Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man did not raise his head. He sat curled up against a corner of the bed, with his head buried in his knees, making it impossible to see his face clearly. He was trembling, as if he was afraid of something.
He was bound by iron chains around his wrists and ankles, and the other end of the chains was tied to the bedpost. The chains were not short and seemed to allow the prisoner to move around the room.
But Yan Shu reckoned that he didn't move around very often. The man's wrists and ankles were bound bloody by the chains for too long, and the wounds even turned out pus, showing a faint tendency to rot.
In addition to the iron chain, there was also a heavy iron hoop around his neck, which also caused shocking scars on his neck.
"Excuse me..." Yan Shu took two steps towards the bed, and flinched again in fear when he saw the man.
Yan Shu had no choice but to stop.
Yan Shu always felt that the person on the bed looked familiar, but the person was tense and curled up so tightly that Yan Shu couldn't see his face at all, and his figure was also thin, with a strange morbidity.
"Excuse me, may I ask..." Yan Shu hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Don't hit me... don't hit me, please..." the man suddenly cried.
The familiar voice was like thunder falling on his ears. Yan Shu's eyes widened for a moment. He staggered two steps, stumbled and ran to the bed, and asked in a trembling voice: "Li Changtian?! Is that you? Look up! What's going on? ,how so."
Li Changtian cried even more fiercely because of fear, he kept hiding back, as if he wanted to get into the wall.
"What's wrong with you..." Yan Shu couldn't breathe smoothly, and his voice trembled more and more.
"He's stupid."
Suddenly someone sighed and said softly.
Yan Shu turned his head and saw Shen Chao standing there.
Shen Chao put some healing medicines on the round yellow wooden table, and while untying the rope on Yan Shu's wrist, he said: "After the princess died, he became like this."
"The princess is dead?" Yan Shu was stunned.
"Yes, the one killed by Han Ya is hard to explain. The princess is not Han Ya's biological daughter, but a maid who went to Beidi to get married for the real princess." Shen Chao sighed.
Yan Shu suddenly understood why Li Changtian chose to go back to Tianque Villa so resolutely when they parted that day.
"This key can untie the iron chain on his body." Shen Chao handed Yan Shu a small iron key, "I put the healing medicine on the table, Lord Yan, don't panic, I will try my best to sort it out. It is not appropriate to stay for a long time, and leave first."
"Thank you." Yan Shu nodded.
Shen Chao bowed his hands and saluted, then turned and left.
Yan Shu took a few deep breaths, looked up at Li Changtian again.
At first, Yan Shu only felt that the injuries on his body were shocking, but now, those injuries seemed to appear on Yan Shu's heart one after another, and they were being torn mercilessly.
"Li Changtian..." Yan Shu tried his best to soften his tone and gently caressed his blue hair, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, just look up and look at me."
With a soothing voice, like a warm spring breeze, Li Changtian actually raised his head slowly, revealing his forehead and eyes full of bloodshot and fear.
The moment they met those familiar eyes, it seemed that there was a withered sharp claw, scratching Yan Shu's heart fiercely, squeezing and squeezing Yan Shu mercilessly.
"If..." Yan Shu gritted her teeth tightly, her tone full of remorse and sorrow, "If I know that there will be such a day, even if I knock you out, even if you hold grudges, I will definitely take you away..."
But there are no 'what if' and 'if' in this world.
Yan Shu stretched out his hand, trying to take off the iron band around Li Changtian's neck: "Don't be afraid, I took this iron band for you, it won't hurt you, and it won't hurt you."
"This, this... can't be taken..." Li Changtian trembled suddenly, his voice was crying and begging for mercy, he said to Yan Shu, "If I take it off...someone will beat me, woooooo, I will be beaten..."
Yan Shu: "..."
Seeing Li Changtian's appearance, Yan Shu couldn't calm down. He closed his eyes and turned his head, gritted his teeth, and clenched his hands tightly, trying to restrain his emotions. When he recovered, Yan Shu's palm was crushed by the iron key. It was red and painful.
But no matter how much it hurts, it doesn't hurt more than the chest and heart.
It took Yan Shu a long time to stop the trembling in his voice. While reaching for the iron band around Li Changtian's neck, he softly comforted him: "No, with me here, I will definitely not let you suffer again."
After taking off the iron hoop, Yan Shu went to untie the iron chain on Li Changtian's body.
Li Changtian was shaking all the time, and he didn't know whether it was because he was afraid or because he was in too much pain.
He really lost a lot of weight, even thinner than when Yan Shu saw him for the first time, his bones were so thin, it can be seen that after being trapped here, he barely ate.
Yan Shu untied the blood-stained iron chains, and threw them together with the iron hoops where Li Changtian could not see them. Then he picked up the medicine on the table and sat on the side of the bed.
When Yan Shu was doing these things just now, Li Changtian had been watching him secretly, and when he saw Yan Shu walking over, he lowered his head again.
Although there is no restraint, Li Changtian is still curled up tightly, as if surrounded by sharp stabs of swords, if he relaxes and stretches his body a little, he will be riddled with holes.
Yan Shu felt pain in his heart.
Yan Shu couldn't help wondering whether Li Changtian had suffered other hardships besides being separated from his sister, or had he been given medicine.
After all, when Li Changtian was slandered and imprisoned and tortured, he was still joking with himself cheerfully.
With such a tough and optimistic temperament, how could he be crazy if he said it.
Or, he actually didn't know Li Changtian at all.
"Don't be afraid." Yan Shu whispered, trying to comfort her, "It's okay, Li Changtian, do you still remember me?"
"Who are you..." Li Changtian raised his head slightly, and said stammeringly, "I, I don't remember."
Yan Shu's eyes darkened.
"But, for some reason..." Li Changtian sobbed softly, "I don't think you will hurt me."
Yan Shu was a little surprised, but after the surprise, there was a tinge of joy in the bottom of his heart, like a thousand mountains flying snow, thousands of trails of people disappearing, and suddenly glimpsed a faint fragrance and bright red in the mountains.
He secretly blamed himself for being untimely, and stretched out his hand to lightly press Li Changtian's shoulder: "My surname is Yan and my name is Shu, and I am your... best friend."
Li Changtian choked with fear: "Will you hit me..."
Yan Shu shook his head firmly: "I won't beat you, let alone hurt you, but you have injuries, and it will hurt when I give you medicine."
Yan Shu's soft voice made Li Changtian slowly let go of his guard and fear. He no longer tensed up, and gradually relaxed. He asked in a low voice, "Do I have to take medicine?"
"Yeah." Yan Shu nodded.
Li Changtian lowered his head, hesitating very much, and said aggrievedly after a long time: "Then you...be gentle..."
Yan Shu: "Okay."
Yan Shu reached out and gently held Li Changtian's hand where there was no wound, and pulled his arm to carefully examine his injury.
The condition of the wounds is not optimistic. Several places have been strangled extremely deeply, and bones can be seen faintly. If no bandages are applied, the wounds may deteriorate.
Yan Shu frowned, found a clean towel in the room, and washed Li Changtian's wound with the thirst-quenching water from the celadon slim-necked jug on the table, and finally applied medicine to bandage it.
"Hmm..." Although Yan Shu's movements were extremely light, Li Changtian was still shaking from the pain, and kept shrinking back.
Yan Shu made up his mind, grabbed Li Changtian's hand, pressed down on his knee, so that no one could hide, and quickly treated the injuries on his wrist and ankle.
As soon as Yan Shu let go, Li Changtian immediately hid his hands behind his back, curled up into a ball, his eyes were red with tears at the corners of his eyes.
Yan Shu couldn't bear to look at him like this, so he lowered his eyes and said, "The injury on the neck also needs medicine."
As soon as Yan Shu finished speaking, Li Changtian flinched.
"Don't be afraid." Yan Shu put his arms around Li Changtian's waist, and pulled him towards him.
"Yan Shu." Li Changtian suddenly grabbed Yan Shu's left wrist, and said whimperingly, "I don't need the medicine anymore, can I use it tomorrow, okay? Tomorrow, I will use it tomorrow, Yan Shu, woo woo woo."
Yan Shu: "..."
Yan Shu held his forehead with one hand, took a few deep breaths, and it took him a long time to harden his heart, and forced out a sentence through the gap between his teeth: "... No, if you take the medicine one day later, the wound will heal one day later."
Li Changtian sobbed softly for a while, and then asked: "Then, after the medicine is finished on the neck, can you breathe?"
Yan Shu was startled: "Huhu?"
what's huhu
"Well, it doesn't hurt anymore after whirring." Li Changtian said.
Yan Shu lowered his head and thought about what 'huhu' is.
Li Changtian wanted to cry, "Can't you?"
Yan Shu hurriedly said: "...OK."
Li Changtian stopped crying, and although he was still curled up, his body relaxed. He obediently asked Yan Shu to wrap a cotton cloth around his neck.
After Yan Shu bandaged Li Changtian's neck, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Huhu?"
Li Changtian nodded.
Yan Shu pondered for a moment, then hesitantly asked: "... huh... huh... what is it?"
Li Changtian pointed to Yan Shu's lips, then pointed to his own neck wrapped in a white cloth, and said in a low voice, "It hurts, hoo hoo."
Yan Shu: "..."
Yan Shu looked at Li Changtian, and saw tears welling up in the corners of his eyes, and his eyes were red.
This kind of Li Changtian seemed to have fallen from the top of a mountain, covered in bruises and bruises all over his body, Yan Shu couldn't help thinking that Li Changtian, who used to be unrestrained, would also be so vulnerable and helpless.
Yan Shu reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of Li Changtian's eyes, stroked the back of Li Changtian's neck very lightly, pulled him closer to her, then leaned over and kissed the wound on his neck lightly.
The bright moon was quiet and the candlelight was flickering. It was a kiss without any lust. He was full of piety, begging to kiss away the pain and anxiety.
"Hiss..." Suddenly, Li Changtian took a breath.
"I'm sorry." Yan Shu looked up in a panic, "Did I press on the wound?"
"En." Li Changtian nodded with red eyes.
Yan Shu annoyed and blamed himself: "Does it hurt?"
Li Changtian didn't answer immediately, sobbed twice, and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Yan Shu was taken aback: "What?"
Li Changtian pointed to Yan Shu's arm cautiously.
Yan Shu looked down.
It turned out that when he was fighting the Jackdaw Assassin just now, a shallow bloodstain was drawn on his arm at some point, and the torn clothes were stained with dark red.
This little injury was really insignificant, Yan Shu covered it up indifferently: "It doesn't hurt."
Li Changtian tried his best to stop his sobs, and said in a low voice.
"You don't hurt, then...then I don't hurt either..."