This shadow guard is kinda nice

The night was the most alluring, Xiao Yichen was sitting on the window sill, with one leg hanging down, swaying for a while, the moon was hanging high in the sky, Xiao Yichen's face was hidden in the hazy moonlight, no expression could be discerned.

The curtain was not put down, and by the bright moonlight, one could clearly see that it was a pale man with slightly frowning eyebrows, even in his sleep.

As the night gradually deepened, the eyelids of the person on the bed trembled, and his fingertips twitched. Suddenly, he opened his eyes with a slightly dazed expression.

Mo Ran didn't know when and where he was.

Consciousness slowly returned, and his expression became clearer.

He remembered that when he was injured and fell down that day, he thought he had fallen to the ground, but unexpectedly, he fell into... the arms of his master.

Thinking of this, he sat up involuntarily, and made a bigger movement, the dull pain in his chest gradually became clearer, and he hissed belatedly.

It still hurts.

"woke up?"

With the characteristic hoarse voice after sleeping, it came from the window.

Mo Ran turned his head sharply, Xiao Yichen's figure was half hidden in the moonlight, he couldn't see Xiao Yichen's expression clearly, but felt that the master was angry for no reason.

Can't say why, just intuition.

He staggered up, trying to kneel down on the ground.

"What to do? Lie down."

Mo Ran stopped his movements, and looked at Xiao Yichen in a daze.

Xiao Yichen closed the window casually, a little of the bright moonlight disappeared, and the room became dark for a while.

Mo Ran clenched his fist unconsciously, his fingertips sank deeply into his palm, and his heart couldn't help but clenched into a ball.The closed house, the dim environment, and the master who couldn't figure out his expression all made him uneasy.

Xiao Yichen approached and sat on the side of the bed. He stretched out his hand, took Mo Ran's clenched hands hanging by his side, and opened them one by one.

On the white palm, some red crescents were imprinted, and blood oozes from the serious ones.

Mo Ran looked down at the palm that was bruised by herself, her lips moved, but she seemed to have lost her voice, she couldn't say anything, she could only remain silent.

He wanted to explain to his master that he didn't hurt himself on purpose, but the new and the old were added together, and he didn't know where to start.

"You don't want your hands anymore?" Xiao Yichen's voice was flat, no emotion could be heard.

"……No."

Lifting his chin with long and slender fingers, Xiao Yichen stared into his eyes, "If you don't love yourself like this next time, just go and get whipped."

"Yes."

Mo Ran's heart relaxed a little, he knew that the master was talking about this injury and the fact that he clenched his fist because of nervousness and hurt his hand just now, the master said that, it means that the matter has passed.

Xiao Yichen's hand pinching his chin slid down the chin until it reached his chest, on the left side, near the heart, where there was a bandage.

It was already bright red, and he got up too violently just now, and the wound that hadn't fully healed was split open by him.

Xiao Yichen's fingers were hard, as if he wanted to poke a hole.

Mo Ran snorted, and just wanted to bite the tip of his tongue to prevent himself from making a sound, but in the blink of an eye, he thought of what the master said just now, so he gave up.

"pain?"

Moran shook his head.

"Speak." Xiao Yichen was impatient.

"It doesn't hurt."

"is it?"

Keep pressing your fingers.

Mo Ran's forehead was soaked with sweat, leaving wet marks.

He looked at Xiao Yichen, his eyes were full of water, like scattered stars in the sky, with some imperceptible grievances.

"pain."

He was wrong, this matter did not pass.

Xiao Yichen smiled, his brows were full of coolness.

"I thought you weren't in pain."

"How smooth it is to block the knife."

"What hurts?"

Mo Ran's face, which didn't have much blood in the first place, suddenly turned white, "Subordinates...no."

"there is nothing?"

Mo Ran ignored the pain coming from his chest, calmed down, and looked at Xiao Yichen steadfastly, trying to understand it with emotion and reason.

"The subordinate didn't want to block the knife for anyone. Except for the master, the subordinate would not put anyone in his eyes, let alone do anything for others."

"Master and Qi Feng are walking together, if Miss Lin Long dies at this moment, it will be difficult for the master.

"Besides, that dagger was originally aimed at the subordinate, and the subordinate will not let anyone stand in front of the subordinate."

"That's what the subordinates deserve."

Xiao Yichen's expression softened, he stopped his hands, and wiped all the blood stained by his fingertips on Mo Ran's tight abdominal muscles.

Mo Ran quietly breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring the strange feeling in his lower abdomen, and continued: "This subordinate is not good at martial arts, and he was seriously poisoned. He didn't kill those two people as soon as possible, which caused disaster."

"It's nothing to do with anyone, that's all."

After Mo Ran finished speaking, as if he had exhausted all his strength, the strength he had just supported was gone, and even the light in his eyes dimmed.

Explain to the master, it's too exhausting, he has to play 12 points of energy.

"Does it still hurt?"

Mo Ran looked into his eyes and said it hurt.

As if the ice and snow had melted, Mo Ran's eyes were flooded with moisture.

Xiao Yichen sighed, his heart softened a little after all.

"In the future, the scars left for others will never appear on the body again."

"Only this one time."

Mo Ran nodded, "Yes."

"The next time you block a knife for someone else, think about today."

"The subordinates would like to follow the teachings of the master."

He knew that this time was really over.

Xiao Yichen got up, lit the candles, and the room became brighter.He dug out the bandage left by the doctor when he left yesterday, thinking about taking off the bandage for Mo Ran, after all, he was dripping with blood on this body.

Mo Ran immediately waved his hands and couldn't say anything. The subordinate came by himself, but Xiao Yichen gave him a look and shut up obediently.

Xiao Yichen bent down with a concentrated expression, as if he was afraid of hurting him, he took off the bandage lightly and slowly, reapplied the medicine, and wrapped a new bandage around his chest.

That action can be called gentle.

"All right."

He looked at the bandages he had wrapped, and was satisfied no matter how he looked.

"Thank you...Master." Mo Ran said dryly, but his chest was filled with inexplicable, astringent emotions, so astringent that his eyes were moist.

Xiao Yichen didn't reply, he took off his clothes, leaving only his underwear.Mo Ran went in a little more discerningly. He lay on the outside, waved out the candle, and the room became dark again in an instant.

Mo Ran opened his eyes and couldn't fall asleep. He only woke up for a while. What's more, the master was sleeping next to him.

Thinking about it made him sleepless.

"Sleep with eyes closed."

"Oh." Mo Ran obediently closed her eyes.

A night without dreams.