Chapter 104: Yan Yi's Identity Raises Doubts

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Upon hearing Yan Heru’s words, Shen Hezhi found them quite reasonable and decided to bring the two men back to the post station. As for the elder brother they mentioned, Yan Heru led a group to the cave where they found him and also brought him back to the post station.

Back at the post station, the two men became noticeably more restrained, no longer as reckless as they had been earlier at the teahouse. It seemed they understood that there was no chance of escape from this place.

“Until your elder brother wakes up, you’ll stay here properly. I won’t harm you for now, so you don’t need to worry. However, I have not forgiven you for kidnapping my princess, so you’d better think carefully about how to calm my anger,” Shen Hezhi said before taking Yan Heru back to the bedroom.

Though the two men showed no intention of observing them at the moment, guards were still necessary. In reality, they were still confined, with little difference from before. Shen Hezhi assigned Shen Yi to keep a constant watch on them; if they showed any sign of attempting to escape or harboring other malicious intentions, they were to be captured immediately.

Returning to the room, Shen Hezhi immediately embraced Yan Heru tightly. She could clearly feel the trembling in his body—he was genuinely afraid. Yan Heru had never known that her disappearance could cause someone to worry so deeply. She had always been alone, never cared for like this before.

Shen Hezhi was like a ray of sunlight in her life, illuminating her dark path.

“My lord, I’m sorry for making you worry,” Yan Heru said with guilt.

Shen Hezhi held her tightly and replied, “This isn’t your fault, and you have no reason to apologize. Even if it were your doing, you wouldn’t need to say sorry to me. As long as it’s you, you never have to say that. Your safety is the most important thing to me.”

“I should have immediately put down what I was doing when I disappeared. There must be many things to handle now,” Yan Heru said, still feeling guilty.

No matter how Shen Hezhi reassured her that he did not blame her, Yan Heru’s heart could not help but feel remorseful due to his tenderness.

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If it weren’t for her, Shen Hezhi would likely still be fully focused on military camp affairs.

Seemingly seeing through her thoughts, Shen Hezhi suddenly grasped Yan Heru’s shoulders, making her look into his eyes. “Stop overthinking now. Remember, as long as you’re safe, everything else is unimportant. Without you, I wouldn’t have come here at all. And if not for you, I might already be dead.”

Just as he spoke, his words were cut off by a pair of soft hands covering his mouth. Yan Heru frowned, “Don’t say such ominous things. Your illness is no longer a problem; in a few days, you should be completely healed.”

She paused, then spoke with a hint of concern, “Though a few days remain before full recovery, those days are critical. If possible, I think it’s best for you to stay by my side until then. After that, your health will be completely restored, and you can do whatever you wish. But I wonder if there are urgent matters at the camp these days that require your attention.”

Yan Heru was deeply worried, having completely forgotten that she was the one who had just been captured. Everyone was worried about her at that moment.

Shen Hezhi was very pleased by Yan Heru’s care and couldn’t help but kiss her. Yan Heru, lost in thoughts about the treatment, hadn’t noticed his actions and thus allowed it to happen.

However, she quickly realized and pushed him away, “My lord! We’re discussing something very important now. How can you be so careless? It’s your health—we should pay attention to it!”

Shen Hezhi shook his head with a smile and embraced her again. “It’s not important. You are the most important. Without you, I wouldn’t want to live.”

Yan Heru was stunned by his words. What kind of man could be so good to her? This made her suddenly think of her fiancé back in the modern world, who had once treated her so well, but in the end...

A faint shadow appeared in her eyes, but it did not escape Shen Hezhi’s notice. “My lady, is something troubling you? Did I say something wrong just now?”

Yan Heru shook her head. “It’s not your fault. I just thought of some unhappy things. It’s okay, they’re all in the past. If there really are important matters, I should handle them first. The treatment you’re giving me can be postponed; it won’t have much impact.”

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“But I still hope you can free up a week within this month, so that after the crab treatment, my lord will have no more worries.”

“All right, three days from now then. I should finish recent matters within three days. After that, I’ll rest here for a week while you treat me.”

“Okay.”

After happily agreeing on the schedule, Yan Heru suddenly asked about Yan Yi.

“My lord, do you really know Yan Yi?” The two were sitting on the bed; Yan Heru nestled in Shen Hezhi’s arms.

“I do know him, but as I said, we have little connection. At most, we’re acquaintances, not even friends,” Shen Hezhi replied.

This answer puzzled Yan Heru. “But if you don’t know him well, why does the cold poison on his body match yours? And those two men, his younger brothers, also know you have cold poison?”

“Oh?” Shen Hezhi was somewhat surprised. “That shouldn’t be possible. Very few people know about the cold poison in me. Yan Yi is just a passerby to me. How could I have told him such a thing?”

“Could it be that he is connected to the person who poisoned you back then?” Yan Heru speculated.

Hearing this, Shen Hezhi began to think. “That’s very possible. When I first met Yan Yi, the cold poison in my body wasn’t severe. I wasn’t even sure if it was cold poison at that time. Shortly after meeting Yan Yi, the doctor confirmed I had cold poison.”