She just walk a step away, before his hand pull her, he clasp her from behind, his right hand covered her mouth avoid her to shout. "Don't shout, if you still want to life." He whispered in her ear.

What the heck is this, what this man want from a slave like her, are he try to harassed her. "Don't overthinking, i'm not interested in you." Said the guy like knowing what on her mind.

If what she think was not the cause why he make her hostage right now, so what he want from her. She just understand it a while after, where some of man in black run from the direction when the guy come before. It's look like they chase after the guy behind her, not only that, she just realized that the man was injured on his chest.

She was shocked before so she not pay attention to his injured. She can feel his breath messy behind her, his heart beat feel unstable. He was badly injured she predicted, he can fall unconscious anytime and both of them can be in danger. She think of a way to escape from the situation. She see a hive on the top of the trees she was resting before, she got an idea.

She can't not talking, the man covering her mouth tightly, she just can reach out her hand and pointing her finger to the hive on the top of the trees. The guy behind her catch what she mean, in second he take a pebble from the ground and flick it with his inner force aiming the bee hive. The bees burst out in anger want to avenge whose ever destroyed their home, the man in black was their target. The guy behind Ling Hua grab her hand and pull her to run away with him while the man in black busy handling the bees.

He pull her behind him run through the bushes and trees deeper inside the forest. She can see he smiling behind his mask, what an odd guy, he been chased but still feel it fun until can smile like that. But it not for long, the smile behind the mask gone in second, he fall to the ground unconscious.

"What a day." She grumble, pull the man body below a trees, luckily the man in black not chase them anymore. She was troubled pulling his heavy body, he not aware some man has approach her. She just realized it when a sword has been placed on her throat.

"How dare you!" Said the man behind her, he was not one of the man in black, but his action not differ from them.

She reach up her two hand surrender, and try stand up and try explain to the man behind her. "You must miss understand me, i'm not the attacker instead i want to help him."

"Shut up, safe your word for later. Guard tied her up." Said the man, a soldier come approach her and tied her hand.

"General, general, are you alright?" The harsh man try wake up the mysterious man that turn out the great general from Sui, Li Wei. He reach out his hand want carry his master.

"Wait, don't move him again, you just make the bleeding worse." Ling Hua shout stop the man from move the general.

He look to her with doubt eyes and shout to another soldier. "Ask for Dr. Yu!"

The soldier beside him nod and run away to the camp looking for Dr. Yu. The soldier has go about five minutes already, but he not come back yet and also the doctor not coming yet.

Ling Hua was learn medic since six years old, even she been not titled officially, her skill can be compared with an expert doctor. She really aware what state the general now, it can be dangerous if he not been treat right now. Her responsibility as doctor force her to step in and treat him as fast as she can.

"Your general, been stab in his stomach, blood been drained from his body. But it's not just that he also poisoned, you can tell by see his wound. Except the pain from the wound he must feel numb all over his body now. At first the lung, he will difficult to breath. And later the blood will drain from his heart and you know what will happen next. It's amazing he still last until this time, but not in minutes later." She move her gaze from the general to the man, "If you want him to survive, release me." She change threatening him with his master life.

The man look confused for a while, he see his master body turn blue bit by bit. In urgency he reach out his sword slash the rope that tied her. "Please help him." He said begging her in the end.

"You need not to worry, i will do my best." She said, immediately crouch near him, check his pulse one more time. It's was emergency she must stop the bleeding soon, but she have no acupuncture with her. In fast she pull out her hairpin. Her hairpin have a thin and sharp enough, she use it as needle.

She pricked the hairpin near the wound. The bleeding stopped in minute later. She move the hairpin and pricked it to his chest. Suddenly the general spill out blood, the blood was black at all. Ling Hua wipe the sweat that flow through her face, look relief because the general has pass the critical condition. "Alright you can move him now." She said to the man.

"Are he alright now?"

"He has pass critical condition, but you must still tend his wound."

"You, would you mind to help." The harsh word has left his mouth turn to a gentle word.

"Of course i would love to." She smile to him and follow him back to the camp.

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She stay in general tent watch his condition, even he has out from danger, he still need to be watch cause his condition still not stable yet. She sit near his bead watching his sleep, she just realize the mask still covered his face. It's must bothering sleep with mask in the face, she reach out her hand want to take it of when accidentally touched his face. How come it so hot, he must catch fever, compress his forehead will help reduce the fever. She immediately take off the mask.

"Ah!" She shout fall back ward shocked seeing the general face, it's not a human face, it's was ruined.

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