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Two days later, Yun Ming, looking slightly weary, gazed at the town before him, which shared a similar atmosphere with Soul Hunting Town of the Star Luo Empire. He exhaled a breath of stale air and murmured.
"Finally, I'm out!"
Yun Ming recalled the experiences of the past two days.
Two days ago, after Yun Ming parted ways with Yang Hong and Yang Yi, he headed towards the Heaven Dou Empire along the periphery of the Star Dou Great Forest.
However, because the Star Dou Great Forest was too vast, and Zhu Zhuqing had not yet awakened due to excessive blood loss and physical weakness, Yun Ming had to remain vigilant at all times, keeping an eye on his surroundings.
Fortunately, the Spirit Beasts on the periphery were mostly weak. In the past two days, Yun Ming had only killed two Spirit Beasts for food, and the rest were scared away by Yun Ming's Aura. After two full days of sleepless travel and vigilance, Yun Ming also felt a bit weary.
Entering the town, Yun Ming found a hotel that looked decent. The hotel was a five-story building. The first floor was the reception hall, the second floor was the restaurant, and the upper floors were for accommodation. Yun Ming booked a suite on the top floor. Reaching the fifth floor, he was led to his room by a waiter on that floor.
The room wasn't too big, with a living room, two bedrooms, and a restroom. The decor wasn't luxurious, with an overall minimalist style, which suited the tone of Soul Hunting Town.
After two days of travel, it was time to change Zhu Zhuqing's wound dressing. Moreover, Yun Ming found it inconvenient to clean the bloodstains on her body, so Yun Ming asked the hotel to send a maid to help Zhu Zhuqing change the dressing and clean up her personal hygiene. Those who made a living in Soul Hunting Town were skilled in these tasks.
An hour later, the bedroom door opened, and the maid came out looking utterly devastated. She couldn't understand how Zhu Zhuqing, whose face looked so young, could be so… developed!
The maid lowered her head to look at herself again, from head to toe, a flat landscape, and her eyes were slightly red.
Yun Ming was puzzled by the maid's tearful appearance. How could she be so close to collapsing after just going in to serve Zhu Zhuqing?
Although Yun Ming was deeply loved by many older and younger sisters in the clan, they were mostly reserved in front of Yun Ming and wouldn't compare such things in front of him!
Yun Ming had to use his trustworthy face to comfort the girl.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?"
The maid looked at Yun Ming's young and handsome face, and her mood improved a little. But when she thought that Zhu Zhuqing in the room was brought over by Yun Ming, she completely broke down and burst into tears, running out of the suite.
Yun Ming: "…"
Yun Ming was a little confused, but he stopped thinking about it if he couldn't understand it. It wasn't a big deal anyway.
Yun Ming walked into the bedroom and looked at Zhu Zhuqing, who was lying on the bed, as cold and beautiful as Sleeping Beauty. He checked the wound dressing and confirmed that although the maid's emotions were a bit off, she did a good job.
Seeing this, Yun Ming took out a futon, sat down cross-legged in the bedroom, closed his eyes to rest, and also to be there for Zhu Zhuqing when she woke up.
As night fell, the bright moonlight shone into the bedroom. Yun Ming frowned, opened his eyes, and looked at Zhu Zhuqing lying on the bed. She was still lying there quietly as she had been during the day. He said calmly.
"Since you're awake, let's talk!"
"…"
Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes when she heard this. Since the other party already knew she was awake, there was no point in pretending to be asleep! Her cold voice sounded.
"Why did you save me? For my sake?"
Zhu Zhuqing wasn't a narcissistic person, but since her body started to develop two years ago, more and more men's eyes were filled with desire when they looked at her. This was reality! Moreover, she and Yun Ming were strangers.
She didn't believe that the other party could go against the Star Luo Empire and the Zhu Family for her without any other intentions. After thinking about it, Zhu Zhuqing felt that the only thing she had that could attract the other party's attention was her appearance!
As soon as she finished speaking, the bedroom fell silent for a while. Yun Ming could feel the lifelessness in Zhu Zhuqing's tone. Thinking of the other party's age and experiences, he sighed and said softly.
"Miss Zhu, although I know you might not believe it, I really don't want anything from you."
"The reason why I snatched you from your sister's hands was initially just because I thought you were still young. Seeing you die in front of me because of Star Luo's imperial power struggle, I couldn't bear it."
"However, later I discovered that your sister, Zhu Zhuyun's, original intention seemed to be to send you away from the Star Luo Empire, so, even without me, you would have been able to escape successfully!"
Yun Ming felt Zhu Zhuqing's spirit power was disorder when he said this. Yun Ming's words made Zhu Zhuqing feel a little absurd. Yun Ming continued.
"The place we are in now is Star Dou Soul Hunting Town on the outskirts of the Heaven Dou Empire. With your current physical condition, it's best to recover your injuries here first. Otherwise, with your beauty, it's easy to encounter danger outside!"
"Finally, I will be staying in the room next door these days. You can come to me if you need anything. I will arrange for the hotel staff to prepare and help with your daily dressing changes, personal hygiene, and food. When your wound recovers, you can decide where to go next!"
Yun Ming finished what he wanted to say, got up, put away the futon, and walked out of the bedroom.
"Bang ~"
Hearing the sound of the door closing, Zhu Zhuqing came back to her senses. The black eyes lost their past lifelessness and gained a little doubt, suspicion, and hope.
Although she didn't completely believe what Yun Ming had just said, she still cared about Zhu Zhuyun's matter.
She still stepped into the pit Yun Ming left for her. The reason why Yun Ming told Zhu Zhuqing now that her sister might have deliberately sent her away was to hope that she would be honest and not run around before her injury healed. Otherwise, in a place like Soul Hunting Town, it was really dangerous!
However, before Zhu Zhuqing could figure out anything, the pain in her waist pulled her back to reality. Zhu Zhuqing laboriously checked her physical condition. The wound on her waist was very serious, and there were some skin injuries on her limbs. She also confirmed that she did not feel any other abnormalities in her body, and she was also weak.
In the end, she determined that she definitely couldn't run away for the time being, and if it was really as the Ghost Mask Man said, they were now in Soul Hunting Town, it would indeed be very dangerous to run now.
After figuring out the existing difficulties and curiosity about the Zhu Zhuyun incident, Zhu Zhuqing decided to stay. Moreover, judging from the current situation, the Ghost Mask Man did not harm her and even helped her treat her wound.
Treating the wound!
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhuqing also thought of the warmth and security she felt in the Ghost Mask Man's arms before she fainted, as well as the location of her wound. Her face flushed and she felt embarrassed and annoyed.
Before Zhu Zhuqing could figure out these questions, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"Knock knock knock"
Zhu Zhuqing heard the sound and responded softly.
"Come in."
Having obtained Zhu Zhuqing's permission, the person outside pushed the door open and turned on the lights in the room.
As the door opened, Zhu Zhuqing also saw the person who came. It was a woman who looked to be in her early thirties, with ordinary looks, looking like a hotel maid, holding a tray in her hand. Although she couldn't see clearly what was on the tray, the keen sense of smell endowed by her Beast Spirit told her that it was food.
"Miss Zhu, the guest outside hired me to take care of your diet and daily life for the next few days."
Zhu Zhuqing thought of what Yun Ming had just said, and since she really couldn't take care of herself now, she accepted it.
"Thank you…!"
The maid understood what Zhu Zhuqing meant and replied with a smile.
"You're welcome, this is what I should do."
"Miss Zhu doesn't look very old. If you don't mind, you can call me Sister Hong."
Zhu Zhuqing responded.
"Okay!"
Yun Ming, who was in the living room, heard the two of them talking quite harmoniously, so he stopped paying attention to Zhu Zhuqing and turned to start… eating! He hadn't had a good meal in the past two days!