Something's Wrong With My Wife

Chapter 62: I Am a Scholar

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Silence returned to the small courtyard.

Only the sound of the wind and Luo Qingzhou’s heavy breathing could be heard.

He stood where he was, his chest heaving violently.

His clothes were torn and he was covered in bruises.

Many parts of his skin had already split open, and his flesh was mangled.

The pain came in waves.

The strong smell of blood still lingered in his mouth and throat.

All the muscles in his body began to tremble, and his legs began to go weak.

It was not because he was afraid of killing someone for the first time, but because his body and mind, which had been tense for too long, finally relaxed.

After a while.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and staggered a few steps. He leaned against a big tree behind him and slowly sat down.

“Huff… Huff..

His heavy breathing sounded exceptionally clear in the silent forest.

Looking at the corpses and blood in front of him and thinking about the life-and-death battle just now, he felt like he was dreaming.

He actually survived.

After a while.

Xiao Die stepped out from the bushes not far away. She still held the dagger tightly in her hand and ran over with a pale face. She cried, “Young Master…”

“I’m fine. Go search his body.”

Luo Qingzhou stopped her from approaching. The flesh on his entire body hurt from the explosion, and his fists were trembling slightly. The flesh on his fists had already split open, and they were badly mutilated. It was so painful that he did not dare touch it at all.

Xiao Die froze for a while before she walked over to the thin man’s corpse while holding the dagger with trembling hands.

Although she was afraid, she knew that she had to be strong and brave at that moment.

Young Master needed her!

She reached out with a trembling hand and touched the blood-covered corpse.

“Young Master, there’s a… a pouch…” she reported.

This thin man only had a light yellow pouch on him.

Xiao Die took it out.

“Nothing else?”

Luo Qingzhou panted and asked.

Xiao Die touched it again and shook her head, saying with a trembling voice, “N -no.”

Luo Qingzhou’s eyes flickered and he frowned.

This person was a martial artist. It was impossible for him to only have a pouch on him.

At the very least, there should be a lot of silver taels, right?

He looked at the pouch in Xiao Die’s hand and saw that it was bulging. “Open it and see what’s inside,” he instructed.

Hearing this, Xiao Die opened that pouch with trembling hands.

However, the strange thing was that there was nothing inside the bulging pouch.

Xiao Die was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had seen wrongly. She looked outside, then looked inside. She reached in and felt about, but no matter how many times she rummaged in the pouch, there was nothing. The little girl blinked, her face filled with surprise and confusion.

“Spatial pouch?”

Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment before a name suddenly surfaced in his mind.

He immediately became excited.

If it was a spatial pouch, then it was worth it this time!

There should be a lot of things inside!

“Xiao Die, pass me the pouch. Help me up!”

He struggled to stand up.

Xiao Die hurriedly ran over and handed the pouch in her hand to him and helped him stand up.

“Let’s go and see if the others have anything on them.”

This was not the time to check his gains. He had to leave this place quickly.

He carefully put the palm-sized pouch into his pocket and decided to go to Treasure Gathering Pavilion to take a look when he returned.

Xiao Die supported him and walked toward the small path outside.

Luo Qingzhou searched all the corpses.

Strangely, there was nothing on the other corpses. There was not even a tael of silver.

That meant that this pouch was not simple.

The thin man was a martial artist. Perhaps everyone else’s belongings were in this pouch.

Other than silver, there should be something else inside! He was greatly anticipating seeing what items were inside!

“Let’s go, Xiao Die, down the mountain.”

He rested for a while and circulated his inner force cultivation method a few times. The pain in his body lessened a lot.

He was still full of stamina.

After taking a few steps down the mountain, he suddenly stopped and looked at the winding path at the foot of the mountain.

After a pause, he said, “Xiao Die, listen to me.”

His expression was solemn. “I want you to go down this road alone. Remember one thing. Don’t stop. Go straight down and wait for me at the three-way junction below. As you’re walking, don’t look about.”

Xiao Die’s expression changed slightly. “Young Master, you…”

“Don’t be afraid. I’ll follow you from the forest beside the path. It’ll be fine. Just walk forward and don’t look at me.”

Luo Qingzhou gave a few more instructions and walked into the forest beside them.

Although Xiao Die was puzzled and afraid, she did not hesitate and immediately walked down the small path that they had taken when going up the mountain earlier.

She felt uneasy, and her face was still pale with fear because of what had just happened.

Her legs were shaky and she almost fell a few times.

Fortunately, she walked to the foot of the mountain, but nothing happened.

Xiao Die heaved a sigh of relief. She really wanted to turn around and look at Young Master in the forest, but when she thought of what Young Master had instructed her just now, she could only endure it and continue walking forward.

Soon, she reached the fork in the road and continued forward.

At the foot of the mountain, there was silence.

Occasionally, a few birds chirped. It was especially loud and clear in the empty and quiet forest.

Chirp!

A bird chirped loudly and flew across the sky.

In the dense forest on the other side of the path.

Not long after Xiao Die left, a figure slowly walked out from behind a bush. Looking at her petite back view as she walked away, a hint of confusion appeared on his gloomy face. “Looks like they have succeeded… But why did they let the little girl go?”

He threw a glance at the mountain and waited for a moment before walking up quickly.

No matter whether Luo Qingzhou was alive or dead, he had to check to make sure.

If Luo Qingzhou was dead, he had to see that kid’s corpse with his own eyes before he could report back.

The mountain wind blew through the forest.

Soon, a strong smell of blood wafted over.

The man narrowed his eyes and quickened his pace. He sneered in his heart. “It’s a good thing for that kid to die here. After all, he’s with his mother, that slut, now. It can be considered as a reunion between them.”

After climbing the mountain for a while, he finally saw the corpse lying on the ground not far above.

The corpse’s head was caved in and it lay in a pool of blood. He could not even make out its facial features.

“That kid died a tragic death..

With that thought in mind, he endured his disgust and ran toward it.

However, when he neared it and carefully looked at the corpse, he was shocked and his expression changed!

It was not that kid!

The man was shocked and stood there for a while he suddenly turned around and looked at the forest beside him.

The smell of blood got even stronger.

There were corpses there too!

His heart suddenly raced, and his face began to turn pale. He hurriedly ran over.

There was also a corpse lying on the ground at the outermost edge of the forest.

His chest caved in, and his eyes widened. He had died in fear.

It was not that kid either!

His legs began to weaken. He looked up into the depths of the forest.

A few more corpses appeared in the forest.

His face instantly turned pale. He was terrified and his entire body trembled, as if he had thought of something terrifying.

“Are you looking for me?”

Right at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him. It was like a thunderclap, scaring him so much that he suddenly shivered and turned around!

It was still that familiar delicate face.

However, the inferiority and timidity that had always been on this face had already disappeared. In its place was a terrifying calmness.

It was as calm as the deep sea.

Wang Pu’s teeth chattered, and his face turned pale. He squeezed out an ugly smile and stammered, “Third… Third Young Master, why… why are you here?”

Luo Qingzhou stared into his eyes. “You’re holding a dagger. Are you trying to kill me?”

Wang Pu’s hand which was hidden in his sleeve suddenly trembled. Then, a ferocious glint flashed in his eyes as he suddenly let out a hoarse roar. Like a desperate beast, he took out the dagger and stabbed it toward Luo Qingzhou’s chest!

“Die!” he roared.

However, just as the sharp dagger reached Luo Qingzhou’s chest, two fingers grabbed it.

No matter how hard he roared and exerted strength, the man could not push his dagger forward at all. It was as if he had stabbed into a piece of hard iron!

Wang Pu suddenly looked up at the thin youth in front of him with a look of disbelief. “You… You are…

BANG!

Luo Qingzhou punched him in the chest.

Crack!

There was a crisp sound.

Wang Pu fell to the ground. His chest caved in, and his ribs cracked. A large amount of blood gushed out of his throat, instantly occupying his mouth and nose.

He widened his eyes and opened his mouth. He raised his finger with difficulty as if he wanted to speak, but blood kept gushing out of his mouth and nose.

“I’m a scholar… Didn’t you already know that?”

After Luo Qingzhou finished speaking, he stepped on Wang Pu’s sunken chest. Before the latter could make any sound, Luo Qingzhou exerted force with his foot and crushed his heart.

Then, he turned around and left the mountain.

The mountain breeze blew past, and his clothes fluttered in the wind.

Wang Pu widened his eyes and tilted his head. His eyes were bloodshot as he watched his tall figure gradually disappear into the distance.

“S-scholar…’

He continuously spat out blood and let out one last desperate cry.

Then, he died..