Tang Qingli swiftly came to open the cage, and Gu Lili slowly opened her eyes, catching sight of Long Yubei holding a longsword, standing there.

Like a god descending to the mortal realm, so majestic.

That nightmare was a premonition...

Her eyes reddened, and she croaked for a doctor, "Husband!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Long Yubei looked over, took quick steps towards her, and pulled her into his arms. His gaze fell on her legs, his face icy to the extreme.

In that moment, Gu Lili’s heart completely settled down, she looked at him with teary eyes, "It hurts..."

Unable to bear her pitiful state, Long Yubei wished he could immediately execute the Masked Man.

"Take him back for confinement, wait for my disposition."

"Yes, young master, what about his men?"

"What do you think?" He glanced sidelong at Tang Qingli, "Do I need to tell you?"

"I understand."

Gu Lili was carried out of the basement by him, and she couldn’t help but glance at the cluster of snakes, nearly reaching the cage.

She shuddered inwardly, reached out her hand, and clung tighter to his neck, "How did you know I was here?"

He didn’t speak, just held her and kept walking out.

Seeing that he didn’t respond, Gu Lili attempted to move, "Say something."

"I don’t want to talk."

"Then never speak again."

Long Yubei looked down at her disheveled and puffed-up little face, his tone lacked warmth as he said, "Heading straight into a trap alone and ending up like this; dare you do this again in the future?"

"It’s different." She got even angrier, "You still have the nerve to scold me? Whose fault is this? Why was I captured here to suffer? Not only do you attract women, but men as well, what’s the point of having such a flirtatious husband?! Am I supposed to carry a fly swatter all day to swat flies by your side?"

"..."

After sending him onto the plane, she directly carried him into the airplane’s bathroom, placed him in the bathtub, turned on the water, and started removing her clothes despite the pain, washed up, and then was carried by him to the bed where he applied medicine to her.

"Who is he really?!"

"Yuan Yi." Long Yubei said somberly, "A college classmate. Do you know why he wears a mask?"

"How would I know."

"He has a scar on his face." He applied the medicine and sat by her side, speaking calmly, "I was the one who did it, I had already warned him not to set his sights on me, but I never expected that after all this time, he’d turn his attention to you, incurable."

Gu Lili lay down, the medicine he applied was cool and soothing.

"I want to fight back."

"Alright." He couldn’t help saying, "But he can’t die, otherwise his family won’t let it go. He dared to harm you this time, I’ll make sure he pays a not insignificant price."

Gu Lili’s gaze fell on his longsword, "That nightmare I had, it was the scene of you coming into the basement today. I thought it was just a bad dream, I didn’t expect it to be a premonition of my predicament. What sword is that?"

"It can be used as both sword and spear, a dual-purpose weapon, it’s named the Jiuquan Sword."

"May I take a look?"

He handed it to her, saying, "This is a weapon of the Long Family, passed down from generation to generation, and it never rusts, always looking brand new every day; no one else could possibly forge an identical sword."

Gu Lili examined it and noticed that the green Jiuquan Sword was engraved with the pattern of a dragon, alongside ancient script, which she couldn’t understand.

Handing it back to him, she frowned, "I feel like being your wife involves not just the glory of the title, but also physical danger. This job as your wife is not easy to hold."