Chapter 506: 506. Chapter 506: It's not serious; I've suffered worse injuries before

506. Chapter 506: It's not serious; I've suffered worse injuries before.

Sòng Běitíng reached out and pulled Qiao Lanhua out from under the blanket: "Silly girl, what are we to do if you keep yourself covered? If you're embarrassed, I won't say those things, okay?"

You go out first.

Qiao Lanhua didn't lift her head to look at Sòng Běitíng.

Sòng Běitíng made her look him in the eye: "I'm your husband; there's nothing about you I haven't…"

Are you going out or not?

Qiao Lanhua sat up straight and said.

Seeing his own wife somewhat angry.

Sòng Běitíng hurriedly said: "I'm going out, I'm going out, take your time getting up."

Qiao Lanhua took a while before opening the door.

Sòng Běitíng took her hand and said: "The food is ready; I had someone make a nourishing soup—drink more later."

Not many days later.

Sòng Běitíng then left the Imperial Capital.

He was gone for about ten days.

Qiao Lanhua was especially worried; she had just thought to ask Qiao Sheng for help finding him when he returned.

"Husband, you've finally come back."

Qiao Lanhua lunged to hug Sòng Běitíng, but before she could touch him she smelled medicine on him: "You… you're injured?"

Sòng Běitíng saw her looking at him with a worried face.

He gently pulled Qiao Lanhua into his embrace and said: "Don't worry, it's just a minor injury; the people who robbed us are hurt worse than we are."

"The people who robbed us? Someone robbed us?"

Qiao Lanhua's heart tightened involuntarily.

Sòng Běitíng took her hand and, as they walked, said: "It's like this—we weren't escorting goods to Ling Xi Cheng, were we? On the way there, passing a mountain path, we ran into about ten bandits…"

"What about those older brothers?"

Qiao Lanhua immediately asked Sòng Běitíng.

Sòng Běitíng replied to Qiao Lanhua: "They, they also got some injuries, just like me—not serious."

Although he said the injuries weren't serious.

Qiao Lanhua still insisted on seeing his wound.

Now.

Sòng Běitíng could no longer hide it.

Qiao Lanhua looked at the wound before her, tears instantly falling: "It's this serious, and you still say it's not serious…"

Sòng Běitíng blurted out a sentence.

"It's really not serious; I've suffered worse injuries before…"

"What!"

Qiao Lanhua exclaimed in surprise.

Sòng Běitíng realized he had let slip, and he explained: "What I mean is, I previously encountered bandits and was injured worse than this time; I also applied scar-removing ointment, otherwise my body would probably still show the wounds."

"This is too dangerous; why not change your line of work?"

Qiao Lanhua didn't want Sòng Běitíng to come to harm.

Sòng Běitíng had to answer: "Okay, I'll consider it."

He'll consider it.

In other words, he might not necessarily switch to another line of work?

Qiao Lanhua opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing.

She didn't know what to do; she couldn't possibly have him change jobs right away, could she?

She thought it over.

The next day, Qiao Lanhua found Qiao Sheng and told him about this.

Qiao Sheng stared for a moment and asked: "Third sister, isn't your husband running a tavern? What cargo is he escorting?"

If she didn't say.

Qiao Lanhua almost forgot that her husband runs a tavern.

She came to her senses.

Qiao Lanhua spoke up: "Big sister, I don't know either."

Suddenly she thought of something.

Qiao Lanhua said: "Big sister, I guess he partnered with those older brothers to open some sort of shop; otherwise, how could he be escorting goods together with them?"

What kind of shop did they actually open?

Is it very profitable?

If not for that, how could Sòng Běitíng possibly endure injury and not give up?

Qiao Sheng pressed his lips and said: "Third sister, I find it a bit awkward to talk about this matter; you'd better discuss it properly with Sòng Běitíng. If he still won't listen, come find me again."

"Alright."

Qiao Lanhua did as Qiao Sheng said.

Upon learning she had gone to see Qiao Sheng, Sòng Běitíng worried that Qiao Sheng would investigate them, so he didn't even rest, soon found an excuse, and left home.