RUHIP Chapter 006

“How can this be? How can a ge’er be allowed to live in a man’s house? No, no, this won’t do.”

But no one paid attention to what Yun Xiaohua said. Everyone felt guilty toward Yun Jiu, but because of their own household situations, they had no way to help. Now that Lin Ye was willing to play the fool and take the burden, of course they were more than happy.

Some even thought that since Lin Ye’s family’s circumstances were so good, perhaps Yun Jiu might even recover after going over there.

Lin A’mo hadn’t expected that Lin Ye would bring back such a big trouble after just one trip out. But seeing that Yun Jiu was covered in injuries, he couldn’t bring himself to blame anything. After all, this person was brought back by Lin Ye, and he didn’t want to criticize Lin Ye’s actions in front of others.

Only after the others had all left did Lin A’mo pull Lin Ye aside and ask what was going on.

“A’mo, here’s what happened…”

Lin Ye told Lin A’mo everything about Yun Jiu, from beginning to end. By the end, Lin A’mo was completely dumbfounded. He really hadn’t expected that someone like that would exist in Yunjia Village?

Back then, Lin A’mo chose to come here because he wanted to get away from the troubles of the mundane world. He had thought that the folk customs here were simple and honest, without all those schemes and betrayals — yet he hadn’t expected that wherever there are people, there would be conflict. Lin A’mo himself was a pitiful person and knew all too well the taste of betrayal by one’s own family. At this moment, looking at Yun Jiu, all his previous reservations were gone, replaced instead by a few strands of sympathy.

In truth, the three of them were all the same kind of pitiful people — only, for Lin A’mo and Lin Ye, their family had shown their ugly faces when disaster struck.

But Yun Jiu — he was even more pitiful. His family had been willing to push him toward death, just for the sake of medicine money.

That very night, Lin A’mo had Lin Ye boil some hot water, and personally helped wash Yun Jiu’s body. While washing him, Lin A’mo discovered — Yun Jiu was actually still a virgin? He really couldn’t believe it. A ge’er who had already married, and yet still hadn’t consummated?

Then thinking again about Yun Dali’s family — to falsely accuse their own ge’er of having an affair with someone else — just how shameless must one be to do such a thing?

The more he thought about the grievances this child had suffered, the more Lin A’mo’s heart ached for Yun Jiu.

After giving Yun Jiu a thorough cleaning and changing him into new clothes,

Lin A’mo discovered that Yun Jiu actually didn’t look as ugly as Lin Ye had described. This child, aside from being a bit tall and sturdier than ordinary ge’ers, didn’t seem to have anything particularly unpleasant about him. And besides, what use is it for a farmwife’s husband to be so good-looking? It’d be better to find one with a strong body who can bear children.

After applying medicine to Yun Jiu’s external injuries, Lin A’mo went to the kitchen to decoct some medicine. Only then did Lin Ye enter the room to check Yun Jiu’s injuries.

Yun Jiu’s condition was just as the old doctor had said before — not good.

Lin Ye first used his ability to transfer the high fever in Yun Jiu’s body to himself. This kind of high fever wouldn’t cause any harm to Lin Ye. Ever since his powers awakened, he was no longer afraid of cold or heat. Even after absorbing the high fever from Yun Jiu’s body, he would not feel any discomfort.

Afterward, he found the more serious wounds on Yun Jiu’s body, placed his right hand on the wound, and a faint green light instantly enveloped it. Yun Jiu, who had been sleeping restlessly, finally let out a breath of relief, his tightly furrowed brows relaxing.

When Lin A’mo came in with the medicine, Lin Ye yawned as he came out of Yun Jiu’s room. “A’mo, I’m going to sleep first.”

Lin A’mo nodded. He knew this child must be exhausted from the day.

When Lin A’mo brought the medicine to Yun Jiu’s bedside, he noticed that Yun Jiu’s complexion seemed a bit better. Lin A’mo found it a little strange, but didn’t think much about it — just assumed Yun Jiu had great fortune and a strong life.

Yun Jiu only woke up on the second night after moving into Lin Ye’s house. When he woke up, he stared blankly at the unfamiliar surroundings, unable to react for a long while. He clearly remembered being hung from a tree, and everyone wanting to execute him. Why had he ended up here? And where was “here”?

Yun Jiu rubbed his eyes and looked around. This was a clean and tidy room. There was a lit oil lamp on the table. Although the room had only one table and one bed, compared to the grain storage shed he used to sleep in, it was truly a world of difference.

And he was actually lying on a warm bed, covered with a thick and clean quilt. He became worried that his dirty body might soil someone else’s quilt. Thinking this, he lifted the covers.

But just before lifting the blanket, his gaze suddenly landed at the foot of the bed.

Yun Jiu was startled and quickly tried to get out of bed, but as soon as he sat up suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness. He sat still for a long time before he could slowly sit upright.

At the foot of the bed, someone was slumped over — and that person was none other than Lin Ye, who had exhausted himself using his ability.

Yun Jiu staggered to his feet and walked over, a bit worried, to check Lin Ye’s condition. He now remembered — it was Lin Ye who had helped him clear his name when he was at his most desperate and helpless.

Thinking about how an outsider treated him, and then comparing that to how his own family treated him, Yun Jiu suddenly felt extremely sad. He wasn’t stupid. The reason he never resisted was because those people were his family. But while he treated them as family, they hadn’t even treated him like a person.

Come to think of it, it was laughable — sometimes blood ties weren’t even as good as a passing stranger.

Lin Ye was leaning at the foot of the bed, his body sitting on the cold ground, head buried in the quilt. His slightly wavy medium-length hair looked fluffy and soft.

Yun Jiu’s gaze fell on Lin Ye’s hand resting on the bed. Lin Ye’s fingers were long and slender. This man was very good-looking — even his fingernails looked full and well-shaped.

Yun Jiu had only seen Lin Ye twice, but every time he saw him, he got especially nervous. He had never seen such a good-looking man. It was like… mm, like he had walked out of a painting.

Yun Jiu carefully touched Lin Ye, afraid that if he applied even a little more force, he might hurt him.

Lin Ye didn’t react at all, which made Yun Jiu even more worried. Sitting on the floor on such a cold winter night — wouldn’t he get sick?

Thinking this made Yun Jiu even more anxious. He gently turned Lin Ye’s body, trying to lift him up onto the bed.

However, he overestimated his own strength while ill — and underestimated Lin Ye’s weight.

Even though Lin Ye looked thin, he was still a 1.88-meter-tall man. No matter how slim, he still had a frame. Yun Jiu had just turned him over and was hugging him to drag him up when his vision suddenly went black, his knees gave out — and he fell along with Lin Ye.

Lin Ye, who had been sleeping peacefully, was suddenly jolted awake and struck. Even if he didn’t want to wake up, he was forced to.

When Lin Ye opened his eyes, he saw Yun Jiu scrambling in a panic to get up. But he moved too abruptly, forgetting that his body was still covered in injuries. Somehow he had pulled at a wound — and with pain shooting through him, he fell again. Just like that, Lin Ye became a human cushion once more.

Yun Jiu was instantly annoyed and frustrated. He had just wanted to do something good, and now he hadn’t done anything right — and worse, he had used himself like a stone to smash Lin Ye not once, but twice.

Yun Jiu’s face flushed red. When he looked up, his eyes met Lin Ye’s gaze head-on.

Lin Ye gave a bitter smile. “Are you stupid?”

Yun Jiu stared at the handsome face so close to his own. For a moment, he forgot how to respond and just stared blankly at Lin Ye, unmoving.

“Can you get off me first?”

Only then did Yun Jiu understand and hurried to get up. This time, even though he pulled at his wound again, he forcibly held on and didn’t fall.

Lin Ye stretched out his numb limbs, then stood up.

Earlier, he had been sleeping well when he suddenly sensed Yun Jiu had a fever again, so he came to Yun Jiu’s room.

Because he had used his powers continuously for the past two days, Lin Ye’s ability had grown a little unstable. In order to suppress it, he had exhausted himself.

That’s why, when Yun Jiu woke up, he found Lin Ye sleeping at the foot of the bed.

When Lin Ye suddenly stood up, his height gave him an indescribable sense of pressure.

Yun Jiu quickly stammered an explanation: “I—I didn’t mean to, I saw you sleeping on the floor, and I thought…”

Yun Jiu was very afraid Lin Ye would think he had taken advantage of him. If this had been in the past — being misunderstood or blamed — Yun Jiu truly wouldn’t have minded. He was already used to being the scapegoat, the fool. After all, even if he explained himself, no one ever really listened.

But Lin Ye was different. Lin Ye believed him.

Because Lin Ye was different from everyone else. Lin Ye believed him — so he had to explain clearly. He didn’t want to become someone disgusting in Lin Ye’s eyes.

“I know what you mean. I don’t mind. You should get some rest.”

As Lin Ye spoke, he turned to leave, but Yun Jiu instinctively reached out and grabbed him. For someone who always inexplicably reached out to stop him, Lin Ye found he was already getting used to it.

Lin Ye looked back at Yun Jiu with a good temper. “Is there something else?”

Yun Jiu nodded, speaking a bit awkwardly: “Thank you. Thank you for saving me.”

Lin Ye glanced over Yun Jiu’s body — this fool was actually just standing there like that. He had spent quite a bit of effort saving him, yet this person really didn’t know how to care for himself.

“Whatever it is, let’s talk about it tomorrow during the day. You should rest properly, don’t waste the effort I spent saving you.”

Yun Jiu froze for a moment, then lowered his head to look down — only to realize he was wearing just a thin inner shirt.

He suddenly became aware of something. He seemed to be a ge’er, right? And… Lin Ye seemed to be a man?

Yun Jiu hurriedly shrank back onto the bed, wrapping the blanket tightly around himself. In his heart, he thought: It’s over, it’s over… Will Lin Ye think I’m a shameless ge’er?

Lin Ye looked at the person curled up into a big lump on the bed with amusement. This person wasn’t just dumb — he was also slow-witted.

Sigh… If he hadn’t met me, this fool probably wouldn’t even know how many times he’d have died by now.