One Night Bride

               Chapter 9: She finally woke up

The woman sees him enter and hurriedly moves aside, he waves his hand: “Go and make another bowl of ginger soup ……”

“Yes.”

The king of Qin sits down on the edge of the bed, Hua Rong suddenly shrieks , whimpers and waves her hands around, very frightened. King Qin is startled and he grabs her hands. She does not struggle again,she is still drowsy, but a few fingers grabs one of his thumbs, grasping tightly.

For the first time, Qin Shang Cheng is grabbed by a woman’s hand like this, and that posture is like a child grasping the corner of his mother’s coat. He feels very strange. “Poof” stands up, trying to shake her hand, but does not know whether it is not enough strength or her grip is too tight, he throws a little, but does not shake off.

It takes him a while to pull his hand away, and this time, with almost a flick, he tosses her hand aside and spits heavily.

The ginger soup is ready, and regardless of whether she is still unconscious, he picks her up and starts pouring ginger soup again into her mouth, as if it is some kind of panacea.

This time, she does not vomit, and very smoothly finishes a large bowl of ginger soup.

However, she drinks five or six bowls of ginger soup, until the next day at dusk, she still doesn’t wake up.

In the evening, Qin Shang Cheng comes to see her, he just enters the door and suddenly sees a dark figure sneaking around the door, shouts: “Who is it? Get in.”

The young man comes in timidly, fearfully, and does not look at him, but only at the ** woman: “Sister, is she dead?”

He pushes the teenager away with one palm, and his loud voice seems to overturn the roof: “Son of a bitch, it’s all your fault, you still dare to come ……”

“You killed my sister ……” The young man knows he is evil, he thinks Hua Rong is bound to die, he is scared and sad, and does not know where he gets the courage, he climbs  up and bumps into him: “You bully the weak girl, what are you? This is not a man’s act ……”

He is small and thin, he can not move the king of Qin, he is picked up with one hand like a chicken held above his head: “Ha ha, you kid,the hair is not even long, and you still have not learnt how to talk to adults?”

He holds up the little boy, like waving a gyroscope, “bitch, if you do not wake up, I will crush the bones of this kid ……”

The young man is also stubborn, he clenches his teeth and does not say a word.

The King of Qin is furious, a palm is about to slap him to the sky, and suddenly hears a low groan.

He freezes for a moment, leaving the young man to go over and grabs Hua Rong’s hair: “Bitch, are you awake?”

Hua Rong is pulled by him, almost sat up, but still closes her eyes, and does not wake up.

Once he releases her hand, she lays again heavily **, only to see a layer of blood blisters on the mouth, the whole face waxed yellow, completely no longer human-like.

He is very disappointed, he angrily pulls her hair again: “If you can wake up, I’ll let this little brat play with you; I’ll come back tomorrow morning, if you still do not wake up, I’ll chop off your limbs and feed them to the dogs ……”

Just as his roaring figure disappears , the teenager impatiently struggles to the bedside, anxiously saying, “Sister, sister …… wake up, that bad man wants to kill you ……”

Very tired, very painful, very fearful, the heart is actually clear, but can not open her eyes, perhaps she does not want to open them again, once opened, it is a more miserable fate.

“Sister, wake up, or you will be killed …… I do not want you to die ……”

The Qin king is so intimidated and beaten, the teenager does not say a word, but now whimpering and crying, tears drop by on the body and face of Hua Rong……

She listens to his cries in a daze and thinks, “So what if I’m killed? It might be better to die than to live.

The young man takes her hand, suddenly sees her eyelids move, surprised: “sister? You’re awake?”

She reluctantly opens her eyes, smiles: “Do not worry,am not dead……”

“Hahahaha …… cheap girl, I knew you were faking ……”

A devilish laughter from the door like a thunderbolt smashes in, and the light of the giant candle pulls his tower-like shadow long, like a demon that has just been released from the bottle.

His long arms and legs, a hand throws the teenager away, Hua Rong can not close her eyes, his hand has been pressed on her eyelids: “Ha, not hot. Bitch, you still dare to play dead?”

Her eyelids twitch and she is stretched to the point of pain, but King Qin dances with joy as if he is playing with some novel toy: “I have long said, that if you want to live you will live and if you want to die you will die, how dare you pretend to be  dead for me? This time when you are better, I will see how I deal with you ……”

A drop of tears from the eyes slips into his hand, perhaps this drop of water is too hot, he immediately removes his hand and shouts: “ginger soup ……”

The woman who has been waiting at the door brings the ginger soup with fear and trepidation, and Qin Shang Cheng picks it up and pours it into her mouth. These days, Hua Rong is semi-consciousness , when she smells the ginger soup , she vomits, but he does not stop pouring, so the soup splashes all over the place. she chokes and coughs loudly……

The young man and woman are frightened to look at the King of Qin, they can’t and don’t know how to stop this demon, Hua Rong coughs violently, sweats profusely and the high fever is almost back.

“Tomorrow I want to see you stand up well, serve me ……” Qin Shang Cheng’s hand starts from the face of Hua Rong, one by one pointing to the woman and the teenager, “Otherwise, you, you, and you …… you all have to die ……”

His eyes glare and he grabs the teenager: “Little brat, you get out, have you heard of the difference between men and women? If it were not for your hair that doesn’t grow , I would have gouged out your thieving eyes, get out ……”

With the wave of his hand, the young man is thrown out like a kite with a broken string. Then, the other hand lifts the woman far away, she is half way there kneeling on the ground and her face is pale. 

Hua Rong grits her teeth and suddenly sits up, and in her hand, she feels something hard from the bed and she pokes it at Qin Shang Cheng, but Qin Shang Cheng grabs it, and it is the bright red conch that the boy had given her.

He picks up the conch and looks at it with great interest, sees her gasping for breath, her face flashes with anger, he then shoves the conch in her hand and says: ” Are you and well? Get up when you are well, don’t give me all day lying. I am tired of people who are dying ……”

Just as he is about to pull her, he realises that it is already dark, and once he lets go, she falls heavily, coughing violently.

“I’ll spare you today, get up and work tomorrow ……” Hua Rong simply closes her eyes, her eardrums hurt from his roar.

After a while, she opens her eyes again, he has gone out.

The woman who was kneeling on the ground then gets up trembling and goes to bring the food. The meal is very generous, rice porridge, small dishes, fish soup ……

The woman sighs: “girl, you eat something , in this kind of place, no matter how bad your body is , you won’t be able to endure it……” she rambles, as if to comfort Hua Rong”when you are better, serve the king of Qin. Serve him comfortably, perhaps, he will keep you alive, alas, this is the fate of our women ah ……”