Her Comfort

Gu Anfang caught him with lightning speed.

The weather was already hot, and she was wearing thin clothes. Even through the thin fabric, Third Concubine could feel the heat emanating from Gu Anfang's young body.

The heat almost burned her skin.

His overwhelming masculine aura made her blush instantly.

"What, why are you back again?" Gu Anfang barely dared to look at her or let go of her hand, and stammered.

"My sister asked me to tell you that she saved some food for you; my foot..."

"Let me see, I'm sorry to offend you..." Gu Anfang helped her up, "Go sit over there, I'll find a doctor to take a look at you. I'll go in and call an old woman, she can carry you to the clinic."

"I am a doctor myself."

"Look at my brain, right, right, I'll help you inside and find a room so you can check it yourself."

Those around her, unaware of the Third Concubine's true identity, assumed she was an unmarried young woman and began to tease Gu Anfang.

Gu Anfang blushed and shouted, "Get out!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

The Third Concubine kept her head down.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. These people didn't mean anything by it; they're just roughnecks. Please don't take it to heart."

However, Gu Anfang couldn't help but think that Xu Weibei was no good.

He not only harmed his own sister, but also these innocent women, leaving them to spend their lives alone in empty rooms.

What a scoundrel!

It's okay if it doesn't work out, but you can't keep someone occupied and let them waste their youth.

While he was lost in thought, Gu Wanning had already entered the villa through the back door.

Gao Lan was wiping away tears in the corridor when he saw Gu Wanning. He couldn't believe it for a moment and kept rubbing his eyes.

"Where is the Marquis?" Gu Wanning stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Is he asleep?"

"Gu Wanning?" came Xu Weibei's incredulous voice from inside.

"It's me," Gu Wanning answered loudly, just like when the two of them used to be at odds under the same roof, without any sympathy or caution.

She gestured, leaving Er Ya and Fourth Concubine outside.

These two, with their two mouths, could drive four Xu Weibeis crazy.

Xu Weibei was lying on the bed when he saw Gu Wanning come in and tried to get up.

Gu Wanning was startled upon seeing this.

She had never seen Xu Weibei so weak.

"Don't move." Gu Wanning quickly stepped forward. "We've known each other for a long time, lie down."

Xu Weibei gritted his teeth and blurted out, "I didn't take poison!"

For him, both taking poison and failing to perform sexually were devastating blows.

But he really didn't.

He wasn't that cowardly.

Even though he was already in unbearable pain because of this matter and had even considered ending it all, he was a man with a grandmother to care for, a wife and children, oh, concubines and daughters, and if he died, the Northwest would surely descend into chaos.

So no matter how painful it is, even if he faces condemnation from everyone, he has to live on.

"I ate the raw marinated crab you made yesterday, and then I took my medicine last night, which is why..."

"Take medicine? What kind of medicine?"

After a long pause, Xu Weibei said dejectedly, "A folk remedy."

Gu Wanning understood instantly.

How could Xu Weibei possibly accept that he was perfectly healthy and suddenly became unwell?

He was so desperate that he tried anything.

Raw pickled crab, somehow, clashed with his folk remedy and almost killed Xu Weibei.

"You've heard about what happened, haven't you?" Xu Weibei asked again.

Gu Wanning nodded. "I've heard about Linglong's situation."

"Isn't it all the talk of the town right now?" Xu Weibei said with a self-deprecating laugh.

"That's not necessarily true. I only found out after I got here. But, I guess everyone will know soon."

Gu Wanning didn't mean she didn't want to comfort Xu Weibei, but she hoped Xu Weibei could be mentally prepared.

"Indeed, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast." Xu Weibei leaned against the bed, bent one leg, and rested his arm on his knee, his fingers long and slender with distinct knuckles.

"It will all pass," Gu Wanning offered a dry, comforting reassurance. "You are first and foremost a war god, and only then do you have any other identity."

Regardless of your physical condition, you're an excellent fighter; you'll utterly defeat those who are jealous of you!

Xu Weibei remained silent.

"I'm not good at comforting people, but in my heart, if you can't be called a man, then there are no men in this world!"

Chapter 218 Her Comfort

Xu Weibei knew that Gu Wanning was comforting him.

He thanked her, especially seeing her forehead and nose covered in sweat from her anxiety, which touched him deeply.

But the shadow of "not being able to do it" was too deep for him to face outsiders.

"Gu Wanning, I'm not as indestructible as you think. I'm also afraid of gossip." Xu Weibei lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes covering the emotions in them, but the lonely and self-deprecating expression on his face still revealed his rarely known vulnerability.

He can prove others wrong with his strength.

But this time, he really couldn't do it; others weren't wrong.

"You are only human, and you can get hurt. I don't know how to comfort you, but my Marquis, if you really can't accept it, then start over somewhere else... You've had outstanding military achievements over the past twenty-odd years, and you've done right by everyone, except that you're already too tired."

Xu Weibei's lips moved, but he ultimately remained silent.

What he really wanted to say was, "Would you be willing to start over with me?"

But he swallowed it.

Because he's not even a man, unable to give a woman the happiness that even a common laborer can provide, why should he be a burden to her?

"I'm fine." Xu Weibei forced a smile, even managing to give Gu Wanning a slight one. "You don't need to worry about me. I'm not that fragile; I won't do anything foolish. Go back quickly. I'm in the eye of the storm right now; it wouldn't be good to drag you into this."

His gaze remained fixed on her.

Perhaps because she arrived in a hurry, her attire today was very casual, just like when she was in the Marquis's Residence, giving off a comfortable, homey vibe.