Lin Chong's Women's Cuju Team

Just then, Mu Can, who was outside the room, heard Zhang Ruowen coughing and quickly knocked on the door, asking, "Lord Yelü, how are you and Miss Shuang'er? May I come in and give you some medicine?"

"Come in!" Zhang Ruowen leaned against the headboard, replying weakly, his eyes lowered as he looked at the peacefully sleeping Du Rushuang. Before he detoxified her, he had made a promise with Mu Shen that if he successfully detoxified Du Rushuang, he would ask Mu Shen to prepare some nourishing tonic for him. Therefore, Mu Shen had prepared the tonic according to the time and boldly knocked on the door, intending to enter the room to deliver the medicine.

When Mu Shen and Bai He entered the room, they were both horrified by Zhang Ruowen's appearance. Before the detoxification, their adult had a rosy complexion and was full of energy, but after the detoxification, he seemed like a completely different person, pale-faced and dazed, leaning against the headboard. Mu Shen quickly helped the weak Zhang Ruowen and carefully fed him the medicine.

Seeing this, Bai He stepped forward with a pained expression and asked Zhang Ruowen, "Lord Grey Wolf, this mimosa flower is indeed powerful. It actually consumed half of your life's strength. If you hadn't taken medicine to protect your heart meridian beforehand and had such strong internal energy, Mu Shen and I would probably be here to collect your corpse right now."

"Pah! Pah! Baihe, stop gossiping here, or the master will punish you by making you sweep the fallen leaves on the football field and the stables." Mu Can frowned and scolded Baihe.

Bai He, however, appeared nonchalant and unconcerned about Mu Shen's threat. He turned to Zhang Ruowen and asked with a hint of doubt, "My lord, has Sister Shuang'er's poison really been completely cured?"

Zhang Ruowen picked up Du Rushuang's wrist and took her pulse. He pursed his lips and said to Bai He, "I just took Shuang'er's pulse. Her poison should have been completely forced out by the mimosa pollen. Go and pour out the water from the medicinal bath and clean up the poisonous water."

Just as Mu Shen and Bai He were about to turn around and get back to work, Zhang Ruowen suddenly remembered something, tugged at Mu Shen's sleeve and asked him, "Mu Shen, when Shuang'er and I were detoxifying, did the Wolf King or anyone else come by?"

So, Baihe relayed to Zhang Ruowen the story of Ning Zhanyan and Chen Jinhuan's ambush of the Wolf King. Zhang Ruowen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking how fortunate he was to have anticipated that his adoptive father, the Wolf King, would come to stop him from detoxifying Du Rushuang; otherwise, if their detoxification process had been interrupted today, both of them would have been in mortal danger. Zhang Ruowen frowned, feeling a chill run through his body, and his teeth chattered. He glanced at Mucan and Baihe and said, "I'm tired, I want to sleep! You two should quickly pack up the bathtub and leave."

Upon hearing this, Mu Can quickly pulled Bai He away. Bai He looked at Zhang Ruowen's pale face and said with some concern, "My lord, Mu Can and I will take turns guarding the door of the room. If you or Sister Shuang'er need anything, you can call us."

Zhang Ruowen nodded slightly. After Mu Shen and Bai He left, he could no longer hold on. Shivering all over, he knew that Du Rushuang's cold poison had been cured, but he had exhausted too much of his yang energy. Now, his body was immersed in the sub-zero temperatures of minus twenty degrees Celsius, and he felt icy cold to the bone. However, Zhang Ruowen dared not approach Du Rushuang. He wrapped himself tightly in a cotton quilt, lay down on a daybed in the corner of the room, and slept fitfully through the night.

The next morning, Du Rushuang was awakened by the chirping of two orioles in the pear tree. After waking, she touched her side, only to find the man gone. She gently rubbed her eyes and caught a glimpse of Zhang Ruowen, wrapped in a quilt, his body cold, in the corner of the room.

She was taken aback and quickly picked up Zhang Ruowen, letting him lean against her, anxiously calling out, "Ruowen, what's wrong with you? Why are you so cold?"

Zhang Ruowen weakly opened his eyes and said to Du Rushuang in a feeble voice, "Shuang'er, you're awake! I'm fine, I just used up too much yang energy and need to rest in bed. Go and call Mu Shen outside to bring you breakfast and my medicine."

After Mu and Baihe presented the breakfast and medicine, Du Rushuang and Mu helped Zhang Ruowen to take the medicine. Baihe couldn't help but say to Du Rushuang, "Sister Shuang'er, the Wolf King came yesterday, but luckily your brother and Chen Jinhuan drove him away. This time, our Lord Yelü risked his life to cure you of the poison. You mustn't let our Lord's kindness go to waste."

Bai He had barely finished speaking when he heard Zhang Ruowen scold him in a hoarse, weak voice: "Shut up! Get out of here right now." Bai He curled his lip and reluctantly followed Mu Can out of the room.

Du Rushuang quickly said to Zhang Ruowen, "Awen, thank you for risking your life to help me detoxify! I have regained all my memories. I know you didn't lie to me. You and I were very much in love before."

Zhang Ruowen knew that Du Rushuang had finally regained her memory. With tears in his eyes, he reached out and touched Du Rushuang's cheek, and whispered to her, "You finally remember our past. That's wonderful!"

After gazing at each other tenderly for a while, Zhang Ruowen said to Du Rushuang in a threatening tone, "Shuang'er, now that you have regained your memories, I will absolutely not allow you to have any further entanglement with Wu Song, otherwise I will definitely kill Wu Song!"

"No, Ah Wen, I already knew after I regained my memories that the person I love most is you. My relationship with Wu Song was just a twist of fate. After you brought me back to Zixiang Pavilion, I was no longer Du Rushuang. I am Ning Zhanshuang, your Shuang'er." Du Rushuang said to Zhang Ruowen in a coaxing tone.

Seeing Du Rushuang's serious expression, Zhang Ruowen was overjoyed. He quickly took Du Rushuang's hand and gently kissed the back of her hand, saying to her, "Shuang'er, do you know why I would risk my life to detoxify you and prevent my godfather from controlling you anymore?"

Du Rushuang blinked, looking like she was waiting for Zhang Ruowen to give her an answer. Zhang Ruowen's lips curled into a smile, and he said sincerely to Du Rushuang, "Shuang'er, our years of hard work and planning with our godfather are about to succeed. When our godfather's great cause is completed, I will openly marry you as my wife, and then you can bear my children, and we can live the life of an ordinary couple."

Listening to Zhang Ruowen's sweet words, Du Rushuang gazed into his eyes, which held a mixture of excitement and anticipation. A complex mix of emotions welled up within her. Was it anticipation? Was it sweetness? It seemed like neither. Du Rushuang was deeply conflicted. She thought that if she hadn't lost her memory, she might have been overjoyed to hear Zhang Ruowen's words right now. But fate had played a cruel trick on her. After her experience at Zixiang Pavilion, Du Rushuang felt that marriage and children weren't the life she wanted, nor was continuing her life as an assassin through murder and arson. So what did she truly desire?

It's freedom, the freedom of soaring like an eagle across the vast sky. Unbound by convention, carefree wandering the world, killing two villains at the sight of injustice, lending a helping hand to those in need, enjoying breathtaking mountains and rivers, and sharing a hearty drink with Wu Song… How could this be? Why am I thinking of Wu Song again? Didn't she promise Zhang Ruowen she would forget Wu Song and be with him? Du Rushuang wondered if she was going mad.