On How To Defeat Dr. Qing Leng Chapter 54

Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Let’s eat first

The weather was excellent the next day, with a clear blue sky and sunshine shining on the vast grassland, making every blade of grass shine brightly.

Pei Yan was still wearing this outfit and a hat, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible.He found a spot behind a raised hill and looked towards the open space of the pasture in the distance through the cover of a few bushes.

A lot of people had gathered there.Several young people in the project team, as well as young men and women from several nearby herdsmen’s families, could faintly hear the laughter and laughter from a distance.Pei Yan’s eyes locked on that thin figure almost immediately.

Wen Yelan wore a light gray windproof jacket and dark overalls today, which made her legs appear thin and straight.Standing in a group of people, someone around him was smiling and saying something to him. He tilted his head slightly to listen, nodding occasionally.

Soon, several horses that were led over became the focus.Wen Yelan was pushed by Senior Brother Zhou and walked to a relatively docile maroon horse.The herdsmen enthusiastically explained the essentials and helped adjust the stirrups.Wen Yelan listened very carefully, then grabbed the saddle and got on the horse neatly.Complete it in one go, straighten your back, and sit on the horse in a natural and beautiful posture.

Pei Yan watched from a distance, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.The sun fell on Wen Yelan, and the wind blew the black hair on his forehead. He squinted slightly and adjusted for a while, then gently pinched the horse’s belly, and the bay-red horse started running at a small trot.

Wen Yelan learned quickly and found the rhythm in just a few strokes.He relaxed his body and followed the ups and downs of the horse’s running. His arms steadily controlled the reins, and he gradually accelerated, running in a smooth arc on the grass.The wind puffed up his coat, and the sunlight outlined his smooth shoulders, neck and waistline.

At that moment, he was no longer the Wen Yelan who was curled up on the sofa holding a doll and in need of care, nor was he the pale and shaky Wen Yelan at the banquet.He is vivid, free, with a vigorous vitality, as if he should belong to this world.

Pei Yan was amazed.In a corner of my heart, the string that had been tight was quietly loosening.Saihan’s words echoed in his ears – “What he is afraid of is becoming a bird in a cage… He is like that kind of person… who looks quiet, but is actually very strong in his bones and wants to fly high and see far away.”

What Wen Yelan needs is the sky, the grassland, and the direction in which he can run freely.What he should do is not to build a cage to lock him next to him, but to become someone who can ride side by side with him and look into the distance together.

Pei Yan felt a little hot in his eyes.He quietly clenched his fist and then unclenched it.It’s time to leave.He shouldn’t be bothered until he’s really ready.

He took one last deep look at the increasingly comfortable figure on the horse, turned around, and planned to leave quietly.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise over there.

The maroon horse that Wen Yelan was riding suddenly let out a sharp neigh, raised its front hooves high, and suddenly jumped to one side!Wen Yelan’s body on horseback shook violently and he was almost thrown off!

“Be careful—!”

Pei Yan’s heart almost stopped beating at that moment.Before my brain had time to think, a hoarse and anxious cry burst out from my mouth!

The sound was not particularly loud. It was mixed in with the sound of wind, the neighing of horses, and the exclamations of the crowd, so it was not very abrupt.But for Wen Yelan, who had always been focused, it was like thunder exploding in his ears!

That’s… Pei Yan’s voice?!

Wen Yelan turned his head sharply in the turbulence and glanced sharply in the direction of the sound.At the same moment, he suppressed his fear and his body reacted instinctively. He lowered his body and grabbed the reins with both hands, trying to control the frightened horse.Fortunately, the bay-red horse was not violent. After the initial fright passed, with the joint efforts of Wen Yelan and the herdsmen who came quickly, he was gradually calmed down and stopped breathing heavily.

Wen Yelan turned over and dismounted, staggering a little.The rough leather abraded his palms because of the hard pull on the reins. His knees also bumped into the hard part of the saddle during the violent jolt, and there was a dull pain from the bushes.But he couldn’t care about that at the moment. After standing firm, he immediately looked at the hillock again.

It was empty except for the blades of grass blown by the wind.It was as if the anxious “be careful” just now was just his imagination.

Is it an illusion?So true.The worry and panic in that voice were unforgettable.

“Dr. Wen! Are you okay?” Senior Brother Zhou and several team members gathered around him, looking scared.

“It’s okay.” Wen Yelan shook his head, his voice a little tight, but his eyes were still locked in that direction.He moved his wrist subconsciously and felt a stinging pain. When he lowered his head, he saw that the skin on his palm was indeed broken and bloodshot.The pants at the knees were also torn, and the skin was burning. It was probably a serious injury.

“Oops, my hand is broken! I also broke my knee? Go back and take care of it!” Senior Brother Zhou’s sharp eyes saw the injury on his hand and the damage to his trousers, and he hurriedly called people.

Wen Yelan was surrounded by everyone and walked back, but his mind was not here at all.While dealing with everyone’s concerns, he stared at the area with his peripheral vision.Just now, he seemed to have caught a glimpse of a vague shadow and quickly retracted it.

There are a few unused old tents next to the camp, with some debris piled up.Wen Yelan was helped to sit on a wooden stake next to a tent. Xiao Wang, who was responsible for logistics and simple medical treatment in the team, had already ran over with a medical kit.

“Brother Wen, let me clean and disinfect the wound on your hand first.” Xiao Wang is a young man who has just graduated. He is meticulous in his work and squats down to open the medical kit.

Wen Yelan let him move, but his eyes drifted to the old tent piled with debris not far away.The tent’s canvas swayed slightly in the wind, and there seemed to be something… unnatural around the edge of the shadow cast.Like a tight shadow belonging to a person, it was carefully hidden behind the corner on the other side of the tent.

Wen Yelan’s heart skipped a beat, and immediately, an emotion that he couldn’t tell whether it was anger, grievance or something else suddenly rushed up.It’s him.It must be Pei Yan.He actually came!Still hiding there and watching!

Xiao Wang dipped a cotton swab in iodine and carefully wiped the wound on Wen Yelan’s palm.”Hiss…” The cold sting made Wen Yelan take a slight breath and frown.

“Bear with me, Brother Wen. You’ll be fine soon.” Xiao Wang’s movements became gentler.

Wen Yelan looked at Xiao Wang’s focused side face, then glanced at the shadow that seemed to be moving, and an idea suddenly came to him.He pursed his lips, and after cleaning his palms and putting a band-aid on them, he suddenly spoke, his voice not loud, but clear enough: “The knee… seems to be hurting too.”

Xiao Wang immediately raised his head: “The pants are frayed. I guess they are injured. Let me take a look.” As he said this, he was about to roll up Wen Yelan’s trouser legs.

Wen Yelan didn’t move, his eyes swept around the corner of the tent vaguely.He could feel that the shadow froze.

“Sorry to trouble you.” Wen Yelan said to Xiao Wang in a calm tone.

Xiao Wang nodded and carefully rolled up Wen Yelan’s right trouser leg above his knee.Sure enough, there was a scrape on the knee, the skin was turned over, blood was oozing out, and the surrounding area was red and swollen. It looked more serious than the injury on the hand.

“This needs to be disinfected well, and you may need to apply some ointment, otherwise it will be easy to get infected.” Xiao Wang said, taking out a new cotton swab and ointment.

Wen Yelan said “hmm” and lowered his eyes, watching Xiao Wang’s movements, but his ears were erect, trying his best to catch the movement on the other side of the tent.He could imagine what Pei Yan looked like at this moment – gritting his teeth, clenching his fists, staring here, watching another man touch his leg and treat his wound.

With Pei Yan’s temper, this was tantamount to torture.

The iodine swab touches the wound, causing a sharper sting.Wen Yelan’s body trembled almost imperceptibly, and his breathing was slightly heavy.He heard an extremely slight and rapid gasp from the other side of the tent, as if someone had suddenly covered their mouth.

Xiao Wang focused on the wound, did not notice any abnormality, and began to apply ointment.

Wen Yelan’s heart sank a little bit.Pei Yan was right there, watching and listening, but he didn’t dare to come out.Is it because you promised to give him time?Or is it because you feel shameless to see him?Or…can he really endure it?

Just when Xiao Wang applied the ointment and got closer to apply gauze, Wen Yelan clearly saw from the corner of his eye that the shadow under the shadow of the tent shook violently, as if it wanted to rush out, but stopped abruptly.Then, the sound of extremely suppressed heavy breathing came faintly from a short distance away.

Enough.

Wen Yelan suddenly reached out and gently pressed Xiao Wang’s hand that was about to apply gauze.

Xiao Wang was stunned: “Brother Wen?”

Wen Yelan didn’t look at him, and looked straight at the corner of the tent. Her voice was not loud, but it was cold: “Xiao Wang, thank you, I will do the rest myself.”

Xiao Wang was a little confused, but he still let go of his hand and handed him the gauze and tape.

Wen Yelan didn’t answer.He held on to the wooden stake, endured the pain in his knees, and stood up slowly.The movement was a bit laborious, but he stood firm.Then, he limped towards the corner of the tent and walked over step by step.

With every step he took, his knees felt excruciating pain, but his expression did not change at all.His eyes were glued to the shadow.

The person behind the tent didn’t seem to expect that he would come directly over. The shadow froze for a moment, and then seemed a little panicked. It seemed that he wanted to hide back, but there was already a tent cloth behind him, and there was nowhere to retreat.

Wen Yelan walked to the corner and stopped.He saw the man huddled in the shadow of the angle between the tent and the ground, wearing a Mongolian robe with the brim of his hat held very low.The man lowered his head, clenched his hands into fists, his knuckles turned white, and his body was trembling slightly.

Wen Yelan looked at him silently, his chest rising and falling, and he couldn’t tell whether he was angry or in pain.

Pei Yan finally slowly raised his head.Under the brim of his hat, his eyes were red and bloodshot, filled with overwhelming heartache, regret and confusion, as well as deep love.He looked at the dazzling wound and gauze on Wen Yelan’s knee. His lips trembled a few times before he uttered a hoarse and broken voice: “You…you…”

He said “you” to you for a long time, but said nothing. He suddenly turned his face away, wiped his eyes hard, and when he turned back, the water in his eyes was heavier, but he held on, and said incoherently in an almost desperate and willing tone: “I…I was wrong…you can punish me however you want…if you want to kill me or cut me into pieces…it’s up to you…first…can you let him help you get the medicine first? Please…”

As he spoke, his hands shook violently. He hurriedly touched his pocket, took out a mobile phone, lit the screen with trembling fingers, unlocked it, and handed it to Wen Yelan.What is displayed on the screen is the details of the ticket order leaving Hohhot this evening.

“I…I didn’t want to disturb you…really…just take a look…I’ve bought the air tickets…I’ll leave in the afternoon…I…” His voice was choked so hard that every word seemed to be squeezed out of his throat, with a humble plea, “You put the medicine on first…the wound is tight…I promise…I promise not to bother you…”

Wen Yelan looked at his red eyes, trembling hands, and the clear flight information on the screen of his mobile phone.The stagnation in his chest suddenly dissipated.

He just asked Xiao Wang to help, and he did have a temptation.He wanted to know if Pei Yan was still the same as before, so controlling that he couldn’t stand others touching him at all, and would rush out to stop him at all costs.If that’s the case…

But Pei Yan didn’t.He held back.Even though his eyes were red and his whole body was shaking in pain, he still endured it and only dared to watch in the shadows, not even daring to come out until he came over.He also bought a ticket for the afternoon.

He remembered his words and gave him the time and space he wanted, even if he was suffering terribly.

He is also trying to change.Awkward, hard, but changing.

Wen Yelan was silent for a long time, until the light in Pei Yan’s eyes dimmed little by little.

Then, Wen Yelan sighed softly.In that sigh, there was fatigue, relief, and something soft that Pei Yan couldn’t understand.

“Ointment and gauze.” Wen Yelan said in a calm voice to Xiao Wang who was a little dull behind him.

Xiao Wang quickly handed over the things.

Wen Yelan took it, but did not deal with it himself. Instead, he glanced at Pei Yan, who was still frozen in place and was at a loss. His tone did not fluctuate: “Your hands are not shaking anymore?”

Pei Yan was stunned and looked at him blankly.

“Come here when you stop shaking.” Wen Yelan turned around and slowly walked back to the wooden stake where he was sitting just now, “Help me apply the medicine.”

Pei Yan seemed to be hit by a huge surprise. He was completely stunned and couldn’t believe his ears.It wasn’t until Wen Yelan sat down again on the wooden stake and glanced back at him that he suddenly reacted and almost rushed over, knocking his knees on the ground without caring, and took the ointment and gauze in Wen Yelan’s hand.

“I…I’ll do it! I’ll be gentle!” His voice was still trembling.He knelt in front of Wen Yelan and looked up at him, his eyes bright and cautious.

Wen Yelan said nothing, but stretched his injured leg forward a little.

Pei Yan took a deep breath and forced his trembling hands to stabilize.Unscrew the ointment, use your fingertips to scoop out a little bit, and apply it on the injured area of ​​Wen Yelan’s knee.His fingertips were very hot, touching the slightly cool skin, causing Wen Yelan to shiver slightly.

Every time he applied it, he looked up at Wen Yelan’s face, for fear of hurting him.Wen Yelan just lowered her eyes and watched his movements. There was no expression on her face, but her tight lip lines relaxed a little.

After applying the ointment, Pei Yan picked up the gauze, gestured, covered it carefully, and then fixed it with tape.It wasn’t until he finished the last lap that he seemed to have completed an extremely important task. He breathed a long sigh of relief, and even a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

He was still kneeling there without getting up, looking up at Wen Yelan like a believer waiting for judgment.

Wen Yelan moved his knee, and it seemed that the pain was less.He looked at Pei Yan for a long time, looking at his red eyes and messy hair, and the last hard shell in his heart quietly melted.

“Get up.” Wen Yelan said.

Pei Yan quickly stood up, but because his legs were numb from kneeling for a long time, he staggered and almost fell again. He awkwardly held on to the wooden stake next to him.

Wen Yelan looked at his clumsy look, and a ripple flashed across his eyes very quickly.

“What time is the flight?” he asked.

“Seven…seven twenty.” Pei Yan replied immediately, his heart beating wildly.

Wen Yelan glanced at his watch, and then at Pei Yan, who looked dusty and with red eyes.”Have you eaten?” he asked.

Pei Yan shook his head honestly: “Not yet.”

“Let’s go eat first.” Wen Yelan supported the wooden stake and tried to stand up on his own.

Pei Yan immediately stepped forward to help him, but stopped halfway with his hand and looked at Wen Yelan hesitantly.

Wen Yelan glanced at him and said nothing, but gently put his arm on Pei Yan’s stretched out forearm.

At that moment, Pei Yan felt a huge wave of warmth and pain rushing straight to the top of his head, making his nose sore and almost stopped.He calmed down and carefully supported Wen Yelan, allowing him to stand up.

“Can you leave? How about… I carry you?” Pei Yan asked, his voice hoarse.

“No need.” Wen Yelan refused, but the strength on his arm did not loosen, “Just walk slowly.”

The two of them were like this, in a strange and intimate posture, with Wen Yelan half leaning on Pei Yan, limping towards the tent where meals were prepared next to the station.The sun shone on them, stretching their shadows long and gradually blending together.

Behind him, Xiao Wang and several other team members who had witnessed the whole process looked at each other with shock and gossip written on their faces.

Not far away, Saihan stood at the door of his tent with his arms folded, looking at the backs of the two people leaning on each other as they walked away, a bright and understanding smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

“Look,” she whispered to herself, waving her hands and raising her braid behind her: “I’ve been tossing and tossing, but I still can’t give up.”