carefully uncovered the gauze. When she saw the deep cut that was only half a finger away from her heart, her heart suddenly sank and her whole body trembled involuntarily. The blood around the wound had not yet dried, which was shocking.

Zhao Junning stretched out her delicate white hands and slowly approached the wound, but her fingers were shaking violently. Finally, she gently touched the hideous scar, her brows immediately furrowed tightly, and her eyes were filled with endless pain and pity. She wondered in her heart, why did her beloved Zi Yan have to suffer such hardships?

Zhao Junning held back her tears and asked softly in a choked voice, "Zi Yan, it hurts here, right?" Her words were full of concern and affection.

Li Ziyan looked at Zhao Junning, who was about to cry, and felt flustered. He quickly reached out his hands to hold her delicate face, gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and comforted her, "Don't cry, it doesn't hurt at all."

Zhao Junning held Li Ziyan's hand tightly, asked him to sit on the chair, and then waved to Fuling and Gancao. The two immediately understood what she meant and hurriedly handed over the medicine box. Zhao Junning opened the medicine box, took out a bottle of hemostatic powder from it, and said to Li Ziyan: "It may be a little painful, just bear with it."

She first used a clean gauze soaked in alcohol to gently wipe the blood around the wound, but as soon as she wiped away the old blood, new blood oozed out. Seeing this, Zhao Junning hurriedly sprinkled hemostatic powder evenly on the wound and bandaged it very carefully.

After bandaging, Zhao Junning's face became very solemn. She glared at Li Ziyan and said in a complaining tone: "You have only been out for more than four months, and you have been injured twice! Why don't you know how to cherish your life? Do you really think I can bear the news of you encountering accidents again and again?" At the end, her voice even trembled a little.

Li Ziyan hugged Zhao Junning in his arms with heartache and said apologetically: "It's all my fault. I made you so worried and scared." He hugged Zhao Junning tightly and greedily sniffed the faint, reassuring floral scent on her body.

"I caused this injury myself. I have always cherished my life, so how could I let others take it away easily? Besides, my beloved wife is waiting for me at home. I really can't bear to leave her!" Li Ziyan deliberately lowered his voice and whispered softly with his mouth close to Zhao Junning's ear.

Zhao Junning looked up at Li Ziyan and responded with a distressed look on her face: "I didn't expect you to be so cruel and merciless, even to me."

Li Ziyan smiled softly and reached out to scratch Zhao Junning's straight nose: "If I wasn't ruthless and decisive enough, I'm afraid I would have died by now."