The Asura Battlefield Returns
Only after kissing him did Yuan Jin Xia realize what she had done. She quickly lowered her head and said shyly, "A Yue, you're so good to me."
Seeing that the moment was right, Wang Yue pretended to look a little downcast. "Actually, I wanted to give it to you back in Yangzhou. That way, we could have gone through Hall Master Shangguan and sold the perfume all over the country. I just didn't expect things to go wrong when we were helping Xiao Lin."
Only then did Yuan Jin Xia belatedly remember that Wang Yue had been on the boat at the time. She asked anxiously, "How did you and Sister Yue escape? The explosion was so powerful that several nearby boats were damaged badly enough to need major repairs."
Thinking back to what had happened, Wang Yue still felt shaken. He vividly recounted the events, then pretended to shudder at the memory. "Who knows what bastard planted the explosives? Lingshan and I smelled the gunpowder and jumped into the water, but we were still caught in the blast and suffered internal injuries. If a merchant ship with a hidden hold hadn't happened to pass by, letting us climb aboard without anyone noticing, you might never have seen us again."
Yuan Jin Xia hadn't realized that Wang Yue and Yue Lingshan had been in such grave danger. She forgot all else and anxiously asked, "How are you now? Have you recovered?"
Just then, Mi Weiyi, another of Liu Zhengfeng's disciples, happened to pass by. Not realizing that this was Yuan Jin Xia rather than Yue Lingshan, he kindly said, "Young Master Wang, your injuries were so serious. You should go back to your room and rest. Your health comes first!"
Wang Yue hadn't expected Liu